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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2007-12-03 13:46:27 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2007-12-03 13:46:27 (GMT)
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Make two-arg switch work reliably (and actually as documented!) [Bug 1836519]
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+++ b/doc/switch.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: switch.n,v 1.15 2007/10/29 16:00:04 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: switch.n,v 1.16 2007/12/03 13:46:27 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH switch n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ time as the \fB\-matchvar\fR option.
\fB\-\|\-\fR
Marks the end of options. The argument following this one will
be treated as \fIstring\fR even if it starts with a \fB\-\fR.
+.VS 8.5
+This is not required when the matching patterns and bodies are grouped
+together in a single argument.
+.VE 8.5
.PP
Two syntaxes are provided for the \fIpattern\fR and \fIbody\fR arguments.
The first uses a separate argument for each of the patterns and commands;
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ Whenever nothing matches, the \fBdefault\fR clause (which must be
last) is taken. This example has a result of \fI3\fR:
.CS
\fBswitch\fR xyz {
- a \-
+ a \-
b {
# Correct Comment Placement
expr {1}
@@ -171,3 +175,6 @@ exactly matched is easily obtained using the \fB\-matchvar\fR option:
for(n), if(n), regexp(n)
.SH KEYWORDS
switch, match, regular expression
+.\" Local Variables:
+.\" mode: nroff
+.\" End: