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diff --git a/devel/p5-PadWalker/DESCR b/devel/p5-PadWalker/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..79f211c332e --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/p5-PadWalker/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +PadWalker is a module which allows you to inspect (and even change!) +lexical variables in any subroutine which called you. It will only +show those variables which are in scope at the point of the call. + +PadWalker is particularly useful for debugging. It's even used by +Perl's built-in debugger. (It can also be used for evil, of course.) + +I wouldn't recommend using PadWalker directly in production code, +but it's your call. Some of the modules that use PadWalker internally +are certainly safe for and useful in production. |