Author: particle
Date: Mon Feb 19 11:41:15 2007
New Revision: 17067
Modified:
trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd15_objects.pod
Log:
[PDD15]: pod fixups
Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd15_objects.pod
==============================================================================
--- trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd15_objects.pod (original)
+++ trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd15_objects.pod Mon Feb 19 11:41:15 2007
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
=head1 ABSTRACT
-This PDD describes the semantics of Parrot's object and class systems.
+This PDD describes the semantics of Parrot's object and class systems.
=head1 VERSION
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
respectively.
-An instance of the Class PMC has 5 attributes, which are:
+An instance of the Class PMC has six attributes, which are:
=over 4
@@ -174,17 +174,17 @@
inheritance, the list of immediate parent classes, and the parent
classes' rules of inheritance)
-=item 3
+=item 4
An array PMC of the composed roles
-=item 4
+=item 5
An array PMC of the methods defined in the class or composed into the
class
-=item 5
+=item 6
The class attribute hash. Keys are the attribute names and the values
are a hash of attribute characteristics, including name, type, and the
@@ -210,39 +210,43 @@
=head3 Methods
-=head2 name
+=over 4
+
+=item name
The accessor for the name attribute. With no argument, it simply returns
the current value for name. When passed an argument, it sets the name of
the class, and also sets the association with a namespace.
-=head2 new
+=item new
obj = class.'new'( 'myattrib' => "Foo" )
Create a new instance object from the class object. It takes an optional
slurpy, named list of attributes and values to initialize the object.
-=head2 attributes
+=item attributes
An accessor for the attributes of the class. It returns the a Hash of
all attributes, with a key of the attribute name, and a value of the
Attribute object. The accessor is read-only.
-=head2 add_attribute
+=item add_attribute
Adds a single attribute to the class. It takes a simple string name, and
a simple string value for type.
-=head2 parents
+=item parents
An accessor for the parents of the class. It returns an Array of all
parents. The accessor is read-only.
-=head2 add_parent
+=item add_parent
Adds a single parent to the class. It takes a simple string name.
+=back
+
=head2 Object PMC API
C<Object> PMCs are the actual objects, and hold all the per-object
