Re: Some perplexities on S06

2006-01-30 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 06:30:06PM +0100, dakkar wrote: : Today I was reading S06 from : http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/design/syn/S06.html, and I have some : perplexities on what's written there. : : 1) it's written: : : $pair = :whennow; : doit $pair,1,2,3; # always a positional arg :

Re: Some perplexities on S06

2006-01-30 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 06:30:06PM +0100, dakkar wrote: : 4) It's written: : :(Conjectural: Within the body you may also use exists on the : parameter name to determine whether it was passed. Maybe this will have : to be restricted to the ? form, unless we're willing to admit that a :

\c[NAMED UNICODE CHARACTER]?

2006-01-30 Thread Audrey Tang
Is it possible to have it as part of Synopsis 02? It's mentioned variously in A05, E05 and E07 (where it permits a \c[2026] form, but should be spelled \d[2026] nowadays), but is not currently part of any Synopses. Audrey

Re: \c[NAMED UNICODE CHARACTER]?

2006-01-30 Thread Larry Wall
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 12:15:31AM +0800, Audrey Tang wrote: : Is it possible to have it as part of Synopsis 02? It's mentioned : variously in A05, E05 and E07 (where it permits a \c[2026] form, but : should be spelled \d[2026] nowadays), but is not currently part of any : Synopses. Now reads: