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+'\"
+'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
+'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+'\" Copyright (c) 1993-1997 Bell Labs Innovations for Lucent Technologies
+'\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Ajuba Solutions
+'\" Copyright (c) 2007-2012 Donal K. Fellows
+'\"
+'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+'\" 
+.TH info n 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
+.so man.macros
+.BS
+'\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
+.SH NAME
+info \- Return information about the state of the Tcl interpreter
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBinfo \fIoption \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR?
+.BE
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+This command provides information about various internals of the Tcl
+interpreter.
+The legal \fIoption\fRs (which may be abbreviated) are:
+.TP
+\fBinfo args \fIprocname\fR
+.
+Returns a list containing the names of the arguments to procedure
+\fIprocname\fR, in order.  \fIProcname\fR must be the name of a
+Tcl command procedure.
+.TP
+\fBinfo body \fIprocname\fR
+.
+Returns the body of procedure \fIprocname\fR.  \fIProcname\fR must be
+the name of a Tcl command procedure.
+.TP
+\fBinfo class\fI subcommand class\fR ?\fIarg ...\fR
+.VS 8.6
+Returns information about the class, \fIclass\fR. The \fIsubcommand\fRs are
+described in \fBCLASS INTROSPECTION\fR below.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo cmdcount\fR
+.
+Returns a count of the total number of commands that have been invoked
+in this interpreter.
+.TP
+\fBinfo commands \fR?\fIpattern\fR?
+.
+If \fIpattern\fR is not specified,
+returns a list of names of all the Tcl commands visible
+(i.e. executable without using a qualified name) to the current namespace,
+including both the built-in commands written in C and
+the command procedures defined using the \fBproc\fR command.
+If \fIpattern\fR is specified,
+only those names matching \fIpattern\fR are returned.
+Matching is determined using the same rules as for \fBstring match\fR.
+\fIpattern\fR can be a qualified name like \fBFoo::print*\fR.
+That is, it may specify a particular namespace
+using a sequence of namespace names separated by double colons (\fB::\fR),
+and may have pattern matching special characters
+at the end to specify a set of commands in that namespace.
+If \fIpattern\fR is a qualified name,
+the resulting list of command names has each one qualified with the name
+of the specified namespace, and only the commands defined in the named
+namespace are returned.
+.\" Technically, most of this hasn't changed; that's mostly just the
+.\" way it always worked. Hardly anyone knew that though.
+.TP
+\fBinfo complete \fIcommand\fR
+.
+Returns 1 if \fIcommand\fR is a complete Tcl command in the sense of
+having no unclosed quotes, braces, brackets or array element names.
+If the command does not appear to be complete then 0 is returned.
+This command is typically used in line-oriented input environments
+to allow users to type in commands that span multiple lines;  if the
+command is not complete, the script can delay evaluating it until additional
+lines have been typed to complete the command.
+.TP
+\fBinfo coroutine\fR
+.VS 8.6
+Returns the name of the currently executing \fBcoroutine\fR, or the empty
+string if either no coroutine is currently executing, or the current coroutine
+has been deleted (but has not yet returned or yielded since deletion).
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo default \fIprocname arg varname\fR
+.
+\fIProcname\fR must be the name of a Tcl command procedure and \fIarg\fR
+must be the name of an argument to that procedure.  If \fIarg\fR
+does not have a default value then the command returns \fB0\fR.
+Otherwise it returns \fB1\fR and places the default value of \fIarg\fR
+into variable \fIvarname\fR.
+.TP
+\fBinfo errorstack \fR?\fIinterp\fR?
+.VS 8.6
+Returns, in a form that is programmatically easy to parse, the function names
+and arguments at each level from the call stack of the last error in the given
+\fIinterp\fR, or in the current one if not specified.
+.RS
+.PP
+This form is an even-sized list alternating tokens and parameters. Tokens are
+currently either \fBCALL\fR, \fBUP\fR, or \fBINNER\fR, but other values may be
+introduced in the future. \fBCALL\fR indicates a procedure call, and its
+parameter is the corresponding \fBinfo level\fR \fB0\fR. \fBUP\fR indicates a
+shift in variable frames generated by \fBuplevel\fR or similar, and applies to
+the previous \fBCALL\fR item. Its parameter is the level offset. \fBINNER\fR
+identifies the
+.QW "inner context" ,
+which is the innermost atomic command or bytecode instruction that raised the
+error, along with its arguments when available. While \fBCALL\fR and \fBUP\fR
+allow to follow complex call paths, \fBINNER\fR homes in on the offending
+operation in the innermost procedure call, even going to sub-expression
+granularity.
+.PP
+This information is also present in the \fB\-errorstack\fR entry of the
+options dictionary returned by 3-argument \fBcatch\fR; \fBinfo errorstack\fR
+is a convenient way of retrieving it for uncaught errors at top-level in an
+interactive \fBtclsh\fR.
+.RE
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo exists \fIvarName\fR
+.
+Returns \fB1\fR if the variable named \fIvarName\fR exists in the
+current context (either as a global or local variable) and has been
+defined by being given a value, returns \fB0\fR otherwise.
+.TP
+\fBinfo frame\fR ?\fInumber\fR?
+.
+This command provides access to all frames on the stack, even those
+hidden from \fBinfo level\fR. If \fInumber\fR is not specified, this
+command returns a number giving the frame level of the command. This
+is 1 if the command is invoked at top-level. If \fInumber\fR is
+specified, then the result is a dictionary containing the location
+information for the command at the \fInumber\fRed level on the stack.
+.RS
+.PP
+If \fInumber\fR is positive (> 0) then it selects a particular stack
+level (1 refers to the outer-most active command, 2 to the command it
+called, and so on, up to the current frame level which refers to
+\fBinfo frame\fR itself); otherwise it gives a level relative to the
+current command (0 refers to the current command, i.e., \fBinfo
+frame\fR itself, -1 to its caller, and so on).
+.PP
+This is similar to how \fBinfo level\fR works, except that this
+subcommand reports all frames, like \fBsource\fRd scripts,
+\fBeval\fRs, \fBuplevel\fRs, etc.
+.PP
+Note that for nested commands, like
+.QW "foo [bar [x]]" ,
+only
+.QW x
+will be seen by an \fBinfo frame\fR invoked within
+.QW x .
+This is the same as for \fBinfo level\fR and error stack traces.
+.PP
+The result dictionary may contain the keys listed below, with the
+specified meanings for their values:
+.TP
+\fBtype\fR
+.
+This entry is always present and describes the nature of the location
+for the command. The recognized values are \fBsource\fR, \fBproc\fR,
+\fBeval\fR, and \fBprecompiled\fR.
+.RS
+.TP
+\fBsource\fR\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
+.
+means that the command is found in a script loaded by the \fBsource\fR
+command.
+.TP
+\fBproc\fR\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
+.
+means that the command is found in dynamically created procedure body.
+.TP
+\fBeval\fR\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
+.
+means that the command is executed by \fBeval\fR or \fBuplevel\fR.
+.TP
+\fBprecompiled\fR\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
+.
+means that the command is found in a pre-compiled script (loadable by
+the package \fBtbcload\fR), and no further information will be
+available.
+.RE
+.TP
+\fBline\fR
+.
+This entry provides the number of the line the command is at inside of
+the script it is a part of. This information is not present for type
+\fBprecompiled\fR. For type \fBsource\fR this information is counted
+relative to the beginning of the file, whereas for the last two types
+the line is counted relative to the start of the script.
+.TP
+\fBfile\fR
+.
+This entry is present only for type \fBsource\fR. It provides the
+normalized path of the file the command is in.
+.TP
+\fBcmd\fR
+.
+This entry provides the string representation of the command. This is
+usually the unsubstituted form, however for commands which are a
+canonically-constructed list (e.g., as produced by the \fBlist\fR command)
+executed by \fBeval\fR it is the substituted form as they have no other
+string representation. Care is taken that the canonicality property of
+the latter is not spoiled.
+.TP
+\fBproc\fR
+.
+This entry is present only if the command is found in the body of a
+regular Tcl procedure. It then provides the name of that procedure.
+.TP
+\fBlambda\fR
+.
+This entry is present only if the command is found in the body of an
+anonymous Tcl procedure, i.e. a lambda. It then provides the entire
+definition of the lambda in question.
+.TP
+\fBlevel\fR
+.
+This entry is present only if the queried frame has a corresponding
+frame returned by \fBinfo level\fR. It provides the index of this
+frame, relative to the current level (0 and negative numbers).
+.PP
+A thing of note is that for procedures statically defined in files the
+locations of commands in their bodies will be reported with type
+\fBsource\fR and absolute line numbers, and not as type
+\fBproc\fR. The same is true for procedures nested in statically
+defined procedures, and literal eval scripts in files or statically
+defined procedures.
+.PP
+In contrast, procedure definitions and \fBeval\fR within a dynamically
+\fBeval\fRuated environment count line numbers relative to the start of
+their script, even if they would be able to count relative to the
+start of the outer dynamic script. That type of number usually makes
+more sense.
+.PP
+A different way of describing this behaviour is that file based
+locations are tracked as deeply as possible, and where this is not
+possible the lines are counted based on the smallest possible
+\fBeval\fR or procedure body, as that scope is usually easier to find
+than any dynamic outer scope.
+.PP
+The syntactic form \fB{*}\fR is handled like \fBeval\fR. I.e. if it
+is given a literal list argument the system tracks the line number
+within the list words as well, and otherwise all line numbers are
+counted relative to the start of each word (smallest scope)
+.RE
+.TP
+\fBinfo functions \fR?\fIpattern\fR?
+.
+If \fIpattern\fR is not specified, returns a list of all the math
+functions currently defined.
+If \fIpattern\fR is specified, only those functions whose name matches
+\fIpattern\fR are returned.  Matching is determined using the same
+rules as for \fBstring match\fR.
+.TP
+\fBinfo globals \fR?\fIpattern\fR?
+.
+If \fIpattern\fR is not specified, returns a list of all the names
+of currently-defined global variables.
+Global variables are variables in the global namespace.
+If \fIpattern\fR is specified, only those names matching \fIpattern\fR
+are returned.  Matching is determined using the same rules as for
+\fBstring match\fR.
+.TP
+\fBinfo hostname\fR
+.
+Returns the name of the computer on which this invocation is being
+executed.
+Note that this name is not guaranteed to be the fully qualified domain
+name of the host.  Where machines have several different names (as is
+common on systems with both TCP/IP (DNS) and NetBIOS-based networking
+installed,) it is the name that is suitable for TCP/IP networking that
+is returned.
+.TP
+\fBinfo level\fR ?\fInumber\fR?
+.
+If \fInumber\fR is not specified, this command returns a number
+giving the stack level of the invoking procedure, or 0 if the
+command is invoked at top-level.  If \fInumber\fR is specified,
+then the result is a list consisting of the name and arguments for the
+procedure call at level \fInumber\fR on the stack.  If \fInumber\fR
+is positive then it selects a particular stack level (1 refers
+to the top-most active procedure, 2 to the procedure it called, and
+so on); otherwise it gives a level relative to the current level
+(0 refers to the current procedure, -1 to its caller, and so on).
+See the \fBuplevel\fR command for more information on what stack
+levels mean.
+.TP
+\fBinfo library\fR
+.
+Returns the name of the library directory in which standard Tcl
+scripts are stored.
+This is actually the value of the \fBtcl_library\fR
+variable and may be changed by setting \fBtcl_library\fR.
+.TP
+\fBinfo loaded \fR?\fIinterp\fR?
+.
+Returns a list describing all of the packages that have been loaded into
+\fIinterp\fR with the \fBload\fR command.
+Each list element is a sub-list with two elements consisting of the
+name of the file from which the package was loaded and the name of
+the package.
+For statically-loaded packages the file name will be an empty string.
+If \fIinterp\fR is omitted then information is returned for all packages
+loaded in any interpreter in the process.
+To get a list of just the packages in the current interpreter, specify
+an empty string for the \fIinterp\fR argument.
+.TP
+\fBinfo locals \fR?\fIpattern\fR?
+.
+If \fIpattern\fR is not specified, returns a list of all the names
+of currently-defined local variables, including arguments to the
+current procedure, if any.
+Variables defined with the \fBglobal\fR, \fBupvar\fR  and
+\fBvariable\fR commands will not be returned.
+If \fIpattern\fR is specified, only those names matching \fIpattern\fR
+are returned.  Matching is determined using the same rules as for
+\fBstring match\fR.
+.TP
+\fBinfo nameofexecutable\fR
+.
+Returns the full path name of the binary file from which the application
+was invoked.  If Tcl was unable to identify the file, then an empty
+string is returned.
+.TP
+\fBinfo object\fI subcommand object\fR ?\fIarg ...\fR
+.VS 8.6
+Returns information about the object, \fIobject\fR. The \fIsubcommand\fRs are
+described in \fBOBJECT INTROSPECTION\fR below.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo patchlevel\fR
+.
+Returns the value of the global variable \fBtcl_patchLevel\fR, which holds
+the exact version of the Tcl library by default.
+.TP
+\fBinfo procs \fR?\fIpattern\fR?
+.
+If \fIpattern\fR is not specified, returns a list of all the
+names of Tcl command procedures in the current namespace.
+If \fIpattern\fR is specified,
+only those procedure names in the current namespace
+matching \fIpattern\fR are returned.
+Matching is determined using the same rules as for
+\fBstring match\fR.
+If \fIpattern\fR contains any namespace separators, they are used to
+select a namespace relative to the current namespace (or relative to
+the global namespace if \fIpattern\fR starts with \fB::\fR) to match
+within; the matching pattern is taken to be the part after the last
+namespace separator.
+.TP
+\fBinfo script\fR ?\fIfilename\fR?
+.
+If a Tcl script file is currently being evaluated (i.e. there is a
+call to \fBTcl_EvalFile\fR active or there is an active invocation
+of the \fBsource\fR command), then this command returns the name
+of the innermost file being processed.  If \fIfilename\fR is specified,
+then the return value of this command will be modified for the
+duration of the active invocation to return that name.  This is
+useful in virtual file system applications.
+Otherwise the command returns an empty string.
+.TP
+\fBinfo sharedlibextension\fR
+.
+Returns the extension used on this platform for the names of files
+containing shared libraries (for example, \fB.so\fR under Solaris).
+If shared libraries are not supported on this platform then an empty
+string is returned.
+.TP
+\fBinfo tclversion\fR
+.
+Returns the value of the global variable \fBtcl_version\fR, which holds the
+major and minor version of the Tcl library by default.
+.TP
+\fBinfo vars\fR ?\fIpattern\fR?
+.
+If \fIpattern\fR is not specified,
+returns a list of all the names of currently-visible variables.
+This includes locals and currently-visible globals.
+If \fIpattern\fR is specified, only those names matching \fIpattern\fR
+are returned.  Matching is determined using the same rules as for
+\fBstring match\fR.
+\fIpattern\fR can be a qualified name like \fBFoo::option*\fR.
+That is, it may specify a particular namespace
+using a sequence of namespace names separated by double colons (\fB::\fR),
+and may have pattern matching special characters
+at the end to specify a set of variables in that namespace.
+If \fIpattern\fR is a qualified name,
+the resulting list of variable names
+has each matching namespace variable qualified with the name
+of its namespace.
+Note that a currently-visible variable may not yet
+.QW exist
+if it has not
+been set (e.g. a variable declared but not set by \fBvariable\fR).
+.SS "CLASS INTROSPECTION"
+.VS 8.6
+.PP
+The following \fIsubcommand\fR values are supported by \fBinfo class\fR:
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo class call\fI class method\fR
+.VS
+Returns a description of the method implementations that are used to provide a
+stereotypical instance of \fIclass\fR's implementation of \fImethod\fR
+(stereotypical instances being objects instantiated by a class without having
+any object-specific definitions added). This consists of a list of lists of
+four elements, where each sublist consists of a word that describes the
+general type of method implementation (being one of \fBmethod\fR for an
+ordinary method, \fBfilter\fR for an applied filter, and \fBunknown\fR for a
+method that is invoked as part of unknown method handling), a word giving the
+name of the particular method invoked (which is always the same as
+\fImethod\fR for the \fBmethod\fR type, and
+.QW \fBunknown\fR
+for the \fBunknown\fR type), a word giving the fully qualified name of the
+class that defined the method, and a word describing the type of method
+implementation (see \fBinfo class methodtype\fR).
+.RS
+.PP
+Note that there is no inspection of whether the method implementations
+actually use \fBnext\fR to transfer control along the call chain.
+.RE
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo class constructor\fI class\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a description of the definition of the constructor of
+class \fIclass\fR. The definition is described as a two element list; the first
+element is the list of arguments to the constructor in a form suitable for
+passing to another call to \fBproc\fR or a method definition, and the second
+element is the body of the constructor. If no constructor is present, this
+returns the empty list.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo class definition\fI class method\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a description of the definition of the method named
+\fImethod\fR of class \fIclass\fR. The definition is described as a two element
+list; the first element is the list of arguments to the method in a form
+suitable for passing to another call to \fBproc\fR or a method definition, and
+the second element is the body of the method.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo class destructor\fI class\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns the body of the destructor of class \fIclass\fR. If no
+destructor is present, this returns the empty string.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo class filters\fI class\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns the list of filter methods set on the class.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo class forward\fI class method\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns the argument list for the method forwarding called
+\fImethod\fR that is set on the class called \fIclass\fR.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo class instances\fI class\fR ?\fIpattern\fR?
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a list of instances of class \fIclass\fR. If the
+optional \fIpattern\fR argument is present, it constrains the list of returned
+instances to those that match it according to the rules of \fBstring match\fR.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo class methods\fI class\fR ?\fIoptions...\fR?
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a list of all public (i.e. exported) methods of the
+class called \fIclass\fR. Any of the following \fIoption\fRs may be
+specified, controlling exactly which method names are returned:
+.RS
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fB\-all\fR
+.VS 8.6
+If the \fB\-all\fR flag is given, the list of methods will include those
+methods defined not just by the class, but also by the class's superclasses
+and mixins.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fB\-private\fR
+.VS 8.6
+If the \fB\-private\fR flag is given, the list of methods will also include
+the private (i.e. non-exported) methods of the class (and superclasses and
+mixins, if \fB\-all\fR is also given).
+.RE
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo class methodtype\fI class method\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a description of the type of implementation used for
+the method named \fImethod\fR of class \fIclass\fR. When the result is
+\fBmethod\fR, further information can be discovered with \fBinfo class
+definition\fR, and when the result is \fBforward\fR, further information can
+be discovered with \fBinfo class forward\fR.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo class mixins\fI class\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a list of all classes that have been mixed into the
+class named \fIclass\fR.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo class subclasses\fI class\fR ?\fIpattern\fR?
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a list of direct subclasses of class \fIclass\fR. If
+the optional \fIpattern\fR argument is present, it constrains the list of
+returned classes to those that match it according to the rules of
+\fBstring match\fR.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo class superclasses\fI class\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a list of direct superclasses of class \fIclass\fR in
+inheritance precedence order.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo class variables\fI class\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a list of all variables that have been declared for
+the class named \fIclass\fR (i.e. that are automatically present in the
+class's methods, constructor and destructor).
+.SS "OBJECT INTROSPECTION"
+.PP
+The following \fIsubcommand\fR values are supported by \fBinfo object\fR:
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object call\fI object method\fR
+.VS 8.6
+Returns a description of the method implementations that are used to provide
+\fIobject\fR's implementation of \fImethod\fR.  This consists of a list of
+lists of four elements, where each sublist consists of a word that describes
+the general type of method implementation (being one of \fBmethod\fR for an
+ordinary method, \fBfilter\fR for an applied filter, and \fBunknown\fR for a
+method that is invoked as part of unknown method handling), a word giving the
+name of the particular method invoked (which is always the same as
+\fImethod\fR for the \fBmethod\fR type, and
+.QW \fBunknown\fR
+for the \fBunknown\fR type), a word giving what defined the method (the fully
+qualified name of the class, or the literal string \fBobject\fR if the method
+implementation is on an instance), and a word describing the type of method
+implementation (see \fBinfo object methodtype\fR).
+.RS
+.PP
+Note that there is no inspection of whether the method implementations
+actually use \fBnext\fR to transfer control along the call chain.
+.RE
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object class\fI object\fR ?\fIclassName\fR?
+.VS 8.6
+If \fIclassName\fR is unspecified, this subcommand returns class of the
+\fIobject\fR object. If \fIclassName\fR is present, this subcommand returns a
+boolean value indicating whether the \fIobject\fR is of that class.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object definition\fI object method\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a description of the definition of the method named
+\fImethod\fR of object \fIobject\fR. The definition is described as a two
+element list; the first element is the list of arguments to the method in a
+form suitable for passing to another call to \fBproc\fR or a method definition,
+and the second element is the body of the method.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object filters\fI object\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns the list of filter methods set on the object.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object forward\fI object method\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns the argument list for the method forwarding called
+\fImethod\fR that is set on the object called \fIobject\fR.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object isa\fI category object\fR ?\fIarg\fR?
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand tests whether an object belongs to a particular category,
+returning a boolean value that indicates whether the \fIobject\fR argument
+meets the criteria for the category. The supported categories are:
+.VE 8.6
+.RS
+.TP
+\fBinfo object isa class\fI object\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This returns whether \fIobject\fR is a class (i.e. an instance of
+\fBoo::class\fR or one of its subclasses).
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object isa metaclass\fI object\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This returns whether \fIobject\fR is a class that can manufacture classes
+(i.e. is \fBoo::class\fR or a subclass of it).
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object isa mixin\fI object class\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This returns whether \fIclass\fR is directly mixed into \fIobject\fR.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object isa object\fI object\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This returns whether \fIobject\fR really is an object.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object isa typeof\fI object class\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This returns whether \fIclass\fR is the type of \fIobject\fR (i.e. whether
+\fIobject\fR is an instance of \fIclass\fR or one of its subclasses, whether
+direct or indirect).
+.RE
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object methods\fI object\fR ?\fIoption...\fR?
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a list of all public (i.e. exported) methods of the
+object called \fIobject\fR. Any of the following \fIoption\fRs may be
+specified, controlling exactly which method names are returned:
+.RS
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fB\-all\fR
+.VS 8.6
+If the \fB\-all\fR flag is given, the list of methods will include those
+methods defined not just by the object, but also by the object's class and
+mixins, plus the superclasses of those classes.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fB\-private\fR
+.VS 8.6
+If the \fB\-private\fR flag is given, the list of methods will also include
+the private (i.e. non-exported) methods of the object (and classes, if
+\fB\-all\fR is also given).
+.RE
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object methodtype\fI object method\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a description of the type of implementation used for
+the method named \fImethod\fR of object \fIobject\fR. When the result is
+\fBmethod\fR, further information can be discovered with \fBinfo object
+definition\fR, and when the result is \fBforward\fR, further information can
+be discovered with \fBinfo object forward\fR.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object mixins\fI object\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a list of all classes that have been mixed into the
+object named \fIobject\fR.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object namespace\fI object\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns the name of the internal namespace of the object named
+\fIobject\fR.
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object variables\fI object\fR
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a list of all variables that have been declared for
+the object named \fIobject\fR (i.e. that are automatically present in the
+object's methods).
+.VE 8.6
+.TP
+\fBinfo object vars\fI object\fR ?\fIpattern\fR?
+.VS 8.6
+This subcommand returns a list of all variables in the private namespace of
+the object named \fIobject\fR. If the optional \fIpattern\fR argument is
+given, it is a filter (in the syntax of a \fBstring match\fR glob pattern)
+that constrains the list of variables returned. Note that this is different
+from the list returned by \fBinfo object variables\fR; that can include
+variables that are currently unset, whereas this can include variables that
+are not automatically included by any of \fIobject\fR's methods (or those of
+its class, superclasses or mixins).
+.VE 8.6
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.PP
+This command prints out a procedure suitable for saving in a Tcl
+script:
+.PP
+.CS
+proc printProc {procName} {
+    set result [list proc $procName]
+    set formals {}
+    foreach var [\fBinfo args\fR $procName] {
+        if {[\fBinfo default\fR $procName $var def]} {
+            lappend formals [list $var $def]
+        } else {
+            # Still need the list-quoting because variable
+            # names may properly contain spaces.
+            lappend formals [list $var]
+        }
+    }
+    puts [lappend result $formals [\fBinfo body\fR $procName]]
+}
+.CE
+.SS "EXAMPLES WITH OBJECTS"
+.VS 8.6
+.PP
+Every object necessarily knows what its class is; this information is
+trivially extractable through introspection:
+.PP
+.CS
+oo::class create c
+c create o
+puts [\fBinfo object class\fR o]
+                     \fI\(-> prints "::c"\fR
+puts [\fBinfo object class\fR c]
+                     \fI\(-> prints "::oo::class"\fR
+.CE
+.PP
+The introspection capabilities can be used to discover what class implements a
+method and get how it is defined. This procedure illustrates how:
+.PP
+.CS
+proc getDef {obj method} {
+    foreach inf [\fBinfo object call\fR $obj $method] {
+        lassign $inf calltype name locus methodtype
+        # Assume no forwards or filters, and hence no $calltype
+        # or $methodtype checks...
+        if {$locus eq "object"} {
+            return [\fBinfo object definition\fR $obj $name]
+        } else {
+            return [\fBinfo class definition\fR $locus $name]
+        }
+    }
+    error "no definition for $method"
+}
+.CE
+.PP
+This is an alternate way of looking up the definition; it is implemented by
+manually scanning the list of methods up the inheritance tree. This code
+assumes that only single inheritance is in use, and that there is no complex
+use of mixed-in classes (in such cases, using \fBinfo object call\fR as above
+is the simplest way of doing this by far):
+.PP
+.CS
+proc getDef {obj method} {
+    if {$method in [\fBinfo object methods\fR $obj]} {
+        # Assume no forwards
+        return [\fBinfo object definition\fR $obj $method]
+    }
+    set cls [\fBinfo object class\fR $obj]
+    while {$method ni [\fBinfo class methods\fR $cls]} {
+        # Assume the simple case
+        set cls [lindex [\fBinfo class superclass\fR $cls] 0]
+        if {$cls eq ""} {
+            error "no definition for $method"
+        }
+    }
+    # Assume no forwards
+    return [\fBinfo class definition\fR $cls $method]
+}
+.CE
+.VE 8.6
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.VS 8.6
+global(n), oo::class(n), oo::define(n), oo::object(n), proc(n), self(n),
+.VE 8.6
+tcl_library(n), tcl_patchLevel(n), tcl_version(n)
+.SH KEYWORDS
+command, information, interpreter, introspection, level, namespace,
+.VS 8.6
+object,
+.VE 8.6
+procedure, variable
+'\" Local Variables:
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