Author: wayland
Date: 2009-02-25 15:30:12 +0100 (Wed, 25 Feb 2009)
New Revision: 25555
Modified:
docs/Perl6/Spec/S28-special-names.pod
Log:
S28: Added some more variables drawn from other documents, and added some notes
about
confusing bits.
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S28-special-names.pod
===================================================================
--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S28-special-names.pod 2009-02-25 14:12:10 UTC (rev
25554)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S28-special-names.pod 2009-02-25 14:30:12 UTC (rev
25555)
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
%?CONFIG # configuration hash
$=DATA # data block handle (=begin DATA ... =end)
@=DATA # Same as above, but array
+ %?DEEPMAGIC S13 # Controls the mappings of magical names to sub
definitions
$?DISTRO S02 # Which OS distribution am I compiling under
$*EGID # effective group id
%*ENV # system environment variables
@@ -84,7 +85,10 @@
$*IN S16 # Standard input handle; is an IO object
$*INC S11 # where to search for user modules (but not std
lib!)
$?LABEL # label of current block (XXX unnecessary?)
+ $?LANG S02 # Which Perl parser should embedded closures parse
with?
+ $*LANG S02 # LANG variable from %*ENV that defines what human
language is used
$?LINE # current line number in source file
+ %*META-ARGS S19 # Meta-arguments
$?MODULE # current module (as package object variable)
%*OPTS S19 # Options from command line
%*OPT... S19 # Options from command line to be passed down
@@ -105,6 +109,7 @@
&?ROUTINE S06 # current sub or method (itself)
$?SCOPE S02 # Current "my" scope (XXX unnecessary?)
$*UID # system user id
+ $?USAGE S06 # Default usage message generated at compile time
$?VM S02 # Which virtual machine am I compiling under
$?XVM S02 # Which virtual machine am I cross-compiling for
@@ -208,6 +213,11 @@
XXX Don't remove this line until this section is completely blank.
+We also seem to have $*INC in the table at the top, @*INC in S19 and the table
+immediately above, %*INC also in the table above.
+
+The $?LANG and $*LANG variables are also confusing (both in S02).
+
=head2 Form.pm
These go in the Perl5 to Perl6 conversion table:
@@ -239,7 +249,8 @@
=head2 S15-unicode.pod
-${^ENCODING} and ${^UNICODE} variables
+${^ENCODING} variable -- S32/Str.pod implies this is $*ENC
+${^UNICODE} variable
=head2 Infectious trait spec
