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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 = '1.2'; 10 our $VERSION = '1.31';
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 scalar 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;
20 21
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45 testsub; 46 testsub;
46 47
47The output is as follows (or similar to this, in case I forget to update 48The output is as follows (or similar to this, in case I forget to update
48the manpage after some changes): 49the manpage after some changes):
49 50
50 SCALAR(0x7bd2d0) is 51 SCALAR(0x814ece8) is
51 in the global $Test::var. 52 +- in the global $Test::var.
52 referenced by REF(0x7bd240), which is 53 +- referenced by REF(0x814f9e4), which is
53 in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x7bd228), which is
54 referenced by REF(0x81dae8), which is
55 in the lexical '$local' in CODE(0x81da88), which is 54 | in the lexical '$x' in CODE(0x814ed78), which is
55 | the containing scope for CODE(0x820c4b0), which is
56 in the global &Test::testsub. 56 | in the global &Test::testsub.
57 +- referenced by REF(0x814ed6c), which is
58 | in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x81da20c), which is
59 | in the global %Test::hash.
60 +- referenced by REF(0x814ec28), which is
61 | not found anywhere I looked :(
62 +- referenced by REF(0x814eb44), which is
63 in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x814f99c), which is
57 referenced by REF(0x81da40), which is 64 +- referenced by REF(0x820c450), which is
65 | in the lexical '$local' in CODE(0x820c4b0), which was seen before.
66 +- referenced by REF(0x820c204), which is
58 in the global $Test::hash2. 67 in the global $Test::hash2.
59 referenced by REF(0x79f3f8), which is
60 in the lexical '$x' in CODE(0x79f518), which is
61 the containing scope for CODE(0x81da88), which is
62 in the global &Test::testsub.
63 referenced by REF(0x79f2f0), which is
64 not found anywhere I looked :(
65 referenced by REF(0x79f140), which is
66 in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x81d698), which is
67 in the global %Test::hash.
68 68
69It is a bit convoluted to read, but basically it says that the value 69It is a bit convoluted to read, but basically it says that the value
70stored in C<$var> can be found: 70stored in C<$var> can be found:
71 71
72=over 4 72=over 4
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120 my (@about) = find $$refref; 120 my (@about) = find $$refref;
121 if (@about) { 121 if (@about) {
122 for my $about (@about) { 122 for my $about (@about) {
123 $buf .= "$indent" . (@about > 1 ? "+- " : " ") . $about->[0]; 123 $buf .= "$indent" . (@about > 1 ? "+- " : " ") . $about->[0];
124 if (@$about > 1) { 124 if (@$about > 1) {
125 if ($seen{$about->[1]+0}++) { 125 if ($seen{ref2ptr $about->[1]}++) {
126 $buf .= " $about->[1], which was seen before.\n"; 126 $buf .= " $about->[1], which was seen before.\n";
127 } else { 127 } else {
128 $buf .= " $about->[1], which is\n"; 128 $buf .= " $about->[1], which is\n";
129 $track->(\$about->[1], $depth - 1, $about == $about[-1] ? "$indent " : "$indent| "); 129 $track->(\$about->[1], $depth - 1, $about == $about[-1] ? "$indent " : "$indent| ");
130 } 130 }
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158=cut 158=cut
159 159
160sub find($) { 160sub find($) {
161 my ($about, $excl) = &find_; 161 my ($about, $excl) = &find_;
162 my %excl = map +($_ => undef), @$excl; 162 my %excl = map +($_ => undef), @$excl;
163 grep !exists $excl{$_->[1] + 0}, @$about 163 grep !exists $excl{ref2ptr $_->[1]}, @$about
164} 164}
165 165
166=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer 166=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer
167 167
168Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar 168Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar
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171call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones. 171call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones.
172 172
173 # we know that HASH(0x176ff70) exists, so turn it into a hashref: 173 # we know that HASH(0x176ff70) exists, so turn it into a hashref:
174 my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70; 174 my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70;
175 175
176=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ref2ptr $reference
177
178The opposite of C<ptr2ref>, above: returns the internal address of the
179value pointed to by the passed reference. I<No checks whatsoever will be
180done>, so don't use this.
181
176=back 182=back
177 183
178=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 184=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
179 185
180You can set the environment variable C<PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH> to an 186You can set the environment variable C<PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH> to an

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