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Expand Up @@ -44,17 +44,18 @@ internal pointer representation are printed. However

for ^2 {
my $list = (1, 1);
say $list.WHICH
say $list.WHICH;
} # OUTPUT: «List|94674814008432␤List|94674814008432␤»

In this case, C<$list> is using the Scalar sigil and thus will be a L<C<Scalar>|/type/Scalar>. Any scalar with the same value will be exactly the same, as shown when printing the pointers.

=head1 Complex data structures

Complex data structures fall in two different broad categories:
L<C<Positional>|/type/Positional>, or list-like and
L<C<Associative>|/type/Associative>, or key-value pair like, according to how you
access its first-level elements. In general, complex data structures, including
L<C<Positional>|/type/Positional> or list-like on the one hand, and
L<C<Associative>|/type/Associative> or key-value pair like on the other hand,
according to how you access its first-level elements.
In general, complex data structures, including
objects, will be a combination of both, with object properties assimilated to
key-value pairs. While all objects subclass L<C<Mu>|/type/Mu>, in general complex objects
are instances of subclasses of L<C<Any>|/type/Any>. While it is theoretically possible to mix
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