use strict; use warnings; ## disable perl's warning mechanism no warnings 'recursion'; use B 'svref_2object'; use Symbol 'qualify_to_ref'; sub change_depth_warn { my($subname, $limit) = @_; my $subref = \&$subname; my $gv = svref_2object($subref)->GV; my $lineno = 0; no warnings 'redefine'; *{ qualify_to_ref $subname } = sub { if( $gv->CV->DEPTH % $limit == 0 ) { $lineno = do { my $i = 0; 1 while caller $i++; (caller($i - 2))[2] } unless $lineno; warn sprintf "Deep recursion on subroutine '%s' at %s line %d.\n", join('::', $gv->STASH->NAME, $gv->NAME), $0, $lineno; } &$subref(@_); }; } my $cnt = 0; sub foo { &foo while $cnt++ < $_[0] } my $maxdepth = 1000; my $recdepth = 3000; change_depth_warn('foo', $maxdepth); printf "calling foo(), expecting %d warnings ...\n", $recdepth / $maxdepth; foo($recdepth); __output__ calling foo(), expecting 3 warnings ... Deep recursion on subroutine 'main::foo' at perlmonks/pmsopw_324564.pl line 43. Deep recursion on subroutine 'main::foo' at perlmonks/pmsopw_324564.pl line 43. Deep recursion on subroutine 'main::foo' at perlmonks/pmsopw_324564.pl line 43.