Author: audreyt
Date: Wed Jul 5 22:28:06 2006
New Revision: 9815
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S11.pod
Log:
* S11: TimToady++ changes this:
use v6-**; # this caused warnings in perl5
to this:
use v6-alpha;
which has the good effect of denoting this is _not_ Perl 6.0.0
and the syntax is subject to change.
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S11.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S11.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S11.pod Wed Jul 5 22:28:06 2006
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
Maintainer: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 27 Oct 2004
- Last Modified: 4 Jul 2006
+ Last Modified: 6 Jul 2006
Number: 11
- Version: 13
+ Version: 14
=head1 Overview
@@ -265,17 +265,19 @@
to guarantee that you get the unembraced Perl. C<:-)>
-Perl is the default module name, so
+Perl is the default module name, so this means the same thing:
use v6-cpan:TPF;
-means the same thing. As a variant of that, the current Perl 5
-incantation to switch to Perl 6 parsing is
-
- use v6-**;
-
-(though in Perl 5 this actually ends up calling the v6.pm module with a
-C<-**> argument for insane-but-useful reasons.)
+Before the full specification of Perl 6.0.0 is released, you can use C<alpha>
+as the author slot to denote a program using syntax that is still subject
+to change:
+
+ use v6-alpha;
+
+The C<use v6-alpha> line also serves as the Perl 5 incantation to switch to
+Perl 6 parsing. In Perl 5 this actually ends up calling the v6.pm module with
a
+C<-alpha> argument, for insane-but-useful reasons.
For wildcards any valid smartmatch selector works:
