[Spec] squash [;] fossils noticed by eternaleye++

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S03-operators.pod

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Synopsis 3: Perl 6 Operators
 
     Created: 8 Mar 2004
 
-    Last Modified: 5 Feb 2010
-    Version: 190
+    Last Modified: 10 Feb 2010
+    Version: 191
 
 =head1 Overview
 
@@ -4149,10 +4149,6 @@ the list operator form of the C<< circumfix:<[ ]> >> anonymous array composer:
     [1,2,3]     # make new Array: 1,2,3
     [,] 1,2,3   # same thing
 
-You may also reduce using the semicolon second-dimension separator:
-
-    [[;] 1,2,3]   # equivalent to [1;2;3]
-
 Builtin reduce operators return the following identity values:
 
     [**]()      # 1     (arguably nonsensical)
@@ -4733,13 +4729,6 @@ you just wish to skip missing entries, use C<roundrobin> instead:
         ...
     }
 
-To read arrays serially rather than in parallel, use C<list(@x;@y)>.
-This wins a "useless use of list award" in this case since you could
-always just write C<(@x,@y)> to mean the same thing.  But sometimes
-it's nice to be explicit about that:
-
-    @foo := [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]]; say list([;] @foo); # 1,2,3,4,5,6
-
 =head1 Minimal whitespace DWIMmery
 
 Whitespace is no longer allowed before the opening bracket of an array

S09-data.pod

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ Synopsis 9: Data Structures
 
     Created: 13 Sep 2004
 
-    Last Modified: 9 Feb 2010
-    Version: 39
+    Last Modified: 10 Feb 2010
+    Version: 40
 
 =head1 Overview
 
@@ -842,9 +842,18 @@ If you wanted that C<0..2> range to mean
 
     @nums[0;1;2]
 
-instead, then you need to use the C<[;]> reduction operator:
+it is not good enough to use the C<|> prefix operator, because
+that interpolates at the comma level, so:
 
-    @nums[[;] 0..2]
+    @nums[ |(0,1,2) ] 
+
+just means
+
+    @nums[ 0,1,2 ];
+
+Instead, to interpolate at the semicolon level, you need to use the C<||> prefix operator:
+
+    @nums[ ||(0..2) ]
 
 The zero-dimensional slice:
 

S32-setting-library/Containers.pod

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ DRAFT: Synopsis 32: Setting Library - Containers.pod
 
     Created: 19 Feb 2009 extracted from S29-functions.pod
 
-    Last Modified: 2 Feb 2010
-    Version: 15
+    Last Modified: 10 Feb 2010
+    Version: 16
 
 The document is a draft.
 
@@ -61,10 +61,13 @@ like so:
 Typically, you could just write C<(@a,@b,@c)>, but sometimes
 it's nice to be explicit about that:
 
- @foo := [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]]; say cat([;] @foo); # 1,2,3,4,5,6
+ @foo := [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]]; say cat(||@foo); # 1,2,3,4,5,6
 
 In addition, a C<Cat> in item context emulates the C<Str> interface lazily.
 
+[Conjecture: Cats should maybe just do the lazy strings, and leave flattening
+to other operators.]
+
 =item roundrobin
 
  our Parcel multi roundrobin( **@list )