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+.so man.macros
+.TH Tcl_DoubleObj 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.BS
+.SH NAME
+Tcl_NewDoubleObj, Tcl_SetDoubleObj, Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj \- manipulate Tcl objects as floating-point values
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
+.sp
+Tcl_Obj *
+\fBTcl_NewDoubleObj\fR(\fIdoubleValue\fR)
+.sp
+\fBTcl_SetDoubleObj\fR(\fIobjPtr, doubleValue\fR)
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_GetDoubleFromObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, doublePtr\fR)
+.SH ARGUMENTS
+.AS Tcl_Interp doubleValue in/out
+.AP double doubleValue in
+A double-precision floating point value used to initialize or set a double object.
+.AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in/out
+For \fBTcl_SetDoubleObj\fR, this points to the object to be converted
+to double type.
+For \fBTcl_GetDoubleFromObj\fR, this refers to the object
+from which to get a double value; 
+if \fIobjPtr\fR does not already point to a double object,
+an attempt will be made to convert it to one.
+.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in/out
+If an error occurs during conversion,
+an error message is left in the interpreter's result object
+unless \fIinterp\fR is NULL.
+.AP double *doublePtr out
+Points to place to store the double value
+obtained from \fIobjPtr\fR.
+.BE
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+These procedures are used to create, modify, and read
+double Tcl objects from C code.
+\fBTcl_NewDoubleObj\fR and \fBTcl_SetDoubleObj\fR
+will create a new object of double type
+or modify an existing object to have double type. 
+Both of these procedures set the object to have the
+double-precision floating point value given by \fIdoubleValue\fR;
+\fBTcl_NewDoubleObj\fR returns a pointer to a newly created object
+with reference count zero.
+Both procedures set the object's type to be double
+and assign the double value to the object's internal representation
+\fIdoubleValue\fR member.
+\fBTcl_SetDoubleObj\fR invalidates any old string representation
+and, if the object is not already a double object,
+frees any old internal representation.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetDoubleFromObj\fR attempts to return a double value
+from the Tcl object \fIobjPtr\fR.
+If the object is not already a double object,
+it will attempt to convert it to one.
+If an error occurs during conversion, it returns \fBTCL_ERROR\fR
+and leaves an error message in the interpreter's result object
+unless \fIinterp\fR is NULL.
+Otherwise, it returns \fBTCL_OK\fR and stores the double value
+in the address given by \fIdoublePtr\fR.
+If the object is not already a double object,
+the conversion will free any old internal representation.
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+Tcl_NewObj, Tcl_DecrRefCount, Tcl_IncrRefCount, Tcl_GetObjResult
+
+.SH KEYWORDS
+double, double object, double type, internal representation, object, object type, string representation