remove sigils from | and \

S02-types/anon_block.t

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ isnt((sub { -> { 3 } }).(), 3, 'as are pointies');
 #?niecza skip 'No candidates for dispatch to mone'
 #?pugs skip 'parsefail'
 {
-    proto mone(|$) { * }
+    proto mone(|) { * }
     multi mone { 'one' }
     is &mone(), 'one', 'check that mutli is callable via &';
     is { &^x() }.( &mone ), 'one',

S02-types/capture.t

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ plan 21;
 # L<S06/Argument list binding/single scalar parameter marked>
 {
     sub bar6 ($a, $b, $c) { "$a!$b!$c" }
-    sub foo6 (|$capture)  { bar6(|$capture) }
+    sub foo6 (|capture)  { bar6(|capture) }
 
     #?pugs todo "feature"
     is foo6(1,2,3), "1!2!3",
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ plan 21;
 # Arglists are first-class objects
 {
     my $capture;
-    sub foo7 (|$args) { $capture = $args }
+    sub foo7 (|args) { $capture = args }
 
     lives_ok { foo7(1,2,3,4) }, "captures are first-class objects (1)";
     #?pugs todo "feature"

S02-types/sigils-and-types.t

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ ok &foo.does(Callable), 'a Sub does Callable';
     method meth {}
     ok &meth.does(Callable), 'a Method does Callable';
 }
-proto mul(|$) {*}
+proto mul(|) {*}
 multi mul {}
 ok &mul.does(Callable), 'a multi does Callable';
 proto pro {}

S06-multi/syntax.t

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ ok(~&foo ~~ /foo/,  'a multi stringifies sensibly');
 }
 
 multi with_cap($a) { $a }
-multi with_cap($a,$b,|$cap) { return with_cap($a + $b, |$cap) }
+multi with_cap($a,$b,|cap) { return with_cap($a + $b, |cap) }
 #?pugs skip 'with_cap not found'
 is with_cap(1,2,3,4,5,6), 21, 'captures in multi sigs work';
 

S06-signature/introspection.t

@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ sub j(*@i) {
 #?niecza skip "Action method fakesignature not yet implemented"
 {
     my $x;
-    ok :(|$x).params[0].capture, 'prefix | makes .capture true';
-    ok :(|$x).perl  ~~ / '|' /,  'prefix | appears in .perl output';
+    ok :(|x).params[0].capture, 'prefix | makes .capture true';
+    ok :(|x).perl  ~~ / '|' /,  'prefix | appears in .perl output';
 
-    ok :(\$x).params[0].parcel, 'prefix \\ makes .parcel true';
-    ok :(\$x).perl ~~ / '\\' /, 'prefix \\ appears in .perl output';
+    ok :(\x).params[0].parcel, 'prefix \\ makes .parcel true';
+    ok :(\x).perl ~~ / '\\' /, 'prefix \\ appears in .perl output';
 }
 
 # RT #69492
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ sub j(*@i) {
 
 # Capture param introspection
 {
-    sub xyz(|$c) {};
-    is &xyz.signature.params[0].name,       '$c' , '.name of |$c is "$c"';
+    sub xyz(|c) {};
+    is &xyz.signature.params[0].name,       'c' , '.name of |c is "c"';
     #?niecza todo "Does this test make sense?"
     is &xyz.signature.params[0].positional, False, '.positional on Capture param is False';
     is &xyz.signature.params[0].capture,    True , '.capture on Capture param is True';

S12-methods/multi.t

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ role R2 {
 }
 eval_dies_ok 'class X does R1 does R2 { }', 'sanity: get composition conflict error';
 class C does R1 does R2 {
-    proto method foo(|$) { * }
+    proto method foo(|) { * }
 }
 my $obj = C.new;
 #?rakudo 2 skip 'proto does not promote to multi'

S13-overloading/typecasting-mixed.t

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plan 14;
 
 {
     class TypeCastMixed {
-        method &.( |$capture ) {return 'pretending to be a sub'}   #OK not used
+        method &.( |capture ) {return 'pretending to be a sub'}   #OK not used
         method postcircumfix:<[ ]> (**@slice) {return 'pretending to be an array'}   #OK not used
         method %.{ **@slice } {return 'pretending to be a hash'}   #OK not used
     }

S14-traits/routines.t

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ plan 12;
 # RT 112664
 {
     multi trait_mod:<is>($m, :$a!) {
-	multi y(|$) { my $x = $m }
+	multi y(|) { my $x = $m }
 	$m.wrap(&y)
     }
     sub rt112664 is a {}