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<H2><A NAME="sec:2.7"><SPAN class="sec-nr">2.7</SPAN> <SPAN class="sec-title">Notation</SPAN></A></H2>
<P><A NAME="idx:notationinthismanual:65"></A>This manual, as well as all
other <font size=-1>XPCE</font> documentation both printed and online
uses some notational conventions. Instead of speaking of `the
send-method colour of class box', we write
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<A NAME="idx:boxsendcolour:66"></A>`<B>box<CODE>-></CODE>colour</B>'
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>Similar, instead of `the get-method height of class window', we write
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<A NAME="idx:windowgetheight:67"></A>`<B>window<CODE><-</CODE>height</B>'
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>In some cases, the arguments and/or the return type of the method are
specified:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<A NAME="idx:boxsendcolour:68"></A>`<B>box<CODE>-></CODE>colour</B>:
colour'<BR>
<A NAME="idx:windowgetheight:69"></A>`<B>window<CODE><-</CODE>height</B> <VAR>--></VAR>int'
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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