Modify the semantics of [dict set] to be what everyone expected them to be

in a straw poll. Also made T_DODone;T_DONext a non-fatal sequence, leading
to simplified code.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/dict.n b/doc/dict.n
index 715814d..7950ea1 100644
--- a/doc/dict.n
+++ b/doc/dict.n
@@ -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: dict.n,v 1.6 2004/09/18 17:01:06 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: dict.n,v 1.7 2004/10/02 17:00:38 dkf Exp $
 '\"
 .so man.macros
 .TH dict n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ key but no value.
 \fBdict set \fIdictionaryVariable key \fR?\fIkey ...\fR? \fIvalue\fR
 This operation takes the name of a variable containing a dictionary
 value and places an updated dictionary value in that variable
-containing a mapping from the given key to the given value. In a
-manner analogous to \fBlset\fR, where multiple keys are present, they
-do indexing into nested dictionaries.
+containing a mapping from the given key to the given value. When
+multiple keys are present, this operation creates or updates a chain
+of nested dictionaries.
 .TP
 \fBdict size \fIdictionaryValue\fR
 Return the number of key/value mappings in the given dictionary value.