Index: doc/next-migration.txt =================================================================== diff -u -rd8b8fec1b9c4b2ab7c1cc36c156649109ca0807a -r576c7576787dc6257a22364e21fff19f99ce1bac --- doc/next-migration.txt (.../next-migration.txt) (revision d8b8fec1b9c4b2ab7c1cc36c156649109ca0807a) +++ doc/next-migration.txt (.../next-migration.txt) (revision 576c7576787dc6257a22364e21fff19f99ce1bac) @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ .. One can invoke in NX fully qualified methods to invoke methods outside the precedence path. - .. One can define in NX _hierachical method names_ (similar to + .. One can define in NX _hierarchical method names_ (similar to commands and subcommands, called method ensembles) in a convenient way to provide extensible, hierarchical naming of methods. @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ . *Much Smaller Interface:* The Next Scripting Language has a much _smaller interface_ (i.e. provides less predefined methods) than - XOTcl (see Table 1), although the expressability was increased in + XOTcl (see Table 1), although the expressiveness was increased in NX. .Comparison of the Number of Predefined Methods in NX and XOTcl @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ In general, the Next Scripting Framework supports multiple object systems concurrently. Effectively, every object system has different base classes for creating objects and classes. Therefore, these object -systems can have different different interfaces and names of built-in +systems can have different interfaces and names of built-in methods. Currently, the Next Scripting Framework is packaged with three object systems: @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ In NX forwarders are called +forward+. NX does not provide an public available method to define variable accessors like +parametercmd+ in -XOTcl, but use interanlly the Next Scripting Framework primitive +XOTcl, but use internally the Next Scripting Framework primitive +nsf::method::setter+ when appropriate. [options="header",cols="asciidoc,asciidoc",frame="none",valign="middle"] @@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ assign statements in the constructor requires explicit constructor calls, which are often error-prone. Certainly, when a user prefers to assign initial values to instance variables via explicit assign -operations in constructors, this is as ell possible in NX. +operations in constructors, this is as well possible in NX. NX uses the same mechanism to define class variables or object variables. @@ -1125,8 +1125,8 @@ call _properties_ in NX. XOTcl uses the method +parameter+ is a shortcut for creating multiple -configurable variables with automically created accessors (methods for -reading and writing of the variables). In NX, the prefered way to +configurable variables with automatically created accessors (methods for +reading and writing of the variables). In NX, the preferred way to create configurable variables is to use the method +property+. The method +property+ in NX is similar to +variable+, but makes the variables configurable, which means that @@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ NX allows to define _optional_ and _required_ configure parameters (as well as method parameters). Therefore, configure parameters can be used -as the single mechanism to parameterize objects. It is in NX not +as the single mechanism to parametrize objects. It is in NX not necessary (and per default not possible) to pass arguments to the constructor. @@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ |====================== Since the slots are objects, the slot objects can be configured and -parameterized like every other object in NX. Slot objects can be +parametrized like every other object in NX. Slot objects can be provided with a scripted initialization as well. We show first the definition of properties simliar to the functionality provided as well by XOTcl and show afterwards how to use value constraints, optional @@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ namely class- and object-level mixins and class- and object-level filters. The primary difference in NX is the naming, since NX abandons the prefix "inst" from the names of instance specific method, but uses -the the modifier +objec+" for object specific methods. +the modifier +object+" for object specific methods. Therefore, in NX, if a +mixin+ is registered on a class-level, it is applicable for the instances (a per-class mixin), and if and +object @@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ In NX, one can use e.g. always +info method+ with a subcommand and the framework tries to hide the differences as far as possible. So, one can for example obtain with +info method parameter+ the parameters of -scripted and C-implemented methods the same way, one one can get the +scripted and C-implemented methods the same way, one can get the definition of all methods via +info method definition+ and one can get an manual-like interface description via +info method syntax+. In addition, NX provides means to query the type of @@ -2972,7 +2972,7 @@ === Obsolete Commands Parameter-classes were rarely used and have been replaced by the more -general object parameterization. Therefore, `cl info parameterclass` has +general object parametrization. Therefore, `cl info parameterclass` has been removed. === Stronger Checking