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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2007-10-24 14:29:35 (GMT)
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.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_SplitList 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ the command not to be parsed correctly.
.VS 8.5
By default, \fBTcl_ConvertElement\fR will use quoting in its output
to be sure the first character of an element is not the hash
-character (``#''). This is to be sure the first element of any list
+character (i.e.
+.QW # ).
+This is to be sure the first element of any list
passed to \fBeval\fR is not mis-parsed as the beginning of a comment.
When a list element is not the first element of a list, this quoting
is not necessary. When the caller can be sure that the element is