Chip Salzenberg writes:
> I'd like to annotate Perl 6 parameters and other entities using
> traits, since that's the best way (I know of) to have them appear
> immediately in the text of the program where they are.
>
> Supposing I had a "doc" trait, could I say:
>
>     sub f2c (Num $temp doc<Temperature in degrees F>)
>         doc<Convert degress F to degrees C>
>     {...}
>
> Or would I be forced to spell it  doc('stuff')  ?

Perhaps you spell it 'annotated' and add a few shortcuts?

Num $temp is annotated('Temperature in degrees F')
Num @temp is an('Array of temperatures in degrees F')
Dog $spot is a('Good Dog!')

Ashley Winters

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