Subroutines #6

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Raku++ 5.0.0-g312cde8e prints exactly what Rakudo 2026.08 prints

This is valid Raku: Rakudo 2026.08, the reference compiler, runs it without complaint, and the two outputs match character for character.

The program

The first lines compute $value. The last four lines are the same in every program: they print what kind of thing $value is, how it looks as code, as a string, and as true or false.

sub factorial(Int $x) { $x <= 1 ?? 1 !! $x * factorial($x - 1) }
my $value = factorial(2);

sub safe-str($v) {
    my $s = try $v.Str;
    $s.defined ?? $s !! '<undefined>'
}

say "TYPE\t" ~ $value.^name;
say "RAKU\t" ~ $value.raku;
say "STR\t" ~ safe-str($value);
say "BOOL\t" ~ $value.Bool;

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What each compiler printed

	Rakudo 2026.08	Raku++ 5.0.0-g312cde8e
Type .^name	`Int`	`Int`
Code form .raku	`2`	`2`
String .Str	`2`	`2`
True or false .Bool	`True`	`True`

subs-v1 · seed 45 · recorded 2026-09-29 with Rakudo 2026.08 and Raku++ 5.0.0-g312cde8e · Source on GitHub ↗