From 83a229e3f5f7932fa3e152793913799646661faf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aayush Ranaut Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 20:50:30 -0400 Subject: Fixes typos --- perl6.html.markdown | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/perl6.html.markdown b/perl6.html.markdown index 8d425f7d..3e9b3b25 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/). @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ sub with-named($normal-arg, :$named) { with-named(1, named => 6); #=> 7 # There's one gotcha to be aware of, here: # If you quote your key, Perl 6 won't be able to see it at compile time, -# and you'll have a single Pair object as a positional paramater, +# and you'll have a single Pair object as a positional parameter, # which means this fails: with-named(1, 'named' => 6); @@ -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 ... @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ sub mutate($n is rw) { say "\$n is now $n !"; } -# If what you want is a copy instead, use `is copy`. +# If what you want a copy instead, use `is copy`. # A sub itself returns a container, which means it can be marked as rw: my $x = 42; @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ say "Quite truthy" if True; # - Ternary conditional, "?? !!" (like `x ? y : z` in some other languages) my $a = $condition ?? $value-if-true !! $value-if-false; -# - `given`-`when` looks like other languages `switch`, but much more +# - `given`-`when` looks like other languages' `switch`, but much more # powerful thanks to smart matching and thanks to Perl 6's "topic variable", $_. # # This variable contains the default argument of a block, @@ -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. @@ -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 +# t.pl # 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 +# t.pl [--replace] add # t.pl remove # t.pl [--as=] import (File) # As you can see, this is *very* powerful. @@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ for { # (explained in details below). .say } - + if rand == 0 ff rand == 1 { # compare variables other than `$_` say "This ... probably will never run ..."; } @@ -1461,4 +1461,3 @@ If you want to go further, you can: - Come along on `#perl6` at `irc.freenode.net`. The folks here are always helpful. - Check the [source of Perl 6's functions and classes](https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/tree/nom/src/core). Rakudo is mainly written in Perl 6 (with a lot of NQP, "Not Quite Perl", a Perl 6 subset easier to implement and optimize). - Read [the language design documents](http://design.perl6.org). They explain P6 from an implementor point-of-view, but it's still very interesting. - -- cgit v1.2.3 From 087bc761d527857455e19664f4af99ae972754a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aayush Ranaut Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 21:19:50 -0400 Subject: Sugar Assert fix --- nim.html.markdown | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/nim.html.markdown b/nim.html.markdown index c9548a1c..79271732 100644 --- a/nim.html.markdown +++ b/nim.html.markdown @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ proc ask(question: string): Answer = else: echo("Please be clear: yes or no") proc addSugar(amount: int = 2) = # Default amount is 2, returns nothing - assert(amount > 0 or amount < 9000, "Crazy Sugar") + assert(amount > 0 and amount < 9000, "Crazy Sugar") for a in 1..amount: echo(a, " sugar...") -- cgit v1.2.3