NAME

Devel::REPL::Plugin::MultiLine::PPI - Read lines until all blocks are closed

VERSION

version 1.003029

SYNOPSIS

    use Devel::REPL;
    my $repl = Devel::REPL->new;
    $repl->load_plugin('LexEnv');
    $repl->load_plugin('History');
    $repl->load_plugin('MultiLine::PPI');
    $repl->run;

DESCRIPTION

Plugin that will collect lines until you have no unfinished structures. This lets you write subroutines, "if" statements, loops, etc. more naturally.

For example, without a MultiLine plugin,

    $ my $x = 3;
    3
    $ if ($x == 3) {

will throw a compile error, because that "if" statement is incomplete. With a MultiLine plugin,

    $ my $x = 3;
    3
    $ if ($x == 3) {
    > print "OH NOES!"
    > }
    OH NOES
    1

you may write the code across multiple lines, such as in "irb" and "python".

This module uses PPI. This plugin is named "MultiLine::PPI" because someone else may conceivably implement similar behavior some other less dependency-heavy way.

SEE ALSO

"Devel::REPL"

SUPPORT

Bugs may be submitted through the RT bug tracker <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Devel-REPL> (or bug-Devel-REPL@rt.cpan.org <mailto:bug-Devel-REPL@rt.cpan.org>).

There is also an irc channel available for users of this distribution, at "#devel" on "irc.perl.org" <irc://irc.perl.org/#devel-repl>.

AUTHOR

Shawn M Moore, "<sartak at gmail dot com>"

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2007 by Shawn M Moore

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