Unicode #1

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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.

my $source = "नमस्ते";
my $needle = $source.substr(0, 1);
my $value = ($source.index($needle), $source.starts-with($needle), $source.ends-with($needle));

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;

Run executes the program in your browser, with the Raku++ build this site ships. Edit it and try variations.

What each compiler printed

	Rakudo 2026.08	Raku++ 5.0.0-g312cde8e
Type .^name	`List`	`List`
Code form .raku	`$(0, Bool::True, Bool::False)`	`$(0, Bool::True, Bool::False)`
String .Str	`0 True False`	`0 True False`
True or false .Bool	`True`	`True`

unicode-v1 · seed 40 · recorded 2026-09-29 with Rakudo 2026.08 and Raku++ 5.0.0-g312cde8e · Source on GitHub ↗