Author: lwall
Date: 2010-07-13 02:44:10 +0200 (Tue, 13 Jul 2010)
New Revision: 31655
Modified:
docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod
Log:
[S02] revise blob literals a bit
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod
===================================================================
--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod 2010-07-13 00:13:42 UTC (rev 31654)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod 2010-07-13 00:44:10 UTC (rev 31655)
@@ -1350,6 +1350,7 @@
blob1 Blob[bit], a bit string
blob2 Blob[uint2], a DNA sequence?
+ blob3 Blob[Uint[3]], an octal string
blob4 Blob[uint4], a hex string
blob8 Blob[uint8], a byte string
blob16 Blob[uint16]
@@ -3189,16 +3190,14 @@
=item *
-Blob literals look similar to integer literals with radix markers, but are
-distinct in their details. A Blob literal has 1 format with 3 radix
-options:
+C<Blob> literals look similar to integer literals with radix markers, but use
+curlies instead of angles:
- 0b<00101110100010> base 2, 1 bit per column
- 0o<523504376> base 8, 3 bits per column
- 0x<A705E> base 16, 4 bits per column
+ :2{0010_1110_1000_10} a blob1, base 2, 1 bit per column
+ :8{5235 0437 6} a blob3, 3 bits per column
+ :16{A705E} a blob4, 4 bits per column
-TODO: Expand this for more generality. Meanwhile, this existing
-definition covers the common cases of specifying in bits and hexits.
+Whitespace and underscores are allowed but ignored.
=item *
