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# [L](#nav-top)
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<a id="lazy"/>
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**lazy** &mdash;
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<a id="lexical-scope"/>
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**lexical scope** &mdash;
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**reify** &mdash;
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Since [*lists*](#list) are per default [*lazy*](#lazy) in Perl 6,
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it is possible that not all elements are known yet explicitly.
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However there is an internal pointer up to which element they are known,
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plus the internal command *reify* to compute the next element.
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<a id="role"/>
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**role** &mdash;

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