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authoracolyer <acolyer>2005-09-09 11:10:49 +0000
committeracolyer <acolyer>2005-09-09 11:10:49 +0000
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clarification of args matching with null for pr68603.
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diff --git a/docs/progGuideDB/semantics.xml b/docs/progGuideDB/semantics.xml
index fe4d11322..84d318a06 100644
--- a/docs/progGuideDB/semantics.xml
+++ b/docs/progGuideDB/semantics.xml
@@ -484,7 +484,10 @@
<term><literal>args(<replaceable>Type</replaceable> or <replaceable>Id</replaceable>, ...)</literal></term>
<listitem>
Picks out each join point where the arguments are instances of
- a type of the appropriate type pattern or identifier.
+ the appropriate type (or type of the identifier if using that form). A
+ <literal>null</literal> argument is matched iff the static type of the
+ argument (declared parameter type or field type) is the same as, or a subtype of,
+ the specified args type.
</listitem>
</varlistentry>