[perl #111986] &fail always stringifies its arguments

2012-03-25 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Moritz Lenz # Please include the string: [perl #111986] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=111986 > 22:29 < moritz> nom: class A is Exception { }; my $x = fail A.new; say

Re: Not-so-smart matching (was Re: How to make a new operator.)

2012-03-25 Thread Damian Conway
yary suggested: > In a situation like this, I reach for a thesaurus The standout from that list for me is: 'consonance'. Second favorite is: 'gibe' or 'jibe'. But the underlying operation is .ACCEPTS(), so perhaps the operation should be referred to as "acceptance" or "acceptibility". Damian

[perl #111978] [BUG] ?^1 gives True in Rakudo

2012-03-25 Thread Patrick R. Michaud via RT
Now fixed in b1acd74. Needs spectest coverage to close ticket. Thanks! Pm

Re: Not-so-smart matching (was Re: How to make a new operator.)

2012-03-25 Thread yary
I also like "agreement", "conformance"... In a situation like this, I reach for a thesaurus- very useful when looking for just the right name for a variable/method name/way to describe a concept. Here's a grab bag to start with: accord, agree, conformance, conformation, conformity, congruence, con

Re: Floating-point equality (was Re: How to make a new operator.)

2012-03-25 Thread Moritz Lenz
On 03/25/2012 06:55 AM, Moritz Lenz wrote: > I don't know if the majority of the perl6-language posters have realized > it yet, but both Perl 6 and the its implementations are quite mature > these days. Mature enough that such proposals should be prototyped as > modules, and thoroughly tested on lo

[perl #111978] [BUG] ?^1 gives True in Rakudo

2012-03-25 Thread Carl Mäsak
# New Ticket Created by "Carl Mäsak" # Please include the string: [perl #111978] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=111978 > perl6: print ?^1 niecza v15-6-gefda208: OUTPUT«False» ..rakudo a4c78f: OUTPUT«

[perl6/specs] e338a6: [S32/IO] change say to use .gist instead of .Str

2012-03-25 Thread GitHub
Branch: refs/heads/master Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs Commit: e338a6f414dd080d11fe82e4968779b92df1130b https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/e338a6f414dd080d11fe82e4968779b92df1130b Author: Felix Herrmann Date: 2012-03-25 (Sun, 25 Mar 2012) Changed paths: M S32