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authorTrevor Norris <trev.norris@gmail.com>2014-09-24 15:41:31 -0700
committerTrevor Norris <trev.norris@gmail.com>2014-09-25 11:26:15 -0700
commit51b6b6844e9156ab84ae9d0f4592e09f994060b2 (patch)
tree669ce8b9f1d556ab2b190268908e88107480d301 /doc/api/util.markdown
parent8e4fc88c797857c55c84558708fa7e72bb7e4eca (diff)
downloadnode-new-51b6b6844e9156ab84ae9d0f4592e09f994060b2.tar.gz
doc: fix brackets for optional parameters
Documentation incorrectly used bracket notation for optional parameters. This caused inconsistencies in usage because of examples like the following: fs.write(fd, data[, position[, encoding]], callback) This simply fixes all uses of bracket notation in documentation. Signed-off-by: Trevor Norris <trev.norris@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Fedor Indutny <fedor@indutny.com>
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diff --git a/doc/api/util.markdown b/doc/api/util.markdown
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@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ environment variable set, then it will not print anything.
You may separate multiple `NODE_DEBUG` environment variables with a
comma. For example, `NODE_DEBUG=fs,net,tls`.
-## util.format(format, [...])
+## util.format(format[, ...])
Returns a formatted string using the first argument as a `printf`-like format.
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Output with timestamp on `stdout`.
require('util').log('Timestamped message.');
-## util.inspect(object, [options])
+## util.inspect(object[, options])
Return a string representation of `object`, which is useful for debugging.
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ Deprecated predecessor of `console.log`.
Deprecated predecessor of `console.log`.
-## util.pump(readableStream, writableStream, [callback])
+## util.pump(readableStream, writableStream[, callback])
Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use readableStream.pipe(writableStream)