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authorNalin Dahyabhai <nalin.dahyabhai@pobox.com>2008-12-02 18:49:09 -0500
committerNalin Dahyabhai <nalin.dahyabhai@pobox.com>2008-12-02 18:49:09 -0500
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- try to rework referred_r's description again
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@@ -286,13 +286,13 @@ And here's how various expressions evaluate for ''cn=group'', if
referred_r(''SET'',''ATTRIBUTE''[,''OTHERSET'',''OTHERATTRIBUTE''[,...],''VALUEATTRIBUTE'')
Searches for entries in the current group in both the current set and
-''SET'' which refer to this entry using ''ATTRIBUTE'', searching for
-entries in the current set and ''SET'' for the resulting entries, until
-a set of entries is formed.
+''SET'' which refer to this entry using ''ATTRIBUTE'', then searches for
+entries which refer to any of the just-found entries, repeating the
+process until a complete set of referring entries is formed.
-Then searches for entries in ''SET'' and ''OTHERSET'' which refer to
-entries in the just-found set, repeating the process until a new set is
-formed.
+Then, searches for entries in ''SET'' and ''OTHERSET'' which refer to
+entries in the just-found set, repeating the process until a new
+complete set is formed.
The value of ''VALUEATTRIBUTE'' for every entry encountered along the
way will be returned.