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DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API
package CLIENT;
use DB;
@ISA = qw(DB);
# these (inherited) methods can be called by the client
CLIENT->register() # register a client package name
CLIENT->done() # de-register from the debugging API
CLIENT->skippkg('hide::hide') # ask DB not to stop in this package
CLIENT->cont([WHERE]) # run some more (until BREAK or another breakpt)
CLIENT->step() # single step
CLIENT->next() # step over
CLIENT->ret() # return from current subroutine
CLIENT->backtrace() # return the call stack description
CLIENT->ready() # call when client setup is done
CLIENT->trace_toggle() # toggle subroutine call trace mode
CLIENT->subs([SUBS]) # return subroutine information
CLIENT->files() # return list of all files known to DB
CLIENT->lines() # return lines in currently loaded file
CLIENT->loadfile(FILE,LINE) # load a file and let other clients know
CLIENT->lineevents() # return info on lines with actions
CLIENT->set_break([WHERE],[COND])
CLIENT->set_tbreak([WHERE])
CLIENT->clr_breaks([LIST])
CLIENT->set_action(WHERE,ACTION)
CLIENT->clr_actions([LIST])
CLIENT->evalcode(STRING) # eval STRING in executing code's context
CLIENT->prestop([STRING]) # execute in code context before stopping
CLIENT->poststop([STRING])# execute in code context before resuming
# These methods will be called at the appropriate times.
# Stub versions provided do nothing.
# None of these can block.
CLIENT->init() # called when debug API inits itself
CLIENT->stop(FILE,LINE) # when execution stops
CLIENT->idle() # while stopped (can be a client event loop)
CLIENT->cleanup() # just before exit
CLIENT->output(LIST) # called to print any output that API must show
Perl debug information is frequently required not just by debuggers, but also by modules that need some "special" information to do their job properly, like profilers.
This module abstracts and provides all of the hooks into Perl internal debugging functionality, so that various implementations of Perl debuggers (or packages that want to simply get at the "privileged" debugging data) can all benefit from the development of this common code. Currently used by Swat, the perl/Tk GUI debugger.
Note that multiple "front-ends" can latch into this debugging API simultaneously. This is intended to facilitate things like debugging with a command line and GUI at the same time, debugging debuggers etc. [Sounds nice, but this needs some serious support -- GSAR]
In particular, this API does not provide the following functions:
These are intended to be services performed by the clients of this API.
This module attempts to be squeaky clean w.r.t use strict; and when
warnings are enabled.
The following "public" global names can be read by clients of this API. Beware that these should be considered "readonly".
Name of current executing subroutine.
The keys of this hash are the names of all the known subroutines. Each value
is an encoded string that has the sprintf(3) format
("%s:%d-%d", filename, fromline, toline).
Single-step flag. Will be true if the API will stop at the next statement.
Signal flag. Will be set to a true value if a signal was caught. Clients may check for this flag to abort time-consuming operations.
This flag is set to true if the API is tracing through subroutine calls.
Contains the arguments of current subroutine, or the @ARGV array if in the
toplevel context.
List of lines in currently loaded file.
Actions in current file (keys are line numbers). The values are strings that
have the sprintf(3) format ("%s\000%s", breakcondition, actioncode).
Package namespace of currently executing code.
Currently loaded filename.
Fully qualified name of currently executing subroutine.
Line number that will be executed next.
The following are methods in the DB base class. A client must access these methods by inheritance (*not* by calling them directly), since the API keeps track of clients through the inheritance mechanism.
register a client object/package
eval STRING in executing code context
ask DB not to stop in these packages
run some more (until a breakpt is reached)
single step
step over
de-register from the debugging API
The following "virtual" methods can be defined by the client. They will be called by the API at appropriate points. Note that unless specified otherwise, the debug API only defines empty, non-functional default versions of these methods.
Called after debug API inits itself.
Usually inherited from DB package. If no arguments are passed, returns the prestop action string.
Called when execution stops (w/ args file, line).
Called while stopped (can be a client event loop).
Usually inherited from DB package. If no arguments are passed, returns the poststop action string.
Usually inherited from DB package. Ask for a STRING to be eval-ed
in executing code context.
Called just before exit.
Called when API must show a message (warnings, errors etc.).
The interface defined by this module is missing some of the later additions to perl's debugging functionality. As such, this interface should be considered highly experimental and subject to change.
Gurusamy Sarathy gsar@activestate.com
This code heavily adapted from an early version of perl5db.pl attributable to Larry Wall and the Perl Porters.
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# # Documentation is at the __END__ # package DB; # "private" globals my ($running, $ready, $deep, $usrctxt, $evalarg, @stack, @saved, @skippkg, @clients); my $preeval = {}; my $posteval = {}; my $ineval = {}; #### # # Globals - must be defined at startup so that clients can refer to # them right after a C<require DB;> # #### BEGIN { # these are hardcoded in perl source (some are magical) $DB::sub = ''; # name of current subroutine %DB::sub = (); # "filename:fromline-toline" for every known sub $DB::single = 0; # single-step flag (set it to 1 to enable stops in BEGIN/use) $DB::signal = 0; # signal flag (will cause a stop at the next line) $DB::trace = 0; # are we tracing through subroutine calls? @DB::args = (); # arguments of current subroutine or @ARGV array @DB::dbline = (); # list of lines in currently loaded file %DB::dbline = (); # actions in current file (keyed by line number) @DB::ret = (); # return value of last sub executed in list context $DB::ret = ''; # return value of last sub executed in scalar context # other "public" globals $DB::package = ''; # current package space $DB::filename = ''; # current filename $DB::subname = ''; # currently executing sub (fullly qualified name) $DB::lineno = ''; # current line number $DB::VERSION = $DB::VERSION = '1.02'; # initialize private globals to avoid warnings $running = 1; # are we running, or are we stopped? @stack = (0); @clients = (); $deep = 100; $ready = 0; @saved = (); @skippkg = (); $usrctxt = ''; $evalarg = ''; } #### # entry point for all subroutine calls # sub sub { push(@stack, $DB::single); $DB::single &= 1; $DB::single |= 4 if $#stack == $deep; if ($DB::sub eq 'DESTROY' or substr($DB::sub, -9) eq '::DESTROY' or not defined wantarray) { &$DB::sub; $DB::single |= pop(@stack); $DB::ret = undef; } elsif (wantarray) { @DB::ret = &$DB::sub; $DB::single |= pop(@stack); @DB::ret; } else { $DB::ret = &$DB::sub; $DB::single |= pop(@stack); $DB::ret; } } #### # this is called by perl for every statement # sub DB { return unless $ready; &save; ($DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::lineno) = caller; return if @skippkg and grep { $_ eq $DB::package } @skippkg; $usrctxt = "package $DB::package;"; # this won't let them modify, alas local(*DB::dbline) = "::_<$DB::filename"; # we need to check for pseudofiles on Mac OS (these are files # not attached to a filename, but instead stored in Dev:Pseudo) # since this is done late, $DB::filename will be "wrong" after # skippkg if ($^O eq 'MacOS' && $#DB::dbline < 0) { $DB::filename = 'Dev:Pseudo'; *DB::dbline = "::_<$DB::filename"; } my ($stop, $action); if (($stop,$action) = split(/\0/,$DB::dbline{$DB::lineno})) { if ($stop eq '1') { $DB::signal |= 1; } else { $stop = 0 unless $stop; # avoid un_init warning $evalarg = "\$DB::signal |= do { $stop; }"; &eval; $DB::dbline{$DB::lineno} =~ s/;9($|\0)/$1/; # clear any temp breakpt } } if ($DB::single || $DB::trace || $DB::signal) { $DB::subname = ($DB::sub =~ /\'|::/) ? $DB::sub : "${DB::package}::$DB::sub"; #'; DB->loadfile($DB::filename, $DB::lineno); } $evalarg = $action, &eval if $action; if ($DB::single || $DB::signal) { _outputall($#stack . " levels deep in subroutine calls.\n") if $DB::single & 4; $DB::single = 0; $DB::signal = 0; $running = 0; &eval if ($evalarg = DB->prestop); my $c; for $c (@clients) { # perform any client-specific prestop actions &eval if ($evalarg = $c->cprestop); # Now sit in an event loop until something sets $running do { $c->idle; # call client event loop; must not block if ($running == 2) { # client wants something eval-ed &eval if ($evalarg = $c->evalcode); $running = 0; } } until $running; # perform any client-specific poststop actions &eval if ($evalarg = $c->cpoststop); } &eval if ($evalarg = DB->poststop); } ($@, $!, $,, $/, $\, $^W) = @saved; (); } #### # this takes its argument via $evalarg to preserve current @_ # sub eval { ($@, $!, $,, $/, $\, $^W) = @saved; eval "$usrctxt $evalarg; &DB::save"; _outputall($@) if $@; } ############################################################################### # no compile-time subroutine call allowed before this point # ############################################################################### use strict; # this can run only after DB() and sub() are defined sub save { @saved = ($@, $!, $,, $/, $\, $^W); $, = ""; $/ = "\n"; $\ = ""; $^W = 0; } sub catch { for (@clients) { $_->awaken; } $DB::signal = 1; $ready = 1; } #### # # Client callable (read inheritable) methods defined after this point # #### sub register { my $s = shift; $s = _clientname($s) if ref($s); push @clients, $s; } sub done { my $s = shift; $s = _clientname($s) if ref($s); @clients = grep {$_ ne $s} @clients; $s->cleanup; # $running = 3 unless @clients; exit(0) unless @clients; } sub _clientname { my $name = shift; "$name" =~ /^(.+)=[A-Z]+\(.+\)$/; return $1; } sub next { my $s = shift; $DB::single = 2; $running = 1; } sub step { my $s = shift; $DB::single = 1; $running = 1; } sub cont { my $s = shift; my $i = shift; $s->set_tbreak($i) if $i; for ($i = 0; $i <= $#stack;) { $stack[$i++] &= ~1; } $DB::single = 0; $running = 1; } #### # XXX caller must experimentally determine $i (since it depends # on how many client call frames are between this call and the DB call). # Such is life. # sub ret { my $s = shift; my $i = shift; # how many levels to get to DB sub $i = 0 unless defined $i; $stack[$#stack-$i] |= 1; $DB::single = 0; $running = 1; } #### # XXX caller must experimentally determine $start (since it depends # on how many client call frames are between this call and the DB call). # Such is life. # sub backtrace { my $self = shift; my $start = shift; my($p,$f,$l,$s,$h,$w,$e,$r,$a, @a, @ret,$i); $start = 1 unless $start; for ($i = $start; ($p,$f,$l,$s,$h,$w,$e,$r) = caller($i); $i++) { @a = @DB::args; for (@a) { s/'/\\'/g; s/([^\0]*)/'$1'/ unless /^-?[\d.]+$/; s/([\200-\377])/sprintf("M-%c",ord($1)&0177)/eg; s/([\0-\37\177])/sprintf("^%c",ord($1)^64)/eg; } $w = $w ? '@ = ' : '$ = '; $a = $h ? '(' . join(', ', @a) . ')' : ''; $e =~ s/\n\s*\;\s*\Z// if $e; $e =~ s/[\\\']/\\$1/g if $e; if ($r) { $s = "require '$e'"; } elsif (defined $r) { $s = "eval '$e'"; } elsif ($s eq '(eval)') { $s = "eval {...}"; } $f = "file `$f'" unless $f eq '-e'; push @ret, "$w&$s$a from $f line $l"; last if $DB::signal; } return @ret; } sub _outputall { my $c; for $c (@clients) { $c->output(@_); } } sub trace_toggle { my $s = shift; $DB::trace = !$DB::trace; } #### # without args: returns all defined subroutine names # with subname args: returns a listref [file, start, end] # sub subs { my $s = shift; if (@_) { my(@ret) = (); while (@_) { my $name = shift; push @ret, [$DB::sub{$name} =~ /^(.*)\:(\d+)-(\d+)$/] if exists $DB::sub{$name}; } return @ret; } return keys %DB::sub; } #### # first argument is a filename whose subs will be returned # if a filename is not supplied, all subs in the current # filename are returned. # sub filesubs { my $s = shift; my $fname = shift; $fname = $DB::filename unless $fname; return grep { $DB::sub{$_} =~ /^$fname/ } keys %DB::sub; } #### # returns a list of all filenames that DB knows about # sub files { my $s = shift; my(@f) = grep(m|^_<|, keys %main::); return map { substr($_,2) } @f; } #### # returns reference to an array holding the lines in currently # loaded file # sub lines { my $s = shift; return \@DB::dbline; } #### # loadfile($file, $line) # sub loadfile { my $s = shift; my($file, $line) = @_; if (!defined $main::{'_<' . $file}) { my $try; if (($try) = grep(m|^_<.*$file|, keys %main::)) { $file = substr($try,2); } } if (defined($main::{'_<' . $file})) { my $c; # _outputall("Loading file $file.."); *DB::dbline = "::_<$file"; $DB::filename = $file; for $c (@clients) { # print "2 ", $file, '|', $line, "\n"; $c->showfile($file, $line); } return $file; } return undef; } sub lineevents { my $s = shift; my $fname = shift; my(%ret) = (); my $i; $fname = $DB::filename unless $fname; local(*DB::dbline) = "::_<$fname"; for ($i = 1; $i <= $#DB::dbline; $i++) { $ret{$i} = [$DB::dbline[$i], split(/\0/, $DB::dbline{$i})] if defined $DB::dbline{$i}; } return %ret; } sub set_break { my $s = shift; my $i = shift; my $cond = shift; $i ||= $DB::lineno; $cond ||= '1'; $i = _find_subline($i) if ($i =~ /\D/); $s->output("Subroutine not found.\n") unless $i; if ($i) { if ($DB::dbline[$i] == 0) { $s->output("Line $i not breakable.\n"); } else { $DB::dbline{$i} =~ s/^[^\0]*/$cond/; } } } sub set_tbreak { my $s = shift; my $i = shift; $i = _find_subline($i) if ($i =~ /\D/); $s->output("Subroutine not found.\n") unless $i; if ($i) { if ($DB::dbline[$i] == 0) { $s->output("Line $i not breakable.\n"); } else { $DB::dbline{$i} =~ s/($|\0)/;9$1/; # add one-time-only b.p. } } } sub _find_subline { my $name = shift; $name =~ s/\'/::/; $name = "${DB::package}\:\:" . $name if $name !~ /::/; $name = "main" . $name if substr($name,0,2) eq "::"; my($fname, $from, $to) = ($DB::sub{$name} =~ /^(.*):(\d+)-(\d+)$/); if ($from) { local *DB::dbline = "::_<$fname"; ++$from while $DB::dbline[$from] == 0 && $from < $to; return $from; } return undef; } sub clr_breaks { my $s = shift; my $i; if (@_) { while (@_) { $i = shift; $i = _find_subline($i) if ($i =~ /\D/); $s->output("Subroutine not found.\n") unless $i; if (defined $DB::dbline{$i}) { $DB::dbline{$i} =~ s/^[^\0]+//; if ($DB::dbline{$i} =~ s/^\0?$//) { delete $DB::dbline{$i}; } } } } else { for ($i = 1; $i <= $#DB::dbline ; $i++) { if (defined $DB::dbline{$i}) { $DB::dbline{$i} =~ s/^[^\0]+//; if ($DB::dbline{$i} =~ s/^\0?$//) { delete $DB::dbline{$i}; } } } } } sub set_action { my $s = shift; my $i = shift; my $act = shift; $i = _find_subline($i) if ($i =~ /\D/); $s->output("Subroutine not found.\n") unless $i; if ($i) { if ($DB::dbline[$i] == 0) { $s->output("Line $i not actionable.\n"); } else { $DB::dbline{$i} =~ s/\0[^\0]*//; $DB::dbline{$i} .= "\0" . $act; } } } sub clr_actions { my $s = shift; my $i; if (@_) { while (@_) { my $i = shift; $i = _find_subline($i) if ($i =~ /\D/); $s->output("Subroutine not found.\n") unless $i; if ($i && $DB::dbline[$i] != 0) { $DB::dbline{$i} =~ s/\0[^\0]*//; delete $DB::dbline{$i} if $DB::dbline{$i} =~ s/^\0?$//; } } } else { for ($i = 1; $i <= $#DB::dbline ; $i++) { if (defined $DB::dbline{$i}) { $DB::dbline{$i} =~ s/\0[^\0]*//; delete $DB::dbline{$i} if $DB::dbline{$i} =~ s/^\0?$//; } } } } sub prestop { my ($client, $val) = @_; return defined($val) ? $preeval->{$client} = $val : $preeval->{$client}; } sub poststop { my ($client, $val) = @_; return defined($val) ? $posteval->{$client} = $val : $posteval->{$client}; } # # "pure virtual" methods # # client-specific pre/post-stop actions. sub cprestop {} sub cpoststop {} # client complete startup sub awaken {} sub skippkg { my $s = shift; push @skippkg, @_ if @_; } sub evalcode { my ($client, $val) = @_; if (defined $val) { $running = 2; # hand over to DB() to evaluate in its context $ineval->{$client} = $val; } return $ineval->{$client}; } sub ready { my $s = shift; return $ready = 1; } # stubs sub init {} sub stop {} sub idle {} sub cleanup {} sub output {} # # client init # for (@clients) { $_->init } $SIG{'INT'} = \&DB::catch; # disable this if stepping through END blocks is desired # (looks scary and deconstructivist with Swat) END { $ready = 0 } 1; __END__