Metaoperator normalized

Author: JJ

doc/Language/haskell-to-p6.pod6

@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 =SUBTITLE Learning Perl 6 from Haskell, in a nutshell: What do I already know?
 
-Haskell and Perl 6 are I<very> different languages. This is obvious. However,
-that does not mean there are not similarities or shared ideas! This page
-attempts to get a Haskell user up and running with Perl 6. The Haskell user may
-find that they need not abandon all of their Haskelly thoughts while scripting
-in Perl 6.
+Haskell and Perl 6 are I<very> different languages. This is obvious.
+However, that does not mean there are not similarities or shared ideas!
+This page attempts to get a Haskell user up and running with Perl 6. The
+Haskell user may find that they need not abandon all of their Haskelly
+thoughts while scripting in Perl 6.
 
 Note that this should not be mistaken for a beginner tutorial or overview of
 Perl 6; it is intended as a technical reference for Perl 6 learners with a
@@ -439,8 +439,8 @@ Fold in Haskell is called Reduce in Perl 6.
     @numbers.reduce({$^a + $^b}, with => 0)
     =end code
 
-However, in Perl 6, if you want to use an infix operator (+ - / % etc) there is a nice little
-helper called the Reduction Metaoperator.
+However, in Perl 6, if you want to use an infix operator (+ - / % etc)
+there is a nice little helper called the Reduction metaoperator.
 
     =begin code
     my @numbers = {...};
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ associativity attached to the operator/subroutine.
     # you can use a subroutine as an infix operator
     say 'a' [&two-elem-list] 'b'; # (a b)
 
-    # as the reduction prefix meta operator takes an infix operator, it will work there too;
+    # as the reduction prefix metaoperator takes an infix operator, it will work there too;
     [[&two-elem-list]] 1..5;           # ((((1 2) 3) 4) 5)
     say (1..5).reduce: &two-elem-list; # ((((1 2) 3) 4) 5)
 

doc/Language/operators.pod6

@@ -116,15 +116,16 @@ L<#prefix ...> etc. stub operators.
 Defining custom operators is covered in
 L<Defining Operators functions|/language/functions#Defining_Operators>.
 
-=head1 Meta Operators
+=head1 Metaoperators
 
-Meta operators can be parameterized with other operators or subroutines in the
-same way as functions can take functions as parameters. To use a subroutine as
-a parameter, prefix its name with a C<&>. Perl 6 will generate the actual
-combined operator in the background, allowing the mechanism to be applied to
-user defined operators. To disambiguate chained meta operators, enclose the
-inner operator in square brackets. There are quite a few Meta operators with
-different semantics as explained, next.
+Metaoperators can be parameterized with other operators or subroutines
+in the same way as functions can take functions as parameters. To use a
+subroutine as a parameter, prefix its name with a C<&>. Perl 6 will
+generate the actual combined operator in the background, allowing the
+mechanism to be applied to user defined operators. To disambiguate
+chained metaoperators, enclose the inner operator in square brackets.
+There are quite a few metaoperators with different semantics as
+explained, next.
 
 =head1 Substitution Operators
 
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ Although not strictly operators, methods can be used in the same fashion.
     $a .= round;      # RESULT: «3»
 
 =head1 Negated Relational Operators
-X<|! (negation meta operator)>X<|!==>X<|!eq>
+X<|! (negation metaoperator)>X<|!==>X<|!eq>
 
 The result of a relational operator returning C<Bool> can be negated by
 prefixing with C<!>. To avoid visual confusion with the C<!!> operator,
@@ -268,10 +269,10 @@ There are shortcuts for C<!==> and C<!eq>, namely C<!=> and C<ne>.
     say so $release !before $today;     # OUTPUT: «False␤»
 
 =head1 Reversed Operators
-X<|R,reverse meta operator>
+X<|R,reverse metaoperator>
 
-Any infix operator may be called with its two arguments reversed by prefixing
-with C<R>. Associativity of operands is reversed as well.
+Any infix operator may be called with its two arguments reversed by
+prefixing with C<R>. Associativity of operands is reversed as well.
 
     say 4 R/ 12;        # OUTPUT: «3␤»
     say [R/] 2, 4, 16;  # OUTPUT: «2␤»
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ list until all elements of the longer list are processed.
     say (1, 2, 3, 4) »~» <a b>;   # OUTPUT: «(1a 2b 3a 4b)␤»
     say (1, 2, 3) »+« (4, 5, 6);  # OUTPUT: «(5 7 9)␤»
 
-Assignment meta operators can be I<hyped>.
+Assignment metaoperators can be I<hyped>.
 
     my @a = 1, 2, 3;
     say @a »+=» 1;    # OUTPUT: «[2 3 4]␤»
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ You can chain hyper operators to destructure a List of Lists.
     say $neighbors »>>+<<» ($p, *);   # OUTPUT: «((1 3) (2 2) (2 4) (3 3))␤»
 
 =head1 Reduction Operators
-X<|[] (reduction meta operators)>X<|[+] (reduction meta operators)>
+X<|[] (reduction metaoperators)>X<|[+] (reduction metaoperators)>
 
 The reduction metaoperator, C<[ ]>, reduces a list with the given infix
 operator. It gives the same result as the L<reduce> routine - see there for
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ quote it with C<[]> (e.g. C<[\[\x]]>).
     say @n[^5];         # OUTPUT: «(1 12 123 1234 12345)␤»
 
 =head1 Cross Operators
-X<|X (cross meta operator)>
+X<|X (cross metaoperator)>
 
 The cross metaoperator, C<X>, will apply a given infix operator in order of
 cross product to all lists, such that the rightmost operator varies most
@@ -421,7 +422,7 @@ quickly.
     1..3 X~ <a b> # RESULT: «<1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b>␤»
 
 =head1 Zip Operators
-X<|Z (zip meta operator)>
+X<|Z (zip metaoperator)>
 
 The zip metaoperator (which is not the same thing as L<Z|#infix_Z>) will
 apply a given infix operator to pairs taken one left, one right, from its
@@ -441,16 +442,16 @@ If an infix operator is not given, C<,> (comma operator) will be used by default
     my @l = 1 Z 2;  # RESULT: «[(1 2)]»
 
 =head1 Sequential Operators
-X<|S,sequential meta operator>
+X<|S,sequential metaoperator>
 
 The sequential metaoperator, C<S>, will suppress any concurrency or reordering
 done by the optimizer. Most simple infix operators are supported.
 
     say so 1 S& 2 S& 3;  # OUTPUT: «True␤»
 
-=head1 Nesting of Meta Operators
+=head1 Nesting of Metaoperators
 
-To avoid ambiguity when chaining meta operators, use square brackets to help the
+To avoid ambiguity when chaining metaoperators, use square brackets to help the
 compiler understand you.
 
     my @a = 1, 2, 3;
@@ -2220,7 +2221,7 @@ values for all C<Z> operators in a chain.
     }
     # OUTPUT: «a:1␤b:2␤c:3␤»
 
-The C<Z> operator also exists as a meta operator, in which case the inner
+The C<Z> operator also exists as a metaoperator, in which case the inner
 lists are replaced by the value from applying the operator to the
 list:
 
@@ -2239,9 +2240,8 @@ elements vary most rapidly:X<|cross product operator>
     #           (2 a 9) (2 b 9) (2 c 9)
     #           (3 a 9) (3 b 9) (3 c 9))
 
-The C<X> operator also exists as a meta operator, in which case the inner
-lists are replaced by the value from applying the operator to the
-list:
+The C<X> operator also exists as a metaoperator, in which case the inner
+lists are replaced by the value from applying the operator to the list:
 
     1..3 X~ <a b c> X~ 9
     # produces (1a9 1b9 1c9 2a9 2b9 2c9 3a9 3b9 3c9)
@@ -2348,8 +2348,9 @@ object.
 If type constrains on variables or containers are present a type check will be
 performed at runtime. On failure C<X::TypeCheck::BindingType> will be thrown.
 
-Please note that C<:=> is a compile time construct. As such it can not be
-referred to at runtime and thus can't be used as an argument to meta operators.
+Please note that C<:=> is a compile time construct. As such it can not
+be referred to at runtime and thus can't be used as an argument to
+metaoperators.
 
 =head2 infix C«::=»
 

doc/Language/testing.pod6

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 =SUBTITLE Writing and running tests in Perl 6
 
 
-Testing code is an integral part of software development.
-Tests provide automated, repeatable
-verifications of code behaviour, and ensures your code works as expected.
+Testing code is an integral part of software development. Tests provide
+automated, repeatable verifications of code behaviour, and ensures your
+code works as expected.
 
 In Perl 6, the L<Test|https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/blob/master/lib/Test.pm6>
 module provides a testing framework. Perl 6's official spectest suite uses C<Test>.
@@ -466,7 +466,8 @@ user-defined infix.
 
     cmp-ok 'my spelling is apperling', '~~', /perl/, "bad speller";
 
-Meta operators cannot be given as a string; pass them as a L<Callable> instead:
+Metaoperators cannot be given as a string; pass them as a L<Callable>
+instead:
 
     cmp-ok <a b c>, &[!eqv], <b d e>, 'not equal';
 

doc/Language/traps.pod6

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 =SUBTITLE Traps to avoid when getting started with Perl 6
 
-When learning a programming language, possibly with the background of being
-familiar with another programming language, there are always some things
-that can surprise you and might cost valuable time in debugging and
-discovery.
+When learning a programming language, possibly with the background of
+being familiar with another programming language, there are always some
+things that can surprise you and might cost valuable time in debugging
+and discovery.
 
 This document aims to show common misconceptions in order to avoid them.
 
@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ it returns a list with L<Bool> values for each requested
 lookup. Non-empty lists always give C<True> when you L<Bool>ify them,
 so the check always succeeds no matter what keys you give it.
 
-=head2 Using C<[…]> meta-operator with a list of lists
+=head2 Using C<[…]> metaoperator with a list of lists
 
 Every now and then, someone gets the idea that they can use C<[Z]> to
 create the transpose of a list-of-lists:

doc/Type/List.pod6

@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ for operators which aren't left-associative:
     (2-3-4).say;                          # OUTPUT: «-5␤»
 
 Since reducing with an infix operator is a common thing to do, the C<[ ]>
-meta-operator provides a syntactic shortcut:
+metaoperator provides a syntactic shortcut:
 
     # The following all do the same thing...
     my @numbers = (1,2,3,4,5);
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ for operators which aren't left-associative:
     say produce &[-], (2,3,4);         # OUTPUT: «(2 -1 -5)␤»
     say [\-] (2,3,4);                  # OUTPUT: «(2 -1 -5)␤»
 
-A triangle meta-operator C<[\ ]> provides a syntactic shortcut for
+A triangle metaoperator C<[\ ]> provides a syntactic shortcut for
 producing with an infix operator:
 
     # The following all do the same thing...
@@ -1130,7 +1130,8 @@ to apply to each of the cross product items.
     say cross([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], :with(&infix:<*>)).join(",");
     # OUTPUT: «4,5,6,8,10,12,12,15,18␤»
 
-The C<X> operator can be combined with another operator as a meta-operator to perform a reduction as well:
+The C<X> operator can be combined with another operator as a
+metaoperator to perform a reduction as well:
 
     say ([1, 2, 3] X* [4, 5, 6]).join(",")
     # same output as the previous example
@@ -1186,8 +1187,8 @@ single list of products.
     # 8␤
     # 27␤»
 
-The C<Z> form can also be used to perform reduction by implicitly setting the
-C<with> parameter with a meta-operator :
+The C<Z> form can also be used to perform reduction by implicitly
+setting the C<with> parameter with a metaoperator :
 
     .say for <1 2 3> Z* [1, 2, 3] Z* (1, 2, 3);        # same output