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  # NAME
  
  are - produce the common type / role of a list of objects
  
  # SYNOPSIS
  
  ```
  use are;
  
  say are 1,1.2,pi;                   # (Real)
  
  say (1,1.2,pi,i).&are;              # (Numeric)
  
  say (1,"one").&are;                 # (Cool)
  
  say are DateTime.now, Date.today);  # (Dateish)
  
  ```
  
  # DESCRIPTION
  
  The `are` subroutine (the only subroutine exported by this module) returns the most common class or role from a list of objects.
  
  It was introduced in Rakudo release 2022.01 as a method on `Any`. It is provided here to allow the functionality to be used with older versions of Rakudo.
  
  # AUTHOR
  
  Elizabeth Mattijsen [liz@raku.rocks](mailto:liz@raku.rocks)
  
  Source can be located at: <https://github.com/lizmat/are> . 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 2022 Elizabeth Mattijsen
  
  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.
  