Author: autrijus Date: Wed Apr 5 22:15:15 2006 New Revision: 8572 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
Log: * S02: Grammar fixes from Uri. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod ============================================================================== --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod (original) +++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Wed Apr 5 22:15:15 2006 @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ Sigils are now invariant. C<$> always means a scalar variable, C<@> an array variable, and C<%> a hash variable, even when subscripting. Variables such as C<@array> and C<%hash> in scalar context simply -returns themselves Array and Hash objects. +return themselves as C<Array> and C<Hash> objects. =item * @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ =item * -Unlike in Perl 5, the notation C<&foo> merely returns the C<foo> +Unlike in Perl 5, the notation C<&foo> merely stands for the C<foo> function as a Code object without calling it. You may call any Code object with parens after it (which may, of course, contain arguments): @@ -500,11 +500,12 @@ =item * -In numeric context, a Hash object returns the number of pairs contained -in the hash. Hash in a boolean context returns true if there are any pairs -in the hash. In either case, any intrinsic iterator would be reset. (If -hashes do carry an intrinsic iterator (as they do in Perl 5), there will -be a C<.reset> method on the hash object to reset the iterator explicitly.) +In numeric context (i.e. when casted into C<Int> or C<Num>), a Hash object +becomes the number of pairs contained in the hash. In a boolean context, a +Hash object is true if there are any pairs in the hash. In either case, +any intrinsic iterator would be reset. (If hashes do carry an intrinsic +iterator (as they do in Perl 5), there will be a C<.reset> method on the h +hash object to reset the iterator explicitly.) =item *
