glib r6488 - in trunk/docs/reference: . glib/tmpl

[pwithnall svn gnome org]

Author: pwithnall
Date: Sun Feb 10 04:48:31 2008
New Revision: 6488
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/glib?rev=6488&view=rev

Log:
2008-02-10  Philip Withnall  <pwithnall svn gnome org>

	* glib/tmpl/modules.sgml: Improve the documentation for
	the G_MODULE_EXPORT macro. (#514470)



Modified:
   trunk/docs/reference/ChangeLog
   trunk/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/modules.sgml

Modified: trunk/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/modules.sgml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/modules.sgml	(original)
+++ trunk/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/modules.sgml	Sun Feb 10 04:48:31 2008
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 
 <!-- ##### FUNCTION g_module_symbol ##### -->
 <para>
-Gets a symbol pointer from a module.
+Gets a symbol pointer from a module, such as one exported by #G_MODULE_EXPORT.
 </para>
 <para>
 Note that a valid symbol can be %NULL.
@@ -266,7 +266,9 @@
 
 <!-- ##### MACRO G_MODULE_EXPORT ##### -->
 <para>
-Used to declare functions exported by modules.
+Used to declare functions exported by modules. This is a no-op on Linux and
+Unices, but when compiling for Windows, it marks a symbol to be exported from
+the library or executable being built.
 </para>