"use MONKEY-TYPING;" and then you have "augment"
https://docs.perl6.org/syntax/augment.html
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 2:33 PM Joseph Brenner <doom...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was just wondering if there's any way to extend an existing
> class in perl 6. I'd like to be able to do things like drop
> a custom debugging method in Any that would then be available
> on everything.
>
> Note: I'm talking about adding something to an existing class
> ("monkeypatching") as opposed to subclassing. In perl 5 land you
> can just say "package Whatever;" again and re-open an existing
> package. With perl 6 saying "class Whatever" a second time would
> be a "Redeclaration" error.
>
>
>
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