NAME
Devel::GlobalPhase - Detect perl's global phase on older perls.
SYNOPSIS
use Devel::GlobalPhase;
print global_phase; # RUN
use Devel::GlobalPhase -var;
print ${^GLOBAL_PHASE}; # RUNDESCRIPTION
This gives access to ${^GLOBAL_PHASE} in versions of perl that don't provide it. The built in variable will be used if it is available.
If all that is needed is detecting global destruction, Devel::GlobalDestruction should be used instead of this module.
EXPORTS
global_phase
Returns the global phase either from ${^GLOBAL_PHASE} or by calculating it.
OPTIONS
-var
If this option is specified on import, the global variable ${^GLOBAL_PHASE} will be created if it doesn't exist, emulating the built in variable from newer perls.
BUGS
There are tricks that can be played with B or XS that would fool this module for the INIT and END phase.
During an
END {}block created at runtime after this module is loaded, the phase may be reported asRUN. While this could be made more accurate, it would slow down the module significantly during the RUN phase, and has the potential to segfault perl.
AUTHOR
haarg - Graham Knop (cpan:HAARG) <haarg@haarg.org>
CONTRIBUTORS
Uses some code taken from Devel::GlobalDestruction.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2013 the Devel::GlobalPhase "AUTHOR" and "CONTRIBUTORS" as listed above.
LICENSE
This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms as perl itself.