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Author: audreyt
Date: Wed Jul 26 23:53:09 2006
New Revision: 10488
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod
Log:
* S02 and S06: Markus Laire noted that "piping" shouldn't
exist anymore without "pipe operators".
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Wed Jul 26 23:53:09 2006
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@
be a multidimension form of C<*> when that makes sense.
The C<***> variant serves as the insertion point of a list of feeds.
-That insertion point may be targeted by piping to C<*>. See S06.
+That insertion point may be targeted by sending a feed into C<*>. See S06.
Other uses for C<*> will doubtless suggest themselves over time. These
can be given meaning via the MMD system, if not the compiler. In general
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod Wed Jul 26 23:53:09 2006
@@ -872,8 +872,8 @@
foo() ==> say ***, " is what I meant";
bar() ==> ***.baz();
-Piping to the C<*> "whatever" term is considered a feed to the lexically
-following C<***> term:
+Sending a feed into the C<*> "whatever" term is considered to extend
+the lexically following C<***> term:
0..* ==> *;
'a'..* ==> *;