funcdef

funcdef — A function (subroutine) name and its return type

Synopsis

funcdef ::=

Zero or more of:
- text
- function
- phrase (db._phrase)
- replaceable
- type
- Graphic inlines
  inlinemediaobject
- Indexing inlines
  indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)
- Linking inlines
  anchor
  
  biblioref
  
  link
  
  olink
  
  xref
- Ubiquitous inlines
  alt
  
  anchor
  
  annotation
  
  biblioref
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)
  
  inlinemediaobject
  
  link
  
  olink
  
  remark
  
  subscript
  
  superscript
  
  xref

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

A funcdef contains the name of a programming language function, and its return type.

Within the funcdef, the function name is identified with function, and the rest of the content is assumed to be the return type.

In the following definition, max is the name of the function and int is the return type:


<funcdef>int <function>max</function></funcdef>

Processing expectations

Formatted inline. For a complete description of the processing expecations, see funcsynopsis.

Parents

These elements contain funcdef: funcprototype.

Children

The following elements occur in funcdef: text, alt, anchor, annotation, biblioref, function, indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), remark, replaceable, subscript, superscript, type, xref.

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example funcdef</title>

<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>rand</function></funcdef>
  <void/>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>

</article>

int rand( );

ChangeLog

This alpha reference page is $Revision: 7120 $ published Sun, 22 Jul 2007.


formalpara		funcparams