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authorKarl Williamson <khw@cpan.org>2018-11-11 21:42:51 -0700
committerKarl Williamson <khw@cpan.org>2018-11-16 08:54:16 -0700
commitdafb254405696d9098a8d8452edea4ff150d3afb (patch)
tree30985f97a65935f89c0e9563fc24f63b9665ed43 /pod
parentb432b281adf94838a75c0c77faee5b236a1e8297 (diff)
downloadperl-dafb254405696d9098a8d8452edea4ff150d3afb.tar.gz
-Drv now turns on all regex debugging
This commit makes the v (verbose) modifier to -Dr do something: turn on all possible regex debugging.
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
-rw-r--r--pod/perldebguts.pod5
-rw-r--r--pod/perldelta.pod5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldebguts.pod b/pod/perldebguts.pod
index a587f820c1..94b83fe278 100644
--- a/pod/perldebguts.pod
+++ b/pod/perldebguts.pod
@@ -421,9 +421,10 @@ is printed with proper indentation.
There are two ways to enable debugging output for regular expressions.
If your perl is compiled with C<-DDEBUGGING>, you may use the
-B<-Dr> flag on the command line.
+B<-Dr> flag on the command line, and C<-Drv> for more verbose
+information.
-Otherwise, one can C<use re 'debug'>, which has effects at
+Otherwise, one can C<use re 'debug'>, which has effects at both
compile time and run time. Since Perl 5.9.5, this pragma is lexically
scoped.
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index d88bdb7ef1..f17d64cbb9 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
+=head2 C<-Drv> now means something on C<-DDEBUGGING> builds
+
+Now, adding the verbose flag (C<-Dv>) to the C<-Dr> flag turns on all
+possible regular expression debugging.
+
=head1 Security
XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security