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  # NAME
  
  ForwardIterables - turn two or more Iterables into a single iterator
  
  # SYNOPSIS
  
  ```
  use ForwardIterables;
  
  my @a = ^5;
  my @b = <a b c d e>;
  my @c = ForwardIterables.new(@a,@b).Seq;
  say @c;  # [0 1 2 3 4 a b c d e]
  
  ```
  
  # DESCRIPTION
  
  The `ForwardIterables` distribution provides a `ForwardIterables` class that creates a single `Iterator` from any number `Iterables` that will **lazily** produce values in a "forward" order.
  
  This functionality is similar to the [`flat`](https://docs.raku.org/routine/flat) method, but with the important distinction that it does **NOT** look at the containerization of the arguments. So any iterable such as a `Array` or `List` inside a `Hash` or an `Array`, **will** produce all of its values.
  
  And it also does **not** recurse into any `Iterable` values that it encounters, so in that aspect it is **NOT** like `flat` at all.
  
  It also provides a `Seq` method, to directly produce a `Seq` object from the iterator, so it can be used in expressions.
  
  # PROBABLY NOT USER FACING
  
  This module is probably more useful for module developers, than for people writing direct Raku production code.
  
  ## PERFORMANCE
  
  Depending on the situation, the use of this iterator can be anywhere from 1.5x to 3x as fast as the equivalent code using `.flat`.
  
  # AUTHOR
  
  Elizabeth Mattijsen [liz@raku.rocks](mailto:liz@raku.rocks)
  
  Source can be located at: <https://github.com/lizmat/OneSeq> . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.
  
  If you like this module, or what I'm doing more generally, committing to a [small sponsorship](https://github.com/sponsors/lizmat/) would mean a great deal to me!
  
  # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
  
  Copyright 2025 Elizabeth Mattijsen
  
  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.
  