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NAME

6       Devel::Trace - Print out each line before it is executed (like "sh -x")
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SYNOPSIS

9         perl -d:Trace program
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DESCRIPTION

12       If you run your program with "perl -d:Trace program", this module will
13       print a message to standard error just before each line is executed.
14       For example, if your program looks like this:
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16               #!/usr/bin/perl
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19               print "Statement 1 at line 4\n";
20               print "Statement 2 at line 5\n";
21               print "Call to sub x returns ", &x(), " at line 6.\n";
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23               exit 0;
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26               sub x {
27                 print "In sub x at line 12.\n";
28                 return 13;
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31       Then  the "Trace" output will look like this:
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33               >> ./test:4: print "Statement 1 at line 4\n";
34               >> ./test:5: print "Statement 2 at line 5\n";
35               >> ./test:6: print "Call to sub x returns ", &x(), " at line 6.\n";
36               >> ./test:12:   print "In sub x at line 12.\n";
37               >> ./test:13:   return 13;
38               >> ./test:8: exit 0;
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40       This is something like the shell's "-x" option.
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DETAILS

43       Inside your program, you can enable and disable tracing by doing
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45           $Devel::Trace::TRACE = 1;   # Enable
46           $Devel::Trace::TRACE = 0;   # Disable
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50           Devel::Trace::trace('on');  # Enable
51           Devel::Trace::trace('off'); # Disable
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53       "Devel::Trace" exports the "trace" function if you ask it to:
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55           import Devel::Trace 'trace';
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57       Then if you want you just say
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59           trace 'on';                 # Enable
60           trace 'off';                # Disable
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TODO

63       •   You should be able to  send the trace output to the filehandle of
64           your choice.
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66       •   You should be able to specify the format of the output.
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68       •   You should be able to get the output into a string.
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70       We'll see.
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LICENSE

73       Devel::Trace 0.11 and its source code are hereby placed in the public
74       domain.
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Author

77       Mark-Jason Dominus (C<mjd-perl-trace@plover.com>), Plover Systems co.
78       See the C<Devel::Trace.pm> Page at
79       http://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/Trace for news and upgrades.
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