On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 08:24:34PM +0100, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sounds like a job for pre and post handlers for subs and methods.... > > Pah. Sounds like a debug variable in the interpreter context (what we > already have for errors and warnings - we might need a few more bits for > level, though) and a bit more cleverness for the C<debug> opcode (which > we have too). > > Said buggy sub starts with: > > debug 0 # turn off or - debug -1 ... reduce level Faffing with $^D in Perl 5 can be really useful. > Returning from the sub restores automagically the old debug level, > because it's in the interpreter context. local $^D in Perl 5, which is also useful. But we don't have pre and post handers in Perl 5, so I don't know if they'd make the job easier. Nicholas Clark
