Added language to the Endekalogue to make it clear

that substitutions always take place from left to right. [Bug
#635644]

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9cab6d3..4e4785e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-11-10  Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org>
+
+	* doc/Tcl.n: Added language to the Endekalogue to make it clear
+	that substitutions always take place from left to right. [Bug
+	#635644]
+
 2002-11-06  Mo DeJong  <mdejong@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* changes: Note TclInExit TclInThreadExit changes.
diff --git a/doc/Tcl.n b/doc/Tcl.n
index 1277408..e8cc494 100644
--- a/doc/Tcl.n
+++ b/doc/Tcl.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\" 
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Tcl.n,v 1.5 2002/10/10 16:11:01 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Tcl.n,v 1.6 2002/11/10 17:22:35 kennykb Exp $
 '\"
 .so man.macros
 .TH Tcl n "8.1" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -190,6 +190,14 @@ processed entirely by the recursive call to the Tcl interpreter;
 no substitutions are performed before making the recursive
 call and no additional substitutions are performed on the result
 of the nested script.
+.LP
+Substitutions take place from left to right, and each substitution is
+evaluated completely before attempting to evaluate the next.  Thus, a
+sequence like
+.CS
+set y [set x 0][incr x][incr x]
+.CE
+will always set the variable \fIy\fR to the value, \fI012\fR.
 .IP [11]
 Substitutions do not affect the word boundaries of a command.
 For example, during variable substitution the entire value of