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authorBake Timmons <b3timmons@speedymail.org>2012-01-11 12:02:57 -0500
committerAndy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>2012-02-02 12:04:16 +0100
commit64de6db5c6a73ffe24fca79cc3be13751f152d28 (patch)
treee766ff7c5850fca1243b67270601e5611b5017eb /doc/r5rs
parent9cbcc73fce39811052519f5f19016b5eb888f151 (diff)
Make consistent the usage of variable names in the function definitions found in the Texinfo docs.
* doc/r5rs/r5rs.texi: * doc/ref/api-compound.texi: * doc/ref/api-data.texi: * doc/ref/api-debug.texi: * doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi: * doc/ref/api-io.texi: * doc/ref/api-modules.texi: * doc/ref/api-procedures.texi: * doc/ref/api-scheduling.texi: * doc/ref/api-smobs.texi: * doc/ref/compiler.texi: * doc/ref/misc-modules.texi: * doc/ref/posix.texi: * doc/ref/scheme-using.texi: * doc/ref/srfi-modules.texi: * doc/ref/vm.texi: * doc/ref/web.texi: * doc/sources/env.texi: Make usage of variable names of function definitions more consistent.
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-rw-r--r--doc/r5rs/r5rs.texi43
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/doc/r5rs/r5rs.texi b/doc/r5rs/r5rs.texi
index b7722c1b6..a71755b0c 100644
--- a/doc/r5rs/r5rs.texi
+++ b/doc/r5rs/r5rs.texi
@@ -4615,7 +4615,7 @@ implementation-dependent range. See section @ref{Implementation restrictions}.
@deffn {procedure} number->string z
@deffnx {procedure} number->string z radix
-@var{Radix} must be an exact integer, either 2, 8, 10, or 16. If omitted,
+@var{radix} must be an exact integer, either 2, 8, 10, or 16. If omitted,
@var{radix} defaults to 10.
The procedure @samp{number->string} takes a
number and a radix and returns as a string an external representation of
@@ -4674,7 +4674,7 @@ allows for infinities, NaNs, and non-flonum representations.
@c for the third argument.
Returns a number of the maximally precise representation expressed by the
-given @var{string}. @var{Radix} must be an exact integer, either 2, 8, 10,
+given @var{string}. @var{radix} must be an exact integer, either 2, 8, 10,
or 16. If supplied, @var{radix} is a default radix that may be overridden
by an explicit radix prefix in @var{string} (e.g. @t{"#o177"}). If @var{radix}
is not supplied, then the default radix is 10. If @var{string} is not
@@ -5381,7 +5381,7 @@ returned. @samp{Memq} uses @samp{eq?} to compare @var{obj} with the elements of
@deffnx {library procedure} assv obj alist
@deffnx {library procedure} assoc obj alist
-@var{Alist} (for ``association list'') must be a list of
+@var{alist} (for ``association list'') must be a list of
pairs. These procedures find the first pair in @var{alist} whose car field is @var{obj},
and returns that pair. If no pair in @var{alist} has @var{obj} as its
car, then @t{#f} (not the empty list) is returned. @samp{Assq} uses
@@ -5830,10 +5830,9 @@ Returns @t{#t} if @var{obj} is a string, otherwise returns @t{#f}.
@c \domain{\vr{k} must be a non-negative integer, and \var{char} must be
@c a character.}
-@samp{Make-string} returns a newly allocated string of
-length @var{k}. If @var{char} is given, then all elements of the string
-are initialized to @var{char}, otherwise the contents of the
-@var{string} are unspecified.
+@samp{Make-string} returns a newly allocated string of length @var{k}.
+If @var{char} is given, then all elements of the string are initialized
+to @var{char}, otherwise the contents of the string are unspecified.
@end deffn
@@ -5927,7 +5926,7 @@ the corresponding numerical predicates.
@deffn {library procedure} substring string start end
-@var{String} must be a string, and @var{start} and @var{end}
+@var{string} must be a string, and @var{start} and @var{end}
must be exact integers satisfying
@@ -6194,7 +6193,7 @@ Returns @t{#t} if @var{obj} is a procedure, otherwise returns @t{#f}.
@deffn {procedure} apply proc arg1 @dots{} args
-@var{Proc} must be a procedure and @var{args} must be a list.
+@var{proc} must be a procedure and @var{args} must be a list.
Calls @var{proc} with the elements of the list
@samp{(append (list @var{arg1} @dots{},) @var{args})} as the actual
arguments.
@@ -6466,7 +6465,7 @@ and @samp{+}:
@deffn {procedure} call-with-current-continuation proc
- @var{Proc} must be a procedure of one
+ @var{proc} must be a procedure of one
argument. The procedure @samp{call-with-current-continuation} packages
up the current continuation (see the rationale below) as an ``escape
procedure'' and passes it as an argument to
@@ -6616,11 +6615,11 @@ continuation of the call to @t{call-with-values}.
@deffn {procedure} dynamic-wind before thunk after
Calls @var{thunk} without arguments, returning the result(s) of this call.
-@var{Before} and @var{after} are called, also without arguments, as required
+@var{before} and @var{after} are called, also without arguments, as required
by the following rules (note that in the absence of calls to continuations
captured using @code{call-with-current-continuation} the three arguments are
@vindex @w{call-with-current-continuation}
-called once each, in order). @var{Before} is called whenever execution
+called once each, in order). @var{before} is called whenever execution
enters the dynamic extent of the call to @var{thunk} and @var{after} is called
whenever it exits that dynamic extent. The dynamic extent of a procedure
call is the period between when the call is initiated and when it
@@ -6703,7 +6702,7 @@ extent of a call to @var{before} or @var{after} is undefined.
@deffn {procedure} eval expression environment-specifier
Evaluates @var{expression} in the specified environment and returns its value.
-@var{Expression} must be a valid Scheme expression represented as data,
+@var{expression} must be a valid Scheme expression represented as data,
and @var{environment-specifier} must be a value returned by one of the
three procedures described below.
Implementations may extend @samp{eval} to allow non-expression programs
@@ -6731,7 +6730,7 @@ allowed to create new bindings in the environments associated with
@deffn {procedure} scheme-report-environment version
@deffnx {procedure} null-environment version
-@var{Version} must be the exact integer @samp{5},
+@var{version} must be the exact integer @samp{5},
corresponding to this revision of the Scheme report (the
Revised^5 Report on Scheme).
@samp{Scheme-report-environment} returns a specifier for an
@@ -6797,7 +6796,7 @@ Haase: Mention that there are alternatives to files?
@deffn {library procedure} call-with-input-file string proc
@deffnx {library procedure} call-with-output-file string proc
-@var{String} should be a string naming a file, and
+@var{string} should be a string naming a file, and
@var{proc} should be a procedure that accepts one argument.
For @samp{call-with-input-file},
the file should already exist; for
@@ -6862,8 +6861,8 @@ Returns the current default input or output port.
@deffn {optional procedure} with-input-from-file string thunk
@deffnx {optional procedure} with-output-to-file string thunk
-@var{String} should be a string naming a file, and
-@var{proc} should be a procedure of no arguments.
+@var{string} should be a string naming a file, and
+@var{thunk} should be a procedure of no arguments.
For @samp{with-input-from-file},
the file should already exist; for
@samp{with-output-to-file},
@@ -6999,7 +6998,7 @@ a closed port.
Returns the next character available from the input @var{port}, updating
the @var{port} to point to the following character. If no more characters
-are available, an end of file object is returned. @var{Port} may be
+are available, an end of file object is returned. @var{port} may be
omitted, in which case it defaults to the value returned by @samp{current-input-port}.
@end deffn
@@ -7012,7 +7011,7 @@ omitted, in which case it defaults to the value returned by @samp{current-input-
Returns the next character available from the input @var{port},
@emph{without} updating
the @var{port} to point to the following character. If no more characters
-are available, an end of file object is returned. @var{Port} may be
+are available, an end of file object is returned. @var{port} may be
omitted, in which case it defaults to the value returned by @samp{current-input-port}.
@@ -7050,7 +7049,7 @@ Returns @t{#t} if a character is ready on the input @var{port} and
returns @t{#f} otherwise. If @samp{char-ready} returns @t{#t} then
the next @samp{read-char} operation on the given @var{port} is guaranteed
not to hang. If the @var{port} is at end of file then @samp{char-ready?}
-returns @t{#t}. @var{Port} may be omitted, in which case it defaults to
+returns @t{#t}. @var{port} may be omitted, in which case it defaults to
the value returned by @samp{current-input-port}.
@@ -7163,7 +7162,7 @@ Fix
@c \domain{\var{Filename} should be a string naming an existing file
@c containing Scheme source code.} The {\cf load} procedure reads
-@var{Filename} should be a string naming an existing file
+@var{filename} should be a string naming an existing file
containing Scheme source code. The @samp{load} procedure reads
expressions and definitions from the file and evaluates them
sequentially. It is unspecified whether the results of the expressions
@@ -7186,7 +7185,7 @@ implementations.
@deffn {optional procedure} transcript-on filename
@deffnx {optional procedure} transcript-off
-@var{Filename} must be a string naming an output file to be
+@var{filename} must be a string naming an output file to be
created. The effect of @samp{transcript-on} is to open the named file
for output, and to cause a transcript of subsequent interaction between
the user and the Scheme system to be written to the file. The