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diff --git a/docs/narr/firstapp.rst b/docs/narr/firstapp.rst index 01ad88704..deac69fda 100644 --- a/docs/narr/firstapp.rst +++ b/docs/narr/firstapp.rst @@ -235,14 +235,15 @@ arguments is known as a view configuration :term:`predicate`. The line ``config.add_view(hello_world)`` registers the ``hello_world`` function as a view callable. The ``add_view`` method -of a Configurator must be called with a view callable object as its -first argument, so the first argument passed is the ``hello_world`` -function. This line calls ``add_view`` with a *default* value for the -:term:`predicate` argument, named ``name``. The ``name`` predicate -defaults to a value equalling the empty string (``''``). This means -that we're instructing :mod:`repoze.bfg` to invoke the ``hello_world`` -view callable when the :term:`view name` is the empty string. We'll -learn in later chapters what a :term:`view name` is, and under which +of a Configurator must be called with a view callable object or a +:term:`dotted Python name` as its first argument, so the first +argument passed is the ``hello_world`` function. This line calls +``add_view`` with a *default* value for the :term:`predicate` +argument, named ``name``. The ``name`` predicate defaults to a value +equalling the empty string (``''``). This means that we're +instructing :mod:`repoze.bfg` to invoke the ``hello_world`` view +callable when the :term:`view name` is the empty string. We'll learn +in later chapters what a :term:`view name` is, and under which circumstances a request will have a view name that is the empty string; in this particular application, it means that the ``hello_world`` view callable will be invoked when the root URL ``/`` |