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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2008-03-06 22:08:26 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2008-03-06 22:08:26 (GMT)
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Minor tidying up. [Bug 1909019]
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog88
-rw-r--r--doc/namespace.n46
2 files changed, 69 insertions, 65 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6b000e2..f5859ac 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
+2008-03-06 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net>
+
+ * doc/namespace.n: Minor tidying up. [Bug 1909019]
+
2008-03-04 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
- * tests/execute.test (6.3,4): Added tests for Bug 1899164].
+ * tests/execute.test (6.3,4): Added tests for [Bug 1899164].
2008-03-03 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de>
- * unix/tclUnixChan.c: Fix mark and space parity on Linux, which
- uses CMSPAR instead of PAREXT.
+ * unix/tclUnixChan.c: Fix mark and space parity on Linux, which uses
+ CMSPAR instead of PAREXT.
2008-03-02 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net>
- * generic/tclNamesp.c (GetNamespaceFromObj):
- * tests/interp.test (interp-28.2): spoil the intrep of an
- nsNameType obj when the reference crosses interpreter
- boundaries.
+ * generic/tclNamesp.c (GetNamespaceFromObj):
+ * tests/interp.test (interp-28.2): spoil the intrep of an nsNameType
+ obj when the reference crosses interpreter boundaries.
2008-02-29 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -26,19 +29,18 @@
Tcl_SetReturnOptions().
* generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo): Revised the
- refcount management of Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo to become that of
- a conventional Consumer routine. This preserves the ease of use
- for the overwhelming common callers who pass in a 0-count value,
- but makes the proper call with a non-0-count value less surprising.
+ refcount management of Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo to become that of a
+ conventional Consumer routine. This preserves the ease of use for the
+ overwhelming common callers who pass in a 0-count value, but makes the
+ proper call with a non-0-count value less surprising.
* generic/tclEvent.c (TclDefaultBgErrorHandlerObjCmd): Revised the
one caller within Tcl itself which passes a non-0-count value to
Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo().
2008-02-28 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net>
- * unix/tclPort.h, unix/tclCompat.h, unix/tclUnixChan.h:
- Reduce scope of <sys/filio.h> and <sys/ioctl.h> #includes
- [Patch 1903339].
+ * unix/tclPort.h, unix/tclCompat.h, unix/tclUnixChan.h: Reduce scope
+ of <sys/filio.h> and <sys/ioctl.h> #includes. [Patch 1903339]
2008-02-28 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -61,68 +63,68 @@
leaked an mp_int.
* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileReturnCmd): The 2007-10-18 commit
- to optimize compiled [return -level 0 $x] [RFE 1794073] introduced
- a memory leak of the return options dictionary. Fixing that.
+ to optimize compiled [return -level 0 $x] [RFE 1794073] introduced a
+ memory leak of the return options dictionary. Fixing that.
2008-02-27 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>
- * library/http/http.tcl: bug #705956 - fix inverted logic when
+ * library/http/http.tcl: [Bug 705956] - fix inverted logic when
cleaning up socket error in geturl.
2008-02-27 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org>
- * doc/clock.n: Corrected minor indentation gaffe in the
- penultimate paragraph. [Bug 1898025]
- * generic/tclClock.c (ParseClockFormatArgs): Changed to check that
- the clock value is in the range of a 64-bit integer. [Bug 1862555]
+ * doc/clock.n: Corrected minor indentation gaffe in the penultimate
+ paragraph. [Bug 1898025]
+ * generic/tclClock.c (ParseClockFormatArgs): Changed to check that the
+ clock value is in the range of a 64-bit integer. [Bug 1862555]
* library/clock.tcl (::tcl::clock::format, ::tcl::clock::scan,
- ::tcl::clock::add, ::tcl::clock::LocalizeFormat): Fixed bugs
- in caching of localized strings that caused weird results when
- localized date/time formats were used. [Bug 1902423]
- * tests/clock.test (clock-61.*, clock-62.1): Regression tests
- for [Bug 1862555] and [Bug 1902423].
+ (::tcl::clock::add, ::tcl::clock::LocalizeFormat): Fixed bugs in
+ caching of localized strings that caused weird results when localized
+ date/time formats were used. [Bug 1902423]
+ * tests/clock.test (clock-61.*, clock-62.1): Regression tests for [Bug
+ 1862555] and [Bug 1902423].
2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net>
- * generic/tclIOUtil.c, unix/tclUnixPort.h, unix/tclUnixChan.c:
- Remove dead/unused portability-related #defines and
- unused conditional code. See [Patch 1901828] for discussion.
+ * generic/tclIOUtil.c, unix/tclUnixPort.h, unix/tclUnixChan.c:
+ Remove dead/unused portability-related #defines and unused conditional
+ code. See [Patch 1901828] for discussion.
2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net>
- * generic/tclIORChan.c(enum MethodName),
- generic/tclCompExpr.c(enum Marks): More stray trailing ","s
+ * generic/tclIORChan.c (enum MethodName),
+ * generic/tclCompExpr.c (enum Marks): More stray trailing ","s
2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net>
- * unix/configure.in(socklen_t test): Define socklen_t
- as "int" if missing, not "unsigned".
- Use AC_TRY_COMPILE instead of AC_EGREP_HEADER.
+ * unix/configure.in(socklen_t test): Define socklen_t as "int" if
+ missing, not "unsigned". Use AC_TRY_COMPILE instead of
+ AC_EGREP_HEADER.
* unix/configure: regenerated.
2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net>
- * generic/tclCompile.h: Remove stray trailing "," from
- enum InstOperandType definition (C99ism).
+ * generic/tclCompile.h: Remove stray trailing "," from enum
+ InstOperandType definition (C99ism).
2008-02-26 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com>
- * generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): fix the handling of the last
- * tests/regexpComp.test: star possibly being escaped in
+ * generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): Fix the handling of the last star
+ * tests/regexpComp.test: possibly being escaped in
determining right anchor. [Bug 1902436]
2008-02-26 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>
* library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: Set version 2.5.5
- * library/http/http.tcl: bug #1868845 - it is better to do the
- [eof] check after trying to read from the socket. No clashes found
- in testing. Added http::meta command to access the http headers.
+ * library/http/http.tcl: It is better to do the [eof] check after
+ trying to read from the socket. No clashes found in testing. Added
+ http::meta command to access the http headers. [Bug 1868845]
2008-02-22 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>
* library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: Set version 2.5.4
- * library/http/http.tcl: Fix for bug #1818565. Always check that
- the state array exists in the http::status command.
+ * library/http/http.tcl: Always check that the state array exists
+ in the http::status command. [Bug 1818565]
2008-02-13 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
diff --git a/doc/namespace.n b/doc/namespace.n
index e02709e..e4d3d6d 100644
--- a/doc/namespace.n
+++ b/doc/namespace.n
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
'\"
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: namespace.n,v 1.29 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $
-'\"
+'\"
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: namespace.n,v 1.30 2008/03/06 22:08:26 dkf Exp $
+'\"
.so man.macros
.TH namespace n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.BS
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
.SH NAME
namespace \- create and manipulate contexts for commands and variables
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBnamespace \fR?\fIoption\fR? ?\fIarg ...\fR?
+\fBnamespace \fR?\fIsubcommand\fR? ?\fIarg ...\fR?
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ The \fBnamespace\fR command lets you create, access, and destroy
separate contexts for commands and variables.
See the section \fBWHAT IS A NAMESPACE?\fR below
for a brief overview of namespaces.
-The legal values of \fIoption\fR are listed below.
-Note that you can abbreviate the \fIoption\fRs.
+The legal values of \fIsubcommand\fR are listed below.
+Note that you can abbreviate the \fIsubcommand\fRs.
.TP
\fBnamespace children \fR?\fInamespace\fR? ?\fIpattern\fR?
Returns a list of all child namespaces that belong to the
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ looking it up by name.
If a namespace does not exist, this command returns an error.
If no namespace names are given, this command does nothing.
.TP
-\fBnamespace ensemble\fR \fIoption\fR ?\fIarg ...\fR?
+\fBnamespace ensemble\fR \fIsubcommand\fR ?\fIarg ...\fR?
.VS 8.5
Creates and manipulates a command that is formed out of an ensemble of
subcommands. See the section \fBENSEMBLES\fR below for further
@@ -140,19 +140,22 @@ Each \fIpattern\fR is a simple or qualified name such as
\fBx\fR, \fBfoo::x\fR or \fBa::b::p*\fR.
Qualified names contain double colons (\fB::\fR) and qualify a name
with the name of one or more namespaces.
-Each \fIqualified pattern\fR is qualified with the name of an
-exporting namespace
+Each
+.QW "qualified pattern"
+is qualified with the name of an exporting namespace
and may have glob-style special characters in the command name
at the end of the qualified name.
Glob characters may not appear in a namespace name.
-For each \fIsimple pattern\fR this command deletes the matching
-commands of the
+For each
+.QW "simple pattern"
+this command deletes the matching commands of the
current namespace that were imported from a different namespace.
-For \fIqualified patterns\fR, this command first finds the matching
-exported commands.
+For
+.QW "qualified patterns" ,
+this command first finds the matching exported commands.
It then checks whether any of those commands
were previously imported by the current namespace.
-If so, this command deletes the corresponding imported commands.
+If so, this command deletes the corresponding imported commands.
In effect, this un-does the action of a \fBnamespace import\fR command.
.TP
\fBnamespace import \fR?\fB\-force\fR? ?\fIpattern\fR \fIpattern ...\fR?
@@ -270,20 +273,20 @@ the names of currently defined namespaces.
This command arranges for one or more local variables in the current
procedure to refer to variables in \fInamespace\fR. The namespace name is
resolved as described in section \fBNAME RESOLUTION\fR.
-The command
+The command
\fBnamespace upvar $ns a b\fR has the same behaviour as
\fBupvar 0 $ns::a b\fR, with the sole exception of the resolution rules
-used for qualified namespace or variable names.
+used for qualified namespace or variable names.
\fBnamespace upvar\fR returns an empty string.
.TP
\fBnamespace unknown\fR ?\fIscript\fR?
Sets or returns the unknown command handler for the current namespace.
The handler is invoked when a command called from within the namespace
-cannot be found (in either the current namespace or the global namespace).
+cannot be found (in either the current namespace or the global namespace).
The \fIscript\fR argument, if given, should be a well
formed list representing a command name and optional arguments. When
the handler is invoked, the full invocation line will be appended to the
-script and the result evaluated in the context of the namespace. The
+script and the result evaluated in the context of the namespace. The
default handler for all namespaces is \fB::unknown\fR. If no argument
is given, it returns the handler for the current namespace.
.TP
@@ -296,7 +299,7 @@ this command returns a fully-qualified name in the global namespace.
If the command or variable does not exist,
this command returns an empty string. If the variable has been
created but not defined, such as with the \fBvariable\fR command
-or through a \fBtrace\fR on the variable, this command will return the
+or through a \fBtrace\fR on the variable, this command will return the
fully-qualified name of the variable.
If no flag is given, \fIname\fR is treated as a command name.
See the section \fBNAME RESOLUTION\fR below for an explanation of
@@ -437,7 +440,7 @@ If you provide a fully-qualified name that starts with a \fB::\fR,
there is no question about what command, variable, or namespace
you mean.
However, if the name does not start with a \fB::\fR
-(i.e., is \fIrelative\fR),
+(i.e., is \fIrelative\fR),
Tcl follows basic rules for looking it up:
Variable names are always resolved
by looking first in the current namespace,
@@ -477,7 +480,7 @@ set traceLevel 0
}
.CE
Here Tcl looks for \fBtraceLevel\fR first in the namespace \fBFoo::Debug\fR.
-Since it is not found there, Tcl then looks for it
+Since it is not found there, Tcl then looks for it
in the global namespace.
The variable \fBFoo::traceLevel\fR is completely ignored
during the name resolution process.
@@ -854,7 +857,6 @@ Remove all imported commands from the current namespace:
.CS
namespace forget {*}[namespace import]
.CE
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
interp(n), upvar(n), variable(n)
.SH KEYWORDS