B::Showlex(3pm)                                 Perl Programmers Reference Guide                                 B::Showlex(3pm)



NAME
       B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files

SYNOPSIS
               perl -MO=Showlex[,-OPTIONS][,SUBROUTINE] foo.pl

DESCRIPTION
       When a comma-separated list of subroutine names is given as options, Showlex prints the lexical variables used in those
       subroutines.  Otherwise, it prints the file-scope lexicals in the file.

EXAMPLES
       Traditional form:

        $ perl -MO=Showlex -e 'my ($i,$j,$k)=(1,"foo")'
        Pad of lexical names for comppadlist has 4 entries
        0: SPECIAL #1 &PL_sv_undef
        1: PVNV (0x9db0fb0) $i
        2: PVNV (0x9db0f38) $j
        3: PVNV (0x9db0f50) $k
        Pad of lexical values for comppadlist has 5 entries
        0: SPECIAL #1 &PL_sv_undef
        1: NULL (0x9da4234)
        2: NULL (0x9db0f2c)
        3: NULL (0x9db0f44)
        4: NULL (0x9da4264)
        -e syntax OK

       New-style form:

        $ perl -MO=Showlex,-newlex -e 'my ($i,$j,$k)=(1,"foo")'
        main Pad has 4 entries
        0: SPECIAL #1 &PL_sv_undef
        1: PVNV (0xa0c4fb8) "$i" = NULL (0xa0b8234)
        2: PVNV (0xa0c4f40) "$j" = NULL (0xa0c4f34)
        3: PVNV (0xa0c4f58) "$k" = NULL (0xa0c4f4c)
        -e syntax OK

       New form, no specials, outside O framework:

        $ perl -MB::Showlex -e \
           'my ($i,$j,$k)=(1,"foo"); B::Showlex::compile(-newlex,-nosp)->()'
        main Pad has 4 entries
        1: PVNV (0x998ffb0) "$i" = IV (0x9983234) 1
        2: PVNV (0x998ff68) "$j" = PV (0x998ff5c) "foo"
        3: PVNV (0x998ff80) "$k" = NULL (0x998ff74)

       Note that this example shows the values of the lexicals, whereas the other examples did not (as they're compile-time
       only).

   OPTIONS
       The "-newlex" option produces a more readable "name => value" format, and is shown in the second example above.

       The "-nosp" option eliminates reporting of SPECIALs, such as "0: SPECIAL #1 &PL_sv_undef" above.  Reporting of SPECIALs
       can sometimes overwhelm your declared lexicals.

SEE ALSO
       "B::Showlex" can also be used outside of the O framework, as in the third example.  See "B::Concise" for a fuller
       explanation of reasons.

TODO
       Some of the reported info, such as hex addresses, is not particularly valuable.  Other information would be more useful
       for the typical programmer, such as line-numbers, pad-slot reuses, etc..  Given this, -newlex isnt a particularly good
       flag-name.

AUTHOR
       Malcolm Beattie, "mbeattieATsable.uk"



perl v5.12.4                                               2011-06-07                                            B::Showlex(3pm)