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Copyright 1998-2013 perl.org Mon, 20 May 2013 04:29:13 +0000 ask@perl.org [perl6/specs] 14e9ce: define INIT/END order across modules by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 14e9ce6c8a7cb5f9f7c69d7c18b8a405031c4b33<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/14e9ce6c8a7cb5f9f7c69d7c18b8a405031c4b33<br/> Author: Larry Wall &lt;larry@wall.org&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-15 (Wed, 15 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S04-control.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> define INIT/END order across modules<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35214.html Sat, 18 May 2013 01:13:26 +0000 [perl6/specs] a7444d: distinguish FINAL phase from CHECK phase by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: a7444d895a3641df8ee44311f3613c1612c4de33<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/a7444d895a3641df8ee44311f3613c1612c4de33<br/> Author: Larry Wall &lt;larry@wall.org&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-15 (Wed, 15 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S02-bits.pod<br/> M S04-control.pod<br/> M S06-routines.pod<br/> M S10-packages.pod<br/> M S12-objects.pod<br/> M S19-commandline.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> distinguish FINAL phase from CHECK phase<br/><br/>CHECK phase is always after the parsing of the current compilation<br/>unit. FINAL phase is after the main application&#39;s CHECK phase,<br/>when the application as a whole commits to optimization policies.<br/>In other words, a FINAL block defined in a module is not run when the<br/>module is compiled (that would be a CHECK instead), but rather when the<br/>application using the module is completing its compilation and linking.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35213.html Sat, 18 May 2013 01:08:30 +0000 [perl6/specs] 8fca4e: "first time" tweak from PerlJam++ by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 8fca4e78d40d2e98b74765199c63e6c2a1d20793<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/8fca4e78d40d2e98b74765199c63e6c2a1d20793<br/> Author: Larry Wall &lt;larry@wall.org&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-15 (Wed, 15 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S04-control.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> &quot;first time&quot; tweak from PerlJam++<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35212.html Sat, 18 May 2013 01:07:53 +0000 [perl6/specs] 1bc6fe: Added some periods by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 1bc6fed1bf54409676b4709d7555aeaa0cfdbef9<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/1bc6fed1bf54409676b4709d7555aeaa0cfdbef9<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-15 (Wed, 15 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S11-modules.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Added some periods<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35211.html Sat, 18 May 2013 01:07:52 +0000 [perl6/specs] 1e7aec: say how to turn pairs/hashes into sets/bags by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 1e7aec467b4eb83738513f0bcb6d6ff07e89ec95<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/1e7aec467b4eb83738513f0bcb6d6ff07e89ec95<br/> Author: Larry Wall &lt;larry@wall.org&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-14 (Tue, 14 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S32-setting-library/Containers.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> say how to turn pairs/hashes into sets/bags<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35210.html Sat, 18 May 2013 01:07:45 +0000 [perl6/specs] 038048: more set/bag list clarifications by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 038048739fe1e4f0102133e04e90beedd41376e2<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/038048739fe1e4f0102133e04e90beedd41376e2<br/> Author: Larry Wall &lt;larry@wall.org&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-14 (Tue, 14 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S32-setting-library/Containers.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> more set/bag list clarifications<br/><br/>We&#39;re not trying to override explicit @ or .keys here, merely the<br/>implicit policy for a default of item in list context.<br/><br/>Also, set/bag constructors are simply slurpies, and shouldn&#39;t care at all<br/>what was passed as the objects in those slurpies. Generally one should<br/>be using &quot;union&quot; to combine sets or bags anyway, not relying on implicit<br/>constructor semantics to do that.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35209.html Sat, 18 May 2013 01:07:37 +0000 [perl6/specs] 221b79: sets and bags are object based, use ===semantics by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 221b79f028ef77d1e9fec478b3d6933bf476fc9f<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/221b79f028ef77d1e9fec478b3d6933bf476fc9f<br/> Author: Larry Wall &lt;larry@wall.org&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-14 (Tue, 14 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S32-setting-library/Containers.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> sets and bags are object based, use === semantics<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35208.html Sat, 18 May 2013 01:07:32 +0000 [perl6/specs] fd94c2: Allow false booleans into slice adverbs by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: fd94c282259268cc02bfc46e7a4c52488f34f927<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/fd94c282259268cc02bfc46e7a4c52488f34f927<br/> Author: Larry Wall &lt;larry@wall.org&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-13 (Mon, 13 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S02-bits.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Allow false booleans into slice adverbs<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35207.html Mon, 13 May 2013 20:35:00 +0000 [perl6/specs] 3320cc: distinguish structural unaries by 'is nodal'trait by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 3320ccbb61c4b3cf4a36eccbf7a158ab5573e428<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/3320ccbb61c4b3cf4a36eccbf7a158ab5573e428<br/> Author: Larry Wall &lt;larry@wall.org&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-07 (Tue, 07 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S03-operators.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> distinguish structural unaries by &#39;is nodal&#39; trait<br/><br/>People naturally expect structural unaries like subscripts to be flat<br/>but non-structural unaries to recurse when hypered. The best place to<br/>hang this info is on the top-level function/method/proto that will be<br/>passed to the hyper controller as object representing the operation<br/>in question. Subscripts and methods like .values are considered<br/>&quot;nodal&quot;. For static functions on static shapes of known type, this<br/>enables compile-time knowledge of what can be sent to the GPU.<br/><br/>Fixes #42<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35206.html Wed, 08 May 2013 19:30:35 +0000 [perl6/specs] bff626: After much deliberation it was decided thatmatchi... by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: bff62668057bf3f87a6f80f33d088d47a1d4eda2<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/bff62668057bf3f87a6f80f33d088d47a1d4eda2<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-06 (Mon, 06 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S12-objects.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> After much deliberation it was decided that matching ints against enumeration<br/>types is too weird (at least now). Adapt the spec to show an alternate way<br/>of doing this using the topic as set by the smartmatch. Closes #117875.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35205.html Mon, 06 May 2013 23:19:53 +0000 [perl6/specs] 1f3417: distinguish .subparse from .parse by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 1f3417335cf35561fec290ca1be2bd7c03da2491<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/1f3417335cf35561fec290ca1be2bd7c03da2491<br/> Author: Larry Wall &lt;larry@wall.org&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-06 (Mon, 06 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S05-regex.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> distinguish .subparse from .parse<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35204.html Mon, 06 May 2013 19:20:06 +0000 [perl6/specs] f06441: Fix problem in comment of wrong example by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: f06441c58139a4c3ae24088ab087e483bc98d8f7<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/f06441c58139a4c3ae24088ab087e483bc98d8f7<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-06 (Mon, 06 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S02-bits.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Fix problem in comment of wrong example<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35203.html Mon, 06 May 2013 19:20:05 +0000 Re: [perl6/specs] 90fffb: short forms : @.[], %.{} and &.() by yary Typo: &quot;theses operator&quot; -&gt; &quot;these operators&quot;<br/>-y<br/><br/><br/>On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:23 AM, GitHub &lt;noreply@github.com&gt; wrote:<br/>&gt; Branch: refs/heads/master<br/>&gt; Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/>&gt; Commit: 90fffbad2868a1c3b3151c79a805f9834a4902e2<br/>&gt; https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/90fffbad2868a1c3b3151c79a805f9834a4902e2<br/>&gt; Author: St&eacute;phane Payrard &lt;cognominal@gmail.com&gt;<br/>&gt; Date: 2013-05-06 (Mon, 06 May 2013)<br/>&gt;<br/>&gt; Changed paths:<br/>&gt; M S02-bits.pod<br/>&gt;<br/>&gt; Log Message:<br/>&gt; -----------<br/>&gt; short forms : @.[], %.{} and &amp;.()<br/>&gt;<br/>&gt;<br/>&gt;<br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35202.html Mon, 06 May 2013 19:18:40 +0000 [perl6/specs] 90fffb: short forms : @.[], %.{} and &.() by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 90fffbad2868a1c3b3151c79a805f9834a4902e2<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/90fffbad2868a1c3b3151c79a805f9834a4902e2<br/> Author: St&eacute;phane Payrard &lt;cognominal@gmail.com&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-06 (Mon, 06 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S02-bits.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> short forms : @.[], %.{} and &amp;.()<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35201.html Mon, 06 May 2013 18:43:36 +0000 [perl6/specs] f252dc: remove eval-level confusion from / $x / and /@x / by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: f252dcef34b51d37c6ee11499372e3bee69071dd<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/f252dcef34b51d37c6ee11499372e3bee69071dd<br/> Author: Larry Wall &lt;larry@wall.org&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-06 (Mon, 06 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S05-regex.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> remove eval-level confusion from / $x / and / @x /<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35200.html Mon, 06 May 2013 18:43:35 +0000 [perl6/specs] 6e2d9c: Define flipflops to use smartmatch semantics by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 6e2d9c944ca5b50cef9e23b15f130a626c1c2b9e<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/6e2d9c944ca5b50cef9e23b15f130a626c1c2b9e<br/> Author: Larry Wall &lt;larry@wall.org&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-05-02 (Thu, 02 May 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S03-operators.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Define flipflops to use smartmatch semantics<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35199.html Fri, 03 May 2013 06:28:22 +0000 [perl6/specs] dd8212: Clarafication/Expansion in examples ofIntrospecti... by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: dd8212738d06e36dd641c16a89dc411684121b23<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/dd8212738d06e36dd641c16a89dc411684121b23<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-28 (Sun, 28 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S12-objects.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Clarafication/Expansion in examples of Introspection section<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35198.html Wed, 01 May 2013 18:08:27 +0000 [perl6/specs] 2a92e0: add IO::Spec, add IO::Path methods cleanupand res... by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 2a92e084f167d7a76568b6c7aaffff6da572b140<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/2a92e084f167d7a76568b6c7aaffff6da572b140<br/> Author: Brent Laabs &lt;bslaabs@gmail.com&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-30 (Tue, 30 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S32-setting-library/IO.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> add IO::Spec, add IO::Path methods cleanup and resolve<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35197.html Wed, 01 May 2013 18:01:44 +0000 [perl6/specs] 432411: Additional examples in "Statement-level bareblock... by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 432411af086bd87997ff7e4d1a8ea5666c90568e<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/432411af086bd87997ff7e4d1a8ea5666c90568e<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-28 (Sun, 28 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S04-control.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Additional examples in &quot;Statement-level bare blocks&quot;<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35196.html Wed, 01 May 2013 17:57:48 +0000 [perl6/specs] 3acfed: update IO::Path and IO::FileTests,OS-specific IO:... by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 3acfeda8111674b72752bba03c9cbe02ded4c408<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/3acfeda8111674b72752bba03c9cbe02ded4c408<br/> Author: Brent Laabs &lt;bslaabs@gmail.com&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-28 (Sun, 28 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S32-setting-library/IO.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> update IO::Path and IO::FileTests, OS-specific IO::Path::*<br/>add .parent and .child to IO::Path, clarify volume/directory/basename<br/>rm $.path from filetests and define modified/changed/created/accessed<br/>add IO::Path::Unix, IO::Path::Win32, IO::Path::Cygwin<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/05/msg35195.html Wed, 01 May 2013 17:57:48 +0000 [perl6/specs] 546a9c: Revert "Remove line the was left behind froma pre... by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 546a9c4322e537f98a71d99f0dc473532b416e10<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/546a9c4322e537f98a71d99f0dc473532b416e10<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-27 (Sat, 27 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S11-modules.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Revert &quot;Remove line the was left behind from a previous edit&quot;<br/><br/>This reverts commit fe96bcf41f27a11a262437f213650f615ad23fb9.<br/><br/><br/> Commit: 62226abe60155bd927e3e024a7be0143836018f1<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/62226abe60155bd927e3e024a7be0143836018f1<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-27 (Sat, 27 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S04-control.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Fix example describing P5 usage of temp in P6<br/><br/><br/>Compare: https://github.com/perl6/specs/compare/2f51c10036e0...62226abe6015<br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35194.html Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:08:20 +0000 [perl6/specs] 2f51c1: [S03] fix a small thinko by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 2f51c10036e054d0085b20eabe2e7b96e1f3b83d<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/2f51c10036e054d0085b20eabe2e7b96e1f3b83d<br/> Author: Moritz Lenz &lt;mlenz@noris.net&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-26 (Fri, 26 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S03-operators.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> [S03] fix a small thinko<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35193.html Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:08:09 +0000 [perl6/specs] 5692ce: Updated Temporal reflecting Int-onlyTimezones. by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 5692ced3331ab763601c760572caa0febb650639<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/5692ced3331ab763601c760572caa0febb650639<br/> Author: Timothy Totten &lt;2010@huri.net&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-24 (Wed, 24 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S32-setting-library/Temporal.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Updated Temporal reflecting Int-only Timezones.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35192.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:29:28 +0000 [perl6/specs] 055f68: missing by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 055f68817f021543e88d5cef5361bba6ba2e5082<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/055f68817f021543e88d5cef5361bba6ba2e5082<br/> Author: diakopter &lt;diakopter@gmail.com&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-22 (Mon, 22 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S01-overview.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> missing<br/><br/><br/> Commit: 26ec6d93658155bdd739f0195e626d3aa7fa73b5<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/26ec6d93658155bdd739f0195e626d3aa7fa73b5<br/> Author: diakopter &lt;diakopter@gmail.com&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-24 (Wed, 24 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S02-bits.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> tiny errs<br/><br/><br/>Compare: https://github.com/perl6/specs/compare/fb25fa475854...26ec6d936581<br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35191.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:23:09 +0000 [perl6/specs] fb25fa: Remove IO::Dir and IO::File, too unwieldy toimple... by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: fb25fa47585436c8f1d9e227f86e3de537e62cb1<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/fb25fa47585436c8f1d9e227f86e3de537e62cb1<br/> Author: Brent Laabs &lt;bslaabs@gmail.com&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-17 (Wed, 17 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S32-setting-library/IO.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Remove IO::Dir and IO::File, too unwieldy to implement for too little gain<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35190.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:12:10 +0000 Parrot 5.3.0 "W00tstock Parrot" Released! by Bruce Gray We are stardust.<br/>Billion year old carbon.<br/>We are golden.<br/>Caught in the devil&#39;s bargain<br/>And we&#39;ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.<br/>(To some semblance of a garden.)<br/> -- &quot;Woodstock&quot;, by Joni Mitchell<br/><br/>On behalf of the Parrot team, I&#39;m proud to announce Parrot 5.3.0, also known<br/>as &quot;W00tstock Parrot&quot;. Parrot (http://parrot.org/) is a virtual machine aimed<br/>at running all dynamic languages, and currently focusing on Perl 6.<br/><br/>Parrot 5.3.0 is available on Parrot&#39;s FTP site<br/>(ftp://ftp.parrot.org/pub/parrot/releases/devel/5.3.0/), or by following the<br/>download instructions at http://parrot.org/download. For those who would like<br/>to develop on Parrot, or help develop Parrot itself, we recommend using Git to<br/>retrieve the source code to get the latest and best Parrot code.<br/><br/>Parrot 5.3.0 News:<br/> - Build<br/> + Files generated by `make cover` are now correctly cleaned by `make`<br/> and ignored by `git`.<br/> - Tests<br/> + Internal testing of the Configure probe for Fink now works correctly<br/> with the --verbose flag.<br/> + Tests added for .sort method of ResizableFloatArray and<br/> ResizableIntegerArray. [GH #926], [GH #927]<br/> + Benchmarks added for .sort methods of various Array objects.<br/> [GH #175]<br/> + Coverage analysis added for pbc_disassemble.<br/><br/><br/>The SHA256 message digests for the downloadable tarballs are:<br/>79d6f1fe20645b0afbc496cd0d7850a78b8940230e7637c5356d780f5aa1750b parrot-5.3.0.tar.gz<br/>4cff32521c79d8a783ad57d9a13e205ea3c1b1585085e0da80138b58b77d0ed5 parrot-5.3.0.tar.bz2<br/><br/>Many thanks to all our contributors for making this possible, and our sponsors<br/>for supporting this project. Our next scheduled release is 21 May 2013.<br/><br/>Enjoy!<br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35189.html Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:39:28 +0000 [perl6/specs] fe96bc: Remove line the was left behind from aprevious ed... by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: fe96bcf41f27a11a262437f213650f615ad23fb9<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/fe96bcf41f27a11a262437f213650f615ad23fb9<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-16 (Tue, 16 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S11-modules.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Remove line the was left behind from a previous edit<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35188.html Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:26:46 +0000 [perl6/specs] 383cae: A parcel can consist of 0 items, as discussedon #... by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 383cae6e77fb9a1fc3489faad6977e21a5e84c4b<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/383cae6e77fb9a1fc3489faad6977e21a5e84c4b<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-12 (Fri, 12 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S02-bits.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> A parcel can consist of 0 items, as discussed on #perl6 12Apr2013 at 16:10UTC<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35187.html Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:18:37 +0000 [perl6/specs] 5ca818: Added semi-colons so that examples work incut'n'p... by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 5ca81879f7ce10694869fb84e363cde58254859d<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/5ca81879f7ce10694869fb84e363cde58254859d<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-09 (Tue, 09 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S03-operators.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Added semi-colons so that examples work in cut&#39;n&#39;paste situation<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35186.html Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:12:19 +0000 [perl6/specs] 18c244: Replace mention of now defunct .file methodby de-... by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 18c24443c4f65cd58f74bef9f153e068a19beab4<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/18c24443c4f65cd58f74bef9f153e068a19beab4<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-09 (Tue, 09 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S03-operators.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Replace mention of now defunct .file method by de-facto .path<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35185.html Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:12:13 +0000 [perl6/specs] 5a85c4: [S02] Minor clarification by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 5a85c480a8541c4754eb580a0c175faa5cc56e83<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/5a85c480a8541c4754eb580a0c175faa5cc56e83<br/> Author: lue &lt;rnddim@gmail.com&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-06 (Sat, 06 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S02-bits.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> [S02] Minor clarification<br/><br/>Make it clear that a specific type (C&lt;Failure&gt;) is returned instead of<br/>something representing a general concept (failure).<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35184.html Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:51:23 +0000 [perl6/specs] 6d4730: [S02] Minor typo fix by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 6d47309e58184d6fadae6ebf4ad6ba4059102c3b<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/6d47309e58184d6fadae6ebf4ad6ba4059102c3b<br/> Author: lue &lt;rnddim@gmail.com&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-05 (Fri, 05 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S02-bits.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> [S02] Minor typo fix<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35183.html Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:51:19 +0000 [perl6/specs] c557b4: Clarification on :sweet(16) -> :16sweet adverb by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: c557b42c5ef268118d97ecbff044ef9eba20a79b<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/c557b42c5ef268118d97ecbff044ef9eba20a79b<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-05 (Fri, 05 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S02-bits.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Clarification on :sweet(16) -&gt; :16sweet adverb<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35182.html Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:48:36 +0000 [perl6/specs] 7afa4f: clarification: add existing backslashclasses, not... by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 7afa4fe1c187cf6ec63332a6233182101c00c424<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/7afa4fe1c187cf6ec63332a6233182101c00c424<br/> Author: Brent Laabs &lt;bslaabs@gmail.com&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-03 (Wed, 03 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S05-regex.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> clarification: add existing backslash classes, note &lt;alpha&gt; includes underscore<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35181.html Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:09:05 +0000 [perl6/specs] aff4d8: Added omitted square brackets example withparamet... by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: aff4d83b7ca4c8137e26791a319d90ce02cb9199<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/aff4d83b7ca4c8137e26791a319d90ce02cb9199<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-01 (Mon, 01 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S02-bits.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Added omitted square brackets example with parametric typing.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35180.html Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:07:44 +0000 [perl6/specs] 890758: Typo fix by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 890758f17522ad7fa808b1d6c8e13ce6e7b7f962<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/890758f17522ad7fa808b1d6c8e13ce6e7b7f962<br/> Author: Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-04-01 (Mon, 01 Apr 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S02-bits.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Typo fix<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35179.html Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:07:42 +0000 [perl6/specs] 59052e: Renamed weekday-of-month today-of-week-in-month by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 59052efdde030a837a3d022c344b111637709ace<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/59052efdde030a837a3d022c344b111637709ace<br/> Author: chansen &lt;chansen@cpan.org&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-03-30 (Sat, 30 Mar 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S32-setting-library/Temporal.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Renamed weekday-of-month to day-of-week-in-month<br/><br/>Weekday usually means any day of the week other than a day that occurs in<br/>the weekend unless the API is constrained by struct tm. Which uses wday.<br/><br/><br/> Commit: d01495e05ba625134f700dd4f16fad61c4dc29a0<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/d01495e05ba625134f700dd4f16fad61c4dc29a0<br/> Author: Carl M&auml;sak &lt;cmasak@gmail.com&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-03-30 (Sat, 30 Mar 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S32-setting-library/Temporal.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Merge pull request #34 from chansen/master<br/><br/>Renamed weekday-of-month to day-of-week-in-month<br/><br/><br/>Compare: https://github.com/perl6/specs/compare/ea0af4730459...d01495e05ba6<br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35178.html Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:06:38 +0000 [perl6/specs] ea0af4: [S02] unconfuse wording about type objects by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: ea0af4730459844516e205037707193090d009fd<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/ea0af4730459844516e205037707193090d009fd<br/> Author: Moritz Lenz &lt;moritz@faui2k3.org&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-03-30 (Sat, 30 Mar 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S02-bits.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> [S02] unconfuse wording about type objects<br/><br/>since a type object is the opposite of an instance, it is confusing to call<br/>it an instance of soemthing. anant++, sorear++<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35177.html Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:06:36 +0000 [perl6/specs] f348a0: Update Numeric.pod by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: f348a0aa51aa5fe864556925d7c8cac19c587cea<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/f348a0aa51aa5fe864556925d7c8cac19c587cea<br/> Author: colomon &lt;colomon@gmail.com&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-03-28 (Thu, 28 Mar 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S32-setting-library/Numeric.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Update Numeric.pod<br/><br/>Change conjugate to conj. &nbsp;(Another location in the spec, the compilers, and roast all had it as conj.)<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35176.html Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:06:25 +0000 [perl6/specs] 696068: Change IO::Path stringification, add newmethods. by GitHub Branch: refs/heads/master<br/> Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs<br/> Commit: 696068389ab2e29cd0f85a136350fee614acf379<br/> https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/696068389ab2e29cd0f85a136350fee614acf379<br/> Author: Brent Laabs &lt;bslaabs@gmail.com&gt;<br/> Date: 2013-03-28 (Thu, 28 Mar 2013)<br/><br/> Changed paths:<br/> M S32-setting-library/IO.pod<br/><br/> Log Message:<br/> -----------<br/> Change IO::Path stringification, add new methods.<br/>.Str returns full path instead of basename<br/>.path is now a no-op (so Str.path.path still returns IO::Path)<br/>.contents is now documented - lists the directory<br/>.is-absolute, .is-relative, .absolute, .relative added<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2013/04/msg35175.html Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:06:24 +0000