Perl Debugger Pocket Reference

Name: Perl Debugger Pocket Reference
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ISBN: 9780596005030

ISBN-10: 0596005032

ISBN-13: 9780596005030

Edition: 2004

Authors: Richard Foley

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Most Perl programmers know about the Perl debugger--the nifty little built-in utility that you can use to fully debug any programs that you write. Inside the interactive debugger environment, you're prompted for commands that let you examine your source code, set breakpoints, dump out function call stacks, change values of variables, and much more. It's so convenient that some programmers run it just to test out Perl constructs as they create a program. But although it's on their radar, not many Perl programmers take the time to master the debugger. That's where the "Perl Debugger Pocket Reference comes in. This little book provides a quick and convenient path to mastery of the Perl…

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List price: $9.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/2/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 4.00" wide x 6.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



What Is the Perl Debugger?


Why Use the Debugger?


Unfamiliar Territory


About This Book


The linecounter.pl Script


Shell


Truncated Output


Versions of Perl


Delving Deeper


Conventions


Acknowledgments and Disclaimers


Before You Debug


Check Your Syntax


Use strict


Warnings


Diagnostics


Taint Mode


A Debugger Tutorial


Starting a Session


A Simple CGI Debugger Session


Debugger Commands


Help and Quitting


Examining Data


Listing Code and Searching


Motion


Actions, Breakpoints, and Watchpoints


Perl, Pre-Prompt, and Post-Prompt Commands


Shell and Debugger Commands


Setting Options


Debugger Variables


$DB::* Variables


Environment Variables


Debugging Options


DB and Devel Namespaces


Runtime Sequence


DB::DB()


DB::sub()


Devel Namespace (-d)


Useful Modules


-DDEBUGGING


References


Perldoc


Books


URLs


Online Articles


History


GUIs--Graphical User Interfaces


Debuggers


Text Editors


Quick Reference


Index