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1package Devel::FindRef; 1package Devel::FindRef;
2 2
3use strict; 3use strict;
4 4
5use XSLoader; 5use XSLoader;
6 6use Scalar::Util;
7 7
8BEGIN { 8BEGIN {
9 our $VERSION = '0.2'; 9 our $VERSION = '1.2';
10 XSLoader::load __PACKAGE__, $VERSION; 10 XSLoader::load __PACKAGE__, $VERSION;
11} 11}
12 12
13=head1 NAME 13=head1 NAME
14 14
45 testsub; 45 testsub;
46 46
47The output is as follows (or similar to this, in case I forget to update 47The output is as follows (or similar to this, in case I forget to update
48the manpage after some changes): 48the manpage after some changes):
49 49
50 SCALAR(0x676fa0) is 50 SCALAR(0x7bd2d0) is
51 in the global $Test::var.
51 referenced by REF(0x676fb0), which is 52 referenced by REF(0x7bd240), which is
53 in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x7bd228), which is
54 referenced by REF(0x81dae8), which is
55 in the lexical '$local' in CODE(0x81da88), which is
56 in the global &Test::testsub.
57 referenced by REF(0x81da40), which is
58 in the global $Test::hash2.
59 referenced by REF(0x79f3f8), which is
52 in the lexical '$x' in CODE(0x676370), 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
53 not found anywhere I looked :( 64 not found anywhere I looked :(
54 referenced by REF(0x676360), which is 65 referenced by REF(0x79f140), which is
55 in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x756660), which is 66 in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x81d698), which is
56 in the global %Test::hash. 67 in the global %Test::hash.
57 in the global $Test::var.
58 referenced by REF(0x6760e0), which is
59 in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x676f30), which is
60 referenced by REF(0x77bcf0), which is
61 in the lexical '$local' in CODE(0x77bcb0), which is
62 in the global &Test::testsub.
63 referenced by REF(0x77bc80), which is
64 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<$var> can be found:
69 71
70=over 4 72=over 4
77=item - in the global variable named C<$Test::var>. 79=item - in the global variable named C<$Test::var>.
78 80
79=item - in the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable 81=item - in the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable
80C<$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<$Test::hash2>.
84
85=back
82 86
83=head1 EXPORTS 87=head1 EXPORTS
84 88
85None. 89None.
86 90
99=cut 103=cut
100 104
101sub find($); 105sub find($);
102 106
103sub track { 107sub track {
108 my ($ref, $depth) = @_;
109 @_ = ();
110
104 my $buf = ""; 111 my $buf = "";
105 112
113 Scalar::Util::weaken $ref;
114
106 my $track; $track = sub { 115 my $track; $track = sub {
107 my (undef, $depth, $indent) = @_; 116 my ($refref, $depth, $indent) = @_;
108 117
109 if ($depth) { 118 if ($depth) {
110 my (@about) = find $_[0]; 119 my (@about) = find $$refref;
111 if (@about) { 120 if (@about) {
112 for my $about (@about) { 121 for my $about (@about) {
113 $buf .= (" ") x $indent; 122 $buf .= (" ") x $indent;
114 $buf .= $about->[0]; 123 $buf .= $about->[0];
115 if (@$about > 1) { 124 if (@$about > 1) {
116 $buf .= " $about->[1], which is\n"; 125 $buf .= " $about->[1], which is\n";
117 $track->($about->[1], $depth - 1, $indent + 1); 126 $track->(\$about->[1], $depth - 1, $indent + 1);
118 } else { 127 } else {
119 $buf .= ".\n"; 128 $buf .= ".\n";
120 } 129 }
121 } 130 }
122 } else { 131 } else {
127 $buf .= (" ") x $indent; 136 $buf .= (" ") x $indent;
128 $buf .= "not referenced within the search depth.\n"; 137 $buf .= "not referenced within the search depth.\n";
129 } 138 }
130 }; 139 };
131 140
132 $buf .= "$_[0] is\n"; 141 $buf .= "$ref is\n";
133 $track->($_[0], $_[1] || 10, 1); 142 $track->(\$ref, $depth || 10, 1);
134 $buf 143 $buf
135} 144}
136 145
137=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref 146=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref
138 147
139Return arrayrefs that contain [$message, $ref] pairs. The message 148Return arrayrefs that contain [$message, $ref] pairs. The message
140describes what kind of reference was found and the C<$ref> is the 149describes what kind of reference was found and the C<$ref> is the
141reference itself, which cna be omitted if C<find> decided to end the 150reference itself, which can be omitted if C<find> decided to end the
142search. 151search. The returned references are all weak references.
143 152
144The C<track> function uses this to find references to the value you are 153The C<track> function uses this to find references to the value you are
145interested in and recurses on the returned references. 154interested in and recurses on the returned references.
146 155
147=cut 156=cut
148 157
149sub find($) { 158sub find($) {
150 my ($about, $excl) = &find_; 159 my ($about, $excl) = &find_;
151 my %excl = map +($_ => 1), @$excl; 160 my %excl = map +($_ => undef), @$excl;
152 grep !$excl{$_->[1] + 0}, @$about 161 grep !exists $excl{$_->[1] + 0}, @$about
153} 162}
154 163
155=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ref2ptr $ptr 164=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer
156 165
157Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar 166Sometimes 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 167you 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, 168to turn the address into a reference to that scalar. It is quite safe to
160but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones. 169call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones.
170
171 # we know that HASH(0x176ff70) exists, so turn it into a hashref:
172 my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70;
161 173
162=back 174=back
163 175
164=head1 AUTHOR 176=head1 AUTHOR
165 177

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