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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2012-11-08 15:21:29 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2012-11-08 15:21:29 (GMT)
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Updated the language of the documentation so that "object" refers to an OO
concept throughout, and a Tcl_Obj is called a "value" (which is what it is).
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@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
.BS
.SH NAME
Tcl_CreateMathFunc, Tcl_GetMathFuncInfo, Tcl_ListMathFuncs \- Define, query and enumerate math functions for expressions
+.SH "NOTICE OF EVENTUAL DEPRECATION"
+.PP
+The \fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR and \fBTcl_GetMathFuncInfo\fR functions
+are rendered somewhat obsolete by the ability to create functions for
+expressions by placing commands in the \fBtcl::mathfunc\fR namespace,
+as described in the \fBmathfunc\fR manual page; the API described on
+this page is not expected to be maintained indefinitely.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -146,9 +153,9 @@ will not be modified. The variable pointed to by \fInumArgsPointer\fR
will contain -1, and no argument types will be stored in the variable
pointed to by \fIargTypesPointer\fR.
.PP
-\fBTcl_ListMathFuncs\fR returns a Tcl object containing a list of all
+\fBTcl_ListMathFuncs\fR returns a Tcl value containing a list of all
the math functions defined in the interpreter whose name matches
-\fIpattern\fR. The returned object has a reference count of zero.
+\fIpattern\fR. The returned value has a reference count of zero.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
expr(n), info(n), Tcl_CreateObjCommand(3), Tcl_Free(3), Tcl_NewListObj(3)
.SH KEYWORDS