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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2000-11-21 15:56:21 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2000-11-21 15:56:21 (GMT)
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Improved documentation to fix bug #119387 (info locals seems not to
work properly) since the behaviour reported as buggy was actually correct.
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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: variable.n,v 1.3 2000/01/26 21:36:35 ericm Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: variable.n,v 1.4 2000/11/21 15:56:21 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH variable n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ command, but not to the \fBinfo exists\fR command.
.PP
If the \fBvariable\fR command is executed inside a Tcl procedure,
it creates local variables
-linked to the corresponding namespace variables.
+linked to the corresponding namespace variables (and therefore these
+variables are listed by \fBinfo locals\fR.)
In this way the \fBvariable\fR command resembles the \fBglobal\fR command,
although the \fBglobal\fR command
only links to variables in the global namespace.
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ elements within the array can be set using ordinary
\fBset\fR or \fBarray\fR commands.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-global(n), namespace(n)
+global(n), namespace(n), upvar(n)
.SH KEYWORDS
global, namespace, procedure, variable