Just saw a typo in S02: s/unrecogized/unrecognized/
"If the unrecogized subname is followed by postcircumfix:<( )>, it is
compiled as a provisional function call of the parenthesized form."
On 4/26/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Author: autrijus
> Date: Tue Apr 25 09:03:00 2006
> New Revision: 8942
>
> Modified:
> doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
> doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod
> doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod
> doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod
>
> Log:
> * S02, 03, 04, 06: Remove all occurrence of "tuple" and replace
> it with "Seq". A "Seq" is simply a List with no laz
> y parts (such as Range objects) in it:
>
> (1,2,3); # Seq
>
>
> Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
> ==============================================================================
> --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod (original)
> +++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Tue Apr 25 09:03:00 2006
> @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
>
> Maintainer: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 10 Aug 2004
> - Last Modified: 24 Apr 2006
> + Last Modified: 25 Apr 2006
> Number: 2
> - Version: 32
> + Version: 33
>
> This document summarizes Apocalypse 2, which covers small-scale
> lexical items and typological issues. (These Synopses also contain
> @@ -627,11 +627,11 @@
> :(Any Num Dog|Cat $numdog)
>
> Such a signature may be used within another signature to apply
> -additional type constraints. When applied to a tuple argument, the
> +additional type constraints. When applied to a C<Capture> argument, the
> signature allows you to specify the types of parameters that would
> otherwise be untyped:
>
> - :(Any Num Dog|Cat $numdog, MySig *$a ($i,$j,$k,$mousestatus))
> + :(Any Num Dog|Cat $numdog, MySig \$a ($i,$j,$k,$mousestatus))
>
> =item *
>
>
> Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod
> ==============================================================================
> --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod (original)
> +++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod Tue Apr 25 09:03:00 2006
> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
> Date: 8 Mar 2004
> Last Modified: 25 Apr 2006
> Number: 3
> - Version: 22
> + Version: 23
>
> =head1 Changes to existing operators
>
> @@ -722,7 +722,8 @@
> =head1 C<zip>
>
> In order to support parallel iteration over multiple arrays, Perl 6 has
> -a C<zip> function that builds tuples of the elements of two or more arrays.
> +a C<zip> function that builds C<Seq> objects from the elements of two or more
> +arrays.
>
> for zip(@names; @codes) -> [$name, $zip] {
> print "Name: $name; Zip code: $zip\n";
>
> Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod
> ==============================================================================
> --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod (original)
> +++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod Tue Apr 25 09:03:00 2006
> @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
>
> Maintainer: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 19 Aug 2004
> - Last Modified: 21 Apr 2006
> + Last Modified: 25 Apr 2006
> Number: 4
> - Version: 17
> + Version: 18
>
> This document summarizes Apocalypse 4, which covers the block and
> statement syntax of Perl.
> @@ -226,8 +226,8 @@
>
> for each(@a;@b) -> $a, $b { print "[$a, $b]\n" }
>
> -or use the C<zip> function to generate a list of tuples that each can be
> bound
> -to multiple arguments enclosed in square brackets:
> +or use the C<zip> function to generate a list of C<Seq> objects that each can
> +be bound to multiple arguments enclosed in square brackets:
>
> for zip(@a;@b) -> [$a, $b] { print "[$a, $b]\n" }
>
>
> Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod
> ==============================================================================
> --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod (original)
> +++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod Tue Apr 25 09:03:00 2006
> @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
>
> Maintainer: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 21 Mar 2003
> - Last Modified: 22 Apr 2006
> + Last Modified: 25 Apr 2006
> Number: 6
> - Version: 30
> + Version: 31
>
>
> This document summarizes Apocalypse 6, which covers subroutines and the
> @@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@
> my ($i, $j, $k);
> @a ~~ rx/
> <,> # match initial elem boundary
> - :(Int $i,Int $j,Int? $k) # match tuple with 2 or 3 ints
> + :(Int $i,Int $j,Int? $k) # match lists with 2 or 3 ints
> <,> # match final elem boundary
> /;
> say "i = $<i>";
> @@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@
>
> Note that unlike a sub declaration, a regex-embedded signature has no
> associated "returns" syntactic slot, so you have to use C<< --> >>
> -within the signature to specify the type of the tuple, or match as
> +within the signature to specify the type of the signature, or match as
> an arglist:
>
> :(Num, Num --> Coord)
> @@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@
>
> :(\Dog())
>
> -that is, match a null tuple of type C<Dog>. Nor is it equivalent to
> +that is, match a nullary function of type C<Dog>. Nor is it equivalent to
>
> :(Dog)
>
> @@ -1233,11 +1233,7 @@
>
> :(\Any(Dog))
>
> -or
> -
> - :([Dog])
> -
> -and match a tuple-ish item with a single value of type Dog.
> +and match a function taking a single value of type Dog.
>
> Note also that bare C<\(1,2,3)> is never legal in a regex since the
> first paren would try to match literally.
>
