Safe::Caller - A nicer interface to the built-in caller()
package abc; use Safe::Caller; $caller = Safe::Caller->new; a(); sub a { b() } sub b { print $caller->{subroutine}->(); if ($caller->called_from_subroutine('abc::a')) { # do stuff } }
$caller = Safe::Caller->new(1);
Supplying how many frames to go back while running "caller" in perlfunc is optional. By default (if no suitable value is supplied) 1 will be assumed. The default will be shared among all method calls (accessors & verification routines); the accessors may optionally accept a frame as parameter, whereas verification routines (called_from_*()) don't.
called_from_*()
$caller->{package}->(); $caller->{filename}->(); $caller->{line}->(); $caller->{subroutine}->(); $caller->{hasargs}->(); $caller->{wantarray}->(); $caller->{evaltext}->(); $caller->{is_require}->(); $caller->{hints}->(); $caller->{bitmask}->();
See "caller" in perlfunc for the values they are supposed to return.
Checks whether the current sub was called within the appropriate package.
$caller->called_from_package('main');
Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.
Checks whether the current sub was called within the appropriate filename.
$caller->called_from_filename('foobar.pl');
Checks whether the current sub was called on the appropriate line.
$caller->called_from_line(13);
Checks whether the current sub was called by the appropriate subroutine.
$caller->called_from_subroutine('foo');
"caller" in perlfunc, Perl6::Caller, Devel::Caller, Sub::Caller
Steven Schubiger <schubiger@cpan.org>
This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html
To install Safe::Caller, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Safe::Caller
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Safe::Caller
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.