=pod

=head1 Nova Software, Inc.      http://www.nova-sw.com 

=head2 Perl Code Obscurer (Obscure.pl)

    Strips comments, blank lines, and indentation from a perl source c
+ode file, and then 
    substitutes non-mnemonic names for variable and subroutine names. 
+Passes through pod 
    anywhere in the file verbatim, as well as anything following an '_
+_END__' or '__DATA__'
    literal. The output file is useable perl code and will run on the 
+perl 5.6 interpreter,
    but is more difficult for others to understand, follow and modify 
+than the input source.  
    
    Call with the pathnames of the input and output files in that orde
+r as arguments. 
    Writes the substitution totals and lists to a file named <output f
+ile>.sub and leaves an
    intermediate (pre-substitution file) <output file>.tmp in the same
+ directory as the output
    file. Provides a progressing line count on STDOUT during execution
+ and dies with a message
    if the list of substitute names is exhausted before the input file
+ is completely processed. 
    
    Limitations:
    -Comments must begin with '##' or '# '.  This condition is for sim
+plicity, and could be relaxed.
    -Sub names should not be dictionary words, to avoid substitution i
+nto text strings.
    -Labels and constants are not renamed.
    -Variables to be renamed must declared in 'my' statements. 
    -Does not rename any variable beginning with 'tmp' due to the auth
+or's custom of liberal 
     use of such names as local scratchpad variables in his code.  

    Copyright by Nova Software, Inc. 2001   All rights reserved.  
    Written and maintained by James Eshelman, Oct, 2001
    This program is free software; you can use, redistribute, and/or m
+odify it under the same 
    terms as Perl itself. 

=cut

use strict;
use v5.6.1;
my ($t,$i,$a,$b,$c);
my (@t1,%subs,%strs,%arys,%hshs);
my ($pod,$numnames);
my @names = qw(aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar a
+s at au av aw ax ay az
               ba bb bc bd b1 bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br b
+s bt bu bv bw bx b2 bz
               ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr c
+s ct cu cv cw cx cy cz
               da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn d1 dp dq dr d
+s dt du dv dw dx dy dz
               ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep e1 er e
+s et eu ev ew ex ey ez
               fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr f
+s ft fu fv fw fx fy fz
               ga gb gc gd g1 gf gg gh gi gj gk gl gm gn g2 gp gq gr g
+s g3 gu gv gw gx gy gz
               ha hb hc hd h1 hf hg hh h2 hj hk hl hm hn h3 hp hq hr h
+s ht hu hv hw hx hy hz
               ia ib ic i1 i2 i3 ig ih ii ij ik il im i4 i5 i6 iq ir i
+7 i8 iu iv iw ix iy iz
               ja jb jc jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm jn jo jp jq jr j
+s jt ju jv jw jx jy jz
               ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr k
+s kt ku kv kw kx ky kz
               la lb l1 ld l2 lf lg lh li lj lk ll lm ln l3 lp lq lr l
+s l4 lu lv lw lx ly lz
               ma mb mc md m1 mf mg mh mi mj mk m2 mm mn mo mp mq mr m
+s mt mu mv mw mx m3 mz);  
$numnames=$#names;               
open FH1, "<$ARGV[0]" or die "Can't open $ARGV[0] due to: $! \n";
open FH2, ">$ARGV[1].tmp" or die "Can't open $ARGV[1].tmp due to: $! \
+n";
open FH3, ">$ARGV[1].sub" or die "Can't open $ARGV[1].sub due to: $! \
+n";
print "\nNumber of names available = $numnames\n\nProgram lines proces
+sed:\n";               
print FH3 "\nNumber of names available = $numnames\n\nProgram lines pr
+ocessed = ";               
while (<FH1>) { 
    $i++;
    print "$i\r";
    /^__END__|^__DATA__/ and print(FH2 $_) and last;  # Disk writes ar
+e not checked for errors due to laziness!    
    /^=pod/ and $pod=1 and print(FH2 $_) and next;
    /^=cut/ and $pod=0 and print(FH2 $_) and  next;    
    $pod and print(FH2 $_) and next; 
    s/#\s.*|##.*//g;
    s/^\s*//;
    s/^\n//;
    print FH2 $_;
    if (/^sub\s+\w+\s+/) {
        @t1=split;
        $t1[1]=~/BEGIN/ or $subs{$t1[1]}=shift@names;
    }  
    if (/\s*my\s+/) {
        @t1=();
        @t1=split /,/,$';
        foreach $a (@t1) {   
            next if $a=~/\$tmp\w*/;
            next if $a=~'@tmp\w*';
            next if $a=~/%tmp\w*/;
            next if $a=~'@_';
            if ($a=~/\$\w+/) {
                $b=$&;
                $c=substr $b,1;
                $strs{$c} or $strs{$c}=shift@names;
            }
            if ($a=~/@\w+/)  {
                $b=$&;
                $c=substr $b,1;
                $arys{$c} or $arys{$c}=shift@names;
            }
            if ($a=~/%\w+/)  {
                $b=$&;
                $c=substr $b,1;
                $hshs{$c} or $hshs{$c}=shift@names;
            }
        }    
    } 
    @names or die "\n\n >>>>>>> OUT OF NAMES! <<<<<<<<\n\n";
}
while (<FH1>) {    $i++;    print "$i\r";    print FH2 $_}
print FH3 "$i\n";
close FH1;
close FH2;
open FH1, "<$ARGV[1].tmp" or die "Can't open $ARGV[1].tmp due to: $! \
+n";
open FH2, ">$ARGV[1]" or die "Can't open $ARGV[1] due to: $! \n";
print "\n\nIntermediate file lines:\n";
print FH3 "\n\nIntermediate file lines = ";
$i=0;
while (<FH1>) {
    $i++;
    print "$i\r";
    /^__END__|^__DATA__/ and print(FH2 $_) and last;
    /^=pod/ and $pod=1 and print(FH2 $_) and next;
    /^=cut/ and $pod=0 and print(FH2 $_) and  next;    
    $pod and print(FH2 $_) and next;    
    my $ln=$_;
    # Note: order of matching is chosen to minimize accidental matches
+ in sub-strings. 
    foreach $a (keys %hshs) {
        $b='%'.$a;
        $c='%'.$hshs{$a};
        $ln=~s/$b/$c/g;    
        $b='\$'.$a.'\{';
        $c='$'.$hshs{$a}.'{';
        $ln=~s/$b/$c/g;    
    }
    foreach $a (keys %arys) {
        $b='@'.$a;
        $c='@'.$arys{$a};
        $ln=~s/$b/$c/g;    
        $b='\$'.$a.'\[';
        $c='$'.$arys{$a}.'[';
        $ln=~s/$b/$c/g;    
    }  
    foreach $a (keys %strs) {
        $b='\$'.$a;
        $c='$'.$strs{$a};
        $ln=~s/$b(\W)/$c$1/g;    
    }
    foreach $a (keys %subs) {
        $c=$subs{$a};
        $ln=~s/$a/$c/g;
    }
    print FH2 $ln;
}
while (<FH1>) { $i++;    print "$i\r";    print FH2 $_}
print FH3 "$i\n";
close FH1;
close FH2;
$t=$numnames-$#names;
print "\n\nNumber of names used = $t\n"; 
print FH3 "\n\nNumber of names used = $t\n"; 
print "\nWriting the symbol substitution lists in $ARGV[1].sub...\n";
print FH3 "\n\nsubs\n\n";
foreach (keys(%subs)) {    print FH3 $_,"\t",$subs{$_},"\n";}
print FH3 "\nstrings\n\n";
foreach (keys(%strs)) {    print FH3 '$',$_,"\t",'$',$strs{$_},"\n";}
print FH3 "\narrays\n\n";
foreach (keys(%arys)) {    print FH3 '@',$_,"\t",'@',$arys{$_},"\n";}
print FH3 "\nhashes\n\n";
foreach (keys(%hshs)) {    print FH3 '%',$_,"\t",'%',$hshs{$_},"\n";}
close FH3;
__END__

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