There is a (partial) book-style chapter describing Perl6 values,
variables, and primitive/promoted types at:
http://cog.cognitivity.com/perl6/val.html
The entire thing is one page, for easy printing. It works out to about
15-20 pages, depending on your printer. There is *much* more coming
soon.
This is the "expanded" version of what I posted earlier: it is much
more accurate and detailed. It represents the beginnings of a "Chapter
1" of detailed (tho unofficial) Perl6 documentation. My working
approach is to document Perl6 as if Perl5 never existed: in other
words, don't focus on what's "new" or "changed": just document all
aspects of Perl6 completely, from the ground up, written for people who
may not have worked with Perl5 at all.
There are some assumptions in the more detailed descriptions:
specifically, I have documented explicit radix, bool, and a few other
things as if they will exist, though they haven't been decided yet.
That's why I'm writing it -- to get at all the nooks and crannies, and
make sure we're not including, missing, or assuming anything we
shouldn't.
There is much more coming (another 100 pages or so to finish up, edit &
post for this chapter and the next): I'll post the rest as I get it
polished, but I need some initial feedback on this first part,
especially:
-- Is the writing style acceptable? Should it be less formal? More
formal? Geared to dumber people? Smarter people? Just right?
-- Are things being presented in the correct order? Are there any
obvious gaps where I need more explanation?
-- Syntax and accuracy goofs, obviously.
I realize the first page or two are pretty dull, because they're more
"abstract", and stuff so basic that it's hard to explain properly at
all. But it assuredly needs some edits, so I will be indebted to
anyone who slogs through it. :-) The farther you go, the more
interesting/fun/scary it gets.
I can't wait to show the beginnings of an "Operators" chapter. :-)
MikeL
