From 936c71df70c0ec2c3c9a2373a57e5a6c835a01e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 22:54:24 +0100 Subject: Clarifies wording of newSeq proc docstrings. --- lib/system.nim | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim index b2d19a885..7917f7d5b 100644 --- a/lib/system.nim +++ b/lib/system.nim @@ -374,10 +374,10 @@ proc newSeq*[T](s: var seq[T], len: int) {.magic: "NewSeq", noSideEffect.} ## This is equivalent to ``s = @[]; setlen(s, len)``, but more ## efficient since no reallocation is needed. ## - ## Note that the sequence will be filled with uninitialized entries, which - ## can be a problem for sequences containing strings. After the creation of - ## the sequence you should assign entries to the sequence instead of adding - ## them. Example: + ## Note that the sequence will be filled with zeroed entries, which can be a + ## problem for sequences containing strings since their value will be + ## ``nil``. After the creation of the sequence you should assign entries to + ## the sequence instead of adding them. Example: ## ## .. code-block:: nimrod ## var inputStrings : seq[string] @@ -390,10 +390,10 @@ proc newSeq*[T](s: var seq[T], len: int) {.magic: "NewSeq", noSideEffect.} proc newSeq*[T](len = 0): seq[T] = ## creates a new sequence of type ``seq[T]`` with length ``len``. ## - ## Note that the sequence will be filled with uninitialized entries, which - ## can be a problem for sequences containing strings. After the creation of - ## the sequence you should assign entries to the sequence instead of adding - ## them. Example: + ## Note that the sequence will be filled with zeroed entries, which can be a + ## problem for sequences containing strings since their value will be + ## ``nil``. After the creation of the sequence you should assign entries to + ## the sequence instead of adding them. Example: ## ## .. code-block:: nimrod ## var inputStrings = newSeq[string](3) -- cgit 1.4.1-2-gfad0