Default values

You want to provide default values for false or undefined variables.

    my ($true,$false,$string,$defined,$last);

    # Provide a default for undefined variables

    $false //= 0; 

    # The default for $string will be 'string', 
    # unless the left-hand side of || evaluates 
    # as True.
    # Similar to Perl 5, use with caution. 

    $string ||= $false || 'string'; # 0 is (normally) Bool::False: 
                                  # thus default is 'string' 
    
    # Default to the first defined value in a list
    # use the reduce operator

    $defined //= [//] ($true,$false,$string,$defined,$last); # 0 
    
    # Default to the first true value in a list 
    # use the reduce operator

    $true ||= [||] ($true,$false,$string,$defined,$last); # 'string' 

    # To provide the last defined value in a list, as default,
    # define your own right-hand side definedness test
    # use the reduce operator

    sub infix:<\\>($lhs,$rhs){ $rhs // $lhs };
    $last //= [\\] ($true,$false,$string,$defined,$last); # 0  

    # Or ... 
    $last=undef;

    # Reverse the array and use the builtin definedness test
    # use the reduce operator
    $last //= [//] reverse($true,$false,$string,$defined,$last); # 0  
    
    # force strict boolean context on a variable 

    my $y is 0 but true;
    $y ||= 4;
    say $y; # 0

    my $z is 'Ovid' but false;
    $z ||= 4;
    say $z; # 4