first_arg

my $first_arg = first_arg($element);

Given a PPI::Element that is presumed to be a function call (which is usually a PPI::Token::Word), return the first argument. This is similar of "parse_arg_list" and follows the same logic. Note that for the code:

int($x + 0.5)

this function will return just the $x, not the whole expression. This is different from the behavior of "parse_arg_list". Another caveat is:

int(($x + $y) + 0.5)

which returns "($x + $y)" as a PPI::Structure::List instance.

parse_arg_list

my @args = parse_arg_list($element);

Given a PPI::Element that is presumed to be a function call (which is usually a PPI::Token::Word), splits the argument expressions into arrays of tokens. Returns a list containing references to each of those arrays. This is useful because parentheses are optional when calling a function, and PPI parses them very differently. So this method is a poor-man's parse tree of PPI nodes. It's not bullet-proof because it doesn't respect precedence. In general, I don't like the way this function works, so don't count on it to be stable (or even present).

split_nodes_on_comma

my @args = split_nodes_on_comma(@nodes);

This has the same return type as "parse_arg_list" but expects to be passed the nodes that represent the interior of a list, like:

'foo', 1, 2, 'bar'

get_next_element_in_same_simple_statement

my $element = get_next_element_in_same_simple_statement($element);

Given a PPI::Element, this subroutine returns the next element in the same simple statement as defined by "is_ppi_simple_statement" in PPIx::Utils::Classification. If no next element can be found, this subroutine simply returns "undef".

If the $element is undefined or unblessed, we simply return "undef".

If the $element satisfies "is_ppi_simple_statement" in PPIx::Utils::Classification, we return "undef", unless it has a parent which is a PPI::Structure::List.

If the $element is the last significant element in its PPI::Node, we replace it with its parent and iterate again.

Otherwise, we return "$element->snext_sibling()".

get_previous_module_used_on_same_line

my $element = get_previous_module_used_on_same_line($element);

Given a PPI::Element, returns the PPI::Element representing the name of the module included by the previous "use" or "require" on the same line as the $element. If none is found, simply returns "undef".

For example, with the line

use version; our $VERSION = ...;

given the PPI::Token::Symbol instance for $VERSION, this will return "version".

If the given element is in a "use" or <require>, the return is from the previous "use" or "require" on the line, if any.

get_constant_name_elements_from_declaring_statement

my @constants = get_constant_name_elements_from_declaring_statement($statement);

Given a PPI::Statement, if the statement is a Readonly, ReadonlyX, or Const::Fast declaration statement or a "use constant", returns the names of the things being defined.

Given

use constant 1.16 FOO => 'bar';

this will return the PPI::Token::Word containing 'FOO'. Given

use constant 1.16 { FOO => 'bar', 'BAZ' => 'burfle' };

this will return a list of the PPI::Tokens containing 'FOO' and 'BAZ'. Similarly, given

Readonly::Hash my %FOO => ( bar => 'baz' );

or

const my %FOO => ( bar => 'baz' );

this will return the PPI::Token::Symbol containing '%FOO'.

split_ppi_node_by_namespace

my $subtrees = split_ppi_node_by_namespace($node);

Returns the sub-trees for each namespace in the node as a reference to a hash of references to arrays of PPI::Nodes. Say we've got the following code:

#!perl
my $x = blah();
package Foo;
my $y = blah_blah();
{
    say 'Whee!';
    package Bar;
    something();
}
thingy();
package Baz;
da_da_da();
package Foo;
foreach ( blrfl() ) {
    ...
}

Calling this function on a PPI::Document for the above returns a value that looks like this, using multi-line string literals for the actual code parts instead of PPI trees to make this easier to read:

{
    main    => [
        q<
            #!perl
            my $x = blah();
        >,
    ],
    Foo     => [
        q<
            package Foo;
            my $y = blah_blah();
            {
                say 'Whee!';
            }
            thingy();
        >,
        q<
            package Foo;
            foreach ( blrfl() ) {
                ...
            }
        >,
    ],
    Bar     => [
        q<
            package Bar;
            something();
        >,
    ],
    Baz     => [
        q<
            package Baz;
            da_da_da();
        >,
    ],
}

Note that the return value contains copies of the original nodes, and not the original nodes themselves due to the need to handle namespaces that are not file-scoped. (Notice how the first element for "Foo" above differs from the original code.)