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NAME

PPIx::Utilities::Statement - Extensions to PPI::Statement.

VERSION

This document describes PPIx::Utilities::Statement version 1.0.0.

SYNOPSIS

use PPI::Document qw< >;

use PPIx::Utilities::Statement qw<
    get_constant_name_elements_from_declaring_statement
>;

my $document = PPI::Document->new(\'Readonly::Scalar my $THINGY => 47.2;');

# Returns the PPI::Token::Symbol for "$THINGY".
my ($constant) = get_constant_name_elements_from_declaring_statement(
    $document->schild(0)
);

DESCRIPTION

This is a collection of functions for dealing with PPI::Statements.

INTERFACE

Nothing is exported by default.

get_constant_name_elements_from_declaring_statement($statement)

Given a PPI::Statement, if the statement is a use constant or Readonly declaration statement, returns the names of the things being defined. If called in scalar context, return the number of names defined.

Given

use constant 1.16 FOO => 'bar';

this will return the PPI::Token::Word containing 'FOO'. Given

use constant 1.16 { FOO => 'bar', 'BAZ' => 'burfle' };

this will return a list of the PPI::Tokens containing 'FOO' and 'BAZ'. Similarly, given

Readonly::Hash my %FOO => ( bar => 'baz' );

this will return the PPI::Token::Symbol containing '%FOO'.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-ppix-utilities@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

Thomas R. Wyant, III <wyant at cpan dot org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Thomas R. Wyant, III. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of this license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.