NAME
Package::Debug - Add ENV/Config controlled debug tokens to your code
VERSION
version 0.2.2
SYNOPSIS
There is a lot of code on "CPAN" that has something like this in it:
our $DEBUG = $ENV{MY_PACKAGE_NAME_DEBUG};
or something like
sub DEBUG {
return if not $ENV{MY_PACKAGE_NAME_DEBUG};
<real debug code>
}
or something like:
if( $ENV{MY_PACKAGE_NAME_DEBUG} ) {
*DEBUG=sub{ withdebug }
} else {
*DEBUG=sub { noop }
}
These are mostly simple and straight forward, ... however, they
artificially limit what you can do, at the cost of making ugly code.
This module aims to implement the common utility, with less fuss:
$ENV{MY_BAZ_DEBUG} = 1;
package My::Baz;
use Package::Debug;
...
sub foo {
DEBUG("message");
}
And all the right things should still occur.
Additionally, this module will eventually add a bunch of features, that
are by default off, but can be toggled on using environment or
configuration files.
EXPECTED FEATURES
* Deferrable debug mechanism
The defacto "DEBUG()" stub when not in a debug environment should be
a no-op, or as close to a no-op as possible.
However, when debugging is turned on, debugging back ends should
also be controllable via env/configuaration, and proxy to things
like Log::Message and friends.
* Per-package debug granularity
Every package will get its own independent DEBUG key, and DEBUG for
a class can be toggled with an %ENV key relevant to that class.
* Global Debugging
In addition to package level granularity, global debugging can also
be enabled, while still seeing the individual packages the debug
message emanates from.
AUTHOR
Kent Fredric <
[email protected]>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Kent Fredric
<
[email protected]>.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.