Author: audreyt
Date: Mon Aug 28 07:34:29 2006
New Revision: 11527
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
Log:
* S02: minor grammar and syntax nit from p6l feedbacks.
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Mon Aug 28 07:34:29 2006
@@ -1396,13 +1396,17 @@
When used as a subscript it performs a slice equivalent to C<{'foo','bar'}>.
Elsewhere it is equivalent to a parenthesisized list of strings:
C<< ('foo','bar') >>. Since parentheses are generally reserved just for
-precedence grouping, they merely autointepolate in list context. Therefore
+precedence grouping, they merely autointerpolate in list context. Therefore
- @a = 1, < 2 3 >, 4;
+ @a = 1, < x y >, 2;
-is equivalent to
+is equivalent to:
+
+ @a = 1, ('x', 'y'), 2;
+
+which is the same as:
- @a = 1, 2, 3, 4;
+ @a = 1, 'x', 'y', 2;
In scalar context, though, the implied parentheses are not removed, so
@@ -1410,12 +1414,12 @@
is equivalent to:
- $a = ('a','b');
+ $a = ('a', 'b');
which, because the list is assigned to a scalar, is autopromoted into
an Array object:
- $a = ['a','b'];
+ $a = ['a', 'b'];
Likewise, if bound to a scalar parameter, C<< <a b> >> will be
treated as a single list object, but if bound to a slurpy parameter,
