Using -D option with perl, if perl not compiled with -D

jesuashok has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Using -D option with perl, if perl not compiled with -D by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jan 25, 2007 at 05:03 UTC
You do indeed need a Perl compiled with `-DDEBUGGING`, unless Devel::Peek or re cover what you want.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Using -D option with perl, if perl not compiled with -D by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Jan 25, 2007 at 05:20 UTC
I give myself a second account on a machine (username zaxo) who maintains a private perl installation in the home directory. If ~/bin is first in $PATH, then, zaxo runs his own perl. It is always compiled with -DDEBUGGING, and is usually somewhere near the bleading edge. I've wished for what you want, but only when I was unprepared to deal with trouble. It's possible to fire up a script under gdb and debug at C and asm level, but that also requires that symbol tables retain names and such. That means -DDBUGGING again. Debugging perl scripts with gdb is like taking landscape photos with a microscope. After Compline, Zaxo	[reply]
Re: Using -D option with perl, if perl not compiled with -D by ysth (Canon) on Jan 25, 2007 at 05:13 UTC
What do you want to do? You can't use -D without -DDEBUGGING, but some of the information is available other ways (`-MO=Concise` or `use re "debug"`, for instance). I'm looking for a job.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Using -D option with perl, if perl not compiled with -D by Tanktalus (Canon) on Jan 25, 2007 at 05:04 UTC
Um ... what does the documentation say? `sets debugging flags. To watch how it executes your program, use -Dtls. (This works only if debugging is compiled into your Perl.)` [download] I guess it is mandatory... if you want it to do something.	[reply] [d/l]