globals and current scope

[Cagliostro]

Other question. I want to know what are the global variables and variables available in current scope. Is there a way to do that? (I mean not listing the source code, but just printing them on the output)

Ion Filipski

 

[PaulTEG]

Reading the source should be enough, if you're using use strict. The my directive states that the variable being declared is visible only to that block, so a variable declared within a subroutine, while it can have the same name is visible only to that block of code/function/if statement/while statement.

There may be utilities to dump the namespace of a program, or the debugger may be able to do this, but given that the code is interpreted it's unlikely, but I'm ready to learn to the contrary as they say ;-)

Paul
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[Cagliostro]

I can't use or not to use strict. This is a big application what already is done by something else. I have only to fix bugs and to do small changes in the program. There are many including directives, with many variables.

Ion Filipski

 

[KevinADC]

are you using any kind of an IDE? If not, you probably want to start using one. I think there is a list of perl IDE's in the perl FAQs.

 

[Cagliostro]

The only IDE available there is vi editor. And I want to output all the variables in the browser, so I could view them. At least at once.

Ion Filipski

 

[stevexff]

Ion

There is a module called Padwalker that might do what you want. It doesn't work on Activestate, but might help you out as it sounds like you are on *nix.

http://search.cpan.org/~robin/PadWalker-1.0/PadWalker.pm

Steve

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