On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Trey Harris <t...@lopsa.org> wrote: > Does not being defined on Any explain why the error for @input.map( .Str ) > is different (Use of uninitialized value $_ of type Any in string context) > than the error for @input.map( .Num ) (Method 'Num' not found for > invocant of class 'Any'), but both*.Str and *.Num work in the .map? > Yes. Without the *, it's doing $_.Str or $_.Num when $_ is the one *outside* the map call, which has no current value (and so is (Any)); in the Str case it is invoking Any.Str and failing on the undefined value, in the Num case it can't find the method for Any. With the *, it's a closure and applies to the $_ current for each iteration of map; the invocant is a defined Str.
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