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authorjan.nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net>2012-11-09 20:11:35 (GMT)
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.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
+Tcl_NewDoubleObj, Tcl_SetDoubleObj, Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj \- manipulate Tcl values as floating-point values
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ int
.SH ARGUMENTS
.AS Tcl_Interp doubleValue in/out
.AP double doubleValue in
-A double-precision floating-point value used to initialize or set a Tcl object.
+A double-precision floating-point value used to initialize or set a Tcl value.
.AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in/out
-For \fBTcl_SetDoubleObj\fR, this points to the object in which to store a
+For \fBTcl_SetDoubleObj\fR, this points to the value in which to store a
double value.
-For \fBTcl_GetDoubleFromObj\fR, this refers to the object
+For \fBTcl_GetDoubleFromObj\fR, this refers to the value
from which to retrieve a double value.
.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in/out
When non-NULL, an error message is left here when double value retrieval fails.
@@ -37,21 +37,21 @@ Points to place to store the double value obtained from \fIobjPtr\fR.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
-These procedures are used to create, modify, and read Tcl objects that
+These procedures are used to create, modify, and read Tcl values that
hold double-precision floating-point values.
.PP
-\fBTcl_NewDoubleObj\fR creates and returns a new Tcl object initialized to
-the double value \fIdoubleValue\fR. The returned Tcl object is unshared.
+\fBTcl_NewDoubleObj\fR creates and returns a new Tcl value initialized to
+the double value \fIdoubleValue\fR. The returned Tcl value is unshared.
.PP
-\fBTcl_SetDoubleObj\fR sets the value of an existing Tcl object pointed to
+\fBTcl_SetDoubleObj\fR sets the value of an existing Tcl value pointed to
by \fIobjPtr\fR to the double value \fIdoubleValue\fR. The \fIobjPtr\fR
-argument must point to an unshared Tcl object. Any attempt to set the value
-of a shared Tcl object violates Tcl's copy-on-write policy. Any existing
-string representation or internal representation in the unshared Tcl object
+argument must point to an unshared Tcl value. Any attempt to set the value
+of a shared Tcl value violates Tcl's copy-on-write policy. Any existing
+string representation or internal representation in the unshared Tcl value
will be freed as a consequence of setting the new value.
.PP
\fBTcl_GetDoubleFromObj\fR attempts to retrieve a double value from the
-Tcl object \fIobjPtr\fR. If the attempt succeeds, then \fBTCL_OK\fR is
+Tcl value \fIobjPtr\fR. If the attempt succeeds, then \fBTCL_OK\fR is
returned, and the double value is written to the storage pointed to by
\fIdoublePtr\fR. If the attempt fails, then \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned,
and if \fIinterp\fR is non-NULL, an error message is left in \fIinterp\fR.
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ calls to \fBTcl_GetDoubleFromObj\fR more efficient.
.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
+double, double value, double type, internal representation, value, value type, string representation