NAME

       Type::Parser - parse type constraint strings

SYNOPSIS

        use v5.10;
        use strict;
        use warnings;

        use Type::Parser qw( eval_type );
        use Type::Registry;

        my $reg = Type::Registry->for_me;
        $reg->add_types("Types::Standard");

        my $type = eval_type("Int | ArrayRef[Int]", $reg);

        $type->check(10);        # true
        $type->check([1..4]);    # true
        $type->check({foo=>1});  # false

STATUS

       This module is covered by the Type-Tiny stability policy.

DESCRIPTION

       Generally speaking, you probably don't want to be using this module directly.  Instead use
       the "lookup" method from Type::Registry which wraps it.

   Functions
       "parse($string)"
           Parse the type constraint string into something like an AST.

           If called in list context, also returns any "tail" found on the original string.

       "extract_type($string, $registry)"
           Compile a type constraint string into a Type::Tiny object.

           If called in list context, also returns any "tail" found on the original string.

       "eval_type($string, $registry)"
           Compile a type constraint string into a Type::Tiny object.

           Throws an error if the "tail" contains any non-whitespace character.

   Constants
       The following constants correspond to values returned by "$token->type".

       "TYPE"
       "QUOTELIKE"
       "STRING"
       "HEXNUM"
       "CLASS"
       "L_BRACKET"
       "R_BRACKET"
       "COMMA"
       "SLURPY"
       "UNION"
       "INTERSECT"
       "SLASH"
       "NOT"
       "L_PAREN"
       "R_PAREN"
       "MYSTERY"

BUGS

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

SEE ALSO

       Type::Registry.

AUTHOR

       Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

       This software is copyright (c) 2013-2014, 2017-2023 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.