Author: moritz
Date: 2008-12-13 10:32:15 +0100 (Sat, 13 Dec 2008)
New Revision: 24325
Modified:
docs/Perl6/Spec/S29-functions.pod
Log:
[S29] List.sort with a unary or nullary code object does a Schwartzian
Transform. (Feel free to improve the wording)
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S29-functions.pod
===================================================================
--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S29-functions.pod 2008-12-13 00:57:48 UTC (rev 24324)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S29-functions.pod 2008-12-13 09:32:15 UTC (rev 24325)
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
Mark Stosberg <[email protected]>
Carl Mäsak <[email protected]>
Date: 12 Mar 2005
- Last Modified: 19 Nov 2008
- Version: 30
+ Last Modified: 13 Dec 2008
+ Version: 31
This document attempts to document the list of builtin functions in Perl 6.
It assumes familiarity with Perl 5 and prior synopses.
@@ -870,6 +870,10 @@
comparisons. C<@by> differs from C<$by> in that each criterion is
applied, in order, until a non-zero (tie) result is achieved.
+If C<$by> is a code object of arity zero or one, it is applied on each item
+of C<@values>, and C<@values> is sorted by comparing the result values with
+C<< &infix:<cmp> >> (Schwartzian Transform).
+
C<Ordering> is as described in L<"Type Declarations">. Any
C<Ordering> may receive either or both of the mixins C<descending>
and C<canon(Code $how)> to reverse the order of sort, or
