Author: lwall
Date: 2009-11-17 19:37:41 +0100 (Tue, 17 Nov 2009)
New Revision: 29113
Modified:
docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod
Log:
[S02] more clarifications from TheDamian++
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod
===================================================================
--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod 2009-11-17 18:22:58 UTC (rev 29112)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod 2009-11-17 18:37:41 UTC (rev 29113)
@@ -2735,10 +2735,11 @@
=item *
-Complex literals are similarly indicated by writing an addition of
+Complex literals are similarly indicated by writing an addition or subtraction
of
two real numbers without spaces:
5.2+1e42i
+ 3-1i
As with rational literals, constant folding would produce the same
complex number, but this form parses as a single term, ignoring
@@ -2870,6 +2871,7 @@
a => $a :$a
a => @a :@a
a => %a :%a
+ a => &a :&a
a => $$a :$$a
a => @$$a :@$$a (etc.)
a => %foo<a> %foo<a>:p
@@ -3500,10 +3502,10 @@
foo: # label -- must be label at statement boundary.
-- ILLEGAL otherwise
foo: bar: # two labels in a row, okay
- .foo: # $_.foo: 1 -- must be "dot" method with : args
+ .foo: 1 # $_.foo: 1 -- must be "dot" method with : args
.foo(1) # $_.foo(1) -- must be "dot" method with () args
.foo # $_.foo() -- must be "dot" method with no args
- .$foo: # $_.$foo: 1 -- indirect "dot" method with : args
+ .$foo: 1 # $_.$foo: 1 -- indirect "dot" method with : args
foo bar: 1 # bar.foo(1) -- bar must be predecl as class
-- sub bar allowed here only if 0-ary
-- otherwise you must say (bar):
@@ -3586,6 +3588,8 @@
__END__ =begin END
__DATA__ =begin DATA
+[Note: this paragraph is speculative and subject to drastic change
+as S26 evolves.]
The C<=begin END> Pod stream is special in that it assumes there's
no corresponding C<=end END> before end of file. The C<DATA>
stream is no longer special--any Pod stream in the current file
