=pod Sample output ... Names no name '%methods' no name Values B::AV=SCALAR(0x8cb00) B::HV=SCALAR(0x8cb18) B::NULL=SCALAR(0x8cb30) =cut use strict; use warnings; no warnings 'uninitialized'; use constant DEBUG => 1; use B; { # Get my new really private object where even # the methods are hidden my $object = new object; # and now violate it. Privacy? Ha! my $c_hash = extractLexHash( $object ); while (my ($key, $val) = each %$c_hash ) { print "$key\t@$val\n"; } } sub extractLexHash { my $Obj = B::svref_2object($_[0]); my ($LexicalNames, $LexicalValues) = map { [ $_->ARRAY ] } $Obj->PADLIST->ARRAY; # for a cheap thrill print the contents of # $LexicalNames if (DEBUG) { print "Names\n"; print "@{[$_->can('PV') ? \"'\".$_->PV().\"'\" : 'no name']}\n" for @$LexicalNames; print "Values\n"; print "$_\n" for @$LexicalValues; exit; } my %Lexicals = (); for my $index (0 .. # min(@LexicalNames, @LexicalValues) (@$LexicalNames < @$LexicalValues ? @$LexicalNames : @$LexicalValues)) { next unless B::class($LexicalNames->[$index]) eq 'PVNV'; my @values = $LexicalValues -> [$index] -> ARRAY; while (@values) { my $LexicalName = shift @values; my $LexicalObj = shift @values; $Lexicals{$LexicalName} = [ $LexicalName, bless(B::svref_2object(\$LexicalName),'B::IV')->IVX, $LexicalObj->RV ]; } } return \%Lexicals; } package object; sub new { my %methods; %methods = ( me => sub { print "me!\n" }, you => sub { print "you!\n" } ); bless sub { $methods{me}->() }, 'object'; }