NAME

"Devel::MAT::Context" - represent a single call context state

DESCRIPTION

Objects in this class represent a single level of state from the call context. These contexts represent function calls between perl functions.

COMMON METHODS

gimme

   $gimme = $ctx->gimme

Returns the gimme value of the call context.

location

   $file = $ctx->file

   $line = $ctx->line

   $location = $ctx->location

Returns the file, line or location as ("FILE line LINE").

Devel::MAT::Context::SUB

Represents a context which is a subroutine call.

args

   $args = $ctx->args

Returns the arguments AV which represents the @_ argument array.

olddepth

   $olddepth = $ctx->olddepth

Returns the old depth of the context (that is, the depth the CV would be at after this context returns).

depth

   $depth = $ctx->depth

Returns the actual depth of the context. This is inferred at load time by considering the "olddepth" of the next inner-nested call to the same CV, or from the actual "depth" of the CV is no other call exists.

Devel::MAT::Context::TRY

Represents a context which is a block "eval {}" call.

Devel::MAT::Context::EVAL

Represents a context which is a string "eval EXPR" call.

code

   $sv = $ctx->code

Returns the SV containing the text string being evaluated.

AUTHOR

Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>