Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14489 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2008-01-10 Thread Darren Duncan
At 11:09 PM -0800 1/10/08, Larry Wall wrote: It's really already very much like you want it to be. Most Str objects do not in fact have any byte semantics. If you say "foo".bytes, that is shorthand for "foo".bytes(:nf, :enc). In other words, you have to tell it what units you want the bytes to

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14489 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2008-01-10 Thread Larry Wall
It's really already very much like you want it to be. Most Str objects do not in fact have any byte semantics. If you say "foo".bytes, that is shorthand for "foo".bytes(:nf, :enc). In other words, you have to tell it what units you want the bytes to be measured in. It just assumes utf-8 as a con

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14489 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2008-01-10 Thread Juerd Waalboer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] skribis 2008-01-10 16:14 (-0800): > +(Note that C<.bytes> is not guaranteed to be well-defined when the encoding > +is unknown. (This message is a mess; in my defense, it's 5:30 AM here. I just had to respond, because I have the feeling Perl 6's unicode model is going exactly the

[perl #43324] [TODO] config/auto/headers.pm: Write unit tests

2008-01-10 Thread James Keenan via RT
Module is stable; test coverage is high; resolving ticket.

[perl #43333] [TODO] config/auto/cpu.pm: Write unit tests

2008-01-10 Thread James Keenan via RT
Configuration step classes gen::cpu and auto::cpu were merged, given the name auto::cpu (because it's an automatic probe and does not generate files) and given the place in the configuration step sequence formerly held by gen::cpy. Tests were added. The code which remains uncovered by tests is mo

[perl #48497] [BUILD] Missing opcodes should be an error

2008-01-10 Thread James Keenan via RT
Thanks for the rapid response. Test verified as passing on at least Darwin and Linux. Ticket can remain resolved.

[perl #43310] [TODO] config/auto/readline.pm: Write unit tests

2008-01-10 Thread James Keenan via RT
Additional refactoring was done to handle the macports-related code. Some documentation of readline added. More tests added; coverage is high. Ticket can be closed. kid51

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14489 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2008-01-10 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Thu Jan 10 16:14:53 2008 New Revision: 14489 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Log: Clarification requested by moritz++ Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod == --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14488 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2008-01-10 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Thu Jan 10 13:57:41 2008 New Revision: 14488 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Log: Another typo, grr Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod == --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod(origin

Re: Repeated Loopy Variable Width String Character Access is Slooooow-ish

2008-01-10 Thread Larry Wall
Also consider this recent addition to S02: Author: larry Date: Thu Jan 10 13:05:42 2008 New Revision: 14486 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Log: Added some random thoughts about performance implications of grapheme view Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod =

Re: [perl #49596] [PATCH] convert eventhandler.t from perl to pir

2008-01-10 Thread Will Coleda
On Jan 9, 2008 10:36 PM, via RT Mark Grimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Mark Grimes > # Please include the string: [perl #49596] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49596 > > > > Hi all,

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14487 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2008-01-10 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Thu Jan 10 13:16:27 2008 New Revision: 14487 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Log: typo Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod == --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod(original) +++ doc/t

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14486 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2008-01-10 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Thu Jan 10 13:05:42 2008 New Revision: 14486 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Log: Added some random thoughts about performance implications of grapheme view Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod =

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14485 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2008-01-10 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Thu Jan 10 12:28:57 2008 New Revision: 14485 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod Log: Some clarifications suggested by moritz++ Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod == --- doc/trunk/design/sy

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14484 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2008-01-10 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Thu Jan 10 11:51:20 2008 New Revision: 14484 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod Log: Added :ii and :bb substitution modifiers as suggested by ruoso++ Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod ==

Re: the future of testing

2008-01-10 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Some hand-waving on the problem of configuration and test selection, (as > the two appear to share the issues, an ideal solution would address both). > > For any usable environment, a large set of common processes have to be > executed, with a small

Re: the future of testing

2008-01-10 Thread ajr
Some hand-waving on the problem of configuration and test selection, (as the two appear to share the issues, an ideal solution would address both). For any usable environment, a large set of common processes have to be executed, with a smaller, OS &&/|| CPU specific set omitted. One way to do this

[perl #49620] [PATCH] [lolcode] empty declarations clobber values

2008-01-10 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Jeff Horwitz # Please include the string: [perl #49620] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49620 > Empty declarations in lolcode are clobbering previous values of the same variable. For

[perl #49582] Patch for List.pir

2008-01-10 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Cory Spencer # Please include the string: [perl #49582] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49582 > The following patch against r24710: - adds a push and a pop method to the P6 List P

Re: the future of testing

2008-01-10 Thread Allison Randal
Gabor Szabo wrote: [darwin] t/pmc/foo.t 3 5-7 9 # platform doesn't support libfoo t/pmc/bar.t 1 42 ... This seems to be too obvious to be a real question but what if someone adds a new test in the middle of bar.t ? Will she have to remember to update the numbers in the central config file? T

[perl #49596] [PATCH] convert eventhandler.t from perl to pir

2008-01-10 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Mark Grimes # Please include the string: [perl #49596] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49596 > Hi all, The attached patch is an attempt at converting t/pmc/eventhandler.t from perl to

[perl #49590] [PATCH] tru64 hints tweaks (for Parrot 0.5.1)

2008-01-10 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Jarkko Hietaniemi # Please include the string: [perl #49590] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49590 > Attached. -- Jarkko Hietaniemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.iki.fi/jhi/ "There

Fwd: Documentation Status: Was Re: Build status wiki page

2008-01-10 Thread Will Coleda
Whoops. This was meant to go to list, not just Andy. -- Forwarded message -- From: Will Coleda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jan 9, 2008 11:00 PM Subject: Documentation Status: Was Re: Build status wiki page To: Andy Dougherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Jan 8, 2008 10:32 AM, Andy Doughe

[perl #49586] Write tests for perl6 -c/-v/-e/-h

2008-01-10 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Andy Lester # Please include the string: [perl #49586] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49586 > Particle wrote the nice command-line switches, but didn't write any tests for them. Th

Re: the future of testing

2008-01-10 Thread Gabor Szabo
On Jan 10, 2008 12:23 PM, Allison Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aye, I would want to improve on the Python solution. But maintaining a > config file something like: > > [darwin] > t/pmc/foo.t 3 5-7 9 # platform doesn't support libfoo > t/pmc/bar.t 1 42 > ... > > [MSWin32] > t/pmc/foo.t 32 >

Re: Perl 6 new contributor day

2008-01-10 Thread Will Coleda
On Jan 9, 2008 2:03 PM, chromatic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 06 January 2008 11:15:25 Andy Lester wrote: > > > With the new contributor day coming up, I'd like to run an article on > > Perlbuzz about it. Can anyone supply me some text? Or point me to a > > preferred old text that I ca

[perl #49584] [PATCH] [lolcode] set vim filetype in tests

2008-01-10 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Stuart Jansen # Please include the string: [perl #49584] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49584 > Reading and editting non-trivial lolcode tests is much easier with proper syntax highl

[perl #49580] [PATCH] [lolcode] negative integers (NUMBRs) and floats (NUMBARs)

2008-01-10 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Stuart Jansen # Please include the string: [perl #49580] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49580 > Integers (NUMBRs) can be negative. Since Parrot makes it so easy to add support for fl

[perl #49578] [PATCH] [lolcode] ifthen should set IT

2008-01-10 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Stuart Jansen # Please include the string: [perl #49578] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49578 > Lolcode if (O RLY?) statements start with a bare statement. As a result, the variable

Re: the future of testing

2008-01-10 Thread Allison Randal
Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote: That assumes that tests are skipped per file, which is not always the case (sometimes you want to skip only one test, sometimes even to work around an OS bug that appears only in one specific version). But reorganizing platform-dependent tests might be a good idea.