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a798dbf2 1# B.pm
2#
1a52ab62 3# Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998 Malcolm Beattie
a798dbf2 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#
8package B;
28b605d8 9
edcc7c74 10our $VERSION = '1.10';
28b605d8 11
9426adcd 12use XSLoader ();
a798dbf2 13require Exporter;
9426adcd 14@ISA = qw(Exporter);
b2590c4e 15
f72d64f0 16# walkoptree_slow comes from B.pm (you are there),
17# walkoptree comes from B.xs
f6c2d85b 18@EXPORT_OK = qw(minus_c ppname save_BEGINs
19 class peekop cast_I32 cstring cchar hash threadsv_names
b2590c4e 20 main_root main_start main_cv svref_2object opnumber
5ce57cc0 21 sub_generation amagic_generation perlstring
f6c2d85b 22 walkoptree_slow walkoptree walkoptree_exec walksymtable
23 parents comppadlist sv_undef compile_stats timing_info
651aa52e 24 begin_av init_av check_av end_av regex_padav dowarn
25 defstash curstash warnhook diehook inc_gv
26 );
b2590c4e 27
4c1f658f 28sub OPf_KIDS ();
a798dbf2 29use strict;
30@B::SV::ISA = 'B::OBJECT';
31@B::NULL::ISA = 'B::SV';
32@B::PV::ISA = 'B::SV';
33@B::IV::ISA = 'B::SV';
4edc9001 34@B::NV::ISA = 'B::SV';
a798dbf2 35@B::RV::ISA = 'B::SV';
36@B::PVIV::ISA = qw(B::PV B::IV);
4edc9001 37@B::PVNV::ISA = qw(B::PVIV B::NV);
a798dbf2 38@B::PVMG::ISA = 'B::PVNV';
a01b8a53 39# Change in the inheritance hierarchy post 5.9.0
f5ba1307 40@B::PVLV::ISA = $] > 5.009 ? 'B::GV' : 'B::PVMG';
a798dbf2 41@B::BM::ISA = 'B::PVMG';
42@B::AV::ISA = 'B::PVMG';
43@B::GV::ISA = 'B::PVMG';
44@B::HV::ISA = 'B::PVMG';
45@B::CV::ISA = 'B::PVMG';
276493cb 46@B::IO::ISA = 'B::PVMG';
47@B::FM::ISA = 'B::CV';
a798dbf2 48
49@B::OP::ISA = 'B::OBJECT';
50@B::UNOP::ISA = 'B::OP';
51@B::BINOP::ISA = 'B::UNOP';
52@B::LOGOP::ISA = 'B::UNOP';
a798dbf2 53@B::LISTOP::ISA = 'B::BINOP';
54@B::SVOP::ISA = 'B::OP';
7934575e 55@B::PADOP::ISA = 'B::OP';
a798dbf2 56@B::PVOP::ISA = 'B::OP';
a798dbf2 57@B::LOOP::ISA = 'B::LISTOP';
58@B::PMOP::ISA = 'B::LISTOP';
59@B::COP::ISA = 'B::OP';
60
61@B::SPECIAL::ISA = 'B::OBJECT';
62
63{
64 # Stop "-w" from complaining about the lack of a real B::OBJECT class
65 package B::OBJECT;
66}
67
002b978b 68sub B::GV::SAFENAME {
69 my $name = (shift())->NAME;
d9963e60 70
71 # The regex below corresponds to the isCONTROLVAR macro
72 # from toke.c
73
7a9b44b9 74 $name =~ s/^([\cA-\cZ\c\\c[\c]\c?\c_\c^])/"^".
75 chr( utf8::unicode_to_native( 64 ^ ord($1) ))/e;
76
77 # When we say unicode_to_native we really mean ascii_to_native,
78 # which matters iff this is a non-ASCII platform (EBCDIC).
79
002b978b 80 return $name;
81}
82
d9963e60 83sub B::IV::int_value {
84 my ($self) = @_;
85 return (($self->FLAGS() & SVf_IVisUV()) ? $self->UVX : $self->IV);
86}
87
f3402b25 88sub B::NULL::as_string() {""}
89sub B::IV::as_string() {goto &B::IV::int_value}
90sub B::PV::as_string() {goto &B::PV::PV}
91
a798dbf2 92my $debug;
93my $op_count = 0;
94my @parents = ();
95
96sub debug {
97 my ($class, $value) = @_;
98 $debug = $value;
99 walkoptree_debug($value);
100}
101
a798dbf2 102sub class {
103 my $obj = shift;
104 my $name = ref $obj;
105 $name =~ s/^.*:://;
106 return $name;
107}
108
109sub parents { \@parents }
110
111# For debugging
112sub peekop {
113 my $op = shift;
3f872cb9 114 return sprintf("%s (0x%x) %s", class($op), $$op, $op->name);
a798dbf2 115}
116
b2590c4e 117sub walkoptree_slow {
a798dbf2 118 my($op, $method, $level) = @_;
119 $op_count++; # just for statistics
120 $level ||= 0;
121 warn(sprintf("walkoptree: %d. %s\n", $level, peekop($op))) if $debug;
122 $op->$method($level);
123 if ($$op && ($op->flags & OPf_KIDS)) {
124 my $kid;
125 unshift(@parents, $op);
126 for ($kid = $op->first; $$kid; $kid = $kid->sibling) {
b2590c4e 127 walkoptree_slow($kid, $method, $level + 1);
a798dbf2 128 }
129 shift @parents;
130 }
dd3e1c90 131 if (class($op) eq 'PMOP' && ref($op->pmreplroot) && ${$op->pmreplroot}) {
0091380b 132 unshift(@parents, $op);
133 walkoptree_slow($op->pmreplroot, $method, $level + 1);
134 shift @parents;
135 }
a798dbf2 136}
137
138sub compile_stats {
139 return "Total number of OPs processed: $op_count\n";
140}
141
142sub timing_info {
143 my ($sec, $min, $hr) = localtime;
144 my ($user, $sys) = times;
145 sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d user=$user sys=$sys",
146 $hr, $min, $sec, $user, $sys);
147}
148
149my %symtable;
2b8dc4d2 150
151sub clearsym {
152 %symtable = ();
153}
154
a798dbf2 155sub savesym {
156 my ($obj, $value) = @_;
157# warn(sprintf("savesym: sym_%x => %s\n", $$obj, $value)); # debug
158 $symtable{sprintf("sym_%x", $$obj)} = $value;
159}
160
161sub objsym {
162 my $obj = shift;
163 return $symtable{sprintf("sym_%x", $$obj)};
164}
165
166sub walkoptree_exec {
167 my ($op, $method, $level) = @_;
244826eb 168 $level ||= 0;
a798dbf2 169 my ($sym, $ppname);
170 my $prefix = " " x $level;
171 for (; $$op; $op = $op->next) {
172 $sym = objsym($op);
173 if (defined($sym)) {
174 print $prefix, "goto $sym\n";
175 return;
176 }
177 savesym($op, sprintf("%s (0x%lx)", class($op), $$op));
178 $op->$method($level);
3f872cb9 179 $ppname = $op->name;
1a67a97c 180 if ($ppname =~
62e36f8a 181 /^(d?or(assign)?|and(assign)?|mapwhile|grepwhile|entertry|range|cond_expr)$/)
1a67a97c 182 {
a798dbf2 183 print $prefix, uc($1), " => {\n";
184 walkoptree_exec($op->other, $method, $level + 1);
185 print $prefix, "}\n";
3f872cb9 186 } elsif ($ppname eq "match" || $ppname eq "subst") {
a798dbf2 187 my $pmreplstart = $op->pmreplstart;
188 if ($$pmreplstart) {
189 print $prefix, "PMREPLSTART => {\n";
190 walkoptree_exec($pmreplstart, $method, $level + 1);
191 print $prefix, "}\n";
192 }
3f872cb9 193 } elsif ($ppname eq "substcont") {
a798dbf2 194 print $prefix, "SUBSTCONT => {\n";
195 walkoptree_exec($op->other->pmreplstart, $method, $level + 1);
196 print $prefix, "}\n";
197 $op = $op->other;
3f872cb9 198 } elsif ($ppname eq "enterloop") {
a798dbf2 199 print $prefix, "REDO => {\n";
200 walkoptree_exec($op->redoop, $method, $level + 1);
201 print $prefix, "}\n", $prefix, "NEXT => {\n";
202 walkoptree_exec($op->nextop, $method, $level + 1);
203 print $prefix, "}\n", $prefix, "LAST => {\n";
204 walkoptree_exec($op->lastop, $method, $level + 1);
205 print $prefix, "}\n";
3f872cb9 206 } elsif ($ppname eq "subst") {
a798dbf2 207 my $replstart = $op->pmreplstart;
208 if ($$replstart) {
209 print $prefix, "SUBST => {\n";
210 walkoptree_exec($replstart, $method, $level + 1);
211 print $prefix, "}\n";
212 }
213 }
214 }
215}
216
217sub walksymtable {
218 my ($symref, $method, $recurse, $prefix) = @_;
219 my $sym;
0cc1d052 220 my $ref;
b6b0fb7b 221 my $fullname;
222 no strict 'refs';
0cc1d052 223 $prefix = '' unless defined $prefix;
224 while (($sym, $ref) = each %$symref) {
b6b0fb7b 225 $fullname = "*main::".$prefix.$sym;
a798dbf2 226 if ($sym =~ /::$/) {
227 $sym = $prefix . $sym;
b4e94495 228 if ($sym ne "main::" && $sym ne "<none>::" && &$recurse($sym)) {
b6b0fb7b 229 walksymtable(\%$fullname, $method, $recurse, $sym);
a798dbf2 230 }
231 } else {
b6b0fb7b 232 svref_2object(\*$fullname)->$method();
a798dbf2 233 }
234 }
235}
236
237{
238 package B::Section;
239 my $output_fh;
240 my %sections;
85cf7f2e 241
a798dbf2 242 sub new {
243 my ($class, $section, $symtable, $default) = @_;
244 $output_fh ||= FileHandle->new_tmpfile;
245 my $obj = bless [-1, $section, $symtable, $default], $class;
246 $sections{$section} = $obj;
247 return $obj;
248 }
85cf7f2e 249
a798dbf2 250 sub get {
251 my ($class, $section) = @_;
252 return $sections{$section};
253 }
254
255 sub add {
256 my $section = shift;
257 while (defined($_ = shift)) {
258 print $output_fh "$section->[1]\t$_\n";
259 $section->[0]++;
260 }
261 }
262
263 sub index {
264 my $section = shift;
265 return $section->[0];
266 }
267
268 sub name {
269 my $section = shift;
270 return $section->[1];
271 }
272
273 sub symtable {
274 my $section = shift;
275 return $section->[2];
276 }
85cf7f2e 277
a798dbf2 278 sub default {
279 my $section = shift;
280 return $section->[3];
281 }
85cf7f2e 282
a798dbf2 283 sub output {
284 my ($section, $fh, $format) = @_;
285 my $name = $section->name;
286 my $sym = $section->symtable || {};
287 my $default = $section->default;
288
289 seek($output_fh, 0, 0);
290 while (<$output_fh>) {
291 chomp;
292 s/^(.*?)\t//;
293 if ($1 eq $name) {
294 s{(s\\_[0-9a-f]+)} {
295 exists($sym->{$1}) ? $sym->{$1} : $default;
296 }ge;
297 printf $fh $format, $_;
298 }
299 }
300 }
301}
302
9426adcd 303XSLoader::load 'B';
a798dbf2 304
3051;
7f20e9dd 306
307__END__
308
309=head1 NAME
310
311B - The Perl Compiler
312
313=head1 SYNOPSIS
314
315 use B;
316
317=head1 DESCRIPTION
318
1a52ab62 319The C<B> module supplies classes which allow a Perl program to delve
320into its own innards. It is the module used to implement the
321"backends" of the Perl compiler. Usage of the compiler does not
322require knowledge of this module: see the F<O> module for the
323user-visible part. The C<B> module is of use to those who want to
324write new compiler backends. This documentation assumes that the
325reader knows a fair amount about perl's internals including such
326things as SVs, OPs and the internal symbol table and syntax tree
327of a program.
328
85cf7f2e 329=head1 OVERVIEW
330
331The C<B> module contains a set of utility functions for querying the
332current state of the Perl interpreter; typically these functions
333return objects from the B::SV and B::OP classes, or their derived
334classes. These classes in turn define methods for querying the
335resulting objects about their own internal state.
336
337=head1 Utility Functions
338
339The C<B> module exports a variety of functions: some are simple
340utility functions, others provide a Perl program with a way to
341get an initial "handle" on an internal object.
342
343=head2 Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV> objects
344
3d036c2b 345For descriptions of the class hierarchy of these objects and the
85cf7f2e 346methods that can be called on them, see below, L<"OVERVIEW OF
347CLASSES"> and L<"SV-RELATED CLASSES">.
348
349=over 4
350
351=item sv_undef
352
353Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<sv_undef>.
354
355=item sv_yes
356
357Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<sv_yes>.
358
359=item sv_no
360
361Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<sv_no>.
362
363=item svref_2object(SVREF)
364
365Takes a reference to any Perl value, and turns the referred-to value
366into an object in the appropriate B::OP-derived or B::SV-derived
367class. Apart from functions such as C<main_root>, this is the primary
368way to get an initial "handle" on an internal perl data structure
369which can then be followed with the other access methods.
370
f31c3107 371The returned object will only be valid as long as the underlying OPs
372and SVs continue to exist. Do not attempt to use the object after the
373underlying structures are freed.
374
85cf7f2e 375=item amagic_generation
376
377Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<amagic_generation>.
378
e13efe3c 379=item init_av
85cf7f2e 380
381Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing INIT blocks.
382
ece599bd 383=item check_av
384
385Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing CHECK blocks.
386
85cf7f2e 387=item begin_av
388
389Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing BEGIN blocks.
390
391=item end_av
392
393Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing END blocks.
394
395=item comppadlist
396
397Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) of the global comppadlist.
398
399=item regex_padav
400
401Only when perl was compiled with ithreads.
402
e13efe3c 403=item main_cv
85cf7f2e 404
405Return the (faked) CV corresponding to the main part of the Perl
406program.
407
408=back
409
410=head2 Functions for Examining the Symbol Table
411
412=over 4
413
414=item walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX)
415
416Walk the symbol table starting at SYMREF and call METHOD on each
417symbol (a B::GV object) visited. When the walk reaches package
418symbols (such as "Foo::") it invokes RECURSE, passing in the symbol
419name, and only recurses into the package if that sub returns true.
420
421PREFIX is the name of the SYMREF you're walking.
422
423For example:
424
425 # Walk CGI's symbol table calling print_subs on each symbol.
426 # Recurse only into CGI::Util::
427 walksymtable(\%CGI::, 'print_subs', sub { $_[0] eq 'CGI::Util::' },
428 'CGI::');
429
430print_subs() is a B::GV method you have declared. Also see L<"B::GV
431Methods">, below.
432
433=back
434
435=head2 Functions Returning C<B::OP> objects or for walking op trees
436
3d036c2b 437For descriptions of the class hierarchy of these objects and the
85cf7f2e 438methods that can be called on them, see below, L<"OVERVIEW OF
439CLASSES"> and L<"OP-RELATED CLASSES">.
440
441=over 4
442
443=item main_root
444
445Returns the root op (i.e. an object in the appropriate B::OP-derived
446class) of the main part of the Perl program.
447
448=item main_start
449
450Returns the starting op of the main part of the Perl program.
451
452=item walkoptree(OP, METHOD)
453
454Does a tree-walk of the syntax tree based at OP and calls METHOD on
455each op it visits. Each node is visited before its children. If
456C<walkoptree_debug> (see below) has been called to turn debugging on then
457the method C<walkoptree_debug> is called on each op before METHOD is
458called.
459
460=item walkoptree_debug(DEBUG)
461
462Returns the current debugging flag for C<walkoptree>. If the optional
463DEBUG argument is non-zero, it sets the debugging flag to that. See
464the description of C<walkoptree> above for what the debugging flag
465does.
466
467=back
468
469=head2 Miscellaneous Utility Functions
470
471=over 4
472
473=item ppname(OPNUM)
474
475Return the PP function name (e.g. "pp_add") of op number OPNUM.
476
477=item hash(STR)
478
479Returns a string in the form "0x..." representing the value of the
480internal hash function used by perl on string STR.
481
482=item cast_I32(I)
483
484Casts I to the internal I32 type used by that perl.
485
486=item minus_c
487
488Does the equivalent of the C<-c> command-line option. Obviously, this
489is only useful in a BEGIN block or else the flag is set too late.
490
491=item cstring(STR)
492
493Returns a double-quote-surrounded escaped version of STR which can
494be used as a string in C source code.
495
496=item perlstring(STR)
497
498Returns a double-quote-surrounded escaped version of STR which can
499be used as a string in Perl source code.
500
501=item class(OBJ)
502
503Returns the class of an object without the part of the classname
504preceding the first C<"::">. This is used to turn C<"B::UNOP"> into
505C<"UNOP"> for example.
506
507=item threadsv_names
508
509In a perl compiled for threads, this returns a list of the special
510per-thread threadsv variables.
511
512=back
513
514
515
516
1a52ab62 517=head1 OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
518
519The C structures used by Perl's internals to hold SV and OP
520information (PVIV, AV, HV, ..., OP, SVOP, UNOP, ...) are modelled on a
521class hierarchy and the C<B> module gives access to them via a true
522object hierarchy. Structure fields which point to other objects
523(whether types of SV or types of OP) are represented by the C<B>
85cf7f2e 524module as Perl objects of the appropriate class.
525
526The bulk of the C<B> module is the methods for accessing fields of
527these structures.
528
529Note that all access is read-only. You cannot modify the internals by
f31c3107 530using this module. Also, note that the B::OP and B::SV objects created
531by this module are only valid for as long as the underlying objects
532exist; their creation doesn't increase the reference counts of the
533underlying objects. Trying to access the fields of a freed object will
534give incomprehensible results, or worse.
1a52ab62 535
536=head2 SV-RELATED CLASSES
537
538B::IV, B::NV, B::RV, B::PV, B::PVIV, B::PVNV, B::PVMG, B::BM, B::PVLV,
539B::AV, B::HV, B::CV, B::GV, B::FM, B::IO. These classes correspond in
540the obvious way to the underlying C structures of similar names. The
a01b8a53 541inheritance hierarchy mimics the underlying C "inheritance". For 5.9.1
542and later this is:
85cf7f2e 543
544 B::SV
545 |
4edc9001 546 +--------------+----------+------------+
547 | | | |
548 B::PV B::IV B::NV B::RV
b591c46e 549 \ / /
550 \ / /
551 B::PVIV /
552 \ /
553 \ /
554 \ /
555 B::PVNV
556 |
557 |
558 B::PVMG
559 |
560 +-----+----+------+-----+-----+
561 | | | | | |
562 B::BM B::AV B::GV B::HV B::CV B::IO
563 | |
564 B::PVLV |
565 B::FM
85cf7f2e 566
567
a01b8a53 568For 5.9.0 and earlier, PVLV is a direct subclass of PVMG, so the base
569of this diagram is
f5ba1307 570
571 |
572 B::PVMG
573 |
574 +------+-----+----+------+-----+-----+
575 | | | | | | |
576 B::PVLV B::BM B::AV B::GV B::HV B::CV B::IO
577 |
578 |
579 B::FM
580
581
85cf7f2e 582Access methods correspond to the underlying C macros for field access,
1a52ab62 583usually with the leading "class indication" prefix removed (Sv, Av,
584Hv, ...). The leading prefix is only left in cases where its removal
585would cause a clash in method name. For example, C<GvREFCNT> stays
586as-is since its abbreviation would clash with the "superclass" method
587C<REFCNT> (corresponding to the C function C<SvREFCNT>).
588
85cf7f2e 589=head2 B::SV Methods
1a52ab62 590
591=over 4
592
593=item REFCNT
594
595=item FLAGS
596
429a5ce7 597=item object_2svref
598
599Returns a reference to the regular scalar corresponding to this
600B::SV object. In other words, this method is the inverse operation
601to the svref_2object() subroutine. This scalar and other data it points
602at should be considered read-only: modifying them is neither safe nor
603guaranteed to have a sensible effect.
604
1a52ab62 605=back
606
85cf7f2e 607=head2 B::IV Methods
1a52ab62 608
609=over 4
610
611=item IV
612
d9963e60 613Returns the value of the IV, I<interpreted as
614a signed integer>. This will be misleading
615if C<FLAGS & SVf_IVisUV>. Perhaps you want the
616C<int_value> method instead?
617
1a52ab62 618=item IVX
619
d9963e60 620=item UVX
621
622=item int_value
623
624This method returns the value of the IV as an integer.
625It differs from C<IV> in that it returns the correct
626value regardless of whether it's stored signed or
627unsigned.
628
1a52ab62 629=item needs64bits
630
631=item packiv
632
633=back
634
85cf7f2e 635=head2 B::NV Methods
1a52ab62 636
637=over 4
638
639=item NV
640
641=item NVX
642
643=back
644
85cf7f2e 645=head2 B::RV Methods
1a52ab62 646
647=over 4
648
649=item RV
650
651=back
652
85cf7f2e 653=head2 B::PV Methods
1a52ab62 654
655=over 4
656
657=item PV
658
76ef7183 659This method is the one you usually want. It constructs a
660string using the length and offset information in the struct:
661for ordinary scalars it will return the string that you'd see
662from Perl, even if it contains null characters.
663
9d2bbe64 664=item RV
665
666Same as B::RV::RV, except that it will die() if the PV isn't
667a reference.
668
0b40bd6d 669=item PVX
670
76ef7183 671This method is less often useful. It assumes that the string
672stored in the struct is null-terminated, and disregards the
673length information.
674
675It is the appropriate method to use if you need to get the name
676of a lexical variable from a padname array. Lexical variable names
677are always stored with a null terminator, and the length field
678(SvCUR) is overloaded for other purposes and can't be relied on here.
679
1a52ab62 680=back
681
85cf7f2e 682=head2 B::PVMG Methods
1a52ab62 683
684=over 4
685
686=item MAGIC
687
688=item SvSTASH
689
690=back
691
85cf7f2e 692=head2 B::MAGIC Methods
1a52ab62 693
694=over 4
695
696=item MOREMAGIC
697
9d2bbe64 698=item precomp
699
700Only valid on r-magic, returns the string that generated the regexp.
701
1a52ab62 702=item PRIVATE
703
704=item TYPE
705
706=item FLAGS
707
708=item OBJ
709
9d2bbe64 710Will die() if called on r-magic.
711
1a52ab62 712=item PTR
713
9d2bbe64 714=item REGEX
715
716Only valid on r-magic, returns the integer value of the REGEX stored
717in the MAGIC.
718
1a52ab62 719=back
720
85cf7f2e 721=head2 B::PVLV Methods
1a52ab62 722
723=over 4
724
725=item TARGOFF
726
727=item TARGLEN
728
729=item TYPE
730
731=item TARG
732
733=back
734
85cf7f2e 735=head2 B::BM Methods
1a52ab62 736
737=over 4
738
739=item USEFUL
740
741=item PREVIOUS
742
743=item RARE
744
745=item TABLE
746
747=back
748
85cf7f2e 749=head2 B::GV Methods
1a52ab62 750
751=over 4
752
87d7fd28 753=item is_empty
754
755This method returns TRUE if the GP field of the GV is NULL.
756
1a52ab62 757=item NAME
758
002b978b 759=item SAFENAME
760
761This method returns the name of the glob, but if the first
762character of the name is a control character, then it converts
763it to ^X first, so that *^G would return "^G" rather than "\cG".
764
765It's useful if you want to print out the name of a variable.
766If you restrict yourself to globs which exist at compile-time
767then the result ought to be unambiguous, because code like
768C<${"^G"} = 1> is compiled as two ops - a constant string and
769a dereference (rv2gv) - so that the glob is created at runtime.
770
771If you're working with globs at runtime, and need to disambiguate
772*^G from *{"^G"}, then you should use the raw NAME method.
773
1a52ab62 774=item STASH
775
776=item SV
777
778=item IO
779
780=item FORM
781
782=item AV
783
784=item HV
785
786=item EGV
787
788=item CV
789
790=item CVGEN
791
792=item LINE
793
b195d487 794=item FILE
795
1a52ab62 796=item FILEGV
797
798=item GvREFCNT
799
800=item FLAGS
801
802=back
803
85cf7f2e 804=head2 B::IO Methods
1a52ab62 805
806=over 4
807
808=item LINES
809
810=item PAGE
811
812=item PAGE_LEN
813
814=item LINES_LEFT
815
816=item TOP_NAME
817
818=item TOP_GV
819
820=item FMT_NAME
821
822=item FMT_GV
823
824=item BOTTOM_NAME
825
826=item BOTTOM_GV
827
828=item SUBPROCESS
829
830=item IoTYPE
831
832=item IoFLAGS
833
9d2bbe64 834=item IsSTD
835
836Takes one arguments ( 'stdin' | 'stdout' | 'stderr' ) and returns true
837if the IoIFP of the object is equal to the handle whose name was
838passed as argument ( i.e. $io->IsSTD('stderr') is true if
839IoIFP($io) == PerlIO_stdin() ).
840
1a52ab62 841=back
842
85cf7f2e 843=head2 B::AV Methods
1a52ab62 844
845=over 4
846
847=item FILL
848
849=item MAX
850
1a52ab62 851=item ARRAY
852
429a5ce7 853=item ARRAYelt
854
855Like C<ARRAY>, but takes an index as an argument to get only one element,
856rather than a list of all of them.
857
edcc7c74 858=item OFF
859
860This method is deprecated if running under Perl 5.8, and is no longer present
861if running under Perl 5.9
862
863=item AvFLAGS
864
865This method returns the AV specific flags. In Perl 5.9 these are now stored
866in with the main SV flags, so this method is no longer present.
867
1a52ab62 868=back
869
85cf7f2e 870=head2 B::CV Methods
1a52ab62 871
872=over 4
873
874=item STASH
875
876=item START
877
878=item ROOT
879
880=item GV
881
57843af0 882=item FILE
883
1a52ab62 884=item DEPTH
885
886=item PADLIST
887
888=item OUTSIDE
889
a3985cdc 890=item OUTSIDE_SEQ
891
1a52ab62 892=item XSUB
893
894=item XSUBANY
895
9d2bbe64 896For constant subroutines, returns the constant SV returned by the subroutine.
897
5cfd8ad4 898=item CvFLAGS
899
de3f1649 900=item const_sv
901
1a52ab62 902=back
903
85cf7f2e 904=head2 B::HV Methods
1a52ab62 905
906=over 4
907
908=item FILL
909
910=item MAX
911
912=item KEYS
913
914=item RITER
915
916=item NAME
917
1a52ab62 918=item ARRAY
919
edcc7c74 920=item PMROOT
921
922This method is not present if running under Perl 5.9, as the PMROOT
923information is no longer stored directly in the hash.
924
1a52ab62 925=back
926
927=head2 OP-RELATED CLASSES
928
85cf7f2e 929C<B::OP>, C<B::UNOP>, C<B::BINOP>, C<B::LOGOP>, C<B::LISTOP>, C<B::PMOP>,
651aa52e 930C<B::SVOP>, C<B::PADOP>, C<B::PVOP>, C<B::LOOP>, C<B::COP>.
85cf7f2e 931
932These classes correspond in the obvious way to the underlying C
933structures of similar names. The inheritance hierarchy mimics the
934underlying C "inheritance":
935
936 B::OP
937 |
5ce57cc0 938 +---------------+--------+--------+-------+
939 | | | | |
940 B::UNOP B::SVOP B::PADOP B::COP B::PVOP
85cf7f2e 941 ,' `-.
942 / `--.
943 B::BINOP B::LOGOP
944 |
945 |
946 B::LISTOP
947 ,' `.
948 / \
949 B::LOOP B::PMOP
950
951Access methods correspond to the underlying C structre field names,
952with the leading "class indication" prefix (C<"op_">) removed.
953
954=head2 B::OP Methods
1a52ab62 955
a60ba18b 956These methods get the values of similarly named fields within the OP
957data structure. See top of C<op.h> for more info.
958
1a52ab62 959=over 4
960
961=item next
962
963=item sibling
964
3f872cb9 965=item name
966
967This returns the op name as a string (e.g. "add", "rv2av").
968
1a52ab62 969=item ppaddr
970
dc333d64 971This returns the function name as a string (e.g. "PL_ppaddr[OP_ADD]",
972"PL_ppaddr[OP_RV2AV]").
1a52ab62 973
974=item desc
975
4369b173 976This returns the op description from the global C PL_op_desc array
1a52ab62 977(e.g. "addition" "array deref").
978
979=item targ
980
981=item type
982
a60ba18b 983=item opt
984
985=item static
1a52ab62 986
987=item flags
988
989=item private
990
a60ba18b 991=item spare
992
1a52ab62 993=back
994
995=head2 B::UNOP METHOD
996
997=over 4
998
999=item first
1000
1001=back
1002
1003=head2 B::BINOP METHOD
1004
1005=over 4
1006
1007=item last
1008
1009=back
1010
1011=head2 B::LOGOP METHOD
1012
1013=over 4
1014
1015=item other
1016
1017=back
1018
1a52ab62 1019=head2 B::LISTOP METHOD
1020
1021=over 4
1022
1023=item children
1024
1025=back
1026
85cf7f2e 1027=head2 B::PMOP Methods
1a52ab62 1028
1029=over 4
1030
1031=item pmreplroot
1032
1033=item pmreplstart
1034
1035=item pmnext
1036
1037=item pmregexp
1038
1039=item pmflags
1040
9d2bbe64 1041=item pmdynflags
1042
1a52ab62 1043=item pmpermflags
1044
1045=item precomp
1046
651aa52e 1047=item pmoffset
9d2bbe64 1048
1049Only when perl was compiled with ithreads.
1050
1a52ab62 1051=back
1052
1053=head2 B::SVOP METHOD
1054
1055=over 4
1056
1057=item sv
1058
065a1863 1059=item gv
1060
1a52ab62 1061=back
1062
7934575e 1063=head2 B::PADOP METHOD
1a52ab62 1064
1065=over 4
1066
7934575e 1067=item padix
1a52ab62 1068
1069=back
1070
1071=head2 B::PVOP METHOD
1072
1073=over 4
1074
1075=item pv
1076
1077=back
1078
85cf7f2e 1079=head2 B::LOOP Methods
1a52ab62 1080
1081=over 4
1082
1083=item redoop
1084
1085=item nextop
1086
1087=item lastop
1088
1089=back
1090
85cf7f2e 1091=head2 B::COP Methods
1a52ab62 1092
1093=over 4
1094
1095=item label
1096
1097=item stash
1098
6e6a1aef 1099=item stashpv
1100
57843af0 1101=item file
1a52ab62 1102
1103=item cop_seq
1104
1105=item arybase
1106
1107=item line
1108
6e6a1aef 1109=item warnings
1110
1111=item io
1112
1a52ab62 1113=back
1114
7f20e9dd 1115
1116=head1 AUTHOR
1117
1118Malcolm Beattie, C<mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk>
1119
1120=cut