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add another hint not covered elsewhere
commitdb9c2bf41a02bf2c9664d3f4f1a97315e0d86408 authorChristopher King <chris@arcturustech.com> dateThu 15 Jun 2017, 15:36 (9 years ago) parentbe28d4a
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@@ -304,12 +304,14 @@ We've already seen wideform in action, for example with
304304Surrounding a function with `()` is an irregular wide form syntax for
305305calling a function with *N* arguments. More on this later.
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307−2. `:-` makes a cell of values. The irregular wide form of this is
307+2. For a set of multiple arguments following `|=` ('[bartis](../../hoon/twig/bar-core/tis-gate/)'), use `{` 'kel' and `}` 'ker.' For example: `{a/@u b/@u}`.
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309+3. `:-` makes a cell of values. The irregular wide form of this is
308310 `[a b]`, with two expressions separated by a single space. While the
309311 regular form of this rune takes a fixed number of children (two),
310312 its irregular wide form can accept *N* expressions: `[a1..an]`
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312−3. Cords are one datatype for text in Hoon. They're just a big atom
314+4. Cords are one datatype for text in Hoon. They're just a big atom
313315 formed from adjacent unicode bytes -- a "c string". To produce a
314316 cord, enclose text within single quotes. To set the type of an
315317 argument to a cord, use `@t`.