I am uncertain if I should update my previous node or not. As I am attacking a seperate portion of this, I believe I am correct in making a new node. 

sub myimport($exp_from : *@symbols=() : *@options=())

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What does this do? I have been over the related Apocalypse and Exegesis ( part 3 ) and I think the idea here is to allow myimport to be called with lists instead of arrays.

According to TheDamian in Exegesis 3, page 1, the @ will cause perl6 to expect either an array or an array reference as the parameter. If we were to declare a perl6 sub like this: 

sub foo( @bar )

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and called it like this: 
&foo( "a", "b" );

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we would generate an error ( at compile time? ).

If we really want foo to be called with a list, we need to put the flattening star in the sub definition: 

sub foo( *@bar )

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But, later on in the same tome, we are told that this will have the standard perl5 affect of slurping the remainder of the parameters.

I am guessing this to be an error on BrentDax's part. I believe BrentDax was attempting to allow myimport to be called with lists, but forgot that the flattening star would behave exactly as we expect from perl5. If I have missed something, I would really appreciate being corrected.

update: Changed a bit of wording in the last paragraph. Mik
mikfire

In reply to Re: Poor Man's Perl6 Exegesis (you get what you pay for) by mikfire
in thread Poor Man's Perl6 Exegesis (you get what you pay for) by Ovid

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