A kind of List that automatically flattens into an outer container
is List
A Slip
is a List that automatically flattens into an outer List (or other list-like container or iterable).
For example it allows you to write a map that produces more than one value into the result without nesting:
say <a b c>.map().join('|'); # OUTPUT: «a|A|b|B|c|C»
In contrast, when returning an ordinary List, the resulting list is nested:
say <a b c>.map().join('|'); # OUTPUT: «a A|b B|c C»
To create a Slip
, either coerce another list-like type to it by calling the Slip
method, or use the slip
subroutine:
# This says "1" and then says "2", rather than saying "(1 2)".say for gather
A Slip
may also be created by using the prefix:<|>
operator. This differs from the slip
subroutine in both precedence and treatment of single arguments. In fact, prefix:<|>
only takes a single argument, so in that way, it behaves closer to the .Slip
method than the slip
subroutine.
my = (1, 2, 3);say (1, slip 2, 3).raku; # says (1, 2, 3) , slips 2, 3 into (1, …)say (0, slip , 4).raku; # says (0, $(1, 2, 3), 4) , $l does not break apartsay (0, slip ).raku; # says (0, 1, 2, 3) , slips from $l into (0, …)say (0, .Slip).raku; # says (0, 1, 2, 3) , slips from $l into (0, …)say (0, .Slip, 4).raku; # says (0, 1, 2, 3, 4) , slips from $l into (0, …, 4)say (|).raku; # says slip(1, 2, 3) , breaks apart $lsay (0, (|, 4), 5); # says (0 (1 2 3 4) 5) , slips from $l into (…, 4)say (0, (.Slip, 4), 5); # says (0 (1 2 3 4) 5) , slips from $l into (…, 4)say (0, (slip , 4), 5); # says (0 (1 2 3) 4 5) , slips ($l, 4) into (0, …, 5)say (0, (, 4).Slip, 5); # says (0 (1 2 3) 4 5) , slips ($l, 4) into (0, …, 5)
Loops that do not want to produce a value for an iteration use Slips
, rather than empty List
s to do so, as do if
statements that do not run their blocks.
Please note that prefix:<|>
will also apply parameters in a slippy manner to a routine call. It does not forward a Slip
to the called routine, that includes return
and take
.
my \l = gather for 1..10 -> , ; say l.raku;# OUTPUT: «((1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6), (7, 8), (9, 10)).Seq»my \m= gather for 1..10 -> , ; say m.raku;# OUTPUT: «(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10).Seq»
multi method List(Slip: --> List)
Turns it into a list.
multi sub slip(--> Empty)multi sub slip( --> Slip)multi sub slip(+args --> Slip)
Creates a Slip from its arguments by calling .Slip
on the object formed by them. Returns Empty
if called with void arguments.
Empty
is a Slip
of the empty List
.
say "".comb ~~ Empty;# OUTPUT: «True»
For example, these constructs with a failing test return Empty
:
do if 0 ;(42 if 0);do with Any ;(42 with Any);