Index of Terms

A

B

C

Community

Control flow

statements

blocks

Phasers

start

when

for

gather take

supply emit

given

default when

proceed

succeed

given statement

loop

while until

repeat

once

last

redo

return

return-rw

fail

Circumfix operators

Array constructor

D

declarator blocks

Define an item

defining

a term

F

formatting code

H

Head

item

I

Infix operators

Multiplication operator

Division operator

Integer division operator

Modulo operator

Divisibility operator

Integer modulo operator

Numeric bitwise AND operator

integer left bit shift operator

integer right bit shift operator

Boolean logical AND operator

greatest common divisor operator

least common multiple operator

Addition operator

Subtraction operator

Integer bitwise OR operator

Integer bitwise XOR operator

Boolean logical XOR operator

Boolean logical OR operator

String repetition operator

List repetition operator

string concatenation operator

function composition operator

All junction operator

Intersection operator

Baggy multiplication operator

Any junction operator

Union operator

Baggy addition operator

Set difference operator

One junction operator

Symmetric set difference operator

Generic three-way comparator

String three-way comparator

Numeric three-way comparator

spaceship operator

Range operator

Right-open range operator

Left-open range operator

Open range operator

Numeric equality operator

Numeric inequality operator

Numeric less than operator

Numeric less than or equal to operator

Numeric greater than operator

Numeric greater than or equal to operator

String equality operator

String inequality operator

String greater than operator

String greater than or equal to operator

String less than operator

String less than or equal to operator

equivalenceoperator

Value identity operator

Container identity operator

smartmatch operator

Membership operator (elem)

Non-membership operator (elem)

Set equality operator

Set inequality operator

Membership operator (cont)

Non-membership operator (cont)

Subset of operator

Not a subset of operator

Subset of or equal to operator

Not a subset of nor equal to operator

Superset of operator

Not a superset of operator

Superset of or equal to operator

Not a superset of nor equal to operator

Short-circuit exclusive-or

defined-or operator

flipflop

pair constructor

Zip operator

cross product operator

...

...^

^...

^...^

…

…^

^…

^…^

sequence operator

List assignment operator

binding operator

Read-only binding operator

notandthen

orelse

feed

leftward feed

exponentiation operator

index

entry

nested

See Also: index, index, multiple entries

subentry

multilevel

rendering

multiple entries

L

Language

find_method

private_methods

find_private_methods

\ (container binding)

sink context

sinking

number context

string context

Boolean context

list context

CATCH

quasi (macros)

unquoting (macros)

{{{}}} (macros)

pointy blocks

Argument

closures

use soft (pragma)

wrapped routines

Adverb

Adverbial Pair

ASCII operator

Autothreading

Creating grammars

proto regex

hash slice

non-string keys

object hash

IPC

Single Argument Rule

laziness in Iterable objects

typed array

Shaped arrays

MOP

Introspection

is itemized?

Parameterization

nativecall

native array

Type objects

Attribute

Property

indirect invocant syntax

Private methods

Submethods

MRO

delegation (trait handles)

new (method)

Parameterized Roles

Mixins

prefix operator

infix operator

postfix operator

circumfix operator

postcircumfix operator

method operators

metamethod call

hyper method call operator

postfix operator call

class-qualified method call

interpolating into names

Unquoting

Regular Expressions

escaping characters

type constraint

Constraint

anonymous arguments

where clause

Coercion type

Type capture

positional argument

named argument

slurpy argument

argument aliases

optional argument

mandatory named argument

destructuring arguments

sub-signature

Long names

Zen slices

identifiers

Date ranges

Forward declarations

FALLBACK (method)

DEFINITE (reserved method)

HOW (reserved method)

REPR (reserved method)

VAR (reserved method)

WHAT (reserved method)

WHERE (reserved method)

WHICH (reserved method)

WHO (reserved method)

role (typesystem)

Type Capture (role)

dynamic subset

Whitespace

compunit

import

Dynamically scoped variables

declaring a list of variables

destructuring assignment

anon state variables

nameless variables

topic variable

match variable

error variable

cursor variable

dumper

collation levels

Boolean

Nil assignment

colon pair (Pair)

colon list (Pair)

named regex

Listop operators

stub operator

Fatal stub operator

M

multi

N

number context

O

Options

Other languages

Futures

switch (given)

case statements (given)

perldoc (FAQ)

Property

Member

Slot

filetests - perlfunc

abs - perlfunc

accept - perlfunc

alarm - perlfunc

atan2 - perlfunc

bind - perlfunc

binmode - perlfunc

bless - perlfunc

break - perlfunc

caller - perlfunc

chdir - perlfunc

chmod - perlfunc

chomp - perlfunc

chop - perlfunc

chr - perlfunc

chroot - perlfunc

close - perlfunc

closedir - perlfunc

connect - perlfunc

continue - perlfunc

cos - perlfunc

crypt - perlfunc

dbm - perlfunc

defined - perlfunc

delete - perlfunc

die - perlfunc

do - perlfunc

dump - perlfunc

each - perlfunc

eof - perlfunc

eval - perlfunc

evalbytes - perlfunc

exec - perlfunc

exists - perlfunc

exit - perlfunc

exp - perlfunc

fc - perlfunc

fcntl - perlfunc

__FILE__ - perlfunc

fileno - perlfunc

flock - perlfunc

fork - perlfunc

formats - perlfunc

getc - perlfunc

getpeername - perlfunc

getpgrp - perlfunc

getppid - perlfunc

getpriority - perlfunc

get and set - perlfunc

getsock - perlfunc

glob - perlfunc

gmtime - perlfunc

goto - perlfunc

grep - perlfunc

hex - perlfunc

import - perlfunc

index - perlfunc

int - perlfunc

ioctl - perlfunc

join - perlfunc

keys - perlfunc

kill - perlfunc

last - perlfunc

lc - perlfunc

lcfirst - perlfunc

length - perlfunc

__LINE__ - perlfunc

link - perlfunc

listen - perlfunc

local - perlfunc

localtime - perlfunc

lock - perlfunc

log - perlfunc

lstat - perlfunc

m// - perlfunc

map - perlfunc

mkdir - perlfunc

msg* - perlfunc

my - perlfunc

next - perlfunc

no - perlfunc

oct - perlfunc

open - perlfunc

opendir - perlfunc

ord - perlfunc

our - perlfunc

pack - perlfunc

package - perlfunc

__PACKAGE__ - perlfunc

pipe - perlfunc

pop - perlfunc

pos - perlfunc

print - perlfunc

printf - perlfunc

prototype - perlfunc

push - perlfunc

quoting - perlfunc

qr (Perl)

rand - perlfunc

read - perlfunc

readdir - perlfunc

readline - perlfunc

readlink - perlfunc

readpipe - perlfunc

recv - perlfunc

redo - perlfunc

ref - perlfunc

rename - perlfunc

requires - perlfunc

reset - perlfunc

return - perlfunc

reverse - perlfunc

rewinddir - perlfunc

rindex - perlfunc

rmdir - perlfunc

s/// - perlfunc

say - perlfunc

scalar - perlfunc

seek - perlfunc

seekdir - perlfunc

select - perlfunc

semget - perlfunc

semop - perlfunc

send - perlfunc

setpgrp - perlfunc

setpriority - perlfunc

setsockopt - perlfunc

shift - perlfunc

shm* - perlfunc

shutdown - perlfunc

sin - perlfunc

sleep - perlfunc

sockets - perlfunc

sort - perlfunc

splice - perlfunc

split - perlfunc

sprintf - perlfunc

sqrt - perlfunc

srand - perlfunc

state - perlfunc

study - perlfunc

sub - perlfunc

__SUB__ - perlfunc

substr - perlfunc

symlink - perlfunc

syscall - perlfunc

sys* - perlfunc

system - perlfunc

syswrite - perlfunc

tell - perlfunc

telldir - perlfunc

tie - perlfunc

time - perlfunc

times - perlfunc

tr/// - perlfunc

truncate - perlfunc

uc - perlfunc

ucfirst - perlfunc

undef - perlfunc

unlink - perlfunc

unpack - perlfunc

unshift - perlfunc

untie - perlfunc

use - perlfunc

utime - perlfunc

values - perlfunc

vec - perlfunc

wait - perlfunc

waitpid - perlfunc

wantarray - perlfunc

warn - perlfunc

write - perlfunc

y/// - perlfunc

Special Variables (Perl)

$_ (Perl)

@_ (Perl)

$" (Perl)

$$ (Perl)

$0 (Perl)

@INC (Perl)

%INC (Perl)

Operators

s/// in-place substitution

S/// non-destructive substitution

tr/// in-place transliteration

TR/// non-destructive transliteration

call operator

Safe call operator

prefix increment operator

prefix decrement operator

postfix increment operator

postfix decrement operator

exponentiation operator

Boolean context operator

Negated Boolean context operator

Numeric context operator

ternary

conditional

item =

Admonitory stub operator

and

andthen

P

part

R

Reference

Overriding default gist method

supply (on-demand)

zef

Raku and Perl 6 (FAQ)

v6.d (FAQ)

Rakudo Star DMG binary installer (FAQ)

Rakudo Star MSI binary installer (FAQ)

Rakudo Star docker image (FAQ)

Rakudo Star for Linux (FAQ)

Rakudo Star for Windows (FAQ)

Rakudo Star for Mac (FAQ)

rakubrew (FAQ)

rakudobrew (FAQ)

Books

Specification (FAQ)

Ruby Quickstart (FAQ)

CPAN (FAQ)

ecosystem

rakudoc (FAQ)

Perl modules (FAQ)

C and C++ (FAQ)

Core standard library (FAQ)

Rakudo Star distribution and compiler-only release (FAQ)

Precompile (FAQ)

Circular dependencies (FAQ)

Data::Dumper (FAQ)

Junction (FAQ)

Sigils (FAQ)

Coroutine (FAQ)

Raku Implementation (FAQ)

NQP (FAQ)

Raku Distribution (FAQ)

Rakudo Star release cycle (FAQ)

6model

Abstract Class

Advent Calendar

Anonymous

API

Apocalypse

Arity

Backtracking

binder

block

bytecode

Camelia

Colon Pair

Colon List

Community

compilation unit

Damian Conway

decont

diffy

Exegesis

fiddly

forward declaration

gradual typing

Handle

Huffmanize

iffy

import

infix

instance

Interface

Invocant

IRC

IRC lingo

ALAP

backlog

Bot

DWIM

flap

fossil

FSVO

FTFY

IIRC

IMHO

IWBN

LHF

LGTM

LTA

Opt

RSN

TIMTOWTDI

TMI

TMTOWTDI

UGT

WFM

WIP

Larry Wall

Lexing

LHS

Left-hand side

Literal

lvalue

Mainline

Mayspec

MoarVM

Multi-Dispatch

MMD

multi-method

NFG

Niecza

NQP

Not Quite Perl

NYI

opcode

Operator

Parameter

Parrot

Parse Tree

PAST

Perl

Perl 6

POD

POV

priming

property

Propspec

pugs

Pull request

QAST

Rakudo

Reify

Repository

RHS

Right-hand side

roast

role

rvalue

SAP

Semilist

Sigil

Sigilless Variable

Spesh

STD

Stub

Symbol

Synopsis

Syntax Analysis

test suite

TheDamian

Thunk

Tight

Loose

TimToady

Token

Truthy

Falsy

twine

Type Objects

Type Smiley

value

Value type

Variable

Variable Interpolation

Virtual Machine

WAT

whitespace

Running programs

Pointer

CArray methods

:$translate-nl

:nl-out

MY (package)

OUR (package)

CORE (package)

GLOBAL (package)

PROCESS (package)

COMPILING(package)

CALLER (package)

CALLERS (package)

DYNAMIC (package)

OUTER (package)

OUTERS (package)

LEXICAL (package)

UNIT (package)

SETTING (package)

PARENT (package)

CLIENT (package)

variadic

CStruct

CPPStruct

CPointer

CUnion

P6opaque

Enums

≤

≥

≠

−

∘

≅

𝑒

∞

…

‘

’

‚

“

”

„

｢

｣

⁺

⁻

⁰

⁴

⁵

⁶

⁷

⁸

⁹

∈

∉

∋

∌

≡

≢

⊆

⊈

⊂

⊄

⊇

⊉

⊃

⊅

≼

≽

∪

∩

∖

⊖

⊍

⊎

⚛=

⚛

⚛+=

⚛-=

⚛−=

++⚛

⚛++

--⚛

⚛--

«=«

XCompose

ibus

Xkb

WinCompose

Vim

Emacs

Normalization

NFC

UTF8-C8

UTF-8 Clean-8

NativeEndian

LittleEndian

BigEndian

Endian

windows-1252

windows-1251

windows-932

iso-8859-1

ascii

ShiftJIS

utf16-le

utf16-be

utf16

utf-16

utf16le

utf16be

File locking

SeekFromBeginning

SeekFromCurrent

SeekFromEnd

tty

IterationEnd

DESTROY metamodel

Less

Same

Planned

Kept

Broken

Signal

SlurpySentry

Regexes

Actions

before

after

( )

[ ]

:my

:our

Named captures

Regex Interpolation

$variable

$(code)

Regex adverbs

tilde

SETGOAL

FAILGOAL

recursive

tilde tilde

disable backtracking

greedy backtracking

frugal backtracking

S

sink context

sinking

string context

Syntax

^methods

sub

multi

proto

only

prefix &

token

rule

grammar

:{}

[ ] (typed array)

WHAT

WHICH

WHO

WHERE

HOW

WHY

DEFINITE

VAR

class

role

does

but

method call

methodop .&

mutating method call

methodop .^

methodop .?

methodop .""

methodop .+

methodop .*

.( )

.[ ]

.{ }

list =

::()

::($c).m

A."$m"()

｢｣

escaping quote

' '

" "

\ (quoting)

& (interpolation)

qw word quote

qww

qqw

qqx

heredocs :to

/ /

s/ / /

regex

Parameterised regexes

signature literal

:()

Return type arrow

+ (Single argument rule slurpy)

double-semicolon

flattening

Unspace

Embedded comments

String (literals)

0b (radix form)

0d (radix form)

0o (radix form)

0x (radix form)

Number (literals)

Number literals

Pairs (literals)

Pair literals

Boolean (literals)

module

package

constant (Terms)

... (forward declaration)

method (declarator)

only method

enum

\c[N+] Unicode decimal codepoint

\xN+ Unicode hexadecimal codepoint

\oN+ Unicode octal codepoint

\c[some name] Unicode name

use lib

% (sigil)

is (type of variable)

\ (sigilless variables)

Twigil

supersede

@ list contextualizer

$ (item contextualizer)

True

False

capture literal (Capture)

\() (Capture)

Grapheme

() (empty list)

*%_ (extra named arguments)

Inf (definition)

∞ (definition)

\ (sigilless scalar)

my (Sub)

our (Sub)

trait_mod (declarator)

v (version)

* literal

Whatever literal

Whatever-priming

Subroutines

GENERATE-USAGE

ARGS-TO-CAPTURE

RUN-MAIN

callsame

callwith

nextsame

nextwith

samewith

nextcallee

does-ok

sub EXPORT

Same

almost

T

Testing options

Tutorial

statement (Basics)

my (Basics)

block (Basics)

sigils (Basics)

identifiers (Basics)

scalar (Basics)

filehandle (Basics)

assignment (Basics)

string literal (Basics)

array (Basics)

method (Basics)

invocant (Basics)

hash (Basics)

fat arrow (Basics)

pair (Basics)

autovivification (Basics)

postincrement (Basics)

preincrement (Basics)

topic variable (Basics)

variable interpolation (Basics)

double-quoted strings

single-quoted strings

OOP

class

state

attributes

encapsulation

has

accessors

accessor methods

class variables

methods

invocant

FQN

Private methods

Constructor

bless

submethod DESTROY

DESTROY

type object

DEFINITE

inheritance

USAGE

$*USAGE

resume (Exceptions)

int

uint

num

str

Types

traits

is built

is required

static

CStruct (native representation)

CArray

int @

num @

str @

int8

int16

int32

int64

uint8

uint16

uint32

uint64

num32

num64

byte

void type (NativeCall)

blob8

blob16

blob32

blob64

buf8

buf16

buf32

buf64

Encoding::Encoder

Encoding::Decoder

FileChangeEvent (enum)

FileChanged (FileChangeEvent)

FileRenamed (FileChangeEvent)

Traits

is tighter

is equiv

is looser

is assoc

is native

is repr

is nativesize

is copy

is rw

is raw

is readonly

Uninstantiable representation trait

is default

is required

is DEPRECATED

is built

Terms

quote-words

grouping operator

block constructor

hash constructor

∅

empty set

U

url

V

Variables

$~MAIN

$~Quote

$~Quasi

$~Regex

$~Trans

$~P5Regex

$ (variable)

$?FILE

$?LINE

::?CLASS

$?PACKAGE

$?MODULE

$?CLASS

$?ROLE

$?TABSTOP

$?NL

&?ROUTINE

&?BLOCK

$?DISTRIBUTION

$*ARGFILES

@*ARGS

$*IN

$*OUT

$*ERR