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Re: How does Perl do it it's thing?by clemburg (Curate) |
on Aug 07, 2001 at 17:43 UTC ( [id://102766]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
There is a very good and readable discussion of this in chapter 20 of Advanced Perl Programming. The only way to get much deeper into it starts with fetching a copy of the current perl version:
Then building a debugging-enabled perl with debugging symbols in it (note the make option, this cost me some hours to find out):
And then starting up your favorite debugger with a breakpoint at run.c:Perl_runops_debug, e.g., in gdb:
If that is your idea of fun, of course ...
Christian Lemburg
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