On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 2:09 AM, ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> method write(IO::Handle:D: Blob:D $buf --> True) >> > > The key here is the colon *after* `IO::Handle:D`: that marks the Handle as > an invocant, i.e. this is a method to be applied to an object. (The fact > that it has a `type smiley`, i.e. another colon before that, doesn't help > with deciphering the signature....) > I should also mention that that colon also shows how you can call write as a sub: use a colon instead of a comma after the Handle. write($myHandle: whatever); -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates [email protected] [email protected] unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
