[perl #67364] [BUG] multi dispatch bug found with trait_mod:is changes

2009-07-09 Thread jason switzer
# New Ticket Created by jason switzer # Please include the string: [perl #67364] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=67364 Recent changes to replace trait_auxiliary:is with trait_mod:is started causing

[perl #67372] [BUG] warn without parameters fails

2009-07-09 Thread jason switzer
# New Ticket Created by jason switzer # Please include the string: [perl #67372] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=67372 (21:42:03) s1n: rakudo: warn (21:42:06) p6eval: rakudo 70bfd5: OUTPUT«Warning!

[perl #67374] [BUG] cannot die or fail without parameters

2009-07-09 Thread jason switzer
# New Ticket Created by jason switzer # Please include the string: [perl #67374] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=67374 (21:38:19) s1n: rakudo: die (21:38:24) p6eval: rakudo 70bfd5: OUTPUT«No applicable

Re: [perl #67358] [BUG] less than awesome error message for 1 param expected in Rakudo

2009-07-09 Thread Matthew Walton
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:24 AM, yarynot@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Carl Mäsakcma...@gmail.com wrote: It's Parrot behavior.  It's trivial to change to Too many params passed or Too many results passed.  Would that be clearer? Maybe, but the problem as described in

Is there a way to bulky feed?

2009-07-09 Thread Xiao Yafeng
My question is: could I write below code in perl6: my @a = 1 2 3 4; my @b[2]; for @a - @b {;} # 2 loops like for @a - $b[0],$b[1]{;} my @a = 1 2 3 4; my @b; for @a - @b {;} # 1 loop

Re: Is there a way to bulky feed?

2009-07-09 Thread yary
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Xiao Yafeng xyf.x...@gmail.com wrote: Any thoughts? First let's fix the whitespace in your post so it's easier to read- My question is: could I write below code in perl6: # 2 loops like for @a - $b[0],$b[1] {;} my @a = 1 2 3 4; my @b[2]; for @a -@b {;} my @a

Concurrency Features in JDK 7 (Work-Stealing)

2009-07-09 Thread Tim Bunce
These seem interesting and relevant here: http://www.ddj.com/go-parallel/blog/archives/2009/04/java_7_will_evo.html http://developers.sun.com/learning/javaoneonline/2008/pdf/TS-5515.pdf http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/07/concurrency-java-se-7 Tim.

Re-thinking file test operations

2009-07-09 Thread Moritz Lenz
Hi, Somehow the current file test syntax, 'filename' ~~ :e, looks like a not well-though-out translation of Perl 5's syntax, -e 'filename'. Apart from totally feeling wrong to me, there are a few points I can put my finger on: 1) $file ~~ :s returns a number, although smartmatching usually

Re: Re-thinking file test operations

2009-07-09 Thread Aristotle Pagaltzis
* Moritz Lenz mor...@faui2k3.org [2009-07-10 00:25]: stat($str, :e)# let multi dispatch handle it for us This gets my vote. -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // http://plasmasturm.org/

Re: Re-thinking file test operations

2009-07-09 Thread Mark J. Reed
A few months ago (or maybe more) I proposed making pathnames their own type, distinct from (or perhas a subclass of) strings, but easily constructed from strings, maybe with an operator. Having those 29 single-letter methods on such a class would not bug me as much as having them on Str. On

Re: Re-thinking file test operations

2009-07-09 Thread Darren Duncan
Mark J. Reed wrote: A few months ago (or maybe more) I proposed making pathnames their own type, distinct from (or perhas a subclass of) strings, but easily constructed from strings, maybe with an operator. Having those 29 single-letter methods on such a class would not bug me as much as having

Seeking future Rakudo release managers

2009-07-09 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
Over the next couple of weeks I'm working on fleshing out job openings and descriptions for people who want to help advance Rakudo Perl 6. I'll write more about this in a later post, and they're likely to appear in my OSCON and YAPC::EU talks. One of the jobs we've already identified is

Re: Re-thinking file test operations

2009-07-09 Thread Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH
On Jul 9, 2009, at 18:22 , Moritz Lenz wrote: Somehow the current file test syntax, 'filename' ~~ :e, looks like a not well-though-out translation of Perl 5's syntax, -e 'filename'. That would be because it is; originally the filetests were perl5- style, but pugs refused to parse them

Re-thinking file test operations

2009-07-09 Thread Buddha Buck
Resent to list as I intended to in the first place On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Darren Duncandar...@darrenduncan.net wrote: Mark J. Reed wrote: A few months ago (or maybe more) I proposed making pathnames their own type, distinct from (or perhas a subclass of) strings, but easily

Re: Re-thinking file test operations

2009-07-09 Thread Darren Duncan
Buddha Buck wrote: On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Darren Duncandar...@darrenduncan.net wrote: Mark J. Reed wrote: A few months ago (or maybe more) I proposed making pathnames their own type, distinct from (or perhas a subclass of) strings, but easily constructed from strings, maybe with an

Re: Re-thinking file test operations

2009-07-09 Thread Timothy S. Nelson
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009, Mark J. Reed wrote: A few months ago (or maybe more) I proposed making pathnames their own type, distinct from (or perhas a subclass of) strings, but easily constructed from strings, maybe with an operator. Having those 29 single-letter methods on such a class would not bug

[perl #60966] tests available

2009-07-09 Thread kyleha
This is an automatically generated mail to inform you that tests are now available in b/t/spec/S06-traits/misc.t

[perl #66978] tests available

2009-07-09 Thread kyleha
This is an automatically generated mail to inform you that tests are now available in at least one of these files: b/t/spec/S12-methods/defer-call.t, b/t/spec/S12-methods/defer-next.t

[perl #60176] tests available

2009-07-09 Thread kyleha
This is an automatically generated mail to inform you that tests are now available in b/t/spec/S14-roles/basic.t