Re: suggestions for new pdd21

2006-07-17 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 09:52:35AM -0700, Allison Randal wrote: > >: =item get_global > >: > >: $P1 = $P2.get_global($S3) > >: > >: Retrieve a global variable $P1 from the namespace $P2, with the name > >: $S3. > > > >What's the meaning of "global" in this context? Some part of me > >wants t

Re: suggestions for new pdd21

2006-07-17 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Am Montag, 17. Juli 2006 18:52 schrieb Allison Randal: > > Since we have slurpy named parameters in Parrot, why not simply leave $P3 > > off and use (optional) named parameters here to specify options? > > Chip/Leo, do the various named parameter passing techniques work on > low-level PMC's defined

Re: suggestions for new pdd21

2006-07-17 Thread Allison Randal
Patrick R. Michaud wrote: Allison just updated pdd21, it looks great! Here's a first cut at some suggested changes and wordsmithing to the text. Feel free to adopt, ignore, or discuss any of the suggestions below as you see fit. Thanks, applied! : =item get_global : : $P1 = $P2.get_glob

suggestions for new pdd21

2006-07-14 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
Allison just updated pdd21, it looks great! Here's a first cut at some suggested changes and wordsmithing to the text. Feel free to adopt, ignore, or discuss any of the suggestions below as you see fit. : A non-nested namespace may appear in Parrot source code as the string : C<"a"> or the key C