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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; |
9 | require DynaLoader; |
10 | require Exporter; |
11 | @ISA = qw(Exporter DynaLoader); |
12 | @EXPORT_OK = qw(byteload_fh byteload_string minus_c ppname |
13 | class peekop cast_I32 cstring cchar hash threadsv_names |
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14 | main_root main_start main_cv svref_2object opnumber |
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15 | walkoptree walkoptree_slow walkoptree_exec walksymtable |
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16 | parents comppadlist sv_undef compile_stats timing_info init_av); |
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17 | |
18 | use strict; |
19 | @B::SV::ISA = 'B::OBJECT'; |
20 | @B::NULL::ISA = 'B::SV'; |
21 | @B::PV::ISA = 'B::SV'; |
22 | @B::IV::ISA = 'B::SV'; |
23 | @B::NV::ISA = 'B::IV'; |
24 | @B::RV::ISA = 'B::SV'; |
25 | @B::PVIV::ISA = qw(B::PV B::IV); |
26 | @B::PVNV::ISA = qw(B::PV B::NV); |
27 | @B::PVMG::ISA = 'B::PVNV'; |
28 | @B::PVLV::ISA = 'B::PVMG'; |
29 | @B::BM::ISA = 'B::PVMG'; |
30 | @B::AV::ISA = 'B::PVMG'; |
31 | @B::GV::ISA = 'B::PVMG'; |
32 | @B::HV::ISA = 'B::PVMG'; |
33 | @B::CV::ISA = 'B::PVMG'; |
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34 | @B::IO::ISA = 'B::PVMG'; |
35 | @B::FM::ISA = 'B::CV'; |
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36 | |
37 | @B::OP::ISA = 'B::OBJECT'; |
38 | @B::UNOP::ISA = 'B::OP'; |
39 | @B::BINOP::ISA = 'B::UNOP'; |
40 | @B::LOGOP::ISA = 'B::UNOP'; |
41 | @B::CONDOP::ISA = 'B::UNOP'; |
42 | @B::LISTOP::ISA = 'B::BINOP'; |
43 | @B::SVOP::ISA = 'B::OP'; |
44 | @B::GVOP::ISA = 'B::OP'; |
45 | @B::PVOP::ISA = 'B::OP'; |
46 | @B::CVOP::ISA = 'B::OP'; |
47 | @B::LOOP::ISA = 'B::LISTOP'; |
48 | @B::PMOP::ISA = 'B::LISTOP'; |
49 | @B::COP::ISA = 'B::OP'; |
50 | |
51 | @B::SPECIAL::ISA = 'B::OBJECT'; |
52 | |
53 | { |
54 | # Stop "-w" from complaining about the lack of a real B::OBJECT class |
55 | package B::OBJECT; |
56 | } |
57 | |
58 | my $debug; |
59 | my $op_count = 0; |
60 | my @parents = (); |
61 | |
62 | sub debug { |
63 | my ($class, $value) = @_; |
64 | $debug = $value; |
65 | walkoptree_debug($value); |
66 | } |
67 | |
68 | # sub OPf_KIDS; |
69 | # add to .xs for perl5.002 |
70 | sub OPf_KIDS () { 4 } |
71 | |
72 | sub class { |
73 | my $obj = shift; |
74 | my $name = ref $obj; |
75 | $name =~ s/^.*:://; |
76 | return $name; |
77 | } |
78 | |
79 | sub parents { \@parents } |
80 | |
81 | # For debugging |
82 | sub peekop { |
83 | my $op = shift; |
84 | return sprintf("%s (0x%x) %s", class($op), $$op, $op->ppaddr); |
85 | } |
86 | |
87 | sub walkoptree_slow { |
88 | my($op, $method, $level) = @_; |
89 | $op_count++; # just for statistics |
90 | $level ||= 0; |
91 | warn(sprintf("walkoptree: %d. %s\n", $level, peekop($op))) if $debug; |
92 | $op->$method($level); |
93 | if ($$op && ($op->flags & OPf_KIDS)) { |
94 | my $kid; |
95 | unshift(@parents, $op); |
96 | for ($kid = $op->first; $$kid; $kid = $kid->sibling) { |
97 | walkoptree_slow($kid, $method, $level + 1); |
98 | } |
99 | shift @parents; |
100 | } |
101 | } |
102 | |
103 | sub compile_stats { |
104 | return "Total number of OPs processed: $op_count\n"; |
105 | } |
106 | |
107 | sub timing_info { |
108 | my ($sec, $min, $hr) = localtime; |
109 | my ($user, $sys) = times; |
110 | sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d user=$user sys=$sys", |
111 | $hr, $min, $sec, $user, $sys); |
112 | } |
113 | |
114 | my %symtable; |
115 | sub savesym { |
116 | my ($obj, $value) = @_; |
117 | # warn(sprintf("savesym: sym_%x => %s\n", $$obj, $value)); # debug |
118 | $symtable{sprintf("sym_%x", $$obj)} = $value; |
119 | } |
120 | |
121 | sub objsym { |
122 | my $obj = shift; |
123 | return $symtable{sprintf("sym_%x", $$obj)}; |
124 | } |
125 | |
126 | sub walkoptree_exec { |
127 | my ($op, $method, $level) = @_; |
128 | my ($sym, $ppname); |
129 | my $prefix = " " x $level; |
130 | for (; $$op; $op = $op->next) { |
131 | $sym = objsym($op); |
132 | if (defined($sym)) { |
133 | print $prefix, "goto $sym\n"; |
134 | return; |
135 | } |
136 | savesym($op, sprintf("%s (0x%lx)", class($op), $$op)); |
137 | $op->$method($level); |
138 | $ppname = $op->ppaddr; |
139 | if ($ppname =~ /^pp_(or|and|mapwhile|grepwhile|entertry)$/) { |
140 | print $prefix, uc($1), " => {\n"; |
141 | walkoptree_exec($op->other, $method, $level + 1); |
142 | print $prefix, "}\n"; |
143 | } elsif ($ppname eq "pp_match" || $ppname eq "pp_subst") { |
144 | my $pmreplstart = $op->pmreplstart; |
145 | if ($$pmreplstart) { |
146 | print $prefix, "PMREPLSTART => {\n"; |
147 | walkoptree_exec($pmreplstart, $method, $level + 1); |
148 | print $prefix, "}\n"; |
149 | } |
150 | } elsif ($ppname eq "pp_substcont") { |
151 | print $prefix, "SUBSTCONT => {\n"; |
152 | walkoptree_exec($op->other->pmreplstart, $method, $level + 1); |
153 | print $prefix, "}\n"; |
154 | $op = $op->other; |
155 | } elsif ($ppname eq "pp_cond_expr") { |
156 | # pp_cond_expr never returns op_next |
157 | print $prefix, "TRUE => {\n"; |
158 | walkoptree_exec($op->true, $method, $level + 1); |
159 | print $prefix, "}\n"; |
160 | $op = $op->false; |
161 | redo; |
162 | } elsif ($ppname eq "pp_range") { |
163 | print $prefix, "TRUE => {\n"; |
164 | walkoptree_exec($op->true, $method, $level + 1); |
165 | print $prefix, "}\n", $prefix, "FALSE => {\n"; |
166 | walkoptree_exec($op->false, $method, $level + 1); |
167 | print $prefix, "}\n"; |
168 | } elsif ($ppname eq "pp_enterloop") { |
169 | print $prefix, "REDO => {\n"; |
170 | walkoptree_exec($op->redoop, $method, $level + 1); |
171 | print $prefix, "}\n", $prefix, "NEXT => {\n"; |
172 | walkoptree_exec($op->nextop, $method, $level + 1); |
173 | print $prefix, "}\n", $prefix, "LAST => {\n"; |
174 | walkoptree_exec($op->lastop, $method, $level + 1); |
175 | print $prefix, "}\n"; |
176 | } elsif ($ppname eq "pp_subst") { |
177 | my $replstart = $op->pmreplstart; |
178 | if ($$replstart) { |
179 | print $prefix, "SUBST => {\n"; |
180 | walkoptree_exec($replstart, $method, $level + 1); |
181 | print $prefix, "}\n"; |
182 | } |
183 | } |
184 | } |
185 | } |
186 | |
187 | sub walksymtable { |
188 | my ($symref, $method, $recurse, $prefix) = @_; |
189 | my $sym; |
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190 | my $ref; |
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191 | no strict 'vars'; |
192 | local(*glob); |
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193 | $prefix = '' unless defined $prefix; |
194 | while (($sym, $ref) = each %$symref) { |
195 | *glob = $ref; |
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196 | if ($sym =~ /::$/) { |
197 | $sym = $prefix . $sym; |
198 | if ($sym ne "main::" && &$recurse($sym)) { |
199 | walksymtable(\%glob, $method, $recurse, $sym); |
200 | } |
201 | } else { |
202 | svref_2object(\*glob)->EGV->$method(); |
203 | } |
204 | } |
205 | } |
206 | |
207 | { |
208 | package B::Section; |
209 | my $output_fh; |
210 | my %sections; |
211 | |
212 | sub new { |
213 | my ($class, $section, $symtable, $default) = @_; |
214 | $output_fh ||= FileHandle->new_tmpfile; |
215 | my $obj = bless [-1, $section, $symtable, $default], $class; |
216 | $sections{$section} = $obj; |
217 | return $obj; |
218 | } |
219 | |
220 | sub get { |
221 | my ($class, $section) = @_; |
222 | return $sections{$section}; |
223 | } |
224 | |
225 | sub add { |
226 | my $section = shift; |
227 | while (defined($_ = shift)) { |
228 | print $output_fh "$section->[1]\t$_\n"; |
229 | $section->[0]++; |
230 | } |
231 | } |
232 | |
233 | sub index { |
234 | my $section = shift; |
235 | return $section->[0]; |
236 | } |
237 | |
238 | sub name { |
239 | my $section = shift; |
240 | return $section->[1]; |
241 | } |
242 | |
243 | sub symtable { |
244 | my $section = shift; |
245 | return $section->[2]; |
246 | } |
247 | |
248 | sub default { |
249 | my $section = shift; |
250 | return $section->[3]; |
251 | } |
252 | |
253 | sub output { |
254 | my ($section, $fh, $format) = @_; |
255 | my $name = $section->name; |
256 | my $sym = $section->symtable || {}; |
257 | my $default = $section->default; |
258 | |
259 | seek($output_fh, 0, 0); |
260 | while (<$output_fh>) { |
261 | chomp; |
262 | s/^(.*?)\t//; |
263 | if ($1 eq $name) { |
264 | s{(s\\_[0-9a-f]+)} { |
265 | exists($sym->{$1}) ? $sym->{$1} : $default; |
266 | }ge; |
267 | printf $fh $format, $_; |
268 | } |
269 | } |
270 | } |
271 | } |
272 | |
273 | bootstrap B; |
274 | |
275 | 1; |
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276 | |
277 | __END__ |
278 | |
279 | =head1 NAME |
280 | |
281 | B - The Perl Compiler |
282 | |
283 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
284 | |
285 | use B; |
286 | |
287 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
288 | |
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289 | The C<B> module supplies classes which allow a Perl program to delve |
290 | into its own innards. It is the module used to implement the |
291 | "backends" of the Perl compiler. Usage of the compiler does not |
292 | require knowledge of this module: see the F<O> module for the |
293 | user-visible part. The C<B> module is of use to those who want to |
294 | write new compiler backends. This documentation assumes that the |
295 | reader knows a fair amount about perl's internals including such |
296 | things as SVs, OPs and the internal symbol table and syntax tree |
297 | of a program. |
298 | |
299 | =head1 OVERVIEW OF CLASSES |
300 | |
301 | The C structures used by Perl's internals to hold SV and OP |
302 | information (PVIV, AV, HV, ..., OP, SVOP, UNOP, ...) are modelled on a |
303 | class hierarchy and the C<B> module gives access to them via a true |
304 | object hierarchy. Structure fields which point to other objects |
305 | (whether types of SV or types of OP) are represented by the C<B> |
306 | module as Perl objects of the appropriate class. The bulk of the C<B> |
307 | module is the methods for accessing fields of these structures. Note |
308 | that all access is read-only: you cannot modify the internals by |
309 | using this module. |
310 | |
311 | =head2 SV-RELATED CLASSES |
312 | |
313 | B::IV, B::NV, B::RV, B::PV, B::PVIV, B::PVNV, B::PVMG, B::BM, B::PVLV, |
314 | B::AV, B::HV, B::CV, B::GV, B::FM, B::IO. These classes correspond in |
315 | the obvious way to the underlying C structures of similar names. The |
316 | inheritance hierarchy mimics the underlying C "inheritance". Access |
317 | methods correspond to the underlying C macros for field access, |
318 | usually with the leading "class indication" prefix removed (Sv, Av, |
319 | Hv, ...). The leading prefix is only left in cases where its removal |
320 | would cause a clash in method name. For example, C<GvREFCNT> stays |
321 | as-is since its abbreviation would clash with the "superclass" method |
322 | C<REFCNT> (corresponding to the C function C<SvREFCNT>). |
323 | |
324 | =head2 B::SV METHODS |
325 | |
326 | =over 4 |
327 | |
328 | =item REFCNT |
329 | |
330 | =item FLAGS |
331 | |
332 | =back |
333 | |
334 | =head2 B::IV METHODS |
335 | |
336 | =over 4 |
337 | |
338 | =item IV |
339 | |
340 | =item IVX |
341 | |
342 | =item needs64bits |
343 | |
344 | =item packiv |
345 | |
346 | =back |
347 | |
348 | =head2 B::NV METHODS |
349 | |
350 | =over 4 |
351 | |
352 | =item NV |
353 | |
354 | =item NVX |
355 | |
356 | =back |
357 | |
358 | =head2 B::RV METHODS |
359 | |
360 | =over 4 |
361 | |
362 | =item RV |
363 | |
364 | =back |
365 | |
366 | =head2 B::PV METHODS |
367 | |
368 | =over 4 |
369 | |
370 | =item PV |
371 | |
372 | =back |
373 | |
374 | =head2 B::PVMG METHODS |
375 | |
376 | =over 4 |
377 | |
378 | =item MAGIC |
379 | |
380 | =item SvSTASH |
381 | |
382 | =back |
383 | |
384 | =head2 B::MAGIC METHODS |
385 | |
386 | =over 4 |
387 | |
388 | =item MOREMAGIC |
389 | |
390 | =item PRIVATE |
391 | |
392 | =item TYPE |
393 | |
394 | =item FLAGS |
395 | |
396 | =item OBJ |
397 | |
398 | =item PTR |
399 | |
400 | =back |
401 | |
402 | =head2 B::PVLV METHODS |
403 | |
404 | =over 4 |
405 | |
406 | =item TARGOFF |
407 | |
408 | =item TARGLEN |
409 | |
410 | =item TYPE |
411 | |
412 | =item TARG |
413 | |
414 | =back |
415 | |
416 | =head2 B::BM METHODS |
417 | |
418 | =over 4 |
419 | |
420 | =item USEFUL |
421 | |
422 | =item PREVIOUS |
423 | |
424 | =item RARE |
425 | |
426 | =item TABLE |
427 | |
428 | =back |
429 | |
430 | =head2 B::GV METHODS |
431 | |
432 | =over 4 |
433 | |
434 | =item NAME |
435 | |
436 | =item STASH |
437 | |
438 | =item SV |
439 | |
440 | =item IO |
441 | |
442 | =item FORM |
443 | |
444 | =item AV |
445 | |
446 | =item HV |
447 | |
448 | =item EGV |
449 | |
450 | =item CV |
451 | |
452 | =item CVGEN |
453 | |
454 | =item LINE |
455 | |
456 | =item FILEGV |
457 | |
458 | =item GvREFCNT |
459 | |
460 | =item FLAGS |
461 | |
462 | =back |
463 | |
464 | =head2 B::IO METHODS |
465 | |
466 | =over 4 |
467 | |
468 | =item LINES |
469 | |
470 | =item PAGE |
471 | |
472 | =item PAGE_LEN |
473 | |
474 | =item LINES_LEFT |
475 | |
476 | =item TOP_NAME |
477 | |
478 | =item TOP_GV |
479 | |
480 | =item FMT_NAME |
481 | |
482 | =item FMT_GV |
483 | |
484 | =item BOTTOM_NAME |
485 | |
486 | =item BOTTOM_GV |
487 | |
488 | =item SUBPROCESS |
489 | |
490 | =item IoTYPE |
491 | |
492 | =item IoFLAGS |
493 | |
494 | =back |
495 | |
496 | =head2 B::AV METHODS |
497 | |
498 | =over 4 |
499 | |
500 | =item FILL |
501 | |
502 | =item MAX |
503 | |
504 | =item OFF |
505 | |
506 | =item ARRAY |
507 | |
508 | =item AvFLAGS |
509 | |
510 | =back |
511 | |
512 | =head2 B::CV METHODS |
513 | |
514 | =over 4 |
515 | |
516 | =item STASH |
517 | |
518 | =item START |
519 | |
520 | =item ROOT |
521 | |
522 | =item GV |
523 | |
524 | =item FILEGV |
525 | |
526 | =item DEPTH |
527 | |
528 | =item PADLIST |
529 | |
530 | =item OUTSIDE |
531 | |
532 | =item XSUB |
533 | |
534 | =item XSUBANY |
535 | |
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536 | =item CvFLAGS |
537 | |
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538 | =back |
539 | |
540 | =head2 B::HV METHODS |
541 | |
542 | =over 4 |
543 | |
544 | =item FILL |
545 | |
546 | =item MAX |
547 | |
548 | =item KEYS |
549 | |
550 | =item RITER |
551 | |
552 | =item NAME |
553 | |
554 | =item PMROOT |
555 | |
556 | =item ARRAY |
557 | |
558 | =back |
559 | |
560 | =head2 OP-RELATED CLASSES |
561 | |
562 | B::OP, B::UNOP, B::BINOP, B::LOGOP, B::CONDOP, B::LISTOP, B::PMOP, |
563 | B::SVOP, B::GVOP, B::PVOP, B::CVOP, B::LOOP, B::COP. |
564 | These classes correspond in |
565 | the obvious way to the underlying C structures of similar names. The |
566 | inheritance hierarchy mimics the underlying C "inheritance". Access |
567 | methods correspond to the underlying C structre field names, with the |
568 | leading "class indication" prefix removed (op_). |
569 | |
570 | =head2 B::OP METHODS |
571 | |
572 | =over 4 |
573 | |
574 | =item next |
575 | |
576 | =item sibling |
577 | |
578 | =item ppaddr |
579 | |
580 | This returns the function name as a string (e.g. pp_add, pp_rv2av). |
581 | |
582 | =item desc |
583 | |
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584 | This returns the op description from the global C PL_op_desc array |
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585 | (e.g. "addition" "array deref"). |
586 | |
587 | =item targ |
588 | |
589 | =item type |
590 | |
591 | =item seq |
592 | |
593 | =item flags |
594 | |
595 | =item private |
596 | |
597 | =back |
598 | |
599 | =head2 B::UNOP METHOD |
600 | |
601 | =over 4 |
602 | |
603 | =item first |
604 | |
605 | =back |
606 | |
607 | =head2 B::BINOP METHOD |
608 | |
609 | =over 4 |
610 | |
611 | =item last |
612 | |
613 | =back |
614 | |
615 | =head2 B::LOGOP METHOD |
616 | |
617 | =over 4 |
618 | |
619 | =item other |
620 | |
621 | =back |
622 | |
623 | =head2 B::CONDOP METHODS |
624 | |
625 | =over 4 |
626 | |
627 | =item true |
628 | |
629 | =item false |
630 | |
631 | =back |
632 | |
633 | =head2 B::LISTOP METHOD |
634 | |
635 | =over 4 |
636 | |
637 | =item children |
638 | |
639 | =back |
640 | |
641 | =head2 B::PMOP METHODS |
642 | |
643 | =over 4 |
644 | |
645 | =item pmreplroot |
646 | |
647 | =item pmreplstart |
648 | |
649 | =item pmnext |
650 | |
651 | =item pmregexp |
652 | |
653 | =item pmflags |
654 | |
655 | =item pmpermflags |
656 | |
657 | =item precomp |
658 | |
659 | =back |
660 | |
661 | =head2 B::SVOP METHOD |
662 | |
663 | =over 4 |
664 | |
665 | =item sv |
666 | |
667 | =back |
668 | |
669 | =head2 B::GVOP METHOD |
670 | |
671 | =over 4 |
672 | |
673 | =item gv |
674 | |
675 | =back |
676 | |
677 | =head2 B::PVOP METHOD |
678 | |
679 | =over 4 |
680 | |
681 | =item pv |
682 | |
683 | =back |
684 | |
685 | =head2 B::LOOP METHODS |
686 | |
687 | =over 4 |
688 | |
689 | =item redoop |
690 | |
691 | =item nextop |
692 | |
693 | =item lastop |
694 | |
695 | =back |
696 | |
697 | =head2 B::COP METHODS |
698 | |
699 | =over 4 |
700 | |
701 | =item label |
702 | |
703 | =item stash |
704 | |
705 | =item filegv |
706 | |
707 | =item cop_seq |
708 | |
709 | =item arybase |
710 | |
711 | =item line |
712 | |
713 | =back |
714 | |
715 | =head1 FUNCTIONS EXPORTED BY C<B> |
716 | |
717 | The C<B> module exports a variety of functions: some are simple |
718 | utility functions, others provide a Perl program with a way to |
719 | get an initial "handle" on an internal object. |
720 | |
721 | =over 4 |
722 | |
723 | =item main_cv |
724 | |
725 | Return the (faked) CV corresponding to the main part of the Perl |
726 | program. |
727 | |
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728 | =item init_av |
729 | |
730 | Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing INIT blocks. |
731 | |
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732 | =item main_root |
733 | |
734 | Returns the root op (i.e. an object in the appropriate B::OP-derived |
735 | class) of the main part of the Perl program. |
736 | |
737 | =item main_start |
738 | |
739 | Returns the starting op of the main part of the Perl program. |
740 | |
741 | =item comppadlist |
742 | |
743 | Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) of the global comppadlist. |
744 | |
745 | =item sv_undef |
746 | |
747 | Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<sv_undef>. |
748 | |
749 | =item sv_yes |
750 | |
751 | Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<sv_yes>. |
752 | |
753 | =item sv_no |
754 | |
755 | Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<sv_no>. |
756 | |
757 | =item walkoptree(OP, METHOD) |
758 | |
759 | Does a tree-walk of the syntax tree based at OP and calls METHOD on |
760 | each op it visits. Each node is visited before its children. If |
761 | C<walkoptree_debug> (q.v.) has been called to turn debugging on then |
762 | the method C<walkoptree_debug> is called on each op before METHOD is |
763 | called. |
764 | |
765 | =item walkoptree_debug(DEBUG) |
766 | |
767 | Returns the current debugging flag for C<walkoptree>. If the optional |
768 | DEBUG argument is non-zero, it sets the debugging flag to that. See |
769 | the description of C<walkoptree> above for what the debugging flag |
770 | does. |
771 | |
772 | =item walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE) |
773 | |
774 | Walk the symbol table starting at SYMREF and call METHOD on each |
775 | symbol visited. When the walk reached package symbols "Foo::" it |
776 | invokes RECURSE and only recurses into the package if that sub |
777 | returns true. |
778 | |
779 | =item svref_2object(SV) |
780 | |
781 | Takes any Perl variable and turns it into an object in the |
782 | appropriate B::OP-derived or B::SV-derived class. Apart from functions |
783 | such as C<main_root>, this is the primary way to get an initial |
784 | "handle" on a internal perl data structure which can then be followed |
785 | with the other access methods. |
786 | |
787 | =item ppname(OPNUM) |
788 | |
789 | Return the PP function name (e.g. "pp_add") of op number OPNUM. |
790 | |
791 | =item hash(STR) |
792 | |
793 | Returns a string in the form "0x..." representing the value of the |
794 | internal hash function used by perl on string STR. |
795 | |
796 | =item cast_I32(I) |
797 | |
798 | Casts I to the internal I32 type used by that perl. |
799 | |
800 | |
801 | =item minus_c |
802 | |
803 | Does the equivalent of the C<-c> command-line option. Obviously, this |
804 | is only useful in a BEGIN block or else the flag is set too late. |
805 | |
806 | |
807 | =item cstring(STR) |
808 | |
809 | Returns a double-quote-surrounded escaped version of STR which can |
810 | be used as a string in C source code. |
811 | |
812 | =item class(OBJ) |
813 | |
814 | Returns the class of an object without the part of the classname |
815 | preceding the first "::". This is used to turn "B::UNOP" into |
816 | "UNOP" for example. |
817 | |
818 | =item threadsv_names |
819 | |
820 | In a perl compiled for threads, this returns a list of the special |
821 | per-thread threadsv variables. |
822 | |
823 | =item byteload_fh(FILEHANDLE) |
824 | |
825 | Load the contents of FILEHANDLE as bytecode. See documentation for |
826 | the B<Bytecode> module in F<B::Backend> for how to generate bytecode. |
827 | |
828 | =back |
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829 | |
830 | =head1 AUTHOR |
831 | |
832 | Malcolm Beattie, C<mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk> |
833 | |
834 | =cut |