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diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml index 981a44642a..29ec2ad78b 100755 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml @@ -32,22 +32,22 @@ <section> <title>Introduction of Types</title> <p> - Although Erlang is a dynamically typed language this section describes - an extension to the Erlang language for declaring sets of Erlang terms - to form a particular type, effectively forming a specific sub-type of the - set of all Erlang terms. + Erlang is a dynamically typed language. Still, it comes with a + language extension for declaring sets of Erlang terms to form a + particular type, effectively forming a specific sub-type of the set + of all Erlang terms. </p> <p> - Subsequently, these types can be used to specify types of record fields - and the argument and return types of functions. + Subsequently, these types can be used to specify types of record fields + and the argument and return types of functions. </p> <p> - Type information can be used to document function interfaces, - provide more information for bug detection tools such as <c>Dialyzer</c>, - and can be exploited by documentation tools such as <c>Edoc</c> for - generating program documentation of various forms. - It is expected that the type language described in this document will - supersede and replace the purely comment-based <c>@type</c> and + Type information can be used to document function interfaces, + provide more information for bug detection tools such as <c>Dialyzer</c>, + and can be exploited by documentation tools such as <c>Edoc</c> for + generating program documentation of various forms. + It is expected that the type language described in this document will + supersede and replace the purely comment-based <c>@type</c> and <c>@spec</c> declarations used by <c>Edoc</c>. </p> <warning> @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ mod:orddict(atom(), term()) their defining module (i.e., only the module defining them is allowed to depend on their term structure). Consequently, such types do not make much sense as module local - module local - types are anyway not accessible by other modules - and should + types are not accessible by other modules anyway - and should always be exported. </p> </section> @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ mod:orddict(atom(), term()) -spec id(X) -> X when X :: tuple(). </pre> <p> - and provide bounded quantification. Currently, the <c>::</2> constraint + and provide bounded quantification. Currently, the <c>::</c> constraint (the <c>is_subtype/2</c> guard) is the only guard constraint which can be used in the <c>'when'</c> part of a <c>'-spec'</c> attribute. </p> |