Re: RFE: contains documentation

2018-09-09 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 09/09/2018 06:21 PM, Peter Scott wrote: "Learning Perl 6" by brian d foy https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Perl-Keeping-Impossible-Within-ebook/dp/B07GT9KPP1/ref=sr_1_1_twi_kin_2 $30 U$D for the Kindle edition

Re: RFE: contains documentation

2018-09-09 Thread Peter Scott
On 9/9/18 3:47 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: I also LOVE examples.  Sometimes an example will get past the fog quicker than anything else.  And you will notice in a (spoken) language dictionary, they ALWAYS give an example of how to use a work in its various contexts. "Learning Perl 6" by brian d fo

Re: RFE: contains documentation

2018-09-09 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 09/09/2018 03:12 PM, Peter Scott wrote: On Sep 9, 2018, at 2:50 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: My point is that the dictionary should teach you how to use the word in question. I do believe I am correct in my assertion too. Let's be clear that reference documentation is not the same as a tutor

Re: RFE: contains documentation

2018-09-09 Thread Peter Scott
> On Sep 9, 2018, at 2:50 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > My point is that the dictionary should teach you how to use > the word in question. I do believe I am correct in my > assertion too. Let's be clear that reference documentation is not the same as a tutorial. This is the difference between

Re: case insensitive "contains"?

2018-09-09 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 09/08/2018 12:23 PM, Laurent Rosenfeld via perl6-users wrote: Using the fc method is certainly a good way to do case insensitive string comparisons, but you may at this point also use a regex with the :i (ignore case) adverb. > if "2018 xJul 7" ~~ /:i jul/ {say "Yes";} Yes Hi Laurent,

Re: RFE: contains documentation

2018-09-09 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 09/09/2018 11:16 AM, JJ Merelo wrote: Here it is: https://github.com/perl6/doc/issues/2303 just in case you want to add something more. I added my suggested wording

Re: RFE: contains documentation

2018-09-09 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 09/09/2018 11:16 AM, JJ Merelo wrote: Here it is: https://github.com/perl6/doc/issues/2303 just in case you want to add something more. Cheers El dom., 9 sept. 2018 a las 20:11, JJ Merelo (>) escribió: El sáb., 8 sept. 2018 a las 4:39, ToddAndMargo (ma

Re: RFE: contains documentation

2018-09-09 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 09/07/2018 09:18 PM, Vadim Belman wrote: You're pretty much mistaken here. No documentation can replace a good book. No documentation is capable of providing enough in-depth understanding of The Concept. Hi Vadim, You are, of course, correct. And we are also talking at cross purposes. Y

Re: RFE: contains documentation

2018-09-09 Thread JJ Merelo
Here it is: https://github.com/perl6/doc/issues/2303 just in case you want to add something more. Cheers El dom., 9 sept. 2018 a las 20:11, JJ Merelo () escribió: > > > El sáb., 8 sept. 2018 a las 4:39, ToddAndMargo () > escribió: > >> On 09/07/2018 06:25 PM, Curt Tilmes wrote: >> > The document

Re: RFE: contains documentation

2018-09-09 Thread JJ Merelo
El sáb., 8 sept. 2018 a las 4:39, ToddAndMargo () escribió: > On 09/07/2018 06:25 PM, Curt Tilmes wrote: > > The documentation isn't a tutorial, but is still improving every day. > > For the function it is documenting, it had better be > a tutorial. Otherwise, why would anyone other than a > deve