https://xkcd.com/1306/
what does SIGIL mean?
On 30/03/24 7:21 pm, HenHanna wrote:
https://xkcd.com/1306/
what does SIGIL mean?
I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of identifiers.
https://xkcd.com/1306/
what does SIGIL mean?
I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of identifiers.
https://xkcd.com/1306/
what does SIGIL mean?
I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of
identifiers.
I had a vague recollection of hearing it elsewhere (*Game of Thrones,* on
the armies' battle flags?), but didn't know what it meant. Google tells me:
*an inscribed or painted symbol considered to have magical power.*
So, they're more than just line noise. They confer power on their users...
Perhaps '@' in the context of decorators is the most prominent example in Python, since decorators technically don't allow the programmer to do something they couldn't before, but are now are used everywhere, a key feature of many applications and modules.
Magical-ly, y'rs,
https://xkcd.com/1306/
what does SIGIL mean?
On 30/03/24 7:21 pm, HenHanna wrote:
https://xkcd.com/1306/
what does SIGIL mean?
I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of identifiers.
https://xkcd.com/1306/
what does SIGIL mean?
HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> writes:
https://xkcd.com/1306/
what does SIGIL mean?
A glyph used in magic. Or, for Perl, the symbol in front of a variable
name, such as $, @, and %.
Source: https://perldoc.perl.org/perlglossary#sigil
Sigil is noun. Definitions:
A seal; a signet.
A sign or an image considered magical.
A seal; a signature.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
On 2024-03-30 11:25, Skip Montanaro via Python-list wrote:Nonetheless, Perl folk do use that term, specifically.
https://xkcd.com/1306/
what does SIGIL mean?
I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of
identifiers.
I wouldn't consider '@' to be a sigil any more than I would a unary minus.
Sigils have many benefits, not least of which is that variablescan be interpolated into strings with no additional syntax. Perl scripts
Programming Perl, Chapter 1, 4th Editionetc.
On 30/03/2024 07:04, Greg Ewing via Python-list wrote:=A0 what does=A0 SIGIL=A0=A0 mean?
On 30/03/24 7:21 pm, HenHanna wrote:
https://xkcd.com/1306/
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=20
I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of identifiers.
There seem to be several derivation sources including a fantasy world
city suspended above a very thin, tall steeple....
Personally, I know SIGIL as an opensource EPUB editor!
None of them seem to have any direct connection to the xkcd cartoon.
On 3/30/24 10:31, MRAB via Python-list wrote:=A0=A0=A0=A0 what does=A0 SIGIL=A0=A0 mean?
On 2024-03-30 11:25, Skip Montanaro via Python-list wrote:
https://xkcd.com/1306/
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=20
I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of identifiers.
us.I wouldn't consider '@' to be a sigil any more than I would a unary min=
=20
Nonetheless, Perl folk do use that term, specifically.
Johanne Fairchild wrote:
HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> writes:
https://xkcd.com/1306/
what does SIGIL mean?
A glyph used in magic. Or, for Perl, the symbol in front of a variable
name, such as $, @, and %.
Source: https://perldoc.perl.org/perlglossary#sigil
Sigil is noun. Definitions:
A seal; a signet.
A sign or an image considered magical.
A seal; a signature.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the EnglishLanguage, 5th Edition.
omg... Sigil is a real word???
The word "sigil" comes from the Latin term "sigillum," which means "little sign." This Latin root is also the source of our English word "seal,"
making "sigil" and "seal" doublets.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sigil
On Mar 30, 2024, at 22:09, Johanne Fairchild via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote:Creating Sigils
Sigil is noun. Definitions:
A seal; a signet.
A sign or an image considered magical.
A seal; a signature.
https://xkcd.com/353/ ( Flying with Python )
https://xkcd.com/1306/what does SIGIL mean? -- (i got it...Thanks!)
Other xkcd that you like?
HenHanna wrote:
https://xkcd.com/1306/
what does SIGIL mean?
I'd define a sigil as a mandatory symbol used to indicate the properties
of a name.
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