[S28] s/SoftwarePackage/Application/

- Changed the name
- Removed a bit of pomp and circumstance in the surrounding text
- Added public-access twigils to the attributes
- Added attribute ".auth"

S28-special-names.pod

@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@
     Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>
     Tim Nelson <wayland@wayland.id.au>
     Lyle Hopkins <webmaster@cosmicperl.com>
+    Carl Mäsak <cmasak@gmail.com>
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
     Created: 23 Feb 2009, created by Tim Nelson from miscellaneous documents lying around
 
-    Last Modified: 11 Oct 2010
-    Version: 8
+    Last Modified: 17 Nov 2010
+    Version: 9
 
 =head1 Special Variables
 
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ be fleshed out in S26.
  $!                S04                # Current Exception object
  $/                S05   Match        # Last match
  $0, $1, $2        S05   Str          # First captured value from match: $/[0]
- $?ARCH                  SoftwarePackage # Host architecture
- $?XARCH                 SoftwarePackage # Target architecture
+ $?ARCH                  Application  # Host architecture
+ $?XARCH                 Application  # Target architecture
  @*ARGS            S06   Array of Str # command-line arguments
  $*ARGFILES        S02   IO           # The magic command-line input handle
  &?BLOCK           S06   Block        # current block (itself)
@@ -85,8 +86,8 @@ be fleshed out in S26.
  $=DATA           (S26)  IO           # data block handle (=begin DATA ... =end)
  @=DATA           (S26)  Array        # Same as above, but array
  %?DEEPMAGIC       S13   Hash of XXX  # Controls the mappings of magical names to sub definitions
- $?DISTRO          S02   SoftwarePackage # Which OS distribution am I compiling under
- $*DISTRO          S02   SoftwarePackage # Which OS distribution am I running under
+ $?DISTRO          S02   Application  # Which OS distribution am I compiling under
+ $*DISTRO          S02   Application  # Which OS distribution am I running under
  $*EGID                  Int          # effective group id
  %*ENV             S02   Hash of Str  # system environment variables
  $*ERR             S16   IO           # Standard error handle
@@ -104,12 +105,12 @@ be fleshed out in S26.
  $?MODULE          S02   Module       # current module
  %*OPTS            S19   Hash of XXX  # Options from command line
  %*OPT...          S19   Hash of XXX  # Options from command line to be passed down
- $?KERNEL                SoftwarePackage # operating system compiled for
- $*KERNEL                SoftwarePackage # operating system running under
+ $?KERNEL                Application  # operating system compiled for
+ $*KERNEL                Application  # operating system running under
  $*OUT             S16   IO           # Standard output handle
  $?PACKAGE         S02   Package      # current package
- $?PERL            S02   SoftwarePackage # Which Perl am I compiled for?
- $*PERL            S02   SoftwarePackage # perl version running under
+ $?PERL            S02   Application  # Which Perl am I compiled for?
+ $*PERL            S02   Application  # perl version running under
  $*PID                   Int          # system process id
  %=POD             S02                # (or some such)
  $*PROGRAM_NAME    S19   Str          # name of the Perl program being executed
@@ -121,8 +122,8 @@ be fleshed out in S26.
  $*TZ              S32                # Local time zone
  $*UID                   Int          # system user id
  $?USAGE           S06   Str          # Default usage message generated at compile time
- $?VM              S02   SoftwarePackage # Which virtual machine am I compiling under
- $?XVM             S02   SoftwarePackage # Which virtual machine am I cross-compiling for
+ $?VM              S02   Application  # Which virtual machine am I compiling under
+ $?XVM             S02   Application  # Which virtual machine am I cross-compiling for
 
 Note that dynamic variables such as C<$*OUT> may have more than
 one current definition in the outer dynamic context, in which case
@@ -134,17 +135,15 @@ scope may also declare a local meaning of C<$*OUT> that applies only
 to called code.  Likewise each thread could log its own errors
 to its own C<$*ERR>, since a thread is a dynamic scope.
 
-=head2 Special Classes
+The class C<Application> collects a few common features of some of the special
+variables such as C<$*PERL>, C<$?VM>, C<$*KERNEL>, etc.
 
-These are classes defined especially for the benefit of the Special Variables.
-
- class SoftwarePackage {
-     has Str $name;
-     has Version $version;
+ class Application {
+     has Str $.name;
+     has Str $.auth;
+     has Version $.version;
  }
 
-This class is intended to represent a software package at a fairly basic level.
-
 =head3 Perl5 to Perl6 special variable translation
 
 If a column has a "-" in it, it means that item is unavailable in that version of Perl.