PPIx::R...Comment(3)

πŸ’¬ PPIx::Regexp::Token::Comment β€” the manual page, but make it a group chat

okay bestie, so this is PPIx::Regexp::Token::Comment(3) from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and it's literally just here to Represent a comment. that's it. that's the whole job. and honestly? iconic of it. πŸŽ€


✨ NAME ✨

PPIx::Regexp::Token::Comment β€” bestie, it represents a comment. that's the assignment and it ate. πŸ’…


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

so the vibe check looks like this:

use PPIx::Regexp::Dumper;
PPIx::Regexp::Dumper->new( 'qr{foo(?#bar)}smx' )
    ->print();

look at that (?#bar) just chillin in there. main character energy fr fr. πŸ”₯


πŸ¦‹ INHERITANCE πŸ¦‹

PPIx::Regexp::Token::Comment is a PPIx::Regexp::Token. it's giving "i know my roots."

and PPIx::Regexp::Token::Comment has no descendants. zero. none. it's the end of the line, the final boss, no children running around. lowkey peaceful. 🌈


πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

so this class represents a comment β€” and not just one kind, bestie, it's carrying both:

  • parenthesized comments, aka the ones that look like (?# this is a comment )
  • and the /x mode end-of-line comments

two flavors, one class. she contains multitudes. ✨


πŸŽ€ METHODS πŸŽ€

ngl this is the easiest section ever: this class provides no public methods beyond those provided by its superclass. that's it. everything she does, she inherited. nepotism? no. legacy. πŸ‘‘


🫢 SUPPORT 🫢

support is by the author. so if something's busted, please file bug reports at:

or, if you're feeling retro, in electronic mail to the author. πŸ’Œ


πŸ‘‘ AUTHOR πŸ‘‘

Thomas R. Wyant, III β€” harryfmudd at comcast dot net


Copyright (C) 2009-2023, 2025-2026 by Thomas R. Wyant, III

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl 5.10.0. For more details, see the full text of the licenses in the directory LICENSES.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

yes bestie the warranty disclaimer is still here, it's legally required and also kind of a mood. no promises, only vibes. 😭

🌸 that's the whole page!! this one came from perl v5.42.2, dated 2026-06-15, and it lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation. mwah, periodt. πŸ’…βœ¨

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