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bug#63851: [PATCH] doc: Use the term "Procedure" for definitions.
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Ludovic Courtès |
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bug#63851: [PATCH] doc: Use the term "Procedure" for definitions. |
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Thu, 08 Jun 2023 23:48:15 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) |
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:
> In an effort to homogenize things, commit
> 3c40dfe2851dd4ef48d2711f9f3531c06afbe1f2 replaced:
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> @deffn {Scheme Procedure}
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> with:
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> @defun
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> However, the latter prints "Function" when all existing material about
> Scheme uses the term "procedure".
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> Thus, for consistency, this commit switches to:
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> @deffn {Procedure}
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> * doc/guix.texi, doc/contributing.texi: Use "@deffn {Procedure}"
> consistently rather than "@defun" or similar.
Pushed as aceb150d29832e824446b29fab821acda50531ff.
As discussed on IRC, Texinfo macros are too limited: we can’t have a
‘@defproc’ macro. So be it…
Ludo’.