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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2004-09-02 13:55:49 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2004-09-02 13:55:49 (GMT)
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Clarify meaning of [lsearch -dictionary].
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: lsearch.n,v 1.20 2004/08/31 15:19:36 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: lsearch.n,v 1.21 2004/09/02 13:55:55 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH lsearch n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ for backward-compatibility reasons.)
.TP
\fB\-dictionary\fR
The list elements are to be compared using dictionary-style
-comparisons.
+comparisons (see \fBlsort\fR for a fuller description). Note that this
+only makes a meaningful difference from the \fB\-ascii\fR option when
+the \fB\-sorted\fR option is given, because values are only
+dictionary-equal when exactly equal.
.TP
\fB\-integer\fR
The list elements are to be compared as integers.