---
name: "PPI::Token::Unknown"
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::Token::Unknown"
---

# PPI::Token::Unknown(3pm)

Token of unknown or as-yet undetermined type

## NAME

PPI::Token::Unknown - Token of unknown or as-yet undetermined type

## INHERITANCE

```
  PPI::Token::Unknown
  isa PPI::Token
      isa PPI::Element
```

## DESCRIPTION

Object of the type `"PPI::Token::Unknown"` exist primarily inside the tokenizer, where they are temporarily brought into existing for a very short time to represent a token that could be one of a number of types.

Generally, they only exist for a character or two, after which they are resolved and converted into the correct type. For an object of this type to survive the parsing process is considered a major bug.

Please report any `"PPI::Token::Unknown"` you encounter in a PPI::Document object as a bug.

## 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.