Devel-SlowBless version 0.05 ============================ This module provides functions to introspect the current value of the PL_sub_generation and the PL_amagic_generation internal perl variables, as well as a perl debugger implementation that will print out a stack trace whenever either of these variables changes. As of Perl 5.17.1, PL_amagic_generation is no longer used, and the value is always 0. Whenever either of these variables changes, the bless() function slows down as perl examines the entire class heirarchy recomputing the overloads that are normally cached in the stash. The penalty is paid just once for each class, but if these variables are changing frequently, and your program has deep class hierarchies with overloading, performance can suffer badly. INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2010-2011 by Benjamin Holzman and Grant Street Group, Inc. All rights reserved.