@array does role {
        method insert ($x) {
            @.push($x) unless any(self) eqv $x;
        }
    }

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Whoa! And it evens runs on Pugs:

pugs> my @array does role {
....> method insert ($x) { @.push($x) if none(self) eqv $x }
....> }
()
pugs> my @array=(1..5);
pugs> @array.insert($_) for 1,2,6;
pugs> say @array
123456
Bool::True

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BTW: Could I put the initialization in the definition too? I tried with

pugs> my @array does role {
....> method insert ($x) { @.push($x) if none(self) eqv $x }
....> } = (1..5);
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

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and it works, but it doesn't with the assignment directly to the right of @array, OTOH I'm sure most people would find it to be more intuitive, while this way they would just say: "for clarity, initialize it in a separate statement."

BTW: why doesn't the following work, instead?

pugs> my @array does role {
....>     multi method insert ($x) { @.push($x) if none(self) eqv $x }
....>     multi method insert (@x) { @.insert($_) for @x }
....> } = 1..5;
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
pugs> @array.insert(3..7);
pugs> say @array
1234534567
Bool::True

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(If I use *@x, pugs "hangs", instead.)

BTW: (the last, really!) what is self supposed to be? After all no suitable and short enough variable/pronoun was found? The following is all that pugs can tell me:

pugs> self
macro {Prim ([Pugs.AST.Internals.Val] -> Pugs.AST.Eval.Eval Pugs.AST.I
+nternals.Val)}

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Update: Two of the questions asked here were reposted in separate new threads in

In reply to Re^3: [Perl 6] Object methods on the fly? by blazar
in thread [Perl 6] Object methods on the fly? by blazar

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