NAME

       Test2::Util::Ref - Tools for inspecting or manipulating references.

DESCRIPTION

       These are used by Test2::Tools to inspect, render, or manipulate references.

EXPORTS

       All exports are optional. You must specify subs to import.

       $type = rtype($ref)
           A normalization between Scalar::Util::reftype() and ref().

           Always returns a string.

           Returns 'REGEXP' for regex types

           Returns '' for non-refs

           Otherwise returns what Scalar::Util::reftype() returns.

       $addr_str = render_ref($ref)
           Always  returns  a  string. For unblessed references this returns something like "SCALAR(0x...)". For
           blessed references it  returns  "My::Thing=SCALAR(0x...)".  The  only  difference  between  this  and
           $add_str = "$thing" is that it ignores any overloading to ensure it is always the ref address.

SOURCE

       The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at https://github.com/Test-More/Test2-Suite/.

MAINTAINERS

       Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

AUTHORS

       Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>
       Kent Fredric <kentnl@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2018 Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.

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

       See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/

perl v5.40.1                                       2025-04-14                            Test2::Util::Ref(3perl)