Author: particle
Date: 2009-02-05 06:19:27 +0100 (Thu, 05 Feb 2009)
New Revision: 25205
Modified:
docs/Perl6/Spec/S19-commandline.pod
Log:
[S19] remove -o, as -O now defaults to STDOUT -- TimToady++. shuffle some list
items around, to match order in perl6() signature
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S19-commandline.pod
===================================================================
--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S19-commandline.pod 2009-02-05 03:24:20 UTC (rev 25204)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S19-commandline.pod 2009-02-05 05:19:27 UTC (rev 25205)
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
Maintainer: Jerry Gay <jerry....@rakudoconsulting.com>
Date: 12 Dec 2008
Last Modified: 4 Feb 2009
- Version: 20
+ Version: 21
This is a draft document. This document describes the command line interface.
It has changed extensively from previous versions of Perl in order to increase
@@ -378,14 +378,14 @@
:I(@include),
:L($language),
Bool :n($autoloop-no-print),
- :O($output-format) = 'exe',
- :o($output-file) = $*OUT,
+ :O($output-format),
Bool :p($autoloop-print),
Bool :S($search-path),
Bool :T($taint),
:u($use),
Bool :v($version),
Bool :V($verbose-config),
+ Bool :X($extract-from-text),
);
=head2 Reference
@@ -453,16 +453,12 @@
standard library follows the policies laid out in
L<Synopsis 11|S11-modules>.
-=item --use, -u *module*
+=item --language, -L *dsl*
-C<--use *module*> and C<-u *module*> desugars to C<-e 'use *module*'>.
-Specify version info and import symbols by appending info to the module name:
+Set the domain specific language for parsing the script file. (That is,
+specify the I<setting> (often known as the prelude) for the program.)
+C<++PARSER --setting=*dsl* ++/PARSER>.
- -u'Sense:ver<1.2.1>:auth<cpan:JRANDOM> <common @horse>'
-
-You'll need the quotes so your shell doesn't complain about redirection.
-There is no special command-line syntax for C<'no *module*>, use C<-e>.
-
=item --autoloop-no-print, -n
Act like awk. Desugars to
@@ -470,30 +466,15 @@
=item --output-format, -O *format*
-Specify the file format for the output file requested with C<--output-file>.
-This option is implementation-specific, so consult the documentation for your
-Perl 6 implementation.
+Emit compiler output to STDOUT in the specified format, rather than invoking
+the compiled code immediately. This option is implementation-specific, so
+consult the documentation for your Perl 6 implementation for further details.
-=item --output-file, -o [*filename*]
-
-Compile to a file, rather than run immediately. If no filename is specified,
-STDOUT is used. Specify the output format with C<--output-format>.
-
-=for consideration
-[perhaps -o is unnecessary if -O implies STDOUT. --law]
-
=item --autoloop-print, -p
Act like sed. Desugars to
C<++PARSER --setting=Perl6-autoloop-print ++/PARSER>.
-=item --language, -L *dsl*
-
-Set the domain specific language for parsing the script file. (That is,
-specify the I<setting> (often known as the prelude) for the program.)
-C<++PARSER --setting=*dsl* ++/PARSER>.
-
-
=item --search-path, -S
Use PATH environment variable to search for script specified on command-line.
@@ -503,6 +484,16 @@
Turns on "taint" checking. See L<Synopsis 23|S23-security> for details.
Commits very early. Put this option as early on the command-line as possible.
+=item --use, -u *module*
+
+C<--use *module*> and C<-u *module*> desugars to C<-e 'use *module*'>.
+Specify version info and import symbols by appending info to the module name:
+
+ -u'Sense:ver<1.2.1>:auth<cpan:JRANDOM> <common @horse>'
+
+You'll need the quotes so your shell doesn't complain about redirection.
+There is no special command-line syntax for C<'no *module*>, use C<-e>.
+
=item --version, -v
Display program name, version, patchlevel, etc. Desugars to
