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126 | .IX Title "PPI::Statement 3" |
127 | .TH PPI::Statement 3 "2009-08-08" "perl v5.8.7" "User Contributed Perl Documentation" |
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131 | .nh |
132 | .SH "NAME" |
133 | PPI::Statement \- The base class for Perl statements |
134 | .SH "INHERITANCE" |
135 | .IX Header "INHERITANCE" |
136 | .Vb 3 |
137 | \& PPI::Statement |
138 | \& isa PPI::Node |
139 | \& isa PPI::Element |
140 | .Ve |
141 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
142 | .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" |
143 | PPI::Statement is the root class for all Perl statements. This includes (from |
144 | perlsyn) \*(L"Declarations\*(R", \*(L"Simple Statements\*(R" and \*(L"Compound Statements\*(R". |
145 | .PP |
146 | The class PPI::Statement itself represents a \*(L"Simple Statement\*(R" as defined |
147 | in the perlsyn manpage. |
148 | .SH "STATEMENT CLASSES" |
149 | .IX Header "STATEMENT CLASSES" |
150 | Please note that unless documented themselves, these classes are yet to be |
151 | frozen/finalised. Names may change slightly or be added or removed. |
152 | .SS "PPI::Statement::Scheduled" |
153 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::Scheduled" |
154 | This covers all \*(L"scheduled\*(R" blocks, chunks of code that are executed separately |
155 | from the main body of the code, at a particular time. This includes all |
156 | \&\f(CW\*(C`BEGIN\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`CHECK\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`UNITCHECK\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`INIT\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`END\*(C'\fR blocks. |
157 | .SS "PPI::Statement::Package" |
158 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::Package" |
159 | A package declaration, as defined in perlfunc. |
160 | .SS "PPI::Statement::Include" |
161 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::Include" |
162 | A statement that loads or unloads another module. |
163 | .PP |
164 | This includes 'use', 'no', and 'require' statements. |
165 | .SS "PPI::Statement::Sub" |
166 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::Sub" |
167 | A named subroutine declaration, or forward declaration |
168 | .SS "PPI::Statement::Variable" |
169 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::Variable" |
170 | A variable declaration statement. This could be either a straight |
171 | declaration or also be an expression. |
172 | .PP |
173 | This includes all 'my', 'state', 'local' and 'our' statements. |
174 | .SS "PPI::Statement::Compound" |
175 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::Compound" |
176 | This covers the whole family of 'compound' statements, as described in |
177 | perlsyn. |
178 | .PP |
179 | This includes all statements starting with 'if', 'unless', 'for', 'foreach' |
180 | and 'while'. Note that this does \s-1NOT\s0 include 'do', as it is treated |
181 | differently. |
182 | .PP |
183 | All compound statements have implicit ends. That is, they do not end with |
184 | a ';' statement terminator. |
185 | .SS "PPI::Statement::Break" |
186 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::Break" |
187 | A statement that breaks out of a structure. |
188 | .PP |
189 | This includes all of 'redo', 'next', 'last' and 'return' statements. |
190 | .SS "PPI::Statement::Given" |
191 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::Given" |
192 | The kind of statement introduced in Perl 5.10 that starts with 'given'. This |
193 | has an implicit end. |
194 | .SS "PPI::Statement::When" |
195 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::When" |
196 | The kind of statement introduced in Perl 5.10 that starts with 'when' or |
197 | \&'default'. This also has an implicit end. |
198 | .SS "PPI::Statement::Data" |
199 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::Data" |
200 | A special statement which encompasses an entire \f(CW\*(C`_\|_DATA_\|_\*(C'\fR block, including |
201 | the initial \f(CW\*(Aq_\|_DATA_\|_\*(Aq\fR token itself and the entire contents. |
202 | .SS "PPI::Statement::End" |
203 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::End" |
204 | A special statement which encompasses an entire _\|_END_\|_ block, including |
205 | the initial '_\|_END_\|_' token itself and the entire contents, including any |
206 | parsed PPI::Token::POD that may occur in it. |
207 | .SS "PPI::Statement::Expression" |
208 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::Expression" |
209 | PPI::Statement::Expression is a little more speculative, and is intended |
210 | to help represent the special rules relating to \*(L"expressions\*(R" such as in: |
211 | .PP |
212 | .Vb 1 |
213 | \& # Several examples of expression statements |
214 | \& |
215 | \& # Boolean conditions |
216 | \& if ( expression ) { ... } |
217 | \& |
218 | \& # Lists, such as for arguments |
219 | \& Foo\->bar( expression ) |
220 | .Ve |
221 | .SS "PPI::Statement::Null" |
222 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::Null" |
223 | A null statement is a special case for where we encounter two consecutive |
224 | statement terminators. ( ;; ) |
225 | .PP |
226 | The second terminator is given an entire statement of its own, but one |
227 | that serves no purpose. Hence a 'null' statement. |
228 | .PP |
229 | Theoretically, assuming a correct parsing of a perl file, all null statements |
230 | are superfluous and should be able to be removed without damage to the file. |
231 | .PP |
232 | But don't do that, in case \s-1PPI\s0 has parsed something wrong. |
233 | .SS "PPI::Statement::UnmatchedBrace" |
234 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::UnmatchedBrace" |
235 | Because \s-1PPI\s0 is intended for use when parsing incorrect or incomplete code, |
236 | the problem arises of what to do with a stray closing brace. |
237 | .PP |
238 | Rather than die, it is allocated its own \*(L"unmatched brace\*(R" statement, |
239 | which really means \*(L"unmatched closing brace\*(R". An unmatched open brace at the |
240 | end of a file would become a structure with no contents and no closing brace. |
241 | .PP |
242 | If the document loaded is intended to be correct and valid, finding a |
243 | PPI::Statement::UnmatchedBrace in the \s-1PDOM\s0 is generally indicative of a |
244 | misparse. |
245 | .SS "PPI::Statement::Unknown" |
246 | .IX Subsection "PPI::Statement::Unknown" |
247 | This is used temporarily mid-parsing to hold statements for which the lexer |
248 | cannot yet determine what class it should be, usually because there are |
249 | insufficient clues, or it might be more than one thing. |
250 | .PP |
251 | You should never encounter these in a fully parsed \s-1PDOM\s0 tree. |
252 | .SH "METHODS" |
253 | .IX Header "METHODS" |
254 | \&\f(CW\*(C`PPI::Statement\*(C'\fR itself has very few methods. Most of the time, you will be |
255 | working with the more generic PPI::Element or PPI::Node methods, or one |
256 | of the methods that are subclass-specific. |
257 | .SS "label" |
258 | .IX Subsection "label" |
259 | One factor common to most statements is their ability to be labeled. |
260 | .PP |
261 | The \f(CW\*(C`label\*(C'\fR method returns the label for a statement, if one has been |
262 | defined, but without the trailing colon. Take the following example |
263 | .PP |
264 | .Vb 1 |
265 | \& MYLABEL: while ( 1 .. 10 ) { last MYLABEL if $_ > 5 } |
266 | .Ve |
267 | .PP |
268 | For the above statement, the \f(CW\*(C`label\*(C'\fR method would return '\s-1MYLABEL\s0'. |
269 | .PP |
270 | Returns false if the statement does not have a label. |
271 | .SS "specialized" |
272 | .IX Subsection "specialized" |
273 | Answer whether this is a plain statement or one that has more |
274 | significance. |
275 | .PP |
276 | Returns true if the statement is a subclass of this one, false |
277 | otherwise. |
278 | .SS "stable" |
279 | .IX Subsection "stable" |
280 | Much like the PPI::Document method of the same name, the \->stable |
281 | method converts a statement to source and back again, to determine if |
282 | a modified statement is still legal, and won't be interpreted in a |
283 | different way. |
284 | .PP |
285 | Returns true if the statement is stable, false if not, or \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR on |
286 | error. |
287 | .SH "TO DO" |
288 | .IX Header "TO DO" |
289 | \&\- Complete, freeze and document the remaining classes |
290 | .SH "SUPPORT" |
291 | .IX Header "SUPPORT" |
292 | See the support section in the main module. |
293 | .SH "AUTHOR" |
294 | .IX Header "AUTHOR" |
295 | Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org> |
296 | .SH "COPYRIGHT" |
297 | .IX Header "COPYRIGHT" |
298 | Copyright 2001 \- 2009 Adam Kennedy. |
299 | .PP |
300 | This program is free software; you can redistribute |
301 | it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. |
302 | .PP |
303 | The full text of the license can be found in the |
304 | \&\s-1LICENSE\s0 file included with this module. |