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| author | hobbs <hobbs> | 2006-11-03 00:34:51 (GMT) |
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| committer | hobbs <hobbs> | 2006-11-03 00:34:51 (GMT) |
| commit | c399e676c8dbdec3ce1fe4b694d7c269f9b1f675 (patch) | |
| tree | 13086bc5f8998596d202f1bdeaa9df4ed46bc3cd /doc/Tcl.n | |
| parent | ee75480f2f9483654c8f665acd984569f3234ca8 (diff) | |
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* doc/ParseCmd.3, doc/Tcl.n, doc/eval.n, doc/exec.n:
* doc/fconfigure.n, doc/interp.n, doc/unknown.n:
* library/auto.tcl, library/init.tcl, library/package.tcl:
* library/safe.tcl, library/tm.tcl, library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl:
* tests/all.tcl, tests/basic.test, tests/cmdInfo.test:
* tests/compile.test, tests/encoding.test, tests/execute.test:
* tests/fCmd.test, tests/http.test, tests/init.test:
* tests/interp.test, tests/io.test, tests/ioUtil.test:
* tests/iogt.test, tests/namespace-old.test, tests/namespace.test:
* tests/parse.test, tests/pkg.test, tests/pkgMkIndex.test:
* tests/proc.test, tests/reg.test, tests/trace.test:
* tests/upvar.test, tests/winConsole.test, tests/winFCmd.test:
* tools/tclZIC.tcl:
* generic/tclParse.c (Tcl_ParseCommand): Replace {expand} with {*}
officially (TIP #293). Leave -DALLOW_EXPAND=0|1 option to keep
{expand} syntax for transition users. [Bug 1589629]
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/Tcl.n')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/Tcl.n | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -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: Tcl.n,v 1.13 2005/12/19 10:05:29 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Tcl.n,v 1.14 2006/11/03 00:34:51 hobbs Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl n "8.5" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ are performed on the characters between the quotes as described below. The double-quotes are not retained as part of the word. .VS 8.5 br .IP "[5] \fBArgument expansion.\fR" -If a word starts with the string ``{expand}'' followed by a -non-whitespace character, then the leading ``{expand}'' is removed +If a word starts with the string ``{*}'' followed by a +non-whitespace character, then the leading ``{*}'' is removed and the rest of the word is parsed and substituted as any other word. After substitution, the word is parsed again without substitutions, and its words are added to the command being -substituted. For instance, ``cmd a {expand}{b c} d {expand}{e f}'' is +substituted. For instance, ``cmd a {*}{b c} d {*}{e f}'' is equivalent to ``cmd a b c d e f''. .VE 8.5 .IP "[6] \fBBraces.\fR" |