Author: allison
Date: Tue Aug 19 14:10:34 2008
New Revision: 30355
Modified:
trunk/docs/pdds/pdd27_multiple_dispatch.pod
Log:
[pdd] Adding more details on signatures and the "find next" feature to the
multi dispatch PDD.
Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd27_multiple_dispatch.pod
==============================================================================
--- trunk/docs/pdds/pdd27_multiple_dispatch.pod (original)
+++ trunk/docs/pdds/pdd27_multiple_dispatch.pod Tue Aug 19 14:10:34 2008
@@ -110,8 +110,15 @@
=item get_pmc_keyed_string
Return an array of matching candidates, sorted from best matching to worst
-matching, for a passed in signature. The signature passed in is a string of
-space-delimited type names.
+matching, for a passed in signature. The signature passed in is a simple type
+string for the signature ('P' for PMC, 'I' for integer, 'N' for number, and 'S'
+for string).
+
+=item get_iter
+
+Return an iterator object of matching candidates, sorted from best matching to
+worst matching, for the current call arguments.
+
=item invoke
@@ -130,6 +137,20 @@
=back
+=head3 Methods
+
+
+=item get_iter
+
+Return an array of matching candidates, sorted from best matching to worst
+matching, for a passed in signature. If the signature passed in is an array of
+PMCs, the types are extracted from the types of the array elements. If the
+signature passed in is a simple type string for the signature ('P' for PMC, 'I'
+for integer, 'N' for number, and 'S' for string), the types are matched as
+simple types.
+
+=back
+
=head3 PIR subroutine attributes
The following attributes are used when declaring a MultiSub in PIR.
