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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/l3kernel/expl3.dtx b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/l3kernel/expl3.dtx index e4e3f97ae46..2cd14966976 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/l3kernel/expl3.dtx +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/l3kernel/expl3.dtx @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ \RequirePackage{l3names} \def\ExplFileName{expl3} \def\ExplFileDescription{L3 Experimental code bundle wrapper} -\def\ExplFileDate{2011/11/19} -\def\ExplFileVersion{2966} +\def\ExplFileDate{2011/12/07} +\def\ExplFileVersion{3036} %</driver|package> %<*driver> \documentclass[full]{l3doc} @@ -290,13 +290,13 @@ % \cs{if_cs_exist:N} which, as might be expected, tests if a command % name exists. % -% As a semi-formalized concept the letter |g| is sometimes used to -% prefix certain parts of the \meta{description} -% to mark the function as \enquote{globally acting}, \emph{e.g.}, -% \cs{int_set:Nn} is -% a local operation while \cs{int_gset:Nn} is a global operation. This -% of course goes hand in hand with when to use |l_| and |g_| -% variable prefixes. +% Where functions for variable manipulation can perform assignments +% either locally or globally, the latter case is indicated by the inclusion of +% a |g| in the second part of the function name. Thus \cs{tl_set:Nn} is a local +% function but \cs{tl_gset:Nn} acts globally. Functions of this type are +% always documented together, and the scope of action may therefore be +% inferred from the presence or absence of a |g|. See the next subsection for +% more detail on variable scope. % % \subsubsection{Variables: scope and type} % |