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authorPerl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com>1997-01-04 17:44:00 +1200
committerChip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>1997-01-04 17:44:00 +1200
commit8ebc5c0145d2e3559bce3073437e6d027dcdffcc (patch)
tree19e91b8b9e9b19b4116b7b4b64f2a4755e6bd179 /pod/perldebug.pod
parent7cfe7857715f78206e6d7d6f7fd52983de4dec44 (diff)
downloadperl-8ebc5c0145d2e3559bce3073437e6d027dcdffcc.tar.gz
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_18 to perl5.003_19]
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES Subject: Make method cache invisible to user code From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: dump.c gv.c gv.h hv.c op.c perl.c pp_hot.c pp_sys.c sv.c toke.c Subject: Never parse "{m,s,y,tr,q{,q,w,x}}:{,:}" as package or label From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: toke.c CORE PORTABILITY Subject: Fix $^X under HP-UX From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: hints/hpux.sh toke.c Subject: New hints/hpux.sh Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 15:09:32 -0800 From: Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@hpcc123.corp.hp.com> Files: hints/hpux.sh private-msgid: <199612312309.AA283393772@hpcc123.corp.hp.com> DOCUMENTATION Subject: Perlguts, version 28 Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 13:10:46 -0800 From: Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@hpcc123.corp.hp.com> Files: pod/perlguts.pod private-msgid: <199701032110.AA102535846@hpcc123.corp.hp.com> Subject: Miscellaneous pod patches From: Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> Files: pod/Makefile pod/perldebug.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlguts.pod Subject: expanded flock() docs Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 19:31:11 -0500 From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net> Files: pod/perlfunc.pod Msg-ID: <4481.852337871@eeyore.ibcinc.com> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 1fd81fbbe87d964ad1f7dbdce41e36f3781dcf82) Subject: Use Text::Wrap in buildtoc; run buildtoc From: Ulrich Pfeifer <pfeifer@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> Files: pod/buildtoc pod/perltoc.pod Subject: Remove obsolete perlovl.pod From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: MANIFEST plan9/mkfile pod/perlovl.pod vms/Makefile vms/descrip.mms OTHER CORE CHANGES Subject: Fix segv when calling named closures From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: pp_hot.c Subject: Finish rationalizing "undef value" warnings From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: doop.c pp.c sv.c t/op/assignwarn.t Subject: Arrange for all "_<file" entries to be in %main:: From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: gv.c lib/perl5db.pl Subject: Introduce CVf_NODEBUG flag Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 15:42:05 -0500 From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> Files: cv.h pp_hot.c Msg-ID: <199701012042.PAA25994@aatma.engin.umich.edu> (applied based on p5p patch as commit a3d90dd510fe5a67ed9b80e603493d285c30aa97) Subject: Reword 'may be "0"' warning per Larry; fix its line number From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod Subject: 5.003_18: perl_{con,des}truct fixes Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 15:42:04 -0500 From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@osf.org> Files: perl.c perl.h pod/perlembed.pod pod/perltoc.pod t/op/sysio.t Msg-ID: <199701032042.PAA06766@postman.osf.org> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 316c7b3d7b47e3143f94c7f8621e854c519d1e87) Subject: Fix lost value from READLINE after TIEHANDLE From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> Files: pp_hot.c sv.h TESTS Subject: Create t/pragma directory; populate with new and old From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk> Files: MANIFEST Makefile.SH t/TEST t/comp/use.t t/lib/locale.t t/op/overload.t t/op/use.t t/pragma/locale.t t/pragma/overload.t t/pragma/strict-refs t/pragma/strict-subs t/pragma/strict-vars t/pragma/strict.t t/pragma/subs.t t/pragma/warn-global t/pragma/warning.t Subject: New tests: comp/colon.t and op/assignwarn.t From: Robin Barker <rmb@cise.npl.co.uk> Files: MANIFEST t/comp/colon.t t/op/assignwarn.t
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perldebug.pod')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldebug.pod b/pod/perldebug.pod
index 5d67ba41a6..77502f27d3 100644
--- a/pod/perldebug.pod
+++ b/pod/perldebug.pod
@@ -251,29 +251,11 @@ Delete all installed breakpoints.
Set an action to be done before the line is executed.
The sequence of steps taken by the debugger is
-=over 3
-
-=item 1
-
-check for a breakpoint at this line
-
-=item 2
-
-print the line if necessary (tracing)
-
-=item 3
-
-do any actions associated with that line
-
-=item 4
-
-prompt user if at a breakpoint or in single-step
-
-=item 5
-
-evaluate line
-
-=back
+ 1. check for a breakpoint at this line
+ 2. print the line if necessary (tracing)
+ 3. do any actions associated with that line
+ 4. prompt user if at a breakpoint or in single-step
+ 5. evaluate line
For example, this will print out C<$foo> every time line
53 is passed:
@@ -452,6 +434,8 @@ corresponds to F</dev/ttyc>, say, by issuing a command like
See L<"Debugger Internals"> below for more details.
+=over 12
+
=item E<lt> [ command ]
Set an action (Perl command) to happen before every debugger prompt.