Re: "returns" keyword - current meaning?

On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 01:50:42AM -0500, John M. Dlugosz wrote: > According to S02, "The word returns is allowed as an alias for of." and > "The as property specifies a constraint to be enforced on the return > value ..., is not advertised as the type of the routine" > > However, S06 states, " >

Re: "Code-only forms"?

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 05:56:14AM -0500, John M. Dlugosz wrote: > In S04, "Other similar Code-only forms ..." > What does that mean? It is feebly attempting to say that, because these are control flow functions, the argument is really a thunk that the function has control of when and how it's exe

Re: continuation taken?

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 05:25:53AM -0500, John M. Dlugosz wrote: > In S04, "Note that temporizations that are undone upon scope exit must be > prepared to be redone if a continuation within that scope is taken." > > What will create a continuation there and how do you take it? > > That is, how wil

Re: "Code-only forms"?

On 2008 Aug 2, at 12:57, Larry Wall wrote: On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 05:56:14AM -0500, John M. Dlugosz wrote: In S04, "Other similar Code-only forms ..." What does that mean? It is feebly attempting to say that, because these are control flow functions, the argument is really a thunk that the

Edits to submit

I've edited several of the S??.pod files,but I have not heard back from the owner ($Larry, whose name is on the top of the file) about accepting merging or rejecting my changes. I've posted the files to so they don't get lost, until someone with author

Re: "Code-only forms"?

OK I think I''m getting it. You seem to have introduced the ability to use a statement rather than a block in these constructs. E.g. try blahblah; Is that in general? So the statements needs to be closure-block-like, even though braces are not written, so anything that depends on it being