Re: getting started guide in pod

2002-10-16 Thread Aldo Calpini
Erik Lechak wrote: > Just wondering: What would another documentation style have to > provide to make it an acceptable replacement for pod? being pod. you gotta love it ;-) cheers, Aldo __END__ $_=q,just perl,,s, , another ,,s,$, hacker,,print;

Re: [perl #17936] [PATCH] MANIFEST

2002-10-16 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 11:06:05PM +, Jürgen Bömmels wrote: > # New Ticket Created by J?rgen B?mmels > # Please include the string: [perl #17936] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # http://rt.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=17936 > > > > There a

Re: [perl #17896] [PATCH] PerlHash tests

2002-10-16 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 04:29:09PM +, Simon Glover wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Simon Glover > # Please include the string: [perl #17896] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # http://rt.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=17896 > > > > > This pa

Re: [perl #17901] [PATCH] More PMC tests

2002-10-16 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 11:45:06PM +, Simon Glover wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Simon Glover > # Please include the string: [perl #17901] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # http://rt.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=17901 > > > > > Patch

Re: [perl #17903] [PATCH] sprintf test

2002-10-16 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 12:09:54AM +, Simon Glover wrote: > Here's a brief test for the PMC, PMC, PMC form of the sprintf op; > as an added bonus, it also tests two of the formats not previously > tested (%b and %o). Thanks, applied Nicholas Clark -- Even better than the real thing:

Re: [perl #17935] [PATCH] Remove a warning

2002-10-16 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 10:47:48PM +, Jürgen Bömmels wrote: > /usr/local/bin/gcc -g -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Winline >-Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Winline -W >-Wno-unused -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wpacked -Wdisabled-

[CVS ci] list / array

2002-10-16 Thread Leopold Toetsch
I did check in some patches WRT list/arrays. list.c/list.h: - fixed list_mark - get_item/... return now PMC** - added list_set_length + list truncation intlist.c: - uses List - missing: parts of file header, clone classes/{perl,}array.pmc - use List + MANIFEST, parrot.h, makefile Success ;-)

Re: [perl #17936] [PATCH] MANIFEST

2002-10-16 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Nicholas Clark wrote: > This has been applied, hasn't it? [Am I supposed to check somewhere other than > the mailing list to learn this?] I did add these missing entries, when I checked in my list integration patch, which touched the MANIFEST anyway. Sorry - no notice about that til now, a RL

Re: [perl #17936] [PATCH] MANIFEST

2002-10-16 Thread Simon Glover
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > There is somewhere a mailing list "cvs something" for checkins. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (and an archive on the web at archive.develooper.com) Simon

Re: [perl #17907] [PATCH docs/parrot_assembly.pod] Minor typos and consistencies

2002-10-16 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 02:31:53AM +, chromatic wrote: > I've been browsing the docs, and took the time to do a bit of copyediting. > There's room for more consistency -- sometimes the registers are called 'X' > and 'Y' and other times 'x' and 'y'. Yes, I did notice this. Is there any sor

[perl #17974] make clean removes lib/Parrot/PMC.pm

2002-10-16 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Simon Glover # Please include the string: [perl #17974] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=17974 > Following the recent PMC reorganization, lib/Parrot/PMC.pm is now in the list of 'fl

Re: perl6 operator precedence table

2002-10-16 Thread Smylers
Larry Wall wrote: > I was thinking more along the lines of: > > $x &&& $y > $x ||| $y I very much like the new suggested uses for C<&> and C<|>, and making the rarely-useful bitwise ops be longer to type. But I'm not keen on trippled symbols: I reckon it's two easier to muddle them wit

Re: perl6 operator precedence table

2002-10-16 Thread Larry Wall
: > But then there's ~ vs ~~~ too. : : That gave me an idea. What about using the tilde as the first character : in bitwise ops? : : $x ~& $y # bitwise and : $x ~| $y # bitwise or : : ~!$x # bitwise not I think I like that. Except now we'll get things like: @x ^~|= @y; Hmm

Re: Values, Variables, & Assignment

2002-10-16 Thread Larry Wall
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Luke Palmer wrote: : > In Perl, variable names always begin with a special character called : > a sigil, : : Ahem, "funny character." The Camel glossary has no entry for "sigil" : (though I realize it's common terminology). "Sigil" is fine these days. Larry

Re: perl6 operator precedence table

2002-10-16 Thread Smylers
Larry Wall wrote: > : $x ~& $y # bitwise and > : $x ~| $y # bitwise or > : > : ~!$x # bitwise not > > I think I like that. Except now we'll get things like: > > @x ^~|= @y; > > Hmm...and then there's: > > $a ~? $b ~: $c I don't think they're too problematic. Most peop

Re: [perl #17903] [PATCH] sprintf test

2002-10-16 Thread Steve Fink
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 09:19:45PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 12:09:54AM +, Simon Glover wrote: > > Here's a brief test for the PMC, PMC, PMC form of the sprintf op; > > as an added bonus, it also tests two of the formats not previously > > tested (%b and %o). >

Re: [perl #17974] make clean removes lib/Parrot/PMC.pm

2002-10-16 Thread Steve Fink
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 08:57:28PM +, Simon Glover wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Simon Glover > # Please include the string: [perl #17974] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # http://rt.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=17974 > > > Following the