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diff --git a/portToNewSyntax/1.3-and-2.0-differences.txt b/portToNewSyntax/1.3-and-2.0-differences.txt index 3608b28..ceadbd5 100644 --- a/portToNewSyntax/1.3-and-2.0-differences.txt +++ b/portToNewSyntax/1.3-and-2.0-differences.txt @@ -219,6 +219,16 @@ Differences in the standard environment (StdEnv) uselect_u, uselectf_u, uselectn_u, uselectl_u, updatei_u, size_u, usize_u update_u, createArray_u, createArrayc_u, replace_u + Example: Assume a function "f" that does something with arrays that had + the following type in Clean 1.3: + + f :: (a b) -> b | select_u b & Array .a + + "(a b)" stands for "an array (can be strict, lazy or unboxed) with element b". + In Clean 2.x this simply becomes: + + f :: (a b) -> b | Array a b + Miscellaneous Differences ------------------------- @@ -295,11 +305,11 @@ For the 1.3 this would be the same as Note that the "//1.3", "//3.1", "/*2.0" and "0.2*/" brackets have to be the first characters of the line (no preceeding whitespace characters are -allowed). Otherwise they will be ignored. Furtheron such sections shouldn't -be nested nor overlapping. +allowed). Otherwise they will be ignored. Furtheron such sections should +neither be nested nor overlapping. Finally we have written an application "rmPreprop" that can be used to remove all these preprocessor directives when you don't want them anymore. -We will remove the preprocessor feature in the future. Regard it as +We will remove the preprocessor in the future. Regard it as a temporary feature. |