Perl 6 Perl 6 Lists and Arrays vivified #48

Nil

The Nil value represents "nothingness"

Empty parcel in list context

Produces an undefined value in item context

Default for null return statements and values

sub xyz() { say 'hello'; return; }

my $x = xyz();   # stores Any in $x
say xyz();       # say sees an empty Parcel
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