Documentation: braces or parentheses

[A. Wik]

Hi all,

The documentation, specifically pattern.txt section /atom, refers to
"braces" but apparently means "parentheses". Braces in my definition
are particularly { and }.

According to Wikipedia, the term "bracket" is used for brackets of any kind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket

Regards,
Albert.

[Jesus Arocho]

Not quite:

() = parenthesis or round brackets

{} = braces or curly brackets

[ ] = brackets or square brackets

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[A. Wik]

On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 16:29, Jesus Arocho <un.yu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not quite:
> () = parenthesis or round brackets
> {} = braces or curly brackets
> [ ] = brackets or square brackets
>

Yes? Not quite what? What you write above just seems to illustrate
what I was saying.

I meant that "brackets", not "braces", is the term to use if you wish
to refer to any kind of brackets. The documentation uses the word
"braces" to refer specifically to parentheses ("round brackets").

-aw

[Jesus Arocho]

Ahh, I see.  Right, bracket is generic and if the documentation used braces for parenthesis, it is incorrect.

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[rwmit...@gmail.com]

Early on ( ~88 ) someone told me { } were called buzzard wings.  Might not have caught on, but is a lot more fun.

[Bram Moolenaar]

Yes, it should be parentheses. But I only find one occurrence, are
there more?

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[A. Wik]

On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 17:51, Bram Moolenaar <Br...@moolenaar.net> wrote:
>
> Yes, it should be parentheses. But I only find one occurrence, are
> there more?

There are 2 occurrences of "brace" in my version of pattern.txt. The
second is in the /\@= section.

-aw

[Ruben Safir]

On 12/6/20 12:49 PM, rwmit...@gmail.com wrote:
> Might not
> have caught on, but is a lot more fun.

brac is less char

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