We want you to write an article for the Advent Calendar!

2022-11-28 Thread JJ Merelo
And you, and you, yes, you too. There are still some slots available. You want to talk about your module, your experience, a little tutorial, whatever, request a slot here https://github.com/Raku/advent/blob/master/raku-advent-2022/authors.md (and also send me via email a way to contact you) Cheer

Re: What does this line mean?

2022-11-28 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/25/22 19:21, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, I am confused! sub blob-from-pointer(Pointer:D \ptr, Int :$elems!, Blob:U :$type = Buf) is export { What is `Pointer:D \ptr`? Why the `\`? What is `:$elems!`? Why the `:`? Why the `!`? What is `Blob:U :$type = Buf` What

Re: Pointer to bug question

2022-11-28 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/27/22 19:13, Clifton Wood wrote: ToddAndMargo: Why are you referencing NativeHelpers::Blob when I've linked to the code you need. The bug was in the code snippet I've sent. NONE of my stuff is available via zef because CURI (and hence zef) have problems with large scale code that I am sti

The SF Perl Raku Study Group (postponed)

2022-11-28 Thread Joseph Brenner
On the next few Sundays, I've got some schedule conflicts, so I've got to skip holding the Raku Study Group when we usually would on December 4th. Instead the next meeting will be on December 18th, and after that we'll most likely do one on New Years Day itself, January 1st, 2023.

Re: What is this "\t"?

2022-11-28 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/28/22 17:40, ToddAndMargo wrote: Sigilless variable https://docs.raku.org/language/glossary#Sigilless_variable  Sigilless variables are actually aliases to the  value it is assigned to them, since they are  not containers. Once you assign a sigilless  variable (using th

Re: Pointer to bug question

2022-11-28 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/27/22 19:13, Clifton Wood wrote: ToddAndMargo: Why are you referencing NativeHelpers::Blob when I've linked to the code you need. The bug was in the code snippet I've sent. NONE of my stuff is available via zef because CURI (and hence zef) have problems with large scale code that I am sti

Re: What is this "\t"?

2022-11-28 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 11/27/22 19:02, Clifton Wood wrote: @ToddAndMargo: These are all explained in the Raku documentation. For advanced users that already know what they are doing and do not need it Long story short: "my \t" -- this is a RAW definition. You can use it to hold types, as in this case. ".of"