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# /=====================================================================\ #
# | LaTeXML::Core::Definition::CharDef | #
# | Representation of definitions of Control Sequences | #
# |=====================================================================| #
# | Part of LaTeXML: | #
# | Public domain software, produced as part of work done by the | #
# | United States Government & not subject to copyright in the US. | #
# |---------------------------------------------------------------------| #
# | Bruce Miller <bruce.miller@nist.gov> #_# | #
# \=========================================================ooo==U==ooo=/ #
use strict;
# A CharDef is a specialized register;
# You can't assign it; when you invoke the control sequence, it returns
# the result of evaluating the character (more like a regular primitive).
sub new {
my ($class, $cs, $value, $internalcs, %traits) = @_;
return bless { cs => $cs, parameters => undef,
value => $value, internalcs => $internalcs,
registerType => 'Number', readonly => 1,
locator => $STATE->getStomach->getGullet->getLocator,
%traits }, $class; }
sub valueOf {
my ($self) = @_;
return $$self{value}; }
sub setValue {
my ($self, $value) = @_;
Error('unexpected', $self, undef, "Can't assign to chardef " . $self->getCSName);
return; }
sub invoke {
my ($self, $stomach) = @_;
my $cs = $$self{internalcs};
# Tracing ?
return (defined $cs ? $stomach->invokeToken($cs) : undef); }
sub equals {
my ($self, $other) = @_;
return (defined $other)
&& ((ref $self) eq (ref $other))
&& ($$self{value}->valueOf == $$other{value}->valueOf); }
#===============================================================================
1;
__END__
=pod
=head1 NAME
C<LaTeXML::Core::Definition::CharDef> - Control sequence definitions for chardefs.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Representation as a further specialized Register for chardef.
See L<LaTeXML::Package> for the most convenient means to create them.
It extends L<LaTeXML::Core::Definition::Register>.
=head1 AUTHOR
Bruce Miller <bruce.miller@nist.gov>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Public domain software, produced as part of work done by the
United States Government & not subject to copyright in the US.
=cut