[svn:perl6-synopsis] r12136 - doc/trunk/design/syn

[larry]

Author: larry
Date: Sat Sep 16 17:35:31 2006
New Revision: 12136

Modified:
   doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod

Log:
Documented differences to filetest ops.


Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod
==
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod(original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.podSat Sep 16 17:35:31 2006
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 
   Maintainer: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
   Date: 8 Mar 2004
-  Last Modified: 14 Sep 2006
+  Last Modified: 16 Sep 2006
   Number: 3
-  Version: 64
+  Version: 65
 
 =head1 Changes to Perl 5 operators
 
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@
 "stitching" the two ends of its arguments together.  String append
 is likewise C<~=>.
 
+=item * The filetest operators now return a result that is both a boolean
+and a stat buffer, so there is no longer any need for Perl 5's C<_> term.
+Instead just cascade tests to "and" them:
+
+if -r -w -x $filename {...}
+
+Or put the value in a variable to do anything fancier:
+
+$sb = -e $filename;
+if -r $sb {...}
+if -w $sb {...}
+if -x $sb {...}
+
 =item * All postfix operators that do not start with a dot also have
 an alternate form that does.  (The converse does not hold--just because
 you can write C doesn't mean you can write C.  Likewise

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r12149 - doc/trunk/design/syn

[larry]

Author: larry
Date: Sat Sep 16 21:54:12 2006
New Revision: 12149

Modified:
   doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod

Log:
clarification of -s from TreyHarris++


Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod
==
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod(original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.podSat Sep 16 21:54:12 2006
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   Date: 8 Mar 2004
   Last Modified: 16 Sep 2006
   Number: 3
-  Version: 65
+  Version: 66
 
 =head1 Changes to Perl 5 operators
 
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@
 "stitching" the two ends of its arguments together.  String append
 is likewise C<~=>.
 
-=item * The filetest operators now return a result that is both a boolean
-and a stat buffer, so there is no longer any need for Perl 5's C<_> term.
-Instead just cascade tests to "and" them:
+=item * The filetest operators now return a result that is both a
+boolean (or in the case of C<-s>, a number) and a stat buffer, so
+there is no longer any need for Perl 5's C<_> term.  Instead just
+cascade tests to "and" them:
 
 if -r -w -x $filename {...}