Re: Exegesis 7: page length

2004-02-28 Thread Damian Conway
Smylers wrote: The C<:page{:length}> sub-option (page 12) is described in the text as having a default value of infinity but in a comment in the example above of being 60. How so? Is that the text normally isn't split into pages at all (so effectively giving a single page of infinite length), but

Re: Exegesis 7: Page Length

2004-02-28 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 02:17:05PM +, Smylers wrote: (B: Also, not strictly to do with formats but raised by the above, how is (B: infinity written in Perl 6 (for example, in C<:page{:length($x)}> (B: how could C<$x> be assigned to infinity)? (B (BWhat we've said up till now is that Perl 6

Re: Exegesis 7: Page Length

2004-02-28 Thread Simon Cozens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Smylers) writes: > Also, not strictly to do with formats but raised by the above, how is > infinity written in Perl 6? ⠈ž ? -- even though I know what a 'one time pad' is, it still sounds like a feminine hygiene product.

Re: Exegesis 7: Page Length

2004-02-28 Thread Simon Cozens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Smylers) writes: > Also, not strictly to do with formats but raised by the above, how is > infinity written in Perl 6? ⠈ž -- Complete the following sentence: People *ought* to weigh bricks, cats and cinnamon in the same units because... - Ian Johnston

Exegesis 7: Page Length

2004-02-28 Thread Smylers
The C<:page{:length}> sub-option (page 12) is described in the text as having a default value of infinity but in a comment in the example above of being 60. How so? Is that the text normally isn't split into pages at all (so effectively giving a single page of infinite length), but as soon as C<: