Patch for S03
Agent Zhang
Here's my patch for S03.
Cheers,
Agent
Index: D:/projects/Perl6-Syn/S03.pod
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--- D:/projects/Perl6-Syn/S03.pod (revision 10373)
+++ D:/projects/Perl6-Syn/S03.pod (working copy)
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
SIMPLE OP
SIMPLE OP SIMPLE
-where C<OP> is includes any standard scalar operators in the five
+where C<OP> includes any standard scalar operators in the five
precedence levels autoincrement, exponentiation, symbolic unary,
multiplicative, and additive; but these are limited to standard
operators that are known to return numbers, strings, or booleans.
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
Two values are never equivalent unless they are of exactly the same type. By
contrast, C<eq> always coerces to string, while C<==> always coerces to
numeric. In fact, C<$a eq $b> really means "C<~$a === ~$b>" and C<$a == $b>
-means "C<+$a === +$b>.
+means "C<+$a === +$b>".
Note also that, while string hashes use C<eq> semantics by default,
object hashes use C<===> semantics.
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
really wanted to assign a stringified value.) A negated smart match is
spelled C<!~~>.
-=item * "Unary" C<.> calls its single argument (which must a postfix operator)
+=item * "Unary" C<.> calls its single argument (which must be a
postfix operator)
on C<$_>. (It's not really a unary operator, so we put it in quotes.)
=item * The C<..> range operator has variants with C<^> on either
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
supports the C<Ordered> role.
0..* # 0 .. +Inf
- 'a'..* # 'a' .. 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
+ 'a'..* # 'a' .. 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...'
*..0 # -Inf .. 0
*..* # "-Inf .. +Inf", really Ordered
1.2.3..* # Any version higher than 1.2.3.
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
Any .method method truth* match if $_.method
Any Regex pattern match match if $_ ~~ /$x/
Any subst substitution match* match if $_ ~~ subst
- Any boolean simple expression truth* match if true given $_
+ Any boolean simple expression truth* match if $x given $_
Any undef undefined match unless defined $_
Any Whatever default match anything
Any Any run-time dispatch match if infix:<~~>($_, $x)
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@
my @a = (5,6);
[*] @a; # 5 * 6 = 30
-As with the all metaoperators, space is not allowed inside. The whole
+As with all other metaoperators, space is not allowed inside. The whole
thing parses as a single token.
A reduction operator has the same precedence as a list operator. In fact,
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@
[[;] 1,2,3] # equivalent to [1;2;3]
-Builtin reduce operators return the following identity operations:
+Builtin reduce operators return the following identity values:
[**]() # 1 (arguably nonsensical)
[*]() # 1
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@
=head1 Binding
-A new form of assignment is present in Perl 6, called "binding," used in
+A new form of assignment is present in Perl 6, called "binding", used in
place of typeglob assignment. It is performed with the C<:=> operator.
Instead of replacing the value in a container like normal assignment, it
replaces the container itself. For instance:
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@
my $y := $x;
$y = 'Perl Hacker';
-After this, both C<$x> and C<$y> contain the string "Perl Hacker," since
+After this, both C<$x> and C<$y> contain the string "Perl Hacker", since
they are really just two different names for the same variable.
There is another variant, spelled C<::=>, that does the same thing at
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@
=head1 Argument List Interpolating
-Perl 5 forced interpolation of a functions argument list by use of
+Perl 5 forced interpolation of a function's argument list by use of
the C<&> prefix. That option is no longer available in Perl 6, so
instead the C<[,]> reduction operator serves as an
interpolator, by casting its operands to C<Capture> objects
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@
@$bar = 1,2,3;
$bar[] = 1,2,3;
-Some lvalues can be rather lengthy, so that second form can help keep
+Some lvalues can be rather lengthy, so that the second form can help keep
the "arrayness" of the lvalue close to the assignment operator:
$foo.bar.baz.bletch.whatever.attr[] = 1,2,3;
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@
To interpolate a function's return value, you must say:
- push [,] func()
+ push [,] func();
Within the argument list of a C<[,]>, function return values are
automatically exploded into their various parts, as if you'd said:
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@
print "Name: $name; Zip code: $zip\n";
}
-C<zip> has an infix synonym, the Unicode operator C<¥>, and its the ASCII
+C<zip> has an infix synonym, the Unicode operator C<¥>, and its ASCII
equivalent C<Y>.
To read arrays in parallel like C<zip> but just sequence the values
Agent Zhang
You seemed to have missed two corrections in my patch to S03 which is
now given below. (I know you're preparing for OSCON 2006 and I really
don't want to bother you much. :=))
Regards,
Agent
Index: D:/projects/Perl6-Syn/S03.pod
===================================================================
--- D:/projects/Perl6-Syn/S03.pod (revision 10396)
+++ D:/projects/Perl6-Syn/S03.pod (working copy)
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@
my @a = (5,6);
[*] @a; # 5 * 6 = 30
-As with the all metaoperators, space is not allowed inside. The whole
+As with all the other metaoperators, space is not allowed inside. The whole
thing parses as a single token.
A reduction operator has the same precedence as a list operator. In fact,
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@
=head1 Binding
-A new form of assignment is present in Perl 6, called "binding," used in
+A new form of assignment is present in Perl 6, called "binding", used in
place of typeglob assignment. It is performed with the C<:=> operator.
Instead of replacing the value in a container like normal assignment, it
replaces the container itself. For instance: