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author | Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de> | 2006-02-13 21:42:41 +0000 |
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committer | Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de> | 2006-02-13 21:42:41 +0000 |
commit | b712c10755ad4304f6352a32ec607c8fad1a61a9 (patch) | |
tree | ca3f973b5e12e74c5aa3eb8ed01aa6e84a9d7bda | |
parent | 1aaa1c171edd094072f5b4202fd480e0f40c2aad (diff) | |
download | guile-b712c10755ad4304f6352a32ec607c8fad1a61a9.tar.gz |
(Object Properties): Removed confusing
paragraph about 'name' property.
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2 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ref/ChangeLog b/doc/ref/ChangeLog index f0b8cde77..58d669c15 100644 --- a/doc/ref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ref/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-02-13 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de> + + * api-utility.texi (Object Properties): Removed confusing + paragraph about 'name' property. + 2006-02-04 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net> * api-control.texi (Throw Handlers): New node. diff --git a/doc/ref/api-utility.texi b/doc/ref/api-utility.texi index 1305a9259..9f6766c71 100644 --- a/doc/ref/api-utility.texi +++ b/doc/ref/api-utility.texi @@ -181,13 +181,6 @@ Scheme object even though that object does not have a dedicated slot available in which the additional information could be stored. Object properties allow you to do just that. -An object property is most commonly used to associate one kind of -additional information with each instance of a class of similar Scheme -objects. For example, all procedures have a `name' property, which -stores the name of the variable in which the procedure was stored by a -@code{define} expression, or @code{#f} if the procedure wasn't created -by that kind of expression. - Guile's representation of an object property is a procedure-with-setter (@pxref{Procedures with Setters}) that can be used with the generalized form of @code{set!} (REFFIXME) to set and retrieve that property for any |