[Bug 1970629]: Define a bit better what the current namespace of a procedure is

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 79e9ff4..b35dc5d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
+2010-01-22  Donal K. Fellows  <dkf@users.sf.net>
+
+	* doc/proc.n: [Bug 1970629]: Define a bit better what the current
+	namespace of a procedure is.
+
 2010-01-22  Jan Nijtmans  <nijtmans@users.sf.net>
 
-	* generic/tclInt.decls       Don't use DWORD and HANDLE here
-	* generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h
-	* generic/tcl.h              Revert [2009-12-21] change, in stead
-	* generic/tclPort.h          resolve the CYGWIN inclusion problems by
-	* win/tclWinPort.h           re-arranging the inclusions at other places.
+	* generic/tclInt.decls:	     Don't use DWORD and HANDLE here.
+	* generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h:
+	* generic/tcl.h:	     Revert [2009-12-21] change, instead
+	* generic/tclPort.h:	     resolve the CYGWIN inclusion problems by
+	* win/tclWinPort.h:	     re-arranging the inclusions at other
+				     places.
 	* win/tclWinError.c
 	* win/tclWinPipe.c
-	* win/tcl.m4                 Make cygwin configuration error into
-	* win/configure.in           a warning: CYGWIN compilation works
-	* win/configure              although there still are test failures.
+	* win/tcl.m4		     Make cygwin configuration error into
+	* win/configure.in	     a warning: CYGWIN compilation works
+	* win/configure		     although there still are test failures.
 
 2010-01-22  Donal K. Fellows  <dkf@users.sf.net>
 
diff --git a/doc/proc.n b/doc/proc.n
index 75cab29..a6432e7 100644
--- a/doc/proc.n
+++ b/doc/proc.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: proc.n,v 1.12 2010/01/20 13:42:17 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: proc.n,v 1.13 2010/01/22 23:38:21 dkf Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH proc n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ deleted when the procedure returns.  One local variable is automatically
 created for each of the procedure's arguments.
 Other variables can only be accessed by invoking one of the \fBglobal\fR, 
 \fBvariable\fR, \fBupvar\fR or \fBnamespace upvar\fR commands.
+The current namespace when \fIbody\fR is executed will be the
+namespace that the procedure's name exists in, which will be the
+namespace that itwas created in unless it has been changed with
+\fBrename\fR.
+'\" We may change this! It makes [variable] unstable when renamed and is
+'\" frankly pretty crazy, but doing it right is harder than it looks.
 .PP
 The \fBproc\fR command returns an empty string.  When a procedure is
 invoked, the procedure's return value is the value specified in a