B::Showlex

B::Showlex(3)          Perl Programmers Reference Guide          B::Showlex(3)



NAME
       B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files

SYNOPSIS
               perl -MO=Showlex[,-OPTIONS][,SUBROUTINE] foo.pl

DESCRIPTION
       When a comma-separated list of subroutine names is given as options,
       Showlex prints the lexical variables used in those subroutines.  Other-
       wise, it prints the file-scope lexicals in the file.

EXAMPLES
       Traditional form:

        $ perl -MO=Showlex -e 'my ($i,$j,$k)=(1,"foo")'
        Pad of lexical names for comppadlist has 4 entries
        0: SPECIAL #1 &PL_sv_undef
        1: PVNV (0x9db0fb0) $i
        2: PVNV (0x9db0f38) $j
        3: PVNV (0x9db0f50) $k
        Pad of lexical values for comppadlist has 5 entries
        0: SPECIAL #1 &PL_sv_undef
        1: NULL (0x9da4234)
        2: NULL (0x9db0f2c)
        3: NULL (0x9db0f44)
        4: NULL (0x9da4264)
        -e syntax OK

       New-style form:

        $ perl -MO=Showlex,-newlex -e 'my ($i,$j,$k)=(1,"foo")'
        main Pad has 4 entries
        0: SPECIAL #1 &PL_sv_undef
        1: PVNV (0xa0c4fb8) "$i" = NULL (0xa0b8234)
        2: PVNV (0xa0c4f40) "$j" = NULL (0xa0c4f34)
        3: PVNV (0xa0c4f58) "$k" = NULL (0xa0c4f4c)
        -e syntax OK

       New form, no specials, outside O framework:

        $ perl -MB::Showlex -e \
           'my ($i,$j,$k)=(1,"foo"); B::Showlex::compile(-newlex,-nosp)->()'
        main Pad has 4 entries
        1: PVNV (0x998ffb0) "$i" = IV (0x9983234) 1
        2: PVNV (0x998ff68) "$j" = PV (0x998ff5c) "foo"
        3: PVNV (0x998ff80) "$k" = NULL (0x998ff74)

       Note that this example shows the values of the lexicals, whereas the
       other examples did not (as they're compile-time only).

       OPTIONS

       The "-newlex" option produces a more readable "name => value" format,
       and is shown in the second example above.

       The "-nosp" option eliminates reporting of SPECIALs, such as "0: SPE-
       CIAL #1 &PL_sv_undef" above.  Reporting of SPECIALs can sometimes over-
       whelm your declared lexicals.

SEE ALSO
       "B::Showlex" can also be used outside of the O framework, as in the
       third example.  See "B::Concise" for a fuller explanation of reasons.

TODO
       Some of the reported info, such as hex addresses, is not particularly
       valuable.  Other information would be more useful for the typical pro-
       grammer, such as line-numbers, pad-slot reuses, etc..  Given this,
       -newlex isnt a particularly good flag-name.

AUTHOR
       Malcolm Beattie, "mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk"



perl v5.8.6                       2001-09-21                     B::Showlex(3)