Name
B::DeparseTree
Synopsis
use B::DeparseTree;
my $deparse = B::DeparseTree->new();
# create a subroutine to deparse...
sub my_abs($) {
return -$a < 0 ? -$a : $a;
};
my $deparse_tree = B::DeparseTree->new();
my $tree_node = $deparse_tree->coderef2info(\&my_abs);
print $tree_node->{text};The above produces:
($)
{
return -$a < 0 ? -$a : $a
}but the result are reconstructed purely from the OPnode tree. To show parent-child information in the tree:
use B::DeparseTree;
B::DeparseTree::Fragment::dump_relations($deparse_tree);which produces in abbreviated form...
...
3--------------------------------------------------
Child info:
addr: 0x263b710, parent: 0x263b748
op: pushmark
text: return -$a < 0 ? -$a : $a
return -$a < 0 ? -$a : $a
||||||
3--------------------------------------------------
4--------------------------------------------------
Child info:
addr: 0x263b748, parent: 0x263b628
op: return
text: return -$a < 0 ? -$a : $a
return -$a < 0 ? -$a : $a
-------------------------
4--------------------------------------------------
5--------------------------------------------------
Child info:
addr: 0x263b790, parent: 0x263b748
op: cond_expr
text: -$a < 0 ? -$a : $a
return -$a < 0 ? -$a : $a
------------------
5--------------------------------------------------
...
9--------------------------------------------------
Child info:
addr: 0x263b898, parent: 0x263b7d0
op: negate
text: -$a
return -$a < 0 ? -$a : $a
---
9--------------------------------------------------The subroutine extract_node_info is what produces the text with its underline.
Description
Perl's B::Deparse but we save abstract tree information and associate that with Perl text fragments. These are fragments accessible by OP address. With this, in Perl you can determine more precisely where you in a program with granularity finer that at a line number boundary.
Uses for this could be in stack trace routines like Carp. It is used in the deparse command extension to Devel::Trepan.
See also:
B::Devel::Trepan::Deparse for a Devel::Trepan plugin that uses this
B::Deparse for deparsing without keeping tree information around
B::Callsite for one way to get opcode locations on the call stack
Exact Perl location with B::Deparse (and Devel::Callsite) for more information.