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Happy New Year! 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: |- "Grrr, otta profefreed my onw righting occashionaly." -- Larry Wall's commit message for r13508--one typo correction of many 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.perlfoundation.org/ lists: - name: perl6-language threads: - date_from: 1166901051 date_to: 1166901051 hidden: a clarification message_id: 20061223201043.1CC6FCBA1B@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: larry@cvs.perl.org name: larry subject: '[svn:perl6-synopsis] r13500 - doc/trunk/design/syn' summary: '' - date_from: 1166903436 date_to: 1166903436 hidden: tidying message_id: 20061223205024.09F49CBA1B@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: larry@cvs.perl.org name: larry subject: '[svn:perl6-synopsis] r13501 - doc/trunk/design/syn' summary: '' - date_from: 1166924258 date_to: 1166924258 hidden: grab-bag of minor changes message_id: 20061224023725.B6396CBA1B@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: larry@cvs.perl.org name: larry subject: '[svn:perl6-synopsis] r13502 - doc/trunk/design/syn' summary: '' - date_from: 1166925447 date_to: 1166925447 hidden: small change message_id: 20061224025721.84E17CBA1B@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: larry@cvs.perl.org name: larry subject: '[svn:perl6-synopsis] r13503 - doc/trunk/design/syn' summary: '' - date_from: 1167338152 date_to: 1167338152 hidden: cleanup message_id: 20061228213542.2ACFECBA1B@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: larry@cvs.perl.org name: larry subject: '[svn:perl6-synopsis] r13504 - doc/trunk/design/syn' summary: '' - date_from: 1167339420 date_to: 1167339420 hidden: small commit message_id: 20061228215649.8AED7CBA1B@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: larry@cvs.perl.org name: larry subject: '[svn:perl6-synopsis] r13505 - doc/trunk/design/syn' summary: '' - date_from: 1167341517 date_to: 1167341517 hidden: typo message_id: 20061228223151.85E32CBA1B@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: larry@cvs.perl.org name: larry subject: '[svn:perl6-synopsis] r13506 - doc/trunk/design/syn' summary: '' - date_from: 1167342441 date_to: 1167342441 hidden: typo message_id: 20061228224716.45D18CBA1B@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: larry@cvs.perl.org name: larry subject: '[svn:perl6-synopsis] r13507 - doc/trunk/design/syn' summary: '' - date_from: 1167342703 date_to: 1167342703 hidden: typo message_id: 20061228225137.E00D0CBA1B@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: larry@cvs.perl.org name: larry subject: '[svn:perl6-synopsis] r13508 - doc/trunk/design/syn' summary: '' - date_from: 1167353906 date_to: 1167353906 hidden: typo message_id: 20061229015820.614E1CBA1B@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: larry@cvs.perl.org name: larry subject: '[svn:perl6-synopsis] r13509 - doc/trunk/design/syn' summary: '' - date_from: 1167384856 date_to: 1167573630 hidden: ~ message_id: 7ca3f0160612290134n25ae3444rd1114fd0f560e70b@mail.gmail.com messages: - 20061231121854.11381.qmail@lists.develooper.com - ef30550b0612310326m1e686765h37ffc169b695d749@mail.gmail.com - 7ca3f0160612310600w37a5ebcdnf8e27aed777a7357@mail.gmail.com - 'p06230900c1bd44ffdb88@[192.168.1.100]' posters: - email: lrpalmer@gmail.com name: Luke Palmer - email: rvtol+news@isolution.nl name: Dr.Ruud - email: dataweaver@gmail.com name: Jonathan Lang - email: darren@DarrenDuncan.net name: Darren Duncan subject: Numeric Semantics summary: |- Luke Palmer wanted a clear definition of when math should use floating points and when it should be integer-based. In response, Darren Duncan highlighted a [recent #perl6 discussion](http://colabti.de/irclogger/irclogger_log/perl6?date=2006-12-31) on the topic. He proposed distinct operators to allow users to explicitly choose the math mode. Jonathan Lang mentioned that in the one other instance where there were type-specific versions of a common operator, a third 'generic' version was required. Dr. Ruud suggested giving numerics multiple faces. title: Language - name: perl6-internals threads: - date_from: 1164943566 date_to: 1167523430 hidden: ~ message_id: A4330D2C-B2A9-49A6-AED3-BA29CF7A0E15@verizon.net messages: - 7930C0AE-0CD3-4308-B32E-DDC94F0DCC27@verizon.net - 200612301155.46629.chromatic@wgz.org - 47AFF144-5157-4322-AFB8-B773D20DC2B6@verizon.net - 200612310120.20705.chromatic@wgz.org - 200612301556.56361.chromatic@wgz.org - 80B4191C-6CA7-4EFA-8AEA-7E227BBA8B23@coleda.com - 557517C2-92D7-47E6-A47A-C3613A632AA6@verizon.net - 73D9EA89-A051-4D50-B464-E96CD9D5DD1B@verizon.net - 47AFF144-5157-4322-AFB8-B773D20DC2B6@verizon.net - 200612310120.20705.chromatic@wgz.org - 200612301556.56361.chromatic@wgz.org - rt-3.6.HEAD-13126-1165183711-726.41020-15-0@perl.org - rt-3.6.HEAD-1834-1167111872-1342.41020-15-0@perl.org - 4591CED7.5080108@yahoo.com - rt-3.6.HEAD-1814-1167364373-132.41020-15-0@perl.org - rt-3.6.HEAD-1814-1167444156-632.41020-15-0@perl.org - 45960166.4060601@tewk.com - 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This week, chromatic made a few suggestions on the style of the code. James explained that some of his choices had been dictated by the fact that this was maintenance coding. In another subthread, James stated that he had found a good way to run the tests. They are meant to be run before `make`. After Kevin Tew reported some failing tests, James requested the output with the failing tests. Will Coleda suggested that perhaps James could make the tests give a helpful error message if they are run at the wrong time. James added the suggested patch. chromatic sent James his test results. With the newest patches, everything worked. chromatic committed them as r16345. thread_uri: http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl6.internals/browse_frm/thread/1abf1b4a70e2938c/9695038859c0abfc?#9695038859c0abfc - date_from: 1166814498 date_to: 1167220505 hidden: ~ message_id: 458C2D17.80704@rblasch.org messages: - 200612221602.57871.chromatic@wgz.org - 458D843D.8080301@rblasch.org - 200612231312.49937.chromatic@wgz.org - 45925F0B.4010109@rblasch.org - 200612221123.44815.chromatic@wgz.org - 458C4602.7020704@rblasch.org - 200612221602.57871.chromatic@wgz.org - 458D843D.8080301@rblasch.org - 200612231312.49937.chromatic@wgz.org - 45925F0B.4010109@rblasch.org posters: - email: mailing-lists@rblasch.org name: Ron Blaschke - email: chromatic@wgz.org name: chromatic subject: Building Parrot::Embed on Windows XP / Visual C++ summary: |- Ron Blaschke reported two warnings he had seen from trying to build Parrot::Embed on Windows/VC8. He had some questions on how to proceed. chromatic and Ron tried to find a patch which would fix the problems. A solution was applied as r16229. - date_from: 1166877555 date_to: 1167071473 hidden: ~ message_id: rt-3.6.HEAD-1683-1166877545-314.41125-72-0@perl.org messages: - rt-3.6.HEAD-1693-1167071462-1354.41125-14-0@perl.org posters: - email: parrotbug-followup@parrotcode.org name: Nikolay Ananiev - email: bugs-parrot-track@netlabs.develooper.com name: Patrick R. Michaud via RT rt_ticket: 'perl #41125' subject: '[perl #41125] [PATCH] Fix small typo in root.in ' summary: Nikolay Ananiev's patch in ticket was applied as r16239. - date_from: 1166921387 date_to: 1166927252 hidden: ~ message_id: rt-3.6.HEAD-1693-1166921375-864.41128-72-0@perl.org messages: - 200612231827.08897.chromatic@wgz.org posters: - email: parrotbug-followup@parrotcode.org name: Matt Diephouse - email: chromatic@wgz.org name: chromatic rt_ticket: 'perl #41128' subject: "[perl #41128] [PATCH] Fix #41122: ParrotObjects don't call init_pmc vtable " summary: |- In ticket , Matt Diephouse submitted a patch but didn't commit it because it affected code other people are maintaining. chromatic agreed with the patch because it didn't break any tests or modify the external interface. - date_from: 1166986639 date_to: 1166991881 hidden: ~ message_id: 200612241056.42871.chromatic@wgz.org messages: - 17806.57849.415149.109938@rgrjr.dyndns.org posters: - email: chromatic@wgz.org name: chromatic - email: rogers-perl6@rgrjr.dyndns.org name: Bob Rogers subject: Creating Keys in PIR summary: |- chromatic discovered that writing tests for keyed variants is painful. He wanted to see working PIR for creating a key for a nested namespace. Bob Rogers supplied a patch and wondered if it was what chromatic had had in mind. - date_from: 1166998088 date_to: 1167240750 hidden: ~ message_id: 459179DA.7040301@jnthn.net messages: - 17809.41884.457238.435133@rgrjr.dyndns.org - 200612261626.03756.chromatic@wgz.org - 17809.62222.810950.268638@rgrjr.dyndns.org - 17810.44577.203846.735658@rgrjr.dyndns.org - 45917B12.9080005@jnthn.net - 005301c727b0$c4890570$c09fcc3e@ananiev - emr4ra$u5q$1@sea.gmane.org - 17809.41884.457238.435133@rgrjr.dyndns.org - 200612261626.03756.chromatic@wgz.org - 17809.62222.810950.268638@rgrjr.dyndns.org - 17810.44577.203846.735658@rgrjr.dyndns.org - 45917B12.9080005@jnthn.net - rt-3.6.HEAD-1814-1166998081-486.41132-72-0@perl.org posters: - email: jonathan@jnthn.net name: Jonathan Worthington - email: rogers-perl6@rgrjr.dyndns.org name: Bob Rogers - email: chromatic@wgz.org name: chromatic - email: ananiev@thegdb.com name: Nikolay Ananiev - email: parrotbug-followup@parrotcode.org name: Nikolay Ananiev subject: 'Re: [perl #41132] [BUG] Segfault in Parrot_call_sub_ret_int' summary: |- Nikolay Ananiev created ticket to deliver a patch. Jonathan Worthington replied that he had applied the patch, because it was consistent with `Parrot_call_sub`. He asked if Nikolay could look at related code to see if similar fixes were needed. Bob Rogers explained the underlying problem as he saw it. chromatic wondered if it would be possible to create some documentation on how contexts, interpreters and code segments work. Bob said he'd try, but that he was just learning about code segments as well. thread_uri: http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl6.internals/browse_frm/thread/9fd37c2e8e2cab79/cf9f4bb5f7093bb0?#cf9f4bb5f7093bb0 - date_from: 1167056169 date_to: 1167056169 hidden: summary message_id: 20061225141459.8382.qmail@x1.develooper.com posters: - email: perlbug-summary@perl.org name: Parrot Bug Summary subject: Parrot Bug Summary summary: '' - date_from: 1167072262 date_to: 1167191957 hidden: ~ message_id: da43c2e0612251044q5889ef24sc26d3e32bed86a4d@mail.gmail.com messages: - da43c2e0612260949m25357884rf98e7361ab001cc5@mail.gmail.com - da43c2e0612260952h3f1a7252pffcc6b1eeeab1e4c@mail.gmail.com - rt-3.6.HEAD-1774-1167155553-297.41140-72-0@perl.org - 4591701B.3050607@jnthn.net - 20061227034653.GA2615@debian - rt-3.6.HEAD-1683-1167155440-138.41139-72-0@perl.org posters: - email: lee.duhem@gmail.com name: Lee Duhem - email: parrotbug-followup@parrotcode.org name: Lee Duhem - email: jonathan@jnthn.net name: Jonathan Worthington subject: "[PATCH] make pdump's output about debug segment more consistent" summary: |- Lee Duhem submitted a patch to make pdump's output more consistent. This was ticket . It was applied as r16269. - date_from: 1167078643 date_to: 1167078643 hidden: ~ message_id: 17808.13544.935916.853999@rgrjr.dyndns.org posters: - email: rogers-perl6@rgrjr.dyndns.org name: Bob Rogers subject: GC problem in parrot_pass_args to a tailcall (r16239) summary: |- Bob Rogers wrote about a segmentation fault which is triggered during argument passing after a tailcall. He gave an analysis of the problem and provided a patch. However, he hoped that there was a better option. - date_from: 1167083109 date_to: 1167083109 hidden: ~ message_id: 200612251344.35932.chromatic@wgz.org posters: - email: chromatic@wgz.org name: chromatic subject: '[PATCH] Add get_name() Method to Namespaces' summary: |- chromatic supplied a patch to implement `get_name()` as specified in PDD21. He did not check it in because it changed the API. - date_from: 1167196516 date_to: 1167196516 hidden: typos message_id: 20061227061509.D9725CBA1B@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: rgrjr@cvs.perl.org name: rgrjr subject: '[svn:parrot-pdd] r16271 - trunk/docs/pdds' summary: '' - date_from: 1167219220 date_to: 1167219220 hidden: ~ message_id: rt-3.6.HEAD-1814-1167219211-1435.41141-72-0@perl.org posters: - email: parrotbug-followup@parrotcode.org name: Ron Blaschke rt_ticket: 'perl #41141' subject: '[perl #41141] [PATCH][Win32][VC] Minor display cleanup during compilation ' summary: |- In ticket , Ron Blaschke reported a problem with compilation output on Windows. He supplied a patch to correct this. - date_from: 1167239487 date_to: 1167239487 hidden: reply to an old thread with no new info message_id: 20061227171120.GA7744@fourtheye.org posters: - email: bob@fourtheye.org name: Bob Wilkinson subject: "Re: [perl #40999] Latest version of parrot doesn't make test" summary: '' - date_from: 1167252664 date_to: 1167360974 hidden: ~ message_id: rt-3.6.HEAD-1693-1167252655-1862.41144-72-0@perl.org messages: - 45945936.1050608@yahoo.com - 24396123-4E96-440C-B930-A786BEE688CE@coleda.com posters: - email: parrotbug-followup@parrotcode.org name: Allison Randal - email: jkeen_via_google@yahoo.com name: James E Keenan - email: will@coleda.com name: Will Coleda rt_ticket: 'perl #41144' subject: '[perl #41144] [PATCH] refresh front page of parrotcode.org ' summary: |- Allison Randal submitted a patch as . The patch cleans up the main web page at Parrotcode.org. James E Keenan wondered who applied these types of patches. Will Coleda applied the patch and gave instructions on how to acquire commit access to the website. - date_from: 1167257299 date_to: 1167257299 hidden: ~ message_id: 4592EEC1.1060307@perl.org posters: - email: allison@perl.org name: Allison Randal subject: Mac OS X Concurrency summary: 'Allison Randal gave the URL to [an article on Mac OS X concurrency](http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn2028.html).' - date_from: 1167270528 date_to: 1167270528 hidden: ~ message_id: 4593226A.4080604@perl.org posters: - email: allison@perl.org name: Allison Randal subject: Exceedingly lightweight C embedding summary: 'Allison Randal posted [a link](http://people.csail.mit.edu/jrb/Projects/alien-goo.htm) on the topic.' - date_from: 1167283705 date_to: 1167283705 hidden: Allison added some notes on the async I/O concurrency model message_id: 20061228062819.C35A6CBA1B@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: allison@cvs.perl.org name: allison subject: '[svn:parrot-pdd] r16280 - trunk/docs/pdds/clip' summary: '' - date_from: 1167283876 date_to: 1167283876 hidden: some more notes from Allison message_id: 20061228063110.B7B9ECBA1B@x12.develooper.com posters: - email: allison@cvs.perl.org name: allison subject: '[svn:parrot-pdd] r16281 - trunk/docs/pdds/clip' summary: '' - date_from: 1167334887 date_to: 1167334887 hidden: summary message_id: 20061228194116.8454.qmail@x1.develooper.com posters: - email: perlbug-summary@perl.org name: Parrot Bug Summary subject: Parrot Bug Summary summary: '' title: Parrot Porters - name: perl6-users threads: - date_from: 1167140151 date_to: 1167140151 hidden: ~ message_id: 45912546.6070008@gmx.de posters: - email: g.roehrbein@gmx.de name: Gilbert R. Röhrbein subject: 'gather { if $xy.was_taken { ... } }' summary: |- Gilbert R. Röhrbein asked if there is a way to look inside a gather-block if something was already taken. He included some example code of how he thought it would work. title: Users - name: perl6-compiler threads: - date_from: 1166957817 date_to: 1166957817 hidden: spam! message_id: rt-3.6.HEAD-1683-1166957803-1350.41131-122-0@perl.org posters: - email: pugsbug-followup@perl.org name: boiling point rt_ticket: 'perl #41131' subject: "[perl #41131] Here's some code to convert from a RenderedImage to a BufferedImage. " summary: '' title: Compiler title: Weekly Perl 6 mailing list summary