[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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