[svn:perl6-synopsis] r9723 - doc/trunk/design/syn

Author: larry
Date: Wed Jun 28 22:49:04 2006
New Revision: 9723

Modified:
   doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod
   doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod

Log:
Revised some ambiguous sentences.


Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod	(original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod	Wed Jun 28 22:49:04 2006
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@
 exception, though returning a defined value after catching an exception
 is okay.
 
-In the absence of exception propagation, a successful exit is one that
+In the absence of error exception propagation, a successful exit is one that
 returns a defined value in scalar context, or any number of values
 in list context as long as the length is defined.  (A length of +Inf
 is considered a defined length.  A length of 0 is also a defined length,

Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod	(original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod	Wed Jun 28 22:49:04 2006
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 
   Maintainer: Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>
   Date: 27 Oct 2004
-  Last Modified: 28 Jun 2006
+  Last Modified: 29 Jun 2006
   Number: 12
-  Version: 17
+  Version: 18
 
 =head1 Overview
 
@@ -661,8 +661,9 @@
 However, a given multi may advertise multiple long names, some
 of which are shorter than the complete long name.  This is done by
 putting a semicolon after each advertised long name (replacing the comma,
-if present).  The initial dispatch is always to the shortest advertised
-long name.  Since the shorter long name does not guarantee uniqueness,
+if present).  The initial dispatch starts by pretending that the shortest
+advertised long name is the complete long name (and likewise across the entire
+set of candidates).  Since the shorter long name does not guarantee uniqueness,
 if that shorter long name is chosen for dispatch, and a tie would be
 declared for that dispatch, the next longer set of long names may be
 used to break ties, for those candidates that supply longer names.

• [svn:perl6-synopsis] r9723 - doc/trunk/design/syn by larry