Re: Nested captures

[Damian Conway]

  DC>          rule mv { $lastcmd:=(mv)  $<files>:=[ <ident> ]+  
$<dir>:=<ident> }
  DC>          rule cp { $lastcmd:=(cp)  $<files>:=[ <ident> ]+  
$<dir>:=<ident> }
  DC>          sub lastcmd { return $lastcmd }
  DC>      }
  DC>      while shift ~~ m/<Shell::Commands.cmd>/ {
  DC>          say "From: @{$<files>}";
  DC>          say "  To: $<dir>";
  DC>      }
since files and dirs are internal aliases (their names are in <>),
shouldn't those match accesses be $/<files> and $/<dir>?
Sure. Just as $42 is a shorthand for $/[42], so too $<whatever> is a shorthand 
for $/<whatever>.

Damian