# HG changeset patch
# User Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
# Date 1148854849 0
# Node ID 3574bac9e172e489bd4acb3367cc927eebd66286
# Parent  ab929ce998c347d5ae70fd09a0ec1bf46297bfc8
(Bindat Functions): Rename `pos' and `raw-data' to
`bindat-idx' and `bindat-raw' for clarity.

diff -r ab929ce998c3 -r 3574bac9e172 lispref/processes.texi
--- a/lispref/processes.texi	Sun May 28 22:20:40 2006 +0000
+++ b/lispref/processes.texi	Sun May 28 22:20:49 2006 +0000
@@ -2185,11 +2185,11 @@
 @var{form} can access and update these dynamically bound variables:
 
 @table @code
-@item raw-data
+@item bindat-raw
 The data as a byte array.
 
-@item pos
-Current position of the unpacking or packing operation.
+@item bindat-idx
+Current index into bindat-raw of the unpacking or packing operation.
 
 @item struct
 Alist.
@@ -2243,14 +2243,14 @@
 @subsection Functions to Unpack and Pack Bytes
 
   In the following documentation, @var{spec} refers to a data layout
-specification, @code{raw-data} to a byte array, and @var{struct} to an
+specification, @code{bindat-raw} to a byte array, and @var{struct} to an
 alist representing unpacked field data.
 
-@defun bindat-unpack spec raw-data &optional pos
+@defun bindat-unpack spec bindat-raw &optional bindat-idx
 This function unpacks data from the unibyte string or byte
-array @code{raw-data}
+array @code{bindat-raw}
 according to @var{spec}.  Normally this starts unpacking at the
-beginning of the byte array, but if @var{pos} is non-@code{nil}, it
+beginning of the byte array, but if @var{bindat-idx} is non-@code{nil}, it
 specifies a zero-based starting position to use instead.
 
 The value is an alist or nested alist in which each element describes
@@ -2283,15 +2283,15 @@
 according to @var{spec}.
 @end defun
 
-@defun bindat-pack spec struct &optional raw-data pos
+@defun bindat-pack spec struct &optional bindat-raw bindat-idx
 This function returns a byte array packed according to @var{spec} from
 the data in the alist @var{struct}.  Normally it creates and fills a
-new byte array starting at the beginning.  However, if @var{raw-data}
+new byte array starting at the beginning.  However, if @var{bindat-raw}
 is non-@code{nil}, it specifies a pre-allocated unibyte string or vector to
-pack into.  If @var{pos} is non-@code{nil}, it specifies the starting
-offset for packing into @code{raw-data}.
-
-When pre-allocating, you should make sure @code{(length @var{raw-data})}
+pack into.  If @var{bindat-idx} is non-@code{nil}, it specifies the starting
+offset for packing into @code{bindat-raw}.
+
+When pre-allocating, you should make sure @code{(length @var{bindat-raw})}
 meets or exceeds the total length to avoid an out-of-range error.
 @end defun