Devel::ArgNames(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				      Devel::ArgNames(3pm)

NAME

       Devel::ArgNames - Figure out the names of variables passed into subroutines.

SYNOPSIS

	       use Devel::ArgNames;

	       sub foo {
		       warn "foo() called with arguments: "
			       . join(", ", map { defined() ? $_ : "<unknown>" } arg_names(@_) );
	       }

	       foo($bar, $gorch, $blah[4]);

DESCRIPTION

       When print-debugging code, you will often ind yourself going:

	       print "$foo is $foo, $bar is $bar"

       With this module, you can write a reusable subroutine easily:

	       sub my_print_vars {
		       my %vars;

		       @vars{arg_names()} = @_;

		       foreach my $var ( keys %vars ) {
			       warn "$var is $vars{$var}
";
		       }
	       }

	       my_print_vars($foo, $bar);

       This module doesn't provide dumping facilities because there are too many to choose from. This is a DIY kit ;-)

EXPORTS

       arg_names [ $level ]
	   This function will return the names associated with the variables found on @_, at the level $level. If $level is not provided
	   "arg_names"'s caller's caller will be used ("$level == 2" in that case).

VERSION CONTROL

       This module is maintained using Darcs. You can get the latest version from <http://nothingmuch.woobling.org/Devel-ArgNames/>, and use
       "darcs send" to commit changes.

SEE ALSO

       Data::Dumper::Simple, DB, Devel::Caller, Devel::Caller::Perl, PadWalker.

AUTHORS

       Ran Eilam

       Yuval Kogman <nothingmuch@woobling.org>

COPYRIGHT

	       Copyright (c) 2007 Yuval Kogman. All rights reserved
	       This program is free software; you can redistribute
	       it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.10.1							    2008-01-02						      Devel::ArgNames(3pm)