Compatibility: the `init' function no longer calls `imprint' for you.

[sod] / lib / sod-structs.3

diff --git a/lib/sod-structs.3 b/lib/sod-structs.3
index a6c9db2..2d4ecd1 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/sod-structs.3
+++ b/lib/sod-structs.3
@@ -271,12 +271,8 @@ The function returns its argument
 A pointer to a function:
 given a pointer
 .I p
-to at least
-.I initsz
-bytes of appropriately aligned memory,
-initialize an instance of the class in it:
-all of the vtable and class pointers are initialized,
-as are slots for which initializers are defined.
+to an imprinted instance,
+initialize all of its slots for which initializers are defined.
 Other slots are left untouched.
 The function returns its argument
 .IR p .
@@ -893,6 +889,27 @@ defined as
 .IB an , 
 .B ...);
 .PP
+or a standard message which takes keyword arguments,
+defined as
+.IP
+.I tr
+.IB m ( \c
+.I t1
+.IB a1 ,
+.RB ... ,
+.I tn
+.IB an ?\&
+.IR tn +1
+.IR kn +1
+.RB [ =
+.IR dn +1] \c
+.B ,
+.I tm
+.I km
+.RB [ =
+.IR dm ] \c
+);
+.PP
 two entry points are defined:
 the usual `main' entry point
 which accepts a variable number of
@@ -900,7 +917,8 @@ arguments,
 and a `valist' entry point
 which accepts an argument of type
 .B va_list
-in place of the variable portion of the argument list.
+in place of the variable portion of the argument list
+or keywords.
 .IP
 .I tr
 .BI (* m )( \c
@@ -950,6 +968,7 @@ somewhat less ugly.
 If
 .I m
 takes a variable number of arguments,
+or keyword arguments,
 the macro is more complicated
 and is only available in compilers advertising C99 support,
 but the effect is the same.