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@tbrowder > I do think the docs could be clearer about them. Sure. > I submit that the reader of our docs should not have to be experts on the...

I suggest breaking this existing doc verbiage (from https://docs.raku.org/type/List#routine_invert) where I've inserted a ▲: > Assumes every element of the List is a L. Returns all elements as a L...

@Leont > (implementing binary protocols) ... What did/do you make of @alabamenhu's [Binex](https://github.com/alabamenhu/BinexObjex)? (Iirc they paused their work on it until RakuAST had sufficiently matured and Rakoons were sufficiently interested...

cf https://stackoverflow.com/a/54533852/1077672 eg: > But before discussing bigger arrays, [running the code below on tio.run](https://tio.run/##ZY5BCoMwEEX3PcVAdwqiUUeDm0LP0FXpItGhhMakpLHW06dKLQU7MPCGz/vMnZzGEGCefoKDcE5MzW45P3xmUcT4JY4b2MNo3e2xCfN0DVs76A6M9SC0tq3wBHVZc45VjinIydNWxa96MkJqAm9/apIkkGUl4ywr0wJTrAvkVQWkqSfj/6ryteoozPLCYKR9ARYglYdRdTTDVRkP81owwqsnLUxXciG8AQ) shows the practical limits for the default array type on that platform: ``` my @array;...

Is there a Raku deprecation policy document? I mean something outside of the user doc. If there is, I'll probably delete/hide this comment. Am I right that info about deprecations...

I have a different suggestion. But before I give it I feel I need to motivate it. > the 1969-12-31T12:59:50Z epoch of Rakudo's implementation of Instant was just an implementation...

For context of overall status / direction see https://irclogs.raku.org/moarvm/2025-05-08.html

I would say the first place to look for historical design thoughts about Raku is design.raku.org. (NB. The "Design" documents at design.raku.org are called "specs" for good reason -- to...

NB. While I know the design docs quite well, they're frozen, and there's no process or judgment calls to consider. In contrast the end user docs are evolving, I don't...

Am I right that you're proposing an [optional type system as proposed by Gilad Bracha et al](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_system#Optional_type_systems)? That is, these types can never affect the compilation of a program save...