Documentation.

git-svn-id: http://caml.inria.fr/svn/ocaml/trunk@9040 f963ae5c-01c2-4b8c-9fe0-0dff7051ff02

Author: pierreweis

stdlib/printf.ml

@@ -362,10 +362,15 @@ type positional_specification =
    Calling [got_spec] with appropriate arguments, we ``return'' a positional
    specification and an index to go on scanning the [fmt] format at hand.
 
-   We do not support [*$] specifications, since this would lead to type
-   checking problems: a [*$] positional specification means ``take the next
-   argument to [printf] (which must be an integer value)'', name this integer
-   value $n$; [*$] now designates parameter $n$.
+   Note that this is optimized for the regular case, i.e. no positional
+   parameter, since in this case we juste ``return'' the constant
+   [Spec_none]; in case we have a positional parameter, we ``return'' a
+   [Spec_index] [positional_specification] which a bit more costly.
+
+   Note also that we do not support [*$] specifications, since this would
+   lead to type checking problems: a [*$] positional specification means
+   ``take the next argument to [printf] (which must be an integer value)'',
+   name this integer value $n$; [*$] now designates parameter $n$.
 
    Unfortunately, the type of a parameter specified via a [*$] positional
    specification should be the type of the corresponding argument to

stdlib/printf.mli

@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ val bprintf : Buffer.t -> ('a, Buffer.t, unit) format -> 'a
    (see module {!Buffer}). *)
 
 (** Formatted output functions with continuations. *)
+
 val kfprintf : (out_channel -> 'a) -> out_channel ->
               ('b, out_channel, unit, 'a) format4 -> 'b;;
 (** Same as [fprintf], but instead of returning immediately,
@@ -180,7 +181,10 @@ module CamlinternalPr : sig
     val sub_format :
         (('a, 'b, 'c, 'd, 'e, 'f) format6 -> int) ->
         (('a, 'b, 'c, 'd, 'e, 'f) format6 -> int -> char -> int) ->
-        char -> ('a, 'b, 'c, 'd, 'e, 'f) format6 -> int -> int
+        char ->
+        ('a, 'b, 'c, 'd, 'e, 'f) format6 ->
+        int ->
+        int
 
     val summarize_format_type : ('a, 'b, 'c, 'd, 'e, 'f) format6 -> string
 
@@ -192,11 +196,14 @@ module CamlinternalPr : sig
         (Sformat.index -> 'i -> 'j -> int -> 'h) ->
         (Sformat.index -> 'k -> int -> 'h) ->
         (Sformat.index -> int -> 'h) ->
-        (Sformat.index -> ('l, 'm, 'n, 'o, 'p, 'q) format6 -> int -> 'h) -> 'h
+        (Sformat.index -> ('l, 'm, 'n, 'o, 'p, 'q) format6 -> int -> 'h) ->
+        'h
 
     val kapr :
         (('a, 'b, 'c, 'd, 'e, 'f) format6 -> Obj.t array -> 'g) ->
-        ('a, 'b, 'c, 'd, 'e, 'f) format6 -> 'g
+        ('a, 'b, 'c, 'd, 'e, 'f) format6 ->
+        'g
+
   end;;
 
 end;;