Author: lwall
Date: 2009-03-18 02:28:39 +0100 (Wed, 18 Mar 2009)
New Revision: 25880
Modified:
docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod
docs/Perl6/Spec/S04-control.pod
Log:
create more semantic distance between terms and 0-ary functions
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod
===================================================================
--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod 2009-03-18 01:03:18 UTC (rev 25879)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S03-operators.pod 2009-03-18 01:28:39 UTC (rev 25880)
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
Maintainer: Larry Wall <la...@wall.org>
Date: 8 Mar 2004
- Last Modified: 12 Mar 2009
+ Last Modified: 17 Mar 2009
Number: 3
- Version: 158
+ Version: 159
=head1 Overview
@@ -303,14 +303,6 @@
its left, so it binds tighter than comma on the left but looser than
comma on the right--see List prefix precedence below.
-=item *
-
-0-ary functions
-
- self
- undef
- rand
-
=back
=head2 Method postfix precedence
@@ -1009,7 +1001,7 @@
to C<$_> in Perl 6.
There is no unary C<rand> function in Perl 6, though there is a C<.rand>
-method call and a 0-ary C<rand> term.
+method call and an argumentless C<rand> term.
=over
@@ -1746,7 +1738,7 @@
The function can be 0-ary as well:
- () ... &rand # list of random numbers
+ () ... { rand } # list of random numbers
The function may also be slurpy (*-ary), in which case all the
preceding values are passed in (which means they must all be cached
@@ -3627,7 +3619,7 @@
then you shouldn't worry about it, because unlike previous versions,
Perl 6 never guesses whether the next thing is a term or operator.
In this case it is always expecting a term unless C<foo> is predeclared
-to be a 0-ary sub.]
+to be a type or value name.]
The upgrade never happens on the "blunt" end of a hyper. If you write
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S04-control.pod
===================================================================
--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S04-control.pod 2009-03-18 01:03:18 UTC (rev 25879)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S04-control.pod 2009-03-18 01:28:39 UTC (rev 25880)
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
Maintainer: Larry Wall <la...@wall.org>
Date: 19 Aug 2004
- Last Modified: 4 Mar 2009
+ Last Modified: 17 Mar 2009
Number: 4
- Version: 73
+ Version: 74
This document summarizes Apocalypse 4, which covers the block and
statement syntax of Perl.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
a variable in the current package.
The new C<constant> declarator introduces a lexically scoped name
-for a compile-time constant, either a variable or a 0-ary sub, which
+for a compile-time constant, either a variable or named value, which
may be initialized with a pseudo-assignment:
constant Num $pi = 3;
