Re: Documentary annotations: $what docwhy

2005-04-02 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 03:19:33PM +0800, Sam Vilain wrote: : Luke Palmer wrote: : Supposing I had a doc trait, could I say: :sub f2c (Num $temp docTemperature in degrees F) :docConvert degress F to degrees C :{...} : Or would I be forced to spell it doc('stuff') ? : Well, first

Re: Documentary annotations: $what docwhy

2005-04-01 Thread Chip Salzenberg
According to Abhijit Mahabal: sub f2c (Num $temp doc Temperature in degrees F) {...} Nce. -- Chip Salzenberg- a.k.a. -[EMAIL PROTECTED] Open Source is not an excuse to write fun code then leave the actual work to others.

Re: Documentary annotations: $what docwhy

2005-04-01 Thread Sam Vilain
Luke Palmer wrote: Supposing I had a doc trait, could I say: sub f2c (Num $temp docTemperature in degrees F) docConvert degress F to degrees C {...} Or would I be forced to spell it doc('stuff') ? Well, first you need an `is` somewhere in there. And after that I think you'll need

Documentary annotations: $what docwhy

2005-03-31 Thread Chip Salzenberg
I'd like to annotate Perl 6 parameters and other entities using traits, since that's the best way (I know of) to have them appear immediately in the text of the program where they are. Supposing I had a doc trait, could I say: sub f2c (Num $temp docTemperature in degrees F)

Re: Documentary annotations: $what docwhy

2005-03-31 Thread Luke Palmer
Chip Salzenberg writes: I'd like to annotate Perl 6 parameters and other entities using traits, since that's the best way (I know of) to have them appear immediately in the text of the program where they are. Supposing I had a doc trait, could I say: sub f2c (Num $temp docTemperature

Re: Documentary annotations: $what docwhy

2005-03-31 Thread Abhijit Mahabal
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Luke Palmer wrote: Chip Salzenberg writes: I'd like to annotate Perl 6 parameters and other entities using traits, since that's the best way (I know of) to have them appear immediately in the text of the program where they are. Supposing I had a doc trait, could I say: sub

Re: Documentary annotations: $what docwhy

2005-03-31 Thread Michael Walter
Make is polymorphic :D Michael On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:24:52 -0500 (EST), Abhijit Mahabal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Luke Palmer wrote: Chip Salzenberg writes: I'd like to annotate Perl 6 parameters and other entities using traits, since that's the best way (I know

Re: Documentary annotations: $what docwhy

2005-03-31 Thread Ashley Winters
Chip Salzenberg writes: I'd like to annotate Perl 6 parameters and other entities using traits, since that's the best way (I know of) to have them appear immediately in the text of the program where they are. Supposing I had a doc trait, could I say: sub f2c (Num $temp docTemperature in