>From S04: It is possible to write while =$*IN -> $line {...}
But it won't do what you expect, because unary = does a slurp in scalar context, so $line will contain the entire file. ---------------------------------------------------------------- So I expected this function to slurp the whole file, but in Pugs it does not; it reads only the first line: sub slurp_file (Str $fname) returns Str { my $fh = open($fname) or die("open '$fname' failed"); my $s = =$fh; $fh.close(); return $s; } This function does appear to successfully slurp in Pugs: sub slurp_file (Str $fname) returns Str { my $fh = open($fname) or die("open '$fname' failed"); my $s; for =$fh -> $line { $s ~= $line } $fh.close(); return $s; } What is the best way in Perl6/Pugs to slurp a file? /-\ Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com