Author: lwall
Date: 2009-11-28 22:07:44 +0100 (Sat, 28 Nov 2009)
New Revision: 29205
Modified:
docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod
docs/Perl6/Spec/S04-control.pod
Log:
[S03,S04] more treatment of .true as highlevel, .Bool as lowlevel
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod
===================================================================
--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod 2009-11-28 20:56:54 UTC (rev 29204)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod 2009-11-28 21:07:44 UTC (rev 29205)
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
Created: 8 Mar 2004
- Last Modified: 20 Nov 2009
- Version: 180
+ Last Modified: 28 Nov 2009
+ Version: 181
=head1 Overview
@@ -3503,11 +3503,12 @@
when False {...}
}
-because it will always choose the C<True> case. Instead use something like:
+because it will always choose the C<True> case. Instead use something like
+a conditional context uses:
given $boolean {
- when .true {...}
- when .not {...}
+ when .Bool.Int.true {...}
+ when .Bool.Int.not {...}
}
Better, just use an C<if> statement.
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S04-control.pod
===================================================================
--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S04-control.pod 2009-11-28 20:56:54 UTC (rev 29204)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S04-control.pod 2009-11-28 21:07:44 UTC (rev 29205)
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@
exception, and if the old main exception is not marked as handled,
it is pushed onto the internal list of unhandled exceptions.
-If you test a C<Failure> for C<.defined> or C<.true>, it causes C<$!>
+If you test a C<Failure> for C<.defined> or C<.Bool>, it causes C<$!>
to mark the main exception as I<handled>; the exception acts as a
relatively harmless undefined value thereafter. Any other use of the
C<Failure> object to extract a normal value will throw its associated
