method name

Table of Contents
1	class X::Attribute::NoPackage
1.1	(X::Attribute::NoPackage) method name
2	class X::Attribute::Package
2.1	(X::Attribute::Package) method name
3	class X::Attribute::Required
3.1	(X::Attribute::Required) method name
4	class X::Bind::NativeType
4.1	(X::Bind::NativeType) method name
5	class X::Dynamic::NotFound
5.1	(X::Dynamic::NotFound) method name
6	class X::IO::Link
6.1	(X::IO::Link) method name
7	class X::IO::Symlink
7.1	(X::IO::Symlink) method name
8	class X::Signature::NameClash
8.1	(X::Signature::NameClash) method name
9	class Routine
9.1	(Routine) method name
10	class Attribute
10.1	(Attribute) method name
11	role Encoding
11.1	(Encoding) method name
12	role Systemic
12.1	(Systemic) method name
13	class Metamodel::DefiniteHOW
13.1	(Metamodel::DefiniteHOW) method name
14	role Metamodel::Naming
14.1	(Metamodel::Naming) method name
15	class Scalar
15.1	(Scalar) method name
16	class Thread
16.1	(Thread) method name
17	class Label
17.1	(Label) method name
18	class Variable
18.1	(Variable) method name
19	class ForeignCode
19.1	(ForeignCode) method name
20	class Parameter
20.1	(Parameter) method name
21	class Pod::Block::Named
21.1	(Pod::Block::Named) method name
22	class Encoding::Registry
22.1	(Encoding::Registry) method name

Documentation for method name assembled from the following types:

class X::Attribute::NoPackage

From X::Attribute::NoPackage

(X::Attribute::NoPackage) method name

method name(--> Str:D)

Returns the name of the attribute

class X::Attribute::Package

From X::Attribute::Package

(X::Attribute::Package) method name

method name(--> Str:D)

Returns the name of the attribute that triggered this error.

class X::Attribute::Required

From X::Attribute::Required

(X::Attribute::Required) method name

method name(--> Str:D)

Returns the name of the attribute.

class X::Bind::NativeType

From X::Bind::NativeType

(X::Bind::NativeType) method name

method name(--> Str:D)

Returns the name of the variable.

class X::Dynamic::NotFound

From X::Dynamic::NotFound

(X::Dynamic::NotFound) method name

method name(--> Str:D)

Returns the name of the variable that has not been found.

class X::IO::Link

From X::IO::Link

(X::IO::Link) method name

Returns the name of the link that could not be created.

class X::IO::Symlink

From X::IO::Symlink

(X::IO::Symlink) method name

Returns the path that symlink failed to create.

class X::Signature::NameClash

From X::Signature::NameClash

(X::Signature::NameClash) method name

method name(--> Str:D)

Returns the name that was used for more than one parameter.

class Routine

From Routine

class Attribute

From Attribute

(Attribute) method name

Defined as:

method name(Attribute:D: --> Str:D)

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.

class Foo {
    has @!bar;
}
my $a = Foo.^attributes(:local)[0];
say $a.name;            # OUTPUT: «@!bar␤»

role Encoding

From Encoding

(Encoding) method name

method name(--> Str)

Abstract method that would return the primary name of the encoding.

role Systemic

From Systemic

(Systemic) method name

Instance method returning the name of the object.

class Metamodel::DefiniteHOW

From Metamodel::DefiniteHOW

(Metamodel::DefiniteHOW) method name

method name($definite_type)

Returns the name of a definite type.

role Metamodel::Naming

From Metamodel::Naming

(Metamodel::Naming) method name

method name($type)

Returns the name of the metaobject, if any.

say 42.^name;       # OUTPUT: «Int␤»

class Scalar

From Scalar

(Scalar) method name

method name(Scalar:D: --> Str)

Returns the name associated with the container.

Example:

my $x = 42;
say $x.VAR.name;                # OUTPUT: «$x»

class Thread

From Thread

(Thread) method name

method name(Thread:D: --> Str:D)

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 $t1 = Thread.new(code => { for 1..5 -> $v { say $v }});
my $t2 = Thread.new(code => { for 1..5 -> $v { say $v }}, name => 'my thread');
 
say $t1.name;                 # OUTPUT: «<anon>␤» 
say $t2.name;                 # OUTPUT: «my thread␤»

class Label

From Label

(Label) method name

Not terribly useful, returns the name of the defined label:

A: while True {
  say A.name; # OUTPUT: «A␤» 
  last A;
}

class Variable

From Variable

(Variable) method name

method name(Variable:D: str)

Returns the name of the variable, including the sigil.

class ForeignCode

From ForeignCode

(ForeignCode) method name

method name()

Returns the name of the enclosed code, or <anon> if it has not received any.

class Parameter

From Parameter

(Parameter) method name

Defined as:

method name(Parameter:D: --> Str:D)

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 $sig = :(Str $x, Bool);
say $sig.params[0].name;                 # OUTPUT: «$x␤» 
say $sig.params[1].name;                 # OUTPUT: «␤»

class Pod::Block::Named

From Pod::Block::Named

(Pod::Block::Named) method name

method name(--> Str:D)

Returns the name of the block.

class Encoding::Registry

From Encoding::Registry

(Encoding::Registry) method name

method register(Encoding $enc --> Nil)