ExtUti...Member(3pm)

✨ NAME ✨

ExtUtils::XSpp::Node::Member — it's the node that represents a class member variable, bestie 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: ExtUtils::XSpp::Node::Member is a sub-class of ExtUtils::XSpp::Node, and its whole entire job is representing one single member variable inside a class. Like one of these cuties:

class FooBar {
  int foo; // <-- this one
}

See that int foo;? Yeah. That's the vibe. That's the member. 👑

But here's the thing you actually need to know, and I'm not gonna gatekeep it: member declarations are literally invisible to the XS code generator. They produce no XS code at all unless you decorate them with either %get or %set. No decoration, no code. Periodt. 💀

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🌸 METHODS 🌸

🎀 new

Makes you a brand new ExtUtils::XSpp::Node::Member. Fresh out the box, main character energy.

Named parameters you can pass in, and yes you need the names:

• cpp_name — the C++ name of the member
• perl_name — the Perl name of the member. If you don't say anything, it just defaults to the same thing as cpp_name 🫶
• type — the (C++) type of the member
• class — and finally, this one's an ExtUtils::XSpp::Node::Class

🔥 resolve_typemaps

Goes and fetches the ExtUtils::XSpp::Typemap object for the type, straight from the typemap registry, and then stores a reference to that object. It's giving errand runner. It slays. ✨

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👑 ACCESSORS 👑

💜 cpp_name

Returns the C++ name of the member. That's it. That's the whole function.

🌈 perl_name

Returns the Perl name of the member — and if nobody set one, it defaults to the same as the C++ one. Twin behavior fr fr.

🎀 set_perl_name

Sets the Perl name of the member. Now you get to pick it yourself, iconic.

⭐ type

Returns the C++ type for the member.

🧚 class

Returns the class — an ExtUtils::XSpp::Node::Class — that the member belongs to. Found family moment.

💅 access

Returns 'public', 'protected' or 'private', depending on the member's access declaration. Choose your fighter.

💖 typemap

Returns the typemap for the member type.

🍓 set_typemap( typemap )

Sets the typemap for the member type. Pass it in, it goes in.

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That's the whole page, no cap! Everything you just read is from the ExtUti...Member(3pm) page — User Contributed Perl Documentation, perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-07-03. Bye bestie, go write some XS 💖✨🦋