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| -rw-r--r-- | src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/InterpreterLoop.scala | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/InterpreterLoop.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/InterpreterLoop.scala index 9b1f2f20ac..61f3327a4e 100644 --- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/InterpreterLoop.scala +++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/InterpreterLoop.scala @@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ import java.io.IOException import scala.tools.nsc.util.Position import nsc.{InterpreterResults=>IR} -/** The main loop of the command-line interface to the - * <a href="http://scala-lang.org/" target="_top">Scala</a> interpreter. +/** The + * <a href="http://scala-lang.org/" target="_top">Scala</a> + * interactive shell. It provides a read-eval-print loop around + * the Interpreter class. * After instantiation, clients should call the <code>main()</code> method. * * @author Lex Spoon @@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ class InterpreterLoop(in0: BufferedReader, out: PrintWriter) { /** print a friendly help message */ def printHelp { - out.println("This is an interpreter for Scala.") + out.println("This is a Scala shell.") out.println("Type in expressions to have them evaluated.") out.println("Type :help to repeat this message.") out.println("Type :load followed by a filename to load a Scala file.") @@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ class InterpreterLoop(in0: BufferedReader, out: PrintWriter) { /** Print a welcome message */ def printWelcome { - out.println("This is an interpreter for Scala.") + out.println("This is a Scala shell.") out.println("Type in expressions to have them evaluated.") out.println("Type :help for more information.") } |