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author | Simon Ochsenreither <simon@ochsenreither.de> | 2013-02-21 03:54:08 +0100 |
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committer | Iain McGinniss <iainmcgin@gmail.com> | 2013-02-21 10:08:05 +0000 |
commit | 50ce3228b80475d1a0d748ec40ef532afb96df8f (patch) | |
tree | 94f28c3aee44315bca931ac12ebdadfa6ba922ef /11-top-level-definitions.md | |
parent | 2311e3498bea8d149cc38a6d3585de245134add9 (diff) | |
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Miscellaneous cleanups:
- Value of Unit is (), not {}
- Fix desugared pattern matching code
- Mention object-protected values
- Use uppercase type variables for Tuple/Function code
- Replace Application with App
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diff --git a/11-top-level-definitions.md b/11-top-level-definitions.md index 02c7db7bb9..fee07fb0fc 100644 --- a/11-top-level-definitions.md +++ b/11-top-level-definitions.md @@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ passed to the `main` method as a parameter of type `Array[String]`. The `main` method of a program can be directly defined in the -object, or it can be inherited. The scala library defines a class -`scala.Application` that defines an empty inherited `main` method. +object, or it can be inherited. The scala library defines a special class +`scala.App` whose body acts as a `main` method. An objects $m$ inheriting from this class is thus a program, which executes the initializaton code of the object $m$. @@ -165,12 +165,13 @@ which executes the initializaton code of the object $m$. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.scala} package test - object HelloWord { - def main(args: Array[String]) { println("hello world") } + object HelloWorld { + def main(args: Array[String]) { println("Hello World") } } ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This program can be started by the command + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ scala test.HelloWorld ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -184,12 +185,12 @@ which executes the initializaton code of the object $m$. would work as well. `HelloWorld` can also be defined without a `main` method - by inheriting from `Application` instead: + by inheriting from `App` instead: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.scala} package test - object HelloWord extends Application { - println("hello world") + object HelloWorld extends App { + println("Hello World") } ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |