Comments on Dive into Perl 6: Perl 6: Round 2

@ben: It's on the to-do list, so don't worry. :)Ri...

2007-05-30T12:22:00.000-07:00

@ben: It's on the to-do list, so don't worry. :)

Right now I'm thinking of an interlude however, to look at more functional examples of Perl 6. But Macro's are going to be covered at one point or another.

Should definitely think about covering macros too ...

2007-05-30T12:00:00.000-07:00

Should definitely think about covering macros too at some point. I played around with them on Pugs a few months ago and they were working then so I'm sure they're suitable material for this series.

I think a clarification is needed in the text: "if...

2007-05-30T00:10:00.000-07:00

I think a clarification is needed in the text: "if you do not define parameters explicitly, they will be given as read-only (just copies, not a reference) in @_:" shouuld be "if you don't define them as read-write". See S06.

In current pugs though, it will work partly:
sub f($a) {$a++} # raise an error
sub f($a is rw) {$a++} #works as expected
sub f(@a) {@a++} # does side effect but should not, I believe

It's tenets, not tenants. Perl 6 is not a building...

2007-05-29T19:51:00.000-07:00

It's tenets, not tenants. Perl 6 is not a building full of people.