Re: Analyzing Perl Code

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in reply to Analyzing Perl Code

Put the following code in a file called: /yourperl/site/Devel/Calls.pm:

package Devel::Calls;

our $lastsub;

sub DB::DB {
    my( $p, $f, $l, $sub ) = caller(1);
    return if $lastsub and $sub eq $lastsub;
    printf STDERR "%s(%u): %s()\n",
        $f//'unknown', $l//'0', $sub//'unknown',
    $lastsub = $sub;
    return;
}

1;

And then invoke your scripts with perl -d:Calls yoursript.pl

You'll get a trace showing file, line and subroutine name whenever a subroutine is entered, something like:

C:\test>perl -d:Calls nestedSubs.pl 1 2 3
unknown(0): unknown()
nestedSubs.pl(31): main::aaa()
nestedSubs.pl(29): main::bbb()
nestedSubs.pl(28): main::ccc()
nestedSubs.pl(27): main::ddd()
nestedSubs.pl(26): main::eee()
nestedSubs.pl(25): main::fff()
nestedSubs.pl(24): main::ggg()
nestedSubs.pl(23): main::hhh()
nestedSubs.pl(22): main::iii()
nestedSubs.pl(21): main::jjj()
nestedSubs.pl(20): main::kkk()
nestedSubs.pl(19): main::lll()
nestedSubs.pl(18): main::mmm()
nestedSubs.pl(17): main::nnn()
nestedSubs.pl(16): main::ooo()
nestedSubs.pl(15): main::ppp()
nestedSubs.pl(14): main::qqq()
nestedSubs.pl(13): main::rrr()
nestedSubs.pl(12): main::sss()
nestedSubs.pl(11): main::ttt()
nestedSubs.pl(10): main::uuu()
nestedSubs.pl(9): main::vvv()
nestedSubs.pl(8): main::www()
nestedSubs.pl(7): main::xxx()
nestedSubs.pl(6): main::yyy()
nestedSubs.pl(5): main::zzz()
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That could obviously be greatly extended, but it may be just what you're looking for.