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authorNalin Dahyabhai <nalin.dahyabhai@pobox.com>2008-08-13 17:30:46 -0400
committerNalin Dahyabhai <nalin.dahyabhai@pobox.com>2008-08-13 17:30:46 -0400
commit52841f970eaa4a6589cba6f0be978d9724ba9dbf (patch)
treef38d26c3f41ac3c0aab574cafb939ea2db39c596
parent07f471bdb4c5e391c4b89371f58bbb717be1d54e (diff)
- refer to expressions rather than patters, for consistency
-rw-r--r--doc/nis-design.txt6
-rw-r--r--doc/sch-design.txt6
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/nis-design.txt b/doc/nis-design.txt
index 3021804..7da5e20 100644
--- a/doc/nis-design.txt
+++ b/doc/nis-design.txt
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ need to escape the double-quote using a '\' character. Naturally the
'\' this character itself also needs to be escaped whenever it appears.
=== Implemented Functions ===
- * first(PATTERN[,DEFAULT])
- - Evaluates the pattern, and if one or more values is available,
+ * first(EXPRESSION[,DEFAULT])
+ - Evaluates EXPRESSION, and if one or more values is available,
provides the first value. If no values result, then DEFAULT is
- evaluated as a pattern and the result is provided.
+ evaluated as an expression and the result is provided.
* match(EXPRESSION,PATTERN[,DEFAULT])
- Selects the value of EXPRESSION which matches the globbing pattern
PATTERN. If zero or two or more values match, and a DEFAULT was
diff --git a/doc/sch-design.txt b/doc/sch-design.txt
index 46d4736..9acd95c 100644
--- a/doc/sch-design.txt
+++ b/doc/sch-design.txt
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ need to escape the double-quote using a '\' character. Naturally the
'\' this character itself also needs to be escaped whenever it appears.
=== Implemented Functions ===
- * first(PATTERN[,DEFAULT])
- - Evaluates the pattern, and if one or more values is available,
+ * first(EXPRESSION[,DEFAULT])
+ - Evaluates EXPRESSION, and if one or more values is available,
provides the first value. If no values result, then DEFAULT is
- evaluated as a pattern and the result is provided.
+ evaluated as an expression and the result is provided.
* match(EXPRESSION,PATTERN[,DEFAULT])
- Selects the value of EXPRESSION which matches the globbing pattern
PATTERN. If no values match, and a DEFAULT was specified, the