Hi Todd, I fully agree with Tom B.'s message that you should really set out to read a Perl 6 book. Many of the things you asked are covered in most of the available books. And the available books are easier than the official documentation for a beginner to start understand the basic underlying concepts.
I should add that you don't even have to *buy* one book, since my own *Think Perl 6* book is freely available on the Internet (Creative Commons license): https://greenteapress.com/wp/think-perl-6/. Well, if you are interested in reading it, I'd suggest you look for the PDF on my Github repository (https://github.com/LaurentRosenfeld/thinkperl6/tree/master/PDF), because it is more up-to-date (number of small corrections made following comments from readers). So it would take you just a few minutes (at no cost) to download it and start enjoying it. Cheers, Laurent. Le mar. 11 sept. 2018 à 13:26, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> a écrit : > Hi All, > > Not to beat a dead horse, but Perl 6's docs are > miserably hard to understand. > > Here is a comparison of Perl 5's perldocs and Perl 6's > docs: > > Perl 5: > > $ perldoc -f index > index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION > index STR,SUBSTR > The index function searches for one string within another, > but without the wildcard-like behavior of a full regular- > expression pattern match. It returns the position of > the first occurrence of SUBSTR in STR at or after POSITION. > If POSITION is omitted, starts searching from the beginning > of the string. POSITION before the beginning of the string > or after its end is treated as if it were the beginning > or the end, respectively. POSITION and the return value > are based at zero. If the substring is not found, "index" > returns -1. > > Perl 6: > > https://docs.perl6.org/routine/index > > Documentation for sub index assembled from the following types: > class Cool > > From Cool > (Cool) routine index > > Defined as: > > multi sub index(Str(Cool) $s, Str:D $needle, Int(Cool) $startpos > = 0 --> Int) > multi method index(Str(Cool) $needle, Int(Cool) $startpos = 0 --> Int) > > Coerces the first two arguments (in method form, also counting > the invocant) to Str, and searches for $needle in the string > starting from $startpos. It returns the offset into the string > where $needle was found, and an undefined value if it was not > found. > > See the documentation in type Str for examples. > > > "Cources"??? Seriously: > > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coerce > Definition of coerce coerced; coercing > transitive verb > 1 : to compel to an act or choice > was coerced into agreeing > abusers who coerce their victims into silence > > 2 : to achieve by force or threat > coerce compliance > coerce obedience > > 3 : to restrain or dominate by force > > And what the heck is a "multi sub" and a "multi method" anyway? > AND WHY DO I EVEN CARE? I just what to know how to use the > stinking thing! Geepers Creapers !!! (I am trying to avoid > swearing.) > > Perl 5's perldoc just tells you what you need to know to use the > stinker. It is concise and to the point. Perl 6 is a nightmare > to understand. > > Thank for putting up with my frustration. > > -T >
