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Consider this program where I create a hash. I want to then change two values in it: my $hash = %( wallet => 100, gave => 0, received => 0, ); for ^1 { $hash<wallet gave> Z+= <-1 1> }; dd $hash; Like this, the last line of for doesn't do anything and there is no warning. The hash is unchanged: Hash $hash = ${:gave(0), :received(0), :wallet(100)} Adding another statement changes the behavior: my $hash = %( wallet => 100, gave => 0, received => 0, ); for ^1 { $hash<wallet gave> Z+= <-1 1>; True }; dd $hash; Now the inplace edit does its thing, but there's a warning (although I dispute "useless"

The OLD Perl 6 faq said: "Rakudo, a Perl 6 compiler based on Parrot, allows compilation to bytecode, and a small wrapper exists that can pack up a bytecode file and parrot into a single executable." So, it was possible to create a stand-alone executable, but I can not find any docs explaining how to go about this, or if it's still possible. So, I turn to you. What is the appropriate set of incantations required to convert Perl 6 code into a stand-alone executable that will work on a system that does not have Perl 6 installed. This is not possible with current Rakudo on MoarVM. There's still

Consider this example where a subclass has a multi method with no signature and one with a slurpy parameter: class Foo { multi method do-it { put "Default" } multi method do-it ( Int $n ) { put "Int method" } multi method do-it ( Str $s ) { put "Str method" } multi method do-it ( Rat $r ) { put "Rat method" } } class Bar is Foo { multi method do-it { put "Bar method" } multi method do-it (*@a) { put "Bar slurpy method" } } Foo.new.do-it: 1; Foo.new.do-it: 'Perl 6'; Foo.new.do-it: <1/137>; Foo.new.do-it; put '-' x 10; Bar.new.do-it: 1; Bar.new.do-it: 'Perl 6'; Bar.new.do-it: <1/137>; Bar.new.do

The Int class has a method is_prime , so I figured, just for giggles, I'd like to add some other methods to Int for some of my hobby projects that do number theory stuff. I thought I could do something like this: class Int { method is-even (Int:D $number ) returns Bool:D { return False if $number % 2; return True; } } say 137.is-even; But that doesn't work: ===SORRY!=== P6opaque: must compose before allocating I don't know if this means that I can't do that or that I'm doing it incorrectly. I could easily make a new class that inherits from Int , but that's not what I'm interested in: class

How does one write custom accessor methods in Perl6? If I have this class: class Wizard { has Int $.mana is rw; } I can do this: my Wizard $gandalf .= new; $gandalf.mana = 150; Let's say I want to add a little check to a setter in my Perl6 class without giving up the $gandalf.mana = 150; notation (in other words, I don't want to write this: $gandalf.setMana(150); ). The program should die, if it tries to set a negative mana. How do I do this? The Perl6 documentation just mentions it is possible to write custom accessors, but does not say how. You can get the same accessor interface that saying

Is the a way to use Perl 5 modules from CPAN from Rakudo Perl 6? For example, how can I use the venerable Perl 5 module, CGI, which hasn't been ported yet, in Perl 6. Update: And what this funky code from some early Perl 6 module: use CGI:from<perl5>; Is the :from<perl5> directive used to evoke some kind of a Perl 5 compatibility layer? Can't seem to find any documentation about it. user7610 Inline::Perl5 Get it from http://modules.perl6.org/ panda install Inline::Perl5 Following example shows how to import and call Perl 5 module Text::Unidecode , "the Unicode transliteration of last resort"