PPI::Token::Cast3pm

A prefix which forces a value into a different context

Inheritance

  PPI::Token::Cast
  isa PPI::Token
      isa PPI::Element

A "cast" in PPI terms is one of more characters used as a prefix which force a value into a different class or context.

This includes referencing, dereferencing, and a few other minor cases.

For expressions such as @$foo or "@{ $foo{bar} }" the "@" in both cases represents a cast. In this case, an array dereference.

There are no additional methods beyond those provided by the parent PPI::Token and PPI::Element classes.

See the support section in the main module.

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