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1package Devel::FindRef; 1package Devel::FindRef;
2 2
3no warnings; # I hate warning nazis
3use strict; 4use strict;
4 5
5use XSLoader; 6use XSLoader;
6use Scalar::Util; 7use Scalar::Util;
7 8
8BEGIN { 9BEGIN {
9 our $VERSION = '1.3'; 10 our $VERSION = '1.4';
10 XSLoader::load __PACKAGE__, $VERSION; 11 XSLoader::load __PACKAGE__, $VERSION;
11} 12}
12 13
13=head1 NAME 14=head1 NAME
14 15
15Devel::FindRef - where is that reference to my variable hiding? 16Devel::FindRef - where is that reference to my variable hiding?
16 17
17=head1 SYNOPSIS 18=head1 SYNOPSIS
18 19
19 use Devel::FindRef; 20 use Devel::FindRef;
21
22 print Devel::FindRef::track \$some_variable;
20 23
21=head1 DESCRIPTION 24=head1 DESCRIPTION
22 25
23Tracking down reference problems (e.g. you expect some object to be 26Tracking down reference problems (e.g. you expect some object to be
24destroyed, but there are still references to it that keep it alive) can be 27destroyed, but there are still references to it that keep it alive) can be
29the variables containing them. 32the variables containing them.
30 33
31For example, for this fragment: 34For example, for this fragment:
32 35
33 package Test; 36 package Test;
37
38 use Devel::FindRef;
39 use Scalar::Util;
34 40
35 our $var = "hi\n"; 41 our $var = "hi\n";
36 my $x = \$var; 42 my $global_my = \$var;
37 our %hash = (ukukey => \$var); 43 our %global_hash = (ukukey => \$var);
38 our $hash2 = {ukukey2 => \$var}; 44 our $global_hashref = { ukukey2 => \$var };
39 45
40 sub testsub { 46 sub testsub {
41 my $local = $hash2; 47 my $testsub_local = $global_hashref;
42 print Devel::FindRef::track \$var; 48 print Devel::FindRef::track \$var;
43 } 49 }
44 50
45 testsub; 51
52 my $closure = sub {
53 my $closure_var = \$_[0];
54 Scalar::Util::weaken (my $weak_ref = \$var);
55 testsub;
56 };
57
58 $closure->($var);
46 59
47The output is as follows (or similar to this, in case I forget to update 60The output is as follows (or similar to this, in case I forget to update
48the manpage after some changes): 61the manpage after some changes):
49 62
50 SCALAR(0x814ece8) is 63 SCALAR(0x7cc888) [refcount 6] is
64 +- referenced by REF(0x8abcc8) [refcount 1], which is
65 | in the lexical '$closure_var' in CODE(0x8abc50) [refcount 4], which is
66 | +- the closure created at tst:18.
67 | +- referenced by REF(0x7d3c58) [refcount 1], which is
68 | | in the lexical '$closure' in CODE(0x7ae530) [refcount 2], which is
69 | | +- the containing scope for CODE(0x8ab430) [refcount 3], which is
70 | | | in the global &Test::testsub.
71 | | +- the main body of the program.
72 | +- in the lexical '&' in CODE(0x7ae530) [refcount 2], which was seen before.
73 +- referenced by REF(0x7cc7c8) [refcount 1], which is
74 | in the lexical '$global_my' in CODE(0x7ae530) [refcount 2], which was seen before.
51 +- in the global $Test::var. 75 +- in the global $Test::var.
52 +- referenced by REF(0x814f9e4), which is 76 +- referenced by REF(0x7cc558) [refcount 1], which is
53 | in the lexical '$x' in CODE(0x814ed78), which is
54 | the containing scope for CODE(0x820c4b0), which is
55 | in the global &Test::testsub.
56 +- referenced by REF(0x814ed6c), which is
57 | in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x81da20c), which is 77 | in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x7ae140) [refcount 2], which is
78 | +- referenced by REF(0x8abad0) [refcount 1], which is
79 | | in the lexical '$testsub_local' in CODE(0x8ab430) [refcount 3], which was seen before.
80 | +- referenced by REF(0x8ab4f0) [refcount 1], which is
81 | in the global $Test::global_hashref.
82 +- referenced by REF(0x7ae518) [refcount 1], which is
83 | in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x7d3bb0) [refcount 1], which is
58 | in the global %Test::hash. 84 | in the global %Test::global_hash.
59 +- referenced by REF(0x814ec28), which is 85 +- referenced by REF(0x7ae2f0) [refcount 1], which is
60 | not found anywhere I looked :( 86 a temporary on the stack.
61 +- referenced by REF(0x814eb44), which is
62 in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x814f99c), which is
63 +- referenced by REF(0x820c450), which is
64 | in the lexical '$local' in CODE(0x820c4b0), which was seen before.
65 +- referenced by REF(0x820c204), which is
66 in the global $Test::hash2.
67 87
68It is a bit convoluted to read, but basically it says that the value 88It is a bit convoluted to read, but basically it says that the value
69stored in C<$var> can be found: 89stored in C<$var> is referenced by:
70 90
71=over 4 91=over 4
72 92
73=item - in some variable C<$x> whose origin is not known (I frankly have no 93=item - the lexical C<$closure_var> (0x8abcc8), which is inside an instantiated
74idea why, hints accepted). 94closure, which in turn is used quite a bit.
75 95
76=item - in the hash element with key C<ukukey> in the hash stored in C<%Test::hash>. 96=item - the package-level lexical C<$global_my>.
77 97
78=item - in the global variable named C<$Test::var>. 98=item - the global package variable named C<$Test::var>.
79 99
80=item - in the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable 100=item - the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable
81C<$local> in the sub C<Test::testsub> and also in the hash referenced by 101C<$testsub_local> in the sub C<Test::testsub> and also in the hash
102C<$referenced by Test::hash2>.
103
104=item - the hash element with key C<ukukey> in the hash stored in
82C<$Test::hash2>. 105C<%Test::hash>.
106
107=item - some anonymous mortalised reference on the stack (which is caused
108by calling C<track> with the expression C<\$var>, which creates the
109reference).
83 110
84=back 111=back
112
113And all these account for six reference counts.
114
85 115
86=head1 EXPORTS 116=head1 EXPORTS
87 117
88None. 118None.
89 119
100This is the function you most often use. 130This is the function you most often use.
101 131
102=cut 132=cut
103 133
104sub find($); 134sub find($);
135
136sub _f($) {
137 "$_[0] [refcount " . (_refcnt $_[0]) . "]"
138}
105 139
106sub track { 140sub track {
107 my ($ref, $depth) = @_; 141 my ($ref, $depth) = @_;
108 @_ = (); 142 @_ = ();
109 143
117 151
118 if ($depth) { 152 if ($depth) {
119 my (@about) = find $$refref; 153 my (@about) = find $$refref;
120 if (@about) { 154 if (@about) {
121 for my $about (@about) { 155 for my $about (@about) {
122 $buf .= "$indent" . (@about > 1 ? "+- " : " ") . $about->[0]; 156 $buf .= "$indent" . (@about > 1 ? "+- " : "") . $about->[0];
123 if (@$about > 1) { 157 if (@$about > 1) {
124 if ($seen{$about->[1]+0}++) { 158 if ($seen{ref2ptr $about->[1]}++) {
125 $buf .= " $about->[1], which was seen before.\n"; 159 $buf .= " " . (_f $about->[1]) . ", which was seen before.\n";
126 } else { 160 } else {
127 $buf .= " $about->[1], which is\n"; 161 $buf .= " " . (_f $about->[1]) . ", which is\n";
128 $track->(\$about->[1], $depth - 1, $about == $about[-1] ? "$indent " : "$indent| "); 162 $track->(\$about->[1], $depth - 1, $about == $about[-1] ? "$indent " : "$indent| ");
129 } 163 }
130 } else { 164 } else {
131 $buf .= ".\n"; 165 $buf .= ".\n";
132 } 166 }
137 } else { 171 } else {
138 $buf .= "$indent not referenced within the search depth.\n"; 172 $buf .= "$indent not referenced within the search depth.\n";
139 } 173 }
140 }; 174 };
141 175
142 $buf .= "$ref is\n"; 176 $buf .= (_f $ref) . " is\n";
143 $track->(\$ref, $depth || $ENV{PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH} || 10, ""); 177 $track->(\$ref, $depth || $ENV{PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH} || 10, "");
144 $buf 178 $buf
145} 179}
146 180
147=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref 181=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref
157=cut 191=cut
158 192
159sub find($) { 193sub find($) {
160 my ($about, $excl) = &find_; 194 my ($about, $excl) = &find_;
161 my %excl = map +($_ => undef), @$excl; 195 my %excl = map +($_ => undef), @$excl;
162 grep !exists $excl{$_->[1] + 0}, @$about 196 grep !exists $excl{ref2ptr $_->[1]}, @$about
163} 197}
164 198
165=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer 199=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer
166 200
167Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar 201Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar
170call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones. 204call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones.
171 205
172 # we know that HASH(0x176ff70) exists, so turn it into a hashref: 206 # we know that HASH(0x176ff70) exists, so turn it into a hashref:
173 my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70; 207 my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70;
174 208
209=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ref2ptr $reference
210
211The opposite of C<ptr2ref>, above: returns the internal address of the
212value pointed to by the passed reference. I<No checks whatsoever will be
213done>, so don't use this.
214
175=back 215=back
176 216
177=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 217=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
178 218
179You can set the environment variable C<PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH> to an 219You can set the environment variable C<PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH> to an
182 222
183=head1 AUTHOR 223=head1 AUTHOR
184 224
185Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>. 225Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>.
186 226
187=head1 BUGS
188
189Only code values, arrays, hashes, scalars and magic are being looked at.
190
191This is a quick hack only.
192
193=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 227=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
194 228
195Copyright (C) 2007 by Marc Lehmann. 229Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 by Marc Lehmann.
196 230
197This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 231This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
198it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, 232it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or,
199at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. 233at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
200 234

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