From 339ce9c5948a76a131155feb42c1fbc86730d06a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Flatt Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:52:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] clarification on `#:timeout-lock-there' arg of `get-preference' --- collects/scribblings/reference/filesystem.scrbl | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/filesystem.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/filesystem.scrbl index 6a6a0bb7a1..d883fc330b 100644 --- a/collects/scribblings/reference/filesystem.scrbl +++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/filesystem.scrbl @@ -906,9 +906,9 @@ preferences file cannot be read because the lock is unavailable, @racket[lock-there] is called on the path of the lock file; if @racket[lock-there] is @racket[#f], an exception is raised. The default @racket[lock-there] handler retries about 5 times (with -increasing delays between each attempt) before raising an exception. -The @racket[timeout-lock-there] argument is used only be the default -@racket[lock-there] value. +increasing delays between each attempt) before trying +@racket[timeout-lock-there], and the default @racket[timeout-lock-there] +triggers an exception. See also @racket[put-preferences]. For a more elaborate preference system, see @racket[preferences:get].