[svn:parrot-pdd] r26766 - trunk/docs/pdds

2008-04-05 Thread chromatic
Author: chromatic Date: Sat Apr 5 00:12:04 2008 New Revision: 26766 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd_template.pod Log: [docs] Fixed a POD formatting error in PDD template. Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd_template.pod ==

understanding STD.pm

2008-04-05 Thread John M. Dlugosz
OK, you got me. What is the ¢ used for? For example, ?{ $¢.pos === $!ws_to }. I only see that character as used in this manner (a variable name?), never defined (e.g. as a variable or parameter) anywhere. --John

[perl #52478] [BUG] unwanted string - int conversion for array-like PMCs

2008-04-05 Thread Christoph Otto (Volt)
# New Ticket Created by Christoph Otto (Volt) # Please include the string: [perl #52478] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=52478 When running the following PIR code, Parrot does the Perlish thing and

Re: understanding STD.pm

2008-04-05 Thread Ryan Richter
On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 08:22:42AM -, John M. Dlugosz wrote: OK, you got me. What is the � used for? For example, ?{ $�.pos === $!ws_to }. I only see that character as used in this manner (a variable name?), never defined (e.g. as a variable or parameter) anywhere. Something is

Re: understanding STD.pm

2008-04-05 Thread Ryan Richter
On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 09:16:13AM -0400, Ryan Richter wrote: On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 08:22:42AM -, John M. Dlugosz wrote: OK, you got me. What is the ? used for? For example, ?{ $?.pos === $!ws_to }. I only see that character as used in this manner (a variable name?), never

Re: [svn:parrot] r26774 - branches/ports/t/steps

2008-04-05 Thread chromatic
On Saturday 05 April 2008 07:49:25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Log: Create test of case where directory structure needed for Macports is located. /branches/ports/t/steps/auto_ports-02.t) === === ---

Re: postfix and postcircumfix

2008-04-05 Thread John M. Dlugosz
Larry Wall larry-at-wall.org |Perl 6| wrote: On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 06:08:55PM -0700, Jon Lang wrote: : In Question on your last change to S02, Larry Wall wrote: : (By the way, you'll note the utility of being able to talk about a : postfix by saying .[], which is one of the reasons we

Easy question: what is a list comprehension ?

2008-04-05 Thread John M. Dlugosz
What is a list comprehension? I've seen that term bantered around here. --John

Re: Easy question: what is a list comprehension ?

2008-04-05 Thread Chas. Owens
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 3:07 PM, John M. Dlugosz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is a list comprehension? I've seen that term bantered around here. snip It is like a list, for loop, and grep all rolled up into one. Here is what it looks like in Python: S = [2*x for x in xrange(100) if x**2 3]

Re: Easy question: what is a list comprehension ?

2008-04-05 Thread Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH
On Apr 5, 2008, at 15:07 , John M. Dlugosz wrote: What is a list comprehension? I've seen that term bantered around here. The term comes from Haskell and Python; it's a shorthand notation for list generation and filtering. [x | x - some expression involving y, y = some range

Need info on Stack Enumeration

2008-04-05 Thread Senaka Fernando
Hi Chromatic, do you trace the PMC object roots on the Stack within the GC? or in other words is there any Stack enumeration? Regards, Senaka

Re: Easy question: what is a list comprehension ?

2008-04-05 Thread Luke Palmer
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote On Apr 5, 2008, at 15:07 , John M. Dlugosz wrote: What is a list comprehension? I've seen that term bantered around here. The term comes from Haskell and Python; it's a shorthand notation for list

STD.pm

2008-04-05 Thread John M. Dlugosz
I'm trying to fathom STD.pm. Maybe someone can help me trace through this one? How is $obj!privA = 1; parsed? Reading expect_term, it trys noun, then variable sees the $ and commits to the decision, reads obj as a desigilname, then checks for a ., but doesn't have similar logic for !.

Re: Need info on Stack Enumeration

2008-04-05 Thread Mark Glines
On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 01:39:31 +0530 Senaka Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Chromatic, do you trace the PMC object roots on the Stack within the GC? or in other words is there any Stack enumeration? Some clarification: I think the question under discussion here is, how does the GC

[perl #52504] [PATCH]: Refactor repeated code into auto::ports

2008-04-05 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by James Keenan # Please include the string: [perl #52504] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=52504 In http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=51622, Alberto Simões and I

Re: STD.pm

2008-04-05 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 07:59:36PM -, John M. Dlugosz wrote: I'm trying to fathom STD.pm. Maybe someone can help me trace through this one? How is $obj!privA = 1; parsed? Reading expect_term, it trys noun, then variable sees the $ and commits to the decision, reads obj as a

Re: STD.pm

2008-04-05 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 05:32:27PM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 07:59:36PM -, John M. Dlugosz wrote: I'm trying to fathom STD.pm. Maybe someone can help me trace through this one? How is $obj!privA = 1; parsed? Reading expect_term, it

Re: STD.pm

2008-04-05 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 07:59:36PM -, John M. Dlugosz wrote: : I'm trying to fathom STD.pm. : : Maybe someone can help me trace through this one? : : How is : $obj!privA = 1; : parsed? : : Reading expect_term, it trys noun, then variable sees the $ and commits to the decision, reads

Re: postfix and postcircumfix

2008-04-05 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 01:41:02PM -0500, John M. Dlugosz wrote: Larry Wall larry-at-wall.org |Perl 6| wrote: On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 06:08:55PM -0700, Jon Lang wrote: : In Question on your last change to S02, Larry Wall wrote: : (By the way, you'll note the utility of being able to talk

Re: [perl #52436] Flush examples/pasm/queens.pasm?

2008-04-05 Thread Bob Rogers
From: Will Coleda via RT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:04:45 -0700 No. (also please remove references to it from MANIFEST, t/examples/pasm.t, and examples/pir/queens_r.pir) Done in r26791. -- Bob

[perl #52472] [BUG] tools/build/list_unjitted.pl outdated

2008-04-05 Thread James Keenan via RT
Revised in r26792.

Re: Conceptual questions about Objects

2008-04-05 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 09:41:26PM -0500, John M. Dlugosz wrote: But see my q's to Audrey. Why does it need the qualified name if the same class as $obj's declared type, We could conceivably relax that if $obj has a declared type. But on the other hand requiring the class name is pretty good

[perl #52196] [TODO] Secure F2F user feedback for configure-build-test cycle for Parrot and languages

2008-04-05 Thread James Keenan via RT
Perl Seminar NY will conduct such a Parrot/Rakudo buildfest on Tuesday April 15.

[perl #52280] [PATCH] HLLCompiler: fix overriding default prompt using $commandline_prompt

2008-04-05 Thread James Keenan via RT
Any other opinions on this?

[perl #52498] [TODO] convert Pheme from PAST-pm to PCT/PAST

2008-04-05 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Bernhard Schmalhofer # Please include the string: [perl #52498] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=52498 Pheme should be converted to using PCT/PAST.pbc, so that PAST-pm can be

[perl #52500] [patch] use of C++ keywords as argument names breaks build in C++

2008-04-05 Thread Senaka Fernando
# New Ticket Created by Senaka Fernando # Please include the string: [perl #52500] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=52500 Use of C++ keywords as argument names breaks build in C++. Attached patch solves

Re: Conceptual questions about Objects

2008-04-05 Thread chromatic
On Saturday 05 April 2008 17:10:57 Larry Wall wrote: On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 09:41:26PM -0500, John M. Dlugosz wrote: I suppose any object would do, it doesn't have to be but undefined, or created using that Class{hash} syntax? Possibly. Haven't really thought through the ramifications,

Re: [perl #52498] [TODO] convert Pheme from PAST-pm to PCT/PAST

2008-04-05 Thread chromatic
On Saturday 05 April 2008 09:53:49 Bernhard Schmalhofer wrote: Pheme should be converted to using PCT/PAST.pbc, so that PAST-pm can be retired, I have started on that road, but ended up with one remaining test failure. The failing test case is test 4 of 'quote.t'. Could somebody with PAST

[perl #52214] [BUG]: Lipo poses problems when building Parrot on Darwin with Apple-built Perl 5.8

2008-04-05 Thread Seneca Cunningham via RT
This is the patch that I'm currently using to get Configure.pl to ignore -arch flags in the Perl 5 config on Darwin. Index: config/init/defaults.pm === --- config/init/defaults.pm (revision 26775) +++ config/init/defaults.pm