Add .WHERE, .DEFINITE and .REPR to list of reserved methods#4767
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This change was introduced with commit a0a198d and applies from Rakudo 2026.01.
as introduced by commits 6292774 and 971b2fa4
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These are three items from the Checklist for 2026.01 (#4758), which were introduced with commits a0a198d, 62927745 and 971b2fa4 respectively. They apply from Rakudo 2026.01 (as is stated in the new text).
Question: Do all three VMs for Rakudo have a moving or compacting garbage collector? I found evidence of this only for MoarVM (here), but am not sure about the particular JVM and JS VM.
Context: The two other files that say something about
WHEREexplain that its return value may change due to garbage collection:These files don't need changing because of these commits, but we could take the occasion to make sure that both places tell the complete and correct story.