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authorGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-02-02 07:58:35 +0000
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-02-02 07:58:35 +0000
commitbee32ff8f5fb3bbd86101dcb039642bf5fde9142 (patch)
tree05d1cb5d5791c61008d6456c106ebfb7e0a668c6 /pod/perldebug.pod
parentdb376a245d40f9f81e37632708a9ad2cfc67ef6a (diff)
downloadperl-bee32ff8f5fb3bbd86101dcb039642bf5fde9142.tar.gz
fixes for switching files in the debugger (from Ilya Zakharevich)
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4955
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@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ Switch to viewing a different file or eval statement. If C<filename>
is not a full filename as found in values of %INC, it is considered as
a regexp.
+C<eval>ed strings (when accessible) are considered to be filenames:
+C<f (eval 7)> and C<f eval 7\b> access the body of the 7th C<eval>ed string
+(in the order of execution). The bodies of currently executed C<eval>
+and of C<eval>ed strings which define subroutines are saved, thus are
+accessible by this mechanism.
+
=item /pattern/
Search forwards for pattern; final / is optional.