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authordgp <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>2005-05-03 18:07:34 (GMT)
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* doc/DString.3: Eliminated use of identifier "string" in Tcl's
* doc/Environment.3: public C API to avoid conflict/confusion with * doc/Eval.3: the std::string of C++. * doc/ExprLong.3, doc/ExprLongObj.3, doc/GetInt.3, doc/GetOpnFl.3: * doc/ParseCmd.3, doc/RegExp.3, doc/SetResult.3, doc/StrMatch.3: * doc/Utf.3, generic/tcl.decls, generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tclEnv.c: * generic/tclGet.c, generic/tclParse.c, generic/tclParseExpr.c: * generic/tclRegexp.c, generic/tclResult.c, generic/tclUtf.c: * generic/tclUtil.c, unix/tclUnixChan.c: * generic/tclDecls.h: `make genstubs`
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diff --git a/doc/ParseCmd.3 b/doc/ParseCmd.3
index 4162a4f..9265cae 100644
--- a/doc/ParseCmd.3
+++ b/doc/ParseCmd.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: ParseCmd.3,v 1.19 2005/04/06 20:55:21 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: ParseCmd.3,v 1.20 2005/05/03 18:07:43 dgp Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_ParseCommand 3 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -16,22 +16,22 @@ Tcl_ParseCommand, Tcl_ParseExpr, Tcl_ParseBraces, Tcl_ParseQuotedString, Tcl_Par
\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
.sp
int
-\fBTcl_ParseCommand\fR(\fIinterp, string, numBytes, nested, parsePtr\fR)
+\fBTcl_ParseCommand\fR(\fIinterp, start, numBytes, nested, parsePtr\fR)
.sp
int
-\fBTcl_ParseExpr\fR(\fIinterp, string, numBytes, parsePtr\fR)
+\fBTcl_ParseExpr\fR(\fIinterp, start, numBytes, parsePtr\fR)
.sp
int
-\fBTcl_ParseBraces\fR(\fIinterp, string, numBytes, parsePtr, append, termPtr\fR)
+\fBTcl_ParseBraces\fR(\fIinterp, start, numBytes, parsePtr, append, termPtr\fR)
.sp
int
-\fBTcl_ParseQuotedString\fR(\fIinterp, string, numBytes, parsePtr, append, termPtr\fR)
+\fBTcl_ParseQuotedString\fR(\fIinterp, start, numBytes, parsePtr, append, termPtr\fR)
.sp
int
-\fBTcl_ParseVarName\fR(\fIinterp, string, numBytes, parsePtr, append\fR)
+\fBTcl_ParseVarName\fR(\fIinterp, start, numBytes, parsePtr, append\fR)
.sp
const char *
-\fBTcl_ParseVar\fR(\fIinterp, string, termPtr\fR)
+\fBTcl_ParseVar\fR(\fIinterp, start, termPtr\fR)
.sp
\fBTcl_FreeParse\fR(\fIusedParsePtr\fR)
.sp
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ if NULL, then no error messages are left after errors.
For \fBTcl_EvalTokens\fR and \fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR,
determines the context for evaluating the
script and also is used for error reporting; must not be NULL.
-.AP "const char" *string in
+.AP "const char" *start in
Pointer to first character in string to parse.
.AP int numBytes in
-Number of bytes in \fIstring\fR, not including any terminating null
+Number of bytes in string to parse, not including any terminating null
character. If less than 0 then the script consists of all characters
-in \fIstring\fR up to the first null character.
+following \fIstart\fR up to the first null character.
.AP int nested in
Non-zero means that the script is part of a command substitution so an
unquoted close bracket should be treated as a command terminator. If zero,
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ result, and no information is left at \fI*parsePtr\fR.
\fBTcl_ParseBraces\fR parses a string or command argument
enclosed in braces such as
\fB{hello}\fR or \fB{string \\t with \\t tabs}\fR
-from the beginning of its argument \fIstring\fR.
-The first character of \fIstring\fR must be \fB{\fR.
+from the beginning of its argument \fIstart\fR.
+The first character of \fIstart\fR must be \fB{\fR.
If the braced string was parsed successfully,
\fBTcl_ParseBraces\fR returns \fBTCL_OK\fR,
fills in the structure pointed to by \fIparsePtr\fR
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ and no information is left at \fI*parsePtr\fR or \fI*termPtr\fR.
.PP
\fBTcl_ParseQuotedString\fR parses a double-quoted string such as
\fB"sum is [expr $a+$b]"\fR
-from the beginning of the argument \fIstring\fR.
-The first character of \fIstring\fR must be \fB"\fR.
+from the beginning of the argument \fIstart\fR.
+The first character of \fIstart\fR must be \fB"\fR.
If the double-quoted string was parsed successfully,
\fBTcl_ParseQuotedString\fR returns \fBTCL_OK\fR,
fills in the structure pointed to by \fIparsePtr\fR
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ and no information is left at \fI*parsePtr\fR or \fI*termPtr\fR.
.PP
\fBTcl_ParseVarName\fR parses a Tcl variable reference such as
\fB$abc\fR or \fB$x([expr $index + 1])\fR from the beginning of its
-\fIstring\fR argument.
-The first character of \fIstring\fR must be \fB$\fR.
+\fIstart\fR argument.
+The first character of \fIstart\fR must be \fB$\fR.
If a variable name was parsed successfully, \fBTcl_ParseVarName\fR
returns \fBTCL_OK\fR and fills in the structure pointed to by
\fIparsePtr\fR with information about the structure of the variable name
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ error message is left in \fIinterp\fR's result (if \fIinterp\fR isn't
NULL), and no information is left at \fI*parsePtr\fR.
.PP
\fBTcl_ParseVar\fR parse a Tcl variable reference such as \fB$abc\fR
-or \fB$x([expr $index + 1])\fR from the beginning of its \fIstring\fR
-argument. The first character of \fIstring\fR must be \fB$\fR. If
+or \fB$x([expr $index + 1])\fR from the beginning of its \fIstart\fR
+argument. The first character of \fIstart\fR must be \fB$\fR. If
the variable name is parsed successfully, \fBTcl_ParseVar\fR returns a
pointer to the string value of the variable. If an error occurs while
parsing, then NULL is returned and an error message is left in
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ Tcl_Parse structure depends on the contents of the quoted string.
It will consist of one or more \fBTCL_TOKEN_TEXT\fR, \fBTCL_TOKEN_BS\fR,
\fBTCL_TOKEN_COMMAND\fR, and \fBTCL_TOKEN_VARIABLE\fR sub-tokens.
The array always contains at least one token;
-for example, if the argument \fIstring\fR is empty,
+for example, if the argument \fIstart\fR is empty,
the array returned consists of a single \fBTCL_TOKEN_TEXT\fR token
with a zero \fIsize\fR field.
Only the token information in the Tcl_Parse structure
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ the \fIcommentStart\fR, \fIcommentSize\fR,
.PP
All of the character pointers in the
Tcl_Parse and Tcl_Token structures refer
-to characters in the \fIstring\fR argument passed to
+to characters in the \fIstart\fR argument passed to
\fBTcl_ParseCommand\fR, \fBTcl_ParseExpr\fR, \fBTcl_ParseBraces\fR,
\fBTcl_ParseQuotedString\fR, and \fBTcl_ParseVarName\fR.
.PP