RE: Cevel::Cover missing lines?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Johnson 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 15:29
> 
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 12:32:57PM -0400, Jason Pyeron wrote:
> > I am "require"ing a file but Devel::Cover is not logging 
> the statements, only the sub, use, and eval portions.
> > 
> > I tried a do(filename.pl) to no help.
> > 
> > I tried adding -subs_only off (and on) to no effect.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> The problem here is the require or do.  After running the top-level
> statements, perl throws them away, which means that by the time
> Devel::Cover comes to match up the data it has recorded against the 
> ops in the program it can't find the ops for those top-level statements.

That is sad.

> 
> I had originally thought it would be quite easy to persuade 
> perl not to
> throw away such statements, but it has proven beyond my abilities so
> far.
> 
> The toolchain summit is coming up shortly and I may see if I can't
> impose on one of the clever folk who will be attending for a little
> assistance.

That would be awesome. How can I help?

> 
> So, my only practical suggestion, I'm afraid, is to bundle all the
> top-level statements into a subroutine (which, as an old C 
> programmer I
> tend to call "main") and then call that subroutine as the 
> only top-level
> statement.

Changing the the code to support this is not an option.

-Jason