ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
> I am a little late to this conversation, but `,=`
> looks a lot like `push` to me.
Yes that was my first impression, if you read ahead a bit in the
discussion you'll see it explained.
In summary: the <operator>= shortcuts all work in a precisely parallel way, so
@r ,= 'd';
is the same as:
@r = @r , 'd';
And remember, back in perl-land the default behavior is to flatten,
but in raku arrays don't flatten unless you do something to make it
happen-- by default it's oriented toward building up complex
structures like arrays of arrays. So with this construct, you end up
with the array containing a circular reference to itself in the first
location, which is highly unlikely to be something you want.
Hashes, on the other hand, *don't* tend to flatten by default, so ,=
does something useful with them.
If you wanted to just add an element to the end, you could do one of these:
@r.append('d');
@r = | @r, 'd';
@r.push('d');
The trouble with that last one though, is you may find it surprising
if you're pushing more than a single element, this will get you an
array inside an array:
@r.push(@a);
This on the other hand, behaves just like an @r.append(@a) would:
@r.push(| @a);
