Catman...Counter(3pm)

💖 Catman...Counter(3pm) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about Catmandu::Counter — it's a base class for modules who need to count things 🧮✨ like, it's the little counter goblin that other modules inherit from when they need to keep track of how many times stuff happened. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

Catmandu::Counter — a Base class for modules who need to count things 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the whole vibe, verbatim, no notes:

package MyPackage;

use Moo;

with 'Catmandu::Counter';

sub calculate {
    my ($self) = @_;
    $self->inc_count;
    #...do stuff
}

package main;

my $x = MyPackage->new;

$x->calculate;
$x->calculate;
$x->calculate;

print "Executed calculate %d times\n" , $x->count;

so you use Moo, you with 'Catmandu::Counter', and suddenly your package has a counter. you call $self->inc_count inside your method, run it three times, and $x->count tells you it ran 3 times. it's giving main character energy for the tiniest possible job and honestly? obsessed. 🫶

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🎀 ATTRIBUTES 🎀

count

the current value of the counter. that's it, that's the whole attribute. it's just... the number rn. 💫

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💅 METHODS 💅

inc_count() / inc_count(NUMBER)

increment the counter. ⬆️🔥 pass it a NUMBER and it goes up by that much; call it with nothing and it just goes up by its default amount. slay.

dec_count() / dec_count(NUMBER)

decrement the counter. ⬇️💀 same deal — give it a NUMBER to go down by that much, or call it bare and let it do its default thing. the counter said "not today, we're going backwards."

reset_count()

reset the counter to zero. 🌈 total factory reset for your number. new arc, new era, count starts at 0 again. periodt. 👑

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Catmandu::Exporter — go look at this one too, iykyk 💜

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💖 reminder bestie: this is the Catmandu::Counter page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and it's sitting in the Catman...Counter(3pm) section. fr fr.

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and that's the whole page, we're done!! this one shipped with perl v5.40.1 and was dated 2026-01-24 — so like, shoutout to perl v5.40.1 and to that date, mwah 💋✨ bye bestie 🦋💖🌸