1PPI::Token::Word(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation PPI::Token::Word(3)
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6 PPI::Token::Word - The generic "word" Token
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9 PPI::Token::Word
10 isa PPI::Token
11 isa PPI::Element
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14 A "PPI::Token::Word" object is a PPI-specific representation of several
15 different types of word-like things, and is one of the most common
16 Token classes found in typical documents.
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18 Specifically, it includes not only barewords, but also any other valid
19 Perl identifier including non-operator keywords and core functions, and
20 any include "::" separators inside it, as long as it fits the format of
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24 There are no methods available for "PPI::Token::Word" beyond those
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27 We expect to add additional methods to help further resolve a Word as a
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32 Returns the value of the Word as a string. This assumes (often
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38 Answers whether this is the name of a method in a method call. Returns
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42 - Add "function", "method" etc detector methods
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48 Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
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51 Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.
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53 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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56 The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
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