Connector equations

chapters/classes.tex

@@ -817,9 +817,7 @@ \section{Specialized Classes}\doublelabel{specialized-classes}
 of a record may not have prefixes \lstinline!input!, \lstinline!output!,
 \lstinline!inner!, \lstinline!outer!, \lstinline!stream,!
 or \lstinline!flow!. Enhanced with implicitly available record constructor function,
-see \autoref{record-constructor-functions}. Additionally, record components can be used as
-component references in expressions and in the left hand side of
-assignments, subject to normal type compatibility rules. The components
+see \autoref{record-constructor-functions}. The components
 directly declared in a record may only be of specialized class record
 and type.\\ \hline
 \lstinline!type! & May only be predefined types, enumerations, array of
@@ -877,6 +875,12 @@ \section{Specialized Classes}\doublelabel{specialized-classes}
 \end{lstlisting}
 {]}\\ \hline
 \end{longtable}
+Additionally only components of specialized classes \lstinline!record!, \lstinline!type!, \lstinline!operator record!, and
+connector classes based on any of those can be used as component references in normal expressions and in the left hand
+side of assignments, subject to normal type compatibility rules.
+Additionally components of connectors may be arguments of connect-statements,
+and any component can be used as argument to the \lstinline!ndims! and \lstinline!size!-functions, or for accessing
+elements of that component (possibly in combination with array indexing).
 
 {[}\emph{Example for ''operator'': }
 \begin{lstlisting}[language=modelica]

chapters/connectors.tex

@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ \section{Restrictions of Connections and Connectors}\doublelabel{restrictions-of
 
 \subsection{Balancing Restriction and Size of Connectors}\doublelabel{balancing-restriction-and-size-of-connectors}
 
-For each non-partial connector class the number of flow variables shall
+For each non-partial non-expandable connector class the number of flow variables shall
 be equal to the number of variables that are neither \lstinline!parameter!,
 \lstinline!constant!, \lstinline!input!, \lstinline!output!, \lstinline!stream!
 nor \lstinline!flow!. The ``number of variables'' is
@@ -742,6 +742,9 @@ \subsection{Balancing Restriction and Size of Connectors}\doublelabel{balancing-
 variables of an overdetermined type or record class (see \autoref{overconstrained-equation-operators-for-connection-graphs})
 is the size of the output argument of the corresponding
 \lstinline!equalityConstraint!() function.
+\begin{nonnormative}
+Expandable connector classes are excluded from this, since their component declarations are only a form of constraints.
+\end{nonnormative}
 
 {[}\emph{Examples:}