Release of version 0.05 of Perl6::Placeholders

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 (damian@conway.org)

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.

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

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