I think you're looking for &?ROUTINE. &?BLOCK is also related. https://docs.perl6.org/language/variables#index-entry-%26%3FROUTINE
On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 12:51 AM, Darren Duncan <dar...@darrenduncan.net> wrote: > Any decent programming language supports self-recursion, where a > subroutine may invoke itself. Perl 6 explicitly also supports this, and > even has a special keyword for a routine to refer to itself without knowing > its own name, especially useful for anonymous subs; I don't remember that > keyword but it may have been something like "SUB" or "SELF". -- Darren > Duncan > > > On 2017-02-04 12:34 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Just out of curiosity, in Perl 6 can a subroutine call itself? >> >> -T >> >> I am fighting with a broken Net:FTP::rmdir in Perl 5 that >> will not recuse as advertised (it is very intermittent). >> >> And I can not use Net::Ftp in Perl 6 as it is hosed and >> so is the Inline. >> >> And it seems that Perl 5 doesn't like me calling myself, >> which would do wonders for looping on rmdir until I get >> everything. >> >>
