[fpc-pascal] Documentation, syntax diagrams

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, Jürgen Hestermann wrote:

> Am 2014-01-09 08:26, schrieb Michael Van Canneyt:
>>> That what should be declared is repeated in the declaration
>>> itself which makes no sense to me.
>>> A syntax diagram for 'type declaration' (which is written in the heading 
> already)
>> The heading is a caption.
>> In typesetting, normally that is not considered part of the diagram itself,
>> just like a table or figure caption is not considered part of the table or 
> figure.
>
> But why is the heading part of the diagram?

Because that is how the typesetting mechanism for syntax diagrams work.

Michael.