"DC" == Damian Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
DC This would work:
DC footer = sub { "$From - $To" }
DC except there's no way of setting the $From and $To variables as
DC each page is formatted. I don't think Cformat by itself is the
DC right solution for this problem, unless I add some
On 15 Sep 2000 19:18:18 -, Perl6 RFC Librarian quoted Damian Conway:
I propose that the existing Cformat mechanism be removed from Perl 6
and be replaced with a pragma-induced add-in function, based on
the semantics of CText::Autoformat::form, as described in
the following sections.
Can
"PRL" == Perl6 RFC Librarian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
PRL Likewise, if the "footer" option is specified with a string value, that
PRL string is used as the footer of every page generated. If it is specified
PRL as a reference to a subroutine, that subroutine is called at the Istart
PRL of
PRL Likewise, if the "footer" option is specified with a string
PRL value, that string is used as the footer of every page
PRL generated. If it is specified as a reference to a subroutine,
PRL that subroutine is called at the Istart of every page and
PRL its return value used
Replace Cformat built-in with pragmatically-induced Cformat function
This RFC proposes that Perl's existing Cformat mechanism be replaced
with a standard module based on parts of the Text::Autoformat module.
One other little thing: I really think this should be
use Format; # like
First off, nice proposal. :-) I haven't had a change to digest the
entire thing (although I did read it all), but I would like to add a few
things:
returns the result as a single multi-line string (in a scalar context)
returns the result as a list of single-line strings (in a
prints the result to the current filehandle (in a void context).
The last one I think needs to be able to work on any filehandle via
indirect object syntax, namely:
format $FILE " [[[ [[",
$title, $text1,
This and other RFCs are available on the web at
http://dev.perl.org/rfc/
=head1 TITLE
Replace Cformat built-in with pragmatically-induced Cformat function
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Damian Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 September 2000
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Number: 230
