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1# B.pm
2#
1a52ab62 3# Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998 Malcolm Beattie
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4#
5# You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
6# License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file.
7#
8package B;
28b605d8 9
156f89f0 10our $VERSION = '1.15';
28b605d8 11
9426adcd 12use XSLoader ();
a798dbf2 13require Exporter;
9426adcd 14@ISA = qw(Exporter);
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16# walkoptree_slow comes from B.pm (you are there),
17# walkoptree comes from B.xs
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18@EXPORT_OK = qw(minus_c ppname save_BEGINs
19 class peekop cast_I32 cstring cchar hash threadsv_names
b2590c4e 20 main_root main_start main_cv svref_2object opnumber
5ce57cc0 21 sub_generation amagic_generation perlstring
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22 walkoptree_slow walkoptree walkoptree_exec walksymtable
23 parents comppadlist sv_undef compile_stats timing_info
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24 begin_av init_av check_av end_av regex_padav dowarn defstash
25 curstash warnhook diehook inc_gv
651aa52e 26 );
e412117e 27push @EXPORT_OK, qw(unitcheck_av) if $] > 5.009;
b2590c4e 28
4c1f658f 29sub OPf_KIDS ();
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30use strict;
31@B::SV::ISA = 'B::OBJECT';
32@B::NULL::ISA = 'B::SV';
33@B::PV::ISA = 'B::SV';
34@B::IV::ISA = 'B::SV';
4edc9001 35@B::NV::ISA = 'B::SV';
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36@B::RV::ISA = 'B::SV';
37@B::PVIV::ISA = qw(B::PV B::IV);
4edc9001 38@B::PVNV::ISA = qw(B::PVIV B::NV);
a798dbf2 39@B::PVMG::ISA = 'B::PVNV';
a01b8a53 40# Change in the inheritance hierarchy post 5.9.0
f5ba1307 41@B::PVLV::ISA = $] > 5.009 ? 'B::GV' : 'B::PVMG';
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42@B::BM::ISA = 'B::PVMG';
43@B::AV::ISA = 'B::PVMG';
44@B::GV::ISA = 'B::PVMG';
45@B::HV::ISA = 'B::PVMG';
46@B::CV::ISA = 'B::PVMG';
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47@B::IO::ISA = 'B::PVMG';
48@B::FM::ISA = 'B::CV';
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49
50@B::OP::ISA = 'B::OBJECT';
51@B::UNOP::ISA = 'B::OP';
52@B::BINOP::ISA = 'B::UNOP';
53@B::LOGOP::ISA = 'B::UNOP';
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54@B::LISTOP::ISA = 'B::BINOP';
55@B::SVOP::ISA = 'B::OP';
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58@B::LOOP::ISA = 'B::LISTOP';
59@B::PMOP::ISA = 'B::LISTOP';
60@B::COP::ISA = 'B::OP';
61
62@B::SPECIAL::ISA = 'B::OBJECT';
63
64{
65 # Stop "-w" from complaining about the lack of a real B::OBJECT class
66 package B::OBJECT;
67}
68
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69sub B::GV::SAFENAME {
70 my $name = (shift())->NAME;
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71
72 # The regex below corresponds to the isCONTROLVAR macro
73 # from toke.c
74
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75 $name =~ s/^([\cA-\cZ\c\\c[\c]\c?\c_\c^])/"^".
76 chr( utf8::unicode_to_native( 64 ^ ord($1) ))/e;
77
78 # When we say unicode_to_native we really mean ascii_to_native,
79 # which matters iff this is a non-ASCII platform (EBCDIC).
80
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81 return $name;
82}
83
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84sub B::IV::int_value {
85 my ($self) = @_;
86 return (($self->FLAGS() & SVf_IVisUV()) ? $self->UVX : $self->IV);
87}
88
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89sub B::NULL::as_string() {""}
90sub B::IV::as_string() {goto &B::IV::int_value}
91sub B::PV::as_string() {goto &B::PV::PV}
92
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93my $debug;
94my $op_count = 0;
95my @parents = ();
96
97sub debug {
98 my ($class, $value) = @_;
99 $debug = $value;
100 walkoptree_debug($value);
101}
102
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103sub class {
104 my $obj = shift;
105 my $name = ref $obj;
106 $name =~ s/^.*:://;
107 return $name;
108}
109
110sub parents { \@parents }
111
112# For debugging
113sub peekop {
114 my $op = shift;
3f872cb9 115 return sprintf("%s (0x%x) %s", class($op), $$op, $op->name);
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116}
117
b2590c4e 118sub walkoptree_slow {
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119 my($op, $method, $level) = @_;
120 $op_count++; # just for statistics
121 $level ||= 0;
122 warn(sprintf("walkoptree: %d. %s\n", $level, peekop($op))) if $debug;
156f89f0 123 $op->$method($level) if $op->can($method);
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124 if ($$op && ($op->flags & OPf_KIDS)) {
125 my $kid;
126 unshift(@parents, $op);
127 for ($kid = $op->first; $$kid; $kid = $kid->sibling) {
b2590c4e 128 walkoptree_slow($kid, $method, $level + 1);
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129 }
130 shift @parents;
131 }
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132 if (class($op) eq 'PMOP'
133 && ref($op->pmreplroot)
134 && ${$op->pmreplroot}
135 && $op->pmreplroot->isa( 'B::OP' ))
136 {
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137 unshift(@parents, $op);
138 walkoptree_slow($op->pmreplroot, $method, $level + 1);
139 shift @parents;
140 }
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141}
142
143sub compile_stats {
144 return "Total number of OPs processed: $op_count\n";
145}
146
147sub timing_info {
148 my ($sec, $min, $hr) = localtime;
149 my ($user, $sys) = times;
150 sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d user=$user sys=$sys",
151 $hr, $min, $sec, $user, $sys);
152}
153
154my %symtable;
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155
156sub clearsym {
157 %symtable = ();
158}
159
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160sub savesym {
161 my ($obj, $value) = @_;
162# warn(sprintf("savesym: sym_%x => %s\n", $$obj, $value)); # debug
163 $symtable{sprintf("sym_%x", $$obj)} = $value;
164}
165
166sub objsym {
167 my $obj = shift;
168 return $symtable{sprintf("sym_%x", $$obj)};
169}
170
171sub walkoptree_exec {
172 my ($op, $method, $level) = @_;
244826eb 173 $level ||= 0;
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174 my ($sym, $ppname);
175 my $prefix = " " x $level;
176 for (; $$op; $op = $op->next) {
177 $sym = objsym($op);
178 if (defined($sym)) {
179 print $prefix, "goto $sym\n";
180 return;
181 }
182 savesym($op, sprintf("%s (0x%lx)", class($op), $$op));
183 $op->$method($level);
3f872cb9 184 $ppname = $op->name;
1a67a97c 185 if ($ppname =~
62e36f8a 186 /^(d?or(assign)?|and(assign)?|mapwhile|grepwhile|entertry|range|cond_expr)$/)
1a67a97c 187 {
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188 print $prefix, uc($1), " => {\n";
189 walkoptree_exec($op->other, $method, $level + 1);
190 print $prefix, "}\n";
3f872cb9 191 } elsif ($ppname eq "match" || $ppname eq "subst") {
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192 my $pmreplstart = $op->pmreplstart;
193 if ($$pmreplstart) {
194 print $prefix, "PMREPLSTART => {\n";
195 walkoptree_exec($pmreplstart, $method, $level + 1);
196 print $prefix, "}\n";
197 }
3f872cb9 198 } elsif ($ppname eq "substcont") {
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199 print $prefix, "SUBSTCONT => {\n";
200 walkoptree_exec($op->other->pmreplstart, $method, $level + 1);
201 print $prefix, "}\n";
202 $op = $op->other;
3f872cb9 203 } elsif ($ppname eq "enterloop") {
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204 print $prefix, "REDO => {\n";
205 walkoptree_exec($op->redoop, $method, $level + 1);
206 print $prefix, "}\n", $prefix, "NEXT => {\n";
207 walkoptree_exec($op->nextop, $method, $level + 1);
208 print $prefix, "}\n", $prefix, "LAST => {\n";
209 walkoptree_exec($op->lastop, $method, $level + 1);
210 print $prefix, "}\n";
3f872cb9 211 } elsif ($ppname eq "subst") {
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212 my $replstart = $op->pmreplstart;
213 if ($$replstart) {
214 print $prefix, "SUBST => {\n";
215 walkoptree_exec($replstart, $method, $level + 1);
216 print $prefix, "}\n";
217 }
218 }
219 }
220}
221
222sub walksymtable {
223 my ($symref, $method, $recurse, $prefix) = @_;
224 my $sym;
0cc1d052 225 my $ref;
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226 my $fullname;
227 no strict 'refs';
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228 $prefix = '' unless defined $prefix;
229 while (($sym, $ref) = each %$symref) {
b6b0fb7b 230 $fullname = "*main::".$prefix.$sym;
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231 if ($sym =~ /::$/) {
232 $sym = $prefix . $sym;
b4e94495 233 if ($sym ne "main::" && $sym ne "<none>::" && &$recurse($sym)) {
b6b0fb7b 234 walksymtable(\%$fullname, $method, $recurse, $sym);
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235 }
236 } else {
b6b0fb7b 237 svref_2object(\*$fullname)->$method();
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238 }
239 }
240}
241
242{
243 package B::Section;
244 my $output_fh;
245 my %sections;
85cf7f2e 246
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247 sub new {
248 my ($class, $section, $symtable, $default) = @_;
249 $output_fh ||= FileHandle->new_tmpfile;
250 my $obj = bless [-1, $section, $symtable, $default], $class;
251 $sections{$section} = $obj;
252 return $obj;
253 }
85cf7f2e 254
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255 sub get {
256 my ($class, $section) = @_;
257 return $sections{$section};
258 }
259
260 sub add {
261 my $section = shift;
262 while (defined($_ = shift)) {
263 print $output_fh "$section->[1]\t$_\n";
264 $section->[0]++;
265 }
266 }
267
268 sub index {
269 my $section = shift;
270 return $section->[0];
271 }
272
273 sub name {
274 my $section = shift;
275 return $section->[1];
276 }
277
278 sub symtable {
279 my $section = shift;
280 return $section->[2];
281 }
85cf7f2e 282
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283 sub default {
284 my $section = shift;
285 return $section->[3];
286 }
85cf7f2e 287
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288 sub output {
289 my ($section, $fh, $format) = @_;
290 my $name = $section->name;
291 my $sym = $section->symtable || {};
292 my $default = $section->default;
293
294 seek($output_fh, 0, 0);
295 while (<$output_fh>) {
296 chomp;
297 s/^(.*?)\t//;
298 if ($1 eq $name) {
299 s{(s\\_[0-9a-f]+)} {
300 exists($sym->{$1}) ? $sym->{$1} : $default;
301 }ge;
302 printf $fh $format, $_;
303 }
304 }
305 }
306}
307
9426adcd 308XSLoader::load 'B';
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309
3101;
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311
312__END__
313
314=head1 NAME
315
316B - The Perl Compiler
317
318=head1 SYNOPSIS
319
320 use B;
321
322=head1 DESCRIPTION
323
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324The C<B> module supplies classes which allow a Perl program to delve
325into its own innards. It is the module used to implement the
326"backends" of the Perl compiler. Usage of the compiler does not
327require knowledge of this module: see the F<O> module for the
328user-visible part. The C<B> module is of use to those who want to
329write new compiler backends. This documentation assumes that the
330reader knows a fair amount about perl's internals including such
331things as SVs, OPs and the internal symbol table and syntax tree
332of a program.
333
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334=head1 OVERVIEW
335
336The C<B> module contains a set of utility functions for querying the
337current state of the Perl interpreter; typically these functions
338return objects from the B::SV and B::OP classes, or their derived
339classes. These classes in turn define methods for querying the
340resulting objects about their own internal state.
341
342=head1 Utility Functions
343
344The C<B> module exports a variety of functions: some are simple
345utility functions, others provide a Perl program with a way to
346get an initial "handle" on an internal object.
347
348=head2 Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV> objects
349
3d036c2b 350For descriptions of the class hierarchy of these objects and the
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351methods that can be called on them, see below, L<"OVERVIEW OF
352CLASSES"> and L<"SV-RELATED CLASSES">.
353
354=over 4
355
356=item sv_undef
357
358Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<sv_undef>.
359
360=item sv_yes
361
362Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<sv_yes>.
363
364=item sv_no
365
366Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<sv_no>.
367
368=item svref_2object(SVREF)
369
370Takes a reference to any Perl value, and turns the referred-to value
371into an object in the appropriate B::OP-derived or B::SV-derived
372class. Apart from functions such as C<main_root>, this is the primary
373way to get an initial "handle" on an internal perl data structure
374which can then be followed with the other access methods.
375
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376The returned object will only be valid as long as the underlying OPs
377and SVs continue to exist. Do not attempt to use the object after the
378underlying structures are freed.
379
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380=item amagic_generation
381
382Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<amagic_generation>.
383
e13efe3c 384=item init_av
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385
386Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing INIT blocks.
387
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388=item check_av
389
390Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing CHECK blocks.
391
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393
394Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing UNITCHECK blocks.
395
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396=item begin_av
397
398Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing BEGIN blocks.
399
400=item end_av
401
402Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) representing END blocks.
403
404=item comppadlist
405
406Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) of the global comppadlist.
407
408=item regex_padav
409
410Only when perl was compiled with ithreads.
411
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414Return the (faked) CV corresponding to the main part of the Perl
415program.
416
417=back
418
419=head2 Functions for Examining the Symbol Table
420
421=over 4
422
423=item walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX)
424
425Walk the symbol table starting at SYMREF and call METHOD on each
426symbol (a B::GV object) visited. When the walk reaches package
427symbols (such as "Foo::") it invokes RECURSE, passing in the symbol
428name, and only recurses into the package if that sub returns true.
429
430PREFIX is the name of the SYMREF you're walking.
431
432For example:
433
434 # Walk CGI's symbol table calling print_subs on each symbol.
435 # Recurse only into CGI::Util::
436 walksymtable(\%CGI::, 'print_subs', sub { $_[0] eq 'CGI::Util::' },
437 'CGI::');
438
439print_subs() is a B::GV method you have declared. Also see L<"B::GV
440Methods">, below.
441
442=back
443
444=head2 Functions Returning C<B::OP> objects or for walking op trees
445
3d036c2b 446For descriptions of the class hierarchy of these objects and the
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447methods that can be called on them, see below, L<"OVERVIEW OF
448CLASSES"> and L<"OP-RELATED CLASSES">.
449
450=over 4
451
452=item main_root
453
454Returns the root op (i.e. an object in the appropriate B::OP-derived
455class) of the main part of the Perl program.
456
457=item main_start
458
459Returns the starting op of the main part of the Perl program.
460
461=item walkoptree(OP, METHOD)
462
463Does a tree-walk of the syntax tree based at OP and calls METHOD on
464each op it visits. Each node is visited before its children. If
465C<walkoptree_debug> (see below) has been called to turn debugging on then
466the method C<walkoptree_debug> is called on each op before METHOD is
467called.
468
469=item walkoptree_debug(DEBUG)
470
471Returns the current debugging flag for C<walkoptree>. If the optional
472DEBUG argument is non-zero, it sets the debugging flag to that. See
473the description of C<walkoptree> above for what the debugging flag
474does.
475
476=back
477
478=head2 Miscellaneous Utility Functions
479
480=over 4
481
482=item ppname(OPNUM)
483
484Return the PP function name (e.g. "pp_add") of op number OPNUM.
485
486=item hash(STR)
487
488Returns a string in the form "0x..." representing the value of the
489internal hash function used by perl on string STR.
490
491=item cast_I32(I)
492
493Casts I to the internal I32 type used by that perl.
494
495=item minus_c
496
497Does the equivalent of the C<-c> command-line option. Obviously, this
498is only useful in a BEGIN block or else the flag is set too late.
499
500=item cstring(STR)
501
502Returns a double-quote-surrounded escaped version of STR which can
503be used as a string in C source code.
504
505=item perlstring(STR)
506
507Returns a double-quote-surrounded escaped version of STR which can
508be used as a string in Perl source code.
509
510=item class(OBJ)
511
512Returns the class of an object without the part of the classname
513preceding the first C<"::">. This is used to turn C<"B::UNOP"> into
514C<"UNOP"> for example.
515
516=item threadsv_names
517
518In a perl compiled for threads, this returns a list of the special
519per-thread threadsv variables.
520
521=back
522
523
524
525
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526=head1 OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
527
528The C structures used by Perl's internals to hold SV and OP
529information (PVIV, AV, HV, ..., OP, SVOP, UNOP, ...) are modelled on a
530class hierarchy and the C<B> module gives access to them via a true
531object hierarchy. Structure fields which point to other objects
532(whether types of SV or types of OP) are represented by the C<B>
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533module as Perl objects of the appropriate class.
534
535The bulk of the C<B> module is the methods for accessing fields of
536these structures.
537
538Note that all access is read-only. You cannot modify the internals by
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539using this module. Also, note that the B::OP and B::SV objects created
540by this module are only valid for as long as the underlying objects
541exist; their creation doesn't increase the reference counts of the
542underlying objects. Trying to access the fields of a freed object will
543give incomprehensible results, or worse.
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544
545=head2 SV-RELATED CLASSES
546
547B::IV, B::NV, B::RV, B::PV, B::PVIV, B::PVNV, B::PVMG, B::BM, B::PVLV,
548B::AV, B::HV, B::CV, B::GV, B::FM, B::IO. These classes correspond in
549the obvious way to the underlying C structures of similar names. The
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550inheritance hierarchy mimics the underlying C "inheritance". For 5.9.1
551and later this is:
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552
553 B::SV
554 |
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555 +--------------+----------+------------+
556 | | | |
557 B::PV B::IV B::NV B::RV
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558 \ / /
559 \ / /
560 B::PVIV /
561 \ /
562 \ /
563 \ /
564 B::PVNV
565 |
566 |
567 B::PVMG
568 |
569 +-----+----+------+-----+-----+
570 | | | | | |
571 B::BM B::AV B::GV B::HV B::CV B::IO
572 | |
573 B::PVLV |
574 B::FM
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576
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577For 5.9.0 and earlier, PVLV is a direct subclass of PVMG, so the base
578of this diagram is
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580 |
581 B::PVMG
582 |
583 +------+-----+----+------+-----+-----+
584 | | | | | | |
585 B::PVLV B::BM B::AV B::GV B::HV B::CV B::IO
586 |
587 |
588 B::FM
589
590
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592usually with the leading "class indication" prefix removed (Sv, Av,
593Hv, ...). The leading prefix is only left in cases where its removal
594would cause a clash in method name. For example, C<GvREFCNT> stays
595as-is since its abbreviation would clash with the "superclass" method
596C<REFCNT> (corresponding to the C function C<SvREFCNT>).
597
85cf7f2e 598=head2 B::SV Methods
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599
600=over 4
601
602=item REFCNT
603
604=item FLAGS
605
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607
608Returns a reference to the regular scalar corresponding to this
609B::SV object. In other words, this method is the inverse operation
610to the svref_2object() subroutine. This scalar and other data it points
611at should be considered read-only: modifying them is neither safe nor
612guaranteed to have a sensible effect.
613
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614=back
615
85cf7f2e 616=head2 B::IV Methods
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617
618=over 4
619
620=item IV
621
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622Returns the value of the IV, I<interpreted as
623a signed integer>. This will be misleading
624if C<FLAGS & SVf_IVisUV>. Perhaps you want the
625C<int_value> method instead?
626
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627=item IVX
628
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629=item UVX
630
631=item int_value
632
633This method returns the value of the IV as an integer.
634It differs from C<IV> in that it returns the correct
635value regardless of whether it's stored signed or
636unsigned.
637
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638=item needs64bits
639
640=item packiv
641
642=back
643
85cf7f2e 644=head2 B::NV Methods
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646=over 4
647
648=item NV
649
650=item NVX
651
652=back
653
85cf7f2e 654=head2 B::RV Methods
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656=over 4
657
658=item RV
659
660=back
661
85cf7f2e 662=head2 B::PV Methods
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663
664=over 4
665
666=item PV
667
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668This method is the one you usually want. It constructs a
669string using the length and offset information in the struct:
670for ordinary scalars it will return the string that you'd see
671from Perl, even if it contains null characters.
672
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673=item RV
674
675Same as B::RV::RV, except that it will die() if the PV isn't
676a reference.
677
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678=item PVX
679
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680This method is less often useful. It assumes that the string
681stored in the struct is null-terminated, and disregards the
682length information.
683
684It is the appropriate method to use if you need to get the name
685of a lexical variable from a padname array. Lexical variable names
686are always stored with a null terminator, and the length field
687(SvCUR) is overloaded for other purposes and can't be relied on here.
688
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689=back
690
85cf7f2e 691=head2 B::PVMG Methods
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692
693=over 4
694
695=item MAGIC
696
697=item SvSTASH
698
699=back
700
85cf7f2e 701=head2 B::MAGIC Methods
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702
703=over 4
704
705=item MOREMAGIC
706
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707=item precomp
708
709Only valid on r-magic, returns the string that generated the regexp.
710
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711=item PRIVATE
712
713=item TYPE
714
715=item FLAGS
716
717=item OBJ
718
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719Will die() if called on r-magic.
720
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721=item PTR
722
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723=item REGEX
724
725Only valid on r-magic, returns the integer value of the REGEX stored
726in the MAGIC.
727
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728=back
729
85cf7f2e 730=head2 B::PVLV Methods
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731
732=over 4
733
734=item TARGOFF
735
736=item TARGLEN
737
738=item TYPE
739
740=item TARG
741
742=back
743
85cf7f2e 744=head2 B::BM Methods
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745
746=over 4
747
748=item USEFUL
749
750=item PREVIOUS
751
752=item RARE
753
754=item TABLE
755
756=back
757
85cf7f2e 758=head2 B::GV Methods
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759
760=over 4
761
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762=item is_empty
763
764This method returns TRUE if the GP field of the GV is NULL.
765
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766=item NAME
767
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768=item SAFENAME
769
770This method returns the name of the glob, but if the first
771character of the name is a control character, then it converts
772it to ^X first, so that *^G would return "^G" rather than "\cG".
773
774It's useful if you want to print out the name of a variable.
775If you restrict yourself to globs which exist at compile-time
776then the result ought to be unambiguous, because code like
777C<${"^G"} = 1> is compiled as two ops - a constant string and
778a dereference (rv2gv) - so that the glob is created at runtime.
779
780If you're working with globs at runtime, and need to disambiguate
781*^G from *{"^G"}, then you should use the raw NAME method.
782
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783=item STASH
784
785=item SV
786
787=item IO
788
789=item FORM
790
791=item AV
792
793=item HV
794
795=item EGV
796
797=item CV
798
799=item CVGEN
800
801=item LINE
802
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803=item FILE
804
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805=item FILEGV
806
807=item GvREFCNT
808
809=item FLAGS
810
811=back
812
85cf7f2e 813=head2 B::IO Methods
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814
815=over 4
816
817=item LINES
818
819=item PAGE
820
821=item PAGE_LEN
822
823=item LINES_LEFT
824
825=item TOP_NAME
826
827=item TOP_GV
828
829=item FMT_NAME
830
831=item FMT_GV
832
833=item BOTTOM_NAME
834
835=item BOTTOM_GV
836
837=item SUBPROCESS
838
839=item IoTYPE
840
841=item IoFLAGS
842
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843=item IsSTD
844
845Takes one arguments ( 'stdin' | 'stdout' | 'stderr' ) and returns true
846if the IoIFP of the object is equal to the handle whose name was
847passed as argument ( i.e. $io->IsSTD('stderr') is true if
848IoIFP($io) == PerlIO_stdin() ).
849
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850=back
851
85cf7f2e 852=head2 B::AV Methods
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853
854=over 4
855
856=item FILL
857
858=item MAX
859
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860=item ARRAY
861
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862=item ARRAYelt
863
864Like C<ARRAY>, but takes an index as an argument to get only one element,
865rather than a list of all of them.
866
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867=item OFF
868
869This method is deprecated if running under Perl 5.8, and is no longer present
870if running under Perl 5.9
871
872=item AvFLAGS
873
874This method returns the AV specific flags. In Perl 5.9 these are now stored
875in with the main SV flags, so this method is no longer present.
876
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877=back
878
85cf7f2e 879=head2 B::CV Methods
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880
881=over 4
882
883=item STASH
884
885=item START
886
887=item ROOT
888
889=item GV
890
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892
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893=item DEPTH
894
895=item PADLIST
896
897=item OUTSIDE
898
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899=item OUTSIDE_SEQ
900
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901=item XSUB
902
903=item XSUBANY
904
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905For constant subroutines, returns the constant SV returned by the subroutine.
906
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907=item CvFLAGS
908
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909=item const_sv
910
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912
85cf7f2e 913=head2 B::HV Methods
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914
915=over 4
916
917=item FILL
918
919=item MAX
920
921=item KEYS
922
923=item RITER
924
925=item NAME
926
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928
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929=item PMROOT
930
931This method is not present if running under Perl 5.9, as the PMROOT
932information is no longer stored directly in the hash.
933
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934=back
935
936=head2 OP-RELATED CLASSES
937
85cf7f2e 938C<B::OP>, C<B::UNOP>, C<B::BINOP>, C<B::LOGOP>, C<B::LISTOP>, C<B::PMOP>,
651aa52e 939C<B::SVOP>, C<B::PADOP>, C<B::PVOP>, C<B::LOOP>, C<B::COP>.
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941These classes correspond in the obvious way to the underlying C
942structures of similar names. The inheritance hierarchy mimics the
943underlying C "inheritance":
944
945 B::OP
946 |
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947 +---------------+--------+--------+-------+
948 | | | | |
949 B::UNOP B::SVOP B::PADOP B::COP B::PVOP
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950 ,' `-.
951 / `--.
952 B::BINOP B::LOGOP
953 |
954 |
955 B::LISTOP
956 ,' `.
957 / \
958 B::LOOP B::PMOP
959
960Access methods correspond to the underlying C structre field names,
961with the leading "class indication" prefix (C<"op_">) removed.
962
963=head2 B::OP Methods
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965These methods get the values of similarly named fields within the OP
966data structure. See top of C<op.h> for more info.
967
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968=over 4
969
970=item next
971
972=item sibling
973
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974=item name
975
976This returns the op name as a string (e.g. "add", "rv2av").
977
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979
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980This returns the function name as a string (e.g. "PL_ppaddr[OP_ADD]",
981"PL_ppaddr[OP_RV2AV]").
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983=item desc
984
4369b173 985This returns the op description from the global C PL_op_desc array
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986(e.g. "addition" "array deref").
987
988=item targ
989
990=item type
991
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992=item opt
993
994=item static
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996=item flags
997
998=item private
999
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1000=item spare
1001
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1002=back
1003
1004=head2 B::UNOP METHOD
1005
1006=over 4
1007
1008=item first
1009
1010=back
1011
1012=head2 B::BINOP METHOD
1013
1014=over 4
1015
1016=item last
1017
1018=back
1019
1020=head2 B::LOGOP METHOD
1021
1022=over 4
1023
1024=item other
1025
1026=back
1027
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1028=head2 B::LISTOP METHOD
1029
1030=over 4
1031
1032=item children
1033
1034=back
1035
85cf7f2e 1036=head2 B::PMOP Methods
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1037
1038=over 4
1039
1040=item pmreplroot
1041
1042=item pmreplstart
1043
1044=item pmnext
1045
1046=item pmregexp
1047
1048=item pmflags
1049
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1051
1052=item precomp
1053
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1055
1056Only when perl was compiled with ithreads.
1057
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1058=back
1059
1060=head2 B::SVOP METHOD
1061
1062=over 4
1063
1064=item sv
1065
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1066=item gv
1067
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1069
7934575e 1070=head2 B::PADOP METHOD
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1071
1072=over 4
1073
7934575e 1074=item padix
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1075
1076=back
1077
1078=head2 B::PVOP METHOD
1079
1080=over 4
1081
1082=item pv
1083
1084=back
1085
85cf7f2e 1086=head2 B::LOOP Methods
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1087
1088=over 4
1089
1090=item redoop
1091
1092=item nextop
1093
1094=item lastop
1095
1096=back
1097
85cf7f2e 1098=head2 B::COP Methods
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1099
1100=over 4
1101
1102=item label
1103
1104=item stash
1105
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1106=item stashpv
1107
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1109
1110=item cop_seq
1111
1112=item arybase
1113
1114=item line
1115
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1116=item warnings
1117
1118=item io
1119
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1120=item hints
1121
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1122=back
1123
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1124
1125=head1 AUTHOR
1126
1127Malcolm Beattie, C<mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk>
1128
1129=cut