From eda4944789fc436a08b7f66deea49a2ee2ac5009 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Hays <bhays@abacuslaw.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 09:02:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added usage of @<Function>()

---
 harbour/ChangeLog       |  2 ++
 harbour/doc/harbext.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 9e4c389da9..cb6d3f93e3 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Added usage of @<Function>()
+
 2000-02-18 17:30 GMT-5 David G. Holm <dholm@ sd-llc.com>
 
    + doc/cvs_ssh.txt
diff --git a/harbour/doc/harbext.txt b/harbour/doc/harbext.txt
index 40afbb6a7b..ba78f90412 100644
--- a/harbour/doc/harbext.txt
+++ b/harbour/doc/harbext.txt
@@ -7,24 +7,29 @@ Language extensions:
 
 * Class generation and management.
 
-		  Clipper only allowed creation of objects from a few standard
-		  classes.
-		  In Harbour, you can create your own classes--complete with
-		  Methods, Instance Variables, Class Variables and Inheritance.
-		  Entire applications can be designed and coded in Object Oriented
-		  style.
+        Clipper only allowed creation of objects from a few standard
+        classes.
+        In Harbour, you can create your own classes--complete with
+        Methods, Instance Variables, Class Variables and Inheritance.
+        Entire applications can be designed and coded in Object Oriented
+        style.
 
 * @<FunctionName>()
-		  Returns the pointer (address) to a function.
+        Returns the pointer (address) to a function.
+
+        The returned value is not useful to application-level programming, but
+        is used at a low level to implement object oriented coding.
+        (Internally, a class method is a static function and there is no
+        symbol for it, so it is accessed via its address).
 
 * Class TGetList
-		  Object oriented support for GetLists management.
+        Object oriented support for GetLists management.
 
 * ProcName() support for class Method names.
-		  Class Methods can be retrieved from the call stack.
+        Class Methods can be retrieved from the call stack.
 
 * Memory() has new return values.
-		  See hbmemory.ch
+        See hbmemory.ch
 
 * Transform()  --> new function in format string
         @0      Make a zero padded string out of the number.