From eeb5a8df0a655e2f04019f32cf8854d4bf2c35a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robby Findler Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:25:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] svn: r18404 --- collects/scribblings/reference/futures.scrbl | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/futures.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/futures.scrbl index 33800f10d4..45b44228b0 100644 --- a/collects/scribblings/reference/futures.scrbl +++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/futures.scrbl @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ detects an attempt to perform an operation that is too complex for the system to run safely in parallel. Similarly, work in a future is suspended if it depends in some way on the current continuation, such as raising an exception. A suspended computation for a future is -resumed when @scheme[touch] is applied to the future descriptor. +resumed when @scheme[touch] is applied to the future. ``Safe'' parallel execution of a future means that all operations provided by the system must be able to enforce contracts and produce @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ in parallel. See also @guidesecref["effective-futures"]. @defproc[(touch [f future?]) any] )]{ - The @scheme[future] procedure returns a future-descriptor value that + The @scheme[future] procedure returns a future value that encapsulates @scheme[thunk]. The @scheme[touch] function forces the evaluation of the @scheme[thunk] inside the given future, returning the values produced by @scheme[thunk]. After @scheme[touch] forces