jyapayne/Nim
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions

implemented #133

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
Araq 2012-07-19 16:38:46 +02:00
commit 98fd408adc
3 changed files with 40 additions and 5 deletions
Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

15
doc/manual.txt
View file

@ -924,8 +924,8 @@ order.
The assignment operator for tuples copies each component.
The default assignment operator for objects copies each component. Overloading
of the assignment operator for objects is not possible, but this may change in
future versions of the compiler.
of the assignment operator for objects is not possible, but this will change
in future versions of the compiler.
.. code-block:: nimrod
@ -940,7 +940,16 @@ future versions of the compiler.
person = ("Peter", 30)
The implementation aligns the fields for best access performance. The alignment
is compatible with the way the C compiler does it.
is compatible with the way the C compiler does it. For consistency
with ``object`` declarations, tuples in a ``type`` section can also be defined
with indentation instead of ``[]``:
.. code-block:: nimrod
type
TPerson = tuple # type representing a person
name: string # a person consists of a name
age: natural # and an age
Objects provide many features that tuples do not. Object provide inheritance
and information hiding. Objects have access to their type at runtime, so that