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* doc/AppInit.3:
* doc/Async.3: * doc/BackgdErr.3: * doc/CrtChannel.3: * doc/CrtInterp.3: * doc/CrtMathFnc.3: * doc/DString.3: * doc/Eval.3: * doc/ExprLong.3: * doc/GetInt.3: * doc/GetOpnFl.3: * doc/Interp.3: * doc/LinkVar.3: * doc/OpenFileChnl.3: * doc/OpenTcp.3: * doc/PkgRequire.3: * doc/RecordEval.3: * doc/SetResult.3: * doc/SplitList.3: * doc/StaticPkg.3: * doc/TraceVar.3: * doc/Translate.3: * doc/UpVar.3: * doc/load.n: removed or updated references to interp->result use.
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: ExprLong.3,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:48 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: ExprLong.3,v 1.3 2000/04/14 23:01:50 hobbs Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_ExprLong 3 7.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -63,15 +63,13 @@ that is more efficient to execute.
The \fIinterp\fR argument refers to an interpreter used to
evaluate the expression (e.g. for variables and nested Tcl
commands) and to return error information.
-\fIinterp->result\fR is assumed to be initialized
-in the standard fashion when they are invoked.
.PP
For all of these procedures the return value is a standard
Tcl result: \fBTCL_OK\fR means the expression was successfully
evaluated, and \fBTCL_ERROR\fR means that an error occurred while
evaluating the expression.
If \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned then
-\fIinterp->result\fR will hold a message describing the error.
+the interpreter's result will hold a message describing the error.
If an error occurs while executing a Tcl command embedded in
the expression then that error will be returned.
.PP
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ it must be one of the values accepted by \fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR
such as ``yes'' or ``no'', or else an error occurs.
.PP
\fBTcl_ExprString\fR returns the value of the expression as a
-string stored in \fIinterp->result\fR.
+string stored in the interpreter's result.
If the expression's actual value is an integer
then \fBTcl_ExprString\fR converts it to a string using \fBsprintf\fR
with a ``%d'' converter.