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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 = '1.4';
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 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;
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(0x7bd2d0) 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 $Test::var.
52 referenced by REF(0x7bd240), which is 76 +- referenced by REF(0x7cc558) [refcount 1], which is
53 in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x7bd228), which is 77 | in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x7ae140) [refcount 2], which is
54 referenced by REF(0x81dae8), which is 78 | +- referenced by REF(0x8abad0) [refcount 1], which is
55 in the lexical '$local' in CODE(0x81da88), which is 79 | | in the lexical '$testsub_local' in CODE(0x8ab430) [refcount 3], which was seen before.
56 in the global &Test::testsub. 80 | +- referenced by REF(0x8ab4f0) [refcount 1], which is
57 referenced by REF(0x81da40), which is
58 in the global $Test::hash2. 81 | in the global $Test::global_hashref.
59 referenced by REF(0x79f3f8), which is 82 +- referenced by REF(0x7ae518) [refcount 1], which is
60 in the lexical '$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 83 | in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x7d3bb0) [refcount 1], which is
67 in the global %Test::hash. 84 | in the global %Test::global_hash.
85 +- referenced by REF(0x7ae2f0) [refcount 1], which is
86 a temporary on the stack.
68 87
69It 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
70stored in C<$var> can be found: 89stored in C<$var> is referenced by:
71 90
72=over 4 91=over 4
73 92
74=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
75idea why, hints accepted). 94closure, which in turn is used quite a bit.
76 95
77=item - in the hash element with key C<ukukey> in the hash stored in C<%Test::hash>. 96=item - the package-level lexical C<$global_my>.
78 97
79=item - in the global variable named C<$Test::var>. 98=item - the global package variable named C<$Test::var>.
80 99
81=item - in the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable 100=item - the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable
82C<$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
83C<$Test::hash2>. 105C<%Test::hash>.
106
107=item - some anonymous mortalised reference on the stack (which is caused
108by calling C<track> with the expression C<\$var>, which creates the
109reference).
84 110
85=back 111=back
112
113And all these account for six reference counts.
114
86 115
87=head1 EXPORTS 116=head1 EXPORTS
88 117
89None. 118None.
90 119
101This is the function you most often use. 130This is the function you most often use.
102 131
103=cut 132=cut
104 133
105sub find($); 134sub find($);
135
136sub _f($) {
137 "$_[0] [refcount " . (_refcnt $_[0]) . "]"
138}
106 139
107sub track { 140sub track {
108 my ($ref, $depth) = @_; 141 my ($ref, $depth) = @_;
109 @_ = (); 142 @_ = ();
110 143
118 151
119 if ($depth) { 152 if ($depth) {
120 my (@about) = find $$refref; 153 my (@about) = find $$refref;
121 if (@about) { 154 if (@about) {
122 for my $about (@about) { 155 for my $about (@about) {
123 $buf .= (" ") x $indent; 156 $about->[0] =~ s/([^\x20-\x7e])/sprintf "\\{%02x}", ord $1/ge;
124 $buf .= $about->[0]; 157 $buf .= "$indent" . (@about > 1 ? "+- " : "") . $about->[0];
125 if (@$about > 1) { 158 if (@$about > 1) {
126 if ($seen{$about->[1]+0}++) { 159 if ($seen{ref2ptr $about->[1]}++) {
127 $buf .= " $about->[1], which was seen before.\n"; 160 $buf .= " " . (_f $about->[1]) . ", which was seen before.\n";
128 } else { 161 } else {
129 $buf .= " $about->[1], which is\n"; 162 $buf .= " " . (_f $about->[1]) . ", which is\n";
130 $track->(\$about->[1], $depth - 1, $indent + 1); 163 $track->(\$about->[1], $depth - 1, $about == $about[-1] ? "$indent " : "$indent| ");
131 } 164 }
132 } else { 165 } else {
133 $buf .= ".\n"; 166 $buf .= ".\n";
134 } 167 }
135 } 168 }
136 } else { 169 } else {
137 $buf .= (" ") x $indent;
138 $buf .= "not found anywhere I looked :(\n"; 170 $buf .= "$indent not found anywhere I looked :(\n";
139 } 171 }
140 } else { 172 } else {
141 $buf .= (" ") x $indent;
142 $buf .= "not referenced within the search depth.\n"; 173 $buf .= "$indent not referenced within the search depth.\n";
143 } 174 }
144 }; 175 };
145 176
146 $buf .= "$ref is\n"; 177 $buf .= (_f $ref) . " is\n";
147 $track->(\$ref, $depth || 10, 1); 178
179 $track->(\$ref, $depth || $ENV{PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH} || 10, "");
148 $buf 180 $buf
149} 181}
150 182
151=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref 183=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref
152 184
161=cut 193=cut
162 194
163sub find($) { 195sub find($) {
164 my ($about, $excl) = &find_; 196 my ($about, $excl) = &find_;
165 my %excl = map +($_ => undef), @$excl; 197 my %excl = map +($_ => undef), @$excl;
166 grep !exists $excl{$_->[1] + 0}, @$about 198 grep !($#$_ && exists $excl{ref2ptr $_->[1]}), @$about
167} 199}
168 200
169=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer 201=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer
170 202
171Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar 203Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar
174call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones. 206call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones.
175 207
176 # we know that HASH(0x176ff70) exists, so turn it into a hashref: 208 # we know that HASH(0x176ff70) exists, so turn it into a hashref:
177 my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70; 209 my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70;
178 210
211=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ref2ptr $reference
212
213The opposite of C<ptr2ref>, above: returns the internal address of the
214value pointed to by the passed reference. I<No checks whatsoever will be
215done>, so don't use this.
216
179=back 217=back
180 218
219=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
220
221You can set the environment variable C<PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH> to an
222integer to override the default depth in C<track>. If a call explicitly
223specified a depth it is not overridden.
224
181=head1 AUTHOR 225=head1 AUTHOR
182 226
183Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>. 227Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>.
184 228
185=head1 BUGS
186
187Only code values, arrays, hashes, scalars and magic are being looked at.
188
189This is a quick hack only.
190
191=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 229=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
192 230
193Copyright (C) 2007 by Marc Lehmann. 231Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 by Marc Lehmann.
194 232
195This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 233This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
196it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, 234it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or,
197at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. 235at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
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