defining sigil

Raku · Oct 12, 2013 · 465527e · 465527e
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@@ -730,6 +730,10 @@ Something that should never, ever happen.  Complain on #perl6 if you see one.
 
 =head2 sigil
 
+In Perl, the sigil is the first character of a variable name.
+It must be either C<$>, C<@> or C<%>, respectively for a scalar, array or hash variable.
+See also L<twigil>
+
 =head2 sink context
 
 =head2 sixplanet