Test::Kwalitee 0.10

2006-02-14 Thread chromatic
Hi all, I've released a snapshot of the long-promised Test::Kwalitee. Internally, it uses the CPANTS code to analyze a module along 13 of the Kwalitee indicators. I recommend using this in developer tests before distributing a module publicly. I haven't written any documentation besides the

Re: overloading the variable declaration process

2006-02-14 Thread Stevan Little
On 2/12/06, Thomas Sandlass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > IIRC, you can always create a new method for a class, even outside of > > > its definition, simply by ensuring that the first parameter to be > > > passed in will be an object of that type: > > > > > > method bark (Dog $_) { ... } > > >

Re: Instance attributes collision

2006-02-14 Thread Stevan Little
On 2/12/06, Yiyi Hu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For perl 6, > Array and Scalar are in different namespace. > So, > class A { has $.a; has @.a }; > > what will A.new.a return by default? > > An Error? or Scalar has a higher priority? It seems to me that the best way to approach this issue is to s

[perl #38549] pod check test checks wrong files

2006-02-14 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Will Coleda # Please include the string: [perl #38549] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # https://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=38549 > t/doc/pod.t currently: 1) starts checking from the current directory. It should start

This week's summary. Part 1

2006-02-14 Thread The Perl 6 Summarizer
The Perl 6 summary for the week ending 2006-02-12 Welcome to part one of this week's summary. Owning to chronic problems with deadlines I've only got time to summarize perl6-compiler and perl6-internals tonight; I'll do perl6-language when I get back from $paying_job on Thursday nig

Re: NCI 'v' vs '' in function parameter signatures

2006-02-14 Thread Leopold Toetsch
On Feb 14, 2006, at 18:29, Tim Bunce wrote: I'll aim to work up a patch this week. Great, thanks. The runtime dlfunc code will need to be altered to normalize away the trailing v so old code won't break. Should it warn about that? Yes, a warning please. Tim. leo

Re: NCI 'v' vs '' in function parameter signatures

2006-02-14 Thread Leopold Toetsch
On Feb 14, 2006, at 21:45, chromatic wrote: To avoid confusion, I suggest requiring that functions returning void always use 'v' and disallowing the signature ''. Exactly my thoughts too. leo

Re: Implementation of :w in regexes and other regex questions

2006-02-14 Thread David Romano
On 2/14/06, Luke Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/14/06, David Romano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't want to just skip tags wholly, because they do serve a purpose, > > but only in a particular context. (Can be changed back to a "default" > > if > > changed to include html tags?)

Re: NCI 'v' vs '' in function parameter signatures

2006-02-14 Thread chromatic
On Tuesday 14 February 2006 05:48, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > I'd say, we should drop all the '?v' variants. The extra 'v' doesn't > cover any information, it's just causing an init call to the argument > passing code. To avoid confusion, I suggest requiring that functions returning void always us

Re: Implementation of :w in regexes and other regex questions

2006-02-14 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 11:35:18AM -0800, David Romano wrote: > On 2/14/06, Luke Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/14/06, David Romano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't want to just skip tags wholly, because they do > > > serve a purpose, but only in a particular context. (Can >

Re: NCI 'v' vs '' in function parameter signatures

2006-02-14 Thread Tim Bunce
On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 02:48:41PM +0100, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > Tim Bunce wrote: > >What's the difference between 'v' and '' for NCI function parameters? > > There isn't any, except the extra 'v' char. > > >I ask because both 'fv' and 'f' are in src/call_list.txt > > Yeah. > > >In fact there

Re: NCI 'v' vs '' in function parameter signatures

2006-02-14 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Tim Bunce wrote: What's the difference between 'v' and '' for NCI function parameters? There isn't any, except the extra 'v' char. I ask because both 'fv' and 'f' are in src/call_list.txt Yeah. In fact there are several 'duplicated' signatures: [ ... ] I'd say, we should drop all the '

Re: Implementation of :w in regexes and other regex questions

2006-02-14 Thread Luke Palmer
On 2/14/06, David Romano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ==Question 1== > macro rxmodinternal: { ... } # define your own /:x() stuff/ > macro rxmodexternal: { ... } # define your own m:x()/stuff/ > With this, I can make my own adverbs then? Like :without, or :skip, and > describe what each does? Yes,