Hi, I'm experimenting with Blob(s) and I'm under the impression that I don't understand how they work.
The documentation for the allocate() method ( https://docs.perl6.org/type/Blob#method_allocate) reads: Returns a newly created Blob object with the given number of elements. > but when I try it in the REPL, I get strange results: > my Blob $b0.allocate(10, 0) Blob:0x<00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00> > $b0.WHAT (Blob) > $b0.bytes Invocant of method 'bytes' must be an object instance of type 'Blob', not a type object of type 'Blob'. Did you forget a '.new'? in block <unit> at <unknown file> line 1 > my Blob $b1 .= new; Blob:0x<> > $b1.WHAT (Blob) > $b1.bytes 0 Apparently allocate() doesn't return a "newly created Blob object," or am I missing something? (using 2018.03) -- Fernando Santagata
