AtteanX::API::Lexer - Role defining common functionality for lexers.
This document describes AtteanX::API::Lexer version 0.013
The AtteanX::API::Lexer role provides a common interface and implementation for lexer implementations, allowing line-based buffer filling, and consuming of characters, constant strings, and fixed-length buffers.
file
linebuffer
line
column
buffer
start_column
start_line
fill_buffer
Fills the buffer with a new line from the underlying filehandle.
check_for_bom
Remove a BOM character if one appears at the start of the buffer.
get_char_safe( $char )
Consume the single character $char from the buffer. Throw an error if $char is not at the start of the buffer.
$char
get_char( $char )
Consume and return a single character from the buffer.
peek_char( $char )
Return a single character from the start of the buffer.
read_word( $word )
Consume the string $word from the start of the buffer. Throw an error if $word is not at the start of the buffer.
$word
read_length( $length )
Consume and return $length characters from the start of the buffer.
$length
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Gregory Todd Williams <gwilliams@cpan.org>
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Copyright (c) 2014--2016 Gregory Todd Williams. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Attean, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Attean
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Attean
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.