TIP #323 IMPLEMENTATION (partial)

        * doc/global.n:         Revise [global] to accept zero variable names.
        * generic/tclVar.c:
        * tests/proc-old.test:
        * tests/var.test:

        * doc/global.n: Correct false claim about [info locals].

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/global.n b/doc/global.n
index e330954..bcf4391 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 1.12 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: global.n,v 1.13 2008/09/25 19:26:36 dgp Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH global n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@
 .SH NAME
 global \- Access global variables
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBglobal \fIvarname \fR?\fIvarname ...\fR?
+\fBglobal \fR?\fIvarname ...\fR?
 .BE
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 This command has no effect unless executed in the context of a proc body.
 If the \fBglobal\fR command is executed in the context of a proc body, it
-creates local variables linked to the corresponding global variables (and
-therefore these variables are listed by info locals).
+creates local variables linked to the corresponding global variables (though
+these linked variables, like those created by \fBupvar\fR, are not included
+in the list returned by \fBinfo locals\fR).
 .PP
 If \fIvarname\fR contains namespace qualifiers, the local variable's name is
 the unqualified name of the global variable, as determined by the