> On 19 Jul 2021, at 05:49, Peter Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'm curious as to why Rat.new initializes instead of leaving as undefined:
>
> > $*RAKU
> Raku (6.d)
> > my Rat $p
> (Rat)
> > put $p
> Use of uninitialized value $p of type Rat in string context.
> Methods .^name, .raku, .gist, or .say can be used to stringify it to
> something meaningful.
> in block <unit> at <unknown file> line 1
> > my $q = Rat.new
> 0
> > put $q
> 0
If .new wouldn't initialize a type to its basic instantiation, what would be
the point of .new then?
FWIW, the same goes for:
dd Int.new; # 0
dd Num.new; # 0e0
dd Complex.new; # <0+0i>
dd Str.new; # ""
If you want to leave it undefined, don't call .new on it?
*confused*
