Tree::...:Number(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

Tree::XPathEngine::Number — literally just simple numeric values, bestie. That's the whole gig. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this class is a lil container that holds simple numeric values. that's it. that's the vibe. 🎀

but ngl, there's some tea: it does not support -0, +/- Infinity, or NaN — even though the XPath spec says it should. lowkey a whole gap in the implementation 💀. the author's take tho? "I'm not hurting anyone I don't think." and honestly? valid. iconic energy. 🙈

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🌈 API 🌈

✨ new($num) ✨

Makes you a fresh new Tree::XPathEngine::Number object, holding whatever value you put in $num. 🫶

It also does some rudimentary numeric checking on $num first, just to make sure it's actually a number and you're not out here passing it nonsense. vibe check complete. 💅

✨ value() ✨

Also known as the overloaded stringification. It hands back the numeric value it's holding. simple, clean, ate. 👑

✨ Other Methods ✨

These ones exist purely so the objects can get properly processed in various contexts. they're the backstage crew fr fr 🧚

• as_string
• as_xml
• value
• xpath_cmp
• evaluate
• xpath_to_boolean
• xpath_to_literal
• xpath_to_number
• xpath_string_value

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reminder bestie: no -0, no +/- Infinity, no NaN. if you need those, this is not the class for you, and that's just how it is. 😭

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perl v5.36.0 · 2022-11-20 · User Contributed Perl Documentation

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖✨ this doc dropped on 2022-11-20, came from the User Contributed Perl Documentation crew, and was blessed by perl v5.36.0. slay, mwah, go forth and hold your numbers. 🎀🦋💅