Patrick (>):
> 1. I suspect this method really belongs in src/builtins/any-str.pir
> instead of the C<Str> class, so that we can do replacements on
> the stringification of any invocant (not just C<Str> objects).
>
> 2. The :multi() is likely incorrect, even as a method of C<Str>.
> Any object should be usable as a pattern/replacement, not just
> C<Str> objects. For example, I think that these ought to
> be equivalent:
>
> $foo.subst('3', '4')
> $foo.subst(<3>, <4>)
> $foo.subst(3, 4)
>
> I.e., the caller shouldn't have to be concerned about coercing
> the parameters to C<Str> objects in order to invoke the builtin
> C<subst> method.I agree. I also like the new, more flexible behaviour much better: $ ./perl6 -e 'say (2 ** 5).subst(/3/, 4)' 42 New patch attached.
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