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diff --git a/doc/manual_experimental.md b/doc/manual_experimental.md index 2a56c1354..37453bc89 100644 --- a/doc/manual_experimental.md +++ b/doc/manual_experimental.md @@ -453,28 +453,25 @@ Assuming `foo` is a macro or a template, this is roughly equivalent to: ``` -Symbols as template/macro calls -=============================== +Symbols as template/macro calls (alias syntax) +============================================== -Templates and macros that take no arguments can be called as lone symbols, -i.e. without parentheses. This is useful for repeated uses of complex -expressions that cannot conveniently be represented as runtime values. +Templates and macros that have no generic parameters and no required arguments +can be called as lone symbols, i.e. without parentheses. This is useful for +repeated uses of complex expressions that cannot conveniently be represented +as runtime values. ```nim type Foo = object bar: int var foo = Foo(bar: 10) - template bar: untyped = foo.bar + template bar: int = foo.bar assert bar == 10 bar = 15 assert bar == 15 ``` -In the future, this may require more specific information on template or macro -signatures to be used. Specializations for some applications of this may also -be introduced to guarantee consistency and circumvent bugs. - Not nil annotation ================== |