[m-rev.] for review: new foreign_type syntax

[Tyson Dowd]

On 07-Dec-2001, Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> On 07-Dec-2001, Tyson Dowd <trd at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> > + at node Using pragma foreign_proc for C#
> > + at subsubsection Using pragma foreign_proc for C#
> > +
> > +
> > +
> >  
> >  
> 
> That section looks suspiciously blank.

Looks like a bug in interdiff.  The actual documentation says:

@node Using pragma foreign_proc for C#
@subsubsection Using pragma foreign_proc for C#

Not currently supported for C#.
@c XXX


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Here is a relative diff of my fixes for these problems (although
interdiff seemed to barf a little as I have cvs updated since the last
diff).  I am going to commit this change today.

diff -u doc/reference_manual.texi doc/reference_manual.texi
--- doc/reference_manual.texi
+++ doc/reference_manual.texi
@@ -5152,16 +5156,15 @@
 foreign_proc for @var{Lang}, it will be passed to that foreign_proc as
 specified by @var{ForeignTypeDescriptor}.
 
-Multiple foreign languages definitions may be given for the same type ---
+Multiple foreign language definitions may be given for the same type ---
 the appropriate definition will be used for the appropriate language (see the
 language specific information below for details).
 
 You can use Mercury foreign language interfacing declarations           
-which specify language X to interface to types that are actually          
-written in a different language Y provided that X and Y                 
+which specify language @var{X} to interface to types that are actually
+written in a different language @var{Y} provided that @var{X} and @var{Y}
 have compatible interface conventions.  Support for this kind of
 compatibility is described in the language specific information below.
-
 @c -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 @node Adding foreign declarations
@@ -5438,7 +5441,7 @@
 @node Using pragma foreign_type for C#
 @subsubsection Using pragma foreign_type for C#
 
-There is direct support for using C# types from Mercury, however the
+There is no direct support for using C# types from Mercury; however, the
 types for IL are compatible with C#, and so the foreign_type
 support for IL can be used instead.
 See the section on using pragma foreign_type for IL
@@ -5613,7 +5616,7 @@
 @node Using pragma foreign_type for MC++
 @subsubsection Using pragma foreign_type for MC++
 
-There is direct support for using MC++ types from Mercury, however the
+There is no direct support for using MC++ types from Mercury; however, the
 types for IL are compatible with MC++, and so the foreign_type
 support for IL can be used instead.
 See the section on using pragma foreign_type for IL

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