whatever

Author: bduggan

doc/Language/py-nutshell.pod6

@@ -191,13 +191,14 @@ Python
 Perl 6
     $l = -> $i { $i + 12 }
 
-Another Perl 6 idiom for constructing lambdas is the Whatever code, C<*>.
-A C<*> can be used in an expression to indicate that the expression is a
-block, and that the C<*> should be replaced by the first parameter to
-the block.
+Another Perl 6 idiom for constructing lambdas is the Whatever star, C<*>.
 
 Perl 6
-    $l = * + 12
+    $l = * + 12    # same as above
+
+A C<*> in an expression will become a placeholder for the argument,
+and transform the expression into a lambda at compile time.  Multiple
+C<*>'s in an expression become positional arguments.
 
 See the section below for more constructs regarding subroutines and blocks.