3 C<perl5db.pl> - the perl debugger
7 perl -d your_Perl_script
11 C<perl5db.pl> is the perl debugger. It is loaded automatically by Perl when
12 you invoke a script with C<perl -d>. This documentation tries to outline the
13 structure and services provided by C<perl5db.pl>, and to describe how you
18 The debugger can look pretty forbidding to many Perl programmers. There are
19 a number of reasons for this, many stemming out of the debugger's history.
21 When the debugger was first written, Perl didn't have a lot of its nicer
22 features - no references, no lexical variables, no closures, no object-oriented
23 programming. So a lot of the things one would normally have done using such
24 features was done using global variables, globs and the C<local()> operator
27 Some of these have survived into the current debugger; a few of the more
28 interesting and still-useful idioms are noted in this section, along with notes
29 on the comments themselves.
31 =head2 Why not use more lexicals?
33 Experienced Perl programmers will note that the debugger code tends to use
34 mostly package globals rather than lexically-scoped variables. This is done
35 to allow a significant amount of control of the debugger from outside the
38 Unfortunately, though the variables are accessible, they're not well
39 documented, so it's generally been a decision that hasn't made a lot of
40 difference to most users. Where appropriate, comments have been added to
41 make variables more accessible and usable, with the understanding that these
42 i<are> debugger internals, and are therefore subject to change. Future
43 development should probably attempt to replace the globals with a well-defined
44 API, but for now, the variables are what we've got.
46 =head2 Automated variable stacking via C<local()>
48 As you may recall from reading C<perlfunc>, the C<local()> operator makes a
49 temporary copy of a variable in the current scope. When the scope ends, the
50 old copy is restored. This is often used in the debugger to handle the
51 automatic stacking of variables during recursive calls:
56 # Do some stuff, then ...
60 What happens is that on entry to the subroutine, C<$some_global> is localized,
61 then altered. When the subroutine returns, Perl automatically undoes the
62 localization, restoring the previous value. Voila, automatic stack management.
64 The debugger uses this trick a I<lot>. Of particular note is C<DB::eval>,
65 which lets the debugger get control inside of C<eval>'ed code. The debugger
66 localizes a saved copy of C<$@> inside the subroutine, which allows it to
67 keep C<$@> safe until it C<DB::eval> returns, at which point the previous
68 value of C<$@> is restored. This makes it simple (well, I<simpler>) to keep
69 track of C<$@> inside C<eval>s which C<eval> other C<eval's>.
71 In any case, watch for this pattern. It occurs fairly often.
75 This is used to cleverly reverse the sense of a logical test depending on
76 the value of an auxiliary variable. For instance, the debugger's C<S>
77 (search for subroutines by pattern) allows you to negate the pattern
80 # Find all non-'foo' subs:
83 Boolean algebra states that the truth table for XOR looks like this:
89 (! not present and no match) --> false, don't print
93 (! not present and matches) --> true, print
97 (! present and no match) --> true, print
101 (! present and matches) --> false, don't print
105 As you can see, the first pair applies when C<!> isn't supplied, and
106 the second pair applies when it isn't. The XOR simply allows us to
107 compact a more complicated if-then-elseif-else into a more elegant
108 (but perhaps overly clever) single test. After all, it needed this
111 =head2 FLAGS, FLAGS, FLAGS
113 There is a certain C programming legacy in the debugger. Some variables,
114 such as C<$single>, C<$trace>, and C<$frame>, have "magical" values composed
115 of 1, 2, 4, etc. (powers of 2) OR'ed together. This allows several pieces
116 of state to be stored independently in a single scalar.
122 is checking to see if the appropriate bit is on. Since each bit can be
123 "addressed" independently in this way, C<$scalar> is acting sort of like
124 an array of bits. Obviously, since the contents of C<$scalar> are just a
125 bit-pattern, we can save and restore it easily (it will just look like
128 The problem, is of course, that this tends to leave magic numbers scattered
129 all over your program whenever a bit is set, cleared, or checked. So why do
135 =item * First, doing an arithmetical or bitwise operation on a scalar is
136 just about the fastest thing you can do in Perl: C<use constant> actually
137 creates a subroutine call, and array hand hash lookups are much slower. Is
138 this over-optimization at the expense of readability? Possibly, but the
139 debugger accesses these variables a I<lot>. Any rewrite of the code will
140 probably have to benchmark alternate implementations and see which is the
141 best balance of readability and speed, and then document how it actually
144 =item * Second, it's very easy to serialize a scalar number. This is done in
145 the restart code; the debugger state variables are saved in C<%ENV> and then
146 restored when the debugger is restarted. Having them be just numbers makes
149 =item * Third, some of these variables are being shared with the Perl core
150 smack in the middle of the interpreter's execution loop. It's much faster for
151 a C program (like the interpreter) to check a bit in a scalar than to access
152 several different variables (or a Perl array).
156 =head2 What are those C<XXX> comments for?
158 Any comment containing C<XXX> means that the comment is either somewhat
159 speculative - it's not exactly clear what a given variable or chunk of
160 code is doing, or that it is incomplete - the basics may be clear, but the
161 subtleties are not completely documented.
163 Send in a patch if you can clear up, fill out, or clarify an C<XXX>.
165 =head1 DATA STRUCTURES MAINTAINED BY CORE
167 There are a number of special data structures provided to the debugger by
168 the Perl interpreter.
170 The array C<@{$main::{'_<'.$filename}}> (aliased locally to C<@dbline> via glob
171 assignment) contains the text from C<$filename>, with each element
172 corresponding to a single line of C<$filename>.
174 The hash C<%{'_<'.$filename}> (aliased locally to C<%dbline> via glob
175 assignment) contains breakpoints and actions. The keys are line numbers;
176 you can set individual values, but not the whole hash. The Perl interpreter
177 uses this hash to determine where breakpoints have been set. Any true value is
178 considered to be a breakpoint; C<perl5db.pl> uses "$break_condition\0$action".
179 Values are magical in numeric context: 1 if the line is breakable, 0 if not.
181 The scalar ${'_<'.$filename} contains $filename XXX What?
183 =head1 DEBUGGER STARTUP
185 When C<perl5db.pl> starts, it reads an rcfile (C<perl5db.ini> for
186 non-interactive sessions, C<.perldb> for interactive ones) that can set a number
187 of options. In addition, this file may define a subroutine C<&afterinit>
188 that will be executed (in the debugger's context) after the debugger has
191 Next, it checks the C<PERLDB_OPTS> environment variable and treats its
192 contents as the argument of a debugger <C<O> command.
194 =head2 STARTUP-ONLY OPTIONS
196 The following options can only be specified at startup.
197 To set them in your rcfile, add a call to
198 C<&parse_options("optionName=new_value")>.
204 the TTY to use for debugging i/o.
208 if set, goes in NonStop mode. On interrupt, if TTY is not set,
209 uses the value of noTTY or "/tmp/perldbtty$$" to find TTY using
210 Term::Rendezvous. Current variant is to have the name of TTY in this
215 If false, a dummy ReadLine is used, so you can debug
216 ReadLine applications.
220 if true, no i/o is performed until interrupt.
224 file or pipe to print line number info to. If it is a
225 pipe, a short "emacs like" message is used.
229 host:port to connect to on remote host for remote debugging.
235 &parse_options("NonStop=1 LineInfo=db.out");
236 sub afterinit { $trace = 1; }
238 The script will run without human intervention, putting trace
239 information into C<db.out>. (If you interrupt it, you had better
240 reset C<LineInfo> to something "interactive"!)
242 =head1 INTERNALS DESCRIPTION
244 =head2 DEBUGGER INTERFACE VARIABLES
246 Perl supplies the values for C<%sub>. It effectively inserts
247 a C<&DB'DB();> in front of each place that can have a
248 breakpoint. At each subroutine call, it calls C<&DB::sub> with
249 C<$DB::sub> set to the called subroutine. It also inserts a C<BEGIN
250 {require 'perl5db.pl'}> before the first line.
252 After each C<require>d file is compiled, but before it is executed, a
253 call to C<&DB::postponed($main::{'_<'.$filename})> is done. C<$filename>
254 is the expanded name of the C<require>d file (as found via C<%INC>).
256 =head3 IMPORTANT INTERNAL VARIABLES
260 Used to control when the debugger will attempt to acquire another TTY to be
265 =item * 1 - on C<fork()>
267 =item * 2 - debugger is started inside debugger
269 =item * 4 - on startup
275 The value -2 indicates that no return value should be printed.
276 Any other positive value causes C<DB::sub> to print return values.
280 The item to be eval'ed by C<DB::eval>. Used to prevent messing with the current
281 contents of C<@_> when C<DB::eval> is called.
285 Determines what messages (if any) will get printed when a subroutine (or eval)
286 is entered or exited.
290 =item * 0 - No enter/exit messages
292 =item * 1 - Print "entering" messages on subroutine entry
294 =item * 2 - Adds exit messages on subroutine exit. If no other flag is on, acts like 1+2.
296 =item * 4 - Extended messages: C<in|out> I<context>=I<fully-qualified sub name> from I<file>:I<line>>. If no other flag is on, acts like 1+4.
298 =item * 8 - Adds parameter information to messages, and overloaded stringify and tied FETCH is enabled on the printed arguments. Ignored if C<4> is not on.
300 =item * 16 - Adds C<I<context> return from I<subname>: I<value>> messages on subroutine/eval exit. Ignored if C<4> is is not on.
304 To get everything, use C<$frame=30> (or C<o f-30> as a debugger command).
305 The debugger internally juggles the value of C<$frame> during execution to
306 protect external modules that the debugger uses from getting traced.
310 Tracks current debugger nesting level. Used to figure out how many
311 C<E<lt>E<gt>> pairs to surround the line number with when the debugger
312 outputs a prompt. Also used to help determine if the program has finished
313 during command parsing.
315 =head4 C<$onetimeDump>
317 Controls what (if anything) C<DB::eval()> will print after evaluating an
322 =item * C<undef> - don't print anything
324 =item * C<dump> - use C<dumpvar.pl> to display the value returned
326 =item * C<methods> - print the methods callable on the first item returned
330 =head4 C<$onetimeDumpDepth>
332 Controls how far down C<dumpvar.pl> will go before printing '...' while
333 dumping a structure. Numeric. If C<undef>, print all levels.
337 Used to track whether or not an C<INT> signal has been detected. C<DB::DB()>,
338 which is called before every statement, checks this and puts the user into
339 command mode if it finds C<$signal> set to a true value.
343 Controls behavior during single-stepping. Stacked in C<@stack> on entry to
344 each subroutine; popped again at the end of each subroutine.
348 =item * 0 - run continuously.
350 =item * 1 - single-step, go into subs. The 's' command.
352 =item * 2 - single-step, don't go into subs. The 'n' command.
354 =item * 4 - print current sub depth (turned on to force this when "too much
361 Controls the output of trace information.
365 =item * 1 - The C<t> command was entered to turn on tracing (every line executed is printed)
367 =item * 2 - watch expressions are active
369 =item * 4 - user defined a C<watchfunction()> in C<afterinit()>
373 =head4 C<$slave_editor>
375 1 if C<LINEINFO> was directed to a pipe; 0 otherwise.
379 Stack of filehandles that C<DB::readline()> will read commands from.
380 Manipulated by the debugger's C<source> command and C<DB::readline()> itself.
384 Local alias to the magical line array, C<@{$main::{'_<'.$filename}}> ,
385 supplied by the Perl interpreter to the debugger. Contains the source.
389 Previous values of watch expressions. First set when the expression is
390 entered; reset whenever the watch expression changes.
394 Saves important globals (C<$@>, C<$!>, C<$^E>, C<$,>, C<$/>, C<$\>, C<$^W>)
395 so that the debugger can substitute safe values while it's running, and
396 restore them when it returns control.
400 Saves the current value of C<$single> on entry to a subroutine.
401 Manipulated by the C<c> command to turn off tracing in all subs above the
406 The 'watch' expressions: to be evaluated before each line is executed.
410 The typeahead buffer, used by C<DB::readline>.
414 Command aliases. Stored as character strings to be substituted for a command
417 =head4 C<%break_on_load>
419 Keys are file names, values are 1 (break when this file is loaded) or undef
420 (don't break when it is loaded).
424 Keys are line numbers, values are "condition\0action". If used in numeric
425 context, values are 0 if not breakable, 1 if breakable, no matter what is
426 in the actual hash entry.
428 =head4 C<%had_breakpoints>
430 Keys are file names; values are bitfields:
434 =item * 1 - file has a breakpoint in it.
436 =item * 2 - file has an action in it.
440 A zero or undefined value means this file has neither.
444 Stores the debugger options. These are character string values.
448 Saves breakpoints for code that hasn't been compiled yet.
449 Keys are subroutine names, values are:
453 =item * 'compile' - break when this sub is compiled
455 =item * 'break +0 if <condition>' - break (conditionally) at the start of this routine. The condition will be '1' if no condition was specified.
459 =head4 C<%postponed_file>
461 This hash keeps track of breakpoints that need to be set for files that have
462 not yet been compiled. Keys are filenames; values are references to hashes.
463 Each of these hashes is keyed by line number, and its values are breakpoint
464 definitions ("condition\0action").
466 =head1 DEBUGGER INITIALIZATION
468 The debugger's initialization actually jumps all over the place inside this
469 package. This is because there are several BEGIN blocks (which of course
470 execute immediately) spread through the code. Why is that?
472 The debugger needs to be able to change some things and set some things up
473 before the debugger code is compiled; most notably, the C<$deep> variable that
474 C<DB::sub> uses to tell when a program has recursed deeply. In addition, the
475 debugger has to turn off warnings while the debugger code is compiled, but then
476 restore them to their original setting before the program being debugged begins
479 The first C<BEGIN> block simply turns off warnings by saving the current
480 setting of C<$^W> and then setting it to zero. The second one initializes
481 the debugger variables that are needed before the debugger begins executing.
482 The third one puts C<$^X> back to its former value.
484 We'll detail the second C<BEGIN> block later; just remember that if you need
485 to initialize something before the debugger starts really executing, that's
492 # Debugger for Perl 5.00x; perl5db.pl patch level:
494 $header = "perl5db.pl version $VERSION";
496 =head1 DEBUGGER ROUTINES
500 This function replaces straight C<eval()> inside the debugger; it simplifies
501 the process of evaluating code in the user's context.
503 The code to be evaluated is passed via the package global variable
504 C<$DB::evalarg>; this is done to avoid fiddling with the contents of C<@_>.
506 We preserve the current settings of X<C<$trace>>, X<C<$single>>, and X<C<$^D>>;
507 add the X<C<$usercontext>> (that's the preserved values of C<$@>, C<$!>,
508 C<$^E>, C<$,>, C<$/>, C<$\>, and C<$^W>, grabbed when C<DB::DB> got control,
509 and the user's current package) and a add a newline before we do the C<eval()>.
510 This causes the proper context to be used when the eval is actually done.
511 Afterward, we restore C<$trace>, C<$single>, and C<$^D>.
513 Next we need to handle C<$@> without getting confused. We save C<$@> in a
514 local lexical, localize C<$saved[0]> (which is where C<save()> will put
515 C<$@>), and then call C<save()> to capture C<$@>, C<$!>, C<$^E>, C<$,>,
516 C<$/>, C<$\>, and C<$^W>) and set C<$,>, C<$/>, C<$\>, and C<$^W> to values
517 considered sane by the debugger. If there was an C<eval()> error, we print
518 it on the debugger's output. If X<C<$onetimedump>> is defined, we call
519 X<C<dumpit>> if it's set to 'dump', or X<C<methods>> if it's set to
520 'methods'. Setting it to something else causes the debugger to do the eval
521 but not print the result - handy if you want to do something else with it
522 (the "watch expressions" code does this to get the value of the watch
523 expression but not show it unless it matters).
525 In any case, we then return the list of output from C<eval> to the caller,
526 and unwinding restores the former version of C<$@> in C<@saved> as well
527 (the localization of C<$saved[0]> goes away at the end of this scope).
529 =head3 Parameters and variables influencing execution of DB::eval()
531 C<DB::eval> isn't parameterized in the standard way; this is to keep the
532 debugger's calls to C<DB::eval()> from mucking with C<@_>, among other things.
533 The variables listed below influence C<DB::eval()>'s execution directly.
537 =item C<$evalarg> - the thing to actually be eval'ed
539 =item C<$trace> - Current state of execution tracing (see X<$trace>)
541 =item C<$single> - Current state of single-stepping (see X<$single>)
543 =item C<$onetimeDump> - what is to be displayed after the evaluation
545 =item C<$onetimeDumpDepth> - how deep C<dumpit()> should go when dumping results
549 The following variables are altered by C<DB::eval()> during its execution. They
550 are "stacked" via C<local()>, enabling recursive calls to C<DB::eval()>.
554 =item C<@res> - used to capture output from actual C<eval>.
556 =item C<$otrace> - saved value of C<$trace>.
558 =item C<$osingle> - saved value of C<$single>.
560 =item C<$od> - saved value of C<$^D>.
562 =item C<$saved[0]> - saved value of C<$@>.
564 =item $\ - for output of C<$@> if there is an evaluation error.
568 =head3 The problem of lexicals
570 The context of C<DB::eval()> presents us with some problems. Obviously,
571 we want to be 'sandboxed' away from the debugger's internals when we do
572 the eval, but we need some way to control how punctuation variables and
573 debugger globals are used.
575 We can't use local, because the code inside C<DB::eval> can see localized
576 variables; and we can't use C<my> either for the same reason. The code
577 in this routine compromises and uses C<my>.
579 After this routine is over, we don't have user code executing in the debugger's
580 context, so we can use C<my> freely.
584 ############################################## Begin lexical danger zone
586 # 'my' variables used here could leak into (that is, be visible in)
587 # the context that the code being evaluated is executing in. This means that
588 # the code could modify the debugger's variables.
590 # Fiddling with the debugger's context could be Bad. We insulate things as
595 # 'my' would make it visible from user code
596 # but so does local! --tchrist
597 # Remember: this localizes @DB::res, not @main::res.
600 # Try to keep the user code from messing with us. Save these so that
601 # even if the eval'ed code changes them, we can put them back again.
602 # Needed because the user could refer directly to the debugger's
603 # package globals (and any 'my' variables in this containing scope)
604 # inside the eval(), and we want to try to stay safe.
605 local $otrace = $trace;
606 local $osingle = $single;
609 # Untaint the incoming eval() argument.
610 { ($evalarg) = $evalarg =~ /(.*)/s; }
612 # $usercontext built in DB::DB near the comment
613 # "set up the context for DB::eval ..."
614 # Evaluate and save any results.
616 eval "$usercontext $evalarg;\n"; # '\n' for nice recursive debug
618 # Restore those old values.
624 # Save the current value of $@, and preserve it in the debugger's copy
625 # of the saved precious globals.
628 # Since we're only saving $@, we only have to localize the array element
629 # that it will be stored in.
630 local $saved[0]; # Preserve the old value of $@
633 # Now see whether we need to report an error back to the user.
639 # Display as required by the caller. $onetimeDump and $onetimedumpDepth
640 # are package globals.
641 elsif ($onetimeDump) {
642 if ($onetimeDump eq 'dump') {
643 local $option{dumpDepth} = $onetimedumpDepth
644 if defined $onetimedumpDepth;
647 elsif ($onetimeDump eq 'methods') {
650 } ## end elsif ($onetimeDump)
654 ############################################## End lexical danger zone
656 # After this point it is safe to introduce lexicals.
657 # The code being debugged will be executing in its own context, and
658 # can't see the inside of the debugger.
660 # However, one should not overdo it: leave as much control from outside as
661 # possible. If you make something a lexical, it's not going to be addressable
662 # from outside the debugger even if you know its name.
664 # This file is automatically included if you do perl -d.
665 # It's probably not useful to include this yourself.
667 # Before venturing further into these twisty passages, it is
668 # wise to read the perldebguts man page or risk the ire of dragons.
670 # (It should be noted that perldebguts will tell you a lot about
671 # the uderlying mechanics of how the debugger interfaces into the
672 # Perl interpreter, but not a lot about the debugger itself. The new
673 # comments in this code try to address this problem.)
675 # Note that no subroutine call is possible until &DB::sub is defined
676 # (for subroutines defined outside of the package DB). In fact the same is
677 # true if $deep is not defined.
679 # $Log: perldb.pl,v $
681 # Enhanced by ilya@math.ohio-state.edu (Ilya Zakharevich)
683 # modified Perl debugger, to be run from Emacs in perldb-mode
684 # Ray Lischner (uunet!mntgfx!lisch) as of 5 Nov 1990
685 # Johan Vromans -- upgrade to 4.0 pl 10
686 # Ilya Zakharevich -- patches after 5.001 (and some before ;-)
688 # (We have made efforts to clarify the comments in the change log
689 # in other places; some of them may seem somewhat obscure as they
690 # were originally written, and explaining them away from the code
691 # in question seems conterproductive.. -JM)
693 ########################################################################
695 # + A lot of things changed after 0.94. First of all, core now informs
696 # debugger about entry into XSUBs, overloaded operators, tied operations,
697 # BEGIN and END. Handy with `O f=2'.
698 # + This can make debugger a little bit too verbose, please be patient
699 # and report your problems promptly.
700 # + Now the option frame has 3 values: 0,1,2. XXX Document!
701 # + Note that if DESTROY returns a reference to the object (or object),
702 # the deletion of data may be postponed until the next function call,
703 # due to the need to examine the return value.
706 # + `v' command shows versions.
709 # + `v' command shows version of readline.
710 # primitive completion works (dynamic variables, subs for `b' and `l',
711 # options). Can `p %var'
712 # + Better help (`h <' now works). New commands <<, >>, {, {{.
713 # {dump|print}_trace() coded (to be able to do it from <<cmd).
714 # + `c sub' documented.
715 # + At last enough magic combined to stop after the end of debuggee.
716 # + !! should work now (thanks to Emacs bracket matching an extra
717 # `]' in a regexp is caught).
718 # + `L', `D' and `A' span files now (as documented).
719 # + Breakpoints in `require'd code are possible (used in `R').
720 # + Some additional words on internal work of debugger.
721 # + `b load filename' implemented.
722 # + `b postpone subr' implemented.
723 # + now only `q' exits debugger (overwritable on $inhibit_exit).
724 # + When restarting debugger breakpoints/actions persist.
725 # + Buglet: When restarting debugger only one breakpoint/action per
726 # autoloaded function persists.
728 # Changes: 0.97: NonStop will not stop in at_exit().
729 # + Option AutoTrace implemented.
730 # + Trace printed differently if frames are printed too.
731 # + new `inhibitExit' option.
732 # + printing of a very long statement interruptible.
733 # Changes: 0.98: New command `m' for printing possible methods
734 # + 'l -' is a synonym for `-'.
735 # + Cosmetic bugs in printing stack trace.
736 # + `frame' & 8 to print "expanded args" in stack trace.
737 # + Can list/break in imported subs.
738 # + new `maxTraceLen' option.
739 # + frame & 4 and frame & 8 granted.
741 # + nonstoppable lines do not have `:' near the line number.
742 # + `b compile subname' implemented.
743 # + Will not use $` any more.
744 # + `-' behaves sane now.
745 # Changes: 0.99: Completion for `f', `m'.
746 # + `m' will remove duplicate names instead of duplicate functions.
747 # + `b load' strips trailing whitespace.
748 # completion ignores leading `|'; takes into account current package
749 # when completing a subroutine name (same for `l').
750 # Changes: 1.07: Many fixed by tchrist 13-March-2000
752 # + Added bare minimal security checks on perldb rc files, plus
753 # comments on what else is needed.
754 # + Fixed the ornaments that made "|h" completely unusable.
755 # They are not used in print_help if they will hurt. Strip pod
756 # if we're paging to less.
757 # + Fixed mis-formatting of help messages caused by ornaments
758 # to restore Larry's original formatting.
759 # + Fixed many other formatting errors. The code is still suboptimal,
760 # and needs a lot of work at restructuring. It's also misindented
762 # + Fixed bug where trying to look at an option like your pager
764 # + Fixed some $? processing. Note: if you use csh or tcsh, you will
765 # lose. You should consider shell escapes not using their shell,
766 # or else not caring about detailed status. This should really be
767 # unified into one place, too.
768 # + Fixed bug where invisible trailing whitespace on commands hoses you,
769 # tricking Perl into thinking you weren't calling a debugger command!
770 # + Fixed bug where leading whitespace on commands hoses you. (One
771 # suggests a leading semicolon or any other irrelevant non-whitespace
772 # to indicate literal Perl code.)
773 # + Fixed bugs that ate warnings due to wrong selected handle.
774 # + Fixed a precedence bug on signal stuff.
775 # + Fixed some unseemly wording.
776 # + Fixed bug in help command trying to call perl method code.
777 # + Fixed to call dumpvar from exception handler. SIGPIPE killed us.
779 # + Added some comments. This code is still nasty spaghetti.
780 # + Added message if you clear your pre/post command stacks which was
781 # very easy to do if you just typed a bare >, <, or {. (A command
782 # without an argument should *never* be a destructive action; this
783 # API is fundamentally screwed up; likewise option setting, which
784 # is equally buggered.)
785 # + Added command stack dump on argument of "?" for >, <, or {.
786 # + Added a semi-built-in doc viewer command that calls man with the
787 # proper %Config::Config path (and thus gets caching, man -k, etc),
788 # or else perldoc on obstreperous platforms.
789 # + Added to and rearranged the help information.
790 # + Detected apparent misuse of { ... } to declare a block; this used
791 # to work but now is a command, and mysteriously gave no complaint.
793 # Changes: 1.08: Apr 25, 2001 Jon Eveland <jweveland@yahoo.com>
795 # + This patch to perl5db.pl cleans up formatting issues on the help
796 # summary (h h) screen in the debugger. Mostly columnar alignment
797 # issues, plus converted the printed text to use all spaces, since
798 # tabs don't seem to help much here.
800 # Changes: 1.09: May 19, 2001 Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
801 # Minor bugs corrected;
802 # + Support for auto-creation of new TTY window on startup, either
803 # unconditionally, or if started as a kid of another debugger session;
804 # + New `O'ption CreateTTY
805 # I<CreateTTY> bits control attempts to create a new TTY on events:
807 # 2: debugger is started inside debugger
809 # + Code to auto-create a new TTY window on OS/2 (currently one
810 # extra window per session - need named pipes to have more...);
811 # + Simplified interface for custom createTTY functions (with a backward
812 # compatibility hack); now returns the TTY name to use; return of ''
813 # means that the function reset the I/O handles itself;
814 # + Better message on the semantic of custom createTTY function;
815 # + Convert the existing code to create a TTY into a custom createTTY
817 # + Consistent support for TTY names of the form "TTYin,TTYout";
818 # + Switch line-tracing output too to the created TTY window;
819 # + make `b fork' DWIM with CORE::GLOBAL::fork;
820 # + High-level debugger API cmd_*():
821 # cmd_b_load($filenamepart) # b load filenamepart
822 # cmd_b_line($lineno [, $cond]) # b lineno [cond]
823 # cmd_b_sub($sub [, $cond]) # b sub [cond]
824 # cmd_stop() # Control-C
825 # cmd_d($lineno) # d lineno (B)
826 # The cmd_*() API returns FALSE on failure; in this case it outputs
827 # the error message to the debugging output.
828 # + Low-level debugger API
829 # break_on_load($filename) # b load filename
830 # @files = report_break_on_load() # List files with load-breakpoints
831 # breakable_line_in_filename($name, $from [, $to])
832 # # First breakable line in the
833 # # range $from .. $to. $to defaults
834 # # to $from, and may be less than
836 # breakable_line($from [, $to]) # Same for the current file
837 # break_on_filename_line($name, $lineno [, $cond])
838 # # Set breakpoint,$cond defaults to
840 # break_on_filename_line_range($name, $from, $to [, $cond])
841 # # As above, on the first
842 # # breakable line in range
843 # break_on_line($lineno [, $cond]) # As above, in the current file
844 # break_subroutine($sub [, $cond]) # break on the first breakable line
845 # ($name, $from, $to) = subroutine_filename_lines($sub)
846 # # The range of lines of the text
847 # The low-level API returns TRUE on success, and die()s on failure.
849 # Changes: 1.10: May 23, 2001 Daniel Lewart <d-lewart@uiuc.edu>
851 # + Fixed warnings generated by "perl -dWe 42"
852 # + Corrected spelling errors
853 # + Squeezed Help (h) output into 80 columns
855 # Changes: 1.11: May 24, 2001 David Dyck <dcd@tc.fluke.com>
856 # + Made "x @INC" work like it used to
858 # Changes: 1.12: May 24, 2001 Daniel Lewart <d-lewart@uiuc.edu>
859 # + Fixed warnings generated by "O" (Show debugger options)
860 # + Fixed warnings generated by "p 42" (Print expression)
861 # Changes: 1.13: Jun 19, 2001 Scott.L.Miller@compaq.com
862 # + Added windowSize option
863 # Changes: 1.14: Oct 9, 2001 multiple
864 # + Clean up after itself on VMS (Charles Lane in 12385)
865 # + Adding "@ file" syntax (Peter Scott in 12014)
866 # + Debug reloading selfloaded stuff (Ilya Zakharevich in 11457)
867 # + $^S and other debugger fixes (Ilya Zakharevich in 11120)
868 # + Forgot a my() declaration (Ilya Zakharevich in 11085)
869 # Changes: 1.15: Nov 6, 2001 Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>
870 # + Updated 1.14 change log
871 # + Added *dbline explainatory comments
872 # + Mentioning perldebguts man page
873 # Changes: 1.16: Feb 15, 2002 Mark-Jason Dominus <mjd@plover.com>
874 # + $onetimeDump improvements
875 # Changes: 1.17: Feb 20, 2002 Richard Foley <richard.foley@rfi.net>
876 # Moved some code to cmd_[.]()'s for clarity and ease of handling,
877 # rationalised the following commands and added cmd_wrapper() to
878 # enable switching between old and frighteningly consistent new
879 # behaviours for diehards: 'o CommandSet=pre580' (sigh...)
880 # a(add), A(del) # action expr (added del by line)
881 # + b(add), B(del) # break [line] (was b,D)
882 # + w(add), W(del) # watch expr (was W,W)
883 # # added del by expr
884 # + h(summary), h h(long) # help (hh) (was h h,h)
885 # + m(methods), M(modules) # ... (was m,v)
886 # + o(option) # lc (was O)
887 # + v(view code), V(view Variables) # ... (was w,V)
888 # Changes: 1.18: Mar 17, 2002 Richard Foley <richard.foley@rfi.net>
889 # + fixed missing cmd_O bug
890 # Changes: 1.19: Mar 29, 2002 Spider Boardman
891 # + Added missing local()s -- DB::DB is called recursively.
892 # Changes: 1.20: Feb 17, 2003 Richard Foley <richard.foley@rfi.net>
893 # + pre'n'post commands no longer trashed with no args
894 # + watch val joined out of eval()
895 # Changes: 1.21: Jun 04, 2002 Joe McMahon (mcmahon@ibiblio.org)
896 # + Added comments and reformatted source. No bug fixes/enhancements.
897 # + Includes cleanup by Robin Barker and Jarkko Hietaniemi.
899 ####################################################################
901 =head1 DEBUGGER INITIALIZATION
903 The debugger starts up in phases.
907 First, it initializes the environment it wants to run in: turning off
908 warnings during its own compilation, defining variables which it will need
909 to avoid warnings later, setting itself up to not exit when the program
910 terminates, and defaulting to printing return values for the C<r> command.
914 # Needed for the statement after exec():
916 # This BEGIN block is simply used to switch off warnings during debugger
917 # compiliation. Probably it would be better practice to fix the warnings,
918 # but this is how it's done at the moment.
923 } # Switch compilation warnings off until another BEGIN.
925 local ($^W) = 0; # Switch run-time warnings off during init.
927 # This would probably be better done with "use vars", but that wasn't around
928 # when this code was originally written. (Neither was "use strict".) And on
929 # the principle of not fiddling with something that was working, this was
932 # These variables control the execution of 'dumpvar.pl'.
934 $dumpvar::arrayDepth,
935 $dumpvar::dumpDBFiles,
936 $dumpvar::dumpPackages,
937 $dumpvar::quoteHighBit,
938 $dumpvar::printUndef,
942 # used to save @ARGV and extract any debugger-related flags.
945 # used to control die() reporting in diesignal()
948 # used to prevent multiple entries to diesignal()
949 # (if for instance diesignal() itself dies)
952 # used to prevent the debugger from running nonstop
958 # Command-line + PERLLIB:
959 # Save the contents of @INC before they are modified elsewhere.
962 # This was an attempt to clear out the previous values of various
963 # trapped errors. Apparently it didn't help. XXX More info needed!
964 # $prevwarn = $prevdie = $prevbus = $prevsegv = ''; # Does not help?!
966 # We set these variables to safe values. We don't want to blindly turn
967 # off warnings, because other packages may still want them.
968 $trace = $signal = $single = 0; # Uninitialized warning suppression
969 # (local $^W cannot help - other packages!).
971 # Default to not exiting when program finishes; print the return
972 # value when the 'r' command is used to return from a subroutine.
973 $inhibit_exit = $option{PrintRet} = 1;
975 =head1 OPTION PROCESSING
977 The debugger's options are actually spread out over the debugger itself and
978 C<dumpvar.pl>; some of these are variables to be set, while others are
979 subs to be called with a value. To try to make this a little easier to
980 manage, the debugger uses a few data structures to define what options
981 are legal and how they are to be processed.
983 First, the C<@options> array defines the I<names> of all the options that
990 hashDepth arrayDepth dumpDepth
991 DumpDBFiles DumpPackages DumpReused
992 compactDump veryCompact quote
993 HighBit undefPrint globPrint
994 PrintRet UsageOnly frame
996 ReadLine NonStop LineInfo
997 maxTraceLen recallCommand ShellBang
998 pager tkRunning ornaments
999 signalLevel warnLevel dieLevel
1000 inhibit_exit ImmediateStop bareStringify
1001 CreateTTY RemotePort windowSize
1006 Second, C<optionVars> lists the variables that each option uses to save its
1012 hashDepth => \$dumpvar::hashDepth,
1013 arrayDepth => \$dumpvar::arrayDepth,
1014 CommandSet => \$CommandSet,
1015 DumpDBFiles => \$dumpvar::dumpDBFiles,
1016 DumpPackages => \$dumpvar::dumpPackages,
1017 DumpReused => \$dumpvar::dumpReused,
1018 HighBit => \$dumpvar::quoteHighBit,
1019 undefPrint => \$dumpvar::printUndef,
1020 globPrint => \$dumpvar::globPrint,
1021 UsageOnly => \$dumpvar::usageOnly,
1022 CreateTTY => \$CreateTTY,
1023 bareStringify => \$dumpvar::bareStringify,
1025 AutoTrace => \$trace,
1026 inhibit_exit => \$inhibit_exit,
1027 maxTraceLen => \$maxtrace,
1028 ImmediateStop => \$ImmediateStop,
1029 RemotePort => \$remoteport,
1030 windowSize => \$window,
1035 Third, C<%optionAction> defines the subroutine to be called to process each
1041 compactDump => \&dumpvar::compactDump,
1042 veryCompact => \&dumpvar::veryCompact,
1043 quote => \&dumpvar::quote,
1046 ReadLine => \&ReadLine,
1047 NonStop => \&NonStop,
1048 LineInfo => \&LineInfo,
1049 recallCommand => \&recallCommand,
1050 ShellBang => \&shellBang,
1052 signalLevel => \&signalLevel,
1053 warnLevel => \&warnLevel,
1054 dieLevel => \&dieLevel,
1055 tkRunning => \&tkRunning,
1056 ornaments => \&ornaments,
1057 RemotePort => \&RemotePort,
1062 Last, the C<%optionRequire> notes modules that must be C<require>d if an
1067 # Note that this list is not complete: several options not listed here
1068 # actually require that dumpvar.pl be loaded for them to work, but are
1069 # not in the table. A subsequent patch will correct this problem; for
1070 # the moment, we're just recommenting, and we are NOT going to change
1073 compactDump => 'dumpvar.pl',
1074 veryCompact => 'dumpvar.pl',
1075 quote => 'dumpvar.pl',
1080 There are a number of initialization-related variables which can be set
1081 by putting code to set them in a BEGIN block in the C<PERL5DB> environment
1082 variable. These are:
1086 =item C<$rl> - readline control XXX needs more explanation
1088 =item C<$warnLevel> - whether or not debugger takes over warning handling
1090 =item C<$dieLevel> - whether or not debugger takes over die handling
1092 =item C<$signalLevel> - whether or not debugger takes over signal handling
1094 =item C<$pre> - preprompt actions (array reference)
1096 =item C<$post> - postprompt actions (array reference)
1100 =item C<$CreateTTY> - whether or not to create a new TTY for this debugger
1102 =item C<$CommandSet> - which command set to use (defaults to new, documented set)
1108 # These guys may be defined in $ENV{PERL5DB} :
1109 $rl = 1 unless defined $rl;
1110 $warnLevel = 1 unless defined $warnLevel;
1111 $dieLevel = 1 unless defined $dieLevel;
1112 $signalLevel = 1 unless defined $signalLevel;
1113 $pre = [] unless defined $pre;
1114 $post = [] unless defined $post;
1115 $pretype = [] unless defined $pretype;
1116 $CreateTTY = 3 unless defined $CreateTTY;
1117 $CommandSet = '580' unless defined $CommandSet;
1121 The default C<die>, C<warn>, and C<signal> handlers are set up.
1125 warnLevel($warnLevel);
1126 dieLevel($dieLevel);
1127 signalLevel($signalLevel);
1131 The pager to be used is needed next. We try to get it from the
1132 environment first. if it's not defined there, we try to find it in
1133 the Perl C<Config.pm>. If it's not there, we default to C<more>. We
1134 then call the C<pager()> function to save the pager name.
1138 # This routine makes sure $pager is set up so that '|' can use it.
1140 # If PAGER is defined in the environment, use it.
1144 # If not, see if Config.pm defines it.
1145 : eval { require Config } && defined $Config::Config{pager}
1146 ? $Config::Config{pager}
1148 # If not, fall back to 'more'.
1151 unless defined $pager;
1155 We set up the command to be used to access the man pages, the command
1156 recall character ("!" unless otherwise defined) and the shell escape
1157 character ("!" unless otherwise defined). Yes, these do conflict, and
1158 neither works in the debugger at the moment.
1164 # Set up defaults for command recall and shell escape (note:
1165 # these currently don't work in linemode debugging).
1166 &recallCommand("!") unless defined $prc;
1167 &shellBang("!") unless defined $psh;
1171 We then set up the gigantic string containing the debugger help.
1172 We also set the limit on the number of arguments we'll display during a
1179 # If we didn't get a default for the length of eval/stack trace args,
1181 $maxtrace = 400 unless defined $maxtrace;
1183 =head2 SETTING UP THE DEBUGGER GREETING
1185 The debugger 'greeting' helps to inform the user how many debuggers are
1186 running, and whether the current debugger is the primary or a child.
1188 If we are the primary, we just hang onto our pid so we'll have it when
1189 or if we start a child debugger. If we are a child, we'll set things up
1190 so we'll have a unique greeting and so the parent will give us our own
1193 We save the current contents of the C<PERLDB_PIDS> environment variable
1194 because we mess around with it. We'll also need to hang onto it because
1195 we'll need it if we restart.
1197 Child debuggers make a label out of the current PID structure recorded in
1198 PERLDB_PIDS plus the new PID. They also mark themselves as not having a TTY
1199 yet so the parent will give them one later via C<resetterm()>.
1203 # Save the current contents of the environment; we're about to
1204 # much with it. We'll need this if we have to restart.
1205 $ini_pids = $ENV{PERLDB_PIDS};
1207 if (defined $ENV{PERLDB_PIDS}) {
1208 # We're a child. Make us a label out of the current PID structure
1209 # recorded in PERLDB_PIDS plus our (new) PID. Mark us as not having
1210 # a term yet so the parent will give us one later via resetterm().
1211 $pids = "[$ENV{PERLDB_PIDS}]";
1212 $ENV{PERLDB_PIDS} .= "->$$";
1214 } ## end if (defined $ENV{PERLDB_PIDS...
1216 # We're the parent PID. Initialize PERLDB_PID in case we end up with a
1217 # child debugger, and mark us as the parent, so we'll know to set up
1218 # more TTY's is we have to.
1219 $ENV{PERLDB_PIDS} = "$$";
1226 # Sets up $emacs as a synonym for $slave_editor.
1227 *emacs = $slave_editor if $slave_editor; # May be used in afterinit()...
1229 =head2 READING THE RC FILE
1231 The debugger will read a file of initialization options if supplied. If
1232 running interactively, this is C<.perldb>; if not, it's C<perldb.ini>.
1236 # As noted, this test really doesn't check accurately that the debugger
1237 # is running at a terminal or not.
1238 if (-e "/dev/tty") { # this is the wrong metric!
1239 $rcfile = ".perldb";
1242 $rcfile = "perldb.ini";
1247 The debugger does a safety test of the file to be read. It must be owned
1248 either by the current user or root, and must only be writable by the owner.
1252 # This wraps a safety test around "do" to read and evaluate the init file.
1254 # This isn't really safe, because there's a race
1255 # between checking and opening. The solution is to
1256 # open and fstat the handle, but then you have to read and
1257 # eval the contents. But then the silly thing gets
1258 # your lexical scope, which is unfortunate at best.
1262 # Just exactly what part of the word "CORE::" don't you understand?
1263 local $SIG{__WARN__};
1264 local $SIG{__DIE__};
1266 unless (is_safe_file($file)) {
1267 CORE::warn <<EO_GRIPE;
1268 perldb: Must not source insecure rcfile $file.
1269 You or the superuser must be the owner, and it must not
1270 be writable by anyone but its owner.
1273 } ## end unless (is_safe_file($file...
1276 CORE::warn("perldb: couldn't parse $file: $@") if $@;
1277 } ## end sub safe_do
1279 # This is the safety test itself.
1281 # Verifies that owner is either real user or superuser and that no
1282 # one but owner may write to it. This function is of limited use
1283 # when called on a path instead of upon a handle, because there are
1284 # no guarantees that filename (by dirent) whose file (by ino) is
1285 # eventually accessed is the same as the one tested.
1286 # Assumes that the file's existence is not in doubt.
1289 stat($path) || return; # mysteriously vaporized
1290 my ($dev, $ino, $mode, $nlink, $uid, $gid) = stat(_);
1292 return 0 if $uid != 0 && $uid != $<;
1293 return 0 if $mode & 022;
1295 } ## end sub is_safe_file
1297 # If the rcfile (whichever one we decided was the right one to read)
1298 # exists, we safely do it.
1300 safe_do("./$rcfile");
1302 # If there isn't one here, try the user's home directory.
1303 elsif (defined $ENV{HOME} && -f "$ENV{HOME}/$rcfile") {
1304 safe_do("$ENV{HOME}/$rcfile");
1306 # Else try the login directory.
1307 elsif (defined $ENV{LOGDIR} && -f "$ENV{LOGDIR}/$rcfile") {
1308 safe_do("$ENV{LOGDIR}/$rcfile");
1311 # If the PERLDB_OPTS variable has options in it, parse those out next.
1312 if (defined $ENV{PERLDB_OPTS}) {
1313 parse_options($ENV{PERLDB_OPTS});
1318 The last thing we do during initialization is determine which subroutine is
1319 to be used to obtain a new terminal when a new debugger is started. Right now,
1320 the debugger only handles X Windows and OS/2.
1324 # Set up the get_fork_TTY subroutine to be aliased to the proper routine.
1325 # Works if you're running an xterm or xterm-like window, or you're on
1326 # OS/2. This may need some expansion: for instance, this doesn't handle
1327 # OS X Terminal windows.
1329 if (not defined &get_fork_TTY # no routine exists,
1330 and defined $ENV{TERM} # and we know what kind
1331 # of terminal this is,
1332 and $ENV{TERM} eq 'xterm' # and it's an xterm,
1333 and defined $ENV{WINDOWID} # and we know what
1335 and defined $ENV{DISPLAY}) # and what display it's
1338 *get_fork_TTY = \&xterm_get_fork_TTY; # use the xterm version
1339 } ## end if (not defined &get_fork_TTY...
1340 elsif ($^O eq 'os2') { # If this is OS/2,
1341 *get_fork_TTY = \&os2_get_fork_TTY; # use the OS/2 version
1344 # "Here begin the unreadable code. It needs fixing."
1346 =head2 RESTART PROCESSING
1348 This section handles the restart command. When the C<R> command is invoked, it
1349 tries to capture all of the state it can into environment variables, and
1350 then sets C<PERLDB_RESTART>. When we start executing again, we check to see
1351 if C<PERLDB_RESTART> is there; if so, we reload all the information that
1352 the R command stuffed into the environment variables.
1354 PERLDB_RESTART - flag only, contains no restart data itself.
1355 PERLDB_HIST - command history, if it's available
1356 PERLDB_ON_LOAD - breakpoints set by the rc file
1357 PERLDB_POSTPONE - subs that have been loaded/not executed, and have actions
1358 PERLDB_VISITED - files that had breakpoints
1359 PERLDB_FILE_... - breakpoints for a file
1360 PERLDB_OPT - active options
1361 PERLDB_INC - the original @INC
1362 PERLDB_PRETYPE - preprompt debugger actions
1363 PERLDB_PRE - preprompt Perl code
1364 PERLDB_POST - post-prompt Perl code
1365 PERLDB_TYPEAHEAD - typeahead captured by readline()
1367 We chug through all these variables and plug the values saved in them
1368 back into the appropriate spots in the debugger.
1372 if (exists $ENV{PERLDB_RESTART}) {
1373 # We're restarting, so we don't need the flag that says to restart anymore.
1374 delete $ENV{PERLDB_RESTART};
1376 @hist = get_list('PERLDB_HIST');
1377 %break_on_load = get_list("PERLDB_ON_LOAD");
1378 %postponed = get_list("PERLDB_POSTPONE");
1380 # restore breakpoints/actions
1381 my @had_breakpoints = get_list("PERLDB_VISITED");
1382 for (0 .. $#had_breakpoints) {
1383 my %pf = get_list("PERLDB_FILE_$_");
1384 $postponed_file{ $had_breakpoints[$_] } = \%pf if %pf;
1388 my %opt = get_list("PERLDB_OPT");
1390 while (($opt, $val) = each %opt) {
1391 $val =~ s/[\\\']/\\$1/g;
1392 parse_options("$opt'$val'");
1395 # restore original @INC
1396 @INC = get_list("PERLDB_INC");
1399 # return pre/postprompt actions and typeahead buffer
1400 $pretype = [get_list("PERLDB_PRETYPE")];
1401 $pre = [get_list("PERLDB_PRE")];
1402 $post = [get_list("PERLDB_POST")];
1403 @typeahead = get_list("PERLDB_TYPEAHEAD", @typeahead);
1404 } ## end if (exists $ENV{PERLDB_RESTART...
1406 =head2 SETTING UP THE TERMINAL
1408 Now, we'll decide how the debugger is going to interact with the user.
1409 If there's no TTY, we set the debugger to run non-stop; there's not going
1410 to be anyone there to enter commands.
1420 If there is a TTY, we have to determine who it belongs to before we can
1421 proceed. If this is a slave editor or graphical debugger (denoted by
1422 the first command-line switch being '-emacs'), we shift this off and
1423 set C<$rl> to 0 (XXX ostensibly to do straight reads).
1428 # Is Perl being run from a slave editor or graphical debugger?
1429 # If so, don't use readline, and set $slave_editor = 1.
1431 ((defined $main::ARGV[0]) and ($main::ARGV[0] eq '-emacs'));
1432 $rl = 0, shift (@main::ARGV) if $slave_editor;
1433 #require Term::ReadLine;
1437 We then determine what the console should be on various systems:
1441 =item * Cygwin - We use C<stdin> instead of a separate device.
1446 if ($^O eq 'cygwin') {
1447 # /dev/tty is binary. use stdin for textmode
1451 =item * Unix - use C</dev/tty>.
1455 elsif (-e "/dev/tty") {
1456 $console = "/dev/tty";
1459 =item * Windows or MSDOS - use C<con>.
1463 elsif ($^O eq 'dos' or -e "con" or $^O eq 'MSWin32') {
1467 =item * MacOS - use C<Dev:Console:Perl Debug> if this is the MPW version; C<Dev:
1468 Console> if not. (Note that Mac OS X returns 'darwin', not 'MacOS'. Also note that the debugger doesn't do anything special for 'darwin'. Maybe it should.)
1472 elsif ($^O eq 'MacOS') {
1473 if ($MacPerl::Version !~ /MPW/) {
1475 "Dev:Console:Perl Debug"; # Separate window for application
1478 $console = "Dev:Console";
1480 } ## end elsif ($^O eq 'MacOS')
1482 =item * VMS - use C<sys$command>.
1487 # everything else is ...
1488 $console = "sys\$command";
1495 Several other systems don't use a specific console. We C<undef $console>
1496 for those (Windows using a slave editor/graphical debugger, NetWare, OS/2
1497 with a slave editor, Epoc).
1501 if (($^O eq 'MSWin32') and ($slave_editor or defined $ENV{EMACS})) {
1502 # /dev/tty is binary. use stdin for textmode
1506 if ($^O eq 'NetWare') {
1507 # /dev/tty is binary. use stdin for textmode
1511 # In OS/2, we need to use STDIN to get textmode too, even though
1512 # it pretty much looks like Unix otherwise.
1513 if (defined $ENV{OS2_SHELL} and ($slave_editor or $ENV{WINDOWID}))
1517 # EPOC also falls into the 'got to use STDIN' camp.
1518 if ($^O eq 'epoc') {
1524 If there is a TTY hanging around from a parent, we use that as the console.
1528 $console = $tty if defined $tty;
1530 =head2 SOCKET HANDLING
1532 The debugger is capable of opening a socket and carrying out a debugging
1533 session over the socket.
1535 If C<RemotePort> was defined in the options, the debugger assumes that it
1536 should try to start a debugging session on that port. It builds the socket
1537 and then tries to connect the input and output filehandles to it.
1541 # Handle socket stuff.
1542 if (defined $remoteport) {
1543 # If RemotePort was defined in the options, connect input and output
1546 $OUT = new IO::Socket::INET(
1548 PeerAddr => $remoteport,
1551 if (!$OUT) { die "Unable to connect to remote host: $remoteport\n"; }
1553 } ## end if (defined $remoteport)
1557 If no C<RemotePort> was defined, and we want to create a TTY on startup,
1558 this is probably a situation where multiple debuggers are running (for example,
1559 a backticked command that starts up another debugger). We create a new IN and
1560 OUT filehandle, and do the necessary mojo to create a new TTY if we know how
1567 # Two debuggers running (probably a system or a backtick that invokes
1568 # the debugger itself under the running one). create a new IN and OUT
1569 # filehandle, and do the necessary mojo to create a new tty if we
1570 # know how, and we can.
1571 create_IN_OUT(4) if $CreateTTY & 4;
1573 # If we have a console, check to see if there are separate ins and
1574 # outs to open. (They are assumed identiical if not.)
1575 my ($i, $o) = split /,/, $console;
1576 $o = $i unless defined $o;
1578 # read/write on in, or just read, or read on STDIN.
1581 open(IN, "<&STDIN");
1583 # read/write/create/clobber out, or write/create/clobber out,
1584 # or merge with STDERR, or merge with STDOUT.
1585 open(OUT, "+>$o") ||
1587 open(OUT, ">&STDERR") ||
1588 open(OUT, ">&STDOUT"); # so we don't dongle stdout
1590 } ## end if ($console)
1591 elsif (not defined $console) {
1592 # No console. Open STDIN.
1593 open(IN, "<&STDIN");
1595 # merge with STDERR, or with STDOUT.
1596 open(OUT, ">&STDERR") ||
1597 open(OUT, ">&STDOUT"); # so we don't dongle stdout
1599 $console = 'STDIN/OUT';
1600 } ## end elsif (not defined $console)
1602 # Keep copies of the filehandles so that when the pager runs, it
1603 # can close standard input without clobbering ours.
1604 $IN = \*IN, $OUT = \*OUT if $console or not defined $console;
1605 } ## end elsif (from if(defined $remoteport))
1607 # Unbuffer DB::OUT. We need to see responses right away.
1608 my $previous = select($OUT);
1609 $| = 1; # for DB::OUT
1612 # Line info goes to debugger output unless pointed elsewhere.
1613 # Pointing elsewhere makes it possible for slave editors to
1614 # keep track of file and position. We have both a filehandle
1615 # and a I/O description to keep track of.
1616 $LINEINFO = $OUT unless defined $LINEINFO;
1617 $lineinfo = $console unless defined $lineinfo;
1621 To finish initialization, we show the debugger greeting,
1622 and then call the C<afterinit()> subroutine if there is one.
1626 # Show the debugger greeting.
1627 $header =~ s/.Header: ([^,]+),v(\s+\S+\s+\S+).*$/$1$2/;
1628 unless ($runnonstop) {
1631 if ($term_pid eq '-1') {
1632 print $OUT "\nDaughter DB session started...\n";
1635 print $OUT "\nLoading DB routines from $header\n";
1638 $slave_editor ? "enabled" : "available", ".\n"
1641 "\nEnter h or `h h' for help, or `$doccmd perldebug' for more help.\n\n";
1642 } ## end else [ if ($term_pid eq '-1')
1643 } ## end unless ($runnonstop)
1644 } ## end else [ if ($notty)
1646 # XXX This looks like a bug to me.
1647 # Why copy to @ARGS and then futz with @args?
1650 # Make sure backslashes before single quotes are stripped out, and
1651 # keep args unless they are numeric (XXX why?)
1653 s/(.*)/'$1'/ unless /^-?[\d.]+$/;
1656 # If there was an afterinit() sub defined, call it. It will get
1657 # executed in our scope, so it can fiddle with debugger globals.
1658 if (defined &afterinit) { # May be defined in $rcfile
1661 # Inform us about "Stack dump during die enabled ..." in dieLevel().
1664 ############################################################ Subroutines
1670 This gigantic subroutine is the heart of the debugger. Called before every
1671 statement, its job is to determine if a breakpoint has been reached, and
1672 stop if so; read commands from the user, parse them, and execute
1673 them, and hen send execution off to the next statement.
1675 Note that the order in which the commands are processed is very important;
1676 some commands earlier in the loop will actually alter the C<$cmd> variable
1677 to create other commands to be executed later. This is all highly "optimized"
1678 but can be confusing. Check the comments for each C<$cmd ... && do {}> to
1679 see what's happening in any given command.
1685 # Check for whether we should be running continuously or not.
1686 # _After_ the perl program is compiled, $single is set to 1:
1687 if ($single and not $second_time++) {
1688 # Options say run non-stop. Run until we get an interrupt.
1689 if ($runnonstop) { # Disable until signal
1690 # If there's any call stack in place, turn off single
1691 # stepping into subs throughout the stack.
1692 for ($i = 0 ; $i <= $stack_depth ;) {
1695 # And we are now no longer in single-step mode.
1698 # If we simply returned at this point, we wouldn't get
1699 # the trace info. Fall on through.
1701 } ## end if ($runnonstop)
1703 elsif ($ImmediateStop) {
1704 # We are supposed to stop here; XXX probably a break.
1705 $ImmediateStop = 0; # We've processed it; turn it off
1706 $signal = 1; # Simulate an interrupt to force
1707 # us into the command loop
1709 } ## end if ($single and not $second_time...
1711 # If we're in single-step mode, or an interrupt (real or fake)
1712 # has occurred, turn off non-stop mode.
1713 $runnonstop = 0 if $single or $signal;
1715 # Preserve current values of $@, $!, $^E, $,, $/, $\, $^W.
1716 # The code being debugged may have altered them.
1719 # Since DB::DB gets called after every line, we can use caller() to
1720 # figure out where we last were executing. Sneaky, eh? This works because
1721 # caller is returning all the extra information when called from the
1723 local ($package, $filename, $line) = caller;
1724 local $filename_ini = $filename;
1726 # set up the context for DB::eval, so it can properly execute
1727 # code on behalf of the user. We add the package in so that the
1728 # code is eval'ed in the proper package (not in the debugger!).
1729 local $usercontext =
1730 '($@, $!, $^E, $,, $/, $\, $^W) = @saved;' .
1731 "package $package;";
1733 # Create an alias to the active file magical array to simplify
1735 local (*dbline) = $main::{ '_<' . $filename };
1737 # we need to check for pseudofiles on Mac OS (these are files
1738 # not attached to a filename, but instead stored in Dev:Pseudo)
1739 if ($^O eq 'MacOS' && $#dbline < 0) {
1740 $filename_ini = $filename = 'Dev:Pseudo';
1741 *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $filename };
1744 # Last line in the program.
1745 local $max = $#dbline;
1747 # if we have something here, see if we should break.
1748 if ($dbline{$line} && (($stop, $action) = split (/\0/, $dbline{$line}))) {
1749 # Stop if the stop criterion says to just stop.
1753 # It's a conditional stop; eval it in the user's context and
1754 # see if we should stop. If so, remove the one-time sigil.
1756 $evalarg = "\$DB::signal |= 1 if do {$stop}";
1758 $dbline{$line} =~ s/;9($|\0)/$1/;
1760 } ## end if ($dbline{$line} && ...
1762 # Preserve the current stop-or-not, and see if any of the W
1763 # (watch expressions) has changed.
1764 my $was_signal = $signal;
1766 # If we have any watch expressions ...
1768 for (my $n = 0 ; $n <= $#to_watch ; $n++) {
1769 $evalarg = $to_watch[$n];
1770 local $onetimeDump; # Tell DB::eval() to not output results
1772 # Fix context DB::eval() wants to return an array, but
1773 # we need a scalar here.
1775 join ( "', '", &eval );
1776 $val = ((defined $val) ? "'$val'" : 'undef');
1779 if ($val ne $old_watch[$n]) {
1780 # Yep! Show the difference, and fake an interrupt.
1783 Watchpoint $n:\t$to_watch[$n] changed:
1784 old value:\t$old_watch[$n]
1787 $old_watch[$n] = $val;
1788 } ## end if ($val ne $old_watch...
1789 } ## end for (my $n = 0 ; $n <= ...
1790 } ## end if ($trace & 2)
1792 =head2 C<watchfunction()>
1794 C<watchfunction()> is a function that can be defined by the user; it is a
1795 function which will be run on each entry to C<DB::DB>; it gets the
1796 current package, filename, and line as its parameters.
1798 The watchfunction can do anything it likes; it is executing in the
1799 debugger's context, so it has access to all of the debugger's internal
1800 data structures and functions.
1802 C<watchfunction()> can control the debugger's actions. Any of the following
1803 will cause the debugger to return control to the user's program after
1804 C<watchfunction()> executes:
1808 =item * Returning a false value from the C<watchfunction()> itself.
1810 =item * Altering C<$single> to a false value.
1812 =item * Altering C<$signal> to a false value.
1814 =item * Turning off the '4' bit in C<$trace> (this also disables the
1815 check for C<watchfunction()>. This can be done with
1823 # If there's a user-defined DB::watchfunction, call it with the
1824 # current package, filename, and line. The function executes in
1826 if ($trace & 4) { # User-installed watch
1828 if watchfunction($package, $filename, $line)
1831 and not($trace & ~4);
1832 } ## end if ($trace & 4)
1835 # Pick up any alteration to $signal in the watchfunction, and
1836 # turn off the signal now.
1837 $was_signal = $signal;
1840 =head2 GETTING READY TO EXECUTE COMMANDS
1842 The debugger decides to take control if single-step mode is on, the
1843 C<t> command was entered, or the user generated a signal. If the program
1844 has fallen off the end, we set things up so that entering further commands
1845 won't cause trouble, and we say that the program is over.
1849 # Check to see if we should grab control ($single true,
1850 # trace set appropriately, or we got a signal).
1851 if ($single || ($trace & 1) || $was_signal) {
1852 # Yes, grab control.
1853 if ($slave_editor) {
1854 # Tell the editor to update its position.
1855 $position = "\032\032$filename:$line:0\n";
1856 print_lineinfo($position);
1861 Special check: if we're in package C<DB::fake>, we've gone through the
1862 C<END> block at least once. We set up everything so that we can continue
1863 to enter commands and have a valid context to be in.
1867 elsif ($package eq 'DB::fake') {
1868 # Fallen off the end already.
1871 Debugged program terminated. Use B<q> to quit or B<R> to restart,
1872 use B<O> I<inhibit_exit> to avoid stopping after program termination,
1873 B<h q>, B<h R> or B<h O> to get additional info.
1876 # Set the DB::eval context appropriately.
1879 '($@, $!, $^E, $,, $/, $\, $^W) = @saved;' .
1880 "package $package;"; # this won't let them modify, alas
1881 } ## end elsif ($package eq 'DB::fake')
1885 If the program hasn't finished executing, we scan forward to the
1886 next executable line, print that out, build the prompt from the file and line
1887 number information, and print that.
1892 # Still somewhere in the midst of execution. Set up the
1894 $sub =~ s/\'/::/; # Swap Perl 4 package separators (') to
1895 # Perl 5 ones (sorry, we don't print Klingon
1898 $prefix = $sub =~ /::/ ? "" : "${'package'}::";
1899 $prefix .= "$sub($filename:";
1900 $after = ($dbline[$line] =~ /\n$/ ? '' : "\n");
1902 # Break up the prompt if it's really long.
1903 if (length($prefix) > 30) {
1904 $position = "$prefix$line):\n$line:\t$dbline[$line]$after";
1910 $position = "$prefix$line$infix$dbline[$line]$after";
1913 # Print current line info, indenting if necessary.
1915 print_lineinfo(' ' x $stack_depth,
1916 "$line:\t$dbline[$line]$after");
1919 print_lineinfo($position);
1922 # Scan forward, stopping at either the end or the next
1924 for ($i = $line + 1 ; $i <= $max && $dbline[$i] == 0 ; ++$i)
1927 # Drop out on null statements, block closers, and comments.
1928 last if $dbline[$i] =~ /^\s*[\;\}\#\n]/;
1930 # Drop out if the user interrupted us.
1933 # Append a newline if the line doesn't have one. Can happen
1934 # in eval'ed text, for instance.
1935 $after = ($dbline[$i] =~ /\n$/ ? '' : "\n");
1937 # Next executable line.
1938 $incr_pos = "$prefix$i$infix$dbline[$i]$after";
1939 $position .= $incr_pos;
1941 # Print it indented if tracing is on.
1942 print_lineinfo(' ' x $stack_depth,
1943 "$i:\t$dbline[$i]$after");
1946 print_lineinfo($incr_pos);
1948 } ## end for ($i = $line + 1 ; $i...
1949 } ## end else [ if ($slave_editor)
1950 } ## end if ($single || ($trace...
1954 If there's an action to be executed for the line we stopped at, execute it.
1955 If there are any preprompt actions, execute those as well.
1959 # If there's an action, do it now.
1960 $evalarg = $action, &eval if $action;
1962 # Are we nested another level (e.g., did we evaluate a function
1963 # that had a breakpoint in it at the debugger prompt)?
1964 if ($single || $was_signal) {
1965 # Yes, go down a level.
1966 local $level = $level + 1;
1968 # Do any pre-prompt actions.
1969 foreach $evalarg (@$pre) {
1973 # Complain about too much recursion if we passed the limit.
1974 print $OUT $stack_depth . " levels deep in subroutine calls!\n"
1977 # The line we're currently on. Set $incr to -1 to stay here
1978 # until we get a command that tells us to advance.
1980 $incr = -1; # for backward motion.
1982 # Tack preprompt debugger actions ahead of any actual input.
1983 @typeahead = (@$pretype, @typeahead);
1985 =head2 WHERE ARE WE?
1987 XXX Relocate this section?
1989 The debugger normally shows the line corresponding to the current line of
1990 execution. Sometimes, though, we want to see the next line, or to move elsewhere
1991 in the file. This is done via the C<$incr>, C<$start>, and C<$max> variables.
1993 C<$incr> controls by how many lines the "current" line should move forward
1994 after a command is executed. If set to -1, this indicates that the "current"
1995 line shouldn't change.
1997 C<$start> is the "current" line. It is used for things like knowing where to
1998 move forwards or backwards from when doing an C<L> or C<-> command.
2000 C<$max> tells the debugger where the last line of the current file is. It's
2001 used to terminate loops most often.
2003 =head2 THE COMMAND LOOP
2005 Most of C<DB::DB> is actually a command parsing and dispatch loop. It comes
2010 =item * The outer part of the loop, starting at the C<CMD> label. This loop
2011 reads a command and then executes it.
2013 =item * The inner part of the loop, starting at the C<PIPE> label. This part
2014 is wholly contained inside the C<CMD> block and only executes a command.
2015 Used to handle commands running inside a pager.
2019 So why have two labels to restart the loop? Because sometimes, it's easier to
2020 have a command I<generate> another command and then re-execute the loop to do
2021 the new command. This is faster, but perhaps a bit more convoluted.
2025 # The big command dispatch loop. It keeps running until the
2026 # user yields up control again.
2028 # If we have a terminal for input, and we get something back
2029 # from readline(), keep on processing.
2032 # We have a terminal, or can get one ...
2033 ($term || &setterm),
2034 # ... and it belogs to this PID or we get one for this PID ...
2035 ($term_pid == $$ or resetterm(1)),
2036 # ... and we got a line of command input ...
2039 "$pidprompt DB" . ('<' x $level) . ($#hist + 1) .
2040 ('>' x $level) . " "
2045 # ... try to execute the input as debugger commands.
2047 # Don't stop running.
2050 # No signal is active.
2053 # Handle continued commands (ending with \):
2054 $cmd =~ s/\\$/\n/ && do {
2055 $cmd .= &readline(" cont: ");
2059 =head4 The null command
2061 A newline entered by itself means "re-execute the last command". We grab the
2062 command out of C<$laststep> (where it was recorded previously), and copy it
2063 back into C<$cmd> to be executed below. If there wasn't any previous command,
2064 we'll do nothing below (no command will match). If there was, we also save it
2065 in the command history and fall through to allow the command parsing to pick
2070 # Empty input means repeat the last command.
2071 $cmd =~ /^$/ && ($cmd = $laststep);
2072 push (@hist, $cmd) if length($cmd) > 1;
2075 # This is a restart point for commands that didn't arrive
2076 # via direct user input. It allows us to 'redo PIPE' to
2077 # re-execute command processing without reading a new command.
2079 $cmd =~ s/^\s+//s; # trim annoying leading whitespace
2080 $cmd =~ s/\s+$//s; # trim annoying trailing whitespace
2081 ($i) = split (/\s+/, $cmd);
2083 =head3 COMMAND ALIASES
2085 The debugger can create aliases for commands (these are stored in the
2086 C<%alias> hash). Before a command is executed, the command loop looks it up
2087 in the alias hash and substitutes the contents of the alias for the command,
2088 completely replacing it.
2092 # See if there's an alias for the command, and set it up if so.
2094 # Squelch signal handling; we want to keep control here
2095 # if something goes loco during the alias eval.
2096 local $SIG{__DIE__};
2097 local $SIG{__WARN__};
2099 # This is a command, so we eval it in the DEBUGGER's
2100 # scope! Otherwise, we can't see the special debugger
2101 # variables, or get to the debugger's subs. (Well, we
2102 # _could_, but why make it even more complicated?)
2103 eval "\$cmd =~ $alias{$i}";
2106 print $OUT "Couldn't evaluate `$i' alias: $@";
2109 } ## end if ($alias{$i})
2111 =head3 MAIN-LINE COMMANDS
2113 All of these commands work up to and after the program being debugged has
2118 Quit the debugger. This entails setting the C<$fall_off_end> flag, so we don't
2119 try to execute further, cleaning any restart-related stuff out of the
2120 environment, and executing with the last value of C<$?>.
2124 $cmd =~ /^q$/ && do {
2132 Turn tracing on or off. Inverts the appropriate bit in C<$trace> (q.v.).
2136 $cmd =~ /^t$/ && do {
2139 print $OUT "Trace = " . (($trace & 1) ? "on" : "off") .
2144 =head4 C<S> - list subroutines matching/not matching a pattern
2146 Walks through C<%sub>, checking to see whether or not to print the name.
2150 $cmd =~ /^S(\s+(!)?(.+))?$/ && do {
2152 $Srev = defined $2; # Reverse scan?
2153 $Spatt = $3; # The pattern (if any) to use.
2154 $Snocheck = !defined $1; # No args - print all subs.
2156 # Need to make these sane here.
2160 # Search through the debugger's magical hash of subs.
2161 # If $nocheck is true, just print the sub name.
2162 # Otherwise, check it against the pattern. We then use
2163 # the XOR trick to reverse the condition as required.
2164 foreach $subname (sort(keys %sub)) {
2165 if ($Snocheck or $Srev ^ ($subname =~ /$Spatt/)) {
2166 print $OUT $subname, "\n";
2172 =head4 C<X> - list variables in current package
2174 Since the C<V> command actually processes this, just change this to the
2175 appropriate C<V> command and fall through.
2179 $cmd =~ s/^X\b/V $package/;
2181 =head4 C<V> - list variables
2183 Uses C<dumpvar.pl> to dump out the current values for selected variables.
2187 # Bare V commands get the currently-being-debugged package
2189 $cmd =~ /^V$/ && do {
2190 $cmd = "V $package";
2194 # V - show variables in package.
2195 $cmd =~ /^V\b\s*(\S+)\s*(.*)/ && do {
2196 # Save the currently selected filehandle and
2197 # force output to debugger's filehandle (dumpvar
2198 # just does "print" for output).
2199 local ($savout) = select($OUT);
2201 # Grab package name and variables to dump.
2203 @vars = split (' ', $2);
2205 # If main::dumpvar isn't here, get it.
2206 do 'dumpvar.pl' unless defined &main::dumpvar;
2207 if (defined &main::dumpvar) {
2208 # We got it. Turn off subroutine entry/exit messages
2209 # for the moment. XXX Why do this to doret?
2213 # must detect sigpipe failures - not catching
2214 # then will cause the debugger to die.
2218 defined $option{dumpDepth}
2219 ? $option{dumpDepth}
2220 : -1, # assume -1 unless specified
2225 # The die doesn't need to include the $@, because
2226 # it will automatically get propagated for us.
2228 die unless $@ =~ /dumpvar print failed/;
2230 } ## end if (defined &main::dumpvar)
2232 # Couldn't load dumpvar.
2233 print $OUT "dumpvar.pl not available.\n";
2235 # Restore the output filehandle, and go round again.
2240 =head4 C<x> - evaluate and print an expression
2242 Hands the expression off to C<DB::eval>, setting it up to print the value
2243 via C<dumpvar.pl> instead of just printing it directly.
2247 $cmd =~ s/^x\b/ / && do { # Remainder gets done by DB::eval()
2248 $onetimeDump = 'dump'; # main::dumpvar shows the output
2250 # handle special "x 3 blah" syntax XXX propagate
2251 # doc back to special variables.
2252 if ($cmd =~ s/^\s*(\d+)(?=\s)/ /) {
2253 $onetimedumpDepth = $1;
2257 =head4 C<m> - print methods
2259 Just uses C<DB::methods> to determine what methods are available.
2263 $cmd =~ s/^m\s+([\w:]+)\s*$/ / && do {
2268 # m expr - set up DB::eval to do the work
2269 $cmd =~ s/^m\b/ / && do { # Rest gets done by DB::eval()
2270 $onetimeDump = 'methods'; # method output gets used there
2273 =head4 C<f> - switch files
2277 $cmd =~ /^f\b\s*(.*)/ && do {
2281 # help for no arguments (old-style was return from sub).
2284 "The old f command is now the r command.\n"; # hint
2285 print $OUT "The new f command switches filenames.\n";
2287 } ## end if (!$file)
2289 # if not in magic file list, try a close match.
2290 if (!defined $main::{ '_<' . $file }) {
2291 if (($try) = grep(m#^_<.*$file#, keys %main::)) {
2293 $try = substr($try, 2);
2295 "Choosing $try matching `$file':\n";
2298 } ## end if (($try) = grep(m#^_<.*$file#...
2299 } ## end if (!defined $main::{ ...
2301 # If not successfully switched now, we failed.
2302 if (!defined $main::{ '_<' . $file }) {
2303 print $OUT "No file matching `$file' is loaded.\n";
2307 # We switched, so switch the debugger internals around.
2308 elsif ($file ne $filename) {
2309 *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $file };
2314 } ## end elsif ($file ne $filename)
2316 # We didn't switch; say we didn't.
2318 print $OUT "Already in $file.\n";
2323 =head4 C<.> - return to last-executed line.
2325 We set C<$incr> to -1 to indicate that the debugger shouldn't move ahead,
2326 and then we look up the line in the magical C<%dbline> hash.
2331 $cmd =~ /^\.$/ && do {
2332 $incr = -1; # stay at current line
2334 # Reset everything to the old location.
2336 $filename = $filename_ini;
2337 *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $filename };
2341 print_lineinfo($position);
2345 =head4 C<-> - back one window
2347 We change C<$start> to be one window back; if we go back past the first line,
2348 we set it to be the first line. We ser C<$incr> to put us back at the
2349 currently-executing line, and then put a C<l $start +> (list one window from
2350 C<$start>) in C<$cmd> to be executed later.
2354 # - - back a window.
2355 $cmd =~ /^-$/ && do {
2356 # back up by a window; go to 1 if back too far.
2357 $start -= $incr + $window + 1;
2358 $start = 1 if $start <= 0;
2359 $incr = $window - 1;
2361 # Generate and execute a "l +" command (handled below).
2362 $cmd = 'l ' . ($start) . '+';
2365 =head3 PRE-580 COMMANDS VS. NEW COMMANDS: C<a, A, b, B, h, l, L, M, o, O, P, v, w, W, E<lt>, E<lt>E<lt>, {, {{>
2367 In Perl 5.8.0, a realignment of the commands was done to fix up a number of
2368 problems, most notably that the default case of several commands destroying
2369 the user's work in setting watchpoints, actions, etc. We wanted, however, to
2370 retain the old commands for those who were used to using them or who preferred
2371 them. At this point, we check for the new commands and call C<cmd_wrapper> to
2372 deal with them instead of processing them in-line.
2376 # All of these commands were remapped in perl 5.8.0;
2377 # we send them off to the secondary dispatcher (see below).
2378 $cmd =~ /^([aAbBhlLMoOvwW]\b|[<>\{]{1,2})\s*(.*)/so && do {
2379 &cmd_wrapper($1, $2, $line);
2383 =head4 C<y> - List lexicals in higher scope
2385 Uses C<PadWalker> to find the lexicals supplied as arguments in a scope
2386 above the current one and then displays then using C<dumpvar.pl>.
2390 $cmd =~ /^y(?:\s+(\d*)\s*(.*))?$/ && do {
2392 # See if we've got the necessary support.
2393 eval { require PadWalker; PadWalker->VERSION(0.08) }
2396 ? "PadWalker module not found - please install\n"
2401 # Load up dumpvar if we don't have it. If we can, that is.
2402 do 'dumpvar.pl' unless defined &main::dumpvar;
2403 defined &main::dumpvar
2404 or print $OUT "dumpvar.pl not available.\n"
2407 # Got all the modules we need. Find them and print them.
2408 my @vars = split (' ', $2 || '');
2411 my $h = eval { PadWalker::peek_my(($1 || 0) + 1) };
2413 # Oops. Can't find it.
2414 $@ and $@ =~ s/ at .*//, &warn($@), next CMD;
2416 # Show the desired vars with dumplex().
2417 my $savout = select($OUT);
2419 # Have dumplex dump the lexicals.
2423 defined $option{dumpDepth} ? $option{dumpDepth} : -1,
2425 ) for sort keys %$h;
2430 =head3 COMMANDS NOT WORKING AFTER PROGRAM ENDS
2432 All of the commands below this point don't work after the program being
2433 debugged has ended. All of them check to see if the program has ended; this
2434 allows the commands to be relocated without worrying about a 'line of
2435 demarcation' above which commands can be entered anytime, and below which
2438 =head4 C<n> - single step, but don't trace down into subs
2440 Done by setting C<$single> to 2, which forces subs to execute straight through
2441 when entered (see X<DB::sub>). We also save the C<n> command in C<$laststep>,
2442 so a null command knows what to re-execute.
2447 $cmd =~ /^n$/ && do {
2448 end_report(), next CMD if $finished and $level <= 1;
2449 # Single step, but don't enter subs.
2451 # Save for empty command (repeat last).
2456 =head4 C<s> - single-step, entering subs
2458 Sets C<$single> to 1, which causes X<DB::sub> to continue tracing inside
2459 subs. Also saves C<s> as C<$lastcmd>.
2464 $cmd =~ /^s$/ && do {
2465 # Get out and restart the command loop if program
2467 end_report(), next CMD if $finished and $level <= 1;
2468 # Single step should enter subs.
2470 # Save for empty command (repeat last).
2475 =head4 C<c> - run continuously, setting an optional breakpoint
2477 Most of the code for this command is taken up with locating the optional
2478 breakpoint, which is either a subroutine name or a line number. We set
2479 the appropriate one-time-break in C<@dbline> and then turn off single-stepping
2480 in this and all call levels above this one.
2484 # c - start continuous execution.
2485 $cmd =~ /^c\b\s*([\w:]*)\s*$/ && do {
2486 # Hey, show's over. The debugged program finished
2487 # executing already.
2488 end_report(), next CMD if $finished and $level <= 1;
2490 # Capture the place to put a one-time break.
2493 # Probably not needed, since we finish an interactive
2494 # sub-session anyway...
2495 # local $filename = $filename;
2496 # local *dbline = *dbline; # XXX Would this work?!
2498 # The above question wonders if localizing the alias
2499 # to the magic array works or not. Since it's commented
2500 # out, we'll just leave that to speculation for now.
2502 # If the "subname" isn't all digits, we'll assume it
2503 # is a subroutine name, and try to find it.
2504 if ($subname =~ /\D/) { # subroutine name
2505 # Qualify it to the current package unless it's
2506 # already qualified.
2507 $subname = $package . "::" . $subname
2508 unless $subname =~ /::/;
2509 # find_sub will return "file:line_number" corresponding
2510 # to where the subroutine is defined; we call find_sub,
2511 # break up the return value, and assign it in one
2513 ($file, $i) = (find_sub($subname) =~ /^(.*):(.*)$/);
2515 # Force the line number to be numeric.
2518 # If we got a line number, we found the sub.
2520 # Switch all the debugger's internals around so
2521 # we're actually working with that file.
2523 *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $filename };
2524 # Mark that there's a breakpoint in this file.
2525 $had_breakpoints{$filename} |= 1;
2526 # Scan forward to the first executable line
2527 # after the 'sub whatever' line.
2529 ++$i while $dbline[$i] == 0 && $i < $max;
2532 # We didn't find a sub by that name.
2534 print $OUT "Subroutine $subname not found.\n";
2537 } ## end if ($subname =~ /\D/)
2539 # At this point, either the subname was all digits (an
2540 # absolute line-break request) or we've scanned through
2541 # the code following the definition of the sub, looking
2542 # for an executable, which we may or may not have found.
2544 # If $i (which we set $subname from) is non-zero, we
2545 # got a request to break at some line somewhere. On
2546 # one hand, if there wasn't any real subroutine name
2547 # involved, this will be a request to break in the current
2548 # file at the specified line, so we have to check to make
2549 # sure that the line specified really is breakable.
2551 # On the other hand, if there was a subname supplied, the
2552 # preceeding block has moved us to the proper file and
2553 # location within that file, and then scanned forward
2554 # looking for the next executable line. We have to make
2555 # sure that one was found.
2557 # On the gripping hand, we can't do anything unless the
2558 # current value of $i points to a valid breakable line.
2562 if ($dbline[$i] == 0) {
2563 print $OUT "Line $i not breakable.\n";
2566 # Yes. Set up the one-time-break sigil.
2568 s/($|\0)/;9$1/; # add one-time-only b.p.
2571 # Turn off stack tracing from here up.
2572 for ($i = 0 ; $i <= $stack_depth ;) {
2578 =head4 C<r> - return from a subroutine
2580 For C<r> to work properly, the debugger has to stop execution again
2581 immediately after the return is executed. This is done by forcing
2582 single-stepping to be on in the call level above the current one. If
2583 we are printing return values when a C<r> is executed, set C<$doret>
2584 appropriately, and force us out of the command loop.
2588 # r - return from the current subroutine.
2589 $cmd =~ /^r$/ && do {
2590 # Can't do anythign if the program's over.
2591 end_report(), next CMD if $finished and $level <= 1;
2592 # Turn on stack trace.
2593 $stack[$stack_depth] |= 1;
2594 # XXX weird stack fram management?
2595 $doret = $option{PrintRet} ? $stack_depth - 1 : -2;
2599 =head4 C<R> - restart
2601 Restarting the debugger is a complex operation that occurs in several phases.
2602 First, we try to reconstruct the command line that was used to invoke Perl
2607 # R - restart execution.
2608 $cmd =~ /^R$/ && do {
2609 # I may not be able to resurrect you, but here goes ...
2611 "Warning: some settings and command-line options may be lost!\n";
2612 my (@script, @flags, $cl);
2614 # If warn was on before, turn it on again.
2615 push @flags, '-w' if $ini_warn;
2617 # Rebuild the -I flags that were on the initial
2620 push @flags, '-I', $_;
2623 # Turn on taint if it was on before.
2624 push @flags, '-T' if ${^TAINT};
2626 # Arrange for setting the old INC:
2627 # Save the current @init_INC in the environment.
2628 set_list("PERLDB_INC", @ini_INC);
2630 # If this was a perl one-liner, go to the "file"
2631 # corresponding to the one-liner read all the lines
2632 # out of it (except for the first one, which is going
2633 # to be added back on again when 'perl -d' runs: that's
2634 # the 'require perl5db.pl;' line), and add them back on
2635 # to the command line to be executed.
2637 for (1 .. $#{'::_<-e'}) { # The first line is PERL5DB
2638 chomp($cl = ${'::_<-e'}[$_]);
2639 push @script, '-e', $cl;
2641 } ## end if ($0 eq '-e')
2643 # Otherwise we just reuse the original name we had
2651 After the command line has been reconstructed, the next step is to save
2652 the debugger's status in environment variables. The C<DB::set_list> routine
2653 is used to save aggregate variables (both hashes and arrays); scalars are
2654 just popped into environment variables directly.
2658 # If the terminal supported history, grab it and
2659 # save that in the environment.
2660 set_list("PERLDB_HIST",
2661 $term->Features->{getHistory}
2664 # Find all the files that were visited during this
2665 # session (i.e., the debugger had magic hashes
2666 # corresponding to them) and stick them in the environment.
2667 my @had_breakpoints = keys %had_breakpoints;
2668 set_list("PERLDB_VISITED", @had_breakpoints);
2670 # Save the debugger options we chose.
2671 set_list("PERLDB_OPT", %option);
2673 # Save the break-on-loads.
2674 set_list("PERLDB_ON_LOAD", %break_on_load);
2678 The most complex part of this is the saving of all of the breakpoints. They
2679 can live in an awful lot of places, and we have to go through all of them,
2680 find the breakpoints, and then save them in the appropriate environment
2681 variable via C<DB::set_list>.
2685 # Go through all the breakpoints and make sure they're
2688 for (0 .. $#had_breakpoints) {
2689 # We were in this file.
2690 my $file = $had_breakpoints[$_];
2692 # Grab that file's magic line hash.
2693 *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $file };
2695 # Skip out if it doesn't exist, or if the breakpoint
2696 # is in a postponed file (we'll do postponed ones
2698 next unless %dbline or $postponed_file{$file};
2700 # In an eval. This is a little harder, so we'll
2701 # do more processing on that below.
2702 (push @hard, $file), next
2703 if $file =~ /^\(\w*eval/;
2704 # XXX I have no idea what this is doing. Yet.
2706 @add = %{ $postponed_file{$file} }
2707 if $postponed_file{$file};
2709 # Save the list of all the breakpoints for this file.
2710 set_list("PERLDB_FILE_$_", %dbline, @add);
2711 } ## end for (0 .. $#had_breakpoints)
2713 # The breakpoint was inside an eval. This is a little
2714 # more difficult. XXX and I don't understand it.
2716 # Get over to the eval in question.
2717 *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $_ };
2718 my ($quoted, $sub, %subs, $line) = quotemeta $_;
2719 for $sub (keys %sub) {
2720 next unless $sub{$sub} =~ /^$quoted:(\d+)-(\d+)$/;
2721 $subs{$sub} = [$1, $2];
2725 "No subroutines in $_, ignoring breakpoints.\n";
2728 LINES: for $line (keys %dbline) {
2730 # One breakpoint per sub only:
2731 my ($offset, $sub, $found);
2732 SUBS: for $sub (keys %subs) {
2735 $line # Not after the subroutine
2737 not defined $offset # Not caught
2743 $offset = $line - $subs{$sub}->[0];
2744 $offset = "+$offset", last SUBS
2746 } ## end if ($subs{$sub}->[1] >=...
2747 } ## end for $sub (keys %subs)
2748 if (defined $offset) {
2749 $postponed{$found} =
2750 "break $offset if $dbline{$line}";
2754 "Breakpoint in $_:$line ignored: after all the subroutines.\n";
2756 } ## end for $line (keys %dbline)
2757 } ## end for (@hard)
2759 # Save the other things that don't need to be
2761 set_list("PERLDB_POSTPONE", %postponed);
2762 set_list("PERLDB_PRETYPE", @$pretype);
2763 set_list("PERLDB_PRE", @$pre);
2764 set_list("PERLDB_POST", @$post);
2765 set_list("PERLDB_TYPEAHEAD", @typeahead);
2767 # We are oficially restarting.
2768 $ENV{PERLDB_RESTART} = 1;
2770 # We are junking all child debuggers.
2771 delete $ENV{PERLDB_PIDS}; # Restore ini state
2773 # Set this back to the initial pid.
2774 $ENV{PERLDB_PIDS} = $ini_pids if defined $ini_pids;
2778 After all the debugger status has been saved, we take the command we built
2779 up and then C<exec()> it. The debugger will spot the C<PERLDB_RESTART>
2780 environment variable and realize it needs to reload its state from the
2785 # And run Perl again. Add the "-d" flag, all the
2786 # flags we built up, the script (whether a one-liner
2787 # or a file), add on the -emacs flag for a slave editor,
2788 # and then the old arguments. We use exec() to keep the
2789 # PID stable (and that way $ini_pids is still valid).
2790 exec($^X, '-d', @flags, @script,
2791 ($slave_editor ? '-emacs' : ()), @ARGS) ||
2792 print $OUT "exec failed: $!\n";
2796 =head4 C<T> - stack trace
2798 Just calls C<DB::print_trace>.
2802 $cmd =~ /^T$/ && do {
2803 print_trace($OUT, 1); # skip DB
2807 =head4 C<w> - List window around current line.
2809 Just calls C<DB::cmd_w>.
2813 $cmd =~ /^w\b\s*(.*)/s && do { &cmd_w('w', $1); next CMD; };
2815 =head4 C<W> - watch-expression processing.
2817 Just calls C<DB::cmd_W>.
2821 $cmd =~ /^W\b\s*(.*)/s && do { &cmd_W('W', $1); next CMD; };
2823 =head4 C</> - search forward for a string in the source
2825 We take the argument and treat it as a pattern. If it turns out to be a
2826 bad one, we return the error we got from trying to C<eval> it and exit.
2827 If not, we create some code to do the search and C<eval> it so it can't
2832 $cmd =~ /^\/(.*)$/ && do {
2834 # The pattern as a string.
2837 # Remove the final slash.
2838 $inpat =~ s:([^\\])/$:$1:;
2840 # If the pattern isn't null ...
2843 # Turn of warn and die procesing for a bit.
2844 local $SIG{__DIE__};
2845 local $SIG{__WARN__};
2847 # Create the pattern.
2848 eval '$inpat =~ m' . "\a$inpat\a";
2850 # Oops. Bad pattern. No biscuit.
2851 # Print the eval error and go back for more
2857 } ## end if ($inpat ne "")
2859 # Set up to stop on wrap-around.
2862 # Don't move off the current line.
2865 # Done in eval so nothing breaks if the pattern
2866 # does something weird.
2869 # Move ahead one line.
2872 # Wrap if we pass the last line.
2873 $start = 1 if ($start > $max);
2875 # Stop if we have gotten back to this line again,
2876 last if ($start == $end);
2878 # A hit! (Note, though, that we are doing
2879 # case-insensitive matching. Maybe a qr//
2880 # expression would be better, so the user could
2881 # do case-sensitive matching if desired.
2882 if ($dbline[$start] =~ m' . "\a$pat\a" . 'i) {
2883 if ($slave_editor) {
2884 # Handle proper escaping in the slave.
2885 print $OUT "\032\032$filename:$start:0\n";
2888 # Just print the line normally.
2889 print $OUT "$start:\t",$dbline[$start],"\n";
2891 # And quit since we found something.
2895 # If we wrapped, there never was a match.
2896 print $OUT "/$pat/: not found\n" if ($start == $end);
2900 =head4 C<?> - search backward for a string in the source
2902 Same as for C</>, except the loop runs backwards.
2906 # ? - backward pattern search.
2907 $cmd =~ /^\?(.*)$/ && do {
2909 # Get the pattern, remove trailing question mark.
2911 $inpat =~ s:([^\\])\?$:$1:;
2913 # If we've got one ...
2916 # Turn off die & warn handlers.
2917 local $SIG{__DIE__};
2918 local $SIG{__WARN__};
2919 eval '$inpat =~ m' . "\a$inpat\a";
2922 # Ouch. Not good. Print the error.
2927 } ## end if ($inpat ne "")
2929 # Where we are now is where to stop after wraparound.
2932 # Don't move away from this line.
2935 # Search inside the eval to prevent pattern badness
2942 # Wrap if we pass the first line.
2943 $start = $max if ($start <= 0);
2945 # Quit if we get back where we started,
2946 last if ($start == $end);
2949 if ($dbline[$start] =~ m' . "\a$pat\a" . 'i) {
2950 if ($slave_editor) {
2951 # Yep, follow slave editor requirements.
2952 print $OUT "\032\032$filename:$start:0\n";
2955 # Yep, just print normally.
2956 print $OUT "$start:\t",$dbline[$start],"\n";
2964 # Say we failed if the loop never found anything,
2965 print $OUT "?$pat?: not found\n" if ($start == $end);
2969 =head4 C<$rc> - Recall command
2971 Manages the commands in C<@hist> (which is created if C<Term::ReadLine> reports
2972 that the terminal supports history). It find the the command required, puts it
2973 into C<$cmd>, and redoes the loop to execute it.
2977 # $rc - recall command.
2978 $cmd =~ /^$rc+\s*(-)?(\d+)?$/ && do {
2980 # No arguments, take one thing off history.
2981 pop (@hist) if length($cmd) > 1;
2983 # Relative (- found)?
2984 # Y - index back from most recent (by 1 if bare minus)
2985 # N - go to that particular command slot or the last
2986 # thing if nothing following.
2987 $i = $1 ? ($#hist - ($2 || 1)) : ($2 || $#hist);
2989 # Pick out the command desired.
2992 # Print the command to be executed and restart the loop
2993 # with that command in the buffer.
2994 print $OUT $cmd, "\n";
2998 =head4 C<$sh$sh> - C<system()> command
3000 Calls the C<DB::system()> to handle the command. This keeps the C<STDIN> and
3001 C<STDOUT> from getting messed up.
3005 # $sh$sh - run a shell command (if it's all ASCII).
3006 # Can't run shell commands with Unicode in the debugger, hmm.
3007 $cmd =~ /^$sh$sh\s*([\x00-\xff]*)/ && do {
3013 =head4 C<$rc I<pattern> $rc> - Search command history
3015 Another command to manipulate C<@hist>: this one searches it with a pattern.
3016 If a command is found, it is placed in C<$cmd> and executed via <redo>.
3020 # $rc pattern $rc - find a command in the history.
3021 $cmd =~ /^$rc([^$rc].*)$/ && do {
3022 # Create the pattern to use.
3025 # Toss off last entry if length is >1 (and it always is).
3026 pop (@hist) if length($cmd) > 1;
3028 # Look backward through the history.
3029 for ($i = $#hist ; $i ; --$i) {
3030 # Stop if we find it.
3031 last if $hist[$i] =~ /$pat/;
3036 print $OUT "No such command!\n\n";
3040 # Found it. Put it in the buffer, print it, and process it.
3042 print $OUT $cmd, "\n";
3046 =head4 C<$sh> - Invoke a shell
3048 Uses C<DB::system> to invoke a shell.
3052 # $sh - start a shell.
3053 $cmd =~ /^$sh$/ && do {
3054 # Run the user's shell. If none defined, run Bourne.
3055 # We resume execution when the shell terminates.
3056 &system($ENV{SHELL} || "/bin/sh");
3060 =head4 C<$sh I<command>> - Force execution of a command in a shell
3062 Like the above, but the command is passed to the shell. Again, we use
3063 C<DB::system> to avoid problems with C<STDIN> and C<STDOUT>.
3067 # $sh command - start a shell and run a command in it.
3068 $cmd =~ /^$sh\s*([\x00-\xff]*)/ && do {
3069 # XXX: using csh or tcsh destroys sigint retvals!
3070 #&system($1); # use this instead
3072 # use the user's shell, or Bourne if none defined.
3073 &system($ENV{SHELL} || "/bin/sh", "-c", $1);
3077 =head4 C<H> - display commands in history
3079 Prints the contents of C<@hist> (if any).
3083 $cmd =~ /^H\b\s*(-(\d+))?/ && do {
3084 # Anything other than negative numbers is ignored by
3085 # the (incorrect) pattern, so this test does nothing.
3086 $end = $2 ? ($#hist - $2) : 0;
3088 # Set to the minimum if less than zero.
3089 $hist = 0 if $hist < 0;
3091 # Start at the end of the array.
3092 # Stay in while we're still above the ending value.
3093 # Tick back by one each time around the loop.
3094 for ($i = $#hist ; $i > $end ; $i--) {
3096 # Print the command unless it has no arguments.
3097 print $OUT "$i: ", $hist[$i], "\n"
3098 unless $hist[$i] =~ /^.?$/;
3103 =head4 C<man, doc, perldoc> - look up documentation
3105 Just calls C<runman()> to print the appropriate document.
3109 # man, perldoc, doc - show manual pages.
3110 $cmd =~ /^(?:man|(?:perl)?doc)\b(?:\s+([^(]*))?$/ && do {
3117 Builds a C<print EXPR> expression in the C<$cmd>; this will get executed at
3118 the bottom of the loop.
3122 # p - print (no args): print $_.
3123 $cmd =~ s/^p$/print {\$DB::OUT} \$_/;
3125 # p - print the given expression.
3126 $cmd =~ s/^p\b/print {\$DB::OUT} /;
3128 =head4 C<=> - define command alias
3130 Manipulates C<%alias> to add or list command aliases.
3134 # = - set up a command alias.
3135 $cmd =~ s/^=\s*// && do {
3137 if (length $cmd == 0) {
3138 # No args, get current aliases.
3139 @keys = sort keys %alias;
3141 elsif (my ($k, $v) = ($cmd =~ /^(\S+)\s+(\S.*)/)) {
3142 # Creating a new alias. $k is alias name, $v is
3145 # can't use $_ or kill //g state
3146 for my $x ($k, $v) {
3147 # Escape "alarm" characters.
3151 # Substitute key for value, using alarm chars
3152 # as separators (which is why we escaped them in
3154 $alias{$k} = "s\a$k\a$v\a";
3156 # Turn off standard warn and die behavior.
3157 local $SIG{__DIE__};
3158 local $SIG{__WARN__};
3161 unless (eval "sub { s\a$k\a$v\a }; 1") {
3162 # Nope. Bad alias. Say so and get out.
3163 print $OUT "Can't alias $k to $v: $@\n";
3167 # We'll only list the new one.
3169 } ## end elsif (my ($k, $v) = ($cmd...
3171 # The argument is the alias to list.
3178 # Messy metaquoting: Trim the substiution code off.
3179 # We use control-G as the delimiter because it's not
3180 # likely to appear in the alias.
3181 if ((my $v = $alias{$k}) =~ s
\as\a$k\a(.*)\a$
\a1
\a) {
3183 print $OUT "$k\t= $1\n";
3185 elsif (defined $alias{$k}) {
3186 # Couldn't trim it off; just print the alias code.
3187 print $OUT "$k\t$alias{$k}\n";
3191 print "No alias for $k\n";
3193 } ## end for my $k (@keys)
3197 =head4 C<source> - read commands from a file.
3199 Opens a lexical filehandle and stacks it on C<@cmdfhs>; C<DB::readline> will
3204 # source - read commands from a file (or pipe!) and execute.
3205 $cmd =~ /^source\s+(.*\S)/ && do {
3206 if (open my $fh, $1) {
3207 # Opened OK; stick it in the list of file handles.
3212 &warn("Can't execute `$1': $!\n");
3217 =head4 C<|, ||> - pipe output through the pager.
3219 FOR C<|>, we save C<OUT> (the debugger's output filehandle) and C<STDOUT>
3220 (the program's standard output). For C<||>, we only save C<OUT>. We open a
3221 pipe to the pager (restoring the output filehandles if this fails). If this
3222 is the C<|> command, we also set up a C<SIGPIPE> handler which will simply
3223 set C<$signal>, sending us back into the debugger.
3225 We then trim off the pipe symbols and C<redo> the command loop at the
3226 C<PIPE> label, causing us to evaluate the command in C<$cmd> without
3231 # || - run command in the pager, with output to DB::OUT.
3232 $cmd =~ /^\|\|?\s*[^|]/ && do {
3233 if ($pager =~ /^\|/) {
3234 # Default pager is into a pipe. Redirect I/O.
3235 open(SAVEOUT, ">&STDOUT") ||
3236 &warn("Can't save STDOUT");
3237 open(STDOUT, ">&OUT") ||
3238 &warn("Can't redirect STDOUT");
3239 } ## end if ($pager =~ /^\|/)
3241 # Not into a pipe. STDOUT is safe.
3242 open(SAVEOUT, ">&OUT") || &warn("Can't save DB::OUT");
3245 # Fix up environment to record we have less if so.
3248 unless ($piped = open(OUT, $pager)) {
3249 # Couldn't open pipe to pager.
3250 &warn("Can't pipe output to `$pager'");
3251 if ($pager =~ /^\|/) {
3252 # Redirect I/O back again.
3253 open(OUT, ">&STDOUT") # XXX: lost message
3254 || &warn("Can't restore DB::OUT");
3255 open(STDOUT, ">&SAVEOUT") ||
3256 &warn("Can't restore STDOUT");
3258 } ## end if ($pager =~ /^\|/)
3260 # Redirect I/O. STDOUT already safe.
3261 open(OUT, ">&STDOUT") # XXX: lost message
3262 || &warn("Can't restore DB::OUT");
3265 } ## end unless ($piped = open(OUT,...
3267 # Set up broken-pipe handler if necessary.
3268 $SIG{PIPE} = \&DB::catch
3269 if $pager =~ /^\|/ &&
3270 ("" eq $SIG{PIPE} || "DEFAULT" eq $SIG{PIPE});
3272 # Save current filehandle, unbuffer out, and put it back.
3273 $selected = select(OUT);
3276 # Don't put it back if pager was a pipe.
3277 select($selected), $selected = "" unless $cmd =~ /^\|\|/;
3279 # Trim off the pipe symbols and run the command now.
3280 $cmd =~ s/^\|+\s*//;
3285 =head3 END OF COMMAND PARSING
3287 Anything left in C<$cmd> at this point is a Perl expression that we want to
3288 evaluate. We'll always evaluate in the user's context, and fully qualify
3289 any variables we might want to address in the C<DB> package.
3293 # t - turn trace on.
3294 $cmd =~ s/^t\s/\$DB::trace |= 1;\n/;
3296 # s - single-step. Remember the last command was 's'.
3297 $cmd =~ s/^s\s/\$DB::single = 1;\n/ && do { $laststep = 's' };
3299 # n - single-step, but not into subs. Remember last command
3301 $cmd =~ s/^n\s/\$DB::single = 2;\n/ && do { $laststep = 'n' };
3305 # Make sure the flag that says "the debugger's running" is
3306 # still on, to make sure we get control again.
3307 $evalarg = "\$^D = \$^D | \$DB::db_stop;\n$cmd";
3309 # Run *our* eval that executes in the caller's context.
3312 # Turn off the one-time-dump stuff now.
3314 $onetimeDump = undef;
3315 $onetimedumpDepth = undef;
3317 elsif ($term_pid == $$) {
3318 # XXX If this is the master pid, print a newline.
3321 } ## end while (($term || &setterm...
3323 =head3 POST-COMMAND PROCESSING
3325 After each command, we check to see if the command output was piped anywhere.
3326 If so, we go through the necessary code to unhook the pipe and go back to
3327 our standard filehandles for input and output.
3333 # At the end of every command:
3335 # Unhook the pipe mechanism now.
3336 if ($pager =~ /^\|/) {
3337 # No error from the child.
3340 # we cannot warn here: the handle is missing --tchrist
3341 close(OUT) || print SAVEOUT "\nCan't close DB::OUT\n";
3343 # most of the $? crud was coping with broken cshisms
3344 # $? is explicitly set to 0, so this never runs.
3346 print SAVEOUT "Pager `$pager' failed: ";
3348 print SAVEOUT "shell returned -1\n";
3351 print SAVEOUT ($? & 127)
3352 ? " (SIG#" . ($? & 127) . ")"
3353 : "", ($? & 128) ? " -- core dumped" : "", "\n";
3356 print SAVEOUT "status ", ($? >> 8), "\n";
3360 # Reopen filehandle for our output (if we can) and
3361 # restore STDOUT (if we can).
3362 open(OUT, ">&STDOUT") || &warn("Can't restore DB::OUT");
3363 open(STDOUT, ">&SAVEOUT") ||
3364 &warn("Can't restore STDOUT");
3366 # Turn off pipe exception handler if necessary.
3367 $SIG{PIPE} = "DEFAULT" if $SIG{PIPE} eq \&DB::catch;
3369 # Will stop ignoring SIGPIPE if done like nohup(1)
3370 # does SIGINT but Perl doesn't give us a choice.
3371 } ## end if ($pager =~ /^\|/)
3373 # Non-piped "pager". Just restore STDOUT.
3374 open(OUT, ">&SAVEOUT") || &warn("Can't restore DB::OUT");
3377 # Close filehandle pager was using, restore the normal one
3380 select($selected), $selected = "" unless $selected eq "";
3384 } ## end if ($piped)
3387 =head3 COMMAND LOOP TERMINATION
3389 When commands have finished executing, we come here. If the user closed the
3390 input filehandle, we turn on C<$fall_off_end> to emulate a C<q> command. We
3391 evaluate any post-prompt items. We restore C<$@>, C<$!>, C<$^E>, C<$,>, C<$/>,
3392 C<$\>, and C<$^W>, and return a null list as expected by the Perl interpreter.
3393 The interpreter will then execute the next line and then return control to us
3398 # No more commands? Quit.
3399 $fall_off_end = 1 unless defined $cmd; # Emulate `q' on EOF
3401 # Evaluate post-prompt commands.
3402 foreach $evalarg (@$post) {
3405 } # if ($single || $signal)
3407 # Put the user's globals back where you found them.
3408 ($@, $!, $^E, $,, $/, $\, $^W) = @saved;
3412 # The following code may be executed now:
3417 C<sub> is called whenever a subroutine call happens in the program being
3418 debugged. The variable C<$DB::sub> contains the name of the subroutine
3421 The core function of this subroutine is to actually call the sub in the proper
3422 context, capturing its output. This of course causes C<DB::DB> to get called
3423 again, repeating until the subroutine ends and returns control to C<DB::sub>
3424 again. Once control returns, C<DB::sub> figures out whether or not to dump the
3425 return value, and returns its captured copy of the return value as its own
3426 return value. The value then feeds back into the program being debugged as if
3427 C<DB::sub> hadn't been there at all.
3429 C<sub> does all the work of printing the subroutine entry and exit messages
3430 enabled by setting C<$frame>. It notes what sub the autoloader got called for,
3431 and also prints the return value if needed (for the C<r> command and if
3432 the 16 bit is set in C<$frame>).
3434 It also tracks the subroutine call depth by saving the current setting of
3435 C<$single> in the C<@stack> package global; if this exceeds the value in
3436 C<$deep>, C<sub> automatically turns on printing of the current depth by
3437 setting the 4 bit in C<$single>. In any case, it keeps the current setting
3438 of stop/don't stop on entry to subs set as it currently is set.
3440 =head3 C<caller()> support
3442 If C<caller()> is called from the package C<DB>, it provides some
3443 additional data, in the following order:
3449 The package name the sub was in
3451 =item * C<$filename>
3453 The filename it was defined in
3457 The line number it was defined on
3459 =item * C<$subroutine>
3461 The subroutine name; C<'(eval)'> if an C<eval>().
3465 1 if it has arguments, 0 if not
3467 =item * C<$wantarray>
3469 1 if array context, 0 if scalar context
3471 =item * C<$evaltext>
3473 The C<eval>() text, if any (undefined for C<eval BLOCK>)
3475 =item * C<$is_require>
3477 frame was created by a C<use> or C<require> statement
3481 pragma information; subject to change between versions
3485 pragma information: subject to change between versions
3487 =item * C<@DB::args>
3489 arguments with which the subroutine was invoked
3497 # Whether or not the autoloader was running, a scalar to put the
3498 # sub's return value in (if needed), and an array to put the sub's
3499 # return value in (if needed).
3500 my ($al, $ret, @ret) = "";
3502 # If the last ten characters are C'::AUTOLOAD', note we've traced
3503 # into AUTOLOAD for $sub.
3504 if (length($sub) > 10 && substr($sub, -10, 10) eq '::AUTOLOAD') {
3508 # We stack the stack pointer and then increment it to protect us
3509 # from a situation that might unwind a whole bunch of call frames
3510 # at once. Localizing the stack pointer means that it will automatically
3511 # unwind the same amount when multiple stack frames are unwound.
3512 local $stack_depth = $stack_depth + 1; # Protect from non-local exits
3515 $#stack = $stack_depth;
3517 # Save current single-step setting.
3518 $stack[-1] = $single;
3520 # Turn off all flags except single-stepping.
3523 # If we've gotten really deeply recursed, turn on the flag that will
3524 # make us stop with the 'deep recursion' message.
3525 $single |= 4 if $stack_depth == $deep;
3527 # If frame messages are on ...
3529 $frame & 4 # Extended frame entry message
3531 print_lineinfo(' ' x ($stack_depth - 1), "in "),
3533 # Why -1? But it works! :-(
3534 # Because print_trace will call add 1 to it and then call
3535 # dump_trace; this results in our skipping -1+1 = 0 stack frames
3537 print_trace($LINEINFO, -1, 1, 1, "$sub$al")
3539 : print_lineinfo(' ' x ($stack_depth - 1), "entering $sub$al\n")
3540 # standard frame entry message
3544 # Determine the sub's return type,and capture approppriately.
3546 # Called in array context. call sub and capture output.
3547 # DB::DB will recursively get control again if appropriate; we'll come
3548 # back here when the sub is finished.
3551 # Pop the single-step value back off the stack.
3552 $single |= $stack[$stack_depth--];
3554 # Check for exit trace messages...
3556 $frame & 4 # Extended exit message
3558 print_lineinfo(' ' x $stack_depth, "out "),
3559 print_trace($LINEINFO, -1, 1, 1, "$sub$al")
3561 : print_lineinfo(' ' x $stack_depth, "exited $sub$al\n")
3562 # Standard exit message
3566 # Print the return info if we need to.
3567 if ($doret eq $stack_depth or $frame & 16) {
3568 # Turn off output record separator.
3570 my $fh = ($doret eq $stack_depth ? $OUT : $LINEINFO);
3572 # Indent if we're printing because of $frame tracing.
3573 print $fh ' ' x $stack_depth if $frame & 16;
3575 # Print the return value.
3576 print $fh "list context return from $sub:\n";
3579 # And don't print it again.
3581 } ## end if ($doret eq $stack_depth...
3582 # And we have to return the return value now.
3585 } ## end if (wantarray)
3589 if (defined wantarray) {
3590 # Save the value if it's wanted at all.
3594 # Void return, explicitly.
3599 # Pop the single-step value off the stack.
3600 $single |= $stack[$stack_depth--];
3602 # If we're doing exit messages...
3604 $frame & 4 # Extended messsages
3606 print_lineinfo(' ' x $stack_depth, "out "),
3607 print_trace($LINEINFO, -1, 1, 1, "$sub$al")
3609 : print_lineinfo(' ' x $stack_depth, "exited $sub$al\n")
3614 # If we are supposed to show the return value... same as before.
3615 if ($doret eq $stack_depth or $frame & 16 and defined wantarray) {
3617 my $fh = ($doret eq $stack_depth ? $OUT : $LINEINFO);
3618 print $fh (' ' x $stack_depth) if $frame & 16;
3621 ? "scalar context return from $sub: "
3622 : "void context return from $sub\n"
3624 dumpit($fh, $ret) if defined wantarray;
3626 } ## end if ($doret eq $stack_depth...
3628 # Return the appropriate scalar value.
3630 } ## end else [ if (wantarray)
3633 =head1 EXTENDED COMMAND HANDLING AND THE COMMAND API
3635 In Perl 5.8.0, there was a major realignment of the commands and what they did,
3636 Most of the changes were to systematize the command structure and to eliminate
3637 commands that threw away user input without checking.
3639 The following sections describe the code added to make it easy to support
3640 multiple command sets with conflicting command names. This section is a start
3641 at unifying all command processing to make it simpler to develop commands.
3643 Note that all the cmd_[a-zA-Z] subroutines require the command name, a line
3644 number, and C<$dbline> (the current line) as arguments.
3646 Support functions in this section which have multiple modes of failure C<die>
3647 on error; the rest simply return a false value.
3649 The user-interface functions (all of the C<cmd_*> functions) just output
3654 The C<%set> hash defines the mapping from command letter to subroutine
3657 C<%set> is a two-level hash, indexed by set name and then by command name.
3658 Note that trying to set the CommandSet to 'foobar' simply results in the
3659 5.8.0 command set being used, since there's no top-level entry for 'foobar'.
3668 'A' => 'pre580_null',
3670 'B' => 'pre580_null',
3671 'd' => 'pre580_null',
3674 'M' => 'pre580_null',
3676 'o' => 'pre580_null',
3682 '<' => 'pre590_prepost',
3683 '<<' => 'pre590_prepost',
3684 '>' => 'pre590_prepost',
3685 '>>' => 'pre590_prepost',
3686 '{' => 'pre590_prepost',
3687 '{{' => 'pre590_prepost',
3691 =head2 C<cmd_wrapper()> (API)
3693 C<cmd_wrapper()> allows the debugger to switch command sets
3694 depending on the value of the C<CommandSet> option.
3696 It tries to look up the command in the X<C<%set>> package-level I<lexical>
3697 (which means external entities can't fiddle with it) and create the name of
3698 the sub to call based on the value found in the hash (if it's there). I<All>
3699 of the commands to be handled in a set have to be added to C<%set>; if they
3700 aren't found, the 5.8.0 equivalent is called (if there is one).
3702 This code uses symbolic references.
3709 my $dblineno = shift;
3711 # Assemble the command subroutine's name by looking up the
3712 # command set and command name in %set. If we can't find it,
3713 # default to the older version of the command.
3715 . ( $set{$CommandSet}{$cmd}
3716 || ( $cmd =~ /^[<>{]+/o ? 'prepost' : $cmd ) );
3718 # Call the command subroutine, call it by name.
3719 return &$call($cmd, $line, $dblineno);
3720 } ## end sub cmd_wrapper
3722 =head3 C<cmd_a> (command)
3724 The C<a> command handles pre-execution actions. These are associated with a
3725 particular line, so they're stored in C<%dbline>. We default to the current
3726 line if none is specified.
3732 my $line = shift || ''; # [.|line] expr
3735 # If it's dot (here), or not all digits, use the current line.
3736 $line =~ s/^(\.|(?:[^\d]))/$dbline/;
3738 # Should be a line number followed by an expression.
3739 if ($line =~ /^\s*(\d*)\s*(\S.+)/) {
3740 my ($lineno, $expr) = ($1, $2);
3742 # If we have an expression ...
3744 # ... but the line isn't breakable, complain.
3745 if ($dbline[$lineno] == 0) {
3747 "Line $lineno($dbline[$lineno]) does not have an action?\n";
3750 # It's executable. Record that the line has an action.
3751 $had_breakpoints{$filename} |= 2;
3753 # Remove any action, temp breakpoint, etc.
3754 $dbline{$lineno} =~ s/\0[^\0]*//;
3756 # Add the action to the line.
3757 $dbline{$lineno} .= "\0" . action($expr);
3759 } ## end if (length $expr)
3760 } ## end if ($line =~ /^\s*(\d*)\s*(\S.+)/)
3764 "Adding an action requires an optional lineno and an expression\n"
3769 =head3 C<cmd_A> (command)
3771 Delete actions. Similar to above, except the delete code is in a separate
3772 subroutine, C<delete_action>.
3778 my $line = shift || '';
3782 $line =~ s/^\./$dbline/;
3784 # Call delete_action with a null param to delete them all.
3785 # The '1' forces the eval to be true. It'll be false only
3786 # if delete_action blows up for some reason, in which case
3787 # we print $@ and get out.
3789 eval { &delete_action(); 1 } or print $OUT $@ and return;
3792 # There's a real line number. Pass it to delete_action.
3793 # Error trapping is as above.
3794 elsif ($line =~ /^(\S.*)/) {
3795 eval { &delete_action($1); 1 } or print $OUT $@ and return;
3798 # Swing and a miss. Bad syntax.
3801 "Deleting an action requires a line number, or '*' for all\n"
3806 =head3 C<delete_action> (API)
3808 C<delete_action> accepts either a line number or C<undef>. If a line number
3809 is specified, we check for the line being executable (if it's not, it
3810 couldn't have had an action). If it is, we just take the action off (this
3811 will get any kind of an action, including breakpoints).
3819 die "Line $i has no action .\n" if $dbline[$i] == 0;
3821 # Nuke whatever's there.
3822 $dbline{$i} =~ s/\0[^\0]*//; # \^a
3823 delete $dbline{$i} if $dbline{$i} eq '';
3826 print $OUT "Deleting all actions...\n";
3827 for my $file (keys %had_breakpoints) {
3828 local *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $file };
3831 for ($i = 1 ; $i <= $max ; $i++) {
3832 if (defined $dbline{$i}) {
3833 $dbline{$i} =~ s/\0[^\0]*//;
3834 delete $dbline{$i} if $dbline{$i} eq '';
3836 unless ($had_breakpoints{$file} &= ~2) {
3837 delete $had_breakpoints{$file};
3839 } ## end for ($i = 1 ; $i <= $max...
3840 } ## end for my $file (keys %had_breakpoints)
3841 } ## end else [ if (defined($i))
3842 } ## end sub delete_action
3844 =head3 C<cmd_b> (command)
3846 Set breakpoints. Since breakpoints can be set in so many places, in so many
3847 ways, conditionally or not, the breakpoint code is kind of complex. Mostly,
3848 we try to parse the command type, and then shuttle it off to an appropriate
3849 subroutine to actually do the work of setting the breakpoint in the right
3856 my $line = shift; # [.|line] [cond]
3859 # Make . the current line number if it's there..
3860 $line =~ s/^\./$dbline/;
3862 # No line number, no condition. Simple break on current line.
3863 if ($line =~ /^\s*$/) {
3864 &cmd_b_line($dbline, 1);
3867 # Break on load for a file.
3868 elsif ($line =~ /^load\b\s*(.*)/) {
3874 # b compile|postpone <some sub> [<condition>]
3875 # The interpreter actually traps this one for us; we just put the
3876 # necessary condition in the %postponed hash.
3877 elsif ($line =~ /^(postpone|compile)\b\s*([':A-Za-z_][':\w]*)\s*(.*)/) {
3878 # Capture the condition if there is one. Make it true if none.
3879 my $cond = length $3 ? $3 : '1';
3881 # Save the sub name and set $break to 1 if $1 was 'postpone', 0
3882 # if it was 'compile'.
3883 my ($subname, $break) = ($2, $1 eq 'postpone');
3885 # De-Perl4-ify the name - ' separators to ::.
3886 $subname =~ s/\'/::/g;
3888 # Qualify it into the current package unless it's already qualified.
3889 $subname = "${'package'}::" . $subname unless $subname =~ /::/;
3891 # Add main if it starts with ::.
3892 $subname = "main" . $subname if substr($subname, 0, 2) eq "::";
3894 # Save the break type for this sub.
3895 $postponed{$subname} = $break ? "break +0 if $cond" : "compile";
3896 } ## end elsif ($line =~ ...
3898 # b <sub name> [<condition>]
3899 elsif ($line =~ /^([':A-Za-z_][':\w]*(?:\[.*\])?)\s*(.*)/) {
3902 $cond = length $2 ? $2 : '1';
3903 &cmd_b_sub($subname, $cond);
3906 # b <line> [<condition>].
3907 elsif ($line =~ /^(\d*)\s*(.*)/) {
3908 # Capture the line. If none, it's the current line.
3909 $line = $1 || $dbline;
3911 # If there's no condition, make it '1'.
3912 $cond = length $2 ? $2 : '1';
3915 &cmd_b_line($line, $cond);
3918 # Line didn't make sense.
3920 print "confused by line($line)?\n";
3924 =head3 C<break_on_load> (API)
3926 We want to break when this file is loaded. Mark this file in the
3927 C<%break_on_load> hash, and note that it has a breakpoint in
3928 C<%had_breakpoints>.
3934 $break_on_load{$file} = 1;
3935 $had_breakpoints{$file} |= 1;
3938 =head3 C<report_break_on_load> (API)
3940 Gives us an array of filenames that are set to break on load. Note that
3941 only files with break-on-load are in here, so simply showing the keys
3946 sub report_break_on_load {
3947 sort keys %break_on_load;
3950 =head3 C<cmd_b_load> (command)
3952 We take the file passed in and try to find it in C<%INC> (which maps modules
3953 to files they came from). We mark those files for break-on-load via
3954 C<break_on_load> and then report that it was done.
3962 # This is a block because that way we can use a redo inside it
3963 # even without there being any looping structure at all outside it.
3965 # Save short name and full path if found.
3967 push @files, $::INC{$file} if $::INC{$file};
3969 # Tack on .pm and do it again unless there was a '.' in the name
3971 $file .= '.pm', redo unless $file =~ /\./;
3974 # Do the real work here.
3975 break_on_load($_) for @files;
3977 # All the files that have break-on-load breakpoints.
3978 @files = report_break_on_load;
3980 # Normalize for the purposes of our printing this.
3983 print $OUT "Will stop on load of `@files'.\n";
3984 } ## end sub cmd_b_load
3986 =head3 C<$filename_error> (API package global)
3988 Several of the functions we need to implement in the API need to work both
3989 on the current file and on other files. We don't want to duplicate code, so
3990 C<$filename_error> is used to contain the name of the file that's being
3991 worked on (if it's not the current one).
3993 We can now build functions in pairs: the basic function works on the current
3994 file, and uses C<$filename_error> as part of its error message. Since this is
3995 initialized to C<''>, no filename will appear when we are working on the
3998 The second function is a wrapper which does the following:
4002 =item * Localizes C<$filename_error> and sets it to the name of the file to be processed.
4004 =item * Localizes the C<*dbline> glob and reassigns it to point to the file we want to process.
4006 =item * Calls the first function.
4008 The first function works on the "current" (i.e., the one we changed to) file,
4009 and prints C<$filename_error> in the error message (the name of the other file)
4010 if it needs to. When the functions return, C<*dbline> is restored to point to the actual current file (the one we're executing in) and C<$filename_error> is
4011 restored to C<''>. This restores everything to the way it was before the
4012 second function was called at all.
4014 See the comments in C<breakable_line> and C<breakable_line_in_file> for more
4021 $filename_error = '';
4023 =head3 breakable_line($from, $to) (API)
4025 The subroutine decides whether or not a line in the current file is breakable.
4026 It walks through C<@dbline> within the range of lines specified, looking for
4027 the first line that is breakable.
4029 If C<$to> is greater than C<$from>, the search moves forwards, finding the
4030 first line I<after> C<$to> that's breakable, if there is one.
4032 If C<$from> is greater than C<$to>, the search goes I<backwards>, finding the
4033 first line I<before> C<$to> that's breakable, if there is one.
4037 sub breakable_line {
4039 my ($from, $to) = @_;
4041 # $i is the start point. (Where are the FORTRAN programs of yesteryear?)
4044 # If there are at least 2 arguments, we're trying to search a range.
4047 # $delta is positive for a forward search, negative for a backward one.
4048 my $delta = $from < $to ? +1 : -1;
4050 # Keep us from running off the ends of the file.
4051 my $limit = $delta > 0 ? $#dbline : 1;
4053 # Clever test. If you're a mathematician, it's obvious why this
4054 # test works. If not:
4055 # If $delta is positive (going forward), $limit will be $#dbline.
4056 # If $to is less than $limit, ($limit - $to) will be positive, times
4057 # $delta of 1 (positive), so the result is > 0 and we should use $to
4058 # as the stopping point.
4060 # If $to is greater than $limit, ($limit - $to) is negative,
4061 # times $delta of 1 (positive), so the result is < 0 and we should
4062 # use $limit ($#dbline) as the stopping point.
4064 # If $delta is negative (going backward), $limit will be 1.
4065 # If $to is zero, ($limit - $to) will be 1, times $delta of -1
4066 # (negative) so the result is > 0, and we use $to as the stopping
4069 # If $to is less than zero, ($limit - $to) will be positive,
4070 # times $delta of -1 (negative), so the result is not > 0, and
4071 # we use $limit (1) as the stopping point.
4073 # If $to is 1, ($limit - $to) will zero, times $delta of -1
4074 # (negative), still giving zero; the result is not > 0, and
4075 # we use $limit (1) as the stopping point.
4077 # if $to is >1, ($limit - $to) will be negative, times $delta of -1
4078 # (negative), giving a positive (>0) value, so we'll set $limit to
4081 $limit = $to if ($limit - $to) * $delta > 0;
4083 # The real search loop.
4084 # $i starts at $from (the point we want to start searching from).
4085 # We move through @dbline in the appropriate direction (determined
4086 # by $delta: either -1 (back) or +1 (ahead).
4087 # We stay in as long as we haven't hit an executable line
4088 # ($dbline[$i] == 0 means not executable) and we haven't reached
4089 # the limit yet (test similar to the above).
4090 $i += $delta while $dbline[$i] == 0 and ($limit - $i) * $delta > 0;
4092 } ## end if (@_ >= 2)
4094 # If $i points to a line that is executable, return that.
4095 return $i unless $dbline[$i] == 0;
4097 # Format the message and print it: no breakable lines in range.
4098 my ($pl, $upto) = ('', '');
4099 ($pl, $upto) = ('s', "..$to") if @_ >= 2 and $from != $to;
4101 # If there's a filename in filename_error, we'll see it.
4103 die "Line$pl $from$upto$filename_error not breakable\n";
4104 } ## end sub breakable_line
4106 =head3 breakable_line_in_filename($file, $from, $to) (API)
4108 Like C<breakable_line>, but look in another file.
4112 sub breakable_line_in_filename {
4113 # Capture the file name.
4116 # Swap the magic line array over there temporarily.
4117 local *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $f };
4119 # If there's an error, it's in this other file.
4120 local $filename_error = " of `$f'";
4122 # Find the breakable line.
4125 # *dbline and $filename_error get restored when this block ends.
4127 } ## end sub breakable_line_in_filename
4129 =head3 break_on_line(lineno, [condition]) (API)
4131 Adds a breakpoint with the specified condition (or 1 if no condition was
4132 specified) to the specified line. Dies if it can't.
4137 my ($i, $cond) = @_;
4139 # Always true if no condition supplied.
4140 $cond = 1 unless @_ >= 2;
4146 # Woops, not a breakable line. $filename_error allows us to say
4147 # if it was in a different file.
4148 die "Line $i$filename_error not breakable.\n" if $dbline[$i] == 0;
4150 # Mark this file as having breakpoints in it.
4151 $had_breakpoints{$filename} |= 1;
4153 # If there is an action or condition here already ...
4155 # ... swap this condition for the existing one.
4156 $dbline{$i} =~ s/^[^\0]*/$cond/;
4159 # Nothing here - just add the condition.
4160 $dbline{$i} = $cond;
4162 } ## end sub break_on_line
4164 =head3 cmd_b_line(line, [condition]) (command)
4166 Wrapper for C<break_on_line>. Prints the failure message if it
4172 eval { break_on_line(@_); 1 } or do {
4174 print $OUT $@ and return;
4176 } ## end sub cmd_b_line
4178 =head3 break_on_filename_line(file, line, [condition]) (API)
4180 Switches to the file specified and then calls C<break_on_line> to set
4185 sub break_on_filename_line {
4186 my ($f, $i, $cond) = @_;
4188 # Always true if condition left off.
4189 $cond = 1 unless @_ >= 3;
4191 # Switch the magical hash temporarily.
4192 local *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $f };
4194 # Localize the variables that break_on_line uses to make its message.
4195 local $filename_error = " of `$f'";
4196 local $filename = $f;
4198 # Add the breakpoint.
4199 break_on_line($i, $cond);
4200 } ## end sub break_on_filename_line
4202 =head3 break_on_filename_line_range(file, from, to, [condition]) (API)
4204 Switch to another file, search the range of lines specified for an
4205 executable one, and put a breakpoint on the first one you find.
4209 sub break_on_filename_line_range {
4210 my ($f, $from, $to, $cond) = @_;
4212 # Find a breakable line if there is one.
4213 my $i = breakable_line_in_filename($f, $from, $to);
4215 # Always true if missing.
4216 $cond = 1 unless @_ >= 3;
4218 # Add the breakpoint.
4219 break_on_filename_line($f, $i, $cond);
4220 } ## end sub break_on_filename_line_range
4222 =head3 subroutine_filename_lines(subname, [condition]) (API)
4224 Search for a subroutine within a given file. The condition is ignored.
4225 Uses C<find_sub> to locate the desired subroutine.
4229 sub subroutine_filename_lines {
4230 my ($subname, $cond) = @_;
4232 # Returned value from find_sub() is fullpathname:startline-endline.
4233 # The match creates the list (fullpathname, start, end). Falling off
4234 # the end of the subroutine returns this implicitly.
4235 find_sub($subname) =~ /^(.*):(\d+)-(\d+)$/;
4236 } ## end sub subroutine_filename_lines
4238 =head3 break_subroutine(subname) (API)
4240 Places a break on the first line possible in the specified subroutine. Uses
4241 C<subroutine_filename_lines> to find the subroutine, and
4242 C<break_on_filename_line_range> to place the break.
4246 sub break_subroutine {
4247 my $subname = shift;
4249 # Get filename, start, and end.
4250 my ($file, $s, $e) = subroutine_filename_lines($subname)
4251 or die "Subroutine $subname not found.\n";
4253 # Null condition changes to '1' (always true).
4254 $cond = 1 unless @_ >= 2;
4256 # Put a break the first place possible in the range of lines
4257 # that make up this subroutine.
4258 break_on_filename_line_range($file, $s, $e, @_);
4259 } ## end sub break_subroutine
4261 =head3 cmd_b_sub(subname, [condition]) (command)
4263 We take the incoming subroutine name and fully-qualify it as best we can.
4267 =item 1. If it's already fully-qualified, leave it alone.
4269 =item 2. Try putting it in the current package.
4271 =item 3. If it's not there, try putting it in CORE::GLOBAL if it exists there.
4273 =item 4. If it starts with '::', put it in 'main::'.
4277 After all this cleanup, we call C<break_subroutine> to try to set the
4283 my ($subname, $cond) = @_;
4285 # Add always-true condition if we have none.
4286 $cond = 1 unless @_ >= 2;
4288 # If the subname isn't a code reference, qualify it so that
4289 # break_subroutine() will work right.
4290 unless (ref $subname eq 'CODE') {
4292 $subname =~ s/\'/::/g;
4295 # Put it in this package unless it's already qualified.
4296 $subname = "${'package'}::" . $subname
4297 unless $subname =~ /::/;
4299 # Requalify it into CORE::GLOBAL if qualifying it into this
4300 # package resulted in its not being defined, but only do so
4301 # if it really is in CORE::GLOBAL.
4302 $subname = "CORE::GLOBAL::$s"
4303 if not defined &$subname
4305 and defined &{"CORE::GLOBAL::$s"};
4307 # Put it in package 'main' if it has a leading ::.
4308 $subname = "main" . $subname if substr($subname, 0, 2) eq "::";
4310 } ## end unless (ref $subname eq 'CODE')
4312 # Try to set the breakpoint.
4313 eval { break_subroutine($subname, $cond); 1 } or do {
4315 print $OUT $@ and return;
4317 } ## end sub cmd_b_sub
4319 =head3 C<cmd_B> - delete breakpoint(s) (command)
4321 The command mostly parses the command line and tries to turn the argument
4322 into a line spec. If it can't, it uses the current line. It then calls
4323 C<delete_breakpoint> to actually do the work.
4325 If C<*> is specified, C<cmd_B> calls C<delete_breakpoint> with no arguments,
4326 thereby deleting all the breakpoints.
4333 # No line spec? Use dbline.
4334 # If there is one, use it if it's non-zero, or wipe it out if it is.
4335 my $line = ($_[0] =~ /^\./) ? $dbline : shift || '';
4338 # If the line was dot, make the line the current one.
4339 $line =~ s/^\./$dbline/;
4341 # If it's * we're deleting all the breakpoints.
4343 eval { &delete_breakpoint(); 1 } or print $OUT $@ and return;
4346 # If there is a line spec, delete the breakpoint on that line.
4347 elsif ($line =~ /^(\S.*)/) {
4348 eval { &delete_breakpoint($line || $dbline); 1 } or do {
4350 print $OUT $@ and return;
4352 } ## end elsif ($line =~ /^(\S.*)/)
4357 "Deleting a breakpoint requires a line number, or '*' for all\n"
4362 =head3 delete_breakpoint([line]) (API)
4364 This actually does the work of deleting either a single breakpoint, or all
4367 For a single line, we look for it in C<@dbline>. If it's nonbreakable, we
4368 just drop out with a message saying so. If it is, we remove the condition
4369 part of the 'condition\0action' that says there's a breakpoint here. If,
4370 after we've done that, there's nothing left, we delete the corresponding
4371 line in C<%dbline> to signal that no action needs to be taken for this line.
4373 For all breakpoints, we iterate through the keys of C<%had_breakpoints>,
4374 which lists all currently-loaded files which have breakpoints. We then look
4375 at each line in each of these files, temporarily switching the C<%dbline>
4376 and C<@dbline> structures to point to the files in question, and do what
4377 we did in the single line case: delete the condition in C<@dbline>, and
4378 delete the key in C<%dbline> if nothing's left.
4380 We then wholesale delete C<%postponed>, C<%postponed_file>, and
4381 C<%break_on_load>, because these structures contain breakpoints for files
4382 and code that haven't been loaded yet. We can just kill these off because there
4383 are no magical debugger structures associated with them.
4387 sub delete_breakpoint {
4390 # If we got a line, delete just that one.
4393 # Woops. This line wasn't breakable at all.
4394 die "Line $i not breakable.\n" if $dbline[$i] == 0;
4396 # Kill the condition, but leave any action.
4397 $dbline{$i} =~ s/^[^\0]*//;
4399 # Remove the entry entirely if there's no action left.
4400 delete $dbline{$i} if $dbline{$i} eq '';
4403 # No line; delete them all.
4405 print $OUT "Deleting all breakpoints...\n";
4407 # %had_breakpoints lists every file that had at least one
4409 for my $file (keys %had_breakpoints) {
4410 # Switch to the desired file temporarily.
4411 local *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $file };
4416 # For all lines in this file ...
4417 for ($i = 1 ; $i <= $max ; $i++) {
4418 # If there's a breakpoint or action on this line ...
4419 if (defined $dbline{$i}) {
4420 # ... remove the breakpoint.
4421 $dbline{$i} =~ s/^[^\0]+//;
4422 if ($dbline{$i} =~ s/^\0?$//) {
4423 # Remove the entry altogether if no action is there.
4426 } ## end if (defined $dbline{$i...
4427 } ## end for ($i = 1 ; $i <= $max...
4429 # If, after we turn off the "there were breakpoints in this file"
4430 # bit, the entry in %had_breakpoints for this file is zero,
4431 # we should remove this file from the hash.
4432 if (not $had_breakpoints{$file} &= ~1) {
4433 delete $had_breakpoints{$file};
4435 } ## end for my $file (keys %had_breakpoints)
4437 # Kill off all the other breakpoints that are waiting for files that
4438 # haven't been loaded yet.
4440 undef %postponed_file;
4441 undef %break_on_load;
4442 } ## end else [ if (defined($i))
4443 } ## end sub delete_breakpoint
4445 =head3 cmd_stop (command)
4447 This is meant to be part of the new command API, but it isn't called or used
4448 anywhere else in the debugger. XXX It is probably meant for use in development
4453 sub cmd_stop { # As on ^C, but not signal-safy.
4457 =head3 C<cmd_h> - help command (command)
4459 Does the work of either
4463 =item * Showing all the debugger help
4465 =item * Showing help for a specific command
4474 # If we have no operand, assume null.
4475 my $line = shift || '';
4477 # 'h h'. Print the long-format help.
4478 if ($line =~ /^h\s*/) {
4482 # 'h <something>'. Search for the command and print only its help.
4483 elsif ($line =~ /^(\S.*)$/) {
4485 # support long commands; otherwise bogus errors
4486 # happen when you ask for h on <CR> for example
4487 my $asked = $1; # the command requested
4488 # (for proper error message)
4490 my $qasked = quotemeta($asked); # for searching; we don't
4491 # want to use it as a pattern.
4492 # XXX: finds CR but not <CR>
4494 # Search the help string for the command.
4495 if ($help =~ /^ # Start of a line
4497 (?:[IB]<) # Optional markup
4498 $qasked # The requested command
4500 # It's there; pull it out and print it.
4503 (?:[IB]<) # Optional markup
4504 $qasked # The command
4505 ([\s\S]*?) # Description line(s)
4506 \n) # End of last description line
4507 (?!\s) # Next line not starting with
4514 # Not found; not a debugger command.
4516 print_help("B<$asked> is not a debugger command.\n");
4518 } ## end elsif ($line =~ /^(\S.*)$/)
4520 # 'h' - print the summary help.
4522 print_help($summary);
4526 =head3 C<cmd_l> - list lines (command)
4528 Most of the command is taken up with transforming all the different line
4529 specification syntaxes into 'start-stop'. After that is done, the command
4530 runs a loop over C<@dbline> for the specified range of lines. It handles
4531 the printing of each line and any markers (C<==E<gt>> for current line,
4532 C<b> for break on this line, C<a> for action on this line, C<:> for this
4535 We save the last line listed in the C<$start> global for further listing
4541 my $current_line = shift;
4544 # If this is '-something', delete any spaces after the dash.
4545 $line =~ s/^-\s*$/-/;
4547 # If the line is '$something', assume this is a scalar containing a
4549 if ($line =~ /^(\$.*)/s) {
4551 # Set up for DB::eval() - evaluate in *user* context.
4555 # Ooops. Bad scalar.
4556 print($OUT "Error: $@\n"), next CMD if $@;
4558 # Good scalar. If it's a reference, find what it points to.
4560 print($OUT "Interpreted as: $1 $s\n");
4563 # Call self recursively to really do the command.
4565 } ## end if ($line =~ /^(\$.*)/s)
4567 # l name. Try to find a sub by that name.
4568 elsif ($line =~ /^([\':A-Za-z_][\':\w]*(\[.*\])?)/s) {
4569 my $s = $subname = $1;
4572 $subname =~ s/\'/::/;
4574 # Put it in this package unless it starts with ::.
4575 $subname = $package . "::" . $subname unless $subname =~ /::/;
4577 # Put it in CORE::GLOBAL if t doesn't start with :: and
4578 # it doesn't live in this package and it lives in CORE::GLOBAL.
4579 $subname = "CORE::GLOBAL::$s"
4580 if not defined &$subname
4582 and defined &{"CORE::GLOBAL::$s"};
4584 # Put leading '::' names into 'main::'.
4585 $subname = "main" . $subname if substr($subname, 0, 2) eq "::";
4587 # Get name:start-stop from find_sub, and break this up at
4589 @pieces = split (/:/, find_sub($subname) || $sub{$subname});
4591 # Pull off start-stop.
4592 $subrange = pop @pieces;
4594 # If the name contained colons, the split broke it up.
4595 # Put it back together.
4596 $file = join (':', @pieces);
4598 # If we're not in that file, switch over to it.
4599 if ($file ne $filename) {
4600 print $OUT "Switching to file '$file'.\n"
4601 unless $slave_editor;
4603 # Switch debugger's magic structures.
4604 *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $file };
4607 } ## end if ($file ne $filename)
4609 # Subrange is 'start-stop'. If this is less than a window full,
4610 # swap it to 'start+', which will list a window from the start point.
4612 if (eval($subrange) < -$window) {
4613 $subrange =~ s/-.*/+/;
4615 # Call self recursively to list the range.
4617 &cmd_l('l', $subrange);
4618 } ## end if ($subrange)
4622 print $OUT "Subroutine $subname not found.\n";
4624 } ## end elsif ($line =~ /^([\':A-Za-z_][\':\w]*(\[.*\])?)/s)
4627 elsif ($line =~ /^\s*$/) {
4628 # Compute new range to list.
4629 $incr = $window - 1;
4630 $line = $start . '-' . ($start + $incr);
4635 # l [start]+number_of_lines
4636 elsif ($line =~ /^(\d*)\+(\d*)$/) {
4637 # Don't reset start for 'l +nnn'.
4640 # Increment for list. Use window size if not specified.
4641 # (Allows 'l +' to work.)
4643 $incr = $window - 1 unless $incr;
4645 # Create a line range we'll understand, and recurse to do it.
4646 $line = $start . '-' . ($start + $incr);
4648 } ## end elsif ($line =~ /^(\d*)\+(\d*)$/)
4650 # l start-stop or l start,stop
4651 elsif ($line =~ /^((-?[\d\$\.]+)([-,]([\d\$\.]+))?)?/) {
4653 # Determine end point; use end of file if not specified.
4654 $end = (!defined $2) ? $max : ($4 ? $4 : $2);
4656 # Go on to the end, and then stop.
4657 $end = $max if $end > $max;
4659 # Determine start line.
4661 $i = $line if $i eq '.';
4665 # If we're running under a slave editor, force it to show the lines.
4666 if ($slave_editor) {
4667 print $OUT "\032\032$filename:$i:0\n";
4671 # We're doing it ourselves. We want to show the line and special
4673 # - the current line in execution
4674 # - whether a line is breakable or not
4675 # - whether a line has a break or not
4676 # - whether a line has an action or not
4678 for (; $i <= $end ; $i++) {
4679 # Check for breakpoints and actions.
4680 my ($stop, $action);
4681 ($stop, $action) = split (/\0/, $dbline{$i})
4684 # ==> if this is the current line in execution,
4685 # : if it's breakable.
4687 ($i == $current_line and $filename eq $filename_ini)
4689 : ($dbline[$i] + 0 ? ':' : ' ');
4691 # Add break and action indicators.
4692 $arrow .= 'b' if $stop;
4693 $arrow .= 'a' if $action;
4696 print $OUT "$i$arrow\t", $dbline[$i];
4698 # Move on to the next line. Drop out on an interrupt.
4699 $i++, last if $signal;
4700 } ## end for (; $i <= $end ; $i++)
4702 # Line the prompt up; print a newline if the last line listed
4703 # didn't have a newline.
4704 print $OUT "\n" unless $dbline[$i - 1] =~ /\n$/;
4705 } ## end else [ if ($slave_editor)
4707 # Save the point we last listed to in case another relative 'l'
4708 # command is desired. Don't let it run off the end.
4710 $start = $max if $start > $max;
4711 } ## end elsif ($line =~ /^((-?[\d\$\.]+)([-,]([\d\$\.]+))?)?/)
4714 =head3 C<cmd_L> - list breakpoints, actions, and watch expressions (command)
4716 To list breakpoints, the command has to look determine where all of them are
4717 first. It starts a C<%had_breakpoints>, which tells us what all files have
4718 breakpoints and/or actions. For each file, we switch the C<*dbline> glob (the
4719 magic source and breakpoint data structures) to the file, and then look
4720 through C<%dbline> for lines with breakpoints and/or actions, listing them
4721 out. We look through C<%postponed> not-yet-compiled subroutines that have
4722 breakpoints, and through C<%postponed_file> for not-yet-C<require>'d files
4723 that have breakpoints.
4725 Watchpoints are simpler: we just list the entries in C<@to_watch>.
4732 # If no argument, list everything. Pre-5.8.0 version always lists
4734 my $arg = shift || 'abw';
4735 $arg = 'abw' unless $CommandSet eq '580'; # sigh...
4737 # See what is wanted.
4738 my $action_wanted = ($arg =~ /a/) ? 1 : 0;
4739 my $break_wanted = ($arg =~ /b/) ? 1 : 0;
4740 my $watch_wanted = ($arg =~ /w/) ? 1 : 0;
4742 # Breaks and actions are found together, so we look in the same place
4744 if ($break_wanted or $action_wanted) {
4745 # Look in all the files with breakpoints...
4746 for my $file (keys %had_breakpoints) {
4747 # Temporary switch to this file.
4748 local *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $file };
4750 # Set up to look through the whole file.
4752 my $was; # Flag: did we print something
4755 # For each line in the file ...
4756 for ($i = 1 ; $i <= $max ; $i++) {
4757 # We've got something on this line.
4758 if (defined $dbline{$i}) {
4759 # Print the header if we haven't.
4760 print $OUT "$file:\n" unless $was++;
4763 print $OUT " $i:\t", $dbline[$i];
4765 # Pull out the condition and the action.
4766 ($stop, $action) = split (/\0/, $dbline{$i});
4768 # Print the break if there is one and it's wanted.
4769 print $OUT " break if (", $stop, ")\n"
4773 # Print the action if there is one and it's wanted.
4774 print $OUT " action: ", $action, "\n"
4778 # Quit if the user hit interrupt.
4780 } ## end if (defined $dbline{$i...
4781 } ## end for ($i = 1 ; $i <= $max...
4782 } ## end for my $file (keys %had_breakpoints)
4783 } ## end if ($break_wanted or $action_wanted)
4785 # Look for breaks in not-yet-compiled subs:
4786 if (%postponed and $break_wanted) {
4787 print $OUT "Postponed breakpoints in subroutines:\n";
4789 for $subname (keys %postponed) {
4790 print $OUT " $subname\t$postponed{$subname}\n";
4793 } ## end if (%postponed and $break_wanted)
4795 # Find files that have not-yet-loaded breaks:
4796 my @have = map { # Combined keys
4797 keys %{ $postponed_file{$_} }
4798 } keys %postponed_file;
4800 # If there are any, list them.
4801 if (@have and ($break_wanted or $action_wanted)) {
4802 print $OUT "Postponed breakpoints in files:\n";
4805 for $file (keys %postponed_file) {
4806 my $db = $postponed_file{$file};
4807 print $OUT " $file:\n";
4808 for $line (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %$db) {
4809 print $OUT " $line:\n";
4810 my ($stop, $action) = split (/\0/, $$db{$line});
4811 print $OUT " break if (", $stop, ")\n"
4814 print $OUT " action: ", $action, "\n"
4818 } ## end for $line (sort { $a <=>...
4820 } ## end for $file (keys %postponed_file)
4821 } ## end if (@have and ($break_wanted...
4822 if (%break_on_load and $break_wanted) {
4823 print $OUT "Breakpoints on load:\n";
4825 for $file (keys %break_on_load) {
4826 print $OUT " $file\n";
4829 } ## end if (%break_on_load and...
4830 if ($watch_wanted) {
4832 print $OUT "Watch-expressions:\n" if @to_watch;
4833 for my $expr (@to_watch) {
4834 print $OUT " $expr\n";
4837 } ## end if ($trace & 2)
4838 } ## end if ($watch_wanted)
4841 =head3 C<cmd_M> - list modules (command)
4843 Just call C<list_modules>.
4851 =head3 C<cmd_o> - options (command)
4853 If this is just C<o> by itself, we list the current settings via
4854 C<dump_option>. If there's a nonblank value following it, we pass that on to
4855 C<parse_options> for processing.
4861 my $opt = shift || ''; # opt[=val]
4863 # Nonblank. Try to parse and process.
4864 if ($opt =~ /^(\S.*)/) {
4868 # Blank. List the current option settings.
4876 =head3 C<cmd_O> - nonexistent in 5.8.x (command)
4878 Advises the user that the O command has been renamed.
4883 print $OUT "The old O command is now the o command.\n"; # hint
4884 print $OUT "Use 'h' to get current command help synopsis or\n"; #
4885 print $OUT "use 'o CommandSet=pre580' to revert to old usage\n"; #
4888 =head3 C<cmd_v> - view window (command)
4890 Uses the C<$preview> variable set in the second C<BEGIN> block (q.v.) to
4891 move back a few lines to list the selected line in context. Uses C<cmd_l>
4892 to do the actual listing after figuring out the range of line to request.
4900 # Extract the line to list around. (Astute readers will have noted that
4901 # this pattern will match whether or not a numeric line is specified,
4902 # which means that we'll always enter this loop (though a non-numeric
4903 # argument results in no action at all)).
4904 if ($line =~ /^(\d*)$/) {
4905 # Total number of lines to list (a windowful).
4906 $incr = $window - 1;
4908 # Set the start to the argument given (if there was one).
4911 # Back up by the context amount.
4914 # Put together a linespec that cmd_l will like.
4915 $line = $start . '-' . ($start + $incr);
4919 } ## end if ($line =~ /^(\d*)$/)
4922 =head3 C<cmd_w> - add a watch expression (command)
4924 The 5.8 version of this command adds a watch expression if one is specified;
4925 it does nothing if entered with no operands.
4927 We extract the expression, save it, evaluate it in the user's context, and
4928 save the value. We'll re-evaluate it each time the debugger passes a line,
4929 and will stop (see the code at the top of the command loop) if the value
4930 of any of the expressions changes.
4937 # Null expression if no arguments.
4938 my $expr = shift || '';
4940 # If expression is not null ...
4941 if ($expr =~ /^(\S.*)/) {
4943 push @to_watch, $expr;
4945 # Parameterize DB::eval and call it to get the expression's value
4946 # in the user's context. This version can handle expressions which
4947 # return a list value.
4949 my ($val) = join(' ', &eval);
4950 $val = (defined $val) ? "'$val'" : 'undef';
4952 # Save the current value of the expression.
4953 push @old_watch, $val;
4955 # We are now watching expressions.
4957 } ## end if ($expr =~ /^(\S.*)/)
4959 # You have to give one to get one.
4962 "Adding a watch-expression requires an expression\n"; # hint
4966 =head3 C<cmd_W> - delete watch expressions (command)
4968 This command accepts either a watch expression to be removed from the list
4969 of watch expressions, or C<*> to delete them all.
4971 If C<*> is specified, we simply empty the watch expression list and the
4972 watch expression value list. We also turn off the bit that says we've got
4975 If an expression (or partial expression) is specified, we pattern-match
4976 through the expressions and remove the ones that match. We also discard
4977 the corresponding values. If no watch expressions are left, we turn off
4978 the 'watching expressions' bit.
4984 my $expr = shift || '';
4991 print $OUT "Deleting all watch expressions ...\n";
4994 @to_watch = @old_watch = ();
4997 # Delete one of them.
4998 elsif ($expr =~ /^(\S.*)/) {
4999 # Where we are in the list.
5002 # For each expression ...
5003 foreach (@to_watch) {
5004 my $val = $to_watch[$i_cnt];
5006 # Does this one match the command argument?
5007 if ($val eq $expr) { # =~ m/^\Q$i$/) {
5009 splice(@to_watch, $i_cnt, 1);
5010 # We ought to kill the value too, oughtn't we?
5011 # But we don't. XXX This is a bug.
5014 } ## end foreach (@to_watch)
5016 # We probably should see if they're all gone. But we don't.
5017 # No bug shows up for this because the 'check watch expressions'
5018 # code iterates over the @to_watch array. Since it's empty, nothing
5020 } ## end elsif ($expr =~ /^(\S.*)/)
5022 # No command arguments entered.
5025 "Deleting a watch-expression requires an expression, or '*' for all\n"
5030 ### END of the API section
5032 =head1 SUPPORT ROUTINES
5034 These are general support routines that are used in a number of places
5035 throughout the debugger.
5039 save() saves the user's versions of globals that would mess us up in C<@saved>,
5040 and installs the versions we like better.
5045 # Save eval failure, command failure, extended OS error, output field
5046 # separator, input record separator, output record separator and
5047 # the warning setting.
5048 @saved = ($@, $!, $^E, $,, $/, $\, $^W);
5050 $, = ""; # output field separator is null string
5051 $/ = "\n"; # input record separator is newline
5052 $\ = ""; # output record separator is null string
5053 $^W = 0; # warnings are off
5056 =head2 C<print_lineinfo> - show where we are now
5058 print_lineinfo prints whatever it is that it is handed; it prints it to the
5059 C<$LINEINFO> filehandle instead of just printing it to STDOUT. This allows
5060 us to feed line information to a slave editor without messing up the
5065 sub print_lineinfo {
5066 # Make the terminal sensible if we're not the primary debugger.
5067 resetterm(1) if $LINEINFO eq $OUT and $term_pid != $$;
5071 } ## end sub print_lineinfo
5073 =head2 C<postponed_sub>
5075 Handles setting postponed breakpoints in subroutines once they're compiled.
5076 For breakpoints, we use C<DB::find_sub> to locate the source file and line
5077 range for the subroutine, then mark the file as having a breakpoint,
5078 temporarily switch the C<*dbline> glob over to the source file, and then
5079 search the given range of lines to find a breakable line. If we find one,
5080 we set the breakpoint on it, deleting the breakpoint from C<%postponed>.
5084 # The following takes its argument via $evalarg to preserve current @_
5087 # Get the subroutine name.
5088 my $subname = shift;
5090 # If this is a 'break +<n> if <condition>' ...
5091 if ($postponed{$subname} =~ s/^break\s([+-]?\d+)\s+if\s//) {
5092 # If there's no offset, use '+0'.
5093 my $offset = $1 || 0;
5095 # find_sub's value is 'fullpath-filename:start-stop'. It's
5096 # possible that the filename might have colons in it too.
5097 my ($file, $i) = (find_sub($subname) =~ /^(.*):(\d+)-.*$/);
5099 # We got the start line. Add the offset '+<n>' from
5100 # $postponed{subname}.
5103 # Switch to the file this sub is in, temporarily.
5104 local *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $file };
5106 # No warnings, please.
5107 local $^W = 0; # != 0 is magical below
5109 # This file's got a breakpoint in it.
5110 $had_breakpoints{$file} |= 1;
5112 # Last line in file.
5115 # Search forward until we hit a breakable line or get to
5116 # the end of the file.
5117 ++$i until $dbline[$i] != 0 or $i >= $max;
5119 # Copy the breakpoint in and delete it from %postponed.
5120 $dbline{$i} = delete $postponed{$subname};
5123 # find_sub didn't find the sub.
5126 print $OUT "Subroutine $subname not found.\n";
5129 } ## end if ($postponed{$subname...
5130 elsif ($postponed{$subname} eq 'compile') { $signal = 1 }
5132 #print $OUT "In postponed_sub for `$subname'.\n";
5133 } ## end sub postponed_sub
5137 Called after each required file is compiled, but before it is executed;
5138 also called if the name of a just-compiled subroutine is a key of
5139 C<%postponed>. Propagates saved breakpoints (from C<b compile>, C<b load>,
5140 etc.) into the just-compiled code.
5142 If this is a C<require>'d file, the incoming parameter is the glob
5143 C<*{"_<$filename"}>, with C<$filename> the name of the C<require>'d file.
5145 If it's a subroutine, the incoming parameter is the subroutine name.
5150 # If there's a break, process it.
5151 if ($ImmediateStop) {
5152 # Right, we've stopped. Turn it off.
5155 # Enter the command loop when DB::DB gets called.
5159 # If this is a subroutine, let postponed_sub() deal with it.
5160 return &postponed_sub unless ref \$_[0] eq 'GLOB';
5162 # Not a subroutine. Deal with the file.
5163 local *dbline = shift;
5164 my $filename = $dbline;
5165 $filename =~ s/^_<//;
5167 $signal = 1, print $OUT "'$filename' loaded...\n"
5168 if $break_on_load{$filename};
5169 print_lineinfo(' ' x $stack_depth, "Package $filename.\n") if $frame;
5171 # Do we have any breakpoints to put in this file?
5172 return unless $postponed_file{$filename};
5174 # Yes. Mark this file as having breakpoints.
5175 $had_breakpoints{$filename} |= 1;
5177 # "Cannot be done: unsufficient magic" - we can't just put the
5178 # breakpoints saved in %postponed_file into %dbline by assigning
5179 # the whole hash; we have to do it one item at a time for the
5180 # breakpoints to be set properly.
5181 #%dbline = %{$postponed_file{$filename}};
5183 # Set the breakpoints, one at a time.
5186 for $key (keys %{ $postponed_file{$filename} }) {
5187 # Stash the saved breakpoint into the current file's magic line array.
5188 $dbline{$key} = ${ $postponed_file{$filename} }{$key};
5191 # This file's been compiled; discard the stored breakpoints.
5192 delete $postponed_file{$filename};
5194 } ## end sub postponed
5198 C<dumpit> is the debugger's wrapper around dumpvar.pl.
5200 It gets a filehandle (to which C<dumpvar.pl>'s output will be directed) and
5201 a reference to a variable (the thing to be dumped) as its input.
5203 The incoming filehandle is selected for output (C<dumpvar.pl> is printing to
5204 the currently-selected filehandle, thank you very much). The current
5205 values of the package globals C<$single> and C<$trace> are backed up in
5206 lexicals, and they are turned off (this keeps the debugger from trying
5207 to single-step through C<dumpvar.pl> (I think.)). C<$frame> is localized to
5208 preserve its current value and it is set to zero to prevent entry/exit
5209 messages from printing, and C<$doret> is localized as well and set to -2 to
5210 prevent return values from being shown.
5212 C<dumpit()> then checks to see if it needs to load C<dumpvar.pl> and
5213 tries to load it (note: if you have a C<dumpvar.pl> ahead of the
5214 installed version in @INC, yours will be used instead. Possible security
5217 It then checks to see if the subroutine C<main::dumpValue> is now defined
5218 (it should have been defined by C<dumpvar.pl>). If it has, C<dumpit()>
5219 localizes the globals necessary for things to be sane when C<main::dumpValue()>
5220 is called, and picks up the variable to be dumped from the parameter list.
5222 It checks the package global C<%options> to see if there's a C<dumpDepth>
5223 specified. If not, -1 is assumed; if so, the supplied value gets passed on to
5224 C<dumpvar.pl>. This tells C<dumpvar.pl> where to leave off when dumping a
5225 structure: -1 means dump everything.
5227 C<dumpValue()> is then called if possible; if not, C<dumpit()>just prints a
5230 In either case, C<$single>, C<$trace>, C<$frame>, and C<$doret> are restored
5231 and we then return to the caller.
5236 # Save the current output filehandle and switch to the one
5237 # passed in as the first parameter.
5238 local ($savout) = select(shift);
5240 # Save current settings of $single and $trace, and then turn them off.
5241 my $osingle = $single;
5242 my $otrace = $trace;
5243 $single = $trace = 0;
5245 # XXX Okay, what do $frame and $doret do, again?
5249 # Load dumpvar.pl unless we've already got the sub we need from it.
5250 unless (defined &main::dumpValue) {
5254 # If the load succeeded (or we already had dumpvalue()), go ahead
5256 if (defined &main::dumpValue) {
5261 my $maxdepth = shift || $option{dumpDepth};
5262 $maxdepth = -1 unless defined $maxdepth; # -1 means infinite depth
5263 &main::dumpValue($v, $maxdepth);
5264 } ## end if (defined &main::dumpValue)
5266 # Oops, couldn't load dumpvar.pl.
5269 print $OUT "dumpvar.pl not available.\n";
5272 # Reset $single and $trace to their old values.
5276 # Restore the old filehandle.
5280 =head2 C<print_trace>
5282 C<print_trace>'s job is to print a stack trace. It does this via the
5283 C<dump_trace> routine, which actually does all the ferreting-out of the
5284 stack trace data. C<print_trace> takes care of formatting it nicely and
5285 printing it to the proper filehandle.
5291 =item * The filehandle to print to.
5293 =item * How many frames to skip before starting trace.
5295 =item * How many frames to print.
5297 =item * A flag: if true, print a "short" trace without filenames, line numbers, or arguments
5301 The original comment below seems to be noting that the traceback may not be
5302 correct if this routine is called in a tied method.
5306 # Tied method do not create a context, so may get wrong message:
5311 # If this is going to a slave editor, but we're not the primary
5312 # debugger, reset it first.
5314 if $fh eq $LINEINFO # slave editor
5315 and $LINEINFO eq $OUT # normal output
5316 and $term_pid != $$; # not the primary
5318 # Collect the actual trace information to be formatted.
5319 # This is an array of hashes of subroutine call info.
5320 my @sub = dump_trace($_[0] + 1, $_[1]);
5322 # Grab the "short report" flag from @_.
5323 my $short = $_[2]; # Print short report, next one for sub name
5325 # Run through the traceback info, format it, and print it.
5327 for ($i = 0 ; $i <= $#sub ; $i++) {
5328 # Drop out if the user has lost interest and hit control-C.
5331 # Set the separator so arrys print nice.
5334 # Grab and stringify the arguments if they are there.
5336 defined $sub[$i]{args}
5337 ? "(@{ $sub[$i]{args} })"
5339 # Shorten them up if $maxtrace says they're too long.
5340 $args = (substr $args, 0, $maxtrace - 3) . '...'
5341 if length $args > $maxtrace;
5343 # Get the file name.
5344 my $file = $sub[$i]{file};
5346 # Put in a filename header if short is off.
5347 $file = $file eq '-e' ? $file : "file `$file'" unless $short;
5349 # Get the actual sub's name, and shorten to $maxtrace's requirement.
5351 $s = (substr $s, 0, $maxtrace - 3) . '...' if length $s > $maxtrace;
5353 # Short report uses trimmed file and sub names.
5355 my $sub = @_ >= 4 ? $_[3] : $s;
5357 "$sub[$i]{context}=$sub$args from $file:$sub[$i]{line}\n";
5358 } ## end if ($short)
5360 # Non-short report includes full names.
5362 print $fh "$sub[$i]{context} = $s$args" . " called from $file" .
5363 " line $sub[$i]{line}\n";
5365 } ## end for ($i = 0 ; $i <= $#sub...
5366 } ## end sub print_trace
5368 =head2 dump_trace(skip[,count])
5370 Actually collect the traceback information available via C<caller()>. It does
5371 some filtering and cleanup of the data, but mostly it just collects it to
5372 make C<print_trace()>'s job easier.
5374 C<skip> defines the number of stack frames to be skipped, working backwards
5375 from the most current. C<count> determines the total number of frames to
5376 be returned; all of them (well, the first 10^9) are returned if C<count>
5379 This routine returns a list of hashes, from most-recent to least-recent
5380 stack frame. Each has the following keys and values:
5384 =item * C<context> - C<.> (null), C<$> (scalar), or C<@> (array)
5386 =item * C<sub> - subroutine name, or C<eval> information
5388 =item * C<args> - undef, or a reference to an array of arguments
5390 =item * C<file> - the file in which this item was defined (if any)
5392 =item * C<line> - the line on which it was defined
5400 # How many levels to skip.
5403 # How many levels to show. (1e9 is a cheap way of saying "all of them";
5404 # it's unlikely that we'll have more than a billion stack frames. If you
5405 # do, you've got an awfully big machine...)
5406 my $count = shift || 1e9;
5408 # We increment skip because caller(1) is the first level *back* from
5409 # the current one. Add $skip to the count of frames so we have a
5410 # simple stop criterion, counting from $skip to $count+$skip.
5414 # These variables are used to capture output from caller();
5415 my ($p, $file, $line, $sub, $h, $context);
5417 my ($e, $r, @a, @sub, $args);
5419 # XXX Okay... why'd we do that?
5420 my $nothard = not $frame & 8;
5423 # Do not want to trace this.
5424 my $otrace = $trace;
5427 # Start out at the skip count.
5428 # If we haven't reached the number of frames requested, and caller() is
5429 # still returning something, stay in the loop. (If we pass the requested
5430 # number of stack frames, or we run out - caller() returns nothing - we
5432 # Up the stack frame index to go back one more level each time.
5436 and ($p, $file, $line, $sub, $h, $context, $e, $r) = caller($i) ;
5441 # Go through the arguments and save them for later.
5445 if (not defined $arg) { # undefined parameter
5449 elsif ($nothard and tied $arg) { # tied parameter
5452 elsif ($nothard and $type = ref $arg) { # reference
5453 push @a, "ref($type)";
5455 else { # can be stringified
5457 "$arg"; # Safe to stringify now - should not call f().
5459 # Backslash any single-quotes or backslashes.
5462 # Single-quote it unless it's a number or a colon-separated
5465 unless /^(?: -?[\d.]+ | \*[\w:]* )$/x;
5467 # Turn high-bit characters into meta-whatever.
5468 s/([\200-\377])/sprintf("M-%c",ord($1)&0177)/eg;
5470 # Turn control characters into ^-whatever.
5471 s/([\0-\37\177])/sprintf("^%c",ord($1)^64)/eg;
5474 } ## end else [ if (not defined $arg)
5475 } ## end for $arg (@args)
5477 # If context is true, this is array (@)context.
5478 # If context is false, this is scalar ($) context.
5479 # If neither, context isn't defined. (This is apparently a 'can't
5481 $context = $context ? '@' : (defined $context ? "\$" : '.');
5483 # if the sub has args ($h true), make an anonymous array of the
5485 $args = $h ? [@a] : undef;
5487 # remove trailing newline-whitespace-semicolon-end of line sequence
5488 # from the eval text, if any.
5489 $e =~ s/\n\s*\;\s*\Z// if $e;
5491 # Escape backslashed single-quotes again if necessary.
5492 $e =~ s/([\\\'])/\\$1/g if $e;
5494 # if the require flag is true, the eval text is from a require.
5496 $sub = "require '$e'";
5498 # if it's false, the eval text is really from an eval.
5499 elsif (defined $r) {
5503 # If the sub is '(eval)', this is a block eval, meaning we don't
5504 # know what the eval'ed text actually was.
5505 elsif ($sub eq '(eval)') {
5506 $sub = "eval {...}";
5509 # Stick the collected information into @sub as an anonymous hash.
5513 context => $context,
5521 # Stop processing frames if the user hit control-C.
5523 } ## end for ($i = $skip ; $i < ...
5525 # Restore the trace value again.
5528 } ## end sub dump_trace
5532 C<action()> takes input provided as the argument to an add-action command,
5533 either pre- or post-, and makes sure it's a complete command. It doesn't do
5534 any fancy parsing; it just keeps reading input until it gets a string
5535 without a trailing backslash.
5542 while ($action =~ s/\\$//) {
5543 # We have a backslash on the end. Read more.
5545 } ## end while ($action =~ s/\\$//)
5547 # Return the assembled action.
5553 This routine mostly just packages up a regular expression to be used
5554 to check that the thing it's being matched against has properly-matched
5557 Of note is the definition of the $balanced_brace_re global via ||=, which
5558 speeds things up by only creating the qr//'ed expression once; if it's
5559 already defined, we don't try to define it again. A speed hack.
5565 # I hate using globals!
5566 $balanced_brace_re ||= qr{
5569 (?> [^{}] + ) # Non-parens without backtracking
5571 (??{ $balanced_brace_re }) # Group with matching parens
5575 return $_[0] !~ m/$balanced_brace_re/;
5576 } ## end sub unbalanced
5580 C<gets()> is a primitive (very primitive) routine to read continuations.
5581 It was devised for reading continuations for actions.
5582 it just reads more input with X<C<readline()>> and returns it.
5587 &readline("cont: ");
5590 =head2 C<DB::system()> - handle calls to<system()> without messing up the debugger
5592 The C<system()> function assumes that it can just go ahead and use STDIN and
5593 STDOUT, but under the debugger, we want it to use the debugger's input and
5596 C<DB::system()> socks away the program's STDIN and STDOUT, and then substitutes
5597 the debugger's IN and OUT filehandles for them. It does the C<system()> call,
5598 and then puts everything back again.
5604 # We save, change, then restore STDIN and STDOUT to avoid fork() since
5605 # some non-Unix systems can do system() but have problems with fork().
5606 open(SAVEIN, "<&STDIN") || &warn("Can't save STDIN");
5607 open(SAVEOUT, ">&STDOUT") || &warn("Can't save STDOUT");
5608 open(STDIN, "<&IN") || &warn("Can't redirect STDIN");
5609 open(STDOUT, ">&OUT") || &warn("Can't redirect STDOUT");
5611 # XXX: using csh or tcsh destroys sigint retvals!
5613 open(STDIN, "<&SAVEIN") || &warn("Can't restore STDIN");
5614 open(STDOUT, ">&SAVEOUT") || &warn("Can't restore STDOUT");
5618 # most of the $? crud was coping with broken cshisms
5620 &warn("(Command exited ", ($? >> 8), ")\n");
5624 "(Command died of SIG#",
5626 (($? & 128) ? " -- core dumped" : ""),
5635 =head1 TTY MANAGEMENT
5637 The subs here do some of the terminal management for multiple debuggers.
5641 Top-level function called when we want to set up a new terminal for use
5644 If the C<noTTY> debugger option was set, we'll either use the terminal
5645 supplied (the value of the C<noTTY> option), or we'll use C<Term::Rendezvous>
5646 to find one. If we're a forked debugger, we call C<resetterm> to try to
5647 get a whole new terminal if we can.
5649 In either case, we set up the terminal next. If the C<ReadLine> option was
5650 true, we'll get a C<Term::ReadLine> object for the current terminal and save
5651 the appropriate attributes. We then
5656 # Load Term::Readline, but quietly; don't debug it and don't trace it.
5659 eval { require Term::ReadLine } or die $@;
5661 # If noTTY is set, but we have a TTY name, go ahead and hook up to it.
5664 my ($i, $o) = split $tty, /,/;
5665 $o = $i unless defined $o;
5666 open(IN, "<$i") or die "Cannot open TTY `$i' for read: $!";
5667 open(OUT, ">$o") or die "Cannot open TTY `$o' for write: $!";
5670 my $sel = select($OUT);
5675 # We don't have a TTY - try to find one via Term::Rendezvous.
5677 eval "require Term::Rendezvous;" or die;
5678 # See if we have anything to pass to Term::Rendezvous.
5679 # Use /tmp/perldbtty$$ if not.
5680 my $rv = $ENV{PERLDB_NOTTY} || "/tmp/perldbtty$$";
5682 # Rendezvous and get the filehandles.
5683 my $term_rv = new Term::Rendezvous $rv;
5685 $OUT = $term_rv->OUT;
5686 } ## end else [ if ($tty)
5687 } ## end if ($notty)
5690 # We're a daughter debugger. Try to fork off another TTY.
5691 if ($term_pid eq '-1') { # In a TTY with another debugger
5695 # If we shouldn't use Term::ReadLine, don't.
5697 $term = new Term::ReadLine::Stub 'perldb', $IN, $OUT;
5700 # We're using Term::ReadLine. Get all the attributes for this terminal.
5702 $term = new Term::ReadLine 'perldb', $IN, $OUT;
5704 $rl_attribs = $term->Attribs;
5705 $rl_attribs->{basic_word_break_characters} .= '-:+/*,[])}'
5706 if defined $rl_attribs->{basic_word_break_characters}
5707 and index($rl_attribs->{basic_word_break_characters}, ":") == -1;
5708 $rl_attribs->{special_prefixes} = '$@&%';
5709 $rl_attribs->{completer_word_break_characters} .= '$@&%';
5710 $rl_attribs->{completion_function} = \&db_complete;
5711 } ## end else [ if (!$rl)
5713 # Set up the LINEINFO filehandle.
5714 $LINEINFO = $OUT unless defined $LINEINFO;
5715 $lineinfo = $console unless defined $lineinfo;
5719 if ($term->Features->{setHistory} and "@hist" ne "?") {
5720 $term->SetHistory(@hist);
5723 # XXX Ornaments are turned on unconditionally, which is not
5724 # always a good thing.
5725 ornaments($ornaments) if defined $ornaments;
5727 } ## end sub setterm
5729 =head1 GET_FORK_TTY EXAMPLE FUNCTIONS
5731 When the process being debugged forks, or the process invokes a command
5732 via C<system()> which starts a new debugger, we need to be able to get a new
5733 C<IN> and C<OUT> filehandle for the new debugger. Otherwise, the two processes
5734 fight over the terminal, and you can never quite be sure who's going to get the
5735 input you're typing.
5737 C<get_fork_TTY> is a glob-aliased function which calls the real function that
5738 is tasked with doing all the necessary operating system mojo to get a new
5739 TTY (and probably another window) and to direct the new debugger to read and
5742 The debugger provides C<get_fork_TTY> functions which work for X Windows and
5743 OS/2. Other systems are not supported. You are encouraged to write
5744 C<get_fork_TTY> functions which work for I<your> platform and contribute them.
5746 =head3 C<xterm_get_fork_TTY>
5748 This function provides the C<get_fork_TTY> function for X windows. If a
5749 program running under the debugger forks, a new <xterm> window is opened and
5750 the subsidiary debugger is directed there.
5752 The C<open()> call is of particular note here. We have the new C<xterm>
5753 we're spawning route file number 3 to STDOUT, and then execute the C<tty>
5754 command (which prints the device name of the TTY we'll want to use for input
5755 and output to STDOUT, then C<sleep> for a very long time, routing this output
5756 to file number 3. This way we can simply read from the <XT> filehandle (which
5757 is STDOUT from the I<commands> we ran) to get the TTY we want to use.
5759 Only works if C<xterm> is in your path and C<$ENV{DISPLAY}>, etc. are
5764 sub xterm_get_fork_TTY {
5765 (my $name = $0) =~ s,^.*[/\\],,s;
5767 qq[3>&1 xterm -title "Daughter Perl debugger $pids $name" -e sh -c 'tty 1>&3;\
5770 # Get the output from 'tty' and clean it up a little.
5774 $pidprompt = ''; # Shown anyway in titlebar
5776 # There's our new TTY.
5778 } ## end sub xterm_get_fork_TTY
5780 =head3 C<os2_get_fork_TTY>
5782 XXX It behooves an OS/2 expert to write the necessary documentation for this!
5786 # This example function resets $IN, $OUT itself
5787 sub os2_get_fork_TTY {
5788 local $^F = 40; # XXXX Fixme!
5790 my ($in1, $out1, $in2, $out2);
5792 # Having -d in PERL5OPT would lead to a disaster...
5793 local $ENV{PERL5OPT} = $ENV{PERL5OPT} if $ENV{PERL5OPT};
5794 $ENV{PERL5OPT} =~ s/(?:^|(?<=\s))-d\b// if $ENV{PERL5OPT};
5795 $ENV{PERL5OPT} =~ s/(?:^|(?<=\s))-d\B/-/ if $ENV{PERL5OPT};
5796 print $OUT "Making kid PERL5OPT->`$ENV{PERL5OPT}'.\n" if $ENV{PERL5OPT};
5797 local $ENV{PERL5LIB} = $ENV{PERL5LIB} ? $ENV{PERL5LIB} : $ENV{PERLLIB};
5798 $ENV{PERL5LIB} = '' unless defined $ENV{PERL5LIB};
5799 $ENV{PERL5LIB} = join ';', @ini_INC, split /;/, $ENV{PERL5LIB};
5800 (my $name = $0) =~ s,^.*[/\\],,s;
5805 and pipe $in2, $out2
5807 # system P_SESSION will fail if there is another process
5808 # in the same session with a "dependent" asynchronous child session.
5810 $rl, fileno $in1, fileno $out2,
5811 "Daughter Perl debugger $pids $name"
5814 ($kpid = CORE::system 4, $^X, '-we',
5815 <<'ES', @args) >= 0 # P_SESSION
5816 END {sleep 5 unless $loaded}
5817 BEGIN {open STDIN, '</dev/con' or warn "reopen stdin: $!"}
5820 my ($rl, $in) = (shift, shift); # Read from $in and pass through
5822 system P_NOWAIT, $^X, '-we', <<EOS or die "Cannot start a grandkid";
5823 open IN, '<&=$in' or die "open <&=$in: \$!";
5824 \$| = 1; print while sysread IN, \$_, 1<<16;
5828 open OUT, ">&=$out" or die "Cannot open &=$out for writing: $!";
5830 require Term::ReadKey if $rl;
5831 Term::ReadKey::ReadMode(4) if $rl; # Nodelay on kbd. Pipe is automatically nodelay...
5832 print while sysread STDIN, $_, 1<<($rl ? 16 : 0);
5834 or warn "system P_SESSION: $!, $^E" and 0
5840 $pidprompt = ''; # Shown anyway in titlebar
5841 reset_IN_OUT($in2, $out1);
5843 return ''; # Indicate that reset_IN_OUT is called
5844 } ## end if (pipe $in1, $out1 and...
5846 } ## end sub os2_get_fork_TTY
5848 =head2 C<create_IN_OUT($flags)>
5850 Create a new pair of filehandles, pointing to a new TTY. If impossible,
5851 try to diagnose why.
5857 =item * 1 - Don't know how to create a new TTY.
5859 =item * 2 - Debugger has forked, but we can't get a new TTY.
5861 =item * 4 - standard debugger startup is happening.
5867 sub create_IN_OUT { # Create a window with IN/OUT handles redirected there
5869 # If we know how to get a new TTY, do it! $in will have
5870 # the TTY name if get_fork_TTY works.
5871 my $in = &get_fork_TTY if defined &get_fork_TTY;
5873 # It used to be that
5874 $in = $fork_TTY if defined $fork_TTY; # Backward compatibility
5876 if (not defined $in) {
5879 # We don't know how.
5880 print_help(<<EOP) if $why == 1;
5881 I<#########> Forked, but do not know how to create a new B<TTY>. I<#########>
5885 print_help(<<EOP) if $why == 2;
5886 I<#########> Daughter session, do not know how to change a B<TTY>. I<#########>
5887 This may be an asynchronous session, so the parent debugger may be active.
5890 # Note that both debuggers are fighting over the same input.
5891 print_help(<<EOP) if $why != 4;
5892 Since two debuggers fight for the same TTY, input is severely entangled.
5896 I know how to switch the output to a different window in xterms
5897 and OS/2 consoles only. For a manual switch, put the name of the created I<TTY>
5898 in B<\$DB::fork_TTY>, or define a function B<DB::get_fork_TTY()> returning this.
5900 On I<UNIX>-like systems one can get the name of a I<TTY> for the given window
5901 by typing B<tty>, and disconnect the I<shell> from I<TTY> by B<sleep 1000000>.
5904 } ## end if (not defined $in)
5909 $console = ''; # Indicate no need to open-from-the-console
5912 } ## end sub create_IN_OUT
5916 Handles rejiggering the prompt when we've forked off a new debugger.
5918 If the new debugger happened because of a C<system()> that invoked a
5919 program under the debugger, the arrow between the old pid and the new
5920 in the prompt has I<two> dashes instead of one.
5922 We take the current list of pids and add this one to the end. If there
5923 isn't any list yet, we make one up out of the initial pid associated with
5924 the terminal and our new pid, sticking an arrow (either one-dashed or
5925 two dashed) in between them.
5927 If C<CreateTTY> is off, or C<resetterm> was called with no arguments,
5928 we don't try to create a new IN and OUT filehandle. Otherwise, we go ahead
5933 sub resetterm { # We forked, so we need a different TTY
5935 # Needs to be passed to create_IN_OUT() as well.
5938 # resetterm(2): got in here because of a system() starting a debugger.
5939 # resetterm(1): just forked.
5940 my $systemed = $in > 1 ? '-' : '';
5942 # If there's already a list of pids, add this to the end.
5944 $pids =~ s/\]/$systemed->$$]/;
5947 # No pid list. Time to make one.
5949 $pids = "[$term_pid->$$]";
5952 # The prompt we're going to be using for this debugger.
5955 # We now 0wnz this terminal.
5958 # Just return if we're not supposed to try to create a new TTY.
5959 return unless $CreateTTY & $in;
5961 # Try to create a new IN/OUT pair.
5963 } ## end sub resetterm
5967 First, we handle stuff in the typeahead buffer. If there is any, we shift off
5968 the next line, print a message saying we got it, add it to the terminal
5969 history (if possible), and return it.
5971 If there's nothing in the typeahead buffer, check the command filehandle stack.
5972 If there are any filehandles there, read from the last one, and return the line
5973 if we got one. If not, we pop the filehandle off and close it, and try the
5974 next one up the stack.
5976 If we've emptied the filehandle stack, we check to see if we've got a socket
5977 open, and we read that and return it if we do. If we don't, we just call the
5978 core C<readline()> and return its value.
5984 # Localize to prevent it from being smashed in the program being debugged.
5987 # Pull a line out of the typeahead if there's stuff there.
5989 # How many lines left.
5990 my $left = @typeahead;
5992 # Get the next line.
5993 my $got = shift @typeahead;
5995 # Print a message saying we got input from the typeahead.
5997 print $OUT "auto(-$left)", shift, $got, "\n";
5999 # Add it to the terminal history (if possible).
6000 $term->AddHistory($got)
6002 and defined $term->Features->{addHistory};
6004 } ## end if (@typeahead)
6006 # We really need to read some input. Turn off entry/exit trace and
6007 # return value printing.
6011 # If there are stacked filehandles to read from ...
6013 # Read from the last one in the stack.
6014 my $line = CORE::readline($cmdfhs[-1]);
6015 # If we got a line ...
6017 ? (print $OUT ">> $line" and return $line) # Echo and return
6018 : close pop @cmdfhs; # Pop and close
6019 } ## end while (@cmdfhs)
6021 # Nothing on the filehandle stack. Socket?
6022 if (ref $OUT and UNIVERSAL::isa($OUT, 'IO::Socket::INET')) {
6023 # Send anyting we have to send.
6024 $OUT->write(join ('', @_));
6026 # Receive anything there is to receive.
6028 $IN->recv($stuff, 2048); # XXX "what's wrong with sysread?"
6029 # XXX Don't know. You tell me.
6033 } ## end if (ref $OUT and UNIVERSAL::isa...
6035 # No socket. Just read from the terminal.
6037 $term->readline(@_);
6039 } ## end sub readline
6041 =head1 OPTIONS SUPPORT ROUTINES
6043 These routines handle listing and setting option values.
6045 =head2 C<dump_option> - list the current value of an option setting
6047 This routine uses C<option_val> to look up the value for an option.
6048 It cleans up escaped single-quotes and then displays the option and
6054 my ($opt, $val) = @_;
6055 $val = option_val($opt, 'N/A');
6056 $val =~ s/([\\\'])/\\$1/g;
6057 printf $OUT "%20s = '%s'\n", $opt, $val;
6058 } ## end sub dump_option
6060 =head2 C<option_val> - find the current value of an option
6062 This can't just be a simple hash lookup because of the indirect way that
6063 the option values are stored. Some are retrieved by calling a subroutine,
6064 some are just variables.
6066 You must supply a default value to be used in case the option isn't set.
6071 my ($opt, $default) = @_;
6074 # Does this option exist, and is it a variable?
6075 # If so, retrieve the value via the value in %optionVars.
6076 if ( defined $optionVars{$opt}
6077 and defined ${ $optionVars{$opt} }) {
6078 $val = ${ $optionVars{$opt} };
6081 # Does this option exist, and it's a subroutine?
6082 # If so, call the subroutine via the ref in %optionAction
6083 # and capture the value.
6084 elsif ( defined $optionAction{$opt}
6085 and defined &{ $optionAction{$opt} }) {
6086 $val = &{ $optionAction{$opt} }();
6089 # If there's an action or variable for the supplied option,
6090 # but no value was set, use the default.
6091 elsif (defined $optionAction{$opt} and not defined $option{$opt}
6092 or defined $optionVars{$opt} and not defined ${ $optionVars{$opt} })
6097 # Otherwise, do the simple hash lookup.
6099 $val = $option{$opt};
6102 # If the value isn't defined, use the default.
6103 # Then return whatever the value is.
6104 $val = $default unless defined $val;
6106 } ## end sub option_val
6108 =head2 C<parse_options>
6110 Handles the parsing and execution of option setting/displaying commands.
6112 An option entered by itself is assumed to be 'set me to 1' (the default value)
6113 if the option is a boolean one. If not, the user is prompted to enter a valid
6114 value or to query the current value (via 'option? ').
6116 If 'option=value' is entered, we try to extract a quoted string from the
6117 value (if it is quoted). If it's not, we just use the whole value as-is.
6119 We load any modules required to service this option, and then we set it: if
6120 it just gets stuck in a variable, we do that; if there's a subroutine to
6121 handle setting the option, we call that.
6123 Finally, if we're running in interactive mode, we display the effect of the
6124 user's command back to the terminal, skipping this if we're setting things
6125 during initialization.
6133 # These options need a value. Don't allow them to be clobbered by accident.
6134 my %opt_needs_val = map { ($_ => 1) } qw{
6135 dumpDepth arrayDepth hashDepth LineInfo maxTraceLen ornaments windowSize
6136 pager quote ReadLine recallCommand RemotePort ShellBang TTY
6142 # Clean off excess leading whitespace.
6145 # Options are always all word characters, followed by a non-word
6147 s/^(\w+)(\W?)// or print($OUT "Invalid option `$_'\n"), last;
6148 my ($opt, $sep) = ($1, $2);
6152 # '?' as separator means query, but must have whitespace after it.
6154 print($OUT "Option query `$opt?' followed by non-space `$_'\n"),
6158 #&dump_option($opt);
6159 } ## end if ("?" eq $sep)
6161 # Separator is whitespace (or just a carriage return).
6162 # They're going for a default, which we assume is 1.
6163 elsif ($sep !~ /\S/) {
6165 $val = "1"; # this is an evil default; make 'em set it!
6168 # Separator is =. Trying to set a value.
6169 elsif ($sep eq "=") {
6170 # If quoted, extract a quoted string.
6171 if (s/ (["']) ( (?: \\. | (?! \1 ) [^\\] )* ) \1 //x) {
6173 ($val = $2) =~ s/\\([$quote\\])/$1/g;
6176 # Not quoted. Use the whole thing. Warn about 'option='.
6177 # XXX Spurious messages about clearing nonexistent options
6178 # XXX can be created, e.g., 'o googleWhack='.
6182 print OUT qq(Option better cleared using $opt=""\n)
6184 } ## end else [ if (s/ (["']) ( (?: \\. | (?! \1 ) [^\\] )* ) \1 //x)
6186 } ## end elsif ($sep eq "=")
6188 # "Quoted" with [], <>, or {}.
6189 else { #{ to "let some poor schmuck bounce on the % key in B<vi>."
6190 my ($end) = "\\" . substr(")]>}$sep", index("([<{", $sep), 1); #}
6191 s/^(([^\\$end]|\\[\\$end])*)$end($|\s+)//
6192 or print($OUT "Unclosed option value `$opt$sep$_'\n"), last;
6193 ($val = $1) =~ s/\\([\\$end])/$1/g;
6194 } ## end else [ if ("?" eq $sep)
6198 # Make sure that such an option exists.
6199 my $matches = grep(/^\Q$opt/ && ($option = $_), @options) ||
6200 grep(/^\Q$opt/i && ($option = $_), @options);
6202 print($OUT "Unknown option `$opt'\n"), next unless $matches;
6203 print($OUT "Ambiguous option `$opt'\n"), next if $matches > 1;
6205 # Exclude non-booleans from getting set to 1 by default.
6206 if ($opt_needs_val{$option} && $val_defaulted) {
6207 my $cmd = ($CommandSet eq '580') ? 'o' : 'O';
6209 "Option `$opt' is non-boolean. Use `$cmd $option=VAL' to set, `$cmd $option?' to query\n";
6211 } ## end if ($opt_needs_val{$option...
6213 # Save the option value.
6214 $option{$option} = $val if defined $val;
6216 # Load any module that this option requires.
6220 require '$optionRequire{$option}';
6222 } || die # XXX: shouldn't happen
6223 if defined $optionRequire{$option} &&
6227 # Stick it in the proper variable if it goes in a variable.
6228 ${ $optionVars{$option} } = $val
6229 if defined $optionVars{$option} &&
6232 # Call the appropriate sub if it gets set via sub.
6233 &{ $optionAction{$option} }($val)
6234 if defined $optionAction{$option} &&
6235 defined &{ $optionAction{$option} } &&
6238 # Not initialization - echo the value we set it to.
6239 dump_option($option) unless $OUT eq \*STDERR;
6240 } ## end while (length)
6241 } ## end sub parse_options
6243 =head1 RESTART SUPPORT
6245 These routines are used to store (and restore) lists of items in environment
6246 variables during a restart.
6250 Set_list packages up items to be stored in a set of environment variables
6251 (VAR_n, containing the number of items, and VAR_0, VAR_1, etc., containing
6252 the values). Values outside the standard ASCII charset are stored by encoding
6253 then as hexadecimal values.
6258 my ($stem, @list) = @_;
6261 # VAR_n: how many we have. Scalar assignment gets the number of items.
6262 $ENV{"${stem}_n"} = @list;
6264 # Grab each item in the list, escape the backslashes, encode the non-ASCII
6265 # as hex, and then save in the appropriate VAR_0, VAR_1, etc.
6266 for $i (0 .. $#list) {
6268 $val =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
6269 $val =~ s/([\0-\37\177\200-\377])/"\\0x" . unpack('H2',$1)/eg;
6270 $ENV{"${stem}_$i"} = $val;
6271 } ## end for $i (0 .. $#list)
6272 } ## end sub set_list
6276 Reverse the set_list operation: grab VAR_n to see how many we should be getting
6277 back, and then pull VAR_0, VAR_1. etc. back out.
6284 my $n = delete $ENV{"${stem}_n"};
6286 for $i (0 .. $n - 1) {
6287 $val = delete $ENV{"${stem}_$i"};
6288 $val =~ s/\\((\\)|0x(..))/ $2 ? $2 : pack('H2', $3) /ge;
6292 } ## end sub get_list
6294 =head1 MISCELLANEOUS SIGNAL AND I/O MANAGEMENT
6298 The C<catch()> subroutine is the essence of fast and low-impact. We simply
6299 set an already-existing global scalar variable to a constant value. This
6300 avoids allocating any memory possibly in the middle of something that will
6301 get all confused if we do.
6307 return; # Put nothing on the stack - malloc/free land!
6312 C<warn> emits a warning, by joining together its arguments and printing
6313 them, with couple of fillips.
6315 If the composited message I<doesn't> end with a newline, we automatically
6316 add C<$!> and a newline to the end of the message. The subroutine expects $OUT
6317 to be set to the filehandle to be used to output warnings; it makes no
6318 assumptions about what filehandles are available.
6323 my ($msg) = join ("", @_);
6324 $msg .= ": $!\n" unless $msg =~ /\n$/;
6329 =head1 INITIALIZATION TTY SUPPORT
6331 =head2 C<reset_IN_OUT>
6333 This routine handles restoring the debugger's input and output filehandles
6334 after we've tried and failed to move them elsewhere. In addition, it assigns
6335 the debugger's output filehandle to $LINEINFO if it was already open there.
6340 my $switch_li = $LINEINFO eq $OUT;
6342 # If there's a term and it's able to get a new tty, try to get one.
6343 if ($term and $term->Features->{newTTY}) {
6344 ($IN, $OUT) = (shift, shift);
6345 $term->newTTY($IN, $OUT);
6348 # This term can't get a new tty now. Better luck later.
6350 &warn("Too late to set IN/OUT filehandles, enabled on next `R'!\n");
6353 # Set the filehndles up as they were.
6355 ($IN, $OUT) = (shift, shift);
6358 # Unbuffer the output filehandle.
6359 my $o = select $OUT;
6363 # Point LINEINFO to the same output filehandle if it was there before.
6364 $LINEINFO = $OUT if $switch_li;
6365 } ## end sub reset_IN_OUT
6367 =head1 OPTION SUPPORT ROUTINES
6369 The following routines are used to process some of the more complicated
6374 Sets the input and output filehandles to the specified files or pipes.
6375 If the terminal supports switching, we go ahead and do it. If not, and
6376 there's already a terminal in place, we save the information to take effect
6379 If there's no terminal yet (for instance, during debugger initialization),
6380 we go ahead and set C<$console> and C<$tty> to the file indicated.
6385 if (@_ and $term and $term->Features->{newTTY}) {
6386 # This terminal supports switching to a new TTY.
6387 # Can be a list of two files, or on string containing both names,
6389 # XXX Should this perhaps be an assignment from @_?
6390 my ($in, $out) = shift;
6392 # Split list apart if supplied.
6393 ($in, $out) = split /,/, $in, 2;
6396 # Use the same file for both input and output.
6400 # Open file onto the debugger's filehandles, if you can.
6401 open IN, $in or die "cannot open `$in' for read: $!";
6402 open OUT, ">$out" or die "cannot open `$out' for write: $!";
6404 # Swap to the new filehandles.
6405 reset_IN_OUT(\*IN, \*OUT);
6407 # Save the setting for later.
6409 } ## end if (@_ and $term and $term...
6411 # Terminal doesn't support new TTY, or doesn't support readline.
6412 # Can't do it now, try restarting.
6413 &warn("Too late to set TTY, enabled on next `R'!\n") if $term and @_;
6415 # Useful if done through PERLDB_OPTS:
6416 $console = $tty = shift if @_;
6418 # Return whatever the TTY is.
6424 Sets the C<$notty> global, controlling whether or not the debugger tries to
6425 get a terminal to read from. If called after a terminal is already in place,
6426 we save the value to use it if we're restarted.
6432 &warn("Too late to set noTTY, enabled on next `R'!\n") if @_;
6434 $notty = shift if @_;
6440 Sets the C<$rl> option variable. If 0, we use C<Term::ReadLine::Stub>
6441 (essentially, no C<readline> processing on this "terminal"). Otherwise, we
6442 use C<Term::ReadLine>. Can't be changed after a terminal's in place; we save
6443 the value in case a restart is done so we can change it then.
6449 &warn("Too late to set ReadLine, enabled on next `R'!\n") if @_;
6453 } ## end sub ReadLine
6455 =head2 C<RemotePort>
6457 Sets the port that the debugger will try to connect to when starting up.
6458 If the terminal's already been set up, we can't do it, but we remember the
6459 setting in case the user does a restart.
6465 &warn("Too late to set RemotePort, enabled on next 'R'!\n") if @_;
6467 $remoteport = shift if @_;
6469 } ## end sub RemotePort
6473 Checks with the terminal to see if C<Tk> is running, and returns true or
6474 false. Returns false if the current terminal doesn't support C<readline>.
6479 if (${ $term->Features }{tkRunning}) {
6480 return $term->tkRunning(@_);
6484 print $OUT "tkRunning not supported by current ReadLine package.\n";
6487 } ## end sub tkRunning
6491 Sets nonstop mode. If a terminal's already been set up, it's too late; the
6492 debugger remembers the setting in case you restart, though.
6498 &warn("Too late to set up NonStop mode, enabled on next `R'!\n")
6501 $runnonstop = shift if @_;
6503 } ## end sub NonStop
6507 Set up the C<$pager> variable. Adds a pipe to the front unless there's one
6515 $pager = "|" . $pager unless $pager =~ /^(\+?\>|\|)/;
6522 Sets the shell escape command, and generates a printable copy to be used
6529 # If we got an argument, meta-quote it, and add '\b' if it
6530 # ends in a word character.
6532 $sh = quotemeta shift;
6533 $sh .= "\\b" if $sh =~ /\w$/;
6536 # Generate the printable version for the help:
6537 $psh = $sh; # copy it
6538 $psh =~ s/\\b$//; # Take off trailing \b if any
6539 $psh =~ s/\\(.)/$1/g; # De-escape
6540 $psh; # return the printable version
6541 } ## end sub shellBang
6545 If the terminal has its own ornaments, fetch them. Otherwise accept whatever
6546 was passed as the argument. (This means you can't override the terminal's
6552 if (defined $term) {
6553 # We don't want to show warning backtraces, but we do want die() ones.
6554 local ($warnLevel, $dieLevel) = (0, 1);
6556 # No ornaments if the terminal doesn't support them.
6557 return '' unless $term->Features->{ornaments};
6558 eval { $term->ornaments(@_) } || '';
6561 # Use what was passed in if we can't determine it ourselves.
6565 } ## end sub ornaments
6567 =head2 C<recallCommand>
6569 Sets the recall command, and builds a printable version which will appear in
6576 # If there is input, metaquote it. Add '\b' if it ends with a word
6579 $rc = quotemeta shift;
6580 $rc .= "\\b" if $rc =~ /\w$/;
6583 # Build it into a printable version.
6584 $prc = $rc; # Copy it
6585 $prc =~ s/\\b$//; # Remove trailing \b
6586 $prc =~ s/\\(.)/$1/g; # Remove escapes
6587 $prc; # Return the printable version
6588 } ## end sub recallCommand
6590 =head2 C<LineInfo> - where the line number information goes
6592 Called with no arguments, returns the file or pipe that line info should go to.
6594 Called with an argument (a file or a pipe), it opens that onto the
6595 C<LINEINFO> filehandle, unbuffers the filehandle, and then returns the
6596 file or pipe again to the caller.
6601 return $lineinfo unless @_;
6604 # If this is a valid "thing to be opened for output", tack a
6605 # '>' onto the front.
6606 my $stream = ($lineinfo =~ /^(\+?\>|\|)/) ? $lineinfo : ">$lineinfo";
6608 # If this is a pipe, the stream points to a slave editor.
6609 $slave_editor = ($stream =~ /^\|/);
6611 # Open it up and unbuffer it.
6612 open(LINEINFO, "$stream") || &warn("Cannot open `$stream' for write");
6613 $LINEINFO = \*LINEINFO;
6614 my $save = select($LINEINFO);
6618 # Hand the file or pipe back again.
6620 } ## end sub LineInfo
6622 =head1 COMMAND SUPPORT ROUTINES
6624 These subroutines provide functionality for various commands.
6626 =head2 C<list_modules>
6628 For the C<M> command: list modules loaded and their versions.
6629 Essentially just runs through the keys in %INC, picks up the
6630 $VERSION package globals from each package, gets the file name, and formats the
6631 information for output.
6635 sub list_modules { # versions
6638 # keys are the "as-loaded" name, values are the fully-qualified path
6639 # to the file itself.
6641 $file = $_; # get the module name
6642 s,\.p[lm]$,,i; # remove '.pl' or '.pm'
6643 s,/,::,g; # change '/' to '::'
6644 s/^perl5db$/DB/; # Special case: debugger
6645 # moves to package DB
6646 s/^Term::ReadLine::readline$/readline/; # simplify readline
6648 # If the package has a $VERSION package global (as all good packages
6649 # should!) decode it and save as partial message.
6650 if (defined ${ $_ . '::VERSION' }) {
6651 $version{$file} = "${ $_ . '::VERSION' } from ";
6654 # Finish up the message with the file the package came from.
6655 $version{$file} .= $INC{$file};
6656 } ## end for (keys %INC)
6658 # Hey, dumpit() formats a hash nicely, so why not use it?
6659 dumpit($OUT, \%version);
6660 } ## end sub list_modules
6664 Sets up the monster string used to format and print the help.
6666 =head3 HELP MESSAGE FORMAT
6668 The help message is a peculiar format unto itself; it mixes C<pod> 'ornaments'
6669 (BE<lt>E<gt>, IE<gt>E<lt>) with tabs to come up with a format that's fairly
6670 easy to parse and portable, but which still allows the help to be a little
6671 nicer than just plain text.
6673 Essentially, you define the command name (usually marked up with BE<gt>E<lt>
6674 and IE<gt>E<lt>), followed by a tab, and then the descriptive text, ending in a newline. The descriptive text can also be marked up in the same way. If you
6675 need to continue the descriptive text to another line, start that line with
6676 just tabs and then enter the marked-up text.
6678 If you are modifying the help text, I<be careful>. The help-string parser is
6679 not very sophisticated, and if you don't follow these rules it will mangle the
6680 help beyond hope until you fix the string.
6686 # XXX: make sure there are tabs between the command and explanation,
6687 # or print_help will screw up your formatting if you have
6688 # eeevil ornaments enabled. This is an insane mess.
6691 Help is currently only available for the new 5.8 command set.
6692 No help is available for the old command set.
6693 We assume you know what you're doing if you switch to it.
6696 B<s> [I<expr>] Single step [in I<expr>].
6697 B<n> [I<expr>] Next, steps over subroutine calls [in I<expr>].
6698 <B<CR>> Repeat last B<n> or B<s> command.
6699 B<r> Return from current subroutine.
6700 B<c> [I<line>|I<sub>] Continue; optionally inserts a one-time-only breakpoint
6701 at the specified position.
6702 B<l> I<min>B<+>I<incr> List I<incr>+1 lines starting at I<min>.
6703 B<l> I<min>B<->I<max> List lines I<min> through I<max>.
6704 B<l> I<line> List single I<line>.
6705 B<l> I<subname> List first window of lines from subroutine.
6706 B<l> I<\$var> List first window of lines from subroutine referenced by I<\$var>.
6707 B<l> List next window of lines.
6708 B<-> List previous window of lines.
6709 B<v> [I<line>] View window around I<line>.
6710 B<.> Return to the executed line.
6711 B<f> I<filename> Switch to viewing I<filename>. File must be already loaded.
6712 I<filename> may be either the full name of the file, or a regular
6713 expression matching the full file name:
6714 B<f> I</home/me/foo.pl> and B<f> I<oo\\.> may access the same file.
6715 Evals (with saved bodies) are considered to be filenames:
6716 B<f> I<(eval 7)> and B<f> I<eval 7\\b> access the body of the 7th eval
6717 (in the order of execution).
6718 B</>I<pattern>B</> Search forwards for I<pattern>; final B</> is optional.
6719 B<?>I<pattern>B<?> Search backwards for I<pattern>; final B<?> is optional.
6720 B<L> [I<a|b|w>] List actions and or breakpoints and or watch-expressions.
6721 B<S> [[B<!>]I<pattern>] List subroutine names [not] matching I<pattern>.
6722 B<t> Toggle trace mode.
6723 B<t> I<expr> Trace through execution of I<expr>.
6724 B<b> Sets breakpoint on current line)
6725 B<b> [I<line>] [I<condition>]
6726 Set breakpoint; I<line> defaults to the current execution line;
6727 I<condition> breaks if it evaluates to true, defaults to '1'.
6728 B<b> I<subname> [I<condition>]
6729 Set breakpoint at first line of subroutine.
6730 B<b> I<\$var> Set breakpoint at first line of subroutine referenced by I<\$var>.
6731 B<b> B<load> I<filename> Set breakpoint on 'require'ing the given file.
6732 B<b> B<postpone> I<subname> [I<condition>]
6733 Set breakpoint at first line of subroutine after
6735 B<b> B<compile> I<subname>
6736 Stop after the subroutine is compiled.
6737 B<B> [I<line>] Delete the breakpoint for I<line>.
6738 B<B> I<*> Delete all breakpoints.
6739 B<a> [I<line>] I<command>
6740 Set an action to be done before the I<line> is executed;
6741 I<line> defaults to the current execution line.
6742 Sequence is: check for breakpoint/watchpoint, print line
6743 if necessary, do action, prompt user if necessary,
6746 B<A> [I<line>] Delete the action for I<line>.
6747 B<A> I<*> Delete all actions.
6748 B<w> I<expr> Add a global watch-expression.
6750 B<W> I<expr> Delete a global watch-expression.
6751 B<W> I<*> Delete all watch-expressions.
6752 B<V> [I<pkg> [I<vars>]] List some (default all) variables in package (default current).
6753 Use B<~>I<pattern> and B<!>I<pattern> for positive and negative regexps.
6754 B<X> [I<vars>] Same as \"B<V> I<currentpackage> [I<vars>]\".
6755 B<x> I<expr> Evals expression in list context, dumps the result.
6756 B<m> I<expr> Evals expression in list context, prints methods callable
6757 on the first element of the result.
6758 B<m> I<class> Prints methods callable via the given class.
6759 B<M> Show versions of loaded modules.
6760 B<y> [I<n> [I<Vars>]] List lexicals in higher scope <n>. Vars same as B<V>.
6762 B<<> ? List Perl commands to run before each prompt.
6763 B<<> I<expr> Define Perl command to run before each prompt.
6764 B<<<> I<expr> Add to the list of Perl commands to run before each prompt.
6765 B<< *> Delete the list of perl commands to run before each prompt.
6766 B<>> ? List Perl commands to run after each prompt.
6767 B<>> I<expr> Define Perl command to run after each prompt.
6768 B<>>B<>> I<expr> Add to the list of Perl commands to run after each prompt.
6769 B<>>B< *> Delete the list of Perl commands to run after each prompt.
6770 B<{> I<db_command> Define debugger command to run before each prompt.
6771 B<{> ? List debugger commands to run before each prompt.
6772 B<{ *> Delete the list of debugger commands to run before each prompt.
6773 B<{{> I<db_command> Add to the list of debugger commands to run before each prompt.
6774 B<$prc> I<number> Redo a previous command (default previous command).
6775 B<$prc> I<-number> Redo number'th-to-last command.
6776 B<$prc> I<pattern> Redo last command that started with I<pattern>.
6777 See 'B<O> I<recallCommand>' too.
6778 B<$psh$psh> I<cmd> Run cmd in a subprocess (reads from DB::IN, writes to DB::OUT)"
6783 B<$psh> [I<cmd>] Run I<cmd> in subshell (forces \"\$SHELL -c 'cmd'\")."
6786 See 'B<O> I<shellBang>' too.
6787 B<source> I<file> Execute I<file> containing debugger commands (may nest).
6788 B<H> I<-number> Display last number commands (default all).
6789 B<p> I<expr> Same as \"I<print {DB::OUT} expr>\" in current package.
6790 B<|>I<dbcmd> Run debugger command, piping DB::OUT to current pager.
6791 B<||>I<dbcmd> Same as B<|>I<dbcmd> but DB::OUT is temporarilly select()ed as well.
6792 B<\=> [I<alias> I<value>] Define a command alias, or list current aliases.
6793 I<command> Execute as a perl statement in current package.
6794 B<R> Pure-man-restart of debugger, some of debugger state
6795 and command-line options may be lost.
6796 Currently the following settings are preserved:
6797 history, breakpoints and actions, debugger B<O>ptions
6798 and the following command-line options: I<-w>, I<-I>, I<-e>.
6800 B<o> [I<opt>] ... Set boolean option to true
6801 B<o> [I<opt>B<?>] Query options
6802 B<o> [I<opt>B<=>I<val>] [I<opt>=B<\">I<val>B<\">] ...
6803 Set options. Use quotes in spaces in value.
6804 I<recallCommand>, I<ShellBang> chars used to recall command or spawn shell;
6805 I<pager> program for output of \"|cmd\";
6806 I<tkRunning> run Tk while prompting (with ReadLine);
6807 I<signalLevel> I<warnLevel> I<dieLevel> level of verbosity;
6808 I<inhibit_exit> Allows stepping off the end of the script.
6809 I<ImmediateStop> Debugger should stop as early as possible.
6810 I<RemotePort> Remote hostname:port for remote debugging
6811 The following options affect what happens with B<V>, B<X>, and B<x> commands:
6812 I<arrayDepth>, I<hashDepth> print only first N elements ('' for all);
6813 I<compactDump>, I<veryCompact> change style of array and hash dump;
6814 I<globPrint> whether to print contents of globs;
6815 I<DumpDBFiles> dump arrays holding debugged files;
6816 I<DumpPackages> dump symbol tables of packages;
6817 I<DumpReused> dump contents of \"reused\" addresses;
6818 I<quote>, I<HighBit>, I<undefPrint> change style of string dump;
6819 I<bareStringify> Do not print the overload-stringified value;
6820 Other options include:
6821 I<PrintRet> affects printing of return value after B<r> command,
6822 I<frame> affects printing messages on subroutine entry/exit.
6823 I<AutoTrace> affects printing messages on possible breaking points.
6824 I<maxTraceLen> gives max length of evals/args listed in stack trace.
6825 I<ornaments> affects screen appearance of the command line.
6826 I<CreateTTY> bits control attempts to create a new TTY on events:
6827 1: on fork() 2: debugger is started inside debugger
6829 During startup options are initialized from \$ENV{PERLDB_OPTS}.
6830 You can put additional initialization options I<TTY>, I<noTTY>,
6831 I<ReadLine>, I<NonStop>, and I<RemotePort> there (or use
6832 `B<R>' after you set them).
6834 B<q> or B<^D> Quit. Set B<\$DB::finished = 0> to debug global destruction.
6835 B<h> Summary of debugger commands.
6836 B<h> [I<db_command>] Get help [on a specific debugger command], enter B<|h> to page.
6837 B<h h> Long help for debugger commands
6838 B<$doccmd> I<manpage> Runs the external doc viewer B<$doccmd> command on the
6839 named Perl I<manpage>, or on B<$doccmd> itself if omitted.
6840 Set B<\$DB::doccmd> to change viewer.
6842 Type `|h h' for a paged display if this was too hard to read.
6844 "; # Fix balance of vi % matching: }}}}
6846 # note: tabs in the following section are not-so-helpful
6847 $summary = <<"END_SUM";
6848 I<List/search source lines:> I<Control script execution:>
6849 B<l> [I<ln>|I<sub>] List source code B<T> Stack trace
6850 B<-> or B<.> List previous/current line B<s> [I<expr>] Single step [in expr]
6851 B<v> [I<line>] View around line B<n> [I<expr>] Next, steps over subs
6852 B<f> I<filename> View source in file <B<CR>/B<Enter>> Repeat last B<n> or B<s>
6853 B</>I<pattern>B</> B<?>I<patt>B<?> Search forw/backw B<r> Return from subroutine
6854 B<M> Show module versions B<c> [I<ln>|I<sub>] Continue until position
6855 I<Debugger controls:> B<L> List break/watch/actions
6856 B<o> [...] Set debugger options B<t> [I<expr>] Toggle trace [trace expr]
6857 B<<>[B<<>]|B<{>[B<{>]|B<>>[B<>>] [I<cmd>] Do pre/post-prompt B<b> [I<ln>|I<event>|I<sub>] [I<cnd>] Set breakpoint
6858 B<$prc> [I<N>|I<pat>] Redo a previous command B<B> I<ln|*> Delete a/all breakpoints
6859 B<H> [I<-num>] Display last num commands B<a> [I<ln>] I<cmd> Do cmd before line
6860 B<=> [I<a> I<val>] Define/list an alias B<A> I<ln|*> Delete a/all actions
6861 B<h> [I<db_cmd>] Get help on command B<w> I<expr> Add a watch expression
6862 B<h h> Complete help page B<W> I<expr|*> Delete a/all watch exprs
6863 B<|>[B<|>]I<db_cmd> Send output to pager B<$psh>\[B<$psh>\] I<syscmd> Run cmd in a subprocess
6864 B<q> or B<^D> Quit B<R> Attempt a restart
6865 I<Data Examination:> B<expr> Execute perl code, also see: B<s>,B<n>,B<t> I<expr>
6866 B<x>|B<m> I<expr> Evals expr in list context, dumps the result or lists methods.
6867 B<p> I<expr> Print expression (uses script's current package).
6868 B<S> [[B<!>]I<pat>] List subroutine names [not] matching pattern
6869 B<V> [I<Pk> [I<Vars>]] List Variables in Package. Vars can be ~pattern or !pattern.
6870 B<X> [I<Vars>] Same as \"B<V> I<current_package> [I<Vars>]\".
6871 B<y> [I<n> [I<Vars>]] List lexicals in higher scope <n>. Vars same as B<V>.
6872 For more help, type B<h> I<cmd_letter>, or run B<$doccmd perldebug> for all docs.
6875 # ')}}; # Fix balance of vi % matching
6877 # and this is really numb...
6880 B<s> [I<expr>] Single step [in I<expr>].
6881 B<n> [I<expr>] Next, steps over subroutine calls [in I<expr>].
6882 B<CR>> Repeat last B<n> or B<s> command.
6883 B<r> Return from current subroutine.
6884 B<c> [I<line>|I<sub>] Continue; optionally inserts a one-time-only breakpoint
6885 at the specified position.
6886 B<l> I<min>B<+>I<incr> List I<incr>+1 lines starting at I<min>.
6887 B<l> I<min>B<->I<max> List lines I<min> through I<max>.
6888 B<l> I<line> List single I<line>.
6889 B<l> I<subname> List first window of lines from subroutine.
6890 B<l> I<\$var> List first window of lines from subroutine referenced by I<\$var>.
6891 B<l> List next window of lines.
6892 B<-> List previous window of lines.
6893 B<w> [I<line>] List window around I<line>.
6894 B<.> Return to the executed line.
6895 B<f> I<filename> Switch to viewing I<filename>. File must be already loaded.
6896 I<filename> may be either the full name of the file, or a regular
6897 expression matching the full file name:
6898 B<f> I</home/me/foo.pl> and B<f> I<oo\\.> may access the same file.
6899 Evals (with saved bodies) are considered to be filenames:
6900 B<f> I<(eval 7)> and B<f> I<eval 7\\b> access the body of the 7th eval
6901 (in the order of execution).
6902 B</>I<pattern>B</> Search forwards for I<pattern>; final B</> is optional.
6903 B<?>I<pattern>B<?> Search backwards for I<pattern>; final B<?> is optional.
6904 B<L> List all breakpoints and actions.
6905 B<S> [[B<!>]I<pattern>] List subroutine names [not] matching I<pattern>.
6906 B<t> Toggle trace mode.
6907 B<t> I<expr> Trace through execution of I<expr>.
6908 B<b> [I<line>] [I<condition>]
6909 Set breakpoint; I<line> defaults to the current execution line;
6910 I<condition> breaks if it evaluates to true, defaults to '1'.
6911 B<b> I<subname> [I<condition>]
6912 Set breakpoint at first line of subroutine.
6913 B<b> I<\$var> Set breakpoint at first line of subroutine referenced by I<\$var>.
6914 B<b> B<load> I<filename> Set breakpoint on `require'ing the given file.
6915 B<b> B<postpone> I<subname> [I<condition>]
6916 Set breakpoint at first line of subroutine after
6918 B<b> B<compile> I<subname>
6919 Stop after the subroutine is compiled.
6920 B<d> [I<line>] Delete the breakpoint for I<line>.
6921 B<D> Delete all breakpoints.
6922 B<a> [I<line>] I<command>
6923 Set an action to be done before the I<line> is executed;
6924 I<line> defaults to the current execution line.
6925 Sequence is: check for breakpoint/watchpoint, print line
6926 if necessary, do action, prompt user if necessary,
6928 B<a> [I<line>] Delete the action for I<line>.
6929 B<A> Delete all actions.
6930 B<W> I<expr> Add a global watch-expression.
6931 B<W> Delete all watch-expressions.
6932 B<V> [I<pkg> [I<vars>]] List some (default all) variables in package (default current).
6933 Use B<~>I<pattern> and B<!>I<pattern> for positive and negative regexps.
6934 B<X> [I<vars>] Same as \"B<V> I<currentpackage> [I<vars>]\".
6935 B<x> I<expr> Evals expression in list context, dumps the result.
6936 B<m> I<expr> Evals expression in list context, prints methods callable
6937 on the first element of the result.
6938 B<m> I<class> Prints methods callable via the given class.
6940 B<<> ? List Perl commands to run before each prompt.
6941 B<<> I<expr> Define Perl command to run before each prompt.
6942 B<<<> I<expr> Add to the list of Perl commands to run before each prompt.
6943 B<>> ? List Perl commands to run after each prompt.
6944 B<>> I<expr> Define Perl command to run after each prompt.
6945 B<>>B<>> I<expr> Add to the list of Perl commands to run after each prompt.
6946 B<{> I<db_command> Define debugger command to run before each prompt.
6947 B<{> ? List debugger commands to run before each prompt.
6948 B<{{> I<db_command> Add to the list of debugger commands to run before each prompt.
6949 B<$prc> I<number> Redo a previous command (default previous command).
6950 B<$prc> I<-number> Redo number'th-to-last command.
6951 B<$prc> I<pattern> Redo last command that started with I<pattern>.
6952 See 'B<O> I<recallCommand>' too.
6953 B<$psh$psh> I<cmd> Run cmd in a subprocess (reads from DB::IN, writes to DB::OUT)"
6958 B<$psh> [I<cmd>] Run I<cmd> in subshell (forces \"\$SHELL -c 'cmd'\")."
6961 See 'B<O> I<shellBang>' too.
6962 B<source> I<file> Execute I<file> containing debugger commands (may nest).
6963 B<H> I<-number> Display last number commands (default all).
6964 B<p> I<expr> Same as \"I<print {DB::OUT} expr>\" in current package.
6965 B<|>I<dbcmd> Run debugger command, piping DB::OUT to current pager.
6966 B<||>I<dbcmd> Same as B<|>I<dbcmd> but DB::OUT is temporarilly select()ed as well.
6967 B<\=> [I<alias> I<value>] Define a command alias, or list current aliases.
6968 I<command> Execute as a perl statement in current package.
6969 B<v> Show versions of loaded modules.
6970 B<R> Pure-man-restart of debugger, some of debugger state
6971 and command-line options may be lost.
6972 Currently the following settings are preserved:
6973 history, breakpoints and actions, debugger B<O>ptions
6974 and the following command-line options: I<-w>, I<-I>, I<-e>.
6976 B<O> [I<opt>] ... Set boolean option to true
6977 B<O> [I<opt>B<?>] Query options
6978 B<O> [I<opt>B<=>I<val>] [I<opt>=B<\">I<val>B<\">] ...
6979 Set options. Use quotes in spaces in value.
6980 I<recallCommand>, I<ShellBang> chars used to recall command or spawn shell;
6981 I<pager> program for output of \"|cmd\";
6982 I<tkRunning> run Tk while prompting (with ReadLine);
6983 I<signalLevel> I<warnLevel> I<dieLevel> level of verbosity;
6984 I<inhibit_exit> Allows stepping off the end of the script.
6985 I<ImmediateStop> Debugger should stop as early as possible.
6986 I<RemotePort> Remote hostname:port for remote debugging
6987 The following options affect what happens with B<V>, B<X>, and B<x> commands:
6988 I<arrayDepth>, I<hashDepth> print only first N elements ('' for all);
6989 I<compactDump>, I<veryCompact> change style of array and hash dump;
6990 I<globPrint> whether to print contents of globs;
6991 I<DumpDBFiles> dump arrays holding debugged files;
6992 I<DumpPackages> dump symbol tables of packages;
6993 I<DumpReused> dump contents of \"reused\" addresses;
6994 I<quote>, I<HighBit>, I<undefPrint> change style of string dump;
6995 I<bareStringify> Do not print the overload-stringified value;
6996 Other options include:
6997 I<PrintRet> affects printing of return value after B<r> command,
6998 I<frame> affects printing messages on subroutine entry/exit.
6999 I<AutoTrace> affects printing messages on possible breaking points.
7000 I<maxTraceLen> gives max length of evals/args listed in stack trace.
7001 I<ornaments> affects screen appearance of the command line.
7002 I<CreateTTY> bits control attempts to create a new TTY on events:
7003 1: on fork() 2: debugger is started inside debugger
7005 During startup options are initialized from \$ENV{PERLDB_OPTS}.
7006 You can put additional initialization options I<TTY>, I<noTTY>,
7007 I<ReadLine>, I<NonStop>, and I<RemotePort> there (or use
7008 `B<R>' after you set them).
7010 B<q> or B<^D> Quit. Set B<\$DB::finished = 0> to debug global destruction.
7011 B<h> [I<db_command>] Get help [on a specific debugger command], enter B<|h> to page.
7012 B<h h> Summary of debugger commands.
7013 B<$doccmd> I<manpage> Runs the external doc viewer B<$doccmd> command on the
7014 named Perl I<manpage>, or on B<$doccmd> itself if omitted.
7015 Set B<\$DB::doccmd> to change viewer.
7017 Type `|h' for a paged display if this was too hard to read.
7019 "; # Fix balance of vi % matching: }}}}
7021 # note: tabs in the following section are not-so-helpful
7022 $pre580_summary = <<"END_SUM";
7023 I<List/search source lines:> I<Control script execution:>
7024 B<l> [I<ln>|I<sub>] List source code B<T> Stack trace
7025 B<-> or B<.> List previous/current line B<s> [I<expr>] Single step [in expr]
7026 B<w> [I<line>] List around line B<n> [I<expr>] Next, steps over subs
7027 B<f> I<filename> View source in file <B<CR>/B<Enter>> Repeat last B<n> or B<s>
7028 B</>I<pattern>B</> B<?>I<patt>B<?> Search forw/backw B<r> Return from subroutine
7029 B<v> Show versions of modules B<c> [I<ln>|I<sub>] Continue until position
7030 I<Debugger controls:> B<L> List break/watch/actions
7031 B<O> [...] Set debugger options B<t> [I<expr>] Toggle trace [trace expr]
7032 B<<>[B<<>]|B<{>[B<{>]|B<>>[B<>>] [I<cmd>] Do pre/post-prompt B<b> [I<ln>|I<event>|I<sub>] [I<cnd>] Set breakpoint
7033 B<$prc> [I<N>|I<pat>] Redo a previous command B<d> [I<ln>] or B<D> Delete a/all breakpoints
7034 B<H> [I<-num>] Display last num commands B<a> [I<ln>] I<cmd> Do cmd before line
7035 B<=> [I<a> I<val>] Define/list an alias B<W> I<expr> Add a watch expression
7036 B<h> [I<db_cmd>] Get help on command B<A> or B<W> Delete all actions/watch
7037 B<|>[B<|>]I<db_cmd> Send output to pager B<$psh>\[B<$psh>\] I<syscmd> Run cmd in a subprocess
7038 B<q> or B<^D> Quit B<R> Attempt a restart
7039 I<Data Examination:> B<expr> Execute perl code, also see: B<s>,B<n>,B<t> I<expr>
7040 B<x>|B<m> I<expr> Evals expr in list context, dumps the result or lists methods.
7041 B<p> I<expr> Print expression (uses script's current package).
7042 B<S> [[B<!>]I<pat>] List subroutine names [not] matching pattern
7043 B<V> [I<Pk> [I<Vars>]] List Variables in Package. Vars can be ~pattern or !pattern.
7044 B<X> [I<Vars>] Same as \"B<V> I<current_package> [I<Vars>]\".
7045 B<y> [I<n> [I<Vars>]] List lexicals in higher scope <n>. Vars same as B<V>.
7046 For more help, type B<h> I<cmd_letter>, or run B<$doccmd perldebug> for all docs.
7049 # ')}}; # Fix balance of vi % matching
7051 } ## end sub sethelp
7053 =head2 C<print_help()>
7055 Most of what C<print_help> does is just text formatting. It finds the
7056 C<B> and C<I> ornaments, cleans them off, and substitutes the proper
7057 terminal control characters to simulate them (courtesy of
7058 <Term::ReadLine::TermCap>).
7065 # Restore proper alignment destroyed by eeevil I<> and B<>
7066 # ornaments: A pox on both their houses!
7068 # A help command will have everything up to and including
7069 # the first tab sequence padded into a field 16 (or if indented 20)
7070 # wide. If it's wider than that, an extra space will be added.
7072 ^ # only matters at start of line
7073 ( \040{4} | \t )* # some subcommands are indented
7074 ( < ? # so <CR> works
7075 [BI] < [^\t\n] + ) # find an eeevil ornament
7076 ( \t+ ) # original separation, discarded
7077 ( .* ) # this will now start (no earlier) than
7080 my($leadwhite, $command, $midwhite, $text) = ($1, $2, $3, $4);
7081 my $clean = $command;
7082 $clean =~ s/[BI]<([^>]*)>/$1/g;
7084 # replace with this whole string:
7085 ($leadwhite ? " " x 4 : "")
7087 . ((" " x (16 + ($leadwhite ? 4 : 0) - length($clean))) || " ")
7092 s{ # handle bold ornaments
7093 B < ( [^>] + | > ) >
7095 $Term::ReadLine::TermCap::rl_term_set[2]
7097 . $Term::ReadLine::TermCap::rl_term_set[3]
7100 s{ # handle italic ornaments
7101 I < ( [^>] + | > ) >
7103 $Term::ReadLine::TermCap::rl_term_set[0]
7105 . $Term::ReadLine::TermCap::rl_term_set[1]
7110 } ## end sub print_help
7114 This routine does a lot of gyrations to be sure that the pager is C<less>.
7115 It checks for C<less> masquerading as C<more> and records the result in
7116 C<$ENV{LESS}> so we don't have to go through doing the stats again.
7122 # We already know if this is set.
7123 return if defined $ENV{LESS} && $ENV{LESS} =~ /r/;
7125 # Pager is less for sure.
7126 my $is_less = $pager =~ /\bless\b/;
7127 if ($pager =~ /\bmore\b/) {
7128 # Nope, set to more. See what's out there.
7129 my @st_more = stat('/usr/bin/more');
7130 my @st_less = stat('/usr/bin/less');
7132 # is it really less, pretending to be more?
7133 $is_less = @st_more &&
7135 $st_more[0] == $st_less[0] &&
7136 $st_more[1] == $st_less[1];
7137 } ## end if ($pager =~ /\bmore\b/)
7139 # changes environment!
7140 # 'r' added so we don't do (slow) stats again.
7141 $ENV{LESS} .= 'r' if $is_less;
7142 } ## end sub fix_less
7144 =head1 DIE AND WARN MANAGEMENT
7148 C<diesignal> is a just-drop-dead C<die> handler. It's most useful when trying
7149 to debug a debugger problem.
7151 It does its best to report the error that occurred, and then forces the
7152 program, debugger, and everything to die.
7157 # No entry/exit messages.
7160 # No return value prints.
7163 # set the abort signal handling to the default (just terminate).
7164 $SIG{'ABRT'} = 'DEFAULT';
7166 # If we enter the signal handler recursively, kill myself with an
7167 # abort signal (so we just terminate).
7168 kill 'ABRT', $$ if $panic++;
7170 # If we can show detailed info, do so.
7171 if (defined &Carp::longmess) {
7172 # Don't recursively enter the warn handler, since we're carping.
7173 local $SIG{__WARN__} = '';
7175 # Skip two levels before reporting traceback: we're skipping
7176 # mydie and confess.
7177 local $Carp::CarpLevel = 2; # mydie + confess
7179 # Tell us all about it.
7180 &warn(Carp::longmess("Signal @_"));
7183 # No Carp. Tell us about the signal as best we can.
7186 print $DB::OUT "Got signal @_\n";
7191 } ## end sub diesignal
7195 The debugger's own default C<$SIG{__WARN__}> handler. We load C<Carp> to
7196 be able to get a stack trace, and output the warning message vi C<DB::dbwarn()>.
7201 # No entry/exit trace.
7204 # No return value printing.
7207 # Turn off warn and die handling to prevent recursive entries to this
7209 local $SIG{__WARN__} = '';
7210 local $SIG{__DIE__} = '';
7212 # Load Carp if we can. If $^S is false (current thing being compiled isn't
7213 # done yet), we may not be able to do a require.
7214 eval { require Carp }
7215 if defined $^S; # If error/warning during compilation,
7216 # require may be broken.
7218 # Use the core warn() unless Carp loaded OK.
7220 "\nCannot print stack trace, load with -MCarp option to see stack"),
7222 unless defined &Carp::longmess;
7224 # Save the current values of $single and $trace, and then turn them off.
7225 my ($mysingle, $mytrace) = ($single, $trace);
7229 # We can call Carp::longmess without its being "debugged" (which we
7230 # don't want - we just want to use it!). Capture this for later.
7231 my $mess = Carp::longmess(@_);
7233 # Restore $single and $trace to their original values.
7234 ($single, $trace) = ($mysingle, $mytrace);
7236 # Use the debugger's own special way of printing warnings to print
7237 # the stack trace message.
7243 The debugger's own C<$SIG{__DIE__}> handler. Handles providing a stack trace
7244 by loading C<Carp> and calling C<Carp::longmess()> to get it. We turn off
7245 single stepping and tracing during the call to C<Carp::longmess> to avoid
7246 debugging it - we just want to use it.
7248 If C<dieLevel> is zero, we let the program being debugged handle the
7249 exceptions. If it's 1, you get backtraces for any exception. If it's 2,
7250 the debugger takes over all exception handling, printing a backtrace and
7251 displaying the exception via its C<dbwarn()> routine.
7258 local $SIG{__DIE__} = '';
7259 local $SIG{__WARN__} = '';
7263 if ($dieLevel > 2) {
7264 local $SIG{__WARN__} = \&dbwarn;
7265 &warn(@_); # Yell no matter what
7268 if ($dieLevel < 2) {
7269 die @_ if $^S; # in eval propagate
7272 # The code used to check $^S to see if compiliation of the current thing
7273 # hadn't finished. We don't do it anymore, figuring eval is pretty stable.
7274 eval { require Carp };
7277 "\nCannot print stack trace, load with -MCarp option to see stack")
7278 unless defined &Carp::longmess;
7280 # We do not want to debug this chunk (automatic disabling works
7281 # inside DB::DB, but not in Carp). Save $single and $trace, turn them off,
7282 # get the stack trace from Carp::longmess (if possible), restore $signal
7283 # and $trace, and then die with the stack trace.
7284 my ($mysingle, $mytrace) = ($single, $trace);
7290 package Carp; # Do not include us in the list
7291 eval { $mess = Carp::longmess(@_); };
7293 ($single, $trace) = ($mysingle, $mytrace);
7297 =head2 C<warnlevel()>
7299 Set the C<$DB::warnLevel> variable that stores the value of the
7300 C<warnLevel> option. Calling C<warnLevel()> with a positive value
7301 results in the debugger taking over all warning handlers. Setting
7302 C<warnLevel> to zero leaves any warning handlers set up by the program
7303 being debugged in place.
7309 $prevwarn = $SIG{__WARN__} unless $warnLevel;
7312 $SIG{__WARN__} = \&DB::dbwarn;
7315 $SIG{__WARN__} = $prevwarn;
7319 } ## end sub warnLevel
7323 Similar to C<warnLevel>. Non-zero values for C<dieLevel> result in the
7324 C<DB::dbdie()> function overriding any other C<die()> handler. Setting it to
7325 zero lets you use your own C<die()> handler.
7332 $prevdie = $SIG{__DIE__} unless $dieLevel;
7335 # Always set it to dbdie() for non-zero values.
7336 $SIG{__DIE__} = \&DB::dbdie; # if $dieLevel < 2;
7338 # No longer exists, so don't try to use it.
7339 #$SIG{__DIE__} = \&DB::diehard if $dieLevel >= 2;
7341 # If we've finished initialization, mention that stack dumps
7342 # are enabled, If dieLevel is 1, we won't stack dump if we die
7344 print $OUT "Stack dump during die enabled",
7345 ($dieLevel == 1 ? " outside of evals" : ""), ".\n"
7348 # XXX This is probably obsolete, given that diehard() is gone.
7349 print $OUT "Dump printed too.\n" if $dieLevel > 2;
7350 } ## end if ($dieLevel)
7352 # Put the old one back if there was one.
7354 $SIG{__DIE__} = $prevdie;
7355 print $OUT "Default die handler restored.\n";
7359 } ## end sub dieLevel
7361 =head2 C<signalLevel>
7363 Number three in a series: set C<signalLevel> to zero to keep your own
7364 signal handler for C<SIGSEGV> and/or C<SIGBUS>. Otherwise, the debugger
7365 takes over and handles them with C<DB::diesignal()>.
7371 $prevsegv = $SIG{SEGV} unless $signalLevel;
7372 $prevbus = $SIG{BUS} unless $signalLevel;
7373 $signalLevel = shift;
7375 $SIG{SEGV} = \&DB::diesignal;
7376 $SIG{BUS} = \&DB::diesignal;
7379 $SIG{SEGV} = $prevsegv;
7380 $SIG{BUS} = $prevbus;
7384 } ## end sub signalLevel
7386 =head1 SUBROUTINE DECODING SUPPORT
7388 These subroutines are used during the C<x> and C<X> commands to try to
7389 produce as much information as possible about a code reference. They use
7390 L<Devel::Peek> to try to find the glob in which this code reference lives
7391 (if it does) - this allows us to actually code references which correspond
7392 to named subroutines (including those aliased via glob assignment).
7394 =head2 C<CvGV_name()>
7396 Wrapper for X<CvGV_name_or_bust>; tries to get the name of a reference
7397 via that routine. If this fails, return the reference again (when the
7398 reference is stringified, it'll come out as "SOMETHING(0X...)").
7404 my $name = CvGV_name_or_bust($in);
7405 defined $name ? $name : $in;
7408 =head2 C<CvGV_name_or_bust> I<coderef>
7410 Calls L<Devel::Peek> to try to find the glob the ref lives in; returns
7411 C<undef> if L<Devel::Peek> can't be loaded, or if C<Devel::Peek::CvGV> can't
7412 find a glob for this ref.
7414 Returns "I<package>::I<glob name>" if the code ref is found in a glob.
7418 sub CvGV_name_or_bust {
7420 return if $skipCvGV; # Backdoor to avoid problems if XS broken...
7421 return unless ref $in;
7422 $in = \&$in; # Hard reference...
7423 eval { require Devel::Peek; 1 } or return;
7424 my $gv = Devel::Peek::CvGV($in) or return;
7425 *$gv{PACKAGE} . '::' . *$gv{NAME};
7426 } ## end sub CvGV_name_or_bust
7430 A utility routine used in various places; finds the file where a subroutine
7431 was defined, and returns that filename and a line-number range.
7433 Tries to use X<@sub> first; if it can't find it there, it tries building a
7434 reference to the subroutine and uses X<CvGV_name_or_bust> to locate it,
7435 loading it into X<@sub> as a side effect (XXX I think). If it can't find it
7436 this way, it brute-force searches X<%sub>, checking for identical references.
7443 return unless defined &$subr;
7444 my $name = CvGV_name_or_bust($subr);
7446 $data = $sub{$name} if defined $name;
7447 return $data if defined $data;
7450 $subr = \&$subr; # Hard reference
7453 $s = $_, last if $subr eq \&$_;
7457 } ## end sub find_sub
7461 A subroutine that uses the utility function X<methods_via> to find all the
7462 methods in the class corresponding to the current reference and in
7469 # Figure out the class - either this is the class or it's a reference
7470 # to something blessed into that class.
7472 $class = ref $class if ref $class;
7477 # Show the methods that this class has.
7478 methods_via($class, '', 1);
7480 # Show the methods that UNIVERSAL has.
7481 methods_via('UNIVERSAL', 'UNIVERSAL', 0);
7482 } ## end sub methods
7484 =head2 C<methods_via($class, $prefix, $crawl_upward)>
7486 C<methods_via> does the work of crawling up the C<@ISA> tree and reporting
7487 all the parent class methods. C<$class> is the name of the next class to
7488 try; C<$prefix> is the message prefix, which gets built up as we go up the
7489 C<@ISA> tree to show parentage; C<$crawl_upward> is 1 if we should try to go
7490 higher in the C<@ISA> tree, 0 if we should stop.
7495 # If we've processed this class already, just quit.
7498 # XXX This may be a bug - no other references to %packs.
7499 return if $packs{$class}++;
7501 # This is a package that is contributing the methods we're about to print.
7503 my $prepend = $prefix ? "via $prefix: " : '';
7507 # Keep if this is a defined subroutine in this class.
7508 grep { defined &{ ${"${class}::"}{$_} } }
7509 # Extract from all the symbols in this class.
7510 sort keys %{"${class}::"}
7512 # XXX This should probably be %packs (or %packs should be %seen).
7513 next if $seen{$name}++;
7516 print $DB::OUT "$prepend$name\n";
7517 } ## end for $name (grep { defined...
7519 # If the $crawl_upward argument is false, just quit here.
7520 return unless shift;
7522 # $crawl_upward true: keep going up the tree.
7523 # Find all the classes this one is a subclass of.
7524 for $name (@{"${class}::ISA"}) {
7525 # Set up the new prefix.
7526 $prepend = $prefix ? $prefix . " -> $name" : $name;
7527 # Crawl up the tree and keep trying to crawl up.
7528 methods_via($name, $prepend, 1);
7530 } ## end sub methods_via
7532 =head2 C<setman> - figure out which command to use to show documentation
7534 Just checks the contents of C<$^O> and sets the C<$doccmd> global accordingly.
7540 $^O !~ /^(?:MSWin32|VMS|os2|dos|amigaos|riscos|MacOS|NetWare)\z/s
7541 ? "man" # O Happy Day!
7542 : "perldoc"; # Alas, poor unfortunates
7545 =head2 C<runman> - run the appropriate command to show documentation
7547 Accepts a man page name; runs the appropriate command to display it (set up
7548 during debugger initialization). Uses C<DB::system> to avoid mucking up the
7549 program's STDIN and STDOUT.
7556 &system("$doccmd $doccmd");
7560 # this way user can override, like with $doccmd="man -Mwhatever"
7561 # or even just "man " to disable the path check.
7562 unless ($doccmd eq 'man') {
7563 &system("$doccmd $page");
7567 $page = 'perl' if lc($page) eq 'help';
7570 my $man1dir = $Config::Config{'man1dir'};
7571 my $man3dir = $Config::Config{'man3dir'};
7572 for ($man1dir, $man3dir) { s#/[^/]*\z## if /\S/ }
7574 $manpath .= "$man1dir:" if $man1dir =~ /\S/;
7575 $manpath .= "$man3dir:" if $man3dir =~ /\S/ && $man1dir ne $man3dir;
7576 chop $manpath if $manpath;
7578 # harmless if missing, I figure
7579 my $oldpath = $ENV{MANPATH};
7580 $ENV{MANPATH} = $manpath if $manpath;
7581 my $nopathopt = $^O =~ /dunno what goes here/;
7586 # I just *know* there are men without -M
7587 (($manpath && !$nopathopt) ? ("-M", $manpath) : ()),
7592 unless ($page =~ /^perl\w/) {
7594 grep { $page eq $_ }
7596 5004delta 5005delta amiga api apio book boot bot call compile
7597 cygwin data dbmfilter debug debguts delta diag doc dos dsc embed
7598 faq faq1 faq2 faq3 faq4 faq5 faq6 faq7 faq8 faq9 filter fork
7599 form func guts hack hist hpux intern ipc lexwarn locale lol mod
7600 modinstall modlib number obj op opentut os2 os390 pod port
7601 ref reftut run sec style sub syn thrtut tie toc todo toot tootc
7602 trap unicode var vms win32 xs xstut
7607 CORE::system($doccmd,
7608 (($manpath && !$nopathopt) ? ("-M", $manpath) : ()),
7610 } ## end if (grep { $page eq $_...
7611 } ## end unless ($page =~ /^perl\w/)
7612 } ## end if (CORE::system($doccmd...
7613 if (defined $oldpath) {
7614 $ENV{MANPATH} = $manpath;
7617 delete $ENV{MANPATH};
7621 #use Carp; # This did break, left for debugging
7623 =head1 DEBUGGER INITIALIZATION - THE SECOND BEGIN BLOCK
7625 Because of the way the debugger interface to the Perl core is designed, any
7626 debugger package globals that C<DB::sub()> requires have to be defined before
7627 any subroutines can be called. These are defined in the second C<BEGIN> block.
7629 This block sets things up so that (basically) the world is sane
7630 before the debugger starts executing. We set up various variables that the
7631 debugger has to have set up before the Perl core starts running:
7635 =item * The debugger's own filehandles (copies of STD and STDOUT for now).
7637 =item * Characters for shell escapes, the recall command, and the history command.
7639 =item * The maximum recursion depth.
7641 =item * The size of a C<w> command's window.
7643 =item * The before-this-line context to be printed in a C<v> (view a window around this line) command.
7645 =item * The fact that we're not in a sub at all right now.
7647 =item * The default SIGINT handler for the debugger.
7649 =item * The appropriate value of the flag in C<$^D> that says the debugger is running
7651 =item * The current debugger recursion level
7653 =item * The list of postponed (XXX define) items and the C<$single> stack
7655 =item * That we want no return values and no subroutine entry/exit trace.
7661 # The following BEGIN is very handy if debugger goes havoc, debugging debugger?
7663 BEGIN { # This does not compile, alas. (XXX eh?)
7664 $IN = \*STDIN; # For bugs before DB::OUT has been opened
7665 $OUT = \*STDERR; # For errors before DB::OUT has been opened
7667 # Define characters used by command parsing.
7668 $sh = '!'; # Shell escape (does not work)
7669 $rc = ','; # Recall command (does not work)
7670 @hist = ('?'); # Show history (does not work)
7672 # This defines the point at which you get the 'deep recursion'
7673 # warning. It MUST be defined or the debugger will not load.
7676 # Number of lines around the current one that are shown in the
7680 # How much before-the-current-line context the 'v' command should
7681 # use in calculating the start of the window it will display.
7684 # We're not in any sub yet, but we need this to be a defined value.
7687 # Set up the debugger's interrupt handler. It simply sets a flag
7688 # ($signal) that DB::DB() will check before each command is executed.
7689 $SIG{INT} = \&DB::catch;
7691 # The following lines supposedly, if uncommented, allow the debugger to
7692 # debug itself. Perhaps we can try that someday.
7693 # This may be enabled to debug debugger:
7694 #$warnLevel = 1 unless defined $warnLevel;
7695 #$dieLevel = 1 unless defined $dieLevel;
7696 #$signalLevel = 1 unless defined $signalLevel;
7698 # This is the flag that says "a debugger is running, please call
7699 # DB::DB and DB::sub". We will turn it on forcibly before we try to
7700 # execute anything in the user's context, because we always want to
7702 $db_stop = 0; # Compiler warning ...
7703 $db_stop = 1 << 30; # ... because this is only used in an eval() later.
7705 # This variable records how many levels we're nested in debugging. Used
7706 # Used in the debugger prompt, and in determining whether it's all over or
7708 $level = 0; # Level of recursive debugging
7710 # "Triggers bug (?) in perl if we postpone this until runtime."
7711 # XXX No details on this yet, or whether we should fix the bug instead
7712 # of work around it. Stay tuned.
7713 @postponed = @stack = (0);
7715 # Used to track the current stack depth using the auto-stacked-variable
7717 $stack_depth = 0; # Localized repeatedly; simple way to track $#stack
7719 # Don't print return values on exiting a subroutine.
7722 # No extry/exit tracing.
7727 BEGIN { $^W = $ini_warn; } # Switch warnings back
7729 =head1 READLINE SUPPORT - COMPLETION FUNCTION
7733 C<readline> support - adds command completion to basic C<readline>.
7735 Returns a list of possible completions to C<readline> when invoked. C<readline>
7736 will print the longest common substring following the text already entered.
7738 If there is only a single possible completion, C<readline> will use it in full.
7740 This code uses C<map> and C<grep> heavily to create lists of possible
7741 completion. Think LISP in this section.
7747 # Specific code for b c l V m f O, &blah, $blah, @blah, %blah
7748 # $text is the text to be completed.
7749 # $line is the incoming line typed by the user.
7750 # $start is the start of the text to be completed in the incoming line.
7751 my ($text, $line, $start) = @_;
7753 # Save the initial text.
7754 # The search pattern is current package, ::, extract the next qualifier
7755 # Prefix and pack are set to undef.
7756 my ($itext, $search, $prefix, $pack) =
7757 ($text, "^\Q${'package'}::\E([^:]+)\$");
7759 =head3 C<b postpone|compile>
7763 =item * Find all the subroutines that might match in this package
7765 =item * Add "postpone", "load", and "compile" as possibles (we may be completing the keyword itself
7767 =item * Include all the rest of the subs that are known
7769 =item * C<grep> out the ones that match the text we have so far
7771 =item * Return this as the list of possible completions
7777 return sort grep /^\Q$text/, (keys %sub),
7778 qw(postpone load compile), # subroutines
7779 (map { /$search/ ? ($1) : () } keys %sub)
7780 if (substr $line, 0, $start) =~ /^\|*[blc]\s+((postpone|compile)\s+)?$/;
7784 Get all the possible files from @INC as it currently stands and
7785 select the ones that match the text so far.
7789 return sort grep /^\Q$text/, values %INC # files
7790 if (substr $line, 0, $start) =~ /^\|*b\s+load\s+$/;
7792 =head3 C<V> (list variable) and C<m> (list modules)
7794 There are two entry points for these commands:
7796 =head4 Unqualified package names
7798 Get the top-level packages and grab everything that matches the text
7799 so far. For each match, recursively complete the partial packages to
7800 get all possible matching packages. Return this sorted list.
7804 return sort map { ($_, db_complete($_ . "::", "V ", 2)) }
7805 grep /^\Q$text/, map { /^(.*)::$/ ? ($1) : () } keys %:: # top-packages
7806 if (substr $line, 0, $start) =~ /^\|*[Vm]\s+$/ and $text =~ /^\w*$/;
7808 =head4 Qualified package names
7810 Take a partially-qualified package and find all subpackages for it
7811 by getting all the subpackages for the package so far, matching all
7812 the subpackages against the text, and discarding all of them which
7813 start with 'main::'. Return this list.
7817 return sort map { ($_, db_complete($_ . "::", "V ", 2)) }
7818 grep !/^main::/, grep /^\Q$text/,
7819 map { /^(.*)::$/ ? ($prefix . "::$1") : () } keys %{ $prefix . '::' }
7820 if (substr $line, 0, $start) =~ /^\|*[Vm]\s+$/
7821 and $text =~ /^(.*[^:])::?(\w*)$/
7824 =head3 C<f> - switch files
7826 Here, we want to get a fully-qualified filename for the C<f> command.
7831 =item 1. The original source file itself
7833 =item 2. A file from C<@INC>
7835 =item 3. An C<eval> (the debugger gets a C<(eval N)> fake file for each C<eval>).
7841 if ($line =~ /^\|*f\s+(.*)/) { # Loaded files
7842 # We might possibly want to switch to an eval (which has a "filename"
7843 # like '(eval 9)'), so we may need to clean up the completion text
7844 # before proceeding.
7845 $prefix = length($1) - length($text);
7850 Under the debugger, source files are represented as C<_E<lt>/fullpath/to/file>
7851 (C<eval>s are C<_E<lt>(eval NNN)>) keys in C<%main::>. We pull all of these
7852 out of C<%main::>, add the initial source file, and extract the ones that
7853 match the completion text so far.
7858 map { substr $_, 2 + $prefix } grep /^_<\Q$text/, (keys %main::),
7860 } ## end if ($line =~ /^\|*f\s+(.*)/)
7862 =head3 Subroutine name completion
7864 We look through all of the defined subs (the keys of C<%sub>) and
7865 return both all the possible matches to the subroutine name plus
7866 all the matches qualified to the current package.
7870 if ((substr $text, 0, 1) eq '&') { # subroutines
7871 $text = substr $text, 1;
7873 return sort map "$prefix$_", grep /^\Q$text/, (keys %sub),
7875 map { /$search/ ? ($1) : () }
7878 } ## end if ((substr $text, 0, ...
7880 =head3 Scalar, array, and hash completion: partially qualified package
7882 Much like the above, except we have to do a little more cleanup:
7888 if ($text =~ /^[\$@%](.*)::(.*)/) { # symbols in a package
7892 =item * Determine the package that the symbol is in. Put it in C<::> (effectively C<main::>) if no package is specified.
7896 $pack = ($1 eq 'main' ? '' : $1) . '::';
7900 =item * Figure out the prefix vs. what needs completing.
7904 $prefix = (substr $text, 0, 1) . $1 . '::';
7909 =item * Look through all the symbols in the package. C<grep> out all the possible hashes/arrays/scalars, and then C<grep> the possible matches out of those. C<map> the prefix onto all the possibilities.
7913 my @out = map "$prefix$_", grep /^\Q$text/, grep /^_?[a-zA-Z]/,
7918 =item * If there's only one hit, and it's a package qualifier, and it's not equal to the initial text, re-complete it using the symbol we actually found.
7922 if (@out == 1 and $out[0] =~ /::$/ and $out[0] ne $itext) {
7923 return db_complete($out[0], $line, $start);
7926 # Return the list of possibles.
7929 } ## end if ($text =~ /^[\$@%](.*)::(.*)/)
7935 =head3 Symbol completion: current package or package C<main>.
7942 if ($text =~ /^[\$@%]/) { # symbols (in $package + packages in main)
7946 =item * If it's C<main>, delete main to just get C<::> leading.
7950 $pack = ($package eq 'main' ? '' : $package) . '::';
7954 =item * We set the prefix to the item's sigil, and trim off the sigil to get the text to be completed.
7958 $prefix = substr $text, 0, 1;
7959 $text = substr $text, 1;
7963 =item * If the package is C<::> (C<main>), create an empty list; if it's something else, create a list of all the packages known. Append whichever list to a list of all the possible symbols in the current package. C<grep> out the matches to the text entered so far, then C<map> the prefix back onto the symbols.
7967 my @out = map "$prefix$_", grep /^\Q$text/,
7968 (grep /^_?[a-zA-Z]/, keys %$pack),
7969 ($pack eq '::' ? () : (grep /::$/, keys %::));
7971 =item * If there's only one hit, it's a package qualifier, and it's not equal to the initial text, recomplete using this symbol.
7977 if (@out == 1 and $out[0] =~ /::$/ and $out[0] ne $itext) {
7978 return db_complete($out[0], $line, $start);
7981 # Return the list of possibles.
7983 } ## end if ($text =~ /^[\$@%]/)
7987 We use C<option_val()> to look up the current value of the option. If there's
7988 only a single value, we complete the command in such a way that it is a
7989 complete command for setting the option in question. If there are multiple
7990 possible values, we generate a command consisting of the option plus a trailing
7991 question mark, which, if executed, will list the current value of the option.
7995 # Say, didn't the option command's character change?)
7996 # XXX Yes it did. Fix the following pattern match to correct the problem.
7997 # XXX This is a bug.
7998 if ((substr $line, 0, $start) =~ /^\|*O\b.*\s$/) { # Options after a space
7999 # We look for the text to be matched in the list of possible options,
8000 # and fetch the current value.
8001 my @out = grep /^\Q$text/, @options;
8002 my $val = option_val($out[0], undef);
8004 # Set up a 'query option's value' command.
8006 if (not defined $val or $val =~ /[\n\r]/) {
8007 # There's really nothing else we can do.
8010 # We have a value. Create a proper option-setting command.
8011 elsif ($val =~ /\s/) {
8012 # XXX This may be an extraneous variable.
8015 # We'll want to quote the string (because of the embedded
8016 # whtespace), but we want to make sure we don't end up with
8017 # mismatched quote characters. We try several possibilities.
8018 foreach $l (split //, qq/\"\'\#\|/) {
8019 # If we didn't find this quote character in the value,
8020 # quote it using this quote character.
8021 $out = "$l$val$l ", last if (index $val, $l) == -1;
8023 } ## end elsif ($val =~ /\s/)
8025 # Don't need any quotes.
8030 # If there were multiple possible values, return '? ', which
8031 # makes the command into a query command. If there was just one,
8032 # have readline append that.
8033 $rl_attribs->{completer_terminator_character} =
8034 (@out == 1 ? $out : '? ');
8036 # Return list of possibilities.
8038 } ## end if ((substr $line, 0, ...
8040 =head3 Filename completion
8042 For entering filenames. We simply call C<readline>'s C<filename_list()>
8043 method with the completion text to get the possible completions.
8047 return $term->filename_list($text); # filenames
8049 } ## end sub db_complete
8051 =head1 MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
8053 Functions that possibly ought to be somewhere else.
8063 print $OUT "Use `q' to quit or `R' to restart. `h q' for details.\n";
8068 If we have $ini_pids, save it in the environment; else remove it from the
8069 environment. Used by the C<R> (restart) command.
8074 if (defined($ini_pids)) {
8075 $ENV{PERLDB_PIDS} = $ini_pids;
8078 delete($ENV{PERLDB_PIDS});
8080 } ## end sub clean_ENV
8082 =head1 END PROCESSING - THE C<END> BLOCK
8084 Come here at the very end of processing. We want to go into a
8085 loop where we allow the user to enter commands and interact with the
8086 debugger, but we don't want anything else to execute.
8088 First we set the C<$finished> variable, so that some commands that
8089 shouldn't be run after the end of program quit working.
8091 We then figure out whether we're truly done (as in the user entered a C<q>
8092 command, or we finished execution while running nonstop). If we aren't,
8093 we set C<$single> to 1 (causing the debugger to get control again).
8095 We then call C<DB::fake::at_exit()>, which returns the C<Use 'q' to quit ...">
8096 message and returns control to the debugger. Repeat.
8098 When the user finally enters a C<q> command, C<$fall_off_end> is set to
8099 1 and the C<END> block simply exits with C<$single> set to 0 (don't
8100 break, run to completion.).
8105 $finished = 1 if $inhibit_exit; # So that some commands may be disabled.
8106 $fall_off_end = 1 unless $inhibit_exit;
8108 # Do not stop in at_exit() and destructors on exit:
8109 $DB::single = !$fall_off_end && !$runnonstop;
8110 DB::fake::at_exit() unless $fall_off_end or $runnonstop;
8113 =head1 PRE-5.8 COMMANDS
8115 Some of the commands changed function quite a bit in the 5.8 command
8116 realignment, so much so that the old code had to be replaced completely.
8117 Because we wanted to retain the option of being able to go back to the
8118 former command set, we moved the old code off to this section.
8120 There's an awful lot of duplicated code here. We've duplicated the
8121 comments to keep things clear.
8125 Does nothing. Used to 'turn off' commands.
8129 sub cmd_pre580_null {
8134 =head2 Old C<a> command.
8136 This version added actions if you supplied them, and deleted them
8145 # Argument supplied. Add the action.
8146 if ($cmd =~ /^(\d*)\s*(.*)/) {
8148 # If the line isn't there, use the current line.
8152 # If there is an action ...
8155 # ... but the line isn't breakable, skip it.
8156 if ($dbline[$i] == 0) {
8157 print $OUT "Line $i may not have an action.\n";
8160 # ... and the line is breakable:
8161 # Mark that there's an action in this file.
8162 $had_breakpoints{$filename} |= 2;
8164 # Delete any current action.
8165 $dbline{$i} =~ s/\0[^\0]*//;
8167 # Add the new action, continuing the line as needed.
8168 $dbline{$i} .= "\0" . action($j);
8170 } ## end if (length $j)
8172 # No action supplied.
8174 # Delete the action.
8175 $dbline{$i} =~ s/\0[^\0]*//;
8176 # Mark as having no break or action if nothing's left.
8177 delete $dbline{$i} if $dbline{$i} eq '';
8179 } ## end if ($cmd =~ /^(\d*)\s*(.*)/)
8180 } ## end sub cmd_pre580_a
8182 =head2 Old C<b> command
8194 if ($cmd =~ /^load\b\s*(.*)/) {
8200 # b compile|postpone <some sub> [<condition>]
8201 # The interpreter actually traps this one for us; we just put the
8202 # necessary condition in the %postponed hash.
8203 elsif ($cmd =~ /^(postpone|compile)\b\s*([':A-Za-z_][':\w]*)\s*(.*)/) {
8204 # Capture the condition if there is one. Make it true if none.
8205 my $cond = length $3 ? $3 : '1';
8207 # Save the sub name and set $break to 1 if $1 was 'postpone', 0
8208 # if it was 'compile'.
8209 my ($subname, $break) = ($2, $1 eq 'postpone');
8211 # De-Perl4-ify the name - ' separators to ::.
8212 $subname =~ s/\'/::/g;
8214 # Qualify it into the current package unless it's already qualified.
8215 $subname = "${'package'}::" . $subname
8216 unless $subname =~ /::/;
8218 # Add main if it starts with ::.
8219 $subname = "main" . $subname if substr($subname, 0, 2) eq "::";
8221 # Save the break type for this sub.
8222 $postponed{$subname} = $break ? "break +0 if $cond" : "compile";
8223 } ## end elsif ($cmd =~ ...
8225 # b <sub name> [<condition>]
8226 elsif ($cmd =~ /^([':A-Za-z_][':\w]*(?:\[.*\])?)\s*(.*)/) {
8228 my $cond = length $2 ? $2 : '1';
8229 &cmd_b_sub($subname, $cond);
8232 # b <line> [<condition>].
8233 elsif ($cmd =~ /^(\d*)\s*(.*)/) {
8234 my $i = $1 || $dbline;
8235 my $cond = length $2 ? $2 : '1';
8236 &cmd_b_line($i, $cond);
8238 } ## end sub cmd_pre580_b
8240 =head2 Old C<D> command.
8242 Delete all breakpoints unconditionally.
8249 if ($cmd =~ /^\s*$/) {
8250 print $OUT "Deleting all breakpoints...\n";
8252 # %had_breakpoints lists every file that had at least one
8255 for $file (keys %had_breakpoints) {
8256 # Switch to the desired file temporarily.
8257 local *dbline = $main::{ '_<' . $file };
8262 # For all lines in this file ...
8263 for ($i = 1 ; $i <= $max ; $i++) {
8264 # If there's a breakpoint or action on this line ...
8265 if (defined $dbline{$i}) {
8266 # ... remove the breakpoint.
8267 $dbline{$i} =~ s/^[^\0]+//;
8268 if ($dbline{$i} =~ s/^\0?$//) {
8269 # Remove the entry altogether if no action is there.
8272 } ## end if (defined $dbline{$i...
8273 } ## end for ($i = 1 ; $i <= $max...
8275 # If, after we turn off the "there were breakpoints in this file"
8276 # bit, the entry in %had_breakpoints for this file is zero,
8277 # we should remove this file from the hash.
8278 if (not $had_breakpoints{$file} &= ~1) {
8279 delete $had_breakpoints{$file};
8281 } ## end for $file (keys %had_breakpoints)
8283 # Kill off all the other breakpoints that are waiting for files that
8284 # haven't been loaded yet.
8286 undef %postponed_file;
8287 undef %break_on_load;
8288 } ## end if ($cmd =~ /^\s*$/)
8289 } ## end sub cmd_pre580_D
8291 =head2 Old C<h> command
8293 Print help. Defaults to printing the long-form help; the 5.8 version
8294 prints the summary by default.
8302 # Print the *right* help, long format.
8303 if ($cmd =~ /^\s*$/) {
8304 print_help($pre580_help);
8307 # 'h h' - explicitly-requested summary.
8308 elsif ($cmd =~ /^h\s*/) {
8309 print_help($pre580_summary);
8312 # Find and print a command's help.
8313 elsif ($cmd =~ /^h\s+(\S.*)$/) {
8314 my $asked = $1; # for proper errmsg
8315 my $qasked = quotemeta($asked); # for searching
8316 # XXX: finds CR but not <CR>
8317 if ($pre580_help =~ /^
8319 (?:[IB]<) # Optional markup
8320 $qasked # The command name
8325 ( # The command help:
8327 (?:[IB]<) # Optional markup
8328 $qasked # The command name
8329 ([\s\S]*?) # Lines starting with tabs
8332 (?!\s)/mgx) # Line not starting with space
8333 # (Next command's help)
8337 } ## end if ($pre580_help =~ /^<?(?:[IB]<)$qasked/m)
8341 print_help("B<$asked> is not a debugger command.\n");
8343 } ## end elsif ($cmd =~ /^h\s+(\S.*)$/)
8344 } ## end sub cmd_pre580_h
8346 =head2 Old C<W> command
8348 C<W E<lt>exprE<gt>> adds a watch expression, C<W> deletes them all.
8356 # Delete all watch expressions.
8358 # No watching is going on.
8360 # Kill all the watch expressions and values.
8361 @to_watch = @old_watch = ();
8364 # Add a watch expression.
8365 elsif ($cmd =~ /^(.*)/s) {
8366 # add it to the list to be watched.
8369 # Get the current value of the expression.
8370 # Doesn't handle expressions returning list values!
8373 $val = (defined $val) ? "'$val'" : 'undef';
8376 push @old_watch, $val;
8378 # We're watching stuff.
8381 } ## end elsif ($cmd =~ /^(.*)/s)
8382 } ## end sub cmd_pre580_W
8384 =head1 PRE-AND-POST-PROMPT COMMANDS AND ACTIONS
8386 The debugger used to have a bunch of nearly-identical code to handle
8387 the pre-and-post-prompt action commands. C<cmd_pre590_prepost> and
8388 C<cmd_prepost> unify all this into one set of code to handle the
8389 appropriate actions.
8391 =head2 C<cmd_pre590_prepost>
8393 A small wrapper around C<cmd_prepost>; it makes sure that the default doesn't
8394 do something destructive. In pre 5.8 debuggers, the default action was to
8395 delete all the actions.
8399 sub cmd_pre590_prepost {
8401 my $line = shift || '*';
8404 return &cmd_prepost( $cmd, $line, $dbline );
8405 } ## end sub cmd_pre590_prepost
8407 =head2 C<cmd_prepost>
8409 Actually does all the handling foe C<E<lt>>, C<E<gt>>, C<{{>, C<{>, etc.
8410 Since the lists of actions are all held in arrays that are pointed to by
8411 references anyway, all we have to do is pick the right array reference and
8412 then use generic code to all, delete, or list actions.
8416 sub cmd_prepost { my $cmd = shift;
8418 # No action supplied defaults to 'list'.
8419 my $line = shift || '?';
8421 # Figure out what to put in the prompt.
8424 # Make sure we have some array or another to address later.
8425 # This means that if ssome reason the tests fail, we won't be
8426 # trying to stash actions or delete them from the wrong place.
8429 # < - Perl code to run before prompt.
8430 if ( $cmd =~ /^\</o ) {
8431 $which = 'pre-perl';
8435 # > - Perl code to run after prompt.
8436 elsif ( $cmd =~ /^\>/o ) {
8437 $which = 'post-perl';
8441 # { - first check for properly-balanced braces.
8442 elsif ( $cmd =~ /^\{/o ) {
8443 if ( $cmd =~ /^\{.*\}$/o && unbalanced( substr( $cmd, 1 ) ) ) {
8445 "$cmd is now a debugger command\nuse `;$cmd' if you mean Perl code\n";
8448 # Properly balanced. Pre-prompt debugger actions.
8450 $which = 'pre-debugger';
8453 } ## end elsif ( $cmd =~ /^\{/o )
8455 # Did we find something that makes sense?
8457 print $OUT "Confused by command: $cmd\n";
8463 if ( $line =~ /^\s*\?\s*$/o ) {
8465 # Nothing there. Complain.
8466 print $OUT "No $which actions.\n";
8469 # List the actions in the selected list.
8470 print $OUT "$which commands:\n";
8471 foreach my $action (@$aref) {
8472 print $OUT "\t$cmd -- $action\n";
8475 } ## end if ( $line =~ /^\s*\?\s*$/o)
8477 # Might be a delete.
8479 if ( length($cmd) == 1 ) {
8480 if ( $line =~ /^\s*\*\s*$/o ) {
8481 # It's a delete. Get rid of the old actions in the
8484 print $OUT "All $cmd actions cleared.\n";
8487 # Replace all the actions. (This is a <, >, or {).
8488 @$aref = action($line);
8490 } ## end if ( length($cmd) == 1)
8491 elsif ( length($cmd) == 2 ) {
8492 # Add the action to the line. (This is a <<, >>, or {{).
8493 push @$aref, action($line);
8496 # <<<, >>>>, {{{{{{ ... something not a command.
8498 "Confused by strange length of $which command($cmd)...\n";
8500 } ## end else [ if ( $line =~ /^\s*\?\s*$/o)
8502 } ## end sub cmd_prepost
8507 Contains the C<at_exit> routine that the debugger uses to issue the
8508 C<Debugged program terminated ...> message after the program completes. See
8509 the C<END> block documentation for more details.
8516 "Debugged program terminated. Use `q' to quit or `R' to restart.";
8519 package DB; # Do not trace this 1; below!