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From:
autrijus
Date:
March 31, 2006 07:03
Subject:
[svn:perl6-synopsis] r8511 - doc/trunk/design/syn
Message ID:
20060331150250.9C209CBA47@x12.develooper.com
Author: autrijus
Date: Fri Mar 31 07:02:49 2006
New Revision: 8511

Modified:
   doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod

Log:
* S06: note that all native types autobox to their uppercased
  counterparts. Nicholas++ for asking.

Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod	(original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod	Fri Mar 31 07:02:49 2006
@@ -1244,10 +1244,11 @@
 
 =head1 Built-in Types
 
-These are some of the standard type names in Perl 6 (at least this week):
-
 =head2 Native types
 
+Values with these types autoboxes to their uppercase counterparts when
+you treat them as objects:
+
     bit         single native bit
     int         native signed integer
     uint        native unsigned integer (autoboxes to Int)

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