b::bblock(3)
NAME
B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
SYNOPSIS
# External interface perl -MO=Bblock[,OPTIONS] foo.pl # Programmatic API use B::Bblock qw(find_leaders); my $leaders = find_leaders($root_op, $start_op);
DESCRIPTION
This module is used by the B::CC back end. It walks
"basic blocks". A basic block is a series of operations
which is known to execute from start to finish, with no
possiblity of branching or halting.
It can be used either stand alone or from inside another
program.
Functions
- find_leaders
- my $leaders = find_leaders($root_op, $start_op);
- Given the root of the op tree and an op from which to
start processing, it will return a hash ref represent
ing all the ops which start a block. - The values of %$leaders are the op objects themselves.
Keys are $$op addresses.
AUTHOR
- Malcolm Beattie, "mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk"