Perl 6
WITCH rpointy: Revision 12
^ Mnemonics
"_arrow_", "_greater_", sideways "_V_" for "_values_"
----
^ Used alone
* {{>}} as an infix operator performs a "comparison"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S03.html#Chained_comparisons>
^ Used as a brace pair or quote pair
* See {{<}} "left pointy"[WITCH lpointy]
^ Operators containing this character
* {{>=}} is also a "comparison"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S03.html#Chained_comparisons>. Note this means there is no assignment mutation.
* {{~>}} {{+>}} and {{?>}} right "bitwise shifts"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S03.html#Changes_to_Perl_5_operators>
* {{=>}} "fat arrow" pair constructor
* {{p5=>}} the "perl5 compatibility fat arrow"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S03.html#Comma_operator_precedence>
* {{=>}} or {{=>>}} a "feed operator"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S03.html#Feed_operators>
* {{->}} introduces a "pointy block"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S04.html#The_Relationship_of_Blocks_and_Declarations>
* {{-}} {{->}} used to specify return type in a "Signature"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S02.html#Value_types>
^ Used inside a regexe
* )> the "end of a result"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S05.html#Extensible_metasyntax_%28%3C...%3E%29>
^ Other uses
* {{>>}} can be used as a "Texas Quote", a substitute for ยป in environments where unicode source code is undesireable
^ Old, deprecated, or other language uses
* {{>>}} is bitwise shift in many languages including perl5. That is now +>, ~>, or ?>
* {{->}} is no longer the method operator as in perl5. That is now . like most other languages.
* {{=>}} behaves differently in perl6 compared to perl5.
"_arrow_", "_greater_", sideways "_V_" for "_values_"
----
^ Used alone
* {{>}} as an infix operator performs a "comparison"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S03.html#Chained_comparisons>
^ Used as a brace pair or quote pair
* See {{<}} "left pointy"[WITCH lpointy]
^ Operators containing this character
* {{>=}} is also a "comparison"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S03.html#Chained_comparisons>. Note this means there is no assignment mutation.
* {{~>}} {{+>}} and {{?>}} right "bitwise shifts"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S03.html#Changes_to_Perl_5_operators>
* {{=>}} "fat arrow" pair constructor
* {{p5=>}} the "perl5 compatibility fat arrow"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S03.html#Comma_operator_precedence>
* {{=>}} or {{=>>}} a "feed operator"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S03.html#Feed_operators>
* {{->}} introduces a "pointy block"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S04.html#The_Relationship_of_Blocks_and_Declarations>
* {{-}} {{->}} used to specify return type in a "Signature"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S02.html#Value_types>
^ Used inside a regexe
* )> the "end of a result"<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S05.html#Extensible_metasyntax_%28%3C...%3E%29>
^ Other uses
* {{>>}} can be used as a "Texas Quote", a substitute for ยป in environments where unicode source code is undesireable
^ Old, deprecated, or other language uses
* {{>>}} is bitwise shift in many languages including perl5. That is now +>, ~>, or ?>
* {{->}} is no longer the method operator as in perl5. That is now . like most other languages.
* {{=>}} behaves differently in perl6 compared to perl5.
