PPIx::Regexp::Token::Quantifier3pm

Usage

 use PPIx::Regexp::Dumper;
 PPIx::Regexp::Dumper->new( 'qr{\w+}smx' )
     ->print();

Inheritance

"PPIx::Regexp::Token::Quantifier" is a PPIx::Regexp::Token.

"PPIx::Regexp::Token::Quantifier" has no descendants.

Overview

This class represents an atomic quantifier; that is, one of the characters "*", "+", or "?".

Note that if they occur inside a variable-length look-behind, '?' implies a minimum Perl version of 5.29.9, and '+' and '*' are regarded as parse errors and reblessed into the unknown token.

Methods

This class provides the following public methods. Methods not documented here are private, and unsupported in the sense that the author reserves the right to change or remove them without notice.

 PPIx::Regexp::Token::Quantifier->could_be_quantifier( '*' );

Support

Support is by the author. Please file bug reports at <https://github.com/trwyant/perl-PPIx-Regexp/issues> or in electronic mail to the author.

Copyright and license

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.