How do you declare a function that doesn't return anything? For instance, a
C++ swap function might be declared
   template <class X>
    void swap(X &x, X &y);

It would be nice to declare the corresponding Perl6 function as
sub swap ($x is rw, $y is rw) returns nothing {...}
or something similar.

This would be an absolute necessity if you wanted to emulate C++, Java, or
any other strongly typed language.

Also, it could be useful for causing a compile-time error if someone types
something like
    $z = swap($x, $y);


Joe Gottman



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