Author: lwall
Date: 2010-01-20 18:36:20 +0100 (Wed, 20 Jan 2010)
New Revision: 29568
Modified:
docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod
Log:
[S03] tweak definition of when a series operator is considered infinite
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod
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--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod 2010-01-20 16:14:59 UTC (rev 29567)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod 2010-01-20 17:36:20 UTC (rev 29568)
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
Created: 8 Mar 2004
- Last Modified: 17 Dec 2009
- Version: 183
+ Last Modified: 20 Jan 2010
+ Version: 184
=head1 Overview
@@ -1961,6 +1961,12 @@
'Z' ... -> $old { my $new = $old.pred; $old ne 'A' and $new !before 'A' ??
$new !! () }
+For purposes of deciding when to terminate the eager part of a 'mostly
+eager' list, any series that terminates with an exact value (or that
+starts another series with exact values) is considered finite, but any
+other series that ends with a closure or C<*> is considered infinite
+(even if extended with a closure that has internal logic to terminate).
+
=back
Many of these operators return a list of C<Parcel>s, which depending on
