DOCBOOK: funcdef/function/returnvalue

[Trevor Jenkins <trevor.jenkins@suneidesis.com>]

In TDG the examples for funcdef are of this style:

<funcdef>int <function>sample</function></funcdef>

However, the content model for function allows the returnvalue element.
This implies that one could markup that same function as:

<funcdef><function><returnvalue>int</returnvalue> sample</function></funcdef>

Now the question is whether that's sensible. (I'd argue that returntype is
a better name for an element in this context.)

How would others markup such function definitions? Staying with TDG or
going with the alternative.

I've a document with 900 such function definitions. Some done as TDG and
others as the alternative. Clearly I have to go with one or the other,
whichever I choose there's work to be done. But which one do I adopt?

Regards, Trevor

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