On 11/3/05, Michele Dondi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: > > >> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/17556 > > > > I understand that Perl6 allows blocks with changed/enhanced syntax, so > > it is or will become possible (to add it) as if it was in the core > > language. > > Do I understand that right? Something as simple as a 'use RPN' in a > > block? (assuming that someone created such an RPN-pre-processor > > or -compiler) > > Indeed this is what that we all know. Of course the possibility of doing > so will depend on the possiblity of building up suitable RPN syntax > consistent with the rest of the syntax.
If Perl6 is parseable by Perl6, then wouldn't you be able to completely throw out the default Perl6 syntax and create your own, completely unrelated syntax? I don't know ... maybe you have PGE::Ruby that would throw out the P6 grammar and give you Ruby's grammar within the block. Then, it's just a matter of describing what PGE::RPN does - what it adds, what it removes, and what it modifies. In my opinion, if you use a grammar extension, ALL bets are off within that scope until you've read the documentation. Literally anything and everything can happen, if the author deemed it so. It's a source filter-like construct that doesn't suck because source filter-like constructs are part of the spec. Rob
