Author: larry
Date: Mon Jan 29 21:05:36 2007
New Revision: 13548
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
Log:
More clarifications requested by thom++.
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
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--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Mon Jan 29 21:05:36 2007
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
Maintainer: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10 Aug 2004
- Last Modified: 23 Dec 2006
+ Last Modified: 29 Jan 2007
Number: 2
- Version: 82
+ Version: 83
This document summarizes Apocalypse 2, which covers small-scale
lexical items and typological issues. (These Synopses also contain
@@ -646,9 +646,6 @@
A variant of C<*> is the C<**> term. It is generally understood to
be a multidimension form of C<*> when that makes sense.
-The C<***> variant serves as the insertion point of a list of feeds.
-That insertion point may be targeted by feeding into C<*>. See S06.
-
Other uses for C<*> will doubtless suggest themselves over time. These
can be given meaning via the MMD system, if not the compiler. In general
a C<Whatever> should be interpreted as maximizing the degrees of freedom
@@ -673,12 +670,15 @@
These can behave as values or objects of any class, except that
C<defined> always returns false. One can create them with the
-built-in C<undef> and C<fail> functions. (See S02 for how failures
+built-in C<undef> and C<fail> functions. (See S04 for how failures
are handled.)
- Undef Undefined (can serve as a prototype object of any class)
+ Undef Undefined (variants serve as prototype objects of classes)
Whatever Wildcard (like undef, but subject to do-what-I-mean via MMD)
- Failure Failure (throws an exception if not handled properly)
+ Failure Failure (lazy exceptions, thrown if not handled properly)
+
+Whenever you declare any kind of type, class, module, or package, you're
+automatically declaring a undefined prototype value with the same name.
=head2 Immutable types
