Method code for $root.variable_info()

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  1: arg gen, def, fltr, match;
  2: var ancs, data, pp, p;
  3: 
  4: if (!.has_flag('variables, sender()))
  5:     throw(~perm, sender() + " cannot read variables on " + this());
  6: if (def)
  7:     ancs = [def];
  8: else
  9:     ancs = .(gen[1])(gen[2]) || [this()];
 10: data = [];
 11: for pp in (data().to_list().reverse()) {
 12:     if (valid(pp[1]) && pp[1] in ancs) {
 13:         for p in (pp[2]) {
 14:             if (tostr(p[1]).(match)(fltr) != 0)
 15:                 data += [[pp[1], @p]];
 16:         }
 17:     }
 18: }
 19: return data;

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