The ...+ indicates one or more of the expressions are required. . . . by itself indicates zero or more may be present.<div><br></div><div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:41 PM, The Configurator <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:configurator@gmail.com">configurator@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">This might be a silly question, but in the docs, what's the difference between <font face="'courier new', monospace">...</font> and ...+?<div>
A good example for that is the definition of begin:</div>
<span style="font-family:serif;font-size:medium"><div style="display:block;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"><table cellspacing="0" style="width:559px;background-color:rgb(232, 232, 255)">
<tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px"><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(132, 60, 36)">(</span><a name="12b563807ccdc85d_(dep._((quote._~23~25kernel)._begin))"></a><a name="12b563807ccdc85d_(form._((quote._~23~25kernel)._begin))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/base, racket"><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(38, 38, 128)"><a href="http://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/begin.html#(form._((quote._~23~25kernel)._begin))" style="text-decoration:none;color:black;font-weight:bold" target="_blank">begin</a></span></span><span style="font-family:monospace"> </span><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(38, 38, 128);font-style:italic">form</span><span style="font-family:monospace"> </span><span style="font-family:monospace;color:black">...</span><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(132, 60, 36)">)</span></td>
</tr><tr><td style="padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px"><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(132, 60, 36)">(</span><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(38, 38, 128)"><a href="http://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/begin.html#(form._((quote._~23~25kernel)._begin))" style="text-decoration:none;color:black;font-weight:bold" target="_blank">begin</a></span><span style="font-family:monospace"> </span><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(38, 38, 128);font-style:italic">expr</span><span style="font-family:monospace"> </span><span style="font-family:monospace;color:black">...+</span><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(132, 60, 36)">)</span></td>
</tr></tbody></table></div></span><div>Is there anywhere I missed where this is explained?</div><div><br></div><div>And on a completely unrelated note, if I find a typo or small grammatical mistake in the docs, what should I do about it? Should I send an email about it, or is there somewhere where I can fix it myself?</div>
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