Author: rgrjr Date: Sat Aug 11 08:22:26 2007 New Revision: 20608 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd20_lexical_vars.pod
Log: * docs/pdds/pdd20_lexical_vars.pod: + Improve "LexInfo" typography. Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd20_lexical_vars.pod ============================================================================== --- trunk/docs/pdds/pdd20_lexical_vars.pod (original) +++ trunk/docs/pdds/pdd20_lexical_vars.pod Sat Aug 11 08:22:26 2007 @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ =head3 LexInfo PMC -LexInfos contain what is known at compile time about lexical variables of a +LexInfo PMCs contain what is known at compile time about lexical variables of a given subroutine: their names (for most languages), perhaps their types, etc. They are the interface through which the PIR compiler stores and validates compile-time information about lexical variables. @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Parrot does not assume that every subroutine needs lexical variables. Therefore, Parrot defaults to I<not> creating LexInfo or LexPad PMCs. It only -creates a Lexinfo when it first encounters a ".lex" directive in the +creates a LexInfo when it first encounters a ".lex" directive in the subroutine. If no such directive is found, Parrot does not create a LexInfo for it at compile time, and therefore cannot create a LexPad for it at run time.