Captures: Synopsis update

2006-09-21 Thread Aaron Sherman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maintainer: Larry Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10 Aug 2004 - Last Modified: 18 Sept 2006 + Last Modified: 20 Sept 2006 Number: 2 - Version: 69 + Version: 70 +| capture/arguments/match +|$args; # all of the above I'll read that as

Re: Captures: Synopsis update

2006-09-21 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 10:29:57AM -0400, Aaron Sherman wrote: : I'll read that as conversation terminated. The conversation is never terminated. However, every now and then I make feeble attempts to be decisive. :) : Can you please update S03's Junctive operators section to note how the :

Re: Captures: Synopsis update

2006-09-21 Thread Mark J. Reed
On 9/21/06, Larry Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : note how the ambiguity of the following are resolved: : : a|$b : a | $b : a |$b : Don't think so. The situation is exactly analogous to: a%$b a % $b a %$b The cultural ambiguity is also being reduced insofar as we're trying

Re: Captures: Synopsis update

2006-09-21 Thread Mark J. Reed
On 9/21/06, Larry Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A method never takes arguments unless you use : or (), so those are all infix. Well, all righty then. Yay for unambiguity! Or disambiguation. Or nonambiguosity. Or whatever... The design team worked Really Hard to get rid of that particular