better wording for arg handling in proc.n (tclguy)

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/proc.n b/doc/proc.n
index 6bccf28..30b8bba 100644
--- a/doc/proc.n
+++ b/doc/proc.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: proc.n,v 1.9 2008/01/16 14:27:43 msofer Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: proc.n,v 1.10 2008/01/17 00:56:49 msofer Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH proc n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ elements specifies
 one argument.  Each argument specifier is also a list with either
 one or two fields.  If there is only a single field in the specifier
 then it is the name of the argument; if there are two fields, then
-the first is the argument name and the second is its default value.
+the first is the argument name and the second is its default value. 
+Arguments with default values that are followed by non-defaulted
+arguments become required arguments.  In 8.6 this will be considered an 
+error. 
 .PP
 When \fIname\fR is invoked a local variable
 will be created for each of the formal arguments to the procedure; its
@@ -46,7 +49,11 @@ Arguments with default values need not be
 specified in a procedure invocation.  However, there must be enough
 actual arguments for all the
 formal arguments that do not have defaults, and there must not be any extra
-actual arguments.  There is one special case to permit procedures with
+actual arguments.  
+Arguments with default values that are followed by non-defaulted
+arguments become required arguments (in 8.6 it will be considered an 
+error).
+There is one special case to permit procedures with
 variable numbers of arguments.  If the last formal argument has the name
 \fBargs\fR, then a call to the procedure may contain more actual arguments
 than the procedure has formals.  In this case, all of the actual arguments