Author: larry
Date: Fri Sep 1 09:14:33 2006
New Revision: 11653
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod
Log:
Clarified that do-block takes no statement modifiers.
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod Fri Sep 1 09:14:33 2006
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
Maintainer: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Aug 2004
- Last Modified: 18 Aug 2006
+ Last Modified: 1 Sep 2006
Number: 4
- Version: 37
+ Version: 38
This document summarizes Apocalypse 4, which covers the block and
statement syntax of Perl.
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@
In Perl 5, a bare block is deemed to be a do-once loop. In Perl 6,
the bare block is not a do-once. Instead C<do {...}> is the do-once
-loop (which is another reason you can't put a C<while> or C<until>
-modifier on it; use C<repeat> for that).
+loop (which is another reason you can't put a statement
+modifier on it; use C<repeat> for a test-at-the-end loop).
For any statement, prefixing with a C<do> allows you to
return the value of that statement and use it in an expression:
