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[patch] do EXPR
From:
Agent Zhang
Date:
August 15, 2006 05:11
Subject:
[patch] do EXPR
Message ID:
c711ff240608150511n6e6abae2q4f9ffad6a3b8e733@mail.gmail.com
Hello~
Here is a snippet from the Pugs test suite:
{
my $ret = eval 'do 42';
ok(!$ret, 'do EXPR should not work', :todo);
# XXX or should it? Feels weird...
}
which motivated me to create the following patch for S04:
Index: D:/projects/Perl6-Syn/S04.pod
===================================================================
--- D:/projects/Perl6-Syn/S04.pod (revision 10955)
+++ D:/projects/Perl6-Syn/S04.pod (working copy)
@@ -349,8 +349,9 @@
$x = do if $a { $b } else { $c };
-This construct only allows you to prefix a statement. If you want to
-continue the expression after the statement you must use the curly form.
+This construct only allows you to prefix I<one> statement (or an expression).
+If you want to continue the expression after the statement you must use the
+curly form.
Since C<do> is defined as going in front of a statement, it follows
that it can always be followed by a statement label. This is particularly
Cheers,
Agent
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[patch] do EXPR
by Agent Zhang