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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2002-02-15 14:28:47 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2002-02-15 14:28:47 (GMT)
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TIP#72 implementation. See ChangeLog for details.
This version builds clean on Solaris/SPARC, with GCC and CC, both with and without threads and both in 32-bit and 64-bit mode.
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@@ -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: tclvars.n,v 1.10 2001/11/23 01:29:19 das Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tclvars.n,v 1.11 2002/02/15 14:28:48 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH tclvars n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -245,10 +245,6 @@ retrieve any relevant information. In addition, extensions
and applications may add additional values to the array. The
predefined elements are:
-
-
-
-
.RS
.VS
.TP
@@ -295,6 +291,12 @@ This identifies the
current user based on the login information available on the platform.
This comes from the USER or LOGNAME environment variable on Unix,
and the value from GetUserName on Windows and Macintosh.
+.TP
+\fBwordSize\fR
+.VS 8.4
+This gives the size of the native-machine word in bytes (strictly, it
+is same as the result of evaluating \fIsizeof(long)\fR in C.)
+.VE 8.4
.RE
.TP
\fBtcl_precision\fR