1999-09-16 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com>

	* tests/timer.test: changed after delay in timer test 6.29 from
	1 to 10. [Bug: 2796]

	* tests/pkg.test:
	* generic/tclPkg.c: fixed package version check to disallow 1.2..3
	[Bug: 2539]


	* unix/Makefile.in: fixed gendate target - this never worked
	since RCS was intro'd.
	* generic/tclGetDate.y: updated to reflect previous changes
	to tclDate.c (leap year calc) and added CEST and UCT time zone
	recognition.  Fixed 4 missing UCHAR() casts. [Bug: 2717, 954,
	1245, 1249]

	* generic/tclCkalloc.c: changed Tcl_DumpActiveMemory to really
	dump to stderr and close it [Bug: 725] and changed Tcl_Ckrealloc
	and Tcl_Ckfree to not bomb when NULL was passed in [Bug: 1719]
	and changed Tcl_Alloc, et al to not panic when a alloc request
	for zero came through and NULL was returned (valid on AIX, Tru64)
	[Bug: 2795, etc]

	* tests/clock.test:
	* doc/clock.n:
	* generic/tclClock.c: added -milliseconds switch to clock clicks
	to guarantee that the return value of clicks is in the millisecs
	granularity [Bug: 2682, 1332]

1999-09-15  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

	* generic/tclIOCmd.c: fixed potential core dump in conjunction
	with stacked channels with result obj manipulation in
	Tcl_ReadChars [Bug: 2623]

	* tests/format.test:
	* generic/tclCmdAH.c: fixed translation of %0#s in format [Bug: 2605]

	* doc/msgcat.n: fixed \\ bug in example [Bug: 2548]

	* unix/tcl.m4:
	* unix/aclocal.m4: added fix for FreeBSD-[1-2] recognition
	[Bug: 2070] and fix for IRIX SHLIB_LB_LIBS. [Bug: 2610]

	* doc/array.n:
	* tests/var.test:
	* tests/set.test:
	* generic/tclVar.c: added an array unset operation, with docs
	and tests.  Variation of [Bug: 1775].  Added fix in TclArraySet
	to check when trying to set in a non-existent namespace. [Bug: 2613]

1999-09-14  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

	* tests/linsert.test:
	* doc/linsert.n:
	* generic/tclCmdIL.c: fixed end-int interpretation of linsert
	to correctly calculate value for end, added test and docs [Bug: 2693]

	* doc/regexp.n:
	* doc/regsub.n:
	* tests/regexp.test:
	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c: add -start switch to regexp and regsub
	with docs and tests

	* doc/switch.n: added proper use of comments to example.
	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c: changed switch to complain when an error
	occurs that seems to be due to a misplaced comment.

	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c: fixed illegal ref for \[0-9] substitutions
	in regsub [Bug: 2723]

	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c: changed [string equal] to return an Int
	type object (was a Boolean)

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/switch.n b/doc/switch.n
index fb7ac60..c454a3d 100644
--- a/doc/switch.n
+++ 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 1.3 1999/06/24 21:15:14 jpeek Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: switch.n,v 1.4 1999/09/21 04:20:36 hobbs Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH switch n 7.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ then the body after that is used, and so on).
 This feature makes it possible to share a single \fIbody\fR among
 several patterns.
 .PP
+Beware of how you place comments in \fBswitch\fR commands.  Comments
+should only be placed \fBinside\fR the execution body of one of the
+patterns, and not intermingled with the patterns.
+.PP
 Below are some examples of \fBswitch\fR commands:
 .CS
 \fBswitch\0abc\0a\0\-\0b\0{format 1}\0abc\0{format 2}\0default\0{format 3}\fR
@@ -94,7 +98,10 @@ will return \fB1\fR, and
 	a
 		\-
 	b
-		{format 1}
+		{
+		# Correct Comment Placement
+		format 1
+	}
 	a*
 		{format 2}
 	default