When I run this code
require Readline;
my $rl = Readline.new;
my $string = $rl.readline( ':');
$string.say;
I get this error-message:
You cannot create an instance of this type (Readline)
When I use useto load Readline it works. Why does require Readline not work?
Since require causes the module to be loaded at runtime, the lookup of the Readline symbol must also be deferred until runtime. This can be done using the ::('Type::Name') syntax, as follows:
require Readline;
my $rl = ::('Readline').new;
my $string = $rl.readline( ':');
$string.say;