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| author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2016-10-30 16:16:29 (GMT) |
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| committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2016-10-30 16:16:29 (GMT) |
| commit | 5ddd3f071bddef971e50673d7700162700561cf6 (patch) | |
| tree | b87a24abb2b9c2ddbb0c905d67de64a48395daf0 | |
| parent | df54f23b9fdd17bc3eb02a15f3fd9513e6261b7e (diff) | |
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[253ba6e818] Improved description of [variable] behaviour.
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diff --git a/doc/variable.n b/doc/variable.n index a6e545f..8228859 100644 --- a/doc/variable.n +++ b/doc/variable.n @@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ linked to the corresponding namespace variables (and therefore these variables are listed by \fBinfo vars\fR.) In this way the \fBvariable\fR command resembles the \fBglobal\fR command, although the \fBglobal\fR command -only links to variables in the global namespace. +resolves variable names with respect to the global namespace instead +of the current namespace of the procedure. If any \fIvalue\fRs are given, they are used to modify the values of the associated namespace variables. If a namespace variable does not exist, @@ -98,3 +99,7 @@ namespace eval foo { global(n), namespace(n), upvar(n) .SH KEYWORDS global, namespace, procedure, variable +.\" Local variables: +.\" mode: nroff +.\" fill-column: 78 +.\" End: |