NAME

M - M, the 1-character Map: non-nodal, non-autothreading .map(*.some-method)

SYNOPSIS

Default operator:

    use M;
    (^3, [^4], '5')▸.Numeric.say; # (3, 4, 5)

Custom operator:

    use M '♥';
    (^3, [^4], '5')♥.Numeric.say;  # (3, 4, 5)

DESCRIPTION

The .map: *.some-method is a pretty common construct to desire in your code, and many people choose to write it as ».some-method, using the hyper method call. The problem is that's not always what you want and sometimes is the wrong thing to use.

What's wrong with »? First, it's an auto-threaded operator, which means @foo».say won't output stuff in any predictable order. Second, it does the whole nodal thing and descends into iterables, so that (^3, [^4], '5')».Numeric doesn't return (3, 4, 5).

Never fear, M is here! Why M? Cause it's a 1-character .map!

OPERATOR

By default, use ▸ (U+25B8) to call the hypered map (see SYNOPSIS).

If you want to use some other name for the operator, specify it as a string on the use M line.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Magic.

LIMITATIONS AND TODO

Currently you can't use exported operator to map ACCEPTS, new, bless, or BUILDALL methods.

Eventually, I hope to figure out how to make the operator available in everywhere in the program after a single use M anywhere, even in scopes where use M was not used.

REPOSITORY

Fork this module on GitHub: https://github.com/zoffixznet/perl6-M

BUGS

To report bugs or request features, please use https://github.com/zoffixznet/perl6-M/issues

AUTHOR

Zoffix Znet (@zoffix)

LICENSE

You can use and distribute this module under the terms of the The Artistic License 2.0. See the LICENSE file included in this distribution for complete details.

The META6.json file of this distribution may be distributed and modified without restrictions or attribution.

License

zoffixznet/perl6-M

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