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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 3fcf0025..3be266cb 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ include "tablename.conf";; Define a filter. You can learn more about filters in the following chapter. - <tag><label id="opt-function">function <m/type/ <m/name/ (<m/parameters/) <m/local variables/ { <m/commands/ }</tag> + <tag><label id="opt-function">function <m/name/ (<m/parameters/) [ -> <m/return type/ ] <m/local variables/ { <m/commands/ }</tag> Define a function. You can learn more about functions in the following chapter. <tag><label id="opt-protocol">protocol rip|ospf|bgp|<m/.../ [<m/name/ [from <m/name2/]] { <m>protocol options</m> }</tag> @@ -1294,21 +1294,21 @@ can group several statements to a single compound statement by using braces (<cf>{ <M>statements</M> }</cf>) which is useful if you want to make a bigger block of code conditional. -<p>BIRD supports functions, so that you don't have to repeat the same blocks of -code over and over. Functions can have zero or more parameters and they can have -local variables. You should always specify the function return type and always -return it. No-return functions and multiple-type returning functions are deprecated. -Direct recursion is possible. Function definitions look like this: +<p>BIRD supports functions, so that you don not have to repeat the same blocks +of code over and over. Functions can have zero or more parameters and they can +have local variables. If the function returns value, then you should always +specify its return type. Direct recursion is possible. Function definitions look +like this: <code> -function int name () +function name() -> int { int local_variable; int another_variable = 5; return 42; } -function pair with_parameters (int parameter) +function with_parameters(int parameter) -> pair { print parameter; return (1, 2); |