special named assertions

2006-09-27 Thread David Brunton
From an IRC conversation earlier today: A quick scan of S05 reveals definitions for these seven special named assertions: before pattern after pattern sp ws null '...' at($pos) Twenty-four more are listed in docs/Perl6/Overview/Rule.pod (some of which are used in S05, but I don't

Re: special named assertions

2006-09-27 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 11:59:32AM -0700, David Brunton wrote: A quick scan of S05 reveals definitions for these seven special named assertions: [...] I don't think that '...' or ... are really named assertions. I think that !xyz (as well as +xyz and -xyz) are simply special forms

Re: special named assertions

2006-09-27 Thread mark . a . biggar
] On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 11:59:32AM -0700, David Brunton wrote: A quick scan of S05 reveals definitions for these seven special named assertions: [...] I don't think that '...' or ... are really named assertions. I think that !xyz (as well as +xyz and -xyz) are simply special forms

Re: special named assertions

2006-09-27 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
receive special treatment in the engine. Thanks, Pm -- Original message -- From: Patrick R. Michaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 11:59:32AM -0700, David Brunton wrote: A quick scan of S05 reveals definitions for these seven special named