PPI::St...e::Block(3)

💖 PPI::Structure::Block — bestie edition 💖

okay so real quick, this is the manpage for PPI::Structure::Block, from the Perl docs (perl v5.42.0, dated 2026-01-17, just so you know what era of lore we're in ✨).

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🌸 NAME 🌸

PPI::Structure::Block — the curly braces that represent a code block. yes, those curly braces. the { } ones. iconic behaviour honestly 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

  sub foo { ... }

  grep { ... } @list;

  if ( condition ) {
      ...
  }

  LABEL: {
      ...
  }

see how every single one of these is just… vibes wrapped in braces? yeah. that's the whole point of this class 💅

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👑 INHERITANCE 👑

  PPI::Structure::Block
  isa PPI::Structure
      isa PPI::Node
          isa PPI::Element

it's giving royal bloodline. this class descends all the way down the family tree, and every method from every ancestor comes with it, no cap 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

PPI::Structure::Block is the class used for all curly braces that represent code blocks.

and when we say all, bestie, we mean all — subroutines, compound statements, and any other block braces whatsoever. if it's { } and it's doing block things, it's this class. periodt. 💖

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💅 METHODS 💅

PPI::Structure::Block has no methods beyond those provided by the standard PPI::Structure, PPI::Node and PPI::Element methods.

not me having zero methods of my own 😭 it just inherits everything from its ancestors and that's the whole personality. honestly? relatable. it ate and left no crumbs by simply not adding anything. 🌈

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🎀 SUPPORT 🎀

See the support section in the main module. (iykyk — that's where the help lives 💜)

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🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org> — the icon, the legend, the moment ⭐

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

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🫶 reminder bestie: free software, same terms as Perl itself, and the full license text is chilling in the LICENSE file that ships with this module. read it, it's good for you. no cap.

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and that's the whole page!! thanks for coming to my ted talk 💖 this was PPI::St...e::Block(3) from perl v5.42.0, dated 2026-01-17, written by Adam Kennedy, delivered to you with main character energy. slay, bye 👑✨🌸