PERL Dependency

davidbusby68 wrote on Tue Mar  4 15:36:28 CET 2008:

I can't imagine I am the only one that has issues with PERL dependencies.
 I found this thread: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=168341

I would really like to have some way of generating a dependency graph or
a report.  So that if I am changing function A I know everywhere it is called
and I can specifically re-test these areas to make sure nothing was adversely
affected.

jploski wrote on Tue Mar  4 19:38:44 CET 2008:

Call tree reconstruction using static source code analysis is not possible
in general for dynamic languages such as Perl. If you only program procedurally,
it should be achievable by parsing the source code using the PPI module,
if you are so inclined. I know of no higher level module that would support
it directly.

davidbusby68 wrote on Thu Mar  6 22:52:41 CET 2008:

That is what the thread seems to indicate that it is processing the source
code not compiled.  Just thought it would be helpful to be able to show
that If I change function F I can no hit a command key similar to F3 to
scan the source looking for all modules that call that function.  Just like
doing a source search just in a better interface perhaps.  Just a thought
at early hours with little coffee.