NAME

PPI::Token::Magic - Tokens representing magic variables

INHERITANCE

PPI::Token::Magic
isa PPI::Token::Symbol
    isa PPI::Token
        isa PPI::Element

SYNOPSIS

# When we say magic variables, we mean these...
$1   $2   $3   $4   $5   $6   $7   $8   $9
$_   $&   $`   $'   $+   @+   $*   $.   $/    $|
$\\  $"   $;   $%   $=   $-   @-   $)   $#
$~   $^   $:   $?   $!   %!   $@   $$   $<    $>
$(   $0   $[   $]   @_   @*   $}   $,   $#+   $#-
$^L  $^A  $^E  $^C  $^D  $^F  $^H
$^I  $^M  $^N  $^O  $^P  $^R  $^S
$^T  $^V  $^W  $^X

DESCRIPTION

PPI::Token::Magic is a sub-class of PPI::Token::Symbol which identifies the token as "magic variable", one of the strange and unusual variables that are connected to "things" behind the scenes.

Some are extremely common, like $_, and others you will quite probably never encounter in your Perl career.

METHODS

The class provides no additional methods, beyond those provided by it's PPI::Token::Symbol, PPI::Token and PPI::Element.

SUPPORT

See the support section in the main module

AUTHOR

Adam Kennedy, http://ali.as/, cpan@ali.as

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001 - 2005 Adam Kennedy. All rights reserved.

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.