wddebug

NAME

wddebug - enable or disable debugging in the WebDyne packages

SYNOPSIS

wddebug [--OPTION]

wddebug --enable

wddebug --enable --directory /opt/perl5

wddebug [--OPTION] [MODULE_OR_FILE]

Description

By default debugging is optimized out of the WebDyne modules to increase performance. This script can be used to enable or disable debugging for troubleshooting purposes. Debugging can be turned on or off in the WebDyne modules by running this script with the appropriate option. With no options the script will return the current status of debugging in the WebDyne modules.

Options

• --status

  Display the current debug status of the WebDyne modules. This is the default when neither --enable nor --disable is supplied.

• --enable

  Enable debugging in the WebDyne modules.

• --disable

  Disable debugging in the WebDyne modules.

• --directory=DIR

  Specify the directory containing WebDyne.pm and the WebDyne/ module tree.

• --dump_opt

  Dump the processed option hash and exit.

• --yes

  Automatically confirm the prompt to proceed with enabling or disabling debugging.

• --help

  Display a brief help message and exit.

• --man

  Display the full manual page.

• --version

  Display the script version and exit.

• MODULE_OR_FILE

  Optional trailing positional filter. If supplied, wddebug only reports or toggles the matching installed module file, for example WebDyne.pm or WebDyne/Handler.pm.

Examples

# Show current status
#
$ wddebug
debug module location: /opt/perl5/lib/perl5/
debug  enabled: WebDyne.pm
debug disabled: WebDyne/Handler.pm
...

# Turn on debugging for WebDyne modules 
#
$ wddebug --enable

# Turn off debugging
#
$ wddebug --disable

# Show or toggle just one installed module file
#
$ wddebug WebDyne/Handler.pm
$ wddebug --enable WebDyne/Handler.pm

# Install modules from source with debugging enabled
#
$ WEBDYNE_DEBUG=1 perl Makefile.PL
$ make install

Notes

Debugging is enabled in all source modules in the form of debug(E<#39>messageE<#39>) calls. These calls are optimized out of the code during installation via a PM_FILTER in MakeMaker unless the WEBDYNE_DEBUG environment variable is set. Once optimised out the debug calls are not available for use as they are converted in the code to the form ` 0 && debug('message') , which is optimised away by the Perl compiler. This script will enable or disable the debug calls in already installed modules by adding or removing the 0 && prefix from the code. As this edits installed modules it is not recommended for use in a production environment . If debugging is necessary it is better to install WebDyne on a test system with the command:

$ WEBDYNE_DEBUG=1 perl Makefile.PL && make install

Debugging

Actual debugging output is controlled by environment variables. See the WebDyne documentation for more information.

• WEBDYNE_DEBUG

  Setting WEBDYNE_DEBUG to 1 enables all debugging output. Setting it to a string value that corresponds to a module or method filters the debugging output to that module or method.

# Debug compilation of a file
#
WEBDYNE_DEBUG=1 wdcompile time.psp

# Debug render of a file
#
WEBDYNE_DEBUG=1 wdrender time.psp

# Debug a specific method
#
WEBDYNE_DEBUG=render wdrender time.psp

# Multiple methods can be debugged
#
WEBDYNE_DEBUG=render,compile wdrender time.psp

Author

Andrew Speer mailto:andrew.speer@isolutions.com.au

LICENSE and COPYRIGHT

This file is part of WebDyne.

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Andrew Speer <andrew.speer@isolutions.com.au>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

Full license text is available at:

<http://dev.perl.org/licenses/;>