Re^3: Perl 6 Whitespace Issues

in reply to Re: Re: Perl 6 Whitespace Issues
in thread How to Sell Perl 6

On the other issue, the GNU coding style calls for spaces between function name and parenthesized argument list, and is used by a great many people (though not by me except where required by local standards). I imagine there would be an uproar if perl6 were released only with a GPL incompatible license. I regret there isn't a similar uproar over this issue.

Huh? The GNU coding style is not mandatory for GPL projects. It may be mandatory for GNU projects, but Perl is not part of the GNU Project, is it?

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Re^4: Perl 6 Whitespace Issues by ysth (Canon) on Aug 10, 2004 at 17:19 UTC
The GNU coding style is not mandatory for GPL projects. I wasn't saying it was. In fact, the spaces are just a recommendation and aren't even mandatory for GNU projects. I was making an analogy. Based on conversation with TimToady in the cb today, it sounds like this misfeature has been reconsidered. Update: apparently not :(.	[reply]
Re^5: Perl 6 Whitespace Issues by PhilHibbs (Hermit) on Aug 10, 2004 at 17:26 UTC
Do you mean to say that Abigail's concerns have been addressed? I must say I don't like the idea of code changing meaning from Perl 5 to Perl 6, but neither could I get myself worked up about this particular instance, because I find `print length ($foo) + 1;` to be ugly. I don't like the GNU bracing style either.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Perl 6 Whitespace Issues by TimToady (Parson) on Aug 10, 2004 at 18:23 UTC
It is still the case that a space between a function name and the parentheses forces it to be treated as a list operator, so there's no joy for Abigail on that point. What has been resolved is the attempt to treat methods the same way, which didn't work so well. Methods are now treated differently from functions, and are assumed to have no arguments unless the next character is a parenthesis indicating an argument list, or a colon indicating an adverb. I just posted a message to perl6-language explaining this in excruciating detail, so I won't repeat it all here. I'd give you a link but it hasn't come through the perl.org gauntlet just yet...	[reply]

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