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+# this will live here while it does not have its own repo
+#
+# this file is not written by me and the 'beer for unreadable Perl'
+# challenge does not apply to this file
+
+class Ratel {
+    has $.source;
+    has $.compiled;
+    has @!hunks;
+    has %.transforms is rw;
+
+    method new (*%args) {
+        my $self = self.bless(*, |%args);
+        $self.initialize;
+        return $self;
+    }
+
+    method initialize {
+        # XXX Needs to be re-thought to allow wrapping the contents
+        # of the unquote, use parameterized delims, etc...
+        %!transforms{'='} = -> $a {"print $a"};
+        %!transforms{'!'} = -> $a {'print %attrs<' ~ $a ~ '>'};
+        self.source($.source) if defined $.source;
+    }
+
+    multi method load(Str $filename) {
+        self.source(slurp($filename));
+    }
+
+    multi method source() {
+        return $!source;
+    }
+    multi method source(Str $text) {
+        my $index = 0;
+        $!source = $text;
+        my $source = '%]' ~ $text ~ '[%';
+        for %!transforms.kv -> $k, $v {
+            $source.=subst(rule {'[%'$k ([<!before '%]'>.]*) '%]'}, -> $match {'[%' ~ $v($match[0]) ~ '%]'}, :g);
+        }
+        @!hunks = $source.comb(rule {'%]' ([<!before '[%'>.]*) '[%'});
+        @!hunks>>.=subst(/^'%]' ([<!before '[%'>.]*) '[%'$/, -> $m { $m[0] }, :g);
+        $!compiled
+            = $source.subst(/('%]' [<!before '[%'>.]* '[%')/,
+                            {";\$.emit-hunk({$index++});"},
+                            :g);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    method emit-hunk(Int $i) {
+        $.emit(@!hunks[$i][0]);
+    }
+    method emit($m) {
+        $*result ~= $m;
+    }
+
+    method render(*%attrs) {
+        my $*result = '';
+        my $obj = self;
+        # XXX Needs cleanup...
+        my $*OUT = (class {
+                method say(*@args) {
+                    $obj.emit($_) for (@args, "\n");
+                }
+                method print(*@args) {
+                    $obj.emit($_) for @args;
+                }
+            }).new();;
+        eval $!compiled;
+        return $*result;
+    }
+}