Today we've switched PGE to start using the compreg opcode, instead of using find_global to locate the compiler. As a result, compiling a rule is now performed as:
load_bytecode "PGE.pbc" $P0 = compreg "PGE::P6Rule" $P1 = $P0("pattern") The PGE.pbc file defines two compilers, "PGE::P6Rule" and "PGE::P5Regexp". The P5Regexp compiler works but is still in its infancy -- not all p5 regular expression constructs are supported yet. (I've now realized that there's a lot about perl 5's regular expression syntax that just isn't regular.) Patches and tests are encouraged, of course. The "PGE/Glob.pir" module provides a "PGE::Glob" compiler, which can do standard wildcard matching, and "PGE/Util.pir" provides a "PGE::P6Grammar" compiler for loading grammars and sets of rules in a Perl 6 syntax. The previous use of find_global to locate the PGE compilers is now deprecated and may be removed or changed at some point in the future. Also, PGE now has a lookbehind rule (<after ...>). Lastly, we've recently posted an updated version of Synopsis 5 at http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/design/syn/S05.html . Corrections and improvements welcomed. Pm