Luke Palmer wrote at Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:09:41 +0200:
Very good written text.
> =head1 DESCRIPTION
>
> Because of the addition of the flattening operator, parentheses in Perl 6,
> when used as list constructors, are entirely redundant with brackets.
> Additionally, parentheses have one incons
Luke Palmer wrote at Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:21:57 +0200:
>> The ° character doesn't have any special meaning,
>> that's why I choosed it in the above example.
>> However, it also symbolizes a little capturing
>> and as it isn't filled,
>> it could really symbolize an uncapturing.
>
> Interesting id
Aaron Sherman wrote at Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:34:15 +0200:
> $stuff = (defined($1)?$1:$2) if /^\s*(?:"(.*?)"|(\S+))/;
It gives me the idea of a missing feature:
What really should be expressed is:
my ($stuff) = /^\s*("°.*?"°|\S+)/;
where the ° character would mean,
"Don't capture the previou
Trey Harris wrote at Wed, 03 Jul 2002 19:44:45 +0200:
> In a message dated Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Michael G Schwern writes:
>> Attributes
>> Transcending mere objects and classes, Perl 6 introduces adverbs.
>
> Attributes are adjectives, not adverbs. Aren't they?
Attributes describe the behavio
