NAME

       Devel::SimpleTrace - See where you code warns and dies using stack traces

VERSION

       Version 0.08

SYNOPSIS

       On the command-line:

           perl -wMDevel::SimpleTrace program_with_strange_errors.pl

       Inside a module:

           use Devel::SimpleTrace;

DESCRIPTION

       This module can be used to more easily spot the place where a program or a module
       generates errors. Its use is extremely simple, reduced to just "use"ing it.

       This is achieved by modifying the functions "warn()" and "die()" in order to replace the
       standard messages by complete stack traces that precisely indicates how and where the
       error or warning occurred.  Other than this, their use should stay unchanged, even when
       using "die()" inside "eval()".

OPTIONS

       Options can be set at import time using:

           perl -wMDevel::SimpleTrace=option1,option2

       or

           use Devel::SimpleTrace qw(option1 option2);

       Available options are:

       "showrefs"
           Using this option will tell "Devel::SimpleTrace" to stringify objects and references
           passed in argument to "die()". This option is disabled by default in order to leave
           objects and references untouched.

EXAMPLE

       For example, "HTTP::Proxy" 0.14 suffered from strange warnings, and its author Philippe
       Bruhat had a hard time trying to understand where they could come from.

           getsockname() on closed socket Symbol::GEN7 at /System/Library/Perl/darwin/IO/Socket.pm line 186.
           Use of uninitialized value in numeric ne (!=) at /Library/Perl/HTTP/Daemon.pm line 53.

       Hmm.. There's obviously something wrong here, but spotting the right line is not easy.

       Re-running the same script, unchanged, by just adding "-MDevel::SimpleTrace" to "perl"
       arguments produces the following output:

           getsockname() on closed socket Symbol::GEN7
                   at IO::Socket::sockname(/System/Library/Perl/darwin/IO/Socket.pm:186)
                   at IO::Socket::INET::sockport(/System/Library/Perl/IO/Socket/INET.pm:231)
                   at HTTP::Daemon::url(/Library/Perl/HTTP/Daemon.pm:52)
                   at HTTP::Daemon::ClientConn::get_request(/Library/Perl/HTTP/Daemon.pm:139)
                   at HTTP::Proxy::serve_connections(/Library/Perl/HTTP/Proxy.pm:500)
                   at HTTP::Proxy::start(/Library/Perl/HTTP/Proxy.pm:392)
                   at t::Utils::fork_proxy(t/Utils.pm:72)
                   at main::(t/50standard.t:138)
           Use of uninitialized value in numeric ne (!=)
                   at HTTP::Daemon::url(/Library/Perl/HTTP/Daemon.pm:53)
                   at HTTP::Daemon::ClientConn::get_request(/Library/Perl/HTTP/Daemon.pm:139)
                   at HTTP::Proxy::serve_connections(/Library/Perl/HTTP/Proxy.pm:500)
                   at HTTP::Proxy::start(/Library/Perl/HTTP/Proxy.pm:392)
                   at t::Utils::fork_proxy(t/Utils.pm:72)
                   at main::(t/50standard.t:138)

       Aha! Much better. Finding the bug is now a trivial task ";-)"

DIAGNOSTICS

       Unknown option: %s
           (W) This warning occurs if you try to set an unknown option.

CAVEATS

       This module is currently not compatible with other modules that also work by overriding
       "die()" and "warn()", like "CGI::Carp".

AUTHOR

       Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni <sebastien@aperghis.net>

BUGS

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-Devel-SimpleTrace@rt.cpan.org", or
       through the web interface at
       <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Devel-SimpleTrace>.  I will be
       notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make
       changes.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

       Devel::SimpleTrace is Copyright (C)2004-2011 Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni.

       This program is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.