Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r8504 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 11:32:20AM +1100, Amos Robinson wrote: Sorry, I missed the boat. Everything seems to be moving at Pugs-speed these days :-) But what you thought was correct. Nicholas Clark

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8520 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Sat Apr 1 10:32:53 2006 New Revision: 8520 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Log: * S02: destill the compoments of an Arguments object, and specify the $() @() %() () casting forms for them. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8522 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Sat Apr 1 10:35:35 2006 New Revision: 8522 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod Log: * S04: Specify fail semantics in detail, and the relationship to the environmental $! variable. Handling and propagation of unthrown exceptions clarified. Modified:

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8523 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Sat Apr 1 10:36:25 2006 New Revision: 8523 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod Log: * S05: $/.() is now $$/. $() still works as $$/, and we have @() %() forms that maps to @$/ and %$/. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8524 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Sat Apr 1 10:43:08 2006 New Revision: 8524 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod Log: * S06: De-mystifying the logic for named arguments. *$x is now just casting $x as an Arguments object. Differ between foo; and foo(); via zero-dimensional slices.

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8525 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Sat Apr 1 10:43:58 2006 New Revision: 8525 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S11.pod Log: * S11: Allow user-defined dynamic exportation with EXPORT routines, which assume the semantic from Damian's Perl6::Export::Attrs. The magical export

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8526 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Sat Apr 1 10:44:53 2006 New Revision: 8526 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod Log: * S12: The call form can now be used to call the next MMD or SMD candidate. A proto declaration needs to happen before multis. Fix a misuse of .call method.

RE: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r8520 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread Joe Gottman
-Original Message- +You may cast CArguments to other types with a prefix sigil operator: + +$args = \3; # same as $args = \(3) +$$args; # same as $args as Scalar or Scalar($args) +@$args; # same as '$args as Array or Array($args) +%$args;

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8528 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Sat Apr 1 14:01:16 2006 New Revision: 8528 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod doc/trunk/design/syn/S13.pod Log: * S06+S12: Split the old multiple-dispatch into two distinct ideas: - Method call vs Subroutine call -

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8529 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Sat Apr 1 14:07:20 2006 New Revision: 8529 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod doc/trunk/design/syn/S13.pod Log: * Bump version for the affected S06, S12 and S13. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod

replacement of $

2006-04-01 Thread Larry Wall
Recently I had time to think about the $ symbol we use in Perl. I think Perl has been using the USD symbol for too long, and I'm now sure that it's time to replace it. After some research I came to the conclusion that the best fit is the euro symbol (€). So, spread the word, Perl 6 will

Re: replacement of $

2006-04-01 Thread Darren Duncan
At 15:04 -0800 1/4/06, Larry Wall wrote: Recently I had time to think about the $ symbol we use in Perl. I think Perl has been using the USD symbol for too long, and I'm now sure that it's time to replace it. After some research I came to the conclusion that the best fit is the euro symbol (¤).

Re: replacement of $

2006-04-01 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 03:11:27PM -0800, Larry Wall wrote: : : : Recently I had time to think about the $ symbol we use in Perl. : : I think Perl has been using the USD symbol for too long, and I'm now sure : that it's time to replace it. After some research I came to the conclusion : that

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r8520 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread Uri Guttman
a == autrijus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: a +You may cast CArguments to other types with a prefix sigil operator: a + a +$args = \3; # same as $args = \(3) a +$$args; # same as $args as Scalar or Scalar($args) a +@$args; # same as '$args as Array or

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r8520 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread Ruud H.G. van Tol
Uri Guttman wrote: When cast into an array, you can access all the positional arguments; Into a hash, all named arguments; Into a scalar, the invocant; Into code, into slurpy nameless block. The last 'into' should be 'the'. s/Into/into/g -- Affijn, Ruud

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r8520 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread Larry Wall
On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 02:15:46AM +0200, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: : Uri Guttman wrote: : : When cast into an array, you can access all the positional : arguments; Into a hash, all named arguments; Into a scalar, the : invocant; Into code, into slurpy nameless block. : : The last

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8531 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Sat Apr 1 19:35:01 2006 New Revision: 8531 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Log: * S02: typo fix and wording cleanup from Uri Guttman. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod == ---

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8532 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Sat Apr 1 20:10:15 2006 New Revision: 8532 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Log: * upper/lowercase English nit fix for the last patch as suggested by TimToady Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8533 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Sat Apr 1 20:46:57 2006 New Revision: 8533 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S13.pod Log: * S13: specify type casting in the form of multi submethod *infix:as which usually only cares about the class of its second invocant. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S13.pod

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8534 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Sat Apr 1 20:49:18 2006 New Revision: 8534 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod Log: * Larry (aka TimToady in the previous commit log; sorry for spilling of IRC context) requested that multi should still only default to multi sub

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r8532 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread Uri Guttman
a == autrijus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: a Author: autrijus a Date: Sat Apr 1 20:10:15 2006 a New Revision: 8532 a Modified: adoc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod a Log: a * upper/lowercase English nit fix for the last patch as suggested a by TimToady you might as well attribute

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8535 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-01 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Sat Apr 1 21:18:08 2006 New Revision: 8535 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod Log: * S06: Rationalize the free mix of named and positional args. Positional pair arguments must _always_ be put in parentheses. Multiple named arguments with the same

Re: replacement of $

2006-04-01 Thread Yuval Kogman
On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 02:04:07 +0300, Larry Wall wrote: ^^^-- (actually that was IDT in the headers) Hi, I'm in Israel and Japan at the same time! Nice one though ;-) plugIf you guys would have participated in the keysigning parties.../plug -- Yuval