Add link to STD.pm where official documentation listed

2009-05-24 Thread Richard Hainsworth
On #perl6 Larry said that STD is a part of the specification for perl6. Would it be possible to include a link to STD.pm in the list of official documentation? There are things in STD that are not in the specifications, eg., default values for optional parameters should come after traits

Re: Array variables as formal parameters ???

2009-05-24 Thread Henry Baragar
On May 23, 2009 11:31:35 pm John M. Dlugosz wrote: Henry Baragar Henry.Baragar-at-instantiated.ca |Perl 6| wrote: sub f2 (@y) {say @y.WHAT; say +...@y}; f2(Nil); Array() 1 Why doesn't +...@y produce 0, not 1? It's an empty list. From rakudo: sub f2 (@y) {say @y[0]};

r26928 - docs/Perl6/Spec

2009-05-24 Thread pugs-commits
Author: schwarzer Date: 2009-05-24 21:46:24 +0200 (Sun, 24 May 2009) New Revision: 26928 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod docs/Perl6/Spec/S06-routines.pod docs/Perl6/Spec/S19-commandline.pod docs/Perl6/Spec/S28-special-names.pod Log: [Perl6/Spec] typos Modified:

Re: Array variables as formal parameters ???

2009-05-24 Thread John M. Dlugosz
Henry Baragar Henry.Baragar-at-instantiated.ca |Perl 6| wrote: Good question, since Nil does Positional, as evidenced by rakudo: say Nil ~~ Positional 1 Should report this as a bug? Henry At the very least, it is the most simple test case for Nil. Should be in the

Re: Array variables as formal parameters ???

2009-05-24 Thread Henry Baragar
On May 23, 2009 11:26:16 pm John M. Dlugosz wrote: From whence did it get its Item container? OK, my brain made a wrong turn some time on Tuesday. Let me review the basics. From S02: |$x| may be bound to any object, including any object that can be bound to any other sigil. Perl

r26929 - docs/Perl6/Spec

2009-05-24 Thread pugs-commits
Author: jdlugosz Date: 2009-05-25 06:10:06 +0200 (Mon, 25 May 2009) New Revision: 26929 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod Log: Code to Callable, clarify Type under smart matching (see http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2009-05-24#i_1171474 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod

Re: Array variables as formal parameters ???

2009-05-24 Thread John M. Dlugosz
Henry Baragar Henry.Baragar-at-instantiated.ca |Perl 6| wrote: On May 23, 2009 11:26:16 pm John M. Dlugosz wrote: From whence did it get its Item container? OK, my brain made a wrong turn some time on Tuesday. Let me review the basics. From S02: |$x| may be bound to any object,