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authorKaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>2019-07-22 07:44:52 -0700
committerKaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>2019-07-22 07:44:52 -0700
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doc: @(merge) improvement.
* txr.1: Description of @(merge) is improved by eliminating fluff wording.
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@@ -6306,16 +6306,16 @@ are bind expressions.
The
.code merge
-directive provides a way of combining two or more variables or
-expressions in a somewhat complicated but very useful way.
+directive provides a way of combining collected data from multiple
+nested lists in a way which normalizes different nesting levels
+among the sources. This directive is useful for combining the results from
+collects at different levels of nesting into a single nested list such that
+parallel elements are at equal depth.
+
A new binding is created for the
.meta destination
variable, which holds the result of the operation.
-This directive is useful for combining the results from collects at different
-levels of nesting into a single nested list such that parallel elements are at
-equal depth.
-
The
.code merge
directive performs its special function if invoked with at least three