Author: larry Date: Thu Jul 10 19:03:34 2008 New Revision: 14561 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod
Log: [S12] s/bool/Bool/ Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod ============================================================================== --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod (original) +++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod Thu Jul 10 19:03:34 2008 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Date: 27 Oct 2004 Last Modified: 10 Jul 2008 Number: 12 - Version: 60 + Version: 61 =head1 Overview @@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ is short for something like: - 0 but bool::True + 0 but Bool::True A property is defined by a role like this: @@ -1707,7 +1707,7 @@ or the old one.) Any explicit sub or type definition hides all imported enum values of the same name but will produce a warning unless C<is redefined> is included. Note that true() is a built-in function, -while True is short for C<bool::True>. +while True is short for C<Bool::True>. Enum values may be used as a property on the right side of a C<but>, and the enum type will be intuited from the value to make @@ -1764,13 +1764,15 @@ Two built-in enums are: - our bit enum *bool <False True>; - our bit enum *taint <Untainted Tainted>; + our bit enum Bool <False True>; + our bit enum Taint <Untainted Tainted>; -Note that C<bool> and C<taint> are really role names. You can call -C<.bool> on any built-in type, but the value returned is of type C<bit>. -Never compare a value to "C<true>", or even "C<True>". Just use it -in a boolean context. +Note that C<Bool> and C<Taint> are really role names, and the enum +values are really subset types of the C<bit> integer type. You can +call the C<.Bool> coercion or the C<true> function or the C<?> +prefix operator on any built-in type, but the value returned is of +type C<bit>. Never compare a value to "C<true>", or even "C<True>". +Just use it in a boolean context. =head1 Open vs Closed Classes
