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| author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2009-07-19 11:46:52 (GMT) |
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| committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2009-07-19 11:46:52 (GMT) |
| commit | d63bf48fae3c37de04f6f82c8bde59587e1ed2aa (patch) | |
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Expose function to efficiently return current name of an object.
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diff --git a/doc/Class.3 b/doc/Class.3 index e7b0881..5792b17 100644 --- a/doc/Class.3 +++ b/doc/Class.3 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Class.3,v 1.3 2009/07/12 14:57:56 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Class.3,v 1.4 2009/07/19 11:46:53 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl_Class 3 0.1 TclOO "TclOO Library Functions" @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Tcl_Object Tcl_Class \fBTcl_GetObjectAsClass\fR(\fIobject\fR) .sp +Tcl_Obj * +\fBTcl_GetObjectName\fR(\fIinterp, object\fR) +.sp Tcl_Command \fBTcl_GetObjectCommand\fR(\fIobject\fR) .sp @@ -103,8 +106,11 @@ found. The correct way to look up a class by name is to look up the object with that name, and then to use \fBTcl_GetObjectAsClass\fR. .PP Every object has its own command and namespace associated with it. The command -may be retrieved using the \fBTcl_GetObjectCommand\fR function, and the -namespace may be retrieved using the \fBTcl_GetObjectNamespace\fR function. +may be retrieved using the \fBTcl_GetObjectCommand\fR function, the name of +the object (and hence the name of the command) with \fBTcl_GetObjectName\fR, +and the namespace may be retrieved using the \fBTcl_GetObjectNamespace\fR +function. Note that the Tcl_Obj reference returned by \fBTcl_GetObjectName\fR +is a shared reference. .PP Instances of classes are created using \fBTcl_NewObjectInstance\fR, which takes creates an object from any class (and which is internally called by both |