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Parcels are not so ephemeral anymore
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TimToady committed Sep 2, 2014
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Created: 10 Aug 2004

Last Modified: 29 Aug 2014
Version: 284
Last Modified: 2 Sept 2014
Version: 285

This document summarizes Apocalypse 2, which covers small-scale
lexical items and typological issues. (These Synopses also contain
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$args = \(1,2,3,:mice<blind>)

Unlike C<Capture> objects, C<Parcel> objects are ephemeral, insofar as the
user almost never sees one as a real standalone object, since binding or
assignment always turns a parcel into something else. A parcel may generally
only be preserved as a part of an outer parcel or capture object.

Individual arguments in a parcel or capture composer are parsed as ordinary
expressions, and any functions mentioned are called immediately, with
each function's results placed as an argument (often a subparcel, if the
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