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need
Combined from primary sources listed below.

In CompUnit::Repository::Unknown§

See primary documentation in context for method need. 

method need(
    CompUnit::DependencySpecification $spec,
    CompUnit::PrecompilationRepository $precomp?,
    CompUnit::PrecompilationStore :@precomp-stores
    --> CompUnit:D)

This class passes any requests up the repository chain, and does not resolve them itself.

In role CompUnit::Repository§

See primary documentation in context for method need.

Loads and returns a CompUnit which is mapped to the highest version distribution matching $spec from the first repository in the repository chain that contains any version of a distribution matching $spec.

In CompUnit::Repository::Installation§

See primary documentation in context for method need. 

method need(
    CompUnit::DependencySpecification $spec,
    CompUnit::PrecompilationRepository $precomp = self.precomp-repository(),
    CompUnit::PrecompilationStore :@precomp-stores = self!precomp-stores(),
    --> CompUnit:D)

Loads and returns a CompUnit which is mapped to the highest version distribution matching $spec from the first repository in the repository chain that contains any version of a distribution matching $spec.

In CompUnit::Repository::FileSystem§

See primary documentation in context for method need. 

method need(
    CompUnit::DependencySpecification $spec,
    CompUnit::PrecompilationRepository $precomp = self.precomp-repository(),
    CompUnit::PrecompilationStore :@precomp-stores = self!precomp-stores(),
    --> CompUnit:D)

Loads and returns a CompUnit which is mapped to the highest version distribution matching $spec from the first repository in the repository chain that contains any version of a distribution matching $spec.