Just because the file is called "nonexistent_file" doesn't mean is doesn't exist.
It's a poorly written example really. if "possibly_existing_file".IO.e { say "file exists"; } else { say "file doesn't exist"; } Is more intuitive I would say. On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 at 09:53 ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > https://docs.perl6.org/language/io.html > > From the above manual, the example to check if a file exists: > > > if "nonexistent_file".IO.e { > say "file exists"; > } > else { > say "file doesn't exist"; > } > > > Sound backwards to me. What am I missing? > > > Many thanks, > -T > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I am Windows > I am the Blue Screen of Death > No one hears your screams > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >