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| author | Vlad Ureche <vlad.ureche@gmail.com> | 2012-10-02 11:49:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Vlad Ureche <vlad.ureche@gmail.com> | 2012-10-02 12:48:19 +0200 |
| commit | ab7857b7b2c122012bedb6e173753d41c1063efa (patch) | |
| tree | 060ec2199e5ed48e0632822173db1e0429171d38 /src/library/rootdoc.txt | |
| parent | 1088af1236b64b89118e566ce3856b8101b391a9 (diff) | |
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Improved the `scala.language` documentation
Also corrected the links in the library rootdoc.
**Note: We need to fast track this commit so it reaches master in the
next 12 hours, before we generate the next nightly docs.**
Review by @odersky
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/library/rootdoc.txt b/src/library/rootdoc.txt index da27a0084b..0722d808bf 100644 --- a/src/library/rootdoc.txt +++ b/src/library/rootdoc.txt @@ -4,24 +4,25 @@ This is the documentation for the Scala standard library. The [[scala]] package contains core types. -scala.[[scala.collection]] and its subpackages contain a collections framework with higher-order functions for manipulation. Both [[scala.collection.immutable]] and [[scala.collection.mutable]] data structures are available, with immutable as the default. The [[scala.collection.parallel]] collections provide automatic parallel operation. +[[scala.collection `scala.collection`]] and its subpackages contain a collections framework with higher-order functions for manipulation. Both [[scala.collection.immutable `scala.collection.immutable`]] and [[scala.collection.mutable `scala.collection.mutable`]] data structures are available, with immutable as the default. The [[scala.collection.parallel `scala.collection.parallel`]] collections provide automatic parallel operation. Other important packages include: - - scala.[[scala.actors]] - Concurrency framework inspired by Erlang. - - scala.[[scala.io]] - Input and output. - - scala.[[scala.math]] - Basic math functions and additional numeric types. - - scala.[[scala.sys]] - Interaction with other processes and the operating system. - - scala.util.[[scala.util.matching]] - Pattern matching in text using regular expressions. - - scala.util.parsing.[[scala.util.parsing.combinator]] - Composable combinators for parsing. - - scala.[[scala.xml]] - XML parsing, manipulation, and serialization. + - [[scala.actors `scala.actors`]] - Concurrency framework inspired by Erlang. + - [[scala.io `scala.io`]] - Input and output. + - [[scala.math `scala.math`]] - Basic math functions and additional numeric types. + - [[scala.sys `scala.sys`]] - Interaction with other processes and the operating system. + - [[scala.util.matching `scala.util.matching`]] - Pattern matching in text using regular expressions. + - [[scala.util.parsing.combinator `scala.util.parsing.combinator`]] - Composable combinators for parsing. + - [[scala.xml `scala.xml`]] - XML parsing, manipulation, and serialization. Many other packages exist. See the complete list on the left. == Automatic imports == -Identifiers in the scala package and the [[scala.Predef]] object are always in scope by default. +Identifiers in the scala package and the [[scala.Predef `scala.Predef`]] object are always in scope by default. -Some of these identifiers are type aliases provided as shortcuts to commonly used classes. For example, `List` is an alias for scala.collection.immutable.[[scala.collection.immutable.List]]. +Some of these identifiers are type aliases provided as shortcuts to commonly used classes. For example, `List` is an alias for +[[scala.collection.immutable.List `scala.collection.immutable.List`]]. Other aliases refer to classes provided by the underlying platform. For example, on the JVM, `String` is an alias for `java.lang.String`. |