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                                            Elizabeth Mattijsen

`use experimental :pack` should be removed

> a format eating N bytes from a stream A format eating the bytes from a stream that it needs, and again, exposing that as a Supply :-)

Unintuitive behavior when invoking the reduction operator against a Buf

Fixed `[%] Buf` with https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/commit/0730199b32

Spesh issue when `.gist`ing a `Seq`

Also: https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/issues/5160

Explosion when `R`-metaopping `||`, `//`, `&&` meta-assigns

Appears fixed in RakuAST, test added with https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/commit/0ebeee030e so closing

Ability to specify how an object flattens in signatures

IRClogs updated link: https://irclogs.raku.org/perl6/2018-06-25.html#21:18

Ability to specify how an object flattens in signatures

Note that an `IterationBuffer` is basically a `VMArray`. Specifically created by @jnthn so that it would *not* get HLLized when being passed as an argument. The `QuantHash`es needed something similar...

REPL abbreviates information in its Welcome message

This was done intentionally, to make it easier for users to report which version they were using when they file an issue.

Literal magic in Instant is defined in Rakudo::Internals

Could you make a PR that would enlighten what your proposed solution is?

is cached behaves incorrectly when recursion by samewith is used

There are no plans on trying to fix "is cached". Most likely, it will be deprecated from the core. The ecosystem provides several solutions: https://raku.land/?q=cache

Segfault when creating a new shaped array

Golfed to: my int @nums = array[int].new(:shape) AKA, the shape doesn't matter, but it *must* be specified. The `.=` doesn't matter either. The code is incorrect in that it should...