How to get comments printed as log statements?

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

Is there a module that can, when a comment is encountered in the code at run time, print it to a log?

Reason: I'm trying to understand a Mason template that has plenty of comments, but I don't want to waste time adding dozens of warn "got here" lines. I'd prefer to just see the comments logged from parts of the code that got executed

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Re: How to get comments printed as log statements? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 07, 2011 at 16:08 UTC
You should be able to tweak Smart::Comments to do this without too much effort. Personally, I use Devel::Trace for this sort of thing. It traces out every line of code as it runs, but I think you could fairly easily tweak it to only trace the comments. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]
Re: How to get comments printed as log statements? by toolic (Bishop) on Feb 07, 2011 at 16:04 UTC
I don't know how to do it without modifying the source code, but Smart::Comments is kinda what you're looking for. You would have to change every '# to '###'.	[reply]
Re^2: How to get comments printed as log statements? by Anonymous Monk on Feb 07, 2011 at 16:06 UTC
A source filter in a mason template? I predict it won't work :)	[reply]