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diff --git a/doc/manual/about.txt b/doc/manual/about.txt index 78167efe3..8528ff978 100644 --- a/doc/manual/about.txt +++ b/doc/manual/about.txt @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ About this document =================== -**Note**: This document is a draft! Several of Nim's features need more -precise wording. This manual will evolve into a proper specification some -day. +**Note**: This document is a draft! Several of Nim's features may need more +precise wording. This manual is constantly evolving until the 1.0 release and is +not to be considered as the final proper specification. This document describes the lexis, the syntax, and the semantics of Nim. -The language constructs are explained using an extended BNF, in -which ``(a)*`` means 0 or more ``a``'s, ``a+`` means 1 or more ``a``'s, and -``(a)?`` means an optional *a*. Parentheses may be used to group elements. +The language constructs are explained using an extended BNF, in which ``(a)*`` +means 0 or more ``a``'s, ``a+`` means 1 or more ``a``'s, and ``(a)?`` means an +optional *a*. Parentheses may be used to group elements. ``&`` is the lookahead operator; ``&a`` means that an ``a`` is expected but not consumed. It will be consumed in the following rule. @@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ and ``a ^* b`` is short for ``(a (b a)*)?``. Example:: arrayConstructor = '[' expr ^* ',' ']' Other parts of Nim - like scoping rules or runtime semantics are only -described in an informal manner for now. +described in the, more easily comprehensible, informal manner for now. |