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| -rw-r--r-- | perl.c | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlrun.pod | 8 |
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -2060,9 +2060,25 @@ Perl_moreswitches(pTHX_ char *s) case 'd': forbid_setid("-d"); s++; - if (*s == ':' || *s == '=') { - my_setenv("PERL5DB", Perl_form(aTHX_ "use Devel::%s;", ++s)); + /* The following permits -d:Mod to accepts arguments following an = + in the fashion that -MSome::Mod does. */ + if (*s == ':' || *s == '=') { + char *start; + SV *sv; + sv = newSVpv("use Devel::", 0); + start = ++s; + /* We now allow -d:Module=Foo,Bar */ + while(isALNUM(*s) || *s==':') ++s; + if (*s != '=') + sv_catpv(sv, start); + else { + sv_catpvn(sv, start, s-start); + sv_catpv(sv, " split(/,/,q{"); + sv_catpv(sv, ++s); + sv_catpv(sv, "})"); + } s += strlen(s); + my_setenv("PERL5DB", SvPV(sv, PL_na)); } if (!PL_perldb) { PL_perldb = PERLDB_ALL; diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod index e105b00a7a..98ab39c855 100644 --- a/pod/perlrun.pod +++ b/pod/perlrun.pod @@ -284,11 +284,15 @@ be skipped. runs the program under the Perl debugger. See L<perldebug>. -=item B<-d:>I<foo> +=item B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]> runs the program under the control of a debugging, profiling, or tracing module installed as Devel::foo. E.g., B<-d:DProf> executes -the program using the Devel::DProf profiler. See L<perldebug>. +the program using the Devel::DProf profiler. As with the B<-M> +flag, options may be passed to the Devel::foo package where they +will be received and interpreted by the Devel::foo::import routine. +The comma-separated list of options must follow a C<=> character. +See L<perldebug>. =item B<-D>I<letters> |