doc colon pair as part of identifier

Raku · Jul 23, 2016 · a27516d · a27516d
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@@ -185,6 +185,16 @@ or automatically created packages.
     my Int $Foo::Bar::buzz = 42;
     dd $Foo::Bar::buzz; # OUTPUT«Int $v = 42␤»
 
+Identifiers can contain colon pairs. The entire colon pair becomes part of the
+name of the identifier.
+
+    my $foo:bar = 1;
+    my $foo:bar<2> = 2;
+    dd MY::.keys;
+    # OUTPUT«("\$=pod", "!UNIT_MARKER", "EXPORT", "\$_", "\$!", "::?PACKAGE",
+    # "GLOBALish", "\$¢", "\$=finish", "\$/", "\$foo:bar<1>", "\$foo:bar<2>",
+    # "\$?PACKAGE").Seq␤»
+
 =head1 Statements and Expressions
 
 Perl 6 programs are made of lists of statements. A special case of a statement