Changed the argument names to base to be more informative in the repl.

Now, methods(base) will have more than single-letter variable names. I also modified the help documentation to mirror the variable name change.
jiahao · Mar 19, 2013 · 6dda2b9 · 6dda2b9
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diff --git a/base/intfuncs.jl b/base/intfuncs.jl
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ function _base(symbols::Array{Uint8}, b::Int, x::Unsigned, pad::Int, neg::Bool)
  ASCIIString(a)
 end
 
-base(b::Integer , x::Integer, pad::Integer) = _base(dig_syms,int(b),unsigned(abs(x)),pad,x<0)
-base(s::Array{Uint8}, x::Integer, pad::Integer) = _base(s,length(s),unsigned(abs(x)),pad,x<0)
-base(b::Union(Integer,Array{Uint8}), x::Integer) = base(b, x, 1)
+base(base::Integer, n::Integer, pad::Integer) = _base(dig_syms,int(base),unsigned(abs(n)),pad,n<0)
+base(symbols::Array{Uint8}, n::Integer, p::Integer) = _base(symbols,length(symbols),unsigned(abs(n)),p,n<0)
+base(base_or_symbols::Union(Integer,Array{Uint8}), n::Integer) = base(base_or_symbols, n, 1)
 
 
 for sym in (:bin, :oct, :dec, :hex)

diff --git a/doc/helpdb.jl b/doc/helpdb.jl
@@ -2587,12 +2587,12 @@
 
 "),
 
-("Data Formats","Base","base","base(b, n[, pad])
+("Data Formats","Base","base","base(base, n[, pad])
 
  Convert an integer to a string in the given base, optionally
- specifying a number of digits to pad to. The base \"b\" can be
- specified as either an integer, or as a \"Uint8\" array of
- character values to use as digit symbols.
+ specifying a number of digits to pad to. The base can be specified
+ as either an integer, or as a \"Uint8\" array of character values
+ to use as digit symbols.
 
 "),
 

diff --git a/doc/stdlib/base.rst b/doc/stdlib/base.rst
@@ -1677,9 +1677,9 @@ Data Formats
 
  Convert an integer to an octal string, optionally specifying a number of digits to pad to.
 
-.. function:: base(b, n, [pad])
+.. function:: base(base, n, [pad])
 
- Convert an integer to a string in the given base, optionally specifying a number of digits to pad to. The base ``b`` can be specified as either an integer, or as a ``Uint8`` array of character values to use as digit symbols.
+ Convert an integer to a string in the given base, optionally specifying a number of digits to pad to. The base can be specified as either an integer, or as a ``Uint8`` array of character values to use as digit symbols.
 
 .. function:: bits(n)