NAME Devel::Caller::Perl - Perl only implementation. SYNOPSIS use Devel::Caller::Perl qw[called_with]; sub permute_args { my @args = @_; my @caller_args = called_with( 0 ); my %caller_args = map { $_ => $caller_args[$_] } 0 .. $#caller_args; return \%caller_args; } sub dodad { my $args = permute_args; print $args->{0}; # ... } ABSTRACT This module allows a method to get at arguments passed to subroutines higher up in the call stack. DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONS called_with [LEVEL] "called_with" returns the arguments to the subroutine at LEVEL in the call stack. If no level is specified, 0 (zero) is assumed, that being our caller. If a list is expected, it will be returned. When a scalar is expected, a list reference will be returned. If you want the number of arguments passed to the subroutine at LEVEL, there's nothing stopping you from getting it from "caller". my $number = (caller $level)[4]; AUTHOR Casey West THANKS Rocco Caputo -- Much help with code and overall inspiration. COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2003 Casey West. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. SEE ALSO the perl manpage, the Devel::Caller manpage, the DB manpage, the perldebguts manpage.