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.IX Title "PPIx::Regexp::Token::Delimiter 3"
.TH PPIx::Regexp::Token::Delimiter 3 2026-06-15 "perl v5.42.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
PPIx::Regexp::Token::Delimiter \- Represent the delimiters of the regular expression
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 3
\& use PPIx::Regexp::Dumper;
\& PPIx::Regexp::Dumper\->new( \*(Aqqr{foo}smx\*(Aq )
\&     \->print();
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.SH INHERITANCE
.IX Header "INHERITANCE"
\&\f(CW\*(C`PPIx::Regexp::Token::Delimiter\*(C'\fR is a
PPIx::Regexp::Token::Structure.
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\&\f(CW\*(C`PPIx::Regexp::Token::Delimiter\*(C'\fR has no descendants.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This token represents the delimiters of the regular expression. Since
the tokenizer has to figure out where these are anyway, this class is
used to give the lexer a hint about what is going on.
.SH METHODS
.IX Header "METHODS"
This class provides no public methods beyond those provided by its
superclass.
.SS perl_version_introduced
.IX Subsection "perl_version_introduced"
Experimentation with weird delimiters shows that they did not actually
work until Perl 5.8.3, so we return \f(CW\*(Aq5.008003\*(Aq\fR for such delimiters.
.SS perl_version_removed
.IX Subsection "perl_version_removed"
Perl 5.29.0 made fatal the use of non\-standalone graphemes as regular
expression delimiters. Because non\-characters and permanently unassigned
code points are still allowed per \fIperldeprecation\fR, I take this to
mean characters that match \f(CW\*(C`/\ep{Mark}/\*(C'\fR (i.e. combining diacritical
marks).  But this regular expression does not compile under Perl 5.6.
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So:
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This method returns \f(CW\*(Aq5.029\*(Aq\fR for such delimiters \fBprovided\fR the
requisite regular expression compiles. Otherwise it return \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR.
.SH SUPPORT
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Support is by the author. Please file bug reports at
<https://github.com/trwyant/perl\-PPIx\-Regexp/issues> or in
electronic mail to the author.
.SH AUTHOR
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Thomas R. Wyant, III \fIharryfmudd at comcast dot net\fR
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
Copyright (C) 2009\-2023, 2025\-2026 by Thomas R. Wyant, III
.PP
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl 5.10.0. For more details, see the full text
of the licenses in the directory LICENSES.
.PP
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.