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Author: larry
Date: Tue Oct 10 16:55:33 2006
New Revision: 13022
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod
Log:
Clarification of non-ambiguity of «*»
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod
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--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod Tue Oct 10 16:55:33 2006
@@ -770,6 +770,15 @@
$left «*» $right
+[Note: if you are worried about Perl getting confused by something like this:
+
+ foo «*»
+
+then you shouldn't worry about it, because unlike previous versions,
+Perl 6 never guesses whether the next thing is a term or operator.
+In this case it is always expecting a term unless C<foo> is predeclared
+to be a 0-ary sub.]
+
The upgrade never happens on the "blunt" end of a hyper. If you write
$bigger «*« $smaller