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| author | rillig <rillig> | 2006-04-30 21:43:42 +0000 |
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| committer | rillig <rillig> | 2006-04-30 21:43:42 +0000 |
| commit | 02a23f39317484d5540995bf7a25589e0e2c60fc (patch) | |
| tree | 2018ac076b9879bb1aeafe61879721a83235c75a /pkgtools | |
| parent | 360f83c8b4d07a868d77f6f4c2bfe93eb784575e (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-02a23f39317484d5540995bf7a25589e0e2c60fc.tar.gz | |
List! has been replaced by InternalList.
Diffstat (limited to 'pkgtools')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkgtools/pkglint/files/doc/chap.types.xml | 24 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/pkgtools/pkglint/files/doc/chap.types.xml b/pkgtools/pkglint/files/doc/chap.types.xml index baed9a81184..6afad79f199 100644 --- a/pkgtools/pkglint/files/doc/chap.types.xml +++ b/pkgtools/pkglint/files/doc/chap.types.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: chap.types.xml,v 1.1 2006/02/26 23:38:07 rillig Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: chap.types.xml,v 1.2 2006/04/30 21:43:42 rillig Exp $ --> <chapter id="types"> <title>The &pkglint; type system</title> @@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ <title>Syntax for defining types</title> <programlisting> - type ::= list-variant "of" simple-type + type ::= ("List" | "InternalList") "+"? "of" simple-type | simple-type - list-variant ::= "List" "!"? "+"? simple-type ::= predefined-type | enumeration predefined-type ::= [A-Za-z][0-9A-Z_a-z]* @@ -67,16 +66,15 @@ <para>A list type can be constructed from a predefined type or an enumeration. It is not possible to construct lists of lists, - since I have never needed that. When defining a list type, the - <literal>List</literal> keyword may be followed immediately - (that is, no white-space) by a <literal>!</literal> or a - <literal>+</literal>. A <literal>!</literal> means that the list - is an internal list, as opposed to an external list. Most lists - are external lists, so this has been chosen as the default - value. The differences between these two types are described in - the <ulink url="&pkgsrc-guide;/makefile.html">pkgsrc guide, the - chapter about <filename>Makefile</filename>s</ulink>. A - <literal>+</literal> restricts the valid operations on a + since I have never needed that. There are two types of lists, + called <literal>List</literal> and + <literal>InternalList</literal>, which are described in the + <ulink url="&pkgsrc-guide;/makefile.html">pkgsrc guide, the + chapter about <filename>Makefile</filename>s</ulink>. + + If the <literal>List</literal> or + <literal>InternalList</literal> is followed by a + <literal>+</literal>, which restricts the valid operations on a variable of that type. The only allowed operations are setting the list to a commented empty value, for example <literal># none</literal>, or appending to the list, using |