# function abstraction over append-like functionality via +@ slurping sub slurp-positionals(@target, +@vals) { @target.append(@vals); } "--- +@ magics ---".say; slurp-positionals([], 0).say; slurp-positionals([], 0, 1, 2).say; slurp-positionals([], (0, 1, 2)).say; slurp-positionals([], $(0, 1, 2)).say; # turns out pairs are better for my abstraction sub slurp-pairs(@target, *%pairs) { @target.append(%pairs.values.flat); } "--- unmagic *% ---".say; slurp-pairs([], a => 0).say; # oh no, no +@ magics slurp-pairs([], a => (0, 1, 2)).say; # now redundant slurp-pairs([], a => $(0, 1, 2)).say;