Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r9197 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-05-15 Thread chromatic
On Thursday 11 May 2006 14:54, Smylers wrote: > What about :gappy, to indicate that there have to be gaps in the source > text at the points where there are gaps in the pattern? I like this better. Forming a new compound word and then abbreviating it seems confusing -- and I'm a native English

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r9197 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-05-11 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 01:50:59AM +0200, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: : Allison Randal schreef: : > larry: : : >> Changed :words/:w to :sigspace/:s and invented ss/// and ms// (or : >> maybe mm//). : > : > I keep expecting 'sigspace' to have something to do signatures. : : /me3, since it alliterat

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r9197 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-05-11 Thread Ruud H.G. van Tol
Allison Randal schreef: > larry: >> Changed :words/:w to :sigspace/:s and invented ss/// and ms// (or >> maybe mm//). > > I keep expecting 'sigspace' to have something to do signatures. /me3, since it alliterates with sigsep. -- Groet, Ruud

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r9197 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-05-11 Thread Allison Randal
Smylers wrote: Allison Randal writes: I keep expecting 'sigspace' to have something to do signatures. So do I. How about :litspace for 'literal space'? Except they aren't exactly literal, because they only indicate where _some_ space has to be, not that it has to be exactly that sort of spac

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r9197 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-05-11 Thread Smylers
Allison Randal writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Log: > > Changed :words/:w to :sigspace/:s and invented ss/// and ms// (or > > maybe mm//). > > I keep expecting 'sigspace' to have something to do signatures. So do I. How about :litspace for 'literal space'? Except they aren't exactly

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r9197 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-05-11 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 02:15:58PM -0700, Allison Randal wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >Log: > >Changed :words/:w to :sigspace/:s and invented ss/// and ms// (or maybe > >mm//). > > I keep expecting 'sigspace' to have something to do signatures. I keep thinking that 'sigspace' is the s

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r9197 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-05-11 Thread Allison Randal
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Log: Changed :words/:w to :sigspace/:s and invented ss/// and ms// (or maybe mm//). I keep expecting 'sigspace' to have something to do signatures. Larry++ on :s. :) Allison

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r9197 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-05-11 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Thu May 11 09:55:36 2006 New Revision: 9197 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod Log: Changed :words/:w to :sigspace/:s and invented ss/// and ms// (or maybe mm//). Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod ==