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authordgp <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>2009-11-16 18:00:11 (GMT)
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diff --git a/doc/catch.n b/doc/catch.n
index f06220b..1c617b3 100644
--- a/doc/catch.n
+++ b/doc/catch.n
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: catch.n,v 1.21 2009/11/16 17:38:08 ferrieux Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: catch.n,v 1.22 2009/11/16 18:00:11 dgp Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH catch n "8.5" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -54,33 +54,22 @@ Only when the return code is \fBTCL_RETURN\fR will the values of
the \fB\-level\fR and \fB\-code\fR entries be something else, as
further described in the documentation for the \fBreturn\fR command.
.PP
-When the return code from evaluation of \fIscript\fR is
-\fBTCL_ERROR\fR, four additional entries are defined in the dictionary
-of return options stored in \fIoptionsVarName\fR: \fB\-errorinfo\fR,
-\fB\-errorcode\fR, \fB\-errorline\fR, and \fB\-errorstack\fR. The
-value of the \fB\-errorinfo\fR entry is a formatted stack trace
-containing more information about the context in which the error
-happened. The formatted stack trace is meant to be read by a person.
-The value of the \fB\-errorcode\fR entry is additional information
-about the error stored as a list. The \fB\-errorcode\fR value is
-meant to be further processed by programs, and may not be particularly
-readable by people. The value of the \fB\-errorline\fR entry is an
-integer indicating which line of \fIscript\fR was being evaluated when
-the error occurred. The value of the \fB\-errorstack\fR entry is a
-list of lists made of the function names and arguments at each level
-from the call stack when the error occurred. It differs from
--errorinfo in that (1) it is a true list of lists, for easy
-programmatic access without parsing, (2) it contains the true
-(substituted) values passed to the functions, instead of the static
-text of the calling sites, and (3) it is coarser-grained, with only
-one element per stack frame (like procs; no separate elements for
-[foreach] constructs for example).
-
-The values of the \fB\-errorinfo\fR and \fB\-errorcode\fR entries of
-the most recent error are also available as values of the global
-variables \fB::errorInfo\fR and \fB::errorCode\fR respectively. The
-value of the \fB\-errorstack\fR entry surfaces as \fBinfo
-errorstack\fR.
+When the return code from evaluation of \fIscript\fR is \fBTCL_ERROR\fR,
+three additional entries are defined in the dictionary of return options
+stored in \fIoptionsVarName\fR: \fB\-errorinfo\fR, \fB\-errorcode\fR,
+and \fB\-errorline\fR. The value of the \fB\-errorinfo\fR entry
+is a formatted stack trace containing more information about
+the context in which the error happened. The formatted stack
+trace is meant to be read by a person. The value of
+the \fB\-errorcode\fR entry is additional information about the
+error stored as a list. The \fB\-errorcode\fR value is meant to
+be further processed by programs, and may not be particularly
+readable by people. The value of the \fB\-errorline\fR entry
+is an integer indicating which line of \fIscript\fR was being
+evaluated when the error occurred. The values of the \fB\-errorinfo\fR
+and \fB\-errorcode\fR entries of the most recent error are also
+available as values of the global variables \fB::errorInfo\fR
+and \fB::errorCode\fR respectively.
.PP
Tcl packages may provide commands that set other entries in the
dictionary of return options, and the \fBreturn\fR command may be
diff --git a/doc/info.n b/doc/info.n
index 9fd0fde..7a14ea0 100644
--- a/doc/info.n
+++ b/doc/info.n
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: info.n,v 1.34 2009/11/16 17:38:08 ferrieux Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: info.n,v 1.35 2009/11/16 18:00:11 dgp Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH info n 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -94,16 +94,6 @@ does not have a default value then the command returns \fB0\fR.
Otherwise it returns \fB1\fR and places the default value of \fIarg\fR
into variable \fIvarname\fR.
.TP
-\fBinfo errorstack \fR?\fIinterp\fR?
-.
-Returns a list of lists made of the function names and arguments at
-each level from the call stack of the last error in the given
-\fIinterp\fR, or in the current one if not specified. This
-information is also present in the -errorstack entry of the options
-dictionary returned by 3-arg \fBcatch\fR; \fBinfo errorstack\fR is a
-convenient way of retrieving it for uncaught errors at toplevel in an
-interactive tclsh.
-.TP
\fBinfo exists \fIvarName\fR
.
Returns \fB1\fR if the variable named \fIvarName\fR exists in the