https://docs.raku.org/language/variables says
> %?RESOURCES is a compile-time variable available to the code of a > Distribution <https://docs.raku.org/type/Distribution.html>. > > It contains a hash that provides compile and runtime access to files > associated with the Distribution of the current compilation unit. > The intent of that reads as - the value is set during compilation, and is available during runtime. Seems like either the doc is wrong, or the implementation is incomplete. I'm hoping that the doc is right, because it's useful to be able to read %?RESOURCES during runtime, and in general useful to set a variable once during compile, then read it forever at runtime. -y On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 3:00 PM Brad Gilbert <b2gi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Unless things have changed since I was last active, only modules are > precompiled. `?` Twigilled variables are set at compile time. > So if it had any values, they wouldn't be useful, because they would be > created anew every time. > > On Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 11:48 AM David Santiago <deman...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Hi Polgár >> >> A seg, 17-04-2023 às 18:08 +0200, Polgár Márton escreveu: >> > I think this is the classic case of ?-twigilled, "compile-time" >> > variables only being available in modules. It kind of forces you to >> > always have the pattern of: heavy-lifting in a module inside lib, and >> > the script just uses the module. >> > >> >> >> >> yes, that was the case. It works inside a module. I guess i have to >> think differently on how to organize the code. >> >> Thanks and best regards, >> David Santiago >> >>
