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Type::Params::Parameter(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Type::Params::Parameter(3)

NAME

Type::Params::Parameter - internal representation of a parameter in a function signature

STATUS

This module is not covered by the Type-Tiny stability policy.

DESCRIPTION

This is mostly internal code, but can be used to provide basic introspection for signatures.

Constructor

Attributes

All attributes are read-only.

"type" TypeTiny
Type constraint for the parameter.
"default" CodeRef|ScalarRef|Ref|Str|Undef
A default for the parameter: either a coderef to generate a value, a reference to a string of Perl code to generate the value, an a reference to an empty array or empty hash, a literal string to use as a default, or a literal undef to use as a default.
"strictness" Bool|ScalarRef
A boolean indicating whether to be stricter with type checks, or a reference to a string of Perl code naming a Perl variable or constant which controls strict behaviour.
"clone" Bool
The method for accessing this is called "should_clone" for no particular reason.
"coerce" Bool
Defaults to true if "type" has a coercion.
"optional" Bool
Defaults to true if there is a "default" or if "type" is a subtype of Optional.
"in_list" Bool
Boolean that is only used when the signature has the "list_to_named" feature enabled.
"default_on_undef" Bool
Should the default be triggered if the caller passes an explicit undef?

Attributes related to named parameters

"name" Str
"alias" ArrayRef[Str]
"getter" Str
"predicate" Str

Methods

Predicates

Predicate methods return true/false to indicate the presence or absence of attributes.

"has_type"
"has_default"
"has_strictness"
"has_name"
"has_alias"

Other methods

"might_supply_new_value"
Indicates that the parameter can't simply be referenced within @_ because a default value might be used, the given value might be coerced, or the given value might be cloned using Storable.

BUGS

Please report any bugs to <https://github.com/tobyink/p5-type-tiny/issues>.

SEE ALSO

Type::Params, Type::Params::Signature.

AUTHOR

Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This software is copyright (c) 2023-2025 by Toby Inkster.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

2025-05-01 perl v5.42.0