---
name: "PPI::Statement::UnmatchedBrace"
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::UnmatchedBrace"
---

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

Isolated unmatched brace

## NAME

PPI::Statement::UnmatchedBrace - Isolated unmatched brace

## SYNOPSIS

```
  sub foo {
      1;
  }

  } # <--- This is an unmatched brace
```

## INHERITANCE

```
  PPI::Statement::UnmatchedBrace
  isa PPI::Statement
      isa PPI::Node
          isa PPI::Element
```

## DESCRIPTION

The `"PPI::Statement::UnmatchedBrace"` class is a miscellaneous utility class. Objects of this type should be rare, or not exist at all in normal valid PPI::Document objects.

It can be either a round ')', square '\]' or curly '}' brace, this class does not distinguish. Objects of this type are only allocated at a structural level, not a lexical level (as they are lexically invalid anyway).

The presence of a `"PPI::Statement::UnmatchedBrace"` indicated a broken or invalid document. Or maybe a bug in PPI, but **far** more likely a broken Document. :)

## METHODS

`"PPI::Statement::UnmatchedBrace"` has no additional methods beyond the default ones provided by PPI::Statement, PPI::Node and PPI::Element.

## 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.