Author: larry
Date: Wed Jul 19 12:21:59 2006
New Revision: 10306
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
Log:
.as now reserved for type conversion, use .fmt to sprintf.
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Wed Jul 19 12:21:59 2006
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
Date: 10 Aug 2004
Last Modified: 19 July 2006
Number: 2
- Version: 52
+ Version: 53
This document summarizes Apocalypse 2, which covers small-scale
lexical items and typological issues. (These Synopses also contain
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
postfix dot will be taken to be the start of some kind of method call
syntax, whether long-dotty or not. (The C<.123> form with a leading
dot is still allowed however when a term is expected, and is equivalent
-to C<0.123> rather than C<$_.123>.)
+to C<0.123> rather than C<$_.123.)
=back
@@ -620,10 +620,10 @@
=item *
To get a formatted representation of any scalar data value, use
-the C<.as('%03d')> method to do an implicit sprintf on the value.
+the C<.fmt('%03d')> method to do an implicit sprintf on the value.
To format an array value separated by commas, supply a second argument:
-C<.as('%03d', ', ')>. To format a hash value or list of pairs, include
-formats for both key and value in the first string: C<< .as('%s: %s', "\n") >>.
+C<.fmt('%03d', ', ')>. To format a hash value or list of pairs, include
+formats for both key and value in the first string: C<< .fmt('%s: %s', "\n")
>>.
=item *
@@ -1505,11 +1505,11 @@
In other words, this is legal:
- "Val = $a.ord.as('%x')\n"
+ "Val = $a.ord.fmt('%x')\n"
and is equivalent to
- "Val = { $a.ord.as('%x') }\n"
+ "Val = { $a.ord.fmt('%x') }\n"
=item *
