Author: lwall
Date: 2009-08-25 02:21:44 +0200 (Tue, 25 Aug 2009)
New Revision: 28058
Modified:
docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod
Log:
[S02] disallow alphanums as quote delims
[S02] document WhateverCode and HyperWhateverCode
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod
===================================================================
--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod 2009-08-24 22:52:58 UTC (rev 28057)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod 2009-08-25 00:21:44 UTC (rev 28058)
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
Created: 10 Aug 2004
- Last Modified: 11 Aug 2009
- Version: 173
+ Last Modified: 24 Aug 2009
+ Version: 174
This document summarizes Apocalypse 2, which covers small-scale
lexical items and typological issues. (These Synopses also contain
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@
closure binds them all to the same argument, so C<* * *> translates to
C<{ $_ * $_ }>.
-These closures are of type C<Code:($)>, not C<Whatever>, so that constructs
can distinguish
+These closures are of type C<WhateverCode>, not C<Whatever>, so that
constructs can distinguish
via multiple dispatch:
1,2,3 ... *
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@
does dwimmery, and in this case decides to supply a function { * + 1 }.
The final element of an array is subscripted as C<@a[*-1]>,
-which means that when the subscripting operation discovers a C<Code>
+which means that when the subscripting operation discovers a C<WhateverCode>
object for a subscript, it calls it and supplies an argument indicating
the number of elements in (that dimension of) the array. See S09.
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@
It is generally understood to be a multidimension form of C<*> when
that makes sense. When modified by an operator that would turn C<*>
into a function of one argument, C<**> instead turns into a function
-with a slurpy argument, of type C<Code:(*@)>. That is:
+with a slurpy argument, of type C<HyperWhateverCode>. That is:
* - 1 means -> $x { $x - 1 }
** - 1 means -> *...@x { map -> $x { $x - 1 }, @x }
@@ -2893,6 +2893,7 @@
taken to mean another adverb regardless of what's in front of it.
Nor may a C<#> character be used as the delimiter since it is always
taken as whitespace (specifically, as a comment).
+You may not use whitespace or alphanumerics for delimiters.
=item *
