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NAME

Acme::Pointer - We can access to data using address as the string

SYNOPSIS

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use utf8;
use feature qw/say/;
use Data::Dumper;
use Acme::Pointer;

my $a = {
    a => 20,
    b => [1,2]
};
my $b = "$a";
say $b;
print Dumper deref($b);
say "-" x 10;

if ($b =~ /[A-Z]+\((.*)\)/) {
    print Dumper pointer($1);
}

DESCRIPTION

Acme::Pointer by passing the address as the string to the function, you can access that address.

THIS MODULE IS UNSAFE. DO NOT USE THIS IN PRODUCT.

METHODS

deref($ref :Str)

You can pass the following string to this function.

CODE(0x7fd541a84a30)
HASH(0x7fd541a84a30)
ARRAY(0x7fd541a84a30)
SCALAR(0x7fd541a84a30)

If a character string other than these is passed, undef will be returned.

pointer($addr :Str)

You can pass the string like "0x7fd541a84a30" to this function.

LICENSE

Copyright (C) K.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

K <x00.x7f@gmail.com>