ExtUti...::Node(3pm)

✨ NAME ✨

ExtUtils::XSpp::Node — the base class for every element of the parser output, bestie 💖

(this whole thing lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation manual, iykyk 🎀)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so picture this: ExtUtils::XSpp::Node is the base class for all the elements of the parser's output. Like, every single thing the parser spits out? Yeah, they're all built on top of this one. It's giving foundation. It's giving matriarch. It's giving main character energy for the entire inheritance tree 👑

If you're making your own node type, this is the class you descend from. No cap.

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💅 METHODS 💅

new 🦋

Constructor behavior: after construction, it calls the $self->init(@_) method. That's it, that's the vibe. ✨

So if you're writing a subclass, you override init() there — not new. Periodt.

init 🙈

Called by the constructor. Every sub-class needs to override this one. Like, every single one. No exceptions, no skipping, we don't do that here 💀

ExtUtils::XSpp::Node::print 🎀

Returns a string that gets output in the final XS file. 💖

Every sub-class must override this method. Not "should", not "maybe lowkey", must. If you don't, you're not getting your output, and that's on you fr fr 🌸

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Heads up bestie: both init() and print() are override-or-nothing situations. The base class literally tells you to do it, so do it 💜

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Sign-off time, my love 🫶 — this page ships with perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-07-03, and it's the User Contributed Perl Documentation for ExtUtils::XSpp::Node(3pm). Slay, go subclass responsibly 👑✨🌈