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authorMiguel Sofer <miguel.sofer@gmail.com>2004-08-16 14:11:15 (GMT)
committerMiguel Sofer <miguel.sofer@gmail.com>2004-08-16 14:11:15 (GMT)
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fix for [Bug 1008314]
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: SetVar.3,v 1.8 2003/07/18 16:56:41 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: SetVar.3,v 1.9 2004/08/16 14:11:16 msofer Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_SetVar 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ A separator space is appended before the new list element unless
the list element is going to be the first element in a list or
sublist (i.e. the variable's current value is empty, or contains
the single character ``{'', or ends in `` }'').
+When appending, the original value of the variable must also be
+a valid list, so that the operation is the appending of a new
+list element onto a list.
.PP
\fBTcl_GetVar\fR and \fBTcl_GetVar2\fR
return the current value of a variable.