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authordonal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk <dkf>2012-11-20 12:13:43 (GMT)
committerdonal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk <dkf>2012-11-20 12:13:43 (GMT)
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int
Interpreter to use for error reporting; if NULL, then no message is
provided on errors.
.AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in/out
-The string value of this object is used to search through \fItablePtr\fR.
+The string value of this value is used to search through \fItablePtr\fR.
The internal representation is modified to hold the index of the matching
table entry.
.AP "const char *const" *tablePtr in
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ The index of the string in \fItablePtr\fR that matches the value of
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
These procedures provide an efficient way for looking up keywords,
-switch names, option names, and similar things where the value of
-an object must be one of a predefined set of values.
+switch names, option names, and similar things where the literal value of
+a Tcl value must be chosen from a predefined set.
\fBTcl_GetIndexFromObj\fR compares \fIobjPtr\fR against each of
the strings in \fItablePtr\fR to find a match. A match occurs if
\fIobjPtr\fR's string value is identical to one of the strings in
@@ -101,4 +101,4 @@ each of several array elements.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
prefix(n), Tcl_WrongNumArgs(3)
.SH KEYWORDS
-index, object, table lookup
+index, option, value, table lookup