POE::C...:Whois(3pm)

💖 POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Whois 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're looking at the manual page for POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Whois — a lil Perl module chilling in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section. she's a PoCo-IRC plugin, and she's here to make the WHOIS and WHOWAS replies happen. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Whois — a PoCo-IRC plugin that generates events for WHOIS and WHOWAS replies. 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so, real talk: POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::Whois is literally the glow-up reimplementation of the irc_whois and irc_whowas code from POE::Component::IRC, but repackaged as a plugin. iconic behavior honestly. 👑

here's the tea though — she's used internally by POE::Component::IRC, so there is no need for you to use this plugin yourself. she's the backstage main character. you don't gotta invite her to the party, she's already on the guest list. 🎀

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🧚 METHODS 🧚

⭐ new

no arguments required, periodt. she takes zero notes and wants zero drama.

returns a plugin object suitable for feeding to POE::Component::IRC's plugin_add method. like, that's it. that's the whole vibe. hand her over and let plugin_add do its thing. 🫶

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Chris "BinGOs" Williams 🌈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• POE::Component::IRC
• POE::Component::IRC::Plugin

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and that's the whole page, bestie! this was documented back in perl v5.40.1, on 2025-08-21 — so when you cite her, you know exactly which glow-up era she's from. now go forth and let the internal machinery do its thing, because she said so. 💖✨ no cap. 🍓