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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2002-08-16 13:45:35 (GMT)
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Added documentation note to remind authors of object type implementations to
keep their objects with valid interpretations...
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: ObjectType.3,v 1.6 2002/02/26 02:22:20 hobbs Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: ObjectType.3,v 1.7 2002/08/16 13:45:36 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_ObjType 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ if this succeeds,
stores the integer in \fIobjPtr\fR's internal representation
and sets \fIobjPtr\fR's \fItypePtr\fR member to point to the integer type's
Tcl_ObjType structure.
+Do not release \fIobjPtr\fR's old internal representation unless you
+replace it with a new one or reset the \fItypePtr\fR member to NULL.
.PP
The \fIupdateStringProc\fR member contains the address of a function
called to create a valid string representation