Author: larry Date: Mon Mar 27 14:57:02 2006 New Revision: 8451 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod
Log: Added def of prototypes from audreyt++ (with clarification of scoping). Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod ============================================================================== --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod (original) +++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod Mon Mar 27 14:57:02 2006 @@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ B<Multimethods> (keyword: C<multi>) are routines that transcend class boundaries, and can have one or more invocants. +B<Prototypes> (keyword: C<proto>) specify the commonalities (such +as parameter names, fixity and associativity) shared by all multis +of that name in the scope of the C<proto> declaration. + B<Rules> (keyword: C<rule>) are methods (of a grammar) that perform pattern matching. Their associated block has a special syntax (see Synopsis 5).
