Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r8899 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-21 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 03:15:12PM -0400, Uri Guttman wrote: : oy! the habits to be broken and relearned! Habits are no fun unless they're either good or bad. Larry

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r8899 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-21 Thread Uri Guttman
> "JSD" == Jonathan Scott Duff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JSD> On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 11:06:20AM -0700, Larry Wall wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:45:13PM -0500, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote: >> : According to S05, "a /.../ matches immediately in a value context >> : (void, Boolea

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r8899 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-21 Thread Jonathan Scott Duff
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 11:06:20AM -0700, Larry Wall wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:45:13PM -0500, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote: > : According to S05, "a /.../ matches immediately in a value context > : (void, Boolean, string, or numeric)" and since > : > : (state $x) ||= / pattern /; > :

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r8899 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-21 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:45:13PM -0500, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote: : According to S05, "a /.../ matches immediately in a value context : (void, Boolean, string, or numeric)" and since : : (state $x) ||= / pattern /; : : is very much the same as : : state $x; $x = $x || /pattern/; :

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r8899 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-21 Thread Jonathan Scott Duff
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 01:12:35PM -0400, Uri Guttman wrote: > > "a" == autrijus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > a> * S05: Oops, turns out I entirely read perlop.pod incorrectly; > a> "it matches once only" means "it matches successfully once only", > a> not "it performs the match o

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r8899 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-21 Thread Uri Guttman
> "a" == autrijus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: a> * S05: Oops, turns out I entirely read perlop.pod incorrectly; a> "it matches once only" means "it matches successfully once only", a> not "it performs the match once only". Sorry, TimToady++'s a> original example of: a> (

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8899 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2006-04-21 Thread autrijus
Author: autrijus Date: Fri Apr 21 08:56:22 2006 New Revision: 8899 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod Log: * S05: Oops, turns out I entirely read perlop.pod incorrectly; "it matches once only" means "it matches successfully once only", not "it performs the match once only". Sorry, Tim