books on p6?

Hi all, anybody knows of ongoing efforts for Perl 6 related books? I suspect O'reilly title is pretty much out of date, or am I wrong? Thanks, Luca

Re: books on p6?

Yes, that is out of date. I don't know of any existing books or public efforts to write ones. We welcome contributions to docs.perl6.org, including tutorials, walk-throughs, etc (beyond just references). That resource is getting better, but slowly :) --Brock On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 3:59 AM, Luc

[perl #127686] Failure to protect read-onlyness of some container types in attributes (regression)

# New Ticket Created by "Brian S. Julin" # Please include the string: [perl #127686] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=127686 > Note that star needs to use EnumMap to test this, but the problem happened well a

importing code

Hi everyone, I want to import code into perl6 without using EVAL to be able to install plugins and the like. Are there any ideas e.g. using the meta system. thanks, marcel timmerman

Re: importing code

There's "require" to load a module at runtime http://docs.perl6.org/syntax/require The $*REPO object controls how to search for modules, http://docs.perl6.org/language/5to6-perlvar mentions it. I don't know much more than that,

Re: Very small feature suggestion

This has now been added. S On 9 March 2016 at 23:29, Darren Duncan wrote: > On 2016-03-09 7:59 AM, Parrot Raiser wrote: >> >> Software that traps a user with no obvious way to quit is annoying, >> (especially if one is just starting to learn it). >> >> When Perl 6 is invoked with no options, it

Re: books on p6?

See http://www.learningperl6.com/about/ Although this is still vapourware and the current best resources are linked from the perl6.org web pages. S On 10 March 2016 at 15:07, Brock Wilcox wrote: > Yes, that is out of date. I don't know of any existing books or public > efforts to write ones. >

Re: Very small feature suggestion

Can I easily update my Rakudo* 2016.01 to include the new feature, or should I just wait for the next version? On 3/10/16, Steve Mynott wrote: > This has now been added. > > S > > On 9 March 2016 at 23:29, Darren Duncan wrote: >> On 2016-03-09 7:59 AM, Parrot Raiser wrote: >>> >>> Software that

Re: importing code

Op 10-03-16 om 20:14 schreef yary: There's "require" to load a module at runtime http://docs.perl6.org/syntax/require The $*REPO object controls how to search for modules, http://docs.perl6.org/language/5to6-perlvar mentions it. I don't know much more than that, Thanks for your answer, I've p