Subroutines #8
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 classify(Int $x) { return "negative" if $x < 0; return "zero" if $x == 0; "positive" }
my $value = (classify(-7), classify(0), classify(7));
sub safe-str($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 | List | List |
| Code form .raku | $("negative", "zero", "positive") | $("negative", "zero", "positive") |
| String .Str | negative zero positive | negative zero positive |
| True or false .Bool | True | True |
subs-v1 · seed 47 · recorded 2026-09-29 with Rakudo 2026.08 and Raku++ 5.0.0-g312cde8e · Source on GitHub ↗