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| author | Juan Carlos <JuanCarlospaco@gmail.com> | 2020-11-14 15:43:31 -0300 |
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| committer | Juan Carlos <JuanCarlospaco@gmail.com> | 2020-11-14 15:43:31 -0300 |
| commit | 9ab1a86b5bfb8f5647b9f9cb4ab48a5b5eb55707 (patch) | |
| tree | a90b124a4e47634575c62f23b03bb5d7551dbea2 | |
| parent | 3cebae492e61ccbb29cfc38fbaa1f54270dfeb8a (diff) | |
| download | Nim-9ab1a86b5bfb8f5647b9f9cb4ab48a5b5eb55707.tar.gz | |
Fix #15806
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual.rst b/doc/manual.rst index 0656dfa76..6dfff55a6 100644 --- a/doc/manual.rst +++ b/doc/manual.rst @@ -317,8 +317,9 @@ Stropping --------- `Stropping <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stropping_(syntax)>`_ -allows the same letter sequence to be used both as a keyword and as an identifier, -this simplifies parsing and FFI with languages where that identifier is not a reserved keyword. +allows the same letter sequence to be used both as a keyword and as an identifier, this simplifies parsing and +`FFI <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_function_interface>`_ +with languages where that identifier is not a reserved keyword. For example, allowing a variable named `if` without clashing with the keyword `if`. In Nim, this is achieved via backticks, allowing any reserved word to be used as an identifier. |