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Release of version 0.05 of Perl6::Placeholders
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NAME
Perl6::Placeholders - Perl 6 implicitly declared parameter syntax for Perl 5
SYNOPSIS
use Perl6::Placeholders;
my $add = { $^a + $^b }; # Create a sub that adds its two args
print $add->(1,2), "\n"; # Call it
# Use as map, grep, and sort blocks
print join ",", sort { $^y <=> $^x } 1..10;
print join "\n", map { $^value**2 } 1..10;
print join "\n", map { $data{$_-1}.$^value**2 } 1..10;
print join "\n", grep { $data{$^value} } 1..10;
DESCRIPTION
The Perl6::Placeholders module lets you try out the new Perl 6 implicit
parameter declaration syntax in Perl 5.
DEPENDENCIES
The module is implemented using Filter::Simple and requires that module
to be installed.
AUTHOR
Damian Conway (
[email protected])
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2002, Damian Conway. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.
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CHANGES IN VERSION 0.05
- Reborn as Perl6::Placeholders after we decided to
completely change how the currying mechanism worked.
(Thanks Angel!)
- Optimized placeholder detection regex
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AVAILABILITY
Perl6::Placeholders has been uploaded to the CPAN
and is also available from:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/CPAN/Perl6-Placeholders.tar.gz
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