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NAME
       Devel::Caller - meatier versions of "caller"

SYNOPSIS
        use Devel::Caller qw(caller_cv);
        $foo = sub { print "huzzah\n" if $foo == caller_cv(0) };
        $foo->();  # prints huzzah

        use Devel::Caller qw(called_with);
        sub foo { print called_with(0,1); }
        foo( my @foo ); # should print '@foo'

DESCRIPTION
       caller_cv($level)
           "caller_cv" gives you the coderef of the subroutine being invoked
           at the call frame indicated by the value of $level

       caller_args($level)
           Returns the arguments passed into the caller at level $level

       caller_vars( $level, $names ) =item called_with($level, $names)
           "called_with" returns a list of references to the original
           arguments to the subroutine at $level.  if $names is true, the
           names of the variables will be returned instead

           constants are returned as "undef" in both cases

       called_as_method($level)
           "called_as_method" returns true if the subroutine at $level was
           called as a method.

BUGS
       All of these routines are susceptible to the same limitations as
       "caller" as described in "caller" in perlfunc

       The deparsing of the optree performed by called_with is fairly simple-
       minded and so a bit flaky.

       •   As a version 2.0 of Devel::Caller we no longer maintain
           compatibility with versions of perl earlier than 5.8.2.  Older
           versions continue to be available from CPAN and backpan.

SEE ALSO
       "caller" in perlfunc, PadWalker, Devel::Peek

AUTHOR
       Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net> with close reference to
       PadWalker by Robin Houston

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013 Richard Clamp.
       All Rights Reserved.

       This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or
       modified under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.34.0                      2022-02-06                Devel::Caller(3pm)

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