But if a sequence has its own $/, why does * ~~ /9/ set $/? Actually it's not just sequences, as a little more experimentation showed:
[0] > first /9/, ^Inf 9 [1] > $/ Nil [2] > grep /9/, ^10 (9) [3] > $/ Nil The * ~~ "trick" sets $/ in these cases too. On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 12:01 PM Elizabeth Mattijsen <l...@dijkmat.nl> wrote: > This isn't specific to the REPL: > > $ raku -e 'say 1 ... /9/; say $/' > (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) > Nil > > I can only assume that the sequence has its own scope for $/, and thus > isn't visible outside of it. > > > Liz > > > On 28 Dec 2022, at 16:47, Sean McAfee <eef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > In a fresh 2022.12 Raku REPL, when the endpoint of a sequence is a > Regex, the $/ variable seems not to be set: > > > > [0] > 1 ... /9/ > > (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) > > [1] > $/ > > Nil > > > > If I match more explicitly using a WhateverCode, it works: > > > > [2] > 1 ... * ~~ /9/ > > (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) > > [3] > $/ > > ｢9｣ > > > > Is this the intended behavior, or a bug? > > > >
