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| author | random-bites <86238293+random-bites@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-08-02 22:44:14 -0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-08-03 08:44:14 +0200 |
| commit | 02cbd7dc5360a175ca32d13ce0fe06467d59d51e (patch) | |
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| download | Nim-02cbd7dc5360a175ca32d13ce0fe06467d59d51e.tar.gz | |
Edits to sections 'Open arrays' and 'varargs'. (#20140)
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diff --git a/doc/manual.md b/doc/manual.md index 75ed3d014..380cddf2e 100644 --- a/doc/manual.md +++ b/doc/manual.md @@ -1528,14 +1528,14 @@ Open arrays Often fixed size arrays turn out to be too inflexible; procedures should be able to deal with arrays of different sizes. The `openarray`:idx: type -allows this; it can only be used for parameters. Openarrays are always +allows this; it can only be used for parameters. Open arrays are always indexed with an `int` starting at position 0. The `len`, `low` and `high` operations are available for open arrays too. Any array with -a compatible base type can be passed to an openarray parameter, the index +a compatible base type can be passed to an open array parameter, the index type does not matter. In addition to arrays, sequences can also be passed to an open array parameter. -The openarray type cannot be nested: multidimensional openarrays are not +The `openarray` type cannot be nested: multidimensional open arrays are not supported because this is seldom needed and cannot be done efficiently. ```nim @@ -1548,8 +1548,8 @@ supported because this is seldom needed and cannot be done efficiently. Varargs ------- -A `varargs` parameter is an openarray parameter that additionally -allows to pass a variable number of arguments to a procedure. The compiler +A `varargs` parameter is an open array parameter that additionally +allows a variable number of arguments to be passed to a procedure. The compiler converts the list of arguments to an array implicitly: ```nim @@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ converts the list of arguments to an array implicitly: myWriteln(stdout, ["abc", "def", "xyz"]) ``` -This transformation is only done if the varargs parameter is the +This transformation is only done if the `varargs` parameter is the last parameter in the procedure header. It is also possible to perform type conversions in this context: |