Re: Strange debugging question...

2007-09-29 Thread Dr.Ruud
"Zachary Shay" schreef: > Is there any way to get the name of a variable by knowing its memory > address? Do you consider its ref-value as its memory address? -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Strange debugging question...

2007-09-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sep 27, 6:11 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Zachary Shay) wrote: > Is there any way to get the name of a variable by knowing its memory > address? Not in general in a reasonable time. Anyhow, how would you know the address of a variable in Perl? What do you mean by "the name"? An SV in Perl can have

Re: Strange debugging question...

2007-09-27 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 01:11:11PM -0400, Zachary Shay wrote: > Is there any way to get the name of a variable by knowing its memory > address? Some hairy XS might get you an 80% solution, but in general, no. -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [

Strange debugging question...

2007-09-27 Thread Zachary Shay
Is there any way to get the name of a variable by knowing its memory address? Thanks, Zach