How to access ref. docs on prototype?

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How to access ref. docs on prototype?
	2006-05-10 08:25:20
> >>I'm writing a script that generates readable html docs from available >>data in the Io system. To access the available slot docs, I do things >>similar to this: >;> >>     ;  Number docs slots getSlot(...) >>; >>But what about doc data (e.g. category and description) on the >>prototype itself, e.g. on Number? ... >First you have to "make docs" then run "make" to build a clean, new >vm; that will include the doc stuff in the C source files. After >you're done, you can fire up your newly built io executable, and run: > >Io>; Number docs category >==> "Core" Voila! The pyramid's hidden entrance has now been revealed. My script now generates much more complete html docs. You may take a look at a sample (covering just a few selected prototypes) here: <http://folk.uio.no/jkleiser/io/io-ref.html> If you scroll down, you will notice quite a few slot names in red. Those are names (from the docs) that don't match any of the prototype's real slot names (e.g. "clone " instead of "clone"). One description also has bad html (which my script tries to make valid). Check this: <http://folk.uio.no/jkleiser/io/io-ref.html#Sequence-size> Somebody has some cleaning up to do ... /Jon >The Foo docs slots is only used to get the info on the (of all >things) slots of a given object. ... >Jeremy Tregunna