PDF::AP...::Utils(3)

💖 PDF::AP...::Utils(3) 💖

ok so this is the PDF::AP...::Utils(3) page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation — yes bestie, the name is literally abbreviated like that, it's giving "we ran out of room on the manpage header" energy and honestly? iconic. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Utils — convenience functions for creating low-level PDF objects 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

A whole set of utility functions whose entire job is to save the fingers of the PDF library users! 💅

like. that's it. that's the pitch. your poor little digits get a break. no cap. 🧚

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🦋 FUNCTIONS 🦋

PDFBool ⭐

Creates a Bool via PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Bool->new

PDFArray ⭐

Creates an array via PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Array->new

PDFDict ⭐

Creates a dict via PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Dict->new

PDFName ⭐

Creates a name via PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name->new

PDFNull ⭐

Creates a null via PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Null->new

PDFNum ⭐

Creates a number via PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Number->new

PDFStr ⭐

Creates a string via PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String->new

PDFStrHex ⭐

Creates a hex-string via PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String->new

lowkey notice how PDFStr and PDFStrHex both go through PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String->new? that's not a typo, that's just the vibe. 🙈

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! eight little wrappers, zero drama, maximum finger-saving. go forth and make PDFs. 💜

signed off from the footer: this one's running on perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-09-01 — so it's fresh, it's current, and it ate. periodt. 👑🌈