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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<$var> can be found:
69 71
70=over 4 72=over 4
78 80
79=item - in the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable 81=item - in the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable
80C<$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{$about->[1]+0}++) {
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 $excl{$_->[1] + 0}, @$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;
161 175
162=back 176=back
177
178=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
179
180You can set the environment variable C<PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH> to an
181integer to override the default depth in C<track>. If a call explicitly
182specified a depth it is not overridden.
163 183
164=head1 AUTHOR 184=head1 AUTHOR
165 185
166Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>. 186Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>.
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