Re: r25807 - docs/Perl6/Spec

2009-03-14 Thread Jon Lang
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Larry Wall wrote: > : So if I were to say: > : > :     rand $n: > : > : is the compiler smart enough to notice that trailing colon and > : recognize this as an indirect method call rather than two adjacent > : terms? > > No, currently under STD you get: > >    Obso

r25830 - docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library

2009-03-14 Thread pugs-commits
Author: lwall Date: 2009-03-14 18:32:42 +0100 (Sat, 14 Mar 2009) New Revision: 25830 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/IO.pod Log: [IO] Massive overhaul, long overdue due to neglect of TimToady-- Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/IO.pod

Re: r25807 - docs/Perl6/Spec

2009-03-14 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 06:29:19PM -0700, Jon Lang wrote: : > +To declare an item that is parsed as a simple term, you must use the : > +form C<< term: >>, or some other form of constant declaration such : > +as an enum declaration.  Such a term never looks for its arguments, : > +is never consider

r25823 - docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library

2009-03-14 Thread pugs-commits
Author: masak Date: 2009-03-14 13:34:54 +0100 (Sat, 14 Mar 2009) New Revision: 25823 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/IO.pod Log: replaced 'record' with 'line' in IO.pod 'record' is fine and understandable in the Unix world, and used by tools such as awk -- but line is immediately

r25822 - docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library

2009-03-14 Thread pugs-commits
Author: masak Date: 2009-03-14 13:34:50 +0100 (Sat, 14 Mar 2009) New Revision: 25822 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/IO.pod Log: replaced underscores with dashes in variable names in IO.pod Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/IO.pod =

r25821 - docs/Perl6/Spec

2009-03-14 Thread pugs-commits
Author: masak Date: 2009-03-14 13:34:42 +0100 (Sat, 14 Mar 2009) New Revision: 25821 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S12-objects.pod Log: specced syntactic 'where' sugar in param lists Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S12-objects.pod === --- d