On 2009 Feb 22, at 22:47, pugs-comm...@feather.perl6.nl wrote:
+ $?PUGS_VERSION # Pugs version (not canonical)+ $*PUGS_HAS_HSPLUGINS # True if Pugs was compiled with support for hsplugins+ # (not canonical)
These should not be part of the standard. But while Pugs is free to keep providing them, I would suggest the more general:
> $?PERL6_IMPLEMENTATION (pugs, rakudo, ...) > $?PERL6_IMPL_VERSION > $?PERL6_IMPL_FEATURES (it's possible this should be part of %?CONFIG)(BTW, why is a "this impl compiled with support for" not a ? twigil? It's not going to change at runtime.)
+There were threads on p6l about unifying all variables which concern the OS or +the VM ($*UID, $*PROGRAM_NAME, etc.) into two variables, $?ENV (compile-time +environment) and $*ENV (runtime environment). Larry did like the idea, but
%?PERL6_ENV %*PERL6_ENVBTW, I also agree with the earlier observation that $*OUT vs. $*DEFOUT (etc.) both violates Huffman coding and encourages use of the wrong one. $*OUT vs. $*STDOUT (meanings inverted relative to the above) maybe?
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