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Comments on this summary can be sent to Ann Barcomb, . title: Acknowlegements - body: |- This summary can be found in the following places: * [use.perl.org](http://use.perl.org/) * [The Pugs blog](http://pugs.blogs.com/) * [The perl6-announce mailing list](http://lists.cpan.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl6-announce) * [ONLamp](http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/) title: Distribution header: - body: |- title: This week on the Perl 6 mailing lists see_also: - name: Perl Foundation activities uri: http://blog.perlfoundation.org - name: Perl 6 Development uri: http://dev.perl.org/perl6 - name: Planet Perl Six uri: http://planetsix.perl.org/perl6 lists: - name: perl6-language threads: - date_from: 1157129542 date_to: 1157214149 hidden: the two messages from the 3rd were summarized last week message_id: 200609011052.00562.parrot@seamons.com messages: - 20060901095816.V43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 1d9a3f400609011005s2367f270yb981b82401a7741@mail.gmail.com - 20060901100555.L43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 200609011144.59294.parrot@seamons.com - 20060901202627.20633.qmail@lists.develooper.com - 200609011510.10619.parrot@seamons.com - 20060902162222.14963.qmail@lists.develooper.com - 86pseeba09.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com - 200609022314.13196.mail@seamons.com - 200609022353.17979.mail@seamons.com - 86pseeba09.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com - 200609022314.13196.mail@seamons.com - 200609022353.17979.mail@seamons.com - 200609011144.59294.parrot@seamons.com - 20060901202627.20633.qmail@lists.develooper.com - 200609011510.10619.parrot@seamons.com - 20060902162222.14963.qmail@lists.develooper.com - 86pseeba09.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com - 200609022314.13196.mail@seamons.com - 200609022353.17979.mail@seamons.com posters: - email: parrot@seamons.com name: Paul Seamons - email: trey@eecs.harvard.edu name: Trey Harris - email: jerry.gay@gmail.com name: jerry gay - email: rvtol+news@isolution.nl name: Dr.Ruud - email: merlyn@stonehenge.com name: merlyn subject: Nested statement modifiers. summary: '' - date_from: 1157241441 date_to: 1157453148 hidden: ~ message_id: edd5nt$990$1@sea.gmane.org messages: - edd8vl$fhi$1@sea.gmane.org - eddcem$mnq$1@sea.gmane.org - 7ca3f0160609021900x57bbb5e4x2aad58e05db982f8@mail.gmail.com - edeeba$ulk$1@sea.gmane.org - 200609040624.12307.philipp.marek@bmlv.gv.at - 7ca3f0160609021900x57bbb5e4x2aad58e05db982f8@mail.gmail.com - edeeba$ulk$1@sea.gmane.org - 200609040624.12307.philipp.marek@bmlv.gv.at posters: - email: mark@summersault.com name: Mark Stosberg - email: lrpalmer@gmail.com name: Luke Palmer - email: philipp.marek@bmlv.gv.at name: Ph. Marek - email: rvtol@isolution.nl name: Ruud H.G. van Tol - email: trey@eecs.harvard.edu name: Trey Harris - email: audreyt.org@gmail.com name: Audrey Tang subject: multi method dispatching of optional arguments summary: |- Mark Stosberg wanted the specifications to address what should happen in MMD when optional arguments are present (S12). He patched `mmd-draft.txt` and sent the text to the newsgroup. Luke Palmer offered a suggestion. Ph. Marek wondered if there will be MMD based on the value of parameters, as in Haskell. Audrey Tang confirmed this and pointed to S06. Trey Harris updated it with a reference to S12. Ruud H.G. van Tol also offered an example of syntax. - date_from: 1157250619 date_to: 1157373542 hidden: ~ message_id: edden5$rjk$1@sea.gmane.org messages: - edh6o5$btl$1@sea.gmane.org posters: - email: mark@summersault.com name: Mark Stosberg subject: 'when calling sets of methods, what happens to the return values?' summary: |- Mark Stosberg asked for clarification in S12 on what happens to return values when sets of methods are called. Later he saw that Audrey had implemented the functionality and decided to make the final return value an unconcatenated list of each method's return value. He thought this was fine, but a downside might be that it is hard to identify where a return value initiated, since there is no indication which methods were called and in which order. - date_from: 1157303047 date_to: 1157303047 hidden: commit message_id: 20060903170400.C2042CBA2E@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: audreyt@cvs.perl.org name: audreyt subject: '[svn:perl6-synopsis] r11725 - doc/trunk/design/syn' summary: '' - date_from: 1157307176 date_to: 1157307176 hidden: ~ message_id: 20060903181114.GV27085@sike.forum2.org posters: - email: gaal@forum2.org name: Gaal Yahas subject: Unpacking tree node parameters summary: |- Gaal Yahas asked for some clarification on the intent in S06's "Unpacking tree node parameters" so that he could introduce the optional use of the colon more gradually. - date_from: 1157380682 date_to: 1157474621 hidden: ~ message_id: edhdlr$527$1@sea.gmane.org messages: - 44FCE3CA.6080508@bereft.net posters: - email: mark@summersault.com name: Mark Stosberg - email: list@bereft.net name: Brad Bowman subject: 'clarify: how WALK arguments can be combined' summary: |- Mark Stosberg wanted to see comments "like Perl 5" and "like multi dispatch" expanded in the documentation of the Objects chapter in S12. A reference to their specifications would be adequate. Brad Bowman commented on what he felt were the allowed combinations of adverbs. Mark replied. - date_from: 1156371746 date_to: 1156531135 hidden: TSa's single post did not add enough to the thread to summarize it again message_id: ecikef$641$1@sea.gmane.org messages: - 20060823230601.GB1586@wall.org - 7ca3f0160608232241n43f4aa8bi2052fd2fecfe58af@mail.gmail.com - f60fe000608241515x4d01ff9chd061855b5265a85@mail.gmail.com - 7ca3f0160608242257o1a709388p3e7726ed8b453187@mail.gmail.com - 20060825085603.GD21072@c4.convolution.nl - f60fe000608250540t60d90319j9bca51ce900639a1@mail.gmail.com - 20060825105351.K43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 200608251238.30246.mail@seamons.com - f60fe000608251137t11d621bdyadef027573983ce8@mail.gmail.com - 20060825115106.C43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825195201.GA6442@wall.org - f60fe000608251253oddd68efm5d065cdb21a02155@mail.gmail.com - f60fe000608251255t2514ade1ka21bf145f92b45c9@mail.gmail.com - 20060825130611.R43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825205726.GA7733@wall.org - 20060825210051.64b69098@mekanori.mon.istic.org - 20060825132657.O43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 7ca3f0160608251507l5ab18617g5bd739f8073a45a5@mail.gmail.com - 44F28E4E.4030803@rusrating.ru - 20060828092224.GD21072@c4.convolution.nl - 7ca3f0160608251428u2daaa138u40a6beb61a154f24@mail.gmail.com - 44FC5553.9080106@barco.com - 1d9a3f400608251129x3405b0cek8cbbb3c930b04cbc@mail.gmail.com - 20060825113145.U43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825200235.GH21072@c4.convolution.nl - 20060825132549.I43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825201834.GI21072@c4.convolution.nl - 20060825140025.M43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825211036.GA8455@wall.org - 20060825152318.GA967@wall.org - f60fe000608250540t60d90319j9bca51ce900639a1@mail.gmail.com - 20060825105351.K43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 200608251238.30246.mail@seamons.com - f60fe000608251137t11d621bdyadef027573983ce8@mail.gmail.com - 20060825115106.C43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825195201.GA6442@wall.org - f60fe000608251253oddd68efm5d065cdb21a02155@mail.gmail.com - f60fe000608251255t2514ade1ka21bf145f92b45c9@mail.gmail.com - 20060825130611.R43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825205726.GA7733@wall.org - 20060825210051.64b69098@mekanori.mon.istic.org - 20060825132657.O43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 7ca3f0160608251507l5ab18617g5bd739f8073a45a5@mail.gmail.com - 44F28E4E.4030803@rusrating.ru - 20060828092224.GD21072@c4.convolution.nl - 7ca3f0160608251428u2daaa138u40a6beb61a154f24@mail.gmail.com - 44FC5553.9080106@barco.com - 1d9a3f400608251129x3405b0cek8cbbb3c930b04cbc@mail.gmail.com - 20060825113145.U43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825200235.GH21072@c4.convolution.nl - 20060825132549.I43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825201834.GI21072@c4.convolution.nl - 20060825140025.M43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825211036.GA8455@wall.org - 20060825152318.GA967@wall.org - 7ca3f0160608232241n43f4aa8bi2052fd2fecfe58af@mail.gmail.com - f60fe000608241515x4d01ff9chd061855b5265a85@mail.gmail.com - 7ca3f0160608242257o1a709388p3e7726ed8b453187@mail.gmail.com - 20060825085603.GD21072@c4.convolution.nl - f60fe000608250540t60d90319j9bca51ce900639a1@mail.gmail.com - 20060825105351.K43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 200608251238.30246.mail@seamons.com - f60fe000608251137t11d621bdyadef027573983ce8@mail.gmail.com - 20060825115106.C43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825195201.GA6442@wall.org - f60fe000608251253oddd68efm5d065cdb21a02155@mail.gmail.com - f60fe000608251255t2514ade1ka21bf145f92b45c9@mail.gmail.com - 20060825130611.R43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825205726.GA7733@wall.org - 20060825210051.64b69098@mekanori.mon.istic.org - 20060825132657.O43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 7ca3f0160608251507l5ab18617g5bd739f8073a45a5@mail.gmail.com - 44F28E4E.4030803@rusrating.ru - 20060828092224.GD21072@c4.convolution.nl - 7ca3f0160608251428u2daaa138u40a6beb61a154f24@mail.gmail.com - 44FC5553.9080106@barco.com - 1d9a3f400608251129x3405b0cek8cbbb3c930b04cbc@mail.gmail.com - 20060825113145.U43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825200235.GH21072@c4.convolution.nl - 20060825132549.I43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825201834.GI21072@c4.convolution.nl - 20060825140025.M43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060825211036.GA8455@wall.org - 20060825152318.GA967@wall.org posters: - email: mark@summersault.com name: Mark Stosberg - email: larry@wall.org name: Larry Wall - email: lrpalmer@gmail.com name: Luke Palmer - email: markjreed@mail.com name: Mark J. Reed - email: juerd@convolution.nl name: Juerd - email: trey@eecs.harvard.edu name: Trey Harris - email: mail@seamons.com name: Paul Seamons - email: masoch@istic.org name: Daniel Hulme - email: richard@rusrating.ru name: Richard Hainsworth - email: Thomas.Sandlass@barco.com name: TSa - email: jerry.gay@gmail.com name: jerry gay subject: clarifying the spec for 'ref' summary: '' - date_from: 1157031938 date_to: 1157396055 hidden: Neither Juerd nor TSa's posts add enough to re summarize message_id: f60fe000608310645n7103d278i51c279d959bbed4e@mail.gmail.com messages: - 20060831141614.GG21072@c4.convolution.nl - f60fe000608310729v6c4704f5h23347a4aa668a8e1@mail.gmail.com - 20060831151226.GH21072@c4.convolution.nl - 20060831230658.S43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 20060901081551.GN21072@c4.convolution.nl - 20060901011935.P43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu - 44FC764A.4000808@barco.com - 7ca3f0160608311448r401da919ra5477f227818433e@mail.gmail.com - 1d9a3f400608311452v3fb9af0evf2d018b0c717758@mail.gmail.com - dc69626e0608311513l3963c73dk8a08fe361210d7f@mail.gmail.com - 20060901080303.GL21072@c4.convolution.nl - ef30550b0608311535j1d0bc82ena3164866baf03902@mail.gmail.com - 20060901080501.GM21072@c4.convolution.nl - 20060901080014.GK21072@c4.convolution.nl - b9d3c5250609010410h3141fdbfqf05cabb43778ecac@mail.gmail.com - 20060902130421.GQ21072@c4.convolution.nl - ca610f250608310748xdba742ep15f82c270b769c9f@mail.gmail.com posters: - email: markjreed@mail.com name: Mark J. Reed - email: juerd@convolution.nl name: Juerd - email: trey@eecs.harvard.edu name: Trey Harris - email: Thomas.Sandlass@barco.com name: TSa - email: lrpalmer@gmail.com name: Luke Palmer - email: jerry.gay@gmail.com name: jerry gay - email: michael.snoyman@ucla.edu name: Michael Snoyman - email: dataweaver@gmail.com name: Jonathan Lang - email: audreyt.org@gmail.com name: Audrey Tang - email: sagelt@gmail.com name: Sage La Torra subject: Naming the method form of s/// summary: '' - date_from: 1155774089 date_to: 1157637595 hidden: ~ message_id: 002a01c6c193$1605a5e0$b6194447@JoeGottman1 messages: - 20060817012447.GA24113@wall.org - 7ca3f0160608171744i3d7ab503g4019891a8e0f5bc@mail.gmail.com - 000001c6c277$dbcba150$600c4447@JoeGottman1 - 000201c6c278$b2239be0$600c4447@JoeGottman1 - 20060818041617.GB31223@pobox.com - 7ca3f0160608180044w482a399r6f07ee070d379d53@mail.gmail.com - 20060818154648.GB24652@wall.org - 002001c6c331$b1075760$600c4447@JoeGottman1 - c711ff240609070659o23a6f6eh7aeb0ff828cb5bd3@mail.gmail.com posters: - email: jgottman@carolina.rr.com name: Joe Gottman - email: larry@wall.org name: Larry Wall - email: lrpalmer@gmail.com name: Luke Palmer - email: duff@pobox.com name: Jonathan Scott Duff - email: agentzh@gmail.com name: Agent Zhang subject: NEXT and the general loop statement summary: |- Replying to a thread in which Larry Wall stated that exiting blocks run in reverse order, Agent Zhang included an IRC conversation with Audrey Tang where they reached the conclusion that Larry should clarify in what order multiple `NEXT{}` run. Agent requested that this be explicitly expressed in S04. - date_from: 1157586267 date_to: 1157586267 hidden: ~ message_id: ednmg3$755$1@sea.gmane.org posters: - email: mark@summersault.com name: Mark Stosberg subject: gather/take definition missing summary: |- Mark Stosberg noted that there are several references to `gather` in the documentation, but a formal definition is lacking. He requested one. - date_from: 1157638071 date_to: 1157638071 hidden: commit message_id: 20060907140743.9CBE4CBA4D@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: audreyt@cvs.perl.org name: audreyt subject: '[svn:perl6-synopsis] r11817 - doc/trunk/design/syn' summary: '' - date_from: 1157674189 date_to: 1157697549 hidden: ~ message_id: 20060907163935.R43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu messages: - edqcrc$qvn$1@sea.gmane.org - f60fe000609071730r64ed9258g9c3f8ce2d76193c@mail.gmail.com - 20060907233710.W43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu posters: - email: trey@lopsa.org name: Trey Harris - email: mark@summersault.com name: Mark Stosberg - email: markjreed@mail.com name: Mark J. Reed - email: trey@eecs.harvard.edu name: Trey Harris subject: 'C outside of C' summary: |- Trey Harris showed an example code where an undef `$_` was seen as false like `1 ~~ 0`. He suggested some clarifications on `when`. Mark J. Reed disagreed with the suggestion that using `when` should cause an error outside of a block which sets `$_`. Trey clarified. - date_from: 1157676323 date_to: 1157676323 hidden: ~ message_id: edqee6$vh1$1@sea.gmane.org posters: - email: mark@summersault.com name: Mark Stosberg subject: 'CATCH: changing the topic and preserving the call stack ' summary: |- Mark Stosberg referenced error handling in CGI::Application as a use case for refining the CATCH specification. He made some comments using the Perl 5 code as an example. - date_from: 1157728075 date_to: 1157728075 hidden: ~ message_id: c711ff240609080807nc35b49dpf868532781cf24c0@mail.gmail.com posters: - email: agentzh@gmail.com name: Agent Zhang subject: When should a LAST block be triggered? summary: |- Agent Zhang quoted a section of S04 concerning NEXT blocks. This led to a question about when LAST blocks are executed. For instance, would they only be used if the last iteration of the loop is reached normally, when an explicit last is executed, or in all cases where the block is exited? title: Language - name: perl6-internals threads: - date_from: 1157126458 date_to: 1157249289 hidden: the post from the 3rd was already summarized message_id: 9A731BDA-9CAF-406C-ACD7-F092F6D71ABB@coleda.com messages: - B9227FE1-726F-4909-A8E2-F44B8AA346CD@coleda.com posters: - email: will@coleda.com name: Will Coleda subject: PGE bug? summary: '' - date_from: 1157323686 date_to: 1157366758 hidden: ~ message_id: 20060903171558.z4mepz59s04c8wgs@65.99.202.10 messages: - 200609041245.45734.lt@toetsch.at posters: - email: jonathan@jnthn.net name: Jonathan Worthington - email: lt@toetsch.at name: Leopold Toetsch subject: Some extra reference types summary: |- Jonathan Worthington proposed two new core PMCs, 'references to a particular element in an aggregate type' and 'references to a register'. The second requires an opcode, and Jonathan would like the second to have one as well. He included a PDD patch. Leopold Toetsch added another example of where the PMCs would be useful, and commented on the proposal. - date_from: 1157367754 date_to: 1157436982 hidden: ~ message_id: 94c4ef0f10adbdc9f7914d86fcc68d3344fc0b15@pdv-systeme.de messages: - 200609041728.41536.lt@toetsch.at - d1a566f35325adb9b699497325c15e7444fd199c@pdv-systeme.de posters: - email: MV@PDV-SYSTEME.DE name: Martin Vorländer - email: lt@toetsch.at name: Leopold Toetsch subject: Parrot-14347 Patches to get Parrot to build on VMS VAX summary: |- Martin Vorländer supplied patches to enable Parrot to build on a VAX. Leopold Toetsch made a suggestion for file names. Martin replied that he will create another patch when he has finished his project. - date_from: 1157375734 date_to: 1157375734 hidden: summary message_id: 20060904131501.20677.qmail@x1.develooper.com posters: - email: perlbug-summary@perl.org name: Parrot Bug Summary subject: Parrot Bug Summary summary: '' - date_from: 1157409269 date_to: 1157412140 hidden: ~ message_id: 20060904170205.aeng48mwowgwgcgg@65.99.202.10 messages: - 200609050054.14695.lt@toetsch.at - 200609050122.04274.lt@toetsch.at posters: - email: jonathan@jnthn.net name: Jonathan Worthington - email: lt@toetsch.at name: Leopold Toetsch subject: 'Dynamic PMC building - include and libpath options?' summary: |- Jonathan Worthington noted that the include path for BCG was hard-coded in the dynamic PMC build script, which causes problems on Windows. He suggested that `build/tools/dynpmc.pl` could accept -I and -L flags. Leopold Toetsch thought the script should be removed in favor of standard Makefile rules. - date_from: 1157478145 date_to: 1157483971 hidden: commit + nit message_id: 20060905174209.5D54ECBA2E@x12.develooper.com messages: - 200609051219.12554.chromatic@wgz.org posters: - email: chip@cvs.perl.org name: chip - email: chromatic@wgz.org name: chromatic subject: '[svn:parrot-pdd] r14416 - in trunk: . docs/pdds' summary: '' - date_from: 1157478185 date_to: 1157478185 hidden: summary message_id: 20060905174252.A9680CBA2E@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: chip@cvs.perl.org name: chip subject: '[svn:parrot-pdd] r14419 - in trunk: . docs/pdds' summary: '' - date_from: 1157481947 date_to: 1157481947 hidden: ~ message_id: 0EFE86D8-F82C-413C-82B7-8CC6914372C2@coleda.com posters: - email: will@coleda.com name: Will Coleda subject: '#parrotsketch logs: 05SEP06' summary: |- Will Coleda posted the URL of latest [#ParrotSketch log](http://www.parrotcode.org/misc/parrotsketch-logs/irclog.parrotsketch-200609/irclog.parrotsketch.20060905). - date_from: 1157487198 date_to: 1157487198 hidden: ~ message_id: rt-3.5.HEAD-31251-1157487183-1497.40278-72-0@perl.org posters: - email: parrotbug-followup@parrotcode.org name: Will Coleda rt_ticket: 'perl #40278' subject: '[perl #40278] [CAGE] perl coding standards coda. ' summary: |- In ticket , Will Coleda created a Cage Cleaner's ticket requesting an update of the Perl coding standards based upon an update in PDD07. - date_from: 1157487201 date_to: 1157490594 hidden: ~ message_id: rt-3.5.HEAD-31263-1157487185-1305.40279-72-0@perl.org messages: - 1d9a3f400609051409m4e6ed7d5sa99d984522926156@mail.gmail.com posters: - email: parrotbug-followup@parrotcode.org name: Will Coleda - email: jerry.gay@gmail.com name: jerry gay rt_ticket: 'perl #40279' subject: '[perl #40279] [CAGE] C coding standards coda. ' summary: |- In ticket , Will Coleda created a Cage Cleaner's ticket requesting an update of the C coding standards based upon an update in PDD07. Jerry Gay added a new test file for the C files, and noted that he'd also add tests for the Perl files (mentioned in ) when he had time, if nobody else had done it by that time. - date_from: 1157493657 date_to: 1157493657 hidden: commit message_id: 20060905220044.34D34CBA2E@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: chip@cvs.perl.org name: chip subject: '[svn:parrot-pdd] r14432 - in trunk: . docs/pdds' summary: '' - date_from: 1157493702 date_to: 1157493702 hidden: commit message_id: 20060905220119.1A961CBA84@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: chip@cvs.perl.org name: chip subject: '[svn:parrot-pdd] r14435 - in trunk: . docs/pdds' summary: '' - date_from: 1157493714 date_to: 1157493714 hidden: commit message_id: 20060905220135.CD9F0CBA2E@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: chip@cvs.perl.org name: chip subject: '[svn:parrot-pdd] r14436 - in trunk: . docs/pdds editor' summary: '' - date_from: 1157553505 date_to: 1157628083 hidden: ~ message_id: 200609061638.08625.lt@toetsch.at messages: - 200609071321.06452.lt@toetsch.at posters: - email: lt@toetsch.at name: Leopold Toetsch subject: select / PIO_unix_poll / IO event summary: |- Leopold Toetsch found a need for a select/poll system interface. He listed what is currently available and talked about how the system could be implemented. In r14465 most of the functionality was added. - date_from: 1157554639 date_to: 1157621048 hidden: ~ message_id: 200609061656.56424.lt@toetsch.at messages: - 200609071123.38326.lt@toetsch.at posters: - email: lt@toetsch.at name: Leopold Toetsch subject: (Non)shared interpreter data summary: |- Leopold Toetsch thought it was time to consider interpreter structures and data with regard to threads. He offered his thoughts and solicited for comments. Later he replied to a comment to explain that continuations could not be used because they should not be shared between threads. - date_from: 1157583432 date_to: 1157583432 hidden: commit message_id: 20060906225706.4583CCBA2E@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: chip@cvs.perl.org name: chip subject: '[svn:parrot-pdd] r14452 - in trunk: . docs/pdds' summary: '' - date_from: 1157583447 date_to: 1157583447 hidden: commit message_id: 20060906225718.E0218CBA2E@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: chip@cvs.perl.org name: chip subject: '[svn:parrot-pdd] r14453 - in trunk: . docs/pdds' summary: '' - date_from: 1157583469 date_to: 1157583469 hidden: commit message_id: 20060906225741.2E0CECBA2E@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: chip@cvs.perl.org name: chip subject: '[svn:parrot-pdd] r14454 - in trunk: . docs/pdds' summary: '' - date_from: 1157583474 date_to: 1157583474 hidden: commit message_id: 20060906225747.4917BCBAB0@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: chip@cvs.perl.org name: chip subject: '[svn:parrot-pdd] r14455 - in trunk: . docs/pdds' summary: '' - date_from: 1157583597 date_to: 1157583597 hidden: 'if you are reading the commits, you are reading the full list, not the summary' message_id: 20060906225935.GA4109@tytlal.topaz.cx posters: - email: chip@pobox.com name: Chip Salzenberg subject: pls ignore commits w/o content summary: '' - date_from: 1157603446 date_to: 1157659567 hidden: ~ message_id: rt-3.5.HEAD-31259-1157603437-173.40292-72-0@perl.org messages: - f5f3b0cb0609071305q40d6a57cl96025236bc874d03@mail.gmail.com posters: - email: parrotbug-followup@parrotcode.org name: Will Coleda - email: mestre.smash@gmail.com name: Nuno Carvalho rt_ticket: 'perl #40292' subject: '[perl #40292] [TODO] Add JSON tests ' summary: |- In ticket , Will Coleda noted that more tests are required to test the `dumper` output of a PMC generated from a JSON string. Nuno Carvalho created a patch, which was applied. - date_from: 1157653255 date_to: 1157656317 hidden: ~ message_id: rt-3.5.HEAD-31257-1157653244-1632.40299-72-0@perl.org messages: - 200609072111.41995.lt@toetsch.at posters: - email: parrotbug-followup@parrotcode.org name: Kay-Uwe Huell - email: lt@toetsch.at name: Leopold Toetsch rt_ticket: 'perl #40299' subject: '[perl #40299] [PATCH] Added readdir() function to os.pmc ' summary: |- In ticket , Kay-Uwe Huell included a patch for a `readdir` function. It was applied as r14480. - date_from: 1156431848 date_to: 1157748973 hidden: ~ message_id: rt-3.5.HEAD-31259-1156431836-1522.40231-72-0@perl.org messages: - rt-3.5.HEAD-31257-1157748966-1051.40231-14-0@perl.org posters: - email: parrotbug-followup@parrotcode.org name: Nuno Carvalho - email: bugs-parrot-track@netlabs.develooper.com name: Will Coleda via RT rt_ticket: 'perl #40231' subject: '[perl #40231] [PATCH] t/compilers/pge/06-grammar.t written in PIR ' summary: |- In ticket , Nuno Carvalho rewrote `t/compilers/pge/06-grammar.t` in PIR. It was applied as r14504. - date_from: 1157603446 date_to: 1157732463 hidden: dup of rt-3.5.HEAD-31259-1157603437-173.40292-72-0@perl.org message_id: rt-3.5.HEAD-31258-1157732455-133.40292-14-0@perl.org messages: - rt-3.5.HEAD-31259-1157603437-173.40292-72-0@perl.org - f5f3b0cb0609071305q40d6a57cl96025236bc874d03@mail.gmail.com - f5f3b0cb0609080912q14422825se5be847f2976bfea@mail.gmail.com posters: - email: bugs-parrot-track@netlabs.develooper.com name: Will Coleda via RT - email: parrotbug-followup@parrotcode.org name: Will Coleda - email: mestre.smash@gmail.com name: Nuno Carvalho rt_ticket: 'perl #40292' subject: '[perl #40292] [TODO] Add JSON tests ' summary: '' - date_from: 1157711932 date_to: 1157836448 hidden: ~ message_id: 200609081238.39612.lt@toetsch.at messages: - 200609080946.54886.chromatic@wgz.org - 450323CA.9090100@tewk.com - 200609092313.55199.lt@toetsch.at posters: - email: lt@toetsch.at name: Leopold Toetsch - email: chromatic@wgz.org name: chromatic - email: tewk@tewk.com name: Kevin Tew subject: socket related constants summary: |- Leopold Toetsch felt that socket code is not very user-friendly, and wondered if there was a better way to generate constants. chromatic offered a comment, and Kevin Tew suggested looking at the PGE grammar for C99. title: Parrot Porters - name: perl6-users threads: - date_from: 1157232894 date_to: 1157232894 hidden: duplicate post of 005501c6cf29$078a49f0$2d45c848@ConradLap message_id: 005401c6ced7$9d14bbb0$2d45c848@ConradLap posters: - email: conrad.schneiker@gmail.com name: Conrad Schneiker subject: 'RE: Big update to the Perl 6 Workplace Wiki' summary: '' - date_from: 1157267860 date_to: 1157267860 hidden: ~ message_id: 005501c6cf29$078a49f0$2d45c848@ConradLap posters: - email: conrad.schneiker@gmail.com name: Conrad Schneiker subject: 'RE: Big update to the Perl 6 Workplace Wiki' summary: |- Conrad Schneiker reported that he had refactored the [Perl 6 Workplace wiki](http://rakudo.org/perl6/index.cgi). He clarified that the license would be the same as that used by the Perl 6 branch of the Pugs trunk. Mark Overmeer requested that [CPAN6](cpan6.org) and other Parrot projects be listed on the wiki. Some followups to this thread can also be found in . - date_from: 1157346174 date_to: 1157537820 hidden: ~ message_id: 20060903213725.U43587@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu messages: - 87k64kvz3l.fsf@teufelkommraus.webit.de posters: - email: trey@lopsa.org name: Trey Harris - email: schwigon@webit.de name: Steffen Schwigon subject: 'cperl-mode.el: twigils and opers' summary: |- Trey Harris noted a problem in `cperl-mode.el` with twigils which caused `$.x` to be interpreted as `$.` followed by the x operator. He asked for help in fixing it. Steffen Schwigon had been working on it, and thought it worked, but suggested trying an older revision to see if he had introduced bugs. Trey reported that the old revisions don't work and offered some sample code. Steffen offered to look in to it. He suggested that longer variable names might work, but short ones were still broken. - date_from: 1156438471 date_to: 1157800888 hidden: ~ message_id: dc69626e0608240954sf8f7ec7r1d35d734fe715881@mail.gmail.com messages: - 86B1ECEF-5AC8-4288-8D0E-92CBC6B29AEA@audreyt.org - dc69626e0609080733v7228fe49p12925ab7f7179254@mail.gmail.com - 0AA7D78C-37A5-451C-97C8-2EADD8184BA3@audreyt.org posters: - email: michael.snoyman@ucla.edu name: Michael Snoyman - email: audreyt@audreyt.org name: Audrey Tang subject: 'IO::Socket, or any IO' summary: |- Earlier, Michael Snoyman had a question on IO in Perl 6. This week, Audrey Tang pointed him to examples in `examples/network/http-server.pl` in the Pugs tree. Michael clarified that he was looking for threading information, and Audrey supplied more information. title: Users - name: perl6-compiler threads: - date_from: 1157185406 date_to: 1157389310 hidden: ~ message_id: 67d53e40609020123h3df169b2m539b4156359a34f9@mail.gmail.com messages: - b9d3c5250609020153j6030557au169d7ff39ea3d34c@mail.gmail.com - 67d53e40609020630l5397c9cft1dfbcb10b9d32397@mail.gmail.com - b9d3c5250609020901y26fec82xb42750a6820aa952@mail.gmail.com - 67d53e40609021002y6931da9cs9ca480cab7c5a44a@mail.gmail.com - 67d53e40609041001i6d1987e9s34975cab3899ba81@mail.gmail.com posters: - email: malaire@gmail.com name: Markus Laire - email: audreyt.org@gmail.com name: Audrey Tang subject: Compiling pugs r12925 failed summary: |- Markus Laire reported a failure with compiling Pugs. Audrey Tang replied that Gaal Yahas is in the middle of adding some code and suggested trying again. Markus also found an error with r12939. Audrey was unable to duplicate the problem but tried to fix the code with r12945, which worked. - date_from: 1157471208 date_to: 1157556275 hidden: ~ message_id: 72481F59-365C-47D9-B227-393447C1B0D0@mit.edu messages: - 20060905162414.GP13956@woobling.org - 20060905162632.GM21291@bestpractical.com - 20060905193831.GR13956@woobling.org - 20060905172628.GN21291@bestpractical.com posters: - email: malon@MIT.EDU name: Christopher D. Malon - email: nothingmuch@woobling.org name: Yuval Kogman - email: jesse@fsck.com name: jesse - email: agentzh@gmail.com name: Agent Zhang - email: iblech@web.de name: Ingo Blechschmidt subject: synopses on smoke server summary: |- Christopher D. Malon quoted Agent Zhang's Pugs blog request for regular smoke test results which could be included with Synopses on feather. Christopher suggested integrating the synopsis-with-smoke with the existing smoke infrastructure. He had some questions about how to proceed. Agent Zhang was very interested in seeing the feature developed. Ingo Blechschmidt offered some suggestions on implementation. Christopher explained why he thought multi-versioning of the `t` directory was critical. Meanwhile, Yuval Kogman noted two other smoke servers Christopher could look at. Jesse Vincent clarified some details on the second server Yuval mentioned, Chimps. title: Compiler title: Weekly Perl 6 mailing list summary