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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2008-10-17 10:22:24 (GMT)
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: rename.n,v 1.5 2004/10/27 14:24:37 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: rename.n,v 1.6 2008/10/17 10:22:25 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH rename n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ rename \- Rename or delete a command
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBrename \fIoldName newName\fR
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Rename the command that used to be called \fIoldName\fR so that it
@@ -28,9 +27,11 @@ If a command is renamed into a different namespace,
future invocations of it will execute in the new namespace.
The \fBrename\fR command returns an empty string as result.
.SH EXAMPLE
+.PP
The \fBrename\fR command can be used to wrap the standard Tcl commands
with your own monitoring machinery. For example, you might wish to
count how often the \fBsource\fR command is called:
+.PP
.CS
\fBrename\fR ::source ::theRealSource
set sourceCount 0
@@ -40,9 +41,7 @@ proc ::source args {
uplevel 1 ::theRealSource $args
}
.CE
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
namespace(n), proc(n)
-
.SH KEYWORDS
command, delete, namespace, rename