Re: [perl #44511] [PATCH] update POD for examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir

2007-08-10 Thread bob
On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 09:20:50PM -0700, Colin Kuskie wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Colin Kuskie > # Please include the string: [perl #44511] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=44511 > > > > repeat isn't

Re: [perl #44511] [PATCH] update POD for examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir

2007-08-09 Thread Joshua Isom
On Aug 9, 2007, at 9:44 AM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 07:36:11AM -0700, jerry gay wrote: On 8/9/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: indeed. that's why array = push item and $S0 = 'hello' $S0 = say is valid pir. Actually, $S0 = 'hello' doesn't

Re: [perl #44511] [PATCH] update POD for examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir

2007-08-09 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 12:28:08PM -0500, Joshua Isom wrote: > On Aug 9, 2007, at 9:44 AM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > >On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 07:36:11AM -0700, jerry gay wrote: > >>indeed. that's why > >> > >> array = push item > >> > >>and > >> > >> $S0 = 'hello' > >> $S0 = say > >> > >>is va

Re: [perl #44511] [PATCH] update POD for examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir

2007-08-09 Thread Will Coleda
jerry gay writes: $S0 = say This sugar is too sweet: This particular usage has been deprecated for some time now, only opcodes whose first parameter is OUT should be able to [ab]use = in this fashion. (The above still works for the moment, but could be ripped out in any release, don't us

Re: [perl #44511] [PATCH] update POD for examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir

2007-08-09 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 07:36:11AM -0700, jerry gay wrote: > On 8/9/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Others may correct me on this, but I think that as a general > > rule, any PIR statement of the form > > > > target = opcode [arg1, arg2, ...] > > > > is simply syntactic su

Re: [perl #44511] [PATCH] update POD for examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir

2007-08-09 Thread jerry gay
On 8/9/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Others may correct me on this, but I think that as a general > rule, any PIR statement of the form > > target = opcode [arg1, arg2, ...] > > is simply syntactic sugar for the PASM equivalent > > opcode target [, arg1, arg2, ...] > i

Re: [perl #44511] [PATCH] update POD for examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir

2007-08-09 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 09:20:50PM -0700, Colin Kuskie wrote: > repeat isn't an operator, it's a function in this context. > Describe what it does. Actually, 'repeat' is an opcode here. The PIR statement $S1 = repeat $S0, 3 is just syntactic sugar for the PASM operation repeat $S1, $S0

[perl #44511] [PATCH] update POD for examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir

2007-08-09 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Colin Kuskie # Please include the string: [perl #44511] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=44511 > repeat isn't an operator, it's a function in this context. Describe what it does. Index