El lun., 30 abr. 2018 a las 9:46, ToddAndMargo (<toddandma...@zoho.com
<mailto:toddandma...@zoho.com>>) escribió:
On 04/30/2018 12:04 AM, JJ Merelo wrote:
> Check out the docs.perl6.org <http://docs.perl6.org>
<http://docs.perl6.org> page... And no, we
> don't.
Love the docs. Not always really helpful though.
On 04/30/2018 01:10 AM, JJ Merelo wrote:
> When they are not, please raise an issue. We'll try to solve it ASAP.
>
Hi JJ,
It is mainly the way the functions are written up. They give theory
and then a few bad examples.
For instance:
https://docs.perl6.org/routine/split
multi sub split( Str:D $delimiter, Str(Cool) $input, $limit =
Inf, :$k, :$v, :$kv, :$p, :$skip-empty)
which is theory and means absolutely nothing to me.
Please don't try to explain it either. I won't remember
ten minutes after you tell me. Maybe if I have been writing
for five years in Perl, it would be different.
And for the examples:
say split(/<[;,]>/, "a;b;c,d").perl;
Without an explanation, it means, again, nothing. What
the heck is ".perl" and what in the world is "/<[;,]>/?
Again, please do not try to explain.
And real fun search for "perl" in the docs.
You only get about 325,732 hots. (This is why
I asked about odd and even.)
So, the main issue I have with the docs is that they
"seem" to be written as a refresher for an advanced use
and not as a trainer for a newbie.
What I have been doing is 1) do the the docs, 2) write
up a `perl -e` to see if I can get it to work, 3) if not,
get on the chat line, give the url I looked at and my
one liner. After I get it all figured out, I write myself
a keeper explaining how it works.
Just an aside, the guys on the chat line are "extraordinary"
fellows.
-T
p.s. I have reported bugs in the docs before.
