Devel-DumpTrace

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0.03    2010-11-26
	Implement output reduction strategies and $LEVEL verbosity level var.

0.02    2010-11-15
	Remove some of those limitations from v0.01.
	- Handle package vars
	- Handle special vars $ARGV, %SIG, $1, etc.

0.01    2010-11-05
	Initial version. Many "BUGS AND LIMITATIONS"

lib/Devel/DumpTrace.pm  view on Meta::CPAN

    # use PPI if available, otherwise use basic parser
    $ perl -d:DumpTrace program.pl

    # use PPI, fail if it is not available
    $ perl -d:DumpTrace::PPI program.pl

    # always uses basic parser
    $ perl -d:DumpTrace::noPPI program.pl
    $ DUMPTRACE_NOPPI=1 perl -d:DumpTrace program.pl

See the L</"BUGS AND LIMITATIONS"> section for important, er, limitations
of this module, especially for the basic parser.

=head1 SUBROUTINES/METHODS

None of interest.

=head1 VARIABLES

=head2 $TRACE

lib/Devel/DumpTrace.pm  view on Meta::CPAN

All output from this module is for diagnostics.

=head1 DEPENDENCIES

L<PadWalker|PadWalker> for arbitrary access to lexical variables.

L<Scalar::Util|Scalar::Util> for the reference identification
convenience methods.

=head1 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

=head2 Parser limitations

Some known cases where the output of this module will
be incorrect or misleading include:

=head3 Multiple statements on one line

    $b = 7;
    $a=4; $b=++$a;

lib/Devel/DumpTrace/PPI.pm  view on Meta::CPAN

L<Scalar::Util|Scalar::Util> for the reference identification
convenience methods.

L<Text::Shorten|Text::Shorten> (bundled with this distribution)
for abbreviating long output, when desired.

=head1 INCOMPATIBILITIES

None known.

=head1 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

See "BUGS AND LIMITATIONS" section in 
L<Devel::DumpTrace|Devel::DumpTrace/"BUGS AND LIMITATION">
for description of some known issues in both the PPI parser
and the basic parser.

See L<Devel::DumpTrace/"SUPPORT"> for other support information.
Report issues for this module with the C<Devel-DumpTrace> distribution.

=head1 AUTHOR

Marty O'Brien, E<lt>mob at cpan.orgE<gt>