NAME

PPIx::Regexp::Util - Utility functions for PPIx::Regexp;

SYNOPSIS

 use PPIx::Regexp::Util qw{ __instance };
     .
     .
     .
 __instance( $foo, 'Bar' )
     or die '$foo is not a Bar';

DESCRIPTION

This module contains utility functions for PPIx::Regexp which it is convenient to centralize.

Double-underscore subroutines are private to the "PPIx-Regexp" package. Their documentation is provided for the author's convenience only, and they are subject to change without notice. Caveat user.

This module exports nothing by default.

SUBROUTINES

This module can export the following subroutines:

is_ppi_regexp_element

 is_ppi_regexp_element( $elem )
   and print "$elem is a regexp of some sort\n";

This subroutine is public and supported.

This subroutine takes as its argument a PPI::Element. It returns a true value if the argument represents a regular expression of some sort, and a false value otherwise.

__instance

 __instance( $foo, 'Bar' )
     and print '$foo isa Bar', "\n";

This subroutine is private to the "PPIx-Regexp" package.

This subroutine returns true if its first argument is an instance of the class specified by its second argument. Unlike "UNIVERSAL::isa", the result is always false unless the first argument is a reference.

__is_ppi_regexp_element

 __is_ppi_regexp_element( $elem )
   and print "$elem is a regexp of some sort\n";

This subroutine is private to the "PPIx-Regexp" package.

This is a synonym for is_ppi_regexp_element(), and is deprecated in favor of it. If called, it will complain via "Carp::cluck()" and then "goto &is_ppi_regexp_element".

__ns_can

This subroutine is private to the "PPIx-Regexp" package.

This method is analogous to "can()", but returns a reference to the code only if it is actually implemented by the invoking name space.

__post_rebless_error

This method is private to the "PPIx-Regexp" package. The intended use is to alias it to "__PPIX_ELEM__post_reblessing()".

It takes arguments as name/value pairs. Argument "{error}" is the error message; if it is omitted you get a warning with stack trace. Argument "{explanation}" defaults to "{error}".

It returns the number of errors to add to the parse.

__to_ordinal_en

This subroutine is private to the "PPIx-Regexp" package.

This subroutine takes as its argument an integer and returns a string representing its ordinal in English. For example

 say __to_ordinal_en( 17 );
 # 17th

SUPPORT

Support is by the author. Please file bug reports at <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=PPIx-Regexp>, <https://github.com/trwyant/perl-PPIx-Regexp/issues>, or in electronic mail to the author.

AUTHOR

Thomas R. Wyant, III wyant at cpan dot org

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl 5.10.0. For more details, see the full text of the licenses in the directory LICENSES.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.