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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;
6 7use Scalar::Util;
7 8
8BEGIN { 9BEGIN {
9 our $VERSION = '0.1'; 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
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(0x676fa0) is 51 SCALAR(0x814ece8) is
52 +- in the global $Test::var.
51 referenced by REF(0x676fb0), which is 53 +- referenced by REF(0x814f9e4), which is
52 in the lexical '$x' in CODE(0x676370), which is 54 | in the lexical '$x' in CODE(0x814ed78), which is
53 not found anywhere I looked :( 55 | the containing scope for CODE(0x820c4b0), which is
56 | in the global &Test::testsub.
54 referenced by REF(0x676360), which is 57 +- referenced by REF(0x814ed6c), which is
55 in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x756660), which is 58 | in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x81da20c), which is
56 in the global %Test::hash. 59 | in the global %Test::hash.
57 in the global $Test::var.
58 referenced by REF(0x6760e0), which is 60 +- referenced by REF(0x814ec28), which is
61 | not found anywhere I looked :(
62 +- referenced by REF(0x814eb44), which is
59 in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x676f30), which is 63 in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x814f99c), which is
60 referenced by REF(0x77bcf0), which is 64 +- referenced by REF(0x820c450), which is
61 in the lexical '$local' in CODE(0x77bcb0), which is 65 | in the lexical '$local' in CODE(0x820c4b0), which was seen before.
62 in the global &Test::testsub.
63 referenced by REF(0x77bc80), which is 66 +- referenced by REF(0x820c204), which is
64 in the global $Test::hash2. 67 in the global $Test::hash2.
65
66 68
67It is a bit convoluted to read, but basically it says that the value 69It is a bit convoluted to read, but basically it says that the value
68stored in C<$var> can be found: 70stored in C<$var> can be found:
69 71
70=over 4 72=over 4
78 80
79=item - in the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable 81=item - in the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable
80C<$local> in the sub C<Test::testsub> and also in the hash referenced by 82C<$local> in the sub C<Test::testsub> and also in the hash referenced by
81C<$Test::hash2>. 83C<$Test::hash2>.
82 84
85=back
86
83=head1 EXPORTS 87=head1 EXPORTS
84 88
85None. 89None.
86 90
87=head1 FUNCTIONS 91=head1 FUNCTIONS
99=cut 103=cut
100 104
101sub find($); 105sub find($);
102 106
103sub track { 107sub track {
108 my ($ref, $depth) = @_;
109 @_ = ();
110
104 my $buf = ""; 111 my $buf = "";
112 my %seen;
113
114 Scalar::Util::weaken $ref;
105 115
106 my $track; $track = sub { 116 my $track; $track = sub {
107 my (undef, $depth, $indent) = @_; 117 my ($refref, $depth, $indent) = @_;
108 118
109 if ($depth) { 119 if ($depth) {
110 my (@about) = find $_[0]; 120 my (@about) = find $$refref;
111 if (@about) { 121 if (@about) {
112 for my $about (@about) { 122 for my $about (@about) {
113 $buf .= (" ") x $indent; 123 $buf .= "$indent" . (@about > 1 ? "+- " : " ") . $about->[0];
114 $buf .= $about->[0];
115 if (@$about > 1) { 124 if (@$about > 1) {
125 if ($seen{ref2ptr $about->[1]}++) {
126 $buf .= " $about->[1], which was seen before.\n";
127 } else {
116 $buf .= " $about->[1], which is\n"; 128 $buf .= " $about->[1], which is\n";
117 $track->($about->[1], $depth - 1, $indent + 1); 129 $track->(\$about->[1], $depth - 1, $about == $about[-1] ? "$indent " : "$indent| ");
130 }
118 } else { 131 } else {
119 $buf .= ".\n"; 132 $buf .= ".\n";
120 } 133 }
121 } 134 }
122 } else { 135 } else {
123 $buf .= (" ") x $indent;
124 $buf .= "not found anywhere I looked :(\n"; 136 $buf .= "$indent not found anywhere I looked :(\n";
125 } 137 }
126 } else { 138 } else {
127 $buf .= (" ") x $indent;
128 $buf .= "not referenced within the search depth.\n"; 139 $buf .= "$indent not referenced within the search depth.\n";
129 } 140 }
130 }; 141 };
131 142
132 $buf .= "$_[0] is\n"; 143 $buf .= "$ref is\n";
133 $track->($_[0], $_[1] || 10, 1); 144 $track->(\$ref, $depth || $ENV{PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH} || 10, "");
134 $buf 145 $buf
135} 146}
136 147
137=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref 148=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref
138 149
139Return arrayrefs that contain [$message, $ref] pairs. The message 150Return arrayrefs that contain [$message, $ref] pairs. The message
140describes what kind of reference was found and the C<$ref> is the 151describes what kind of reference was found and the C<$ref> is the
141reference itself, which cna be omitted if C<find> decided to end the 152reference itself, which can be omitted if C<find> decided to end the
142search. 153search. The returned references are all weak references.
143 154
144The C<track> function uses this to find references to the value you are 155The C<track> function uses this to find references to the value you are
145interested in and recurses on the returned references. 156interested in and recurses on the returned references.
146 157
147=cut 158=cut
148 159
149sub find($) { 160sub find($) {
150 my ($about, $excl) = &find_; 161 my ($about, $excl) = &find_;
151 my %excl = map +($_ => 1), @$excl; 162 my %excl = map +($_ => undef), @$excl;
152 grep !$excl{$_->[1] + 0}, @$about 163 grep !exists $excl{ref2ptr $_->[1]}, @$about
153} 164}
154 165
155=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ref2ptr $ptr 166=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer
156 167
157Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar 168Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar
158you are interested in. This function can be used to turn the address into 169you are interested in (e.g. C<HASH(0x176ff70)>). This function can be used
159a reference to that scalar. It is quite safe to call on valid addresses, 170to turn the address into a reference to that scalar. It is quite safe to
160but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones. 171call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones.
172
173 # we know that HASH(0x176ff70) exists, so turn it into a hashref:
174 my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70;
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.
161 181
162=back 182=back
183
184=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
185
186You can set the environment variable C<PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH> to an
187integer to override the default depth in C<track>. If a call explicitly
188specified a depth it is not overridden.
163 189
164=head1 AUTHOR 190=head1 AUTHOR
165 191
166Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>. 192Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>.
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