Author: lwall
Date: 2010-06-02 19:54:21 +0200 (Wed, 02 Jun 2010)
New Revision: 31052
Modified:
docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod
Log:
[S02] add native blob types
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod
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--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod 2010-06-02 17:30:34 UTC (rev 31051)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod 2010-06-02 17:54:21 UTC (rev 31052)
@@ -1345,8 +1345,17 @@
responds both to array and (some) stringy operations. Note that,
like a C<Buf>, its size is measured in whatever the base unit is,
which is not always bytes. If you have a C<my Blob[bit] $blob>,
-then C<$blob.elems> returns the number of bits in it.
+then C<$blob.elems> returns the number of bits in it. As with buffers,
+various native types are automatically derived from native unsigned int types:
+ blob1 Blob[bit], a bit string
+ blob2 Blob[uint2], a DNA sequence?
+ blob4 Blob[uint4], a hex string
+ blob8 Blob[uint8], a byte string
+ blob16 Blob[uint16]
+ blob32 Blob[uint32]
+ blob64 Blob[uint64]
+
These types do (at least) the following roles:
Class Roles
