show list assignment to shaped arrays

Raku · Jul 14, 2016 · 4fe536e · 4fe536e
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@@ -429,6 +429,14 @@ the C<shape> method.
     say @a.shape;
     # OUTPUT«(2 2)␤»
 
+Assignment to a fixed size Array will promote a List of Lists to an Array of
+Arrays.
+
+    my @a[2;2] = (1,2; 3,4);
+    @a[1;1] = 42;
+    dd @a;
+    # OUTPUT«Array.new(:shape(2, 2), [1, 2], [3, 42])␤»
+
 =head2 Itemization
 
 For most uses, Arrays consist of a number of slots each containing a C<Scalar> of