[Nice-commit] Nice/web index.xml,1.8,1.9

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Update of /cvsroot/nice/Nice/web
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv559/web

Modified Files:
	index.xml 
Log Message:
Expanded some descriptions of the benefits (multi-methods, named arguments).


Index: index.xml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/nice/Nice/web/index.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.8
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -C2 -d -r1.8 -r1.9
*** index.xml	2 Mar 2004 15:18:59 -0000	1.8
--- index.xml	9 Mar 2004 12:25:48 -0000	1.9
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*** 49,53 ****
    Ever got bored
    of writing tons of loops, casts, overloaded methods with default
!   values, ... ?
  </para>
  </listitem>
--- 49,53 ----
    Ever got bored
    of writing tons of loops, casts, overloaded methods with default
!   values, anonymous classes, ... ?
  </para>
  </listitem>
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*** 87,90 ****
--- 87,95 ----
    This means that new methods can be defined on classes that
    belong to a different package (even in java.*). 
+   This allows for a more modular style: you don't need to pack classes with
+   all possibly useful methods, but you can split them into several packages
+   dealing with different aspects. Development can then happen independently
+   if each package.
+   </para><para>
    Multi-methods also extend usual methods with the possibility to
    dispatch on every argument, instead of only the receiver class.
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*** 97,102 ****
  
  <varlistentry><term>Tuples</term><listitem><para> 
!   This allows in particular methods to return 
!   several values.
  </para>
  </listitem>
--- 102,106 ----
  
  <varlistentry><term>Tuples</term><listitem><para> 
!   This allows in particular methods to return several values.
  </para>
  </listitem>
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*** 108,112 ****
    is not present in the call. This is much simpler than in Java, where one 
    has to write several versions of the method for each combination of 
!   parameters. 
  </para>
  </listitem>
--- 112,117 ----
    is not present in the call. This is much simpler than in Java, where one 
    has to write several versions of the method for each combination of 
!   parameters. The names of the arguments can also be specified at the call
!   site, improving readability and making argument order irrelevant.
  </para>
  </listitem>
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*** 153,155 ****
  </section>
  
! </page>
\ No newline at end of file
--- 158,160 ----
  </section>
  
! </page>