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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;
7use Scalar::Util;
6 8
7BEGIN { 9BEGIN {
8 our $VERSION = '1.0'; 10 our $VERSION = '1.42';
9 XSLoader::load __PACKAGE__, $VERSION; 11 XSLoader::load __PACKAGE__, $VERSION;
10} 12}
11 13
12=head1 NAME 14=head1 NAME
13 15
14Devel::FindRef - where is that reference to my scalar hiding? 16Devel::FindRef - where is that reference to my variable hiding?
15 17
16=head1 SYNOPSIS 18=head1 SYNOPSIS
17 19
18 use Devel::FindRef; 20 use Devel::FindRef;
21
22 print Devel::FindRef::track \$some_variable;
19 23
20=head1 DESCRIPTION 24=head1 DESCRIPTION
21 25
22Tracking down reference problems (e.g. you expect some object to be 26Tracking down reference problems (e.g. you expect some object to be
23destroyed, 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
28the variables containing them. 32the variables containing them.
29 33
30For example, for this fragment: 34For example, for this fragment:
31 35
32 package Test; 36 package Test;
37
38 use Devel::FindRef;
39 use Scalar::Util;
33 40
34 our $var = "hi\n"; 41 our $var = "hi\n";
35 my $x = \$var; 42 my $global_my = \$var;
36 our %hash = (ukukey => \$var); 43 our %global_hash = (ukukey => \$var);
37 our $hash2 = {ukukey2 => \$var}; 44 our $global_hashref = { ukukey2 => \$var };
38 45
39 sub testsub { 46 sub testsub {
40 my $local = $hash2; 47 my $testsub_local = $global_hashref;
41 print Devel::FindRef::track \$var; 48 print Devel::FindRef::track \$var;
42 } 49 }
43 50
44 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);
45 59
46The 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
47the manpage after some changes): 61the manpage after some changes):
48 62
49 SCALAR(0x676fa0) is 63 SCALAR(0x7cc888) [refcount 6] is
50 referenced by REF(0x676fb0), which is 64 +- referenced by REF(0x8abcc8) [refcount 1], which is
51 in the lexical '$x' in CODE(0x676370), which is 65 | in the lexical '$closure_var' in CODE(0x8abc50) [refcount 4], which is
52 not found anywhere I looked :( 66 | +- the closure created at tst:18.
53 referenced by REF(0x676360), which is 67 | +- referenced by REF(0x7d3c58) [refcount 1], which is
54 in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x756660), which is 68 | | in the lexical '$closure' in CODE(0x7ae530) [refcount 2], which is
55 in the global %Test::hash. 69 | | +- the containing scope for CODE(0x8ab430) [refcount 3], which is
70 | | | in the global &Test::testsub.
71 | | +- the main body of the program.
72 | +- in the lexical '&' in CODE(0x7ae530) [refcount 2], which was seen before.
73 +- referenced by REF(0x7cc7c8) [refcount 1], which is
74 | in the lexical '$global_my' in CODE(0x7ae530) [refcount 2], which was seen before.
56 in the global $Test::var. 75 +- in the global $Test::var.
57 referenced by REF(0x6760e0), which is 76 +- referenced by REF(0x7cc558) [refcount 1], which is
58 in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x676f30), which is 77 | in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x7ae140) [refcount 2], which is
59 referenced by REF(0x77bcf0), which is 78 | +- referenced by REF(0x8abad0) [refcount 1], which is
60 in the lexical '$local' in CODE(0x77bcb0), which is 79 | | in the lexical '$testsub_local' in CODE(0x8ab430) [refcount 3], which was seen before.
61 in the global &Test::testsub. 80 | +- referenced by REF(0x8ab4f0) [refcount 1], which is
62 referenced by REF(0x77bc80), which is
63 in the global $Test::hash2. 81 | in the global $Test::global_hashref.
64 82 +- referenced by REF(0x7ae518) [refcount 1], which is
83 | in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x7d3bb0) [refcount 1], which is
84 | in the global %Test::global_hash.
85 +- referenced by REF(0x7ae2f0) [refcount 1], which is
86 a temporary on the stack.
65 87
66It is a bit convoluted to read, but basically it says that the value 88It is a bit convoluted to read, but basically it says that the value
67stored in C<$var> can be found: 89stored in C<$var> is referenced by:
68 90
69=over 4 91=over 4
70 92
71=item - in some variable C<$x> whose origin is not known (I frankly have no 93=item - the lexical C<$closure_var> (0x8abcc8), which is inside an instantiated
72idea why, hints accepted). 94closure, which in turn is used quite a bit.
73 95
74=item - in the hash element with key C<ukukey> in the hash stored in C<%Test::hash>. 96=item - the package-level lexical C<$global_my>.
75 97
76=item - in the global variable named C<$Test::var>. 98=item - the global package variable named C<$Test::var>.
77 99
78=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
79C<$local> in the sub C<Test::testsub> and also in the hash referenced by 101C<$testsub_local> in the sub C<Test::testsub> and also in the hash
102C<$referenced by Test::hash2>.
103
104=item - the hash element with key C<ukukey> in the hash stored in
80C<$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).
81 110
82=back 111=back
112
113And all these account for six reference counts.
114
83 115
84=head1 EXPORTS 116=head1 EXPORTS
85 117
86None. 118None.
87 119
99 131
100=cut 132=cut
101 133
102sub find($); 134sub find($);
103 135
136sub _f($) {
137 "$_[0] [refcount " . (_refcnt $_[0]) . "]"
138}
139
104sub track { 140sub track {
141 my ($ref, $depth) = @_;
142 @_ = ();
143
105 my $buf = ""; 144 my $buf = "";
106 my %ignore; 145 my %seen;
146
147 Scalar::Util::weaken $ref;
107 148
108 my $track; $track = sub { 149 my $track; $track = sub {
109 my ($target, $depth, $indent) = @_; 150 my ($refref, $depth, $indent) = @_;
110 @_ = ();
111 local $ignore{$target+0} = undef;
112 151
113 if ($depth) { 152 if ($depth) {
114 my (@about) = grep !exists $ignore{$_->[1]}, find $target; 153 my (@about) = find $$refref;
115 if (@about) { 154 if (@about) {
116 local @ignore{map $_->[1]+0, @about} = ();
117 for my $about (@about) { 155 for my $about (@about) {
118 local $ignore{$about+0} = undef; 156 $about->[0] =~ s/([^\x20-\x7e])/sprintf "\\{%02x}", ord $1/ge;
119 $buf .= (" ") x $indent; 157 $buf .= "$indent" . (@about > 1 ? "+- " : "") . $about->[0];
120 $buf .= $about->[0];
121 if (@$about > 1) { 158 if (@$about > 1) {
159 if ($seen{ref2ptr $about->[1]}++) {
160 $buf .= " " . (_f $about->[1]) . ", which was seen before.\n";
161 } else {
122 $buf .= " $about->[1], which is\n"; 162 $buf .= " " . (_f $about->[1]) . ", which is\n";
123 $track->($about->[1], $depth - 1, $indent + 1); 163 $track->(\$about->[1], $depth - 1, $about == $about[-1] ? "$indent " : "$indent| ");
164 }
124 } else { 165 } else {
125 $buf .= ".\n"; 166 $buf .= ".\n";
126 } 167 }
127 } 168 }
128 } else { 169 } else {
129 $buf .= (" ") x $indent;
130 $buf .= "not found anywhere I looked :(\n"; 170 $buf .= "$indent not found anywhere I looked :(\n";
131 } 171 }
132 } else { 172 } else {
133 $buf .= (" ") x $indent;
134 $buf .= "not referenced within the search depth.\n"; 173 $buf .= "$indent not referenced within the search depth.\n";
135 } 174 }
136 }; 175 };
137 176
138 $buf .= "$_[0] is\n"; 177 $buf .= (_f $ref) . " is\n";
139 $track->($_[0], $_[1] || 10, 1); 178
179 $track->(\$ref, $depth || $ENV{PERL_DEVEL_FINDREF_DEPTH} || 10, "");
140 $buf 180 $buf
141} 181}
142 182
143=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref 183=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref
144 184
145Return arrayrefs that contain [$message, $ref] pairs. The message 185Return arrayrefs that contain [$message, $ref] pairs. The message
146describes what kind of reference was found and the C<$ref> is the 186describes what kind of reference was found and the C<$ref> is the
147reference itself, which cna be omitted if C<find> decided to end the 187reference itself, which can be omitted if C<find> decided to end the
148search. 188search. The returned references are all weak references.
149 189
150The C<track> function uses this to find references to the value you are 190The C<track> function uses this to find references to the value you are
151interested in and recurses on the returned references. 191interested in and recurses on the returned references.
152 192
153=cut 193=cut
154 194
155sub find($) { 195sub find($) {
156 my ($about, $excl) = &find_; 196 my ($about, $excl) = &find_;
157 my %excl = map +($_ => undef), @$excl; 197 my %excl = map +($_ => undef), @$excl;
158 grep !exists $excl{$_->[1] + 0}, @$about 198 grep !($#$_ && exists $excl{ref2ptr $_->[1]}), @$about
159} 199}
160 200
161=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer 201=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer
162 202
163Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar 203Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar
166call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones. 206call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones.
167 207
168 # 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:
169 my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70; 209 my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70;
170 210
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
171=back 217=back
172 218
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
173=head1 AUTHOR 225=head1 AUTHOR
174 226
175Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>. 227Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>.
176 228
177=head1 BUGS
178
179Only code values, arrays, hashes, scalars and magic are being looked at.
180
181This is a quick hack only.
182
183=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 229=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
184 230
185Copyright (C) 2007 by Marc Lehmann. 231Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 by Marc Lehmann.
186 232
187This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 233This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
188it 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,
189at 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.
190 236

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