2 eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
3 if $running_under_some_shell;
7 diagnostics, splain - produce verbose warning diagnostics
11 Using the C<diagnostics> pragma:
14 use diagnostics -verbose;
19 Using the C<splain> standalone filter program:
21 perl program 2>diag.out
22 splain [-v] [-p] diag.out
24 Using diagnostics to get stack traces from a misbehaving script:
26 perl -Mdiagnostics=-traceonly my_script.pl
30 =head2 The C<diagnostics> Pragma
32 This module extends the terse diagnostics normally emitted by both the
33 perl compiler and the perl interpreter (from running perl with a -w
34 switch or C<use warnings>), augmenting them with the more
35 explicative and endearing descriptions found in L<perldiag>. Like the
36 other pragmata, it affects the compilation phase of your program rather
37 than merely the execution phase.
39 To use in your program as a pragma, merely invoke
43 at the start (or near the start) of your program. (Note
44 that this I<does> enable perl's B<-w> flag.) Your whole
45 compilation will then be subject(ed :-) to the enhanced diagnostics.
46 These still go out B<STDERR>.
48 Due to the interaction between runtime and compiletime issues,
49 and because it's probably not a very good idea anyway,
50 you may not use C<no diagnostics> to turn them off at compiletime.
51 However, you may control their behaviour at runtime using the
52 disable() and enable() methods to turn them off and on respectively.
54 The B<-verbose> flag first prints out the L<perldiag> introduction before
55 any other diagnostics. The $diagnostics::PRETTY variable can generate nicer
56 escape sequences for pagers.
58 Warnings dispatched from perl itself (or more accurately, those that match
59 descriptions found in L<perldiag>) are only displayed once (no duplicate
60 descriptions). User code generated warnings a la warn() are unaffected,
61 allowing duplicate user messages to be displayed.
63 This module also adds a stack trace to the error message when perl dies.
64 This is useful for pinpointing what caused the death. The B<-traceonly> (or
65 just B<-t>) flag turns off the explanations of warning messages leaving just
66 the stack traces. So if your script is dieing, run it again with
68 perl -Mdiagnostics=-traceonly my_bad_script
70 to see the call stack at the time of death. By supplying the B<-warntrace>
71 (or just B<-w>) flag, any warnings emitted will also come with a stack
74 =head2 The I<splain> Program
76 While apparently a whole nuther program, I<splain> is actually nothing
77 more than a link to the (executable) F<diagnostics.pm> module, as well as
78 a link to the F<diagnostics.pod> documentation. The B<-v> flag is like
79 the C<use diagnostics -verbose> directive.
80 The B<-p> flag is like the
81 $diagnostics::PRETTY variable. Since you're post-processing with
82 I<splain>, there's no sense in being able to enable() or disable() processing.
84 Output from I<splain> is directed to B<STDOUT>, unlike the pragma.
88 The following file is certain to trigger a few errors at both
89 runtime and compiletime:
92 print NOWHERE "nothing\n";
93 print STDERR "\n\tThis message should be unadorned.\n";
94 warn "\tThis is a user warning";
95 print "\nDIAGNOSTIC TESTER: Please enter a <CR> here: ";
96 my $a, $b = scalar <STDIN>;
100 If you prefer to run your program first and look at its problem
103 perl -w test.pl 2>test.out
106 Note that this is not in general possible in shells of more dubious heritage,
109 (perl -w test.pl >/dev/tty) >& test.out
112 Because you just moved the existing B<stdout> to somewhere else.
114 If you don't want to modify your source code, but still have on-the-fly
117 exec 3>&1; perl -w test.pl 2>&1 1>&3 3>&- | splain 1>&2 3>&-
121 If you want to control warnings on the fly, do something like this.
122 Make sure you do the C<use> first, or you won't be able to get
123 at the enable() or disable() methods.
125 use diagnostics; # checks entire compilation phase
126 print "\ntime for 1st bogus diags: SQUAWKINGS\n";
128 print "done with 1st bogus\n";
130 disable diagnostics; # only turns off runtime warnings
131 print "\ntime for 2nd bogus: (squelched)\n";
133 print "done with 2nd bogus\n";
135 enable diagnostics; # turns back on runtime warnings
136 print "\ntime for 3rd bogus: SQUAWKINGS\n";
138 print "done with 3rd bogus\n";
141 print "\ntime for 4th bogus: (squelched)\n";
143 print "done with 4th bogus\n";
147 Diagnostic messages derive from the F<perldiag.pod> file when available at
148 runtime. Otherwise, they may be embedded in the file itself when the
149 splain package is built. See the F<Makefile> for details.
151 If an extant $SIG{__WARN__} handler is discovered, it will continue
152 to be honored, but only after the diagnostics::splainthis() function
153 (the module's $SIG{__WARN__} interceptor) has had its way with your
156 There is a $diagnostics::DEBUG variable you may set if you're desperately
157 curious what sorts of things are being intercepted.
159 BEGIN { $diagnostics::DEBUG = 1 }
164 Not being able to say "no diagnostics" is annoying, but may not be
167 The C<-pretty> directive is called too late to affect matters.
168 You have to do this instead, and I<before> you load the module.
170 BEGIN { $diagnostics::PRETTY = 1 }
172 I could start up faster by delaying compilation until it should be
173 needed, but this gets a "panic: top_level" when using the pragma form
176 While it's true that this documentation is somewhat subserious, if you use
177 a program named I<splain>, you should expect a bit of whimsy.
181 Tom Christiansen <F<tchrist@mox.perl.com>>, 25 June 1995.
188 $Carp::Internal
{__PACKAGE__
.""}++;
198 my($privlib, $archlib) = @Config{qw(privlibexp archlibexp)};
200 require VMS
::Filespec
;
201 $privlib = VMS
::Filespec
::unixify
($privlib);
202 $archlib = VMS
::Filespec
::unixify
($archlib);
205 "$archlib/pod/perldiag.pod",
206 "$privlib/pod/perldiag-$Config{version}.pod",
207 "$privlib/pod/perldiag.pod",
208 "$archlib/pods/perldiag.pod",
209 "$privlib/pods/perldiag-$Config{version}.pod",
210 "$privlib/pods/perldiag.pod",
212 # handy for development testing of new warnings etc
213 unshift @trypod, "./pod/perldiag.pod" if -e
"pod/perldiag.pod";
214 (my $PODFILE) = ((grep { -e
} @trypod), $trypod[$#trypod])[0];
216 if ($^O
eq 'MacOS') {
217 # just updir one from each lib dir, we'll find it ...
218 ($PODFILE) = grep { -e
} map { "$_:pod:perldiag.pod" } @INC;
223 my $WHOAMI = ref bless []; # nobody's business, prolly not even mine
229 my(%HTML_2_Troff, %HTML_2_Latin_1, %HTML_2_ASCII_7);
232 our $opt_p = our $opt_d = our $opt_v = our $opt_f = '';
237 Getopt
::Std
::getopts
('pdvf:')
238 or die "Usage: $0 [-v] [-p] [-f splainpod]";
239 $PODFILE = $opt_f if $opt_f;
240 $DEBUG = 2 if $opt_d;
245 if (open(POD_DIAG
, $PODFILE)) {
246 warn "Happy happy podfile from real $PODFILE\n" if $DEBUG;
252 for my $file ( (map { "$_/$WHOAMI.pm" } @INC), $0) {
253 warn "Checking $file\n" if $DEBUG;
254 if (open(POD_DIAG
, $file)) {
257 /^__END__\s*# wish diag dbase were more accessible/;
258 print STDERR
"podfile is $file\n" if $DEBUG;
265 print STDERR
"podfile is <DATA>\n" if $DEBUG;
266 *POD_DIAG
= *main
::DATA
;
270 die "couldn't find diagnostic data in $PODFILE @INC $0";
275 'amp' => '&', # ampersand
276 'lt' => '<', # left chevron, less-than
277 'gt' => '>', # right chevron, greater-than
278 'quot' => '"', # double quote
280 "Aacute" => "A\\*'", # capital A, acute accent
286 'amp' => '&', # ampersand
287 'lt' => '<', # left chevron, less-than
288 'gt' => '>', # right chevron, greater-than
289 'quot' => '"', # double quote
291 "Aacute" => "\xC1" # capital A, acute accent
297 'amp' => '&', # ampersand
298 'lt' => '<', # left chevron, less-than
299 'gt' => '>', # right chevron, greater-than
300 'quot' => '"', # double quote
302 "Aacute" => "A" # capital A, acute accent
309 $PRETTY ? \
%HTML_2_Latin_1 : \
%HTML_2_ASCII_7;
315 *THITHER
= $standalone ?
*STDOUT
: *STDERR
;
318 my $transmo = <<EOFUNC;
320 #local \$^W = 0; # recursive warnings we do NOT need!
326 print STDERR
"FINISHING COMPILATION for $_\n" if $DEBUG;
335 sub noop
{ return $_[0] } # spensive for a noop
336 sub bold
{ my $str =$_[0]; $str =~ s/(.)/$1\b$1/g; return $str; }
337 sub italic
{ my $str = $_[0]; $str =~ s/(.)/_\b$1/g; return $str; }
338 s/C<<< (.*?) >>>|C<< (.*?) >>|[BC]<(.*?)>/bold($+)/ges;
339 s/[LIF]<(.*?)>/italic($1)/ges;
341 s/C<<< (.*?) >>>|C<< (.*?) >>|[BC]<(.*?)>/$+/gs;
342 s/[LIF]<(.*?)>/$1/gs;
345 if (defined $header) {
346 if ( $header eq 'DESCRIPTION' &&
347 ( /Optional warnings are enabled/
348 || /Some of these messages are generic./
359 unless ( s/=item (.*?)\s*\z//) {
361 if ( s/=head1\sDESCRIPTION//) {
362 $msg{$header = 'DESCRIPTION'} = '';
365 elsif( s/^=for\s+diagnostics\s*\n(.*?)\s*\z// ) {
371 if( $for_item ) { $header = $for_item; undef $for_item }
374 while( $header =~ /[;,]\z/ ) {
375 <POD_DIAG
> =~ /^\s*(.*?)\s*\z/;
380 # strip formatting directives from =item line
381 $header =~ s/[A-Z]<(.*?)>/$1/g;
383 my @toks = split( /(%l?[dx]|%c|%(?:\.\d+)?s)/, $header );
386 for my $i (0..$#toks){
388 if( $toks[$i] eq '%c' ){
390 } elsif( $toks[$i] eq '%d' ){
392 } elsif( $toks[$i] eq '%s' ){
393 $toks[$i] = $i == $#toks ?
'.*' : '.*?';
394 } elsif( $toks[$i] =~ '%.(\d+)s' ){
396 } elsif( $toks[$i] =~ '^%l*x$' ){
397 $toks[$i] = '[\da-f]+';
399 } elsif( length( $toks[$i] ) ){
400 $toks[$i] =~ s/^.*$/\Q$&\E/;
401 $conlen += length( $toks[$i] );
404 my $lhs = join( '', @toks );
405 $transfmt{$header}{pat
} =
406 " s{^$lhs}\n {\Q$header\E}s\n\t&& return 1;\n";
407 $transfmt{$header}{len
} = $conlen;
409 $transfmt{$header}{pat
} =
410 " m{^\Q$header\E} && return 1;\n";
411 $transfmt{$header}{len
} = length( $header );
414 print STDERR
"$WHOAMI: Duplicate entry: \"$header\"\n"
421 close POD_DIAG
unless *main
::DATA
eq *POD_DIAG
;
423 die "No diagnostics?" unless %msg;
425 # Apply patterns in order of decreasing sum of lengths of fixed parts
426 # Seems the best way of hitting the right one.
427 for my $hdr ( sort { $transfmt{$b}{len
} <=> $transfmt{$a}{len
} }
429 $transmo .= $transfmt{$hdr}{pat
};
431 $transmo .= " return 0;\n}\n";
432 print STDERR
$transmo if $DEBUG;
438 if (!@ARGV and -t STDIN
) { print STDERR
"$0: Reading from STDIN\n" }
439 while (defined (my $error = <>)) {
440 splainthis
($error) || print THITHER
$error;
450 $^W
= 1; # yup, clobbered the global variable;
451 # tough, if you want diags, you want diags.
452 return if defined $SIG{__WARN__
} && ($SIG{__WARN__
} eq \
&warn_trap
);
456 /^-d(ebug)?$/ && do {
461 /^-v(erbose)?$/ && do {
466 /^-p(retty)?$/ && do {
467 print STDERR
"$0: I'm afraid it's too late for prettiness.\n";
472 /^-t(race)?$/ && do {
476 /^-w(arntrace)?$/ && do {
481 warn "Unknown flag: $_";
484 $oldwarn = $SIG{__WARN__
};
485 $olddie = $SIG{__DIE__
};
486 $SIG{__WARN__
} = \
&warn_trap
;
487 $SIG{__DIE__
} = \
&death_trap
;
490 sub enable
{ &import
}
494 return unless $SIG{__WARN__
} eq \
&warn_trap
;
495 $SIG{__WARN__
} = $oldwarn || '';
496 $SIG{__DIE__
} = $olddie || '';
501 if (caller eq $WHOAMI or !splainthis
($warning)) {
503 print STDERR Carp
::longmess
($warning);
505 print STDERR
$warning;
508 goto &$oldwarn if defined $oldwarn and $oldwarn and $oldwarn ne \
&warn_trap
;
512 my $exception = $_[0];
514 # See if we are coming from anywhere within an eval. If so we don't
515 # want to explain the exception because it's going to get caught.
518 while (my $caller = (caller($i++))[3]) {
519 if ($caller eq '(eval)') {
525 splainthis
($exception) unless $in_eval;
526 if (caller eq $WHOAMI) { print STDERR
"INTERNAL EXCEPTION: $exception"; }
527 &$olddie if defined $olddie and $olddie and $olddie ne \
&death_trap
;
531 # We don't want to unset these if we're coming from an eval because
532 # then we've turned off diagnostics.
534 # Switch off our die/warn handlers so we don't wind up in our own
536 $SIG{__DIE__
} = $SIG{__WARN__
} = '';
538 # Have carp skip over death_trap() when showing the stack trace.
539 local($Carp::CarpLevel
) = 1;
541 confess
"Uncaught exception from user code:\n\t$exception";
542 # up we go; where we stop, nobody knows, but i think we die now
543 # but i'm deeply afraid of the &$olddie guy reraising and us getting
544 # into an indirect recursion loop
552 return 0 if $TRACEONLY;
555 ### &finish_compilation unless %msg;
558 # return unless defined;
560 # get rid of the where-are-we-in-input part
561 s/, <.*?> (?:line|chunk).*$//;
563 # Discard 1st " at <file> line <no>" and all text beyond
564 # but be aware of messsages containing " at this-or-that"
566 my @secs = split( / at / );
568 for my $i ( 1..$#secs ){
569 if( $secs[$i] =~ /.+? (?:line|chunk) \d+/ ){
573 $_ .= ' at ' . $secs[$i];
577 # remove parenthesis occurring at the end of some messages
580 if ($exact_duplicate{$orig}++) {
583 return 0 unless &transmo
;
586 $orig = shorten
($orig);
589 print THITHER
"$orig (#$old_diag{$_})\n";
593 $old_diag{$_} = ++$count;
594 print THITHER
"\n" if $wantspace;
596 print THITHER
"$orig (#$old_diag{$_})\n";
598 print THITHER
$msg{$_};
600 if (0 and $standalone) {
601 print THITHER
" **** Error #$old_diag{$_} ",
602 ($real ?
"is" : "appears to be"),
603 " an unknown diagnostic message.\n\n";
612 if ($VERBOSE and not $count) {
613 print THITHER
&{$PRETTY ? \
&bold
: \
&noop
}("DESCRIPTION OF DIAGNOSTICS"),
614 "\n$msg{DESCRIPTION}\n";
625 exists $HTML_Escapes{$1}
626 ?
do { $HTML_Escapes{$1} }
628 warn "Unknown escape: E<$1> in $_";
637 if (length($line) > 79 and index($line, "\n") == -1) {
638 my $space_place = rindex($line, ' ', 79);
639 if ($space_place != -1) {
640 substr($line, $space_place, 1) = "\n\t";
647 1 unless $standalone; # or it'll complain about itself
648 __END__
# wish diag dbase were more accessible