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1 | # B.pm |
2 | # |
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3 | # Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998 Malcolm Beattie |
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4 | # |
5 | # You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public |
6 | # License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file. |
7 | # |
8 | package B; |
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9 | |
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10 | our $VERSION = '1.18'; |
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11 | |
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12 | use XSLoader (); |
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13 | require Exporter; |
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14 | @ISA = qw(Exporter); |
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15 | |
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16 | # walkoptree_slow comes from B.pm (you are there), |
17 | # walkoptree comes from B.xs |
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18 | @EXPORT_OK = qw(minus_c ppname save_BEGINs |
19 | class peekop cast_I32 cstring cchar hash threadsv_names |
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20 | main_root main_start main_cv svref_2object opnumber |
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21 | sub_generation amagic_generation perlstring |
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22 | walkoptree_slow walkoptree walkoptree_exec walksymtable |
23 | parents comppadlist sv_undef compile_stats timing_info |
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24 | begin_av init_av check_av end_av regex_padav dowarn defstash |
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25 | curstash warnhook diehook inc_gv @optype @specialsv_name |
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26 | ); |
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27 | push @EXPORT_OK, qw(unitcheck_av) if $] > 5.009; |
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28 | |
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29 | sub OPf_KIDS (); |
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30 | use strict; |
31 | @B::SV::ISA = 'B::OBJECT'; |
32 | @B::NULL::ISA = 'B::SV'; |
33 | @B::PV::ISA = 'B::SV'; |
34 | @B::IV::ISA = 'B::SV'; |
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35 | @B::NV::ISA = 'B::SV'; |
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36 | # RV is eliminated with 5.11.0, but effectively is a specialisation of IV now. |
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37 | @B::RV::ISA = $] >= 5.011 ? 'B::IV' : 'B::SV'; |
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38 | @B::PVIV::ISA = qw(B::PV B::IV); |
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39 | @B::PVNV::ISA = qw(B::PVIV B::NV); |
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40 | @B::PVMG::ISA = 'B::PVNV'; |
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41 | @B::REGEXP::ISA = 'B::PVMG' if $] >= 5.011; |
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42 | # Change in the inheritance hierarchy post 5.9.0 |
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43 | @B::PVLV::ISA = $] > 5.009 ? 'B::GV' : 'B::PVMG'; |
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44 | # BM is eliminated post 5.9.5, but effectively is a specialisation of GV now. |
45 | @B::BM::ISA = $] > 5.009005 ? 'B::GV' : 'B::PVMG'; |
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46 | @B::AV::ISA = 'B::PVMG'; |
47 | @B::GV::ISA = 'B::PVMG'; |
48 | @B::HV::ISA = 'B::PVMG'; |
49 | @B::CV::ISA = 'B::PVMG'; |
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50 | @B::IO::ISA = 'B::PVMG'; |
51 | @B::FM::ISA = 'B::CV'; |
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52 | |
53 | @B::OP::ISA = 'B::OBJECT'; |
54 | @B::UNOP::ISA = 'B::OP'; |
55 | @B::BINOP::ISA = 'B::UNOP'; |
56 | @B::LOGOP::ISA = 'B::UNOP'; |
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57 | @B::LISTOP::ISA = 'B::BINOP'; |
58 | @B::SVOP::ISA = 'B::OP'; |
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59 | @B::PADOP::ISA = 'B::OP'; |
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60 | @B::PVOP::ISA = 'B::OP'; |
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61 | @B::LOOP::ISA = 'B::LISTOP'; |
62 | @B::PMOP::ISA = 'B::LISTOP'; |
63 | @B::COP::ISA = 'B::OP'; |
64 | |
65 | @B::SPECIAL::ISA = 'B::OBJECT'; |
66 | |
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67 | @B::optype = qw(OP UNOP BINOP LOGOP LISTOP PMOP SVOP PADOP PVOP LOOP COP); |
68 | # bytecode.pl contained the following comment: |
69 | # Nullsv *must* come first in the following so that the condition |
70 | # ($$sv == 0) can continue to be used to test (sv == Nullsv). |
71 | @B::specialsv_name = qw(Nullsv &PL_sv_undef &PL_sv_yes &PL_sv_no |
72 | (SV*)pWARN_ALL (SV*)pWARN_NONE (SV*)pWARN_STD); |
73 | |
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74 | { |
75 | # Stop "-w" from complaining about the lack of a real B::OBJECT class |
76 | package B::OBJECT; |
77 | } |
78 | |
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79 | sub B::GV::SAFENAME { |
80 | my $name = (shift())->NAME; |
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81 | |
82 | # The regex below corresponds to the isCONTROLVAR macro |
83 | # from toke.c |
84 | |
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85 | $name =~ s/^([\cA-\cZ\c\\c[\c]\c?\c_\c^])/"^". |
86 | chr( utf8::unicode_to_native( 64 ^ ord($1) ))/e; |
87 | |
88 | # When we say unicode_to_native we really mean ascii_to_native, |
89 | # which matters iff this is a non-ASCII platform (EBCDIC). |
90 | |
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91 | return $name; |
92 | } |
93 | |
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94 | sub B::IV::int_value { |
95 | my ($self) = @_; |
96 | return (($self->FLAGS() & SVf_IVisUV()) ? $self->UVX : $self->IV); |
97 | } |
98 | |
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99 | sub B::NULL::as_string() {""} |
100 | sub B::IV::as_string() {goto &B::IV::int_value} |
101 | sub B::PV::as_string() {goto &B::PV::PV} |
102 | |
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103 | my $debug; |
104 | my $op_count = 0; |
105 | my @parents = (); |
106 | |
107 | sub debug { |
108 | my ($class, $value) = @_; |
109 | $debug = $value; |
110 | walkoptree_debug($value); |
111 | } |
112 | |
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113 | sub class { |
114 | my $obj = shift; |
115 | my $name = ref $obj; |
116 | $name =~ s/^.*:://; |
117 | return $name; |
118 | } |
119 | |
120 | sub parents { \@parents } |
121 | |
122 | # For debugging |
123 | sub peekop { |
124 | my $op = shift; |
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125 | return sprintf("%s (0x%x) %s", class($op), $$op, $op->name); |
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126 | } |
127 | |
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128 | sub walkoptree_slow { |
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129 | my($op, $method, $level) = @_; |
130 | $op_count++; # just for statistics |
131 | $level ||= 0; |
132 | warn(sprintf("walkoptree: %d. %s\n", $level, peekop($op))) if $debug; |
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133 | $op->$method($level) if $op->can($method); |
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134 | if ($$op && ($op->flags & OPf_KIDS)) { |
135 | my $kid; |
136 | unshift(@parents, $op); |
137 | for ($kid = $op->first; $$kid; $kid = $kid->sibling) { |
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138 | walkoptree_slow($kid, $method, $level + 1); |
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139 | } |
140 | shift @parents; |
141 | } |
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142 | if (class($op) eq 'PMOP' |
143 | && ref($op->pmreplroot) |
144 | && ${$op->pmreplroot} |
145 | && $op->pmreplroot->isa( 'B::OP' )) |
146 | { |
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147 | unshift(@parents, $op); |
148 | walkoptree_slow($op->pmreplroot, $method, $level + 1); |
149 | shift @parents; |
150 | } |
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151 | } |
152 | |
153 | sub compile_stats { |
154 | return "Total number of OPs processed: $op_count\n"; |
155 | } |
156 | |
157 | sub timing_info { |
158 | my ($sec, $min, $hr) = localtime; |
159 | my ($user, $sys) = times; |
160 | sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d user=$user sys=$sys", |
161 | $hr, $min, $sec, $user, $sys); |
162 | } |
163 | |
164 | my %symtable; |
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165 | |
166 | sub clearsym { |
167 | %symtable = (); |
168 | } |
169 | |
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170 | sub savesym { |
171 | my ($obj, $value) = @_; |
172 | # warn(sprintf("savesym: sym_%x => %s\n", $$obj, $value)); # debug |
173 | $symtable{sprintf("sym_%x", $$obj)} = $value; |
174 | } |
175 | |
176 | sub objsym { |
177 | my $obj = shift; |
178 | return $symtable{sprintf("sym_%x", $$obj)}; |
179 | } |
180 | |
181 | sub walkoptree_exec { |
182 | my ($op, $method, $level) = @_; |
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183 | $level ||= 0; |
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184 | my ($sym, $ppname); |
185 | my $prefix = " " x $level; |
186 | for (; $$op; $op = $op->next) { |
187 | $sym = objsym($op); |
188 | if (defined($sym)) { |
189 | print $prefix, "goto $sym\n"; |
190 | return; |
191 | } |
192 | savesym($op, sprintf("%s (0x%lx)", class($op), $$op)); |
193 | $op->$method($level); |
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194 | $ppname = $op->name; |
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195 | if ($ppname =~ |
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196 | /^(d?or(assign)?|and(assign)?|mapwhile|grepwhile|entertry|range|cond_expr)$/) |
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197 | { |
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198 | print $prefix, uc($1), " => {\n"; |
199 | walkoptree_exec($op->other, $method, $level + 1); |
200 | print $prefix, "}\n"; |
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201 | } elsif ($ppname eq "match" || $ppname eq "subst") { |
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202 | my $pmreplstart = $op->pmreplstart; |
203 | if ($$pmreplstart) { |
204 | print $prefix, "PMREPLSTART => {\n"; |
205 | walkoptree_exec($pmreplstart, $method, $level + 1); |
206 | print $prefix, "}\n"; |
207 | } |
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208 | } elsif ($ppname eq "substcont") { |
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209 | print $prefix, "SUBSTCONT => {\n"; |
210 | walkoptree_exec($op->other->pmreplstart, $method, $level + 1); |
211 | print $prefix, "}\n"; |
212 | $op = $op->other; |
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213 | } elsif ($ppname eq "enterloop") { |
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214 | print $prefix, "REDO => {\n"; |
215 | walkoptree_exec($op->redoop, $method, $level + 1); |
216 | print $prefix, "}\n", $prefix, "NEXT => {\n"; |
217 | walkoptree_exec($op->nextop, $method, $level + 1); |
218 | print $prefix, "}\n", $prefix, "LAST => {\n"; |
219 | walkoptree_exec($op->lastop, $method, $level + 1); |
220 | print $prefix, "}\n"; |
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221 | } elsif ($ppname eq "subst") { |
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222 | my $replstart = $op->pmreplstart; |
223 | if ($$replstart) { |
224 | print $prefix, "SUBST => {\n"; |
225 | walkoptree_exec($replstart, $method, $level + 1); |
226 | print $prefix, "}\n"; |
227 | } |
228 | } |
229 | } |
230 | } |
231 | |
232 | sub walksymtable { |
233 | my ($symref, $method, $recurse, $prefix) = @_; |
234 | my $sym; |
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235 | my $ref; |
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236 | my $fullname; |
237 | no strict 'refs'; |
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238 | $prefix = '' unless defined $prefix; |
239 | while (($sym, $ref) = each %$symref) { |
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240 | $fullname = "*main::".$prefix.$sym; |
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241 | if ($sym =~ /::$/) { |
242 | $sym = $prefix . $sym; |
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243 | if ($sym ne "main::" && $sym ne "<none>::" && &$recurse($sym)) { |
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244 | walksymtable(\%$fullname, $method, $recurse, $sym); |
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245 | } |
246 | } else { |
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247 | svref_2object(\*$fullname)->$method(); |
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248 | } |
249 | } |
250 | } |
251 | |
252 | { |
253 | package B::Section; |
254 | my $output_fh; |
255 | my %sections; |
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256 | |
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257 | sub new { |
258 | my ($class, $section, $symtable, $default) = @_; |
259 | $output_fh ||= FileHandle->new_tmpfile; |
260 | my $obj = bless [-1, $section, $symtable, $default], $class; |
261 | $sections{$section} = $obj; |
262 | return $obj; |
263 | } |
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264 | |
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265 | sub get { |
266 | my ($class, $section) = @_; |
267 | return $sections{$section}; |
268 | } |
269 | |
270 | sub add { |
271 | my $section = shift; |
272 | while (defined($_ = shift)) { |
273 | print $output_fh "$section->[1]\t$_\n"; |
274 | $section->[0]++; |
275 | } |
276 | } |
277 | |
278 | sub index { |
279 | my $section = shift; |
280 | return $section->[0]; |
281 | } |
282 | |
283 | sub name { |
284 | my $section = shift; |
285 | return $section->[1]; |
286 | } |
287 | |
288 | sub symtable { |
289 | my $section = shift; |
290 | return $section->[2]; |
291 | } |
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292 | |
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293 | sub default { |
294 | my $section = shift; |
295 | return $section->[3]; |
296 | } |
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297 | |
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298 | sub output { |
299 | my ($section, $fh, $format) = @_; |
300 | my $name = $section->name; |
301 | my $sym = $section->symtable || {}; |
302 | my $default = $section->default; |
303 | |
304 | seek($output_fh, 0, 0); |
305 | while (<$output_fh>) { |
306 | chomp; |
307 | s/^(.*?)\t//; |
308 | if ($1 eq $name) { |
309 | s{(s\\_[0-9a-f]+)} { |
310 | exists($sym->{$1}) ? $sym->{$1} : $default; |
311 | }ge; |
312 | printf $fh $format, $_; |
313 | } |
314 | } |
315 | } |
316 | } |
317 | |
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318 | XSLoader::load 'B'; |
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319 | |
320 | 1; |
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321 | |
322 | __END__ |
323 | |
324 | =head1 NAME |
325 | |
326 | B - The Perl Compiler |
327 | |
328 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
329 | |
330 | use B; |
331 | |
332 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
333 | |
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334 | The C<B> module supplies classes which allow a Perl program to delve |
335 | into its own innards. It is the module used to implement the |
336 | "backends" of the Perl compiler. Usage of the compiler does not |
337 | require knowledge of this module: see the F<O> module for the |
338 | user-visible part. The C<B> module is of use to those who want to |
339 | write new compiler backends. This documentation assumes that the |
340 | reader knows a fair amount about perl's internals including such |
341 | things as SVs, OPs and the internal symbol table and syntax tree |
342 | of a program. |
343 | |
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344 | =head1 OVERVIEW |
345 | |
346 | The C<B> module contains a set of utility functions for querying the |
347 | current state of the Perl interpreter; typically these functions |
348 | return objects from the B::SV and B::OP classes, or their derived |
349 | classes. These classes in turn define methods for querying the |
350 | resulting objects about their own internal state. |
351 | |
352 | =head1 Utility Functions |
353 | |
354 | The C<B> module exports a variety of functions: some are simple |
355 | utility functions, others provide a Perl program with a way to |
356 | get an initial "handle" on an internal object. |
357 | |
358 | =head2 Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV> objects |
359 | |
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360 | For descriptions of the class hierarchy of these objects and the |
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361 | methods that can be called on them, see below, L<"OVERVIEW OF |
362 | CLASSES"> and L<"SV-RELATED CLASSES">. |
363 | |
364 | =over 4 |
365 | |
366 | =item sv_undef |
367 | |
368 | Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<sv_undef>. |
369 | |
370 | =item sv_yes |
371 | |
372 | Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<sv_yes>. |
373 | |
374 | =item sv_no |
375 | |
376 | Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<sv_no>. |
377 | |
378 | =item svref_2object(SVREF) |
379 | |
380 | Takes a reference to any Perl value, and turns the referred-to value |
381 | into an object in the appropriate B::OP-derived or B::SV-derived |
382 | class. Apart from functions such as C<main_root>, this is the primary |
383 | way to get an initial "handle" on an internal perl data structure |
384 | which can then be followed with the other access methods. |
385 | |
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386 | The returned object will only be valid as long as the underlying OPs |
387 | and SVs continue to exist. Do not attempt to use the object after the |
388 | underlying structures are freed. |
389 | |
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390 | =item amagic_generation |
391 | |
392 | Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<amagic_generation>. |
393 | |
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394 | =item init_av |
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395 | |
396 | Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing INIT blocks. |
397 | |
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398 | =item check_av |
399 | |
400 | Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing CHECK blocks. |
401 | |
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402 | =item unitcheck_av |
403 | |
404 | Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing UNITCHECK blocks. |
405 | |
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406 | =item begin_av |
407 | |
408 | Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing BEGIN blocks. |
409 | |
410 | =item end_av |
411 | |
412 | Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing END blocks. |
413 | |
414 | =item comppadlist |
415 | |
416 | Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) of the global comppadlist. |
417 | |
418 | =item regex_padav |
419 | |
420 | Only when perl was compiled with ithreads. |
421 | |
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422 | =item main_cv |
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423 | |
424 | Return the (faked) CV corresponding to the main part of the Perl |
425 | program. |
426 | |
427 | =back |
428 | |
429 | =head2 Functions for Examining the Symbol Table |
430 | |
431 | =over 4 |
432 | |
433 | =item walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX) |
434 | |
435 | Walk the symbol table starting at SYMREF and call METHOD on each |
436 | symbol (a B::GV object) visited. When the walk reaches package |
437 | symbols (such as "Foo::") it invokes RECURSE, passing in the symbol |
438 | name, and only recurses into the package if that sub returns true. |
439 | |
440 | PREFIX is the name of the SYMREF you're walking. |
441 | |
442 | For example: |
443 | |
444 | # Walk CGI's symbol table calling print_subs on each symbol. |
445 | # Recurse only into CGI::Util:: |
446 | walksymtable(\%CGI::, 'print_subs', sub { $_[0] eq 'CGI::Util::' }, |
447 | 'CGI::'); |
448 | |
449 | print_subs() is a B::GV method you have declared. Also see L<"B::GV |
450 | Methods">, below. |
451 | |
452 | =back |
453 | |
454 | =head2 Functions Returning C<B::OP> objects or for walking op trees |
455 | |
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456 | For descriptions of the class hierarchy of these objects and the |
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457 | methods that can be called on them, see below, L<"OVERVIEW OF |
458 | CLASSES"> and L<"OP-RELATED CLASSES">. |
459 | |
460 | =over 4 |
461 | |
462 | =item main_root |
463 | |
464 | Returns the root op (i.e. an object in the appropriate B::OP-derived |
465 | class) of the main part of the Perl program. |
466 | |
467 | =item main_start |
468 | |
469 | Returns the starting op of the main part of the Perl program. |
470 | |
471 | =item walkoptree(OP, METHOD) |
472 | |
473 | Does a tree-walk of the syntax tree based at OP and calls METHOD on |
474 | each op it visits. Each node is visited before its children. If |
475 | C<walkoptree_debug> (see below) has been called to turn debugging on then |
476 | the method C<walkoptree_debug> is called on each op before METHOD is |
477 | called. |
478 | |
479 | =item walkoptree_debug(DEBUG) |
480 | |
481 | Returns the current debugging flag for C<walkoptree>. If the optional |
482 | DEBUG argument is non-zero, it sets the debugging flag to that. See |
483 | the description of C<walkoptree> above for what the debugging flag |
484 | does. |
485 | |
486 | =back |
487 | |
488 | =head2 Miscellaneous Utility Functions |
489 | |
490 | =over 4 |
491 | |
492 | =item ppname(OPNUM) |
493 | |
494 | Return the PP function name (e.g. "pp_add") of op number OPNUM. |
495 | |
496 | =item hash(STR) |
497 | |
498 | Returns a string in the form "0x..." representing the value of the |
499 | internal hash function used by perl on string STR. |
500 | |
501 | =item cast_I32(I) |
502 | |
503 | Casts I to the internal I32 type used by that perl. |
504 | |
505 | =item minus_c |
506 | |
507 | Does the equivalent of the C<-c> command-line option. Obviously, this |
508 | is only useful in a BEGIN block or else the flag is set too late. |
509 | |
510 | =item cstring(STR) |
511 | |
512 | Returns a double-quote-surrounded escaped version of STR which can |
513 | be used as a string in C source code. |
514 | |
515 | =item perlstring(STR) |
516 | |
517 | Returns a double-quote-surrounded escaped version of STR which can |
518 | be used as a string in Perl source code. |
519 | |
520 | =item class(OBJ) |
521 | |
522 | Returns the class of an object without the part of the classname |
523 | preceding the first C<"::">. This is used to turn C<"B::UNOP"> into |
524 | C<"UNOP"> for example. |
525 | |
526 | =item threadsv_names |
527 | |
528 | In a perl compiled for threads, this returns a list of the special |
529 | per-thread threadsv variables. |
530 | |
531 | =back |
532 | |
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533 | =head2 Exported utility variabiles |
534 | |
535 | =over 4 |
536 | |
537 | =item @optype |
538 | |
539 | my $op_type = $optype[$op_type_num]; |
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540 | |
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541 | A simple mapping of the op type number to its type (like 'COP' or 'BINOP'). |
542 | |
543 | =item @specialsv_name |
544 | |
545 | my $sv_name = $specialsv_name[$sv_index]; |
546 | |
547 | Certain SV types are considered 'special'. They're represented by |
548 | B::SPECIAL and are referred to by a number from the specialsv_list. |
549 | This array maps that number back to the name of the SV (like 'Nullsv' |
550 | or '&PL_sv_undef'). |
551 | |
552 | =back |
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553 | |
554 | |
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555 | =head1 OVERVIEW OF CLASSES |
556 | |
557 | The C structures used by Perl's internals to hold SV and OP |
558 | information (PVIV, AV, HV, ..., OP, SVOP, UNOP, ...) are modelled on a |
559 | class hierarchy and the C<B> module gives access to them via a true |
560 | object hierarchy. Structure fields which point to other objects |
561 | (whether types of SV or types of OP) are represented by the C<B> |
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562 | module as Perl objects of the appropriate class. |
563 | |
564 | The bulk of the C<B> module is the methods for accessing fields of |
565 | these structures. |
566 | |
567 | Note that all access is read-only. You cannot modify the internals by |
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568 | using this module. Also, note that the B::OP and B::SV objects created |
569 | by this module are only valid for as long as the underlying objects |
570 | exist; their creation doesn't increase the reference counts of the |
571 | underlying objects. Trying to access the fields of a freed object will |
572 | give incomprehensible results, or worse. |
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573 | |
574 | =head2 SV-RELATED CLASSES |
575 | |
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576 | B::IV, B::NV, B::RV, B::PV, B::PVIV, B::PVNV, B::PVMG, B::BM (5.9.5 and |
577 | earlier), B::PVLV, B::AV, B::HV, B::CV, B::GV, B::FM, B::IO. These classes |
578 | correspond in the obvious way to the underlying C structures of similar names. |
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579 | The inheritance hierarchy mimics the underlying C "inheritance". For the |
580 | 5.10, 5.10.1 I<etc> this is: |
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581 | |
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582 | B::SV |
583 | | |
584 | +------------+------------+------------+ |
585 | | | | | |
586 | B::PV B::IV B::NV B::RV |
587 | \ / / |
588 | \ / / |
589 | B::PVIV / |
b591c46e |
590 | \ / |
591 | \ / |
592 | \ / |
593 | B::PVNV |
594 | | |
595 | | |
596 | B::PVMG |
597 | | |
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598 | +-----+-----+-----+-----+ |
599 | | | | | | |
600 | B::AV B::GV B::HV B::CV B::IO |
601 | | | |
602 | | | |
603 | B::PVLV B::FM |
604 | |
605 | |
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606 | For 5.11.0 and later, B::RV is abolished, and IVs can be used to store |
607 | references. |
608 | |
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609 | For 5.9.0 and earlier, PVLV is a direct subclass of PVMG, and BM is still |
610 | present as a distinct type, so the base of this diagram is |
611 | |
612 | |
613 | | |
614 | | |
615 | B::PVMG |
616 | | |
617 | +------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |
618 | | | | | | | | |
619 | B::PVLV B::BM B::AV B::GV B::HV B::CV B::IO |
620 | | |
621 | | |
622 | B::FM |
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623 | |
624 | |
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625 | Access methods correspond to the underlying C macros for field access, |
1a52ab62 |
626 | usually with the leading "class indication" prefix removed (Sv, Av, |
627 | Hv, ...). The leading prefix is only left in cases where its removal |
628 | would cause a clash in method name. For example, C<GvREFCNT> stays |
629 | as-is since its abbreviation would clash with the "superclass" method |
630 | C<REFCNT> (corresponding to the C function C<SvREFCNT>). |
631 | |
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632 | =head2 B::SV Methods |
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633 | |
634 | =over 4 |
635 | |
636 | =item REFCNT |
637 | |
638 | =item FLAGS |
639 | |
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640 | =item object_2svref |
641 | |
642 | Returns a reference to the regular scalar corresponding to this |
643 | B::SV object. In other words, this method is the inverse operation |
644 | to the svref_2object() subroutine. This scalar and other data it points |
645 | at should be considered read-only: modifying them is neither safe nor |
646 | guaranteed to have a sensible effect. |
647 | |
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648 | =back |
649 | |
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650 | =head2 B::IV Methods |
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651 | |
652 | =over 4 |
653 | |
654 | =item IV |
655 | |
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656 | Returns the value of the IV, I<interpreted as |
657 | a signed integer>. This will be misleading |
658 | if C<FLAGS & SVf_IVisUV>. Perhaps you want the |
659 | C<int_value> method instead? |
660 | |
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661 | =item IVX |
662 | |
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663 | =item UVX |
664 | |
665 | =item int_value |
666 | |
667 | This method returns the value of the IV as an integer. |
668 | It differs from C<IV> in that it returns the correct |
669 | value regardless of whether it's stored signed or |
670 | unsigned. |
671 | |
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672 | =item needs64bits |
673 | |
674 | =item packiv |
675 | |
676 | =back |
677 | |
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678 | =head2 B::NV Methods |
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679 | |
680 | =over 4 |
681 | |
682 | =item NV |
683 | |
684 | =item NVX |
685 | |
686 | =back |
687 | |
85cf7f2e |
688 | =head2 B::RV Methods |
1a52ab62 |
689 | |
690 | =over 4 |
691 | |
692 | =item RV |
693 | |
694 | =back |
695 | |
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696 | =head2 B::PV Methods |
1a52ab62 |
697 | |
698 | =over 4 |
699 | |
700 | =item PV |
701 | |
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702 | This method is the one you usually want. It constructs a |
703 | string using the length and offset information in the struct: |
704 | for ordinary scalars it will return the string that you'd see |
705 | from Perl, even if it contains null characters. |
706 | |
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707 | =item RV |
708 | |
709 | Same as B::RV::RV, except that it will die() if the PV isn't |
710 | a reference. |
711 | |
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712 | =item PVX |
713 | |
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714 | This method is less often useful. It assumes that the string |
715 | stored in the struct is null-terminated, and disregards the |
716 | length information. |
717 | |
718 | It is the appropriate method to use if you need to get the name |
719 | of a lexical variable from a padname array. Lexical variable names |
720 | are always stored with a null terminator, and the length field |
721 | (SvCUR) is overloaded for other purposes and can't be relied on here. |
722 | |
1a52ab62 |
723 | =back |
724 | |
85cf7f2e |
725 | =head2 B::PVMG Methods |
1a52ab62 |
726 | |
727 | =over 4 |
728 | |
729 | =item MAGIC |
730 | |
731 | =item SvSTASH |
732 | |
733 | =back |
734 | |
85cf7f2e |
735 | =head2 B::MAGIC Methods |
1a52ab62 |
736 | |
737 | =over 4 |
738 | |
739 | =item MOREMAGIC |
740 | |
9d2bbe64 |
741 | =item precomp |
742 | |
743 | Only valid on r-magic, returns the string that generated the regexp. |
744 | |
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745 | =item PRIVATE |
746 | |
747 | =item TYPE |
748 | |
749 | =item FLAGS |
750 | |
751 | =item OBJ |
752 | |
9d2bbe64 |
753 | Will die() if called on r-magic. |
754 | |
1a52ab62 |
755 | =item PTR |
756 | |
9d2bbe64 |
757 | =item REGEX |
758 | |
759 | Only valid on r-magic, returns the integer value of the REGEX stored |
760 | in the MAGIC. |
761 | |
1a52ab62 |
762 | =back |
763 | |
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764 | =head2 B::PVLV Methods |
1a52ab62 |
765 | |
766 | =over 4 |
767 | |
768 | =item TARGOFF |
769 | |
770 | =item TARGLEN |
771 | |
772 | =item TYPE |
773 | |
774 | =item TARG |
775 | |
776 | =back |
777 | |
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778 | =head2 B::BM Methods |
1a52ab62 |
779 | |
780 | =over 4 |
781 | |
782 | =item USEFUL |
783 | |
784 | =item PREVIOUS |
785 | |
786 | =item RARE |
787 | |
788 | =item TABLE |
789 | |
790 | =back |
791 | |
85cf7f2e |
792 | =head2 B::GV Methods |
1a52ab62 |
793 | |
794 | =over 4 |
795 | |
87d7fd28 |
796 | =item is_empty |
797 | |
798 | This method returns TRUE if the GP field of the GV is NULL. |
799 | |
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800 | =item NAME |
801 | |
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802 | =item SAFENAME |
803 | |
804 | This method returns the name of the glob, but if the first |
805 | character of the name is a control character, then it converts |
806 | it to ^X first, so that *^G would return "^G" rather than "\cG". |
807 | |
808 | It's useful if you want to print out the name of a variable. |
809 | If you restrict yourself to globs which exist at compile-time |
810 | then the result ought to be unambiguous, because code like |
811 | C<${"^G"} = 1> is compiled as two ops - a constant string and |
812 | a dereference (rv2gv) - so that the glob is created at runtime. |
813 | |
814 | If you're working with globs at runtime, and need to disambiguate |
815 | *^G from *{"^G"}, then you should use the raw NAME method. |
816 | |
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817 | =item STASH |
818 | |
819 | =item SV |
820 | |
821 | =item IO |
822 | |
823 | =item FORM |
824 | |
825 | =item AV |
826 | |
827 | =item HV |
828 | |
829 | =item EGV |
830 | |
831 | =item CV |
832 | |
833 | =item CVGEN |
834 | |
835 | =item LINE |
836 | |
b195d487 |
837 | =item FILE |
838 | |
1a52ab62 |
839 | =item FILEGV |
840 | |
841 | =item GvREFCNT |
842 | |
843 | =item FLAGS |
844 | |
845 | =back |
846 | |
85cf7f2e |
847 | =head2 B::IO Methods |
1a52ab62 |
848 | |
849 | =over 4 |
850 | |
851 | =item LINES |
852 | |
853 | =item PAGE |
854 | |
855 | =item PAGE_LEN |
856 | |
857 | =item LINES_LEFT |
858 | |
859 | =item TOP_NAME |
860 | |
861 | =item TOP_GV |
862 | |
863 | =item FMT_NAME |
864 | |
865 | =item FMT_GV |
866 | |
867 | =item BOTTOM_NAME |
868 | |
869 | =item BOTTOM_GV |
870 | |
871 | =item SUBPROCESS |
872 | |
873 | =item IoTYPE |
874 | |
875 | =item IoFLAGS |
876 | |
9d2bbe64 |
877 | =item IsSTD |
878 | |
879 | Takes one arguments ( 'stdin' | 'stdout' | 'stderr' ) and returns true |
880 | if the IoIFP of the object is equal to the handle whose name was |
881 | passed as argument ( i.e. $io->IsSTD('stderr') is true if |
882 | IoIFP($io) == PerlIO_stdin() ). |
883 | |
1a52ab62 |
884 | =back |
885 | |
85cf7f2e |
886 | =head2 B::AV Methods |
1a52ab62 |
887 | |
888 | =over 4 |
889 | |
890 | =item FILL |
891 | |
892 | =item MAX |
893 | |
1a52ab62 |
894 | =item ARRAY |
895 | |
429a5ce7 |
896 | =item ARRAYelt |
897 | |
898 | Like C<ARRAY>, but takes an index as an argument to get only one element, |
899 | rather than a list of all of them. |
900 | |
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901 | =item OFF |
902 | |
903 | This method is deprecated if running under Perl 5.8, and is no longer present |
904 | if running under Perl 5.9 |
905 | |
906 | =item AvFLAGS |
907 | |
908 | This method returns the AV specific flags. In Perl 5.9 these are now stored |
909 | in with the main SV flags, so this method is no longer present. |
910 | |
1a52ab62 |
911 | =back |
912 | |
85cf7f2e |
913 | =head2 B::CV Methods |
1a52ab62 |
914 | |
915 | =over 4 |
916 | |
917 | =item STASH |
918 | |
919 | =item START |
920 | |
921 | =item ROOT |
922 | |
923 | =item GV |
924 | |
57843af0 |
925 | =item FILE |
926 | |
1a52ab62 |
927 | =item DEPTH |
928 | |
929 | =item PADLIST |
930 | |
931 | =item OUTSIDE |
932 | |
a3985cdc |
933 | =item OUTSIDE_SEQ |
934 | |
1a52ab62 |
935 | =item XSUB |
936 | |
937 | =item XSUBANY |
938 | |
9d2bbe64 |
939 | For constant subroutines, returns the constant SV returned by the subroutine. |
940 | |
5cfd8ad4 |
941 | =item CvFLAGS |
942 | |
de3f1649 |
943 | =item const_sv |
944 | |
1a52ab62 |
945 | =back |
946 | |
85cf7f2e |
947 | =head2 B::HV Methods |
1a52ab62 |
948 | |
949 | =over 4 |
950 | |
951 | =item FILL |
952 | |
953 | =item MAX |
954 | |
955 | =item KEYS |
956 | |
957 | =item RITER |
958 | |
959 | =item NAME |
960 | |
1a52ab62 |
961 | =item ARRAY |
962 | |
edcc7c74 |
963 | =item PMROOT |
964 | |
965 | This method is not present if running under Perl 5.9, as the PMROOT |
966 | information is no longer stored directly in the hash. |
967 | |
1a52ab62 |
968 | =back |
969 | |
970 | =head2 OP-RELATED CLASSES |
971 | |
85cf7f2e |
972 | C<B::OP>, C<B::UNOP>, C<B::BINOP>, C<B::LOGOP>, C<B::LISTOP>, C<B::PMOP>, |
651aa52e |
973 | C<B::SVOP>, C<B::PADOP>, C<B::PVOP>, C<B::LOOP>, C<B::COP>. |
85cf7f2e |
974 | |
975 | These classes correspond in the obvious way to the underlying C |
976 | structures of similar names. The inheritance hierarchy mimics the |
977 | underlying C "inheritance": |
978 | |
979 | B::OP |
980 | | |
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981 | +---------------+--------+--------+-------+ |
982 | | | | | | |
983 | B::UNOP B::SVOP B::PADOP B::COP B::PVOP |
85cf7f2e |
984 | ,' `-. |
985 | / `--. |
986 | B::BINOP B::LOGOP |
987 | | |
988 | | |
989 | B::LISTOP |
990 | ,' `. |
991 | / \ |
992 | B::LOOP B::PMOP |
993 | |
994 | Access methods correspond to the underlying C structre field names, |
995 | with the leading "class indication" prefix (C<"op_">) removed. |
996 | |
997 | =head2 B::OP Methods |
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998 | |
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999 | These methods get the values of similarly named fields within the OP |
1000 | data structure. See top of C<op.h> for more info. |
1001 | |
1a52ab62 |
1002 | =over 4 |
1003 | |
1004 | =item next |
1005 | |
1006 | =item sibling |
1007 | |
3f872cb9 |
1008 | =item name |
1009 | |
1010 | This returns the op name as a string (e.g. "add", "rv2av"). |
1011 | |
1a52ab62 |
1012 | =item ppaddr |
1013 | |
dc333d64 |
1014 | This returns the function name as a string (e.g. "PL_ppaddr[OP_ADD]", |
1015 | "PL_ppaddr[OP_RV2AV]"). |
1a52ab62 |
1016 | |
1017 | =item desc |
1018 | |
4369b173 |
1019 | This returns the op description from the global C PL_op_desc array |
1a52ab62 |
1020 | (e.g. "addition" "array deref"). |
1021 | |
1022 | =item targ |
1023 | |
1024 | =item type |
1025 | |
a60ba18b |
1026 | =item opt |
1027 | |
1a52ab62 |
1028 | =item flags |
1029 | |
1030 | =item private |
1031 | |
a60ba18b |
1032 | =item spare |
1033 | |
1a52ab62 |
1034 | =back |
1035 | |
1036 | =head2 B::UNOP METHOD |
1037 | |
1038 | =over 4 |
1039 | |
1040 | =item first |
1041 | |
1042 | =back |
1043 | |
1044 | =head2 B::BINOP METHOD |
1045 | |
1046 | =over 4 |
1047 | |
1048 | =item last |
1049 | |
1050 | =back |
1051 | |
1052 | =head2 B::LOGOP METHOD |
1053 | |
1054 | =over 4 |
1055 | |
1056 | =item other |
1057 | |
1058 | =back |
1059 | |
1a52ab62 |
1060 | =head2 B::LISTOP METHOD |
1061 | |
1062 | =over 4 |
1063 | |
1064 | =item children |
1065 | |
1066 | =back |
1067 | |
85cf7f2e |
1068 | =head2 B::PMOP Methods |
1a52ab62 |
1069 | |
1070 | =over 4 |
1071 | |
1072 | =item pmreplroot |
1073 | |
1074 | =item pmreplstart |
1075 | |
1076 | =item pmnext |
1077 | |
1078 | =item pmregexp |
1079 | |
1080 | =item pmflags |
1081 | |
c737faaf |
1082 | =item extflags |
1a52ab62 |
1083 | |
1084 | =item precomp |
1085 | |
651aa52e |
1086 | =item pmoffset |
9d2bbe64 |
1087 | |
1088 | Only when perl was compiled with ithreads. |
1089 | |
1a52ab62 |
1090 | =back |
1091 | |
1092 | =head2 B::SVOP METHOD |
1093 | |
1094 | =over 4 |
1095 | |
1096 | =item sv |
1097 | |
065a1863 |
1098 | =item gv |
1099 | |
1a52ab62 |
1100 | =back |
1101 | |
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1102 | =head2 B::PADOP METHOD |
1a52ab62 |
1103 | |
1104 | =over 4 |
1105 | |
7934575e |
1106 | =item padix |
1a52ab62 |
1107 | |
1108 | =back |
1109 | |
1110 | =head2 B::PVOP METHOD |
1111 | |
1112 | =over 4 |
1113 | |
1114 | =item pv |
1115 | |
1116 | =back |
1117 | |
85cf7f2e |
1118 | =head2 B::LOOP Methods |
1a52ab62 |
1119 | |
1120 | =over 4 |
1121 | |
1122 | =item redoop |
1123 | |
1124 | =item nextop |
1125 | |
1126 | =item lastop |
1127 | |
1128 | =back |
1129 | |
85cf7f2e |
1130 | =head2 B::COP Methods |
1a52ab62 |
1131 | |
1132 | =over 4 |
1133 | |
1134 | =item label |
1135 | |
1136 | =item stash |
1137 | |
6e6a1aef |
1138 | =item stashpv |
1139 | |
57843af0 |
1140 | =item file |
1a52ab62 |
1141 | |
1142 | =item cop_seq |
1143 | |
1144 | =item arybase |
1145 | |
1146 | =item line |
1147 | |
6e6a1aef |
1148 | =item warnings |
1149 | |
1150 | =item io |
1151 | |
d5ec2987 |
1152 | =item hints |
1153 | |
b47e7f93 |
1154 | =item hints_hash |
1155 | |
1a52ab62 |
1156 | =back |
1157 | |
7f20e9dd |
1158 | |
1159 | =head1 AUTHOR |
1160 | |
1161 | Malcolm Beattie, C<mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk> |
1162 | |
1163 | =cut |