Re: SGML on functions

Excerpts from Thom Brown's message of vie ago 27 14:56:04 -0400 2010:
> Copied from another thread...
>
> Something I've noticed is an inconsistency in the SGML markup around
> functions listed in tables.  Sometimes the entire function signature
> is considered to be the function, and other times it's just the
> function name, with its parameters outside of the <function> tags.
>
> E.g.:
>
> <function>variance</function>(<replaceable
> class="parameter">expression</replaceable>)
>
> vs
>
> <function>stddev_samp(<replaceable
> class="parameter">expression</replaceable>)</function>
>
> Which way is correct?

The latter I think -- see
http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/function.html
(but perhaps search the actual standard)

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