doc-src/TutorialI/Misc/document/pairs.tex
changeset 10795 9e888d60d3e5
parent 10543 8e4307d1207a
child 10839 1f93f5a27de6
--- a/doc-src/TutorialI/Misc/document/pairs.tex	Fri Jan 05 18:32:33 2001 +0100
+++ b/doc-src/TutorialI/Misc/document/pairs.tex	Fri Jan 05 18:32:57 2001 +0100
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
 Products, like type \isa{nat}, are datatypes, which means
 in particular that \isa{induct{\isacharunderscore}tac} and \isa{case{\isacharunderscore}tac} are applicable to
 terms of product type.
+Both replace the term by tuple of variables.
 \item
-Instead of tuples with many components (where ``many'' is not much above 2),
-it is preferable to use records.
+Tuples with more than two or three components become unwieldy;
+records are preferable.
 \end{itemize}
 For more information on pairs and records see Chapter~\ref{ch:more-types}.%
 \end{isamarkuptext}%