r28750 - docs/Perl6/Spec
Author: carlin Date: 2009-10-11 09:21:58 +0200 (Sun, 11 Oct 2009) New Revision: 28750 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod Log: [Spec/S16-io] Tidied up some formatting and escaped the brackets in %*ENVPATH to (hopefully) fix a POD-error Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod === --- docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod 2009-10-11 06:22:37 UTC (rev 28749) +++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod 2009-10-11 07:21:58 UTC (rev 28750) @@ -183,19 +183,21 @@ The global variable $*CWD is a Path object with certain special properties, mainly: + * It must check whether the path exists before changing its value * It can only be assigned an absolute path; if you want to make relative changes, use the Array interface -$*CWD is specific to the current thread, unlike %*ENVPATH or the native -getcwd/chdir path, which are both usually process-wide. +$*CWD is specific to the current thread, unlike %*ENVEltPATHEgt or the +native getcwd/chdir path, which are both usually process-wide. The variable is used in at least these cases: -* When a Path object is created, if the string it is given is not an absolute - path, then $*CWD is prepended to it. -* When a subprocess is executed, it is executed with the current thread's - $*CWD as its working directory. + * When a Path object is created, if the string it is given is not an + absolute path, then $*CWD is prepended to it. + * When a subprocess is executed, it is executed with the current + thread's $*CWD as its working directory. + =head1 Name Services =head2 User role
r28751 - docs/Perl6/Spec
Author: jimmy Date: 2009-10-11 10:55:02 +0200 (Sun, 11 Oct 2009) New Revision: 28751 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod Log: [Spec/S02-bits.pod] changed colon to comma Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod === --- docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod2009-10-11 07:21:58 UTC (rev 28750) +++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod2009-10-11 08:55:02 UTC (rev 28751) @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ $object\ .say -But unspace is mainly about language extensibility: it lets you continue +But unspace is mainly about language extensibility, it lets you continue the line in any situation where a newline might confuse the parser, regardless of your currently installed parser. (Unless, of course, you override the unspace rule itself...) @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ my Int $x = undef;# works -Variables with native types do not support undefinedness: it is an error +Variables with native types do not support undefinedness, it is an error to assign an undefined value to them: my int $y = undef;# dies
Re: r28751 - docs/Perl6/Spec
That's not grammatical; you've just created a run-on sentence. Why not leave it as a colon? On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 4:55 AM, pugs-comm...@feather.perl6.nl wrote: Author: jimmy Date: 2009-10-11 10:55:02 +0200 (Sun, 11 Oct 2009) New Revision: 28751 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod Log: [Spec/S02-bits.pod] changed colon to comma Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod === --- docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod2009-10-11 07:21:58 UTC (rev 28750) +++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod2009-10-11 08:55:02 UTC (rev 28751) @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ $object\ .say -But unspace is mainly about language extensibility: it lets you continue +But unspace is mainly about language extensibility, it lets you continue the line in any situation where a newline might confuse the parser, regardless of your currently installed parser. (Unless, of course, you override the unspace rule itself...) @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ my Int $x = undef;# works -Variables with native types do not support undefinedness: it is an error +Variables with native types do not support undefinedness, it is an error to assign an undefined value to them: my int $y = undef;# dies -- Mark J. Reed markjr...@gmail.com
r28754 - docs/Perl6/Spec
Author: masak Date: 2009-10-11 13:04:33 +0200 (Sun, 11 Oct 2009) New Revision: 28754 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod Log: Revert [Spec/S02-bits.pod] changed colon to comma The improvement was of the kind where things were actually more improved before the change than after. Reverting. Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod === --- docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod2009-10-11 10:28:11 UTC (rev 28753) +++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod2009-10-11 11:04:33 UTC (rev 28754) @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ $object\ .say -But unspace is mainly about language extensibility, it lets you continue +But unspace is mainly about language extensibility: it lets you continue the line in any situation where a newline might confuse the parser, regardless of your currently installed parser. (Unless, of course, you override the unspace rule itself...) @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ my Int $x = undef;# works -Variables with native types do not support undefinedness, it is an error +Variables with native types do not support undefinedness: it is an error to assign an undefined value to them: my int $y = undef;# dies
Re: r28751 - docs/Perl6/Spec
On Oct 11, 2009, at 06:36 , Mark J. Reed wrote: That's not grammatical; you've just created a run-on sentence. Why not leave it as a colon? Or semicolon. I agree comma seems wrong. -- brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] allb...@kf8nh.com system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] allb...@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon universityKF8NH PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
r28768 - docs/Perl6/Spec
Author: carlin Date: 2009-10-12 03:15:43 +0200 (Mon, 12 Oct 2009) New Revision: 28768 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod docs/Perl6/Spec/S29-functions.pod Log: [Spec/S29-functions.pod] Added some details about die and fail Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod === --- docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod 2009-10-12 01:03:40 UTC (rev 28767) +++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod 2009-10-12 01:15:43 UTC (rev 28768) @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ * It can only be assigned an absolute path; if you want to make relative changes, use the Array interface -$*CWD is specific to the current thread, unlike %*ENVEltPATHEgt or the +$*CWD is specific to the current thread, unlike C %*ENVPATH or the native getcwd/chdir path, which are both usually process-wide. The variable is used in at least these cases: Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S29-functions.pod === --- docs/Perl6/Spec/S29-functions.pod 2009-10-12 01:03:40 UTC (rev 28767) +++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S29-functions.pod 2009-10-12 01:15:43 UTC (rev 28768) @@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ Carl Mäsak cma...@gmail.com Moritz Lenz mor...@faui2k3.org Tim Nelson wayl...@wayland.id.au +Carlin Bingham car...@theintersect.org =head1 Version Created: 12 Mar 2005 -Last Modified: 30 May 2009 +Last Modified: 13 October 2009 Version: 43 The document is a draft. @@ -252,10 +253,18 @@ =item die + multi die (@LIST) + +Prints each element to $*ERR (STDERR) and throws an exception. + =item fail -BTODO: Research the exception handling system. + multi fail (Str $message) +Can only be called inside a routine and causes the routine to Creturn an +unthrown exception; a CFailure object which stringifies to C$message. +If Cuse fatal is in effect where the routine was called from, it throws +the exception. =back
r28769 - docs/Perl6/Spec
Author: carlin Date: 2009-10-12 03:19:18 +0200 (Mon, 12 Oct 2009) New Revision: 28769 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod Log: [Spec/S16-io.pod] Use Z to escape %*ENVPATH. Accidentally commited the last change. carlin-- Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod === --- docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod 2009-10-12 01:15:43 UTC (rev 28768) +++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod 2009-10-12 01:19:18 UTC (rev 28769) @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ * It can only be assigned an absolute path; if you want to make relative changes, use the Array interface -$*CWD is specific to the current thread, unlike C %*ENVPATH or the +$*CWD is specific to the current thread, unlike C %*ENVZPATH or the native getcwd/chdir path, which are both usually process-wide. The variable is used in at least these cases:
Re: r28768 - docs/Perl6/Spec
commitbot, channeling Carlin (): =item die + multi die (@LIST) + +Prints each element to $*ERR (STDERR) and throws an exception. Well, no. If that were true, die calls within (the dynamic scope of) a try block would also print things, which they don't. It's the thing that catches the exception that decides to print or not print. // Carl
