B::Op_private(3p)

B::Op_private3p

Op op_private flag definitions

Usage

    use B::Op_private;
    # flag details for bit 7 of OP_AELEM's op_private:
    my $name  = $B::Op_private::bits{aelem}{7}; # OPpLVAL_INTRO
    my $value = $B::Op_private::defines{$name}; # 128
    my $label = $B::Op_private::labels{$name};  # LVINTRO
    # the bit field at bits 5..6 of OP_AELEM's op_private:
    my $bf  = $B::Op_private::bits{aelem}{6};
    my $mask = $bf->{bitmask}; # etc

Overview

This module provides four global hashes:

    %B::Op_private::bits
    %B::Op_private::defines
    %B::Op_private::labels
    %B::Op_private::ops_using

which contain information about the per-op meanings of the bits in the op_private field.

%bits

This is indexed by op name and then bit number (0..7). For single bit flags, it returns the name of the define (if any) for that bit:

   $B::Op_private::bits{aelem}{7} eq 'OPpLVAL_INTRO';

For bit fields, it returns a hash ref containing details about the field. The same reference will be returned for all bit positions that make up the bit field; so for example these both return the same hash ref:

    $bitfield = $B::Op_private::bits{aelem}{5};
    $bitfield = $B::Op_private::bits{aelem}{6};

The general format of this hash ref is

    {
        # The bit range and mask; these are always present.
        bitmin        => 5,
        bitmax        => 6,
        bitmask       => 0x60,
        # (The remaining keys are optional)
        # The names of any defines that were requested:
        mask_def      => 'OPpFOO_MASK',
        baseshift_def => 'OPpFOO_SHIFT',
        bitcount_def  => 'OPpFOO_BITS',
        # If present, Concise etc will display the value with a 'FOO='
        # prefix. If it equals '-', then Concise will treat the bit
        # field as raw bits and not try to interpret it.
        label         => 'FOO',
        # If present, specifies the names of some defines and the
        # display labels that are used to assign meaning to particu-
        # lar integer values within the bit field; e.g. 3 is dis-
        # played as 'C'.
        enum          => [ qw(
                             1   OPpFOO_A  A
                             2   OPpFOO_B  B
                             3   OPpFOO_C  C
                         )],
    };

%defines

This gives the value of every "OPp" define, e.g.

    $B::Op_private::defines{OPpLVAL_INTRO} == 128;

%labels

This gives the short display label for each define, as used by "B::Concise" and "perl -Dx", e.g.

    $B::Op_private::labels{OPpLVAL_INTRO} eq 'LVINTRO';

If the label equals '-', then Concise will treat the bit as a raw bit and not try to display it symbolically.

%ops_using

For each define, this gives a reference to an array of op names that use the flag.

    @ops_using_lvintro = @{ $B::Op_private::ops_using{OPp_LVAL_INTRO} };

Releases

21 releases since OpenBSD 6.1; the text changed 14 times.

  1. 6.1
  2. 6.2
  3. 6.3–6.4
  4. 6.5
  5. 6.6
  6. 6.7
  7. 6.8
  8. 6.9–7.2
  9. 7.3
  10. 7.4
  11. 7.5
  12. 7.6
  13. 7.7–7.8
  14. 7.9
  15. 8.0

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.