Re[2]: Whitespace

2005-08-06 Thread Andrew Shitov
>> : so why not 'print($x)' == 'print ($x)' ;-) > Plus we got rid of Perl-5's no-op unary +, so instead we're using > whitespace to force it to be a list operator. Thanks! I've got the idea. I'd better refuse parenthesis than a space here. I think I'll never drop space in a function call if it c

Re: Re[2]: Whitespace (Was: [RELEASE] Pugs 6.2.9 released!)

2005-08-04 Thread Carl Franks
> > why do we have to give up a space when calling functions under Pugs? > > >> Not sure whether it's enough of an answer, but see: > >> http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/design/syn/S04.html#Statement_parsing > > it says: > > if $term ($x) # syntax error (two terms in a row) > > if this ca

Re[2]: Whitespace (Was: [RELEASE] Pugs 6.2.9 released!)

2005-08-04 Thread Andrew Shitov
> why do we have to give up a space when calling functions under Pugs? >> Not sure whether it's enough of an answer, but see: >> http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/design/syn/S04.html#Statement_parsing it says: if $term ($x) # syntax error (two terms in a row) if this cause an error, why not