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author | Zachary Ferguson <zfergus2@users.noreply.github.com> | 2015-10-07 23:46:13 -0400 |
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committer | Zachary Ferguson <zfergus2@users.noreply.github.com> | 2015-10-07 23:46:13 -0400 |
commit | bc212592497b8e6277ba27a1c81a55eee3ad4c23 (patch) | |
tree | 54b9600f90ab7643cf67cc839ee1fb253788d695 /perl6.html.markdown | |
parent | e1ac6209a8d3f43e7a018d79454fb1095b3314c0 (diff) | |
parent | abd7444f9e5343f597b561a69297122142881fc8 (diff) |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'adambard/master'
Conflicts:
java.html.markdown
Diffstat (limited to 'perl6.html.markdown')
-rw-r--r-- | perl6.html.markdown | 42 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/perl6.html.markdown b/perl6.html.markdown index 8d425f7d..63c0830a 100644 --- a/perl6.html.markdown +++ b/perl6.html.markdown @@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ contributors: - ["Nami-Doc", "http://github.com/Nami-Doc"] --- -Perl 6 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language made for at +Perl 6 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language made for at least the next hundred years. The primary Perl 6 compiler is called [Rakudo](http://rakudo.org), which runs on -the JVM and [the MoarVM](http://moarvm.com) and +the JVM and [the MoarVM](http://moarvm.com) and [prior to March 2015](http://pmthium.com/2015/02/suspending-rakudo-parrot/), [the Parrot VM](http://parrot.org/). @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ sub with-mandatory-named(:$str!) { say "$str !"; } with-mandatory-named(str => "My String"); #=> My String ! -with-mandatory-named; # run time error: "Required named parameter not passed" +with-mandatory-named; # run time error: "Required named parameter not passed" with-mandatory-named(3); # run time error: "Too many positional parameters passed" ## If a sub takes a named boolean argument ... @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ for @array -> $variable { # That means you can use `when` in a `for` just like you were in a `given`. for @array { say "I've got $_"; - + .say; # This is also allowed. # A dot call with no "topic" (receiver) is sent to `$_` by default $_.say; # the above and this are equivalent. @@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ say join(' ', @array[15..*]); #=> 15 16 17 18 19 # which is equivalent to: say join(' ', @array[-> $n { 15..$n }]); -# You can use that in most places you'd expect, even assigning to an array -my @numbers = ^20; +# You can use that in most places you'd expect, even assigning to an array +my @numbers = ^20; my @seq = 3, 9 ... * > 95; # 3 9 15 21 27 [...] 81 87 93 99 @numbers[5..*] = 3, 9 ... *; # even though the sequence is infinite, # only the 15 needed values will be calculated. @@ -634,14 +634,14 @@ class A { method get-value { $.field + $!private-field; } - + method set-value($n) { # $.field = $n; # As stated before, you can't use the `$.` immutable version. $!field = $n; # This works, because `$!` is always mutable. - + $.other-field = 5; # This works, because `$.other-field` is `rw`. } - + method !private-method { say "This method is private to the class !"; } @@ -660,19 +660,19 @@ $a.other-field = 10; # This, however, works, because the public field class A { has $.val; - + submethod not-inherited { say "This method won't be available on B."; say "This is most useful for BUILD, which we'll see later"; } - + method bar { $.val * 5 } } class B is A { # inheritance uses `is` method foo { say $.val; } - + method bar { $.val * 10 } # this shadows A's `bar` } @@ -699,20 +699,20 @@ role PrintableVal { # you "import" a mixin (a "role") with "does": class Item does PrintableVal { has $.val; - + # When `does`-ed, a `role` literally "mixes in" the class: # the methods and fields are put together, which means a class can access # the private fields/methods of its roles (but not the inverse !): method access { say $!counter++; } - + # However, this: # method print {} # is ONLY valid when `print` isn't a `multi` with the same dispatch. # (this means a parent class can shadow a child class's `multi print() {}`, # but it's an error if a role does) - + # NOTE: You can use a role as a class (with `is ROLE`). In this case, methods # will be shadowed, since the compiler will consider `ROLE` to be a class. } @@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ module Foo::Bar { say "Can't access me from outside, I'm my !"; } } - + say ++$n; # lexically-scoped variables are still available } say $Foo::Bar::n; #=> 1 @@ -1075,8 +1075,8 @@ say [//] Nil, Any, False, 1, 5; #=> False # Default value examples: -say [*] (); #=> 1 -say [+] (); #=> 0 +say [*] (); #=> 1 +say [+] (); #=> 0 # meaningless values, since N*1=N and N+0=N. say [//]; #=> (Any) # There's no "default value" for `//`. @@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ sub MAIN($name) { say "Hello, $name !" } # This produces: # $ perl6 cli.pl # Usage: -# t.pl <name> +# t.pl <name> # And since it's a regular Perl 6 sub, you can haz multi-dispatch: # (using a "Bool" for the named argument so that we can do `--replace` @@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ multi MAIN('import', File, Str :$as) { ... } # omitting parameter name # This produces: # $ perl 6 cli.pl # Usage: -# t.pl [--replace] add <key> <value> +# t.pl [--replace] add <key> <value> # t.pl remove <key> # t.pl [--as=<Str>] import (File) # As you can see, this is *very* powerful. @@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ for <well met young hero we shall meet later> { # (explained in details below). .say } - + if rand == 0 ff rand == 1 { # compare variables other than `$_` say "This ... probably will never run ..."; } |