Is there a way to decode perlcc bytecode?

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

Hi ;)

I've searched through many-many perlcc discussions here at PM but still can't find an answer to my question. Is there a way for reverse engeneering the bytecode generated by using perlcc like this:

perlcc -B test.cgi -o test2.cgi

I know this is possible in theory.. but how to do this practically?

Lana

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Re: Is there a way to decode perlcc bytecode? by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jul 07, 2007 at 05:26 UTC
In theory, you could unserialize the bytecode into the optree (which one of the modules, maybe B::ByteLoader can do), then capture execution (perhaps with O or another module with a cleverly-placed `INIT` block) and start feeding code references to B::Deparse. At least, that's the easiest way I can imagine.	[reply] [d/l]
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