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authorDave Mitchell <davem@fdisolutions.com>2003-06-27 23:26:24 +0100
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2003-06-28 15:39:57 +0000
commitb4ab917c3d812d8e61d365bfa48d9bf7675bc113 (patch)
tree03f4a25b24bafea2e817ad09779a5859dc55790b /pod/perlvar.pod
parent1d26cd9ec5ffb2d7823fb6941a001dc8e9a6d1c6 (diff)
downloadperl-b4ab917c3d812d8e61d365bfa48d9bf7675bc113.tar.gz
Two debugging patches.
The first allows to hold symbolic switches in $^D and more generally fixes assignment to $^D. The second one improves the information given by -Dl. Subject: [PATCH] allow $^D = "flags" Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 22:26:24 +0100 Message-ID: <20030627212624.GB12887@fdgroup.com> Subject: [PATCH] make -Dl show more scope info From: Dave Mitchell <davem@fdgroup.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:00:36 +0100 Message-ID: <20030627220036.GC12887@fdgroup.com> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@19870
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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
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@@ -902,7 +902,8 @@ C<$^C = 1> is similar to calling C<B::minus_c>.
=item $^D
The current value of the debugging flags. (Mnemonic: value of B<-D>
-switch.)
+switch.) May be read or set. Like its command-line equivalent, you can use
+numeric or symbolic values, eg C<$^D = 10> or C<$^D = "st">.
=item $SYSTEM_FD_MAX