* tests/var.test:

        * generic/tclVar.c: Corrected bug in [global] when dealing
        with variable names matching :*.  [Bug 480176]

3 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5478387..e608ba6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-11-09  Don Porter	<dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* tests/var.test:
+	* generic/tclVar.c: Corrected bug in [global] when dealing
+	with variable names matching :*.  [Bug 480176]
+
 2001-11-08  Mo DeJong  <mdejong@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	Fixup stack size under OSF1. [Tcl patch 474790]
diff --git a/generic/tclVar.c b/generic/tclVar.c
index d3e2c4b..d4290d0 100644
--- a/generic/tclVar.c
+++ b/generic/tclVar.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
  * of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
  *
- * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclVar.c,v 1.38 2001/09/27 20:32:35 dgp Exp $
+ * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclVar.c,v 1.39 2001/11/09 23:06:04 dgp Exp $
  */
 
 #include "tclInt.h"
@@ -4010,7 +4010,7 @@ Tcl_GlobalObjCmd(dummy, interp, objc, objv)
         while ((tail > varName) && ((*tail != ':') || (*(tail-1) != ':'))) {
             tail--;
 	}
-        if (*tail == ':') {
+        if ((*tail == ':') && (tail > varName)) {
             tail++;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/var.test b/tests/var.test
index cb2d093..916b9b4 100644
--- a/tests/var.test
+++ b/tests/var.test
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 # of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 #
-# RCS: @(#) $Id: var.test,v 1.17 2001/07/04 00:55:08 hobbs Exp $
+# RCS: @(#) $Id: var.test,v 1.18 2001/11/09 23:06:04 dgp Exp $
 #
 
 if {[lsearch [namespace children] ::tcltest] == -1} {
@@ -327,6 +327,16 @@ test var-6.3 {Tcl_GlobalObjCmd, variable named {} qualified by a namespace name}
     }
     p
 } {24}
+test var-6.4 {Tcl_GlobalObjCmd, variable name matching :*} {
+    # Test for Tcl Bug 480176
+    set :v broken
+    proc p {} {
+	global :v
+	set :v fixed
+    }
+    p
+    set :v
+} {fixed}
 
 test var-7.1 {Tcl_VariableObjCmd, create and initialize one new ns variable} {
     catch {namespace delete test_ns_var}