Added "TODO" point.

Added a bit more documentation.
Added some restrict qualifiers.


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diff --git a/doc/documentation.tex b/doc/documentation.tex
index 4c5b203..7ccf999 100644
--- a/doc/documentation.tex
+++ b/doc/documentation.tex
@@ -100,11 +100,12 @@ The Slab thorn provides generic slabbing facilities.  A slab is a
 sub-array of another array.  Both can be multidimensional, and the
 slab can have a non-unit stride.  The Slab thorn provides a routine to
 copy a slab from one array into a slab of another array, while
-possibly transposing or inverting the slab.  This combines get-slab
-and put-slab interfaces.
+possibly transposing or inverting the slab.  The distribution of the
+arrays can be specified freely, so that the Slab thorn can also be
+used to interface to non-Cactus libraries with different data layouts.
 
 The Slab thorn is driver independent, i.e.\ not tied to PUGH or
-Carpet, and does not require MPI.
+Carpet, and does not require MPI for single-processor configurations.
 \end{abstract}
 
 % The following sections are suggestive only.
@@ -112,6 +113,10 @@ Carpet, and does not require MPI.
 
 \section{Introduction}
 
+A \emph{Slab} is a subarray of another array.  This concept is used in
+many places with many different names.  Fortran has so-called ``array
+subscript triplets'', which are the same thing.
+
 \section{Physical System}
 
 \section{Numerical Implementation}