Author: luqui
Date: Thu Feb 23 18:50:18 2006
New Revision: 7832
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod
Log:
Answered Joe Gottman's question.
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod Thu Feb 23 18:50:18 2006
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Allison Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Maintainer: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 21 Mar 2003
- Last Modified: 22 Feb 2006
+ Last Modified: 23 Feb 2006
Number: 6
Version: 17
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ The general syntax for named subroutines
our RETTYPE sub NAME ( PARAMS ) TRAITS {...} # also package-scoped
sub NAME ( PARAMS ) TRAITS {...} # same as "our"
+The return type may also be put inside the parentheses:
+
+ sub NAME (PARAMS --> RETTYPE) {...}
+
Unlike in Perl 5, named subroutines are considered expressions,
so this is valid Perl 6:
