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                Release of version 0.05 of Perl6::Placeholders
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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.


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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


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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

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