Changeset 3854 for trunk

Timestamp:

09/18/07 04:35:51 (16 months ago)

Author:

pmoura

Message:

Minor documentation improvements on static binding.

Location:

trunk/manuals/userman

Files:

• categories.html (modified) (2 diffs)
• messages.html (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/manuals/userman/categories.html

@@ -314 +314 @@
 :- end_object.</pre>
 <p>
-This alternative should only be used when the user knows a priori that the category predicates will not be specialized or redefined by descendant objects of the object importing the category. Its advantage is that, whenever possible, the Logtalk compiler will optimize the calls by using static binding. However, when static binding is not possible due to the lack of sufficient information at compilation time, the performance may be worse than calling the category predicate using a message to <em>self</em> due to the lack of a caching mechanism.
+This alternative should only be used when the user knows a priori that the category predicates will not be specialized or redefined by descendant objects of the object importing the category. Its advantage is that, whenever possible, the Logtalk compiler will optimize the calls by using static binding (implies separate loading of the categories using the <code>reload(skip)</code> compiler flag). However, when static binding is not possible due to the lack of sufficient information at compilation time, the performance may be worse than calling the category predicate using a message to <em>self</em> due to the lack of a caching mechanism.
 </p>
 
@@ -320 +320 @@
     <div class="copyright">
         <span>Copyright &copy; <a href="mailto:pmoura@logtalk.org">Paulo Moura</a> &mdash; <a href="http://logtalk.org">Logtalk.org</a></span><br/> 
-        <span>Last updated on: June 8, 2007</span>
+        <span>Last updated on: September 15, 2007</span>
     </div>
     <div class="navbottom">

trunk/manuals/userman/messages.html

@@ -149 +149 @@
 
 <p>
-Logtalk supports both static binding and dynamic binding. Static binding is used whenever messages are sent (using <code>::/2</code>) to objects loaded using the <code>reload(skip)</code> compiler flag. When that is not the case (or when using <code>::/1</code>), Logtalk uses dynamic binding coupled with a caching mechanism that avoids repeated lookups of predicate declarations and predicate definitions. This is a solution common to other programming languages supporting dynamic binding. Message lookups are automatically cached the first time a message is sent. Cache entries are automatically removed when loading entities or using Logtalk dynamic features that invalidate the cached lookups.
+Logtalk supports both static binding and dynamic binding. Static binding is used whenever messages are sent (using <code>::/2</code>) to objects loaded separately using the <code>reload(skip)</code> compiler flag. When that is not the case (or when using <code>::/1</code>), Logtalk uses dynamic binding coupled with a caching mechanism that avoids repeated lookups of predicate declarations and predicate definitions. This is a solution common to other programming languages supporting dynamic binding. Message lookups are automatically cached the first time a message is sent. Cache entries are automatically removed when loading entities or using Logtalk dynamic features that invalidate the cached lookups.
 </p>
 <p>
@@ -236 +236 @@
     <div class="copyright">
         <span>Copyright &copy; <a href="mailto:pmoura@logtalk.org">Paulo Moura</a> &mdash; <a href="http://logtalk.org">Logtalk.org</a></span><br/> 
-        <span>Last updated on: April 14, 2007</span>
+        <span>Last updated on: September 15, 2007</span>
     </div>
     <div class="navbottom">