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Fix documentation of &clock and &dateline. #529

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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion doc/book/diffs.tex
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Expand Up @@ -6,14 +6,20 @@ \chapter{Differences between Icon and Unicon}
the emphasis of this page is on {\em incompatibilities\/} that might
require changes to existing Icon programs.

\section{Extensions to Functions and Operators}
\section{Extensions to Functions, Operators and Keywords}

Unicon broadens the meaning of certain pre-existing functions where it
is consistent and unambiguous to do so. These extensions revolve
primarily around the list type. For example,
\index{insert()}\texttt{insert()} allows insertion into the middle of a
list, \texttt{reverse()} reverses a list, and so forth.

The keywords \texttt{\&clock}\index{\&clock} and
\texttt{\&dateline}\index{\&dateline}
have been extended to generate timezone information. The extensions
may alter the behavour of Icon programs that use these keywords in a
context where failure is possible.

\section{Objects}

Unicon supports the concepts of classes and packages with declaration
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12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions doc/book/langref.tex
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Expand Up @@ -317,11 +317,11 @@ \section{Keywords}

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\noindent
{\bf \&clock : string } \hfill {\bf time of day}
{\bf \&clock : string* } \hfill {\bf time of day}

\noindent
\texttt{\&clock} produces a string consisting of the current
\index{time of day \&clock}time of day in hh:mm:ss format.
\texttt{\&clock} generates two strings, consisting of the current
\index{time of day \&clock}time of day (in hh:mm:ss format) and the time zone.
See also keyword \texttt{\&now}.

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\noindent
{\bf \&dateline : string } \hfill {\bf time stamp}
{\bf \&dateline : string* } \hfill {\bf time stamp}

\noindent
\index{time stamp}\texttt{\&dateline} produces a human-readable time
stamp that includes the day of the week, the date, and the current
\index{time stamp}\texttt{\&dateline} generates two strings, consisting of a human-readable time
stamp and the time zone. The time stamp includes the day of the week, the date, and the current
time, down to the minute.

\bigskip\hrule\vspace{0.1cm}
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