Perl > perl6-language > January 2010

There's one thing that bugs me ever so slightly. I'll just air it and happily accept whatever feedback it produces. This email is somewhat of a third-strike thing: looking back, I've been muttering ...

Given this code: subset Filename of Str where { $_ ~~ :f }; sub foo (Filename $name) { say "Houston, we have a filename: $name"; } my Filename $foo = $*EXECUTABLE_NAME; foo($foo); ...

How is "character counting" done in Perl 6? In Perl 5, it is `scalar tr/CG//` if I want to count the number of Cs plus the number of Gs in a string. S05 describes tr/// in terms of the .trans ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-23 15:43:40 +0100 (Sat, 23 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29582 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod Log: [S02] some clarifications for colomon++ Modified: ...

I notice that C<KeyWeight returns False and deletes the key for a key whose value goes to zero or less than zero, issuing a warning in the latter case. Is it the case that C<FatRat always evaluates ...

Author: ash Date: 2010-01-19 17:34:28 +0100 (Tue, 19 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29558 Added: t/spec/S32-array/create.t t/spec/S32-list/create.t Modified: ...

Author: diakopter Date: 2010-01-16 07:47:34 +0100 (Sat, 16 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29540 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S05-regex.pod Log: [S05] typo?, grammaro? Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S05-regex.pod ...

I'm not 100% clear on when this 'anon' keyword is to be applied and when not. Why is it 'anon role' for anonymous roles but not 'anon enum' for anonymous enumerations? If 'anon' isn't strictly ...

Some Perl 5 programs take a regex (in string form) as input, and simply interpolate it into a regex. In Perl 6, you'd do that as my $re = rx/ <$input /; But since $input can contain closures, ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-30 20:40:20 +0100 (Sat, 30 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29602 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod Log: [S02,S03] start detangling sigils ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-30 01:07:03 +0100 (Sat, 30 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29600 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod Log: [S03] add new E operator Modified: ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-30 00:59:38 +0100 (Sat, 30 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29599 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S07-iterators.pod Log: [S07] start to work out relationship of item/slice context (seems ...

Author: diakopter Date: 2010-01-28 23:21:40 +0100 (Thu, 28 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29594 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod Log: [S02] typo Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod ...

I was going to submit this as a Rakudo bug report, but I'm not sure it's (a natural consequence of) spec, so I'll ask here on p6l instead. I already know I can do all of the following: $a[42]; ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-26 17:08:49 +0100 (Tue, 26 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29589 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod Log: [S03] braino on previous patch Modified: ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-26 17:02:43 +0100 (Tue, 26 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29588 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod Log: [S03] fossil dug up by pmichaud++ Modified: ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-23 14:58:17 +0100 (Sat, 23 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29581 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod docs/Perl6/Spec/S06-routines.pod ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-23 01:04:30 +0100 (Sat, 23 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29580 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod docs/Perl6/Spec/S07-iterators.pod misc/pm.txt Log: [S03,S07] more ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-22 04:38:31 +0100 (Fri, 22 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29576 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/Containers.pod Log: [S32/Containers] KeyWeight deletion critierion ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-21 18:24:54 +0100 (Thu, 21 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29571 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod docs/Perl6/Spec/S07-iterators.pod Log: [S03,S07] bring list assignment ...

The Beyond and below are like a deep of ocean, and we the creatures that swim in the abyss. We're so far down that the beings on the surface -- superior though they are -- can't effectively reach us. ...

Author: wayland Date: 2010-01-20 23:12:44 +0100 (Wed, 20 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29569 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S05-regex.pod Log: I suggest that these changes constitute an implementation (in POD) ...

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 ...

Author: Darren_Duncan Date: 2010-01-18 01:37:14 +0100 (Mon, 18 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29552 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod Log: S02 : Blob does Stringy, or something similar Modified: ...

Author: Util Date: 2010-01-16 17:13:28 +0100 (Sat, 16 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29541 Modified: docs/Perl6/API/macros.pod docs/Perl6/Spec/S19-commandline.pod ...

Author: diakopter Date: 2010-01-16 07:05:57 +0100 (Sat, 16 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29539 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S05-regex.pod Log: [S05] MOAR untypos Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S05-regex.pod ...

Author: diakopter Date: 2010-01-16 06:42:44 +0100 (Sat, 16 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29538 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S05-regex.pod Log: [S05/New metacharacters] untypo Modified: ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-09 19:27:49 +0100 (Sat, 09 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29498 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/Containers.pod Log: [S32/Containers] clarifications suggested by ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-09 05:19:13 +0100 (Sat, 09 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29489 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S04-control.pod Log: [S04] carry through consistenly on constant being a type declarator ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-09 00:55:53 +0100 (Sat, 09 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29486 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod docs/Perl6/Spec/S09-data.pod ...

Author: rodi Date: 2010-01-08 20:58:28 +0100 (Fri, 08 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29482 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/Containers.pod Log: C<ucfirst(junction) with apologies if it was that ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-08 17:43:56 +0100 (Fri, 08 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29481 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S12-objects.pod Log: [S12] extra tweak to masak++'s tweak, now that "so" is less ...

Author: masak Date: 2010-01-08 16:50:59 +0100 (Fri, 08 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29480 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S12-objects.pod docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/Exception.pod Log: [S12-objects] ...

Author: moritz Date: 2010-01-04 11:49:21 +0100 (Mon, 04 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29454 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S05-regex.pod Log: [S05] small clarification for .match and .subst Modified: ...

Author: lwall Date: 2010-01-01 01:50:15 +0100 (Fri, 01 Jan 2010) New Revision: 29431 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S01-overview.pod Log: [S01] take another lap around Mt Sinai... Modified: ...