Check out 'ddd'. I've heard it allows you to attach a remote console debugger to a parl script. Hence you could web browse to http://whatever and trap the CGI invocation when it starts up and attaches to the debugger.
Not sure about the details though. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Ni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 16 March 2004 5:57 PM > To: David le Blanc > Subject: RE: Perl -d > > > Hey David, > > Thanks for the information. > > BTW, I want to follow up another question, if I may. > I am still struggling with the "perl -d". > > Here is the problem I want to solve: > > I have a perl file: index.html > > everytime the user loin to the web server, they > will be served by "index.html". > > Depnding on what they want, the apache server will > execute the appropriate perl script file. > > What I need to do is to trace the "session & state". > Therefore, "perl -d" will not do me anygood. > Neither is the "-d:: Trace". > > This is because I have no control on the flow > of the execution. > > Is there anyway I can set break point and debug > the data structure on a "http://localhost?> > > > Apreciate. > MIke > > --- David le Blanc > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mike Ni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, 16 March 2004 3:46 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Perl -d > > > > > > Hey everyone, > > > > > > > > > While I was playing with perl's built-in debuger > > > (perl -d), I notice that debugger doesn't seem > > > care too much about whether a variable is > > declared? > > > > > > For example, I would get response of "empty hash" > > if > > > I do a "x \%dummy" regardless dummy hasn't been > > > delcared yet. > > > > > > The same response "empty hash" if I dump a declred > > > hash before it is initialize. > > > > > > It is as if there isn't too much difference > > between an > > > undeclared variable & unitialized variable? > > > > > > Is this the way it is ? Or I am not doing right? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Mike > > > > Once the compilation phase has completed, and you > > are in the debugger, > > it is almost as if 'use warnings' and 'use strict' > > no longer apply to > > variable references. > > > > Hence you are free to create or access previously > > undefined, undeclared > > and unreferenced variables. > > > > Cheers. > > David > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <http://learn.perl.org/> > > <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
