Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of StructuredBinaryData

Timestamp:

2012-07-21T21:18:48Z (14 years ago)

Author:

Sean Bartell

Comment:

explain parameters better

StructuredBinaryData

@@ -209 +209 @@
 
 Currently, a transform can only have one input. Parameters will allow a
-transform to use multiple inputs: `transform strings(len) = struct { .str1 <-
-ascii <- known_length(len); .str2 <- ascii <- known_length(len); };`.
+transform to use multiple inputs:
+`transform strings(len) = struct { .str1 <- ascii <- known_length(len); .str2 <- ascii <- known_length(len); };`.
+A transform with parameters can be defined as in `transform strings(len)`, and
+the parameters can be referenced inside the transform. When a transform is
+used, expressions are given for the values of its parameters.
 
 At first the only expressions will be parameters, as above, previously decoded
@@ -249 +252 @@
    could be passed automatically, without having to write it out every time. A
    more advanced automatic parameter could keep track of current offset being
-   decoded within a blob.
+   decoded within a blob. There would need to be some sort of scoping to
+   determine which transforms have the automatic parameters.
 
 === Constraint‐based version ===