patch to provide more informative names for evals and anonymous

subroutines (from Ilya Zakharevich)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4975

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldebug.pod b/pod/perldebug.pod
index 65a07e21fa..1c94f5fda0 100644
--- a/pod/perldebug.pod
+++ b/pod/perldebug.pod
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ List a single line.
 
 =item l subname
 
-List first window of lines from subroutine.
+List first window of lines from subroutine.  I<subname> may
+be a variable which contains a code reference.
 
 =item -
 
@@ -251,7 +252,9 @@ that begin an executable statement.  Conditions don't use B<if>:
 
 =item b subname [condition]
 
-Set a breakpoint at the first line of the named subroutine.
+Set a breakpoint at the first line of the named subroutine.  I<subname> may
+be a variable which contains a code reference (in this case I<condition>
+is not supported).
 
 =item b postpone subname [condition]
 
diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
index 3393fd930f..dca9cc092f 100644
--- a/pod/perlvar.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -832,6 +832,23 @@ Keep info about source lines on which a subroutine is defined.
 
 Start with single-step on.
 
+=item 0x40
+
+Use subroutine address instead of name when reporting.
+
+=item 0x80
+
+Report C<goto &subroutine> as well.
+
+=item 0x100
+
+Provide informative "file" names for evals based on the place they were compiled.
+
+=item 0x200
+
+Provide informative names to anonymous subroutines based on the place they
+were compiled.
+
 =back
 
 Some bits may be relevant at compile-time only, some at