In Routine§
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method name(Routine: --> Str)
Returns the name of the sub or method.
In X::Bind::NativeType§
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method name(--> Str)
Returns the name of the variable.
In Pod::Block::Named§
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method name(--> Str)
Returns the name of the block.
In Variable§
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method name(Variable: str)
Returns the name of the variable, including the sigil.
In X::IO::Symlink§
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Returns the path that symlink failed to create.
In Encoding::Registry§
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method register(Encoding --> Nil)
Register a new Encoding.
In Parameter§
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method name(Parameter: --> Str)
Returns the parameter name, which includes all sigils and twigils. This name is used internally when applied to code, or in a declaration to determine the declared the name. This name is not necessarily usable by a caller – if it is, it will also appear as an alias. Often, the name will be chosen descriptively as a form of self-documentation.
If the parameter is anonymous, an empty string will be returned.
Note: Before Rakudo version 2020.08 the return value for an anonymous parameter was Nil
.
my Signature = :(Str , Bool);say .params[0].name; # OUTPUT: «$x»say .params[1].name; # OUTPUT: «»
In ForeignCode§
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method name()
Returns the name of the enclosed code, or <anon>
if it has not received any.
In X::Attribute::NoPackage§
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method name(--> Str)
Returns the name of the attribute
In X::Dynamic::NotFound§
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method name(--> Str)
Returns the name of the variable that has not been found.
In Attribute§
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method name(Attribute: --> Str)
Returns the name of the attribute. Note that this is always the private name, so if an attribute is declared as has $.a
, the name returned is $!a
.
my = Foo.^attributes(:local)[0];say .name; # OUTPUT: «@!bar»
In Label§
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Not terribly useful, returns the name of the defined label:
A: while True
In X::Attribute::Required§
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method name(--> Str)
Returns the name of the attribute.
In X::Attribute::Package§
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method name(--> Str)
Returns the name of the attribute that triggered this error.
In X::Signature::NameClash§
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method name(--> Str)
Returns the name that was used for more than one parameter.
In Metamodel::DefiniteHOW§
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method name()
Returns the name of a definite type.
In role Metamodel::Naming§
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method name()
Returns the name of the metaobject, if any.
say 42.^name; # OUTPUT: «Int»
In role Encoding§
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method name(--> Str)
Abstract method that would return the primary name of the encoding.
In Thread§
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method name(Thread: --> Str)
Returns the user defined string, which can optionally be set during object creation in order to identify the Thread
, or '<anon>'
if no such string was specified.
my = Thread.new(code => );my = Thread.new(code => , name => 'my thread');say .name; # OUTPUT: «<anon>»say .name; # OUTPUT: «my thread»
In role Systemic§
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Instance method returning the name of the object.
In Scalar§
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method name(Scalar: --> Str)
Returns the name associated with the container.
Example:
my = 42;say .VAR.name; # OUTPUT: «$x»
In X::IO::Link§
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Returns the name of the link that could not be created.