Parse::Pidl::Util(3)

💖 Parse::Pidl::Util 💖

okay so bestie, you found it — this is Parse::Pidl::Util, part of the User Contributed Perl Documentation collection, and honestly? it's giving backstage pass to the whole pidl operation. no cap. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use Parse::Pidl::Util;

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one line and you're in. 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so picture this: a simple little module that's just… a bunch of trivial helper functions. that's literally it. nothing dramatic, no main character origin story, just a humble little utility drawer that every single one of the various pidl modules keeps reaching into when it needs something. it's the communal hairspray of the pidl ecosystem. iconic behavior, honestly. 🦋

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🧚 FUNCTIONS 🧚

here's the whole friend group, one by one:

• MyDumper — a dumper wrapper whose entire purpose in life is to prevent dependence on the Data::Dumper module unless we actually, genuinely, for-real need it. it's the friend who doesn't show up unless you text them twice. 💀
• has_property — see if a pidl property list contains a given property. does it have it? yes or no. simple as. 🔥
• property_matches — see if a pidl property matches a value. like, does this property equal that thing? let's find out. ⭐
• is_constant — return 1 if the string is a C constant. 1 means yes bestie, anything else means no. 🌈
• make_str — return a "" quoted string, unless it's already quoted. it will not double-wrap you. it respects your existing quotation. 🫶
• unmake_str — unquote a "" quoted string. the reverse glow-up. undress the quotes, respectfully. 🙈
• print_uuid — Print C representation of a UUID. yep, that's the whole thing. 💜
• ParseExpr — Interpret an IDL expression, substituting particular variables. it reads the expression and swaps in the variables for you. 👑
• ParseExprExt — Interpret an IDL expression, substituting particular variables. but make it extra: it can call callbacks when pointers are being dereferenced or variables are being used. so you get notified mid-glowup. 💅
• genpad — return an empty string consisting of tabs and spaces suitable for proper indent of C-functions. yes, it's a string of pure whitespace. yes, it's load-bearing. respect the spaces. ✨
• parse_int — Try to convert hex and octal strings to numbers. If a string doesn't look hexish or octish it will be left as is. If the unconverted string is actually a decimal number, Perl is likely to handle it correctly. so like: it tries its best, and when it can't tell, it simply does not touch your string. 🍓
• parse_range — Read a range specification that might contain hex or octal numbers, and work out what those numbers are. the range whisperer. it does the math so you don't have to. 🧚

lowkey important: parse_int and parse_range are their own lil subsection situation in the original — parse_int does the hex/octal conversion thing, parse_range does the range-reading thing. don't mix them up bestie. 💖

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and that's the whole page!! no cap, you now know everything this module has to say for itself.

sign-off time 🎀 — this page comes from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-09-09, and it's the Parse::Pidl::Util(3) manpage. slay, go write some pidl. 💅✨