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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2012-11-08 15:21:29 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2012-11-08 15:21:29 (GMT)
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Updated the language of the documentation so that "object" refers to an OO
concept throughout, and a Tcl_Obj is called a "value" (which is what it is).
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/OpenFileChnl.3')
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diff --git a/doc/OpenFileChnl.3 b/doc/OpenFileChnl.3
index 2368492..82f51ce 100644
--- a/doc/OpenFileChnl.3
+++ b/doc/OpenFileChnl.3
@@ -152,24 +152,24 @@ The pattern to match on, passed to Tcl_StringMatch, or NULL.
A Tcl channel for input or output. Must have been the return value
from a procedure such as \fBTcl_OpenFileChannel\fR.
.AP Tcl_Obj *readObjPtr in/out
-A pointer to a Tcl Object in which to store the characters read from the
+A pointer to a Tcl value in which to store the characters read from the
channel.
.AP int charsToRead in
The number of characters to read from the channel. If the channel's encoding
is \fBbinary\fR, this is equivalent to the number of bytes to read from the
channel.
.AP int appendFlag in
-If non-zero, data read from the channel will be appended to the object.
-Otherwise, the data will replace the existing contents of the object.
+If non-zero, data read from the channel will be appended to the value.
+Otherwise, the data will replace the existing contents of the value.
.AP char *readBuf out
A buffer in which to store the bytes read from the channel.
.AP int bytesToRead in
The number of bytes to read from the channel. The buffer \fIreadBuf\fR must
be large enough to hold this many bytes.
.AP Tcl_Obj *lineObjPtr in/out
-A pointer to a Tcl object in which to store the line read from the
+A pointer to a Tcl value in which to store the line read from the
channel. The line read will be appended to the current value of the
-object.
+value.
.AP Tcl_DString *lineRead in/out
A pointer to a Tcl dynamic string in which to store the line read from the
channel. Must have been initialized by the caller. The line read will be
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Length of the input
Flag indicating whether the input should be added to the end or
beginning of the channel buffer.
.AP Tcl_Obj *writeObjPtr in
-A pointer to a Tcl Object whose contents will be output to the channel.
+A pointer to a Tcl value whose contents will be output to the channel.
.AP "const char" *charBuf in
A buffer containing the characters to output to the channel.
.AP "const char" *byteBuf in
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ returns NULL and records a POSIX error code that can be
retrieved with \fBTcl_GetErrno\fR.
In addition, if \fIinterp\fR is non-NULL, \fBTcl_OpenFileChannel\fR
leaves an error message in \fIinterp\fR's result after any error.
-As of Tcl 8.4, the object-based API \fBTcl_FSOpenFileChannel\fR should
+As of Tcl 8.4, the value-based API \fBTcl_FSOpenFileChannel\fR should
be used in preference to \fBTcl_OpenFileChannel\fR wherever possible.
.PP
The newly created channel is not registered in the supplied interpreter; to
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ open for reading and writing.
.PP
\fBTcl_GetChannelNames\fR and \fBTcl_GetChannelNamesEx\fR write the
names of the registered channels to the interpreter's result as a
-list object. \fBTcl_GetChannelNamesEx\fR will filter these names
+list value. \fBTcl_GetChannelNamesEx\fR will filter these names
according to the \fIpattern\fR. If \fIpattern\fR is NULL, then it
will not do any filtering. The return value is \fBTCL_OK\fR if no
errors occurred writing to the result, otherwise it is \fBTCL_ERROR\fR,
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ platform-specific modes are described in the manual entry for the Tcl
As a performance optimization, when reading from a channel with the encoding
\fBbinary\fR, the bytes are not converted to UTF-8 as they are read.
Instead, they are stored in \fIreadObjPtr\fR's internal representation as a
-byte-array object. The string representation of this object will only be
+byte-array value. The string representation of this value will only be
constructed if it is needed (e.g., because of a call to
\fBTcl_GetStringFromObj\fR). In this way, byte-oriented data can be read
from a channel, manipulated by calling \fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR and
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ of input unavailability.
.PP
\fBTcl_Gets\fR is the same as \fBTcl_GetsObj\fR except the resulting
characters are appended to the dynamic string given by
-\fIlineRead\fR rather than a Tcl object.
+\fIlineRead\fR rather than a Tcl value.
.SH "TCL_UNGETS"
.PP
\fBTcl_Ungets\fR is used to add data to the input queue of a channel,
@@ -523,14 +523,14 @@ end-of-line sequences according to the \fB\-translation\fR option for the
channel. This is done even if the channel has no encoding.
.PP
\fBTcl_WriteObj\fR is similar to \fBTcl_WriteChars\fR except it
-accepts a Tcl object whose contents will be output to the channel. The
+accepts a Tcl value whose contents will be output to the channel. The
UTF-8 characters in \fIwriteObjPtr\fR's string representation are converted
to the channel's encoding and queued for output to \fIchannel\fR.
As a performance optimization, when writing to a channel with the encoding
\fBbinary\fR, UTF-8 characters are not converted as they are written.
Instead, the bytes in \fIwriteObjPtr\fR's internal representation as a
-byte-array object are written to the channel. The byte-array representation
-of the object will be constructed if it is needed. In this way,
+byte-array value are written to the channel. The byte-array representation
+of the value will be constructed if it is needed. In this way,
byte-oriented data can be read from a channel, manipulated by calling
\fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR and related functions, and then written to a
channel without the expense of ever converting to or from UTF-8.