Author: audreyt
Date: Mon Oct 2 07:45:13 2006
New Revision: 12561
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod
Log:
* S06: Excise the word "Multimethod" in places where it also
referred to multisubs.
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S06.pod Mon Oct 2 07:45:13 2006
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
Maintainer: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 21 Mar 2003
- Last Modified: 25 Sept 2006
+ Last Modified: 2 Oct 2006
Number: 6
- Version: 58
+ Version: 59
This document summarizes Apocalypse 6, which covers subroutines and the
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
=head1 Routine modifiers
-B<Multimethods> (keyword: C<multi>) are routines that can have multiple
+B<Multis> (keyword: C<multi>) are routines that can have multiple
variants that share the same name, selected by arity, types, or some
other constraints.
@@ -1978,8 +1978,8 @@
=head2 The C<leave> function
As mentioned above, a C<return> call causes the innermost
-surrounding subroutine, method, rule, token, regex (as a keyword),
-macro, or multimethod to return. Only declarations with an explicit
+surrounding subroutine, method, rule, token, regex (as a keyword)
+or macro to return. Only declarations with an explicit
keyword such as "sub" may be returned from. You may not return from
a quotelike operator such as C<rx//>.
@@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@
This special form should generally be restricted to named parameters.
-To curry a particular multimethod it may be necessary to specify the type
+To curry a particular multi variant, it may be necessary to specify the type
for one or more of its parameters:
&woof ::= &bark:(Dog).assuming :pitch<low>;
