in reply to A "but" operator.

P6 is destined to have a proctologist, though I don't think it has quite the meaning you are looking for.

The example that sticks in my brain is 

my $x = 0 but true;

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I know I run across other examples in the A|S|Enn, but their significance has been lost in the melee of other new stuff in the same examples. It'll probably click eventually.

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Re^2: A "but" operator.
by TimToady (Parson) on Sep 27, 2004 at 19:01 UTC
    The but operator in Perl 6 is really a mixin operator underneath. Or looking at it the other way around, mixins already have a strong component of "I wish to contradict something someone said earlier".
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      Something like? 

      my Model $T = Ford( color => any( @colors ) ) but 'black';

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      Examine what is said, not who speaks.
      "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham
      "Think for yourself!" - Abigail
      "Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algorithm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon
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        I believe you are thinking of "except". </grammar-nazi>
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