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author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2008-06-29 22:28:20 (GMT) |
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committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2008-06-29 22:28:20 (GMT) |
commit | 131a59f68c8b1673c1fcd9b035bb7791eea72bc9 (patch) | |
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Prepare Tcl's docs for life as 8.6 (remove out of date change bars, fix
typedefs, add a few missing bits)
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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: eval.n,v 1.10 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: eval.n,v 1.11 2008/06/29 22:28:24 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH eval n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ eval \- Evaluate a Tcl script .SH SYNOPSIS \fBeval \fIarg \fR?\fIarg ...\fR? .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION .PP \fBEval\fR takes one or more arguments, which together comprise a Tcl @@ -50,13 +49,11 @@ for {set i 0} {$i<10} {incr i} { } .CE .PP -.VS 8.5 Note that in the most common case (where the script fragment is actually just a list of words forming a command prefix), it is better to use \fB{*}$script\fR when doing this sort of invocation pattern. It is less general than the \fBeval\fR command, and hence easier to make robust in practice. -.VE 8.5 The following procedure acts in a way that is analogous to the \fBlappend\fR command, except it inserts the argument values at the start of the list in the variable: @@ -69,16 +66,12 @@ proc lprepend {varName args} { set var [\fBeval\fR [list linsert $var 0] $args] } .CE -.VS 8.5 However, the last line would now normally be written without \fBeval\fR, like this: .CS set var [linsert $var 0 {*}$args] .CE -.VE 8.5 - .SH "SEE ALSO" catch(n), concat(n), error(n), interp(n), list(n), namespace(n), subst(n), tclvars(n), uplevel(n) - .SH KEYWORDS concatenate, evaluate, script |