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expanded on sigil , added interpolation dummy
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lichtkind committed May 8, 2012
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pattern didn't match

<a id="binding"/>
[**binding**](tablet-3-variables#binding) &mdash;
[**binding**](tablet-3-variables.html#binding) &mdash;
making two variables share the same content by pointing to same
memory location, done i Perl 6 with
[**:=**](appendix-a-index.html#runtime-binding-op)
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# [I](#nav-top)

<a id="interpolation"/>
**interpolation** &mdash;

<a id="invocant"/>
**invocant** &mdash;
[*routine*](#routine) or [statement](#statement) that called the piece
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normally the current [block](#block)

<a id="sigil"/>
**sigil** &mdash; character that serves as a prefix to categorize the
following name, most prominent in Perl are the variable
[sigils](appendix-b-grouped.html#sigils)
: [**$**](appendix-a-index.html#dollar-sigil),
**sigil** &mdash;
character that serves as a prefix to categorize the following name,
(stays without spacing in front of the actual name)
most prominent in Perl are the variable [sigils](appendix-b-grouped.html#sigils):
[**$**](appendix-a-index.html#dollar-sigil),
[**@**](appendix-a-index.html#at-sigil) and
[**%**](appendix-a-index.html#percent-sigil)
[**%**](appendix-a-index.html#percent-sigil),
they serve as different variable [*namespaces*](#namespace) and make
[*interpolation*](#interpolation) much easier for human and the computer,
for more info see the [variable tablet](tablet-3-variables.html)


<a id="signature"/>
**signature** &mdash; function parameters (left-hand side of a binding),
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<a id="twigil"/>
[**twigil**](appendix-b-grouped.html#twigils) &mdash;
second(ary) [*sigil*](#sigil) indicating a special property of a variable,
[(more details here)](tablet-3-variables#twigils)
[(more details here)](tablet-3-variables.html#twigils)

<a id="type"/>
**type** &mdash;
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