method name
Documentation for method name
assembled from the following types:
class Encoding
From Encoding
(Encoding) method name
method name(--> Str)
Abstract method that would return the primary name of the encoding.
class Perl
From Perl
(Perl) method name
Instance method returning the name of the Perl object.
class Encoding::Registry
From Encoding::Registry
(Encoding::Registry) method name
method register(Encoding --> Nil)
Register a new Encoding.
class X::Attribute::Required
(X::Attribute::Required) method name
method name(--> Str)
Returns the name of the attribute.
class Attribute
From Attribute
(Attribute) method name
Defined as:
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 $!a
.
my = Foo.^attributes(:local)[0];say .name; # OUTPUT: «@!bar»
class Distro
From Distro
(Distro) method name
Instance method returning the name of the Distro object. Returns "unknown" if the name could not be established.
class ForeignCode
From ForeignCode
(ForeignCode) method name
method name()
Returns the name of the enclosed code, or <anon>
if it has not received any.
class Kernel
From Kernel
(Kernel) method name
method name(--> Str)
Instance method returning the name of the Kernel object. Returns "unknown" if the name could not be established.
class Label
From Label
(Label) method name
Defined as:
method name()
Not terribly useful, returns the name of the defined label:
A: while True
class Routine
From Routine
(Routine) method name
method name(Routine: --> Str)
Returns the name of the sub or method.
role Metamodel::Naming
From Metamodel::Naming
(Metamodel::Naming) method name
method name()
Returns the name of the meta object, if any.
say 42.^name; # OUTPUT: «Int»
class Parameter
From Parameter
(Parameter) method name
Returns the variable name, which includes all sigils and twigils. This name is used internally when applied to code, or in a declaration determines the name declared. This name is not necessarily usable by a caller – if it is, it will also appear as an alias. Often, the name will chosen descriptively as a form of self-documentation.
If the parameter is anonymous, Nil
will be returned.
class Pod::Block::Named
From Pod::Block::Named
(Pod::Block::Named) method name
method name(--> Str)
Returns the name of the block.
class Scalar
From Scalar
(Scalar) method name
method name(Scalar: --> Str)
Returns the name associated with the container.
Example:
my = 42;say .VAR.name; # OUTPUT: «$x»
class Thread
From Thread
(Thread) method name
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»
class VM
From VM
(VM) method name
Instance method returning the name of the VM object.
class Variable
From Variable
(Variable) method name
method name(Variable: str)
Returns the name of the variable, including the sigil.
class X::Attribute::NoPackage
(X::Attribute::NoPackage) method name
method name(--> Str)
Returns the name of the attribute
class X::Attribute::Package
(X::Attribute::Package) method name
method name(--> Str)
Returns the name of the attribute that triggered this error.
class X::Bind::NativeType
From X::Bind::NativeType
(X::Bind::NativeType) method name
method name(--> Str)
Returns the name of the variable.
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
(X::Signature::NameClash) method name
method name(--> Str)
Returns the name that was used for more than one parameter.