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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_SubstObj 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ replaced by the contents of the named variable.
.PP
When the \fBTCL_SUBST_COMMANDS\fR bit is set in \fIflags\fR, sequences
that look like command substitutions for Tcl commands are replaced by
-the result of evaluating that script. Where an uncaught `continue
-exception' occurs during the evaluation of a command substitution, an
-empty string is substituted for the command. Where an uncaught `break
-exception' occurs during the evaluation of a command substitution, the
+the result of evaluating that script. Where an uncaught
+.QW "continue exception"
+occurs during the evaluation of a command substitution, an
+empty string is substituted for the command. Where an uncaught
+.QW "break exception"
+occurs during the evaluation of a command substitution, the
result of the whole substitution on \fIobjPtr\fR will be truncated at
the point immediately before the start of the command substitution,
and no characters will be added to the result or substitutions