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| author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2000-11-21 15:56:21 (GMT) |
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| committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2000-11-21 15:56:21 (GMT) |
| commit | 971c603be015e32124c0dfe32b266a847f13b2d1 (patch) | |
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| parent | 8e4090a762536e54f6a55f0461e649e0991dc76d (diff) | |
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Improved documentation to fix bug #119387 (info locals seems not to
work properly) since the behaviour reported as buggy was actually
correct.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/global.n b/doc/global.n index 252cbfb..2b8787a 100644 --- a/doc/global.n +++ b/doc/global.n @@ -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: global.n,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:53 stanton Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: global.n,v 1.3 2000/11/21 15:56:21 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH global n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ For the duration of the current procedure (and only while executing in the current procedure), any reference to any of the \fIvarname\fRs will refer to the global variable by the same name. +.PP +Please note that this is done by creating local variables that are +linked to the global variables, and therefore that these variables +will be listed by \fBinfo locals\fR like all other local variables. .SH "SEE ALSO" -namespace(n), variable(n) +namespace(n), upvar(n), variable(n) .SH KEYWORDS global, namespace, procedure, variable |