---
name: "PPI::Statement::Scheduled"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-ppi"
version: "1.291-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PPI::Statement::Scheduled"
---

# PPI::Statement::Scheduled(3pm)

A scheduled code block

## NAME

PPI::Statement::Scheduled - A scheduled code block

## INHERITANCE

```
  PPI::Statement::Scheduled
  isa PPI::Statement::Sub
      isa PPI::Statement
          isa PPI::Node
              isa PPI::Element
```

## DESCRIPTION

A scheduled code block is one that is intended to be run at a specific time during the loading process.

There are five types of scheduled block:

```
  BEGIN {
        # Executes as soon as this block is fully defined
        ...
  }
  CHECK {
        # Executes after overall compile-phase in reverse order
        ...
  }
  UNITCHECK {
        # Executes after compile-phase of individual module in reverse order
        ...
  }
  INIT {
        # Executes just before run-time
        ...
  }
  END {
        # Executes as late as possible in reverse order
        ...
  }
```

Technically these scheduled blocks are actually subroutines, and in fact may have 'sub' in front of them.

## METHODS

### type

The `"type"` method returns the type of scheduled block, which should always be one of `'BEGIN'`, `'CHECK'`, `'UNITCHECK'`, `'INIT'` or `'END'`.

## TO DO

\- Write unit tests for this package

## SUPPORT

See the support section in the main module.

## AUTHOR

Adam Kennedy \<adamk@cpan.org\>

## 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.