PPI::Structure::Constructor(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation PPI::Structure::Constructor(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

PPI::Structure::Constructor - Anonymous hash or array constructor

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  my $array = [ 'foo', 'bar' ];
  my $hash  = { foo => 'bar' };
```

# [INHERITANCE](#INHERITANCE)

```
  PPI::Structure::Constructor
  isa PPI::Structure
      isa PPI::Node
          isa PPI::Element
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

"PPI::Structure::Constructor" is the class used for anonymous "ARRAY" reference of "HASH" reference constructors.

# [METHODS](#METHODS)

"PPI::Structure::Constructor" has no methods beyond those provided by the standard PPI::Structure, PPI::Node and PPI::Element methods.

# [SUPPORT](#SUPPORT)

See the support section in the main module.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

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

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

2026-08-18 perl v5.44.0

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Document: PPI::Structure::Constructor(3pm) from perl-ppi 1.291-r1 (Chainguard OS)
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