Commit c94ce4af authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

allow "keytype" to be overridden in derived section types

parent 53397fc3
...@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ The following elements are used to describe a schema: ...@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ The following elements are used to describe a schema:
is defined with only the keys and sections contained within the is defined with only the keys and sections contained within the
\element{sectiontype} element. The new section type is called a \element{sectiontype} element. The new section type is called a
\emph{derived} section type, and the type named by this attribute \emph{derived} section type, and the type named by this attribute
is called the \emph{base} type. The value for the is called the \emph{base} type. Values for the
\attribute{datatype} attribute is acquired from the base type if \attribute{datatype} and \attribute{keytype} attributes are
not specified. acquired from the base type if not specified.
\end{attributedesc} \end{attributedesc}
\begin{attributedesc}{implements}{\datatype{basic-key}} \begin{attributedesc}{implements}{\datatype{basic-key}}
...@@ -461,7 +461,10 @@ The following elements are used to describe a schema: ...@@ -461,7 +461,10 @@ The following elements are used to describe a schema:
the \datatype{identifier} and \datatype{ipaddr-or-hostname} the \datatype{identifier} and \datatype{ipaddr-or-hostname}
types. If the value is a \datatype{dotted-name} that begins types. If the value is a \datatype{dotted-name} that begins
with a period, the value of \attribute{prefix} will be pre-pended, with a period, the value of \attribute{prefix} will be pre-pended,
if set. The default value is \datatype{basic-key}. if set. The default value is \datatype{basic-key}. If
\attribute{keytype} is omitted and \attribute{extends} is used,
the \attribute{keytype} from the section type identified by the
\attribute{extends} attribute is used.
\end{attributedesc} \end{attributedesc}
\begin{attributedesc}{name}{\datatype{basic-key}} \begin{attributedesc}{name}{\datatype{basic-key}}
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