[svn:parrot] r41967 - trunk/docs/pdds
allison at svn.parrot.org
allison at svn.parrot.org
Wed Oct 21 15:51:58 UTC 2009
Author: allison
Date: Wed Oct 21 15:51:56 2009
New Revision: 41967
URL: https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/changeset/41967
Log:
[cage] Some usage cleanup on "arguments" versus "parameters".
Modified:
trunk/docs/pdds/pdd03_calling_conventions.pod
Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd03_calling_conventions.pod
==============================================================================
--- trunk/docs/pdds/pdd03_calling_conventions.pod Wed Oct 21 13:14:14 2009 (r41966)
+++ trunk/docs/pdds/pdd03_calling_conventions.pod Wed Oct 21 15:51:56 2009 (r41967)
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@
contents of the aggregate, rather than the aggregate itself, will be passed.
If the C<NAMED> bit is also set, the aggregate will be used as a hash; its
-contents, as key/value pairs, will be passed as named parameters. The PMC
+contents, as key/value pairs, will be passed as named arguments. The PMC
must implement the full hash interface. {{ RT#45367: Limit the required
interface. }}
If the C<NAMED> bit is not set, the aggregate will be used as an array; its
-contents will be passed as positional parameters.
+contents will be passed as positional arguments.
The meaning of this bit is undefined when applied to integer, number, and
string values.
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@
below, and those PMCs will be stored into the new aggregate.
If the C<NAMED> bit is also set, the aggregate will be the HLL-specific hash
-type and the contents will be all unassigned _named_ parameters.
+type and the contents will be all unassigned _named_ arguments.
If the C<NAMED> bit is not set, the aggregate will be the HLL-specific array
-type and the contents will be all unassigned positional parameters.
+type and the contents will be all unassigned positional arguments.
=item 6 (unused)
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
When the SLURPY bit is also set, behavior is as described above in the
"SLURPY" section. Otherwise, this bit may only be set on a unique string
-constant specifying the name of the next argument (or returned value).
+constant specifying the name of the next parameter (or returned value).
=back
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