TIP#215 IMPLEMENTATION

        * doc/incr.n:           Revised [incr] to auto-initialize when varName
        * generic/tclExecute.c: argument is unset.  [Patch 1413115].
        * generic/tclVar.c:
        * tests/compile.test:
        * tests/incr-old.test:
        * tests/incr.test:
        * tests/set.test:

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/incr.n b/doc/incr.n
index 1af0e85..90fdb2e 100644
--- a/doc/incr.n
+++ b/doc/incr.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: incr.n,v 1.5 2004/10/27 12:53:22 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: incr.n,v 1.6 2006/02/09 17:34:41 dgp Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH incr n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ integer) is added to the value of variable \fIvarName\fR;  otherwise
 1 is added to \fIvarName\fR.
 The new value is stored as a decimal string in variable \fIvarName\fR
 and also returned as result.
+.PP
+.VS 8.5
+Starting with the Tcl 8.5 release, the variable \fIvarName\fR passed
+to \fBincr\fR may be unset, and in that case, it will be set to
+the value \fIincrement\fR or to the default increment value of \fB1\fR.
+.VE 8.5
 .SH EXAMPLES
 Add one to the contents of the variable \fIx\fR:
 .CS
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ variable \fIx\fR:
 .CE
 .PP
 Add nothing at all to the variable \fIx\fR (often useful for checking
-whether an argument to a procedure is actually numeric and generating
+whether an argument to a procedure is actually integral and generating
 an error if it is not):
 .CS
 \fBincr\fR x 0