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diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml index ad78f0a0..75ffeea7 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml +++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml @@ -274,11 +274,13 @@ <para> A <literal>DICT_ENTRY</literal> works exactly like a struct, but rather than parentheses it uses curly braces, and it has more restrictions. - The restrictions are: it occurs only as an array element type; and it - has exactly two single complete types inside the curly - braces. Implementations must not accept dict entries outside of arrays, - and must not accept dict entries with zero, one, or more than two - fields. A dict entry is always a key-value pair. + The restrictions are: it occurs only as an array element type; it has + exactly two single complete types inside the curly braces; the first + single complete type (the "key") must be a basic type rather than a + container type. Implementations must not accept dict entries outside of + arrays, must not accept dict entries with zero, one, or more than two + fields, and must not accept dict entries with non-basic-typed keys. A + dict entry is always a key-value pair. </para> <para> |