NAME

Devel::MAT::Context - represent a single call context state

DESCRIPTION

Objects in this class represent a single level of state from the call context. These contexts represent function calls between perl functions.

COMMON METHODS

gimme

$gimme = $ctx->gimme;

Returns the gimme value of the call context.

file

line

location

$file = $ctx->file;

$line = $ctx->line;

$location = $ctx->location;

Returns the file, line or location as (FILE line LINE).

Devel::MAT::Context::SUB

Represents a context which is a subroutine call.

cv

$cv = $ctx->cv;

Returns the CV which this call is to.

args

$args = $ctx->args;

Returns the arguments AV which represents the @_ argument array.

olddepth

$olddepth = $ctx->olddepth;

Returns the old depth of the context (that is, the depth the CV would be at after this context returns).

depth

$depth = $ctx->depth;

Returns the actual depth of the context. This is inferred at load time by considering the olddepth of the next inner-nested call to the same CV, or from the actual depth of the CV is no other call exists.

Devel::MAT::Context::TRY

Represents a context which is a block eval {} call.

Devel::MAT::Context::EVAL

Represents a context which is a string eval EXPR call.

code

$sv = $ctx->code;

Returns the SV containing the text string being evaluated.

AUTHOR

Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>