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+Devel::MAT::Dumper provides the memory-dumping function that creates a heap dump
+file which can later be read by Devel::MAT::Dumpfile. It provides a single
+function which is not exported, which writes a file to the given path.
+
+The dump file will contain a representation of every SV in Perl's arena,
+providing information about pointers between them, as well as other information
+about the state of the process at the time it was created. It contains a
+snapshot of the process at that moment in time, which can later be loaded and
+analysed by various tools using Devel::MAT::Dumpfile.
+
+This module used to be part of the main Devel::MAT distribution but is now in
+its own one so that it can be installed independently on servers or other
+locations where perl processes need to inspected but analysis tools can be run
+elsewhere.
+
+WWW: https://metacpan.org/release/Devel-MAT-Dumper