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| author | Ovid <ovid@cpan.org> | 2022-02-23 15:48:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Karl Williamson <khw@cpan.org> | 2022-02-23 11:08:59 -0700 |
| commit | 2b031f68cbd94fd2378a0554999316c603b81ea5 (patch) | |
| tree | ce7c3f30e1bc764ba77235cc2cbe4a1f1702db01 | |
| parent | b552559790c519346bfaf2f75b5c27f658bab010 (diff) | |
| download | perl-2b031f68cbd94fd2378a0554999316c603b81ea5.tar.gz | |
Update perldebug.pod to explain detection of running under the debugger
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diff --git a/pod/perldebug.pod b/pod/perldebug.pod index 2c58ca3e24..20fa8d7be2 100644 --- a/pod/perldebug.pod +++ b/pod/perldebug.pod @@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ Debug a given program using threads (experimental). =back +If Perl is called with the C<-d> switch, the variable C<$^P> will hold a true +value. This is useful if you need to know if your code is running under the +debugger: + + if ( $^P ) { + # running under the debugger + } + +See L<perlvar/$^P> for more information on the variable. + =head2 Debugger Commands The interactive debugger understands the following commands: |