my $is-defined = 1; my $ain't-defined = Any; my $doesn't-matter; my Any:D $will-be-defined = $ain't-defined // $is-defined // $doesn't-matter; my @a-mixed-list = Any, 1, Any, 'a'; $will-be-defined = [//] @a-mixed-list; # [//] will return the first defined value my @a = Any,Any,1,1; my @b = 2,Any,Any,2; my @may-contain-any = @a >>//<< @b; # contains: [2, Any, 1, 1] sub f1(){Failure.new('WELP!')}; sub f2(){ $_ ~~ Failure }; # orelse will kindly set the topic for us my $s = (f1() orelse f2()); # Please note the parentheses, which are needed because orelse is # much looser then infix:<=> . dd $s; # this be Bool::False