NAME B::Flags - Friendlier flags for B SYNOPSIS use B::Flags; print B::main_root->flagspv; print B::main_root->privatepv; print $some_b_sv_object->flagspv; DESCRIPTION By default, "$foo->flags" when passed an object in the "B" class will produce a relatively meaningless number, which one would need to grovel through the Perl source code in order to do anything useful with. This module adds "flagspv" to the SV and op classes and "privatepv" to the op classes, which makes them easier to understand. Warning: This module is not *guaranteed* compatible with any version of Perl below 5.7.0; however, I'd like to make it so compatible, so if it fails to compile, mail me. There's probably an "#ifdef" I need to add somewhere... METHODS OP->flagspv Returns stringification of the OP flags. OP->privatepv Returns stringification of the OP private flags. SV->flagspv [type] Returns stringification of the SV flags. With the optional type only the flags for the given SvTYPE are used. type 0 is for the SvFLAGS only. This way you can seperate between sv->FLAGS and specialized AvFLAGS, GvFLAGS, CvFLAGS, ... in seperate struct fields. AUTHOR Simon Cozens, simon@cpan.org MAINTAINER Abhijit Menon-Sen, ams@cpan.org Reini Urban, rurban@cpan.org SEE ALSO perl(1). LICENSE AL&GPL. Copyright 2001 Simon Cozens Copyright 2010 Reini Urban