On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Damian Conwaydam...@conway.org wrote:
* The DOC statement prefix constrains any block to which it is applied
(including BEGIN, CHECK, INIT and similar) to run only if -doc is
specified on the commandline
* You can tell if you're running under -doc
Timothy S. Nelson wrote:
David Green wrote:
Jon Lang wrote:
If so, could you give some examples of how such a distinction could be
beneficial, or of how the lack of such a distinction is problematic?
Well, my main thought in this context is that the stuff that can be
done to the
Damian Conway wrote:
It's not yet committed, as there will (no doubt) be much discussion
first. I apologize in advance: I am still travelling on my annual world
tour, so my ability to participate in this discussion will be limited
and erratic.
In the spirit of ask for forgiveness rather than
However it seems we have to pay a price: each act of rendering a Pod
file actually means executing the program that's being documented (at
least the BEGIN blocks and other stuff that happens at compile time),
with all the security risks implied. So we'll need a *very* good
sandbox. Is that
On Aug 17, 2009, at 14:27 , Moritz Lenz wrote:
ll 99:
followed by a valid identifierN
A valid identifier is a sequence of alphanumerics and/or
underscores, beginning with an alphabetic or underscore
Is there a good reason to deviate from Perl 6's definition of an
identifier?
On Aug 17, 2009, at 14:34 , raiph mellor wrote:
However it seems we have to pay a price: each act of rendering a Pod
file actually means executing the program that's being documented (at
least the BEGIN blocks and other stuff that happens at compile time),
with all the security risks implied. So
Nonetheless, DOC INIT { system rm -rf . } (or etc.) would be unfortunate.
Gotcha. Perhaps something like perl6 -DOC is needed to execute DOC
blocks in the file passed on the command line and files it use's,
whereas perl6 -doc only processes DOC blocks in the Setting or its
use'd files, and
raiph mellor wrote:
However it seems we have to pay a price: each act of rendering a Pod
file actually means executing the program that's being documented (at
least the BEGIN blocks and other stuff that happens at compile time),
with all the security risks implied. So we'll need a *very* good
Hey,
Just joined the list, and I too have been thinking about a good path literal
for Perl 6. Nice to see so many other people are thinking the same :).
Not knowing where to start in this long thread, I will instead try to show how
I would like a path literal to work. For me a path literal is a
Troels Liebe Bentsen wrote:
Hey,
Just joined the list, and I too have been thinking about a good path literal
for Perl 6. Nice to see so many other people are thinking the same :).
Welcome to the list!
Not knowing where to start in this long thread, I will instead try to show how
I would
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Damian Conwaydam...@conway.org wrote:
* This means Pod can be indented; the = is no longer tied to the
first column. The indentation preceding the opening = (using the
($?TABSTOP // 8) rule, as for heredocs) now specifies the zeroth
column of the
Could we also get =numbered and =term directives that are
equivalent to =item :numbered and =item :term, respectively, for
use with abbreviated blocks? E.g.:
=numbered First Item
=numbered Second Item
=numbered Third Item
=term First Name
Definition
=term Second Name
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Jon Lang wrote:
Well, I definitely think there needs to be a class that combines the
inside and the outside, or the data and the metadata. Certainly the
separate parts will exist separately for purposes of implementation, but
there needs to be a user-friendlier view
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Jon Langdatawea...@gmail.com wrote:
jerry gay wrote:
for the latest spec changes regarding this item, see
http://perlcabal.org/svn/pugs/revision/?rev=27959.
is everyone equally miserable now? ;)
Already seen it. My latest points still stand, though:
On 2009-Aug-17, at 12:27 pm, Moritz Lenz wrote:
However it seems we have to pay a price: each act of rendering a Pod
file actually means executing the program that's being documented (at
least the BEGIN blocks and other stuff that happens at compile time),
with all the security risks implied. So
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