Author: larry Date: Mon Apr 24 08:18:48 2006 New Revision: 8931 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
Log: A postdeclaration may not change the syntax away from listop parsing rules. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod ============================================================================== --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod (original) +++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Mon Apr 24 08:18:48 2006 @@ -1552,6 +1552,10 @@ since that's a run-time dispatch, and all multis are effectively visible at the point of the controlling C<proto> declaration. +Parsing of a provisional call is always done the same way list operators +are treated. If a postdeclaration bends the syntax to be inconsistent +with that, it is an error of the inconsistent signature variety. + If the unrecogized subname is followed by C<< postcircumfix:<( )> >>, it is compiled as a provisional function call of the parenthesized form. If it is not, it is compiled as a provisional function call of
