The doc website creates the pages under "routine/" by collecting every type's methods and relevant subs of that name and putting them all on a page.
It's a very unfortunate accident that the one for Telemetry::Sampler ends up at the top, because right below that is the one for Mu, which is the most general one that also links to the "documentation on object construction" where things are explained clearly in a tutorial style. Telemetry::Sampler isn't a routine, it's a class. You can follow the link labelled "from Telemetry::Sampler" to get to the documentation of the class by that name, which explains what it is, how you get it, and how you use it. I'll file a bug for the "new" routine page. Hope that helps! - Timo On 14/09/2018 12:30, Todd Chester wrote: > Hi All, > > What exactly is going on with .new? > > https://docs.perl6.org/routine/new > method new(Telemetry::Sampler: @instruments --> Telemetry::Sampler:D) > > The whole thing went over my head. It looks like > specifications for the developers, but I really can't > tell. And it looks like it might be really handy. > > What can I use it for? > > > Also, does "Telemetry::Sampler" mean what it does in Perl 5, > which is a routine called "Sampler" found in the module > called "Telemetry"? > > Many thanks, > -T
