8.17. B::Deparse
Perl compiler backend that generates Perl
source code from the internal compiled structure of a program. The
output won't be exactly the same as the original
program, but it will be close. Invoke as:
perl -MO=Deparse[,options] program
program is the name of the program that
will be deparsed. The options are comma-separated and follow normal
backend option conventions. The possible options are:
- -l
-
Adds #line declarations to the output based on
line and file locations of the original code.
- -p
-
Prints parentheses wherever they are legal, not just where they are
required. Useful for seeing how Perl is parsing your expressions.
- -sletters
-
Provides style options for the output. In this initial release, the
only style option provided is C, which
"cuddles" else,
elsif, and continue blocks so
that, for example, you would get:
} else {
instead of:
}
else {
The default is to not cuddle.
- -uPackage
-
Deparses subroutines in package Package as well
as the main program, subroutines called by the main program, and
subroutines in the main program. Multiple -u
arguments can be given, separated by commas.
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