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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2017-11-08 21:55:28 +0200
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2017-11-08 21:55:28 +0200
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Fix gawkapi.h for C++. Update doc.
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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi
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--- a/doc/gawk.texi
+++ b/doc/gawk.texi
@@ -32888,13 +32888,18 @@ The @code{val_type} member indicates what kind of value the
Using these macros makes accessing the fields of the @code{awk_value_t} more
readable.
+@item enum AWK_NUMBER_TYPE @{
+@itemx @ @ @ @ AWK_NUMBER_TYPE_DOUBLE,
+@itemx @ @ @ @ AWK_NUMBER_TYPE_MPFR,
+@itemx @ @ @ @ AWK_NUMBER_TYPE_MPZ
+@itemx @};
+This @code{enum} is used in the following structure for defining the
+type of numeric value that is being worked with. It is declared at the
+top level of the file so that it works correctly for C++ as well as for C.
+
@item typedef struct awk_number @{
@itemx @ @ @ @ double d;
-@itemx @ @ @ @ enum AWK_NUMBER_TYPE @{
-@itemx @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AWK_NUMBER_TYPE_DOUBLE,
-@itemx @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AWK_NUMBER_TYPE_MPFR,
-@itemx @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AWK_NUMBER_TYPE_MPZ
-@itemx @ @ @ @ @} type;
+@itemx @ @ @ @ enum AWK_NUMBER_TYPE type;
@itemx @ @ @ @ void *ptr;
@itemx @} awk_number_t;
This represents a numeric value. Internally, @command{gawk} stores
@@ -32909,7 +32914,6 @@ in data received from @command{gawk}. In addition, by examining the
member is either a GMP integer (type @code{mpz_ptr}), or an MPFR
floating-point value (type @code{mpfr_ptr_t}), and cast it appropriately.
-
@item typedef void *awk_scalar_t;
Scalars can be represented as an opaque type. These values are obtained
from @command{gawk} and then passed back into it. This is discussed