SYNOPSIS

Use on the command line:

# Make every warning and error include a full stack trace
perl -d:Confess script.pl
# Also usable as a module
perl -MDevel::Confess script.pl
# display warnings in yellow and errors in red
perl -d:Confess=color script.pl
# set options by environment
export DEVEL_CONFESS_OPTIONS='color dump'
perl -d:Confess script.pl

Can also be used inside a script:

  use Devel::Confess;
  use Devel::Confess 'color';
  # disable stack traces
  no Devel::Confess;

DESCRIPTION

This module is meant as a debugging aid. It can be used to make a script complain loudly with stack backtraces when warn()ing or die()ing. Unlike other similar modules (e.g. Carp::Always), it includes stack traces even when exception objects are thrown.

The stack traces are generated using Carp, and will look work for all types of errors. Carp's "carp" and "confess" functions will also be made to include stack traces.

  # it works for explicit die's and warn's
  $ perl -d:Confess -e 'sub f { die "arghh" }; sub g { f }; g'
  arghh at -e line 1.
          main::f() called at -e line 1
          main::g() called at -e line 1
  # it works for interpreter-thrown failures
  $ perl -d:Confess -w -e 'sub f { $a = shift; @a = @$a };' \
                                        -e 'sub g { f(undef) }; g'
  Use of uninitialized value $a in array dereference at -e line 1.
          main::f(undef) called at -e line 2
          main::g() called at -e line 2

Internally, this is implemented with $SIG{__WARN__} and $SIG{__DIE__} hooks.

Stack traces are also included if raw non-object references are thrown.

METHODS

import( @options )

Enables stack traces and sets options. A list of options to enable can be passed in. Prefixing the options with "no_" will disable them.

"objects"

Enable attaching stack traces to exception objects. Enabled by default.

"builtin"

Load the Devel::Confess::Builtin module to use built in stack traces on supported exception types. Disabled by default.

"dump"

Dumps the contents of references in arguments in stack trace, instead of only showing their stringified version. Shows up to three references deep. Disabled by default.

"dump0", "dump1", "dump2", etc

The same as the dump option, but with a different max depth to dump. A depth of 0 is treated as infinite.

"color"

Colorizes error messages in red and warnings in yellow. Disabled by default.

"source"

Includes a snippet of the source for each level of the stack trace. Disabled by default.

"better_names"

Use more informative names to string evals and anonymous subs in stack traces. Enabled by default.

"errors"

Add stack traces to errors. Enabled by default.

"warnings"

Add stack traces to warnings. Enabled by default.

The default options can be changed by setting the "DEVEL_CONFESS_OPTIONS" environment variable to a space separated list of options.

CONFIGURATION

%Devel::Confess::NoTrace

Classes or roles added to this hash will not have stack traces attached to them. This is useful for exception classes that provide their own stack traces, or classes that don't cope well with being re-blessed. If Devel::Confess::Builtin is loaded, it will automatically add its supported exception types to this hash.

Default Entries:

Throwable::Error

Provides a stack trace

Moose::Error::Default

Provides a stack trace

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The idea and parts of the code and documentation are taken from Carp::Always.

AUTHORS

• Graham Knop <[email protected]>
• Adriano Ferreira <[email protected]>

CONTRIBUTORS

None yet.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2005-2013 the ``AUTHORS'' and ``CONTRIBUTORS'' as listed above.

LICENSE

This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms as perl itself. See <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/>.