syntax BEGIN
Documentation for syntax BEGIN
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language documentation Phasers
From Phasers
(Phasers) Phasers BEGIN BEGIN
Runs at compile time, as soon as the code in the phaser has compiled, only runs once.
The return value is available for use in later phases:
say "About to print 3 things";for ^3# OUTPUT:# Generating BEGIN value# About to print 3 things# 3-3# 4-3# 6-3
The ^10 .pick
in the phaser is generated only once and is then re-used by the loop during runtime. Note how the say in the BEGIN
block is executed before the say that is above the loop.