TIP#176 IMPLEMENTATION [Patch 1165695]

        * generic/tclUtil.c:    Extended TclGetIntForIndex to recognize
        index formats including end+integer and integer+/-integer.

        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c:   Extended the -start switch of [regexp]
        and [regsub] to accept all index formats known by TclGetIntForIndex.

        * doc/lindex.n:         Updated docs to note new index formats.
        * doc/linsert.n:
        * doc/lrange.n:
        * doc/lreplace.n:
        * doc/lsearch.n:
        * doc/lset.n:
        * doc/lsort.n:
        * doc/regexp.n:
        * doc/regsub.n:
        * doc/string.n:

        * tests/cmdIL.test:     Updated tests.
        * tests/compile.test:
        * tests/lindex.test:
        * tests/linsert.test:
        * tests/lrange.test:
        * tests/lreplace.test:
        * tests/lsearch.test:
        * tests/lset.test:
        * tests/regexp.test:
        * tests/regexpComp.test:
        * tests/string.test:
        * tests/stringComp.test:
        * tests/util.test:

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lsearch.n b/doc/lsearch.n
index d456181..ffac227 100644
--- a/doc/lsearch.n
+++ b/doc/lsearch.n
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 '\" 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 1.22 2005/01/05 16:38:54 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: lsearch.n,v 1.23 2005/04/29 20:49:43 dgp Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH lsearch n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ This negates the sense of the match, returning the index of the first
 non-matching value in the list.
 .TP
 \fB\-start\fR\0\fIindex\fR
-The list is searched starting at position \fIindex\fR.  If \fIindex\fR
-has the value \fBend\fR, it refers to the last element in the list,
-and \fBend\-\fIinteger\fR refers to the last element in the list minus
-the specified integer offset.
+The list is searched starting at position \fIindex\fR.  
+.VS 8.5
+The interpretation of the \fIindex\fR value is the same as
+for the command \fBstring index\fR, supporting simple index
+arithmetic and indices relative to the end of the list.
+.VE 8.5
 .SS "CONTENTS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS"
 These options describe how to interpret the items in the list being
 searched.  They are only meaningful when used with the \fB\-exact\fR
@@ -166,7 +168,11 @@ It is also possible to search inside elements:
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 foreach(n), list(n), lappend(n), lindex(n), linsert(n), llength(n), 
-lset(n), lsort(n), lrange(n), lreplace(n)
+lset(n), lsort(n), lrange(n), lreplace(n),
+.VS 8.5
+string(n)
+.VE
+
 
 .SH KEYWORDS
 list, match, pattern, regular expression, search, string