Represents referencing a global variable.

$foo
^^^^
Attributes
Read

The name of the global variable, which is a ‘$` followed by an [identifier](github.com/ruby/prism/blob/main/docs/parsing_rules.md#identifier). Alternatively, it can be one of the special global variables designated by a symbol.

$foo   # name `:$foo`

$_Test # name `:$_Test`
Class Methods

Initialize a new GlobalVariableReadNode node.

Return a symbol representation of this node type. See ‘Node::type`.

Instance Methods

Implements case-equality for the node. This is effectively == but without comparing the value of locations. Locations are checked only for presence.

def accept: (Visitor visitor) -> void

def child_nodes: () -> Array[nil | Node]

def comment_targets: () -> Array[Node | Location]

def copy: (?node_id: Integer, ?location: Location, ?flags: Integer, ?name: Symbol) -> GlobalVariableReadNode

An alias for child_nodes

def deconstruct_keys: (Array keys) -> { node_id: Integer, location: Location, name: Symbol }

def inspect -> String

Return a symbol representation of this node type. See ‘Node#type`.