> > My favorite was from ages ago:
> >
> > sub bar(;$foo //= $_) {...}
>
> I think that today that would be written more like this:
>
> sub bar(;$foo) is given($def_foo) {
> $foo = $def_foo unless exists $foo;
> ...
> }
>
> Though we might get away with:
>
> sub bar(;$foo = $def_foo) is given($def_foo) {
> ...
> }
It seems like that would be useful and common enough to write as
sub bar(;$foo is given) {
...
}
Where $foo would then take on the caller's topic unless it was explicitly
passed an argument.
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