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authordgp <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>2020-01-08 22:25:36 (GMT)
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@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ The typical use of \fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR arranges for the error message
to be displayed or reported in a manner more suitable for the
application or the platform.
.PP
+\fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR can not be used in stub-enabled extensions. Its symbol
+entry in the stub table is deprecated and it will be removed in Tcl 9.0.
+.PP
Although the primary callers of \fBTcl_Panic\fR are the procedures of
the Tcl library, \fBTcl_Panic\fR is a public function and may be called
by any extension or application that wishes to abort the process and
@@ -93,11 +96,9 @@ have a panic message displayed the same way that panic messages from Tcl
will be displayed.
.PP
\fBTcl_PanicVA\fR is the same as \fBTcl_Panic\fR except that instead of
-taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument list. This
+taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument list. Interfaces
+using argument lists have been found to be nonportable in practice. This
function is deprecated and will be removed in Tcl 9.0.
-.PP
-This function can not be used in stub-enabled extensions. Its symbol
-entry in the stub table is deprecated and it will be removed in Tcl 9.0.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
abort(3), printf(3), exec(n), format(n)
.SH KEYWORDS