Todd, are you looking for a range smartmatch, or possibly the ".in-range" method (Rakudo-only, below)?
> my $u = 248 248 > say (-128..127).in-range($u); Value out of range. Is: 248, should be in -128..127 in block <unit> at <unknown file> line 1 > my int8 $v = 0xF8; -8 > say (-128..127).in-range($v); True > "In Rakudo only, you can use the in-range method for matching against a range, which in fact is equivalent to smartmatch except it will throw an exception when out of range, instead of returning False... ." https://docs.raku.org/type/Range On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 12:06 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <perl6-us...@perl.org> wrote: > > On 2020-01-28 11:59, Trey Harris wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 14:55 ToddAndMargo via perl6-users > > <perl6-us...@perl.org <mailto:perl6-us...@perl.org>> wrote: > > > > No I am really confused: > > > > What part of > > > > my int8 $u = 0xF8; $u.range > > > > is not following > > > > method range(--> Range:D) > > > > ? > > > > Unless you’re getting the line `method range(--> Range:D)` from > > somewhere else, you’re looking at > > https://docs.raku.org/routine/range, which says > > > > > Documentation for method |range| assembled from the following types: > > > > > class X::OutOfRange <https://docs.raku.org/routine/range#___top> > > > > `int8` is not an `X:OutOfRange` object (which is an Exception), so it > > can’t participate in the method you reference. > > > > Okay, I think I get it. I missed the "X:OutOfRange" > and expected the qualifier to be in the definition line. > > What exactly is "X:OutOfRange" anyway?
