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Version
Combined from primary sources listed below.

In Str§

See primary documentation in context for method Version 

method Version(Str:D: --> Version:D)

Available as of the 2020.01 release of the Rakudo compiler.

Coerces the string to Version.

This could be used for type coercion in signature, as for example:

sub f(Version(Str) $want-version) { say $want-version.^name };
f "1.2.3";  # OUTPUT: «Version␤»