perl6storm #0073

2000-09-26 Thread Nicola Meade

No, not for 

   use 'strict';

That is not a bareword.  Hard to say why (have short time).
Only "$a = fred" is a bareword.  But "require Module", is not,
as it has another meaning, and is accomodated in the grammar.
Likewise, a prototype of sub fn(*) is not a bareword when
you call fn(Whatever).

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Re: PERL6STORM - tchrist's brainstorm list for perl6

2000-09-26 Thread Nicola Meade

Yes, while still allowing an explicit A()->B(), of course.
I just meant that A->B means A::->B(), or, if you would, "A"->B().
But A()->B would not change in meaning.

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perl6storm #0010: kill all defaults

2000-09-26 Thread Nicola Meade

Yes,  Phil, I mean things like abs() meaning abs($_) and
localtime() meaning localtime(time).
Actually, combined with the paren requirement thingie, it means
localtime(time()), and localtime
has to be written localtime().   These are two different suggestions,
though.

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Re: perl6storm #0011: interactive perl mode

2000-09-26 Thread Nicola Meade

Russ, you can use "perl -" to punch/paste into that window.
But "foo | perl" would not be affected as you would not
be running interactively.  Essentially, only if there
are no arguments and stdin (and stdout) areatty would you
do that.

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