From: Tomas Doran <bobtfish@bobtfish.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:15:17 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: I can't stand the over-long debug screens any more. Suggestions on how to do this... 
X-Git-Tag: 5.80016~21
X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Runtime.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=c96cdcef894409be1a70c0d0876c05d5d0687a22

I can't stand the over-long debug screens any more. Suggestions on how to do this in a less gross way?
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diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 79f1df9..4fa4a01 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
 
+  New features:
+   - The __MOP__ hash element is suppressed from being dumped fully
+     (and instead stringified) when dumping the error screen to be
+     less packed with information of no use.
+
   Documentation:
    - Fix Pod nits (RT#52370)
 
diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Engine.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Engine.pm
index 8936fab..b0a7014 100644
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Engine.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Engine.pm
@@ -108,6 +108,24 @@ is in debug mode, or a `please come back later` message otherwise.
 
 =cut
 
+sub _dump_error_page_element {
+    my ($self, $i, $element) = @_;
+    my ($name, $val)  = @{ $element };
+
+    # This is fugly, but the metaclass is _HUGE_ and demands waaay too much
+    # scrolling. Suggestions for more pleasant ways to do this welcome.
+    local $val->{'__MOP__'} = "Stringified: "
+        . $val->{'__MOP__'} if exists $val->{'__MOP__'};
+
+    my $text = encode_entities( dump( $val ));
+    sprintf <<"EOF", $name, $text;
+<h2><a href="#" onclick="toggleDump('dump_$i'); return false">%s</a></h2>
+<div id="dump_$i">
+    <pre wrap="">%s</pre>
+</div>
+EOF
+}
+
 sub finalize_error {
     my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
 
@@ -138,14 +156,7 @@ sub finalize_error {
         my @infos;
         my $i = 0;
         for my $dump ( $c->dump_these ) {
-            my $name  = $dump->[0];
-            my $value = encode_entities( dump( $dump->[1] ));
-            push @infos, sprintf <<"EOF", $name, $value;
-<h2><a href="#" onclick="toggleDump('dump_$i'); return false">%s</a></h2>
-<div id="dump_$i">
-    <pre wrap="">%s</pre>
-</div>
-EOF
+            push @infos, $self->_dump_error_page_element($i, $dump);
             $i++;
         }
         $infos = join "\n", @infos;