Darren Duncan

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Continuing on, for the generic case of a Range of Any... 1. A Range with 2 closed endpoints that are the same value defines a set of exactly 1 value...

I feel that while it may not make sense conceptually to sort different types, eg it doesn't make sense to sort numbers and strings, if Raku at least provides a...

I want to throw an idea out there, and I recognize in saying this that I am quite poorly informed in how Raku is implemented, so I may be making...

I believe in the principle that booleans should be treated the same as numbers/text/the-rest as far as undef goes, either they all include undef or none of them do, and...

@tobyink Just because Perl doesn't warn when given an undef to a boolean context doesn't mean that undef should be considered a valid boolean when it isn't a valid number...

> it's common practice to do empty return and use that function's value in boolean context. > I think that excluding undef from bool will force unnecessary refactoring on potential...

> Not all data types need to support a default. And maybe not call it :default, but call it :empty. Maybe call it :unassigned or some synonym instead which is...

> Another odd consideration: If we allow `undef` for `BOOL`, we introduce the potential for a slight inconsistency. > > ```perl > my BOOL $success; # succeeds because `undef` satisfies...

I feel it is important for Perl to internally track the intention of whether a string is octets/raw or text/characters, much as we now as of 5.36.0 have it track...

Given that formal registrations of trademarks are country-specific, is it normal or appropriate to specify somewhere in which countries this applies to? Unless there are treaties recognizing registered trademarks between...