1.2 Conventions

Function names, examples, operating system commands, mathematical symbols, and code fragments are shown in a courier font. Ellipses are used in code examples to indicate missing material.

Throughout the documentation, there are frequent references to "self," which should be understood to mean *this.

The following convention is used to show that class A inherits from class B:

A  B

When a class inherits from more than one class, or there are multiple levels of inheritance, all of its inheritance relationships are shown. For example, the following illustration indicates that class A inherits from class B and from class C, which inherits from class D.

    B
A
    C  D

The notation used here is the standard UML arrow.