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1package Devel::FindRef; 1package Devel::FindRef;
2 2
3use strict; 3use common::sense;
4 4
5use XSLoader; 5use XSLoader;
6use Scalar::Util; 6use Scalar::Util;
7 7
8BEGIN { 8BEGIN {
9 our $VERSION = '1.1'; 9 our $VERSION = '1.422';
10 XSLoader::load __PACKAGE__, $VERSION; 10 XSLoader::load __PACKAGE__, $VERSION;
11} 11}
12 12
13=head1 NAME 13=head1 NAME
14 14
15Devel::FindRef - where is that reference to my scalar hiding? 15Devel::FindRef - where is that reference to my variable hiding?
16 16
17=head1 SYNOPSIS 17=head1 SYNOPSIS
18 18
19 use Devel::FindRef; 19 use Devel::FindRef;
20
21 print Devel::FindRef::track \$some_variable;
20 22
21=head1 DESCRIPTION 23=head1 DESCRIPTION
22 24
23Tracking down reference problems (e.g. you expect some object to be 25Tracking 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 26destroyed, but there are still references to it that keep it alive) can be
29the variables containing them. 31the variables containing them.
30 32
31For example, for this fragment: 33For example, for this fragment:
32 34
33 package Test; 35 package Test;
36
37 use Devel::FindRef;
38 use Scalar::Util;
34 39
35 our $var = "hi\n"; 40 our $var = "hi\n";
36 my $x = \$var; 41 my $global_my = \$var;
37 our %hash = (ukukey => \$var); 42 our %global_hash = (ukukey => \$var);
38 our $hash2 = {ukukey2 => \$var}; 43 our $global_hashref = { ukukey2 => \$var };
39 44
40 sub testsub { 45 sub testsub {
41 my $local = $hash2; 46 my $testsub_local = $global_hashref;
42 print Devel::FindRef::track \$var; 47 print Devel::FindRef::track \$var;
43 } 48 }
44 49
45 testsub; 50
51 my $closure = sub {
52 my $closure_var = \$_[0];
53 Scalar::Util::weaken (my $weak_ref = \$var);
54 testsub;
55 };
56
57 $closure->($var);
46 58
47The output is as follows (or similar to this, in case I forget to update 59The output is as follows (or similar to this, in case I forget to update
48the manpage after some changes): 60the manpage after some changes):
49 61
50 SCALAR(0x676fa0) is 62 SCALAR(0x7cc888) [refcount 6] is
51 referenced by REF(0x676fb0), which is 63 +- referenced by REF(0x8abcc8) [refcount 1], which is
52 in the lexical '$x' in CODE(0x676370), which is 64 | in the lexical '$closure_var' in CODE(0x8abc50) [refcount 4], which is
53 not found anywhere I looked :( 65 | +- the closure created at tst:18.
54 referenced by REF(0x676360), which is 66 | +- referenced by REF(0x7d3c58) [refcount 1], which is
55 in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x756660), which is 67 | | in the lexical '$closure' in CODE(0x7ae530) [refcount 2], which is
56 in the global %Test::hash. 68 | | +- the containing scope for CODE(0x8ab430) [refcount 3], which is
69 | | | in the global &Test::testsub.
70 | | +- the main body of the program.
71 | +- in the lexical '&' in CODE(0x7ae530) [refcount 2], which was seen before.
72 +- referenced by REF(0x7cc7c8) [refcount 1], which is
73 | in the lexical '$global_my' in CODE(0x7ae530) [refcount 2], which was seen before.
57 in the global $Test::var. 74 +- in the global $Test::var.
58 referenced by REF(0x6760e0), which is 75 +- referenced by REF(0x7cc558) [refcount 1], which is
59 in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x676f30), which is 76 | in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x7ae140) [refcount 2], which is
60 referenced by REF(0x77bcf0), which is 77 | +- referenced by REF(0x8abad0) [refcount 1], which is
61 in the lexical '$local' in CODE(0x77bcb0), which is 78 | | in the lexical '$testsub_local' in CODE(0x8ab430) [refcount 3], which was seen before.
62 in the global &Test::testsub. 79 | +- referenced by REF(0x8ab4f0) [refcount 1], which is
63 referenced by REF(0x77bc80), which is
64 in the global $Test::hash2. 80 | in the global $Test::global_hashref.
65 81 +- referenced by REF(0x7ae518) [refcount 1], which is
82 | in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x7d3bb0) [refcount 1], which is
83 | in the global %Test::global_hash.
84 +- referenced by REF(0x7ae2f0) [refcount 1], which is
85 a temporary on the stack.
66 86
67It is a bit convoluted to read, but basically it says that the value 87It is a bit convoluted to read, but basically it says that the value
68stored in C<$var> can be found: 88stored in C<$var> is referenced by:
69 89
70=over 4 90=over 4
71 91
72=item - in some variable C<$x> whose origin is not known (I frankly have no 92=item - the lexical C<$closure_var> (0x8abcc8), which is inside an instantiated
73idea why, hints accepted). 93closure, which in turn is used quite a bit.
74 94
75=item - in the hash element with key C<ukukey> in the hash stored in C<%Test::hash>. 95=item - the package-level lexical C<$global_my>.
76 96
77=item - in the global variable named C<$Test::var>. 97=item - the global package variable named C<$Test::var>.
78 98
79=item - in the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable 99=item - the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable
80C<$local> in the sub C<Test::testsub> and also in the hash referenced by 100C<$testsub_local> in the sub C<Test::testsub> and also in the hash
101C<$referenced by Test::hash2>.
102
103=item - the hash element with key C<ukukey> in the hash stored in
81C<$Test::hash2>. 104C<%Test::hash>.
105
106=item - some anonymous mortalised reference on the stack (which is caused
107by calling C<track> with the expression C<\$var>, which creates the
108reference).
82 109
83=back 110=back
111
112And all these account for six reference counts.
113
84 114
85=head1 EXPORTS 115=head1 EXPORTS
86 116
87None. 117None.
88 118
100 130
101=cut 131=cut
102 132
103sub find($); 133sub find($);
104 134
135sub _f($) {
136 "$_[0] [refcount " . (_refcnt $_[0]) . "]"
137}
138
105sub track { 139sub track {
106 my ($ref, $depth) = @_; 140 my ($ref, $depth) = @_;
107 @_ = (); 141 @_ = ();
108 142
109 my $buf = ""; 143 my $buf = "";
144 my %seen;
110 145
111 Scalar::Util::weaken $ref; 146 Scalar::Util::weaken $ref;
112 147
113 my $track; $track = sub { 148 my $track; $track = sub {
114 my ($refref, $depth, $indent) = @_; 149 my ($refref, $depth, $indent) = @_;
115 150
116 if ($depth) { 151 if ($depth) {
117 my (@about) = find $$refref; 152 my (@about) = find $$refref;
118 if (@about) { 153 if (@about) {
119 for my $about (@about) { 154 for my $about (@about) {
120 $buf .= (" ") x $indent; 155 $about->[0] =~ s/([^\x20-\x7e])/sprintf "\\{%02x}", ord $1/ge;
121 $buf .= $about->[0]; 156 $buf .= "$indent" . (@about > 1 ? "+- " : "") . $about->[0];
122 if (@$about > 1) { 157 if (@$about > 1) {
158 if ($seen{ref2ptr $about->[1]}++) {
159 $buf .= " " . (_f $about->[1]) . ", which was seen before.\n";
160 } else {
123 $buf .= " $about->[1], which is\n"; 161 $buf .= " " . (_f $about->[1]) . ", which is\n";
124 $track->(\$about->[1], $depth - 1, $indent + 1); 162 $track->(\$about->[1], $depth - 1, $about == $about[-1] ? "$indent " : "$indent| ");
163 }
125 } else { 164 } else {
126 $buf .= ".\n"; 165 $buf .= ".\n";
127 } 166 }
128 } 167 }
129 } else { 168 } else {
130 $buf .= (" ") x $indent;
131 $buf .= "not found anywhere I looked :(\n"; 169 $buf .= "$indent not found anywhere I looked :(\n";
132 } 170 }
133 } else { 171 } else {
134 $buf .= (" ") x $indent;
135 $buf .= "not referenced within the search depth.\n"; 172 $buf .= "$indent not referenced within the search depth.\n";
136 } 173 }
137 }; 174 };
138 175
139 $buf .= "$ref is\n"; 176 $buf .= (_f $ref) . " is\n";
140 $track->(\$ref, $depth || 10, 1); 177
178 $track->(\$ref, $depth || $ENV{PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH} || 10, "");
141 $buf 179 $buf
142} 180}
143 181
144=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref 182=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref
145 183
154=cut 192=cut
155 193
156sub find($) { 194sub find($) {
157 my ($about, $excl) = &find_; 195 my ($about, $excl) = &find_;
158 my %excl = map +($_ => undef), @$excl; 196 my %excl = map +($_ => undef), @$excl;
159 grep !exists $excl{$_->[1] + 0}, @$about 197 grep !($#$_ && exists $excl{ref2ptr $_->[1]}), @$about
160} 198}
161 199
162=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer 200=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer
163 201
164Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar 202Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar
167call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones. 205call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones.
168 206
169 # we know that HASH(0x176ff70) exists, so turn it into a hashref: 207 # we know that HASH(0x176ff70) exists, so turn it into a hashref:
170 my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70; 208 my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70;
171 209
210=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ref2ptr $reference
211
212The opposite of C<ptr2ref>, above: returns the internal address of the
213value pointed to by the passed reference. I<No checks whatsoever will be
214done>, so don't use this.
215
172=back 216=back
173 217
218=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
219
220You can set the environment variable C<PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH> to an
221integer to override the default depth in C<track>. If a call explicitly
222specified a depth it is not overridden.
223
174=head1 AUTHOR 224=head1 AUTHOR
175 225
176Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>. 226Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>.
177 227
178=head1 BUGS
179
180Only code values, arrays, hashes, scalars and magic are being looked at.
181
182This is a quick hack only.
183
184=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 228=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
185 229
186Copyright (C) 2007 by Marc Lehmann. 230Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 by Marc Lehmann.
187 231
188This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 232This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
189it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, 233it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or,
190at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. 234at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
191 235

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