diff options
| author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2000-11-21 15:56:21 (GMT) |
|---|---|---|
| committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2000-11-21 15:56:21 (GMT) |
| commit | 971c603be015e32124c0dfe32b266a847f13b2d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 25a6a0f605432112dc8ca8f832af1e3d78ac3583 /doc/variable.n | |
| parent | 8e4090a762536e54f6a55f0461e649e0991dc76d (diff) | |
| download | tcl-971c603be015e32124c0dfe32b266a847f13b2d1.zip tcl-971c603be015e32124c0dfe32b266a847f13b2d1.tar.gz tcl-971c603be015e32124c0dfe32b266a847f13b2d1.tar.bz2 | |
Improved documentation to fix bug #119387 (info locals seems not to
work properly) since the behaviour reported as buggy was actually
correct.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/variable.n')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/variable.n | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/variable.n b/doc/variable.n index 417cd24..9ef4738 100644 --- a/doc/variable.n +++ b/doc/variable.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: 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 |