changeset 464:eddf7c73373b

fix references in the manual
author Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
date Thu, 07 May 2015 21:31:19 -0600
parents 895afcd2b281
children 47c7de1f2322
files website/src/diff.html.luan website/src/manual.html.luan
diffstat 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-) [+]
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diff -r 895afcd2b281 -r eddf7c73373b website/src/diff.html.luan
--- a/website/src/diff.html.luan	Wed May 06 21:44:56 2015 -0600
+++ b/website/src/diff.html.luan	Thu May 07 21:31:19 2015 -0600
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
 <h3 margin-top="1em"><a name="types">Values and Types</a></h3>
 
-<p>Luan does not have the Lua <i>thread</i> type.  Luan add a <i>binary</i> type that Lua doesn't have.  This is because Lua strings can represent binary while Luan strings cannot.</p>
+<p>Luan does not have the Lua <i>thread</i> type.  Luan adds a <i>binary</i> type that Lua doesn't have.  This is because Lua strings can represent binary while Luan strings cannot.</p>
 
 <p>The Luan <i>Nil</i> type is implemented as the Java <i>null</i>.  The Luan <i>Boolean</i> type is implemented as the Java <i>Boolean</i> type.  The Luan <i>Number</i> type is implemented as the Java <i>Number</i> type.  The Luan <i>String</i> type is implemented as the Java <i>String</i> type.  Actual numbers may be any subclass of the Java <i>Number</i> class.</p>
 
diff -r 895afcd2b281 -r eddf7c73373b website/src/manual.html.luan
--- a/website/src/manual.html.luan	Wed May 06 21:44:56 2015 -0600
+++ b/website/src/manual.html.luan	Thu May 07 21:31:19 2015 -0600
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 				<li><a href="#fn_def">Function Definitions</a></li>
 			</ul>
 		</li>
-		<li><a href="#visibility">>Visibility Rules</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#visibility">Visibility Rules</a></li>
 	</ul>
 </div>
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 
 <p>
 Luan can call (and manipulate) functions written in Luan and
-functions written in Java (see <a href="#3.4.10">&sect;3.4.10</a>).
+functions written in Java (see <a href="#fn_calls">Function Calls</a>).
 Both are represented by the type <i>function</i>.
 
 
@@ -168,14 +168,14 @@
 The language supports this representation by
 providing <tt>a.name</tt> as syntactic sugar for <tt>a["name"]</tt>.
 There are several convenient ways to create tables in Luan
-(see <a href="#3.4.9">&sect;3.4.9</a>).
+(see <a href="#constructors">Table Constructors</a>).
 
 
 <p>
 We use the term <i>sequence</i> to denote a table where
 the set of all positive numeric keys is equal to {1..<i>n</i>}
 for some non-negative integer <i>n</i>,
-which is called the length of the sequence (see <a href="#3.4.7">&sect;3.4.7</a>).
+which is called the length of the sequence (see <a href="#length">The Length Operator</a>).
 
 
 <p>
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 In particular,
 because functions are first-class values,
 table fields can contain functions.
-Thus tables can also carry <i>methods</i> (see <a href="#3.4.11">&sect;3.4.11</a>).
+Thus tables can also carry <i>methods</i> (see <a href="#fn_def">Function Definitions</a>).
 
 
 <p>
@@ -219,12 +219,12 @@
 <h3 margin-top="1em"><a name="env">Environments</a></h3>
 
 <p>
-As will be discussed in <a href="#3.2">&sect;3.2</a> and <a href="#3.3.3">&sect;3.3.3</a>,
+As will be discussed in <a href="#vars">Variables</a> and <a href=#assignment">Assignment</a>,
 any reference to a free name
 (that is, a name not bound to any declaration) <tt>var</tt>
 is syntactically translated to <tt>_ENV.var</tt>.
 Moreover, every chunk is compiled in the scope of
-an external local variable named <tt>_ENV</tt> (see <a href="#3.3.2">&sect;3.3.2</a>),
+an external local variable named <tt>_ENV</tt> (see <a href="#chunks">Chunks</a>),
 so <tt>_ENV</tt> itself is never a free name in a chunk.
 
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 you can define new variables and parameters with that name.
 Each reference to a free name uses the <tt>_ENV</tt> that is
 visible at that point in the program,
-following the usual visibility rules of Luan (see <a href="#3.5">&sect;3.5</a>).
+following the usual visibility rules of Luan (see <a href="#visibility">Visibility Rules</a>).
 
 
 <p>
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
 (always adjusted to one value)
 is the result of the operation.
 If there is no metamethod but the object is a table,
-then Luan uses the table length operation (see <a href="#3.4.7">&sect;3.4.7</a>).
+then Luan uses the table length operation (see <a href="#length">The Length Operator</a>).
 Otherwise, Luan raises an error.
 </li>
 
@@ -726,15 +726,15 @@
 </pre></tt></p>
 
 <p>
-Name denotes identifiers, as defined in <a href="#3.1">&sect;3.1</a>.
+Name denotes identifiers, as defined in <a href="#lex">Lexical Conventions</a>.
 
 
 <p>
 Any variable name is assumed to be global unless explicitly declared
-as a local (see <a href="#3.3.7">&sect;3.3.7</a>).
+as a local (see <a href="#local_stmt">Local Declarations</a>).
 Local variables are <i>lexically scoped</i>:
 local variables can be freely accessed by functions
-defined inside their scope (see <a href="#3.5">&sect;3.5</a>).
+defined inside their scope (see <a href="#visibility">Visibility Rules</a>).
 
 
 <p>
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@
 The meaning of accesses to table fields can be changed via metatables.
 An access to an indexed variable <tt>t[i]</tt> is equivalent to
 a call <tt>gettable_event(t,i)</tt>.
-(See <a href="#2.4">&sect;2.4</a> for a complete description of the
+(See <a href="#meta">Metatables and Metamethods</a> for a complete description of the
 <tt>gettable_event</tt> function.
 This function is not defined or callable in Luan.
 We use it here only for explanatory purposes.)
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
 An access to a global variable <tt>x</tt>
 is equivalent to <tt>_ENV.x</tt>.
 Due to the way that chunks are compiled,
-<tt>_ENV</tt> is never a global name (see <a href="#2.2">&sect;2.2</a>).
+<tt>_ENV</tt> is never a global name (see <a href="#env">Environments</a>).
 
 
 
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@
 to control the scope of variable declarations.
 Explicit blocks are also sometimes used to
 add a <b>return</b> statement in the middle
-of another block (see <a href="#3.3.4">&sect;3.3.4</a>).
+of another block (see <a href="#control">Control Structures</a>).
 
 
 
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@
 <p>
 Luan handles a chunk as the body of an anonymous function
 with a variable number of arguments
-(see <a href="#3.4.11">&sect;3.4.11</a>).
+(see <a href="#fn_def">Function Definitions</a>).
 As such, chunks can define local variables,
 receive arguments, and return values.
 
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@
 </pre></tt></p>
 
 <p>
-Expressions are discussed in <a href="#3.4">&sect;3.4</a>.
+Expressions are discussed in <a href="#expressions">Expressions</a>.
 
 
 <p>
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@
 If the list of expressions ends with a function call,
 then all values returned by that call enter the list of values,
 before the adjustment
-(except when the call is enclosed in parentheses; see <a href="#3.4">&sect;3.4</a>).
+(except when the call is enclosed in parentheses; see <a href="#expressions">Expressions</a>).
 
 
 <p>
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@
 and table fields can be changed via metatables.
 An assignment to an indexed variable <tt>t[i] = val</tt> is equivalent to
 <tt>settable_event(t,i,val)</tt>.
-(See <a href="#2.4">&sect;2.4</a> for a complete description of the
+(See <a href="#meta">Metatables and Metamethods</a> for a complete description of the
 <tt>settable_event</tt> function.
 This function is not defined or callable in Luan.
 We use it here only for explanatory purposes.)
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@
 <p>
 An assignment to a global name <tt>x = val</tt>
 is equivalent to the assignment
-<tt>_ENV.x = val</tt> (see <a href="#2.2">&sect;2.2</a>).
+<tt>_ENV.x = val</tt> (see <a href="#env">Environments</a>).
 
 
 
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@
 </pre></tt></p>
 
 <p>
-Luan also has a <b>for</b> statement (see <a href="#3.3.5">&sect;3.3.5</a>).
+Luan also has a <b>for</b> statement (see <a href="#for">For Statement</a>).
 
 
 <p>
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@
 
 <p>
 In this case, all returned values are thrown away.
-Function calls are explained in <a href="#3.4.10">&sect;3.4.10</a>.
+Function calls are explained in <a href="#fn_calls">Function Calls</a>.
 
 
 
@@ -1094,17 +1094,17 @@
 
 <p>
 If present, an initial assignment has the same semantics
-of a multiple assignment (see <a href="#3.3.3">&sect;3.3.3</a>).
+of a multiple assignment (see <a href="#assignment">Assignment</a>).
 Otherwise, all variables are initialized with <b>nil</b>.
 
 
 <p>
-A chunk is also a block (see <a href="#3.3.2">&sect;3.3.2</a>),
+A chunk is also a block (see <a href="#chunks">Chunks</a>),
 and so local variables can be declared in a chunk outside any explicit block.
 
 
 <p>
-The visibility rules for local variables are explained in <a href="#3.5">&sect;3.5</a>.
+The visibility rules for local variables are explained in <a href="#visibility">Visibility Rules</a>.
 
 
 
@@ -1128,29 +1128,29 @@
 </pre></tt></p>
 
 <p>
-Numerals and literal strings are explained in <a href="#3.1">&sect;3.1</a>;
-variables are explained in <a href="#3.2">&sect;3.2</a>;
-function definitions are explained in <a href="#3.4.11">&sect;3.4.11</a>;
-function calls are explained in <a href="#3.4.10">&sect;3.4.10</a>;
-table constructors are explained in <a href="#3.4.9">&sect;3.4.9</a>.
+Numerals and literal strings are explained in <a href="#lex">Lexical Conventions</a>;
+variables are explained in <a href="#vars">Variables</a>;
+function definitions are explained in <a href="#fn_def">Function Definitions</a>;
+function calls are explained in <a href="#fn_calls">Function Calls</a>;
+table constructors are explained in <a href="#constructors">Table Constructors</a>.
 Vararg expressions,
 denoted by three dots ('<tt>...</tt>'), can only be used when
 directly inside a vararg function;
-they are explained in <a href="#3.4.11">&sect;3.4.11</a>.
-
-
-<p>
-Binary operators comprise arithmetic operators (see <a href="#3.4.1">&sect;3.4.1</a>),
-relational operators (see <a href="#3.4.4">&sect;3.4.4</a>), logical operators (see <a href="#3.4.5">&sect;3.4.5</a>),
-and the concatenation operator (see <a href="#3.4.6">&sect;3.4.6</a>).
-Unary operators comprise the unary minus (see <a href="#3.4.1">&sect;3.4.1</a>),
-the unary logical <b>not</b> (see <a href="#3.4.5">&sect;3.4.5</a>),
-and the unary <em>length operator</em> (see <a href="#3.4.7">&sect;3.4.7</a>).
+they are explained in <a href="#fn_def">Function Definitions</a>.
+
+
+<p>
+Binary operators comprise arithmetic operators (see <a href="#arithmetic">Arithmetic Operators</a>),
+relational operators (see <a href="#relational">Relational Operators</a>), logical operators (see <a href="#logical_ops">Logical Operators</a>),
+and the concatenation operator (see <a href="#concatenation">Concatenation</a>).
+Unary operators comprise the unary minus (see <a href="#arithmetic">Arithmetic Operators</a>),
+the unary logical <b>not</b> (see <a href="#logical_ops">Logical Operators</a>),
+and the unary <em>length operator</em> (see <a href="#length">The Length Operator</a>).
 
 
 <p>
 Both function calls and vararg expressions can result in multiple values.
-If a function call is used as a statement (see <a href="#3.3.6">&sect;3.3.6</a>),
+If a function call is used as a statement (see <a href="#fn_stmt">Function Calls as Statements</a>),
 then its return list is adjusted to zero elements,
 thus discarding all returned values.
 If an expression is used as the last (or the only) element
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@
 
 <p>
 You can change the way that Luan compares tables
-by using the "eq" metamethod (see <a href="#2.4">&sect;2.4</a>).
+by using the "eq" metamethod (see <a href="#meta">Metatables and Metamethods</a>).
 
 <p>
 Userdata are Java objects.  They are compared for equality with the Java <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#equals(java.lang.Object)"><tt>equals</tt></a> method.
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@
 Otherwise, if both arguments are strings,
 then their values are compared according to the current locale.
 Otherwise, Luan tries to call the "lt" or the "le"
-metamethod (see <a href="#2.4">&sect;2.4</a>).
+metamethod (see <a href="#meta">Metatables and Metamethods</a>).
 A comparison <tt>a &gt; b</tt> is translated to <tt>b &lt; a</tt>
 and <tt>a &gt;= b</tt> is translated to <tt>b &lt;= a</tt>.
 
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@
 <b>and</b>, <b>or</b>, and <b>not</b>.
 The <b>and</b> and <b>or</b> operators consider both <b>false</b> and <b>nil</b> as false
 and anything else as true.
-Like the control structures (see <a href="#3.3.4">&sect;3.3.4</a>),
+Like the control structures (see <a href="#control">Control Structures</a>),
 the <b>not</b> operator requires a boolean value.
 
 <p>
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@
 
 <p>
 A program can modify the behavior of the length operator for
-any table through the <tt>__len</tt> metamethod (see <a href="#2.4">&sect;2.4</a>).
+any table through the <tt>__len</tt> metamethod (see <a href="#meta">Metatables and Metamethods</a>).
 
 
 <p>
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@
 If the last field in the list has the form <tt>exp</tt>
 and the expression is a function call or a vararg expression,
 then all values returned by this expression enter the list consecutively
-(see <a href="#3.4.10">&sect;3.4.10</a>).
+(see <a href="#fn_calls">Function Calls</a>).
 
 
 <p>
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@
 Otherwise, the prefixexp "call" metamethod is called,
 having as first parameter the value of prefixexp,
 followed by the original call arguments
-(see <a href="#2.4">&sect;2.4</a>).
+(see <a href="#meta">Metatables and Metamethods</a>).
 
 
 <p>
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@
 </pre></tt></p>
 
 <p>
-Results are returned using the <b>return</b> statement (see <a href="#3.3.4">&sect;3.3.4</a>).
+Results are returned using the <b>return</b> statement (see <a href="#control">Control Structures</a>).
 If control reaches the end of a function
 without encountering a <b>return</b> statement,
 then the function returns with no results.