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[Fix] Search track docs for "method" mentions?

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by searching the C++ track documentation for “method” and the related function terms named in the issue. Confirm the preferred terminology with the project before editing; done means the terminology is consistent throughout the affected documentation.

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Description

Should we make the track more consistent and change methods for functions, free functions, non-member functions, member functions etc?

https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/306218/how-wrong-is-it-to-talk-about-c-methods-versus-member-functions

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C++
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