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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
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2 files changed, 25 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2003-04-16 Donal K. Fellows <fellowsd@cs.man.ac.uk> + + * doc/CrtMathFnc.3: Functions also have to deal with wide ints, + but this was not documented. [Bug 709720] + 2003-04-16 Vince Darley <vincentdarley@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclPathObj.c: removed undesired 'static' for function diff --git a/doc/CrtMathFnc.3 b/doc/CrtMathFnc.3 index d5bd11c..ca3ce33 100644 --- a/doc/CrtMathFnc.3 +++ b/doc/CrtMathFnc.3 @@ -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: CrtMathFnc.3,v 1.6 2003/03/26 16:32:57 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: CrtMathFnc.3,v 1.7 2003/04/16 22:29:20 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl_CreateMathFunc 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" @@ -73,9 +73,13 @@ to those already provided by Tcl or to replace existing functions. If \fIname\fR doesn't already exist as a function then a new function is created. If it does exist, then the existing function is replaced. \fINumArgs\fR and \fIargTypes\fR describe the arguments to the function. -Each entry in the \fIargTypes\fR array must be either TCL_INT, TCL_DOUBLE, +Each entry in the \fIargTypes\fR array must be +.VS 8.4 +one of TCL_INT, TCL_DOUBLE, TCL_WIDE_INT, or TCL_EITHER to indicate whether the corresponding argument must be an -integer, a double-precision floating value, or either, respectively. +integer, a double-precision floating value, a wide (64-bit) integer, +or any, respectively. +.VE 8.4 .PP Whenever the function is invoked in an expression Tcl will invoke \fIproc\fR. \fIProc\fR should have arguments and result that match @@ -92,27 +96,36 @@ When \fIproc\fR is invoked the \fIclientData\fR and \fIinterp\fR arguments will be the same as those passed to \fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR. \fIArgs\fR will point to an array of \fInumArgs\fR Tcl_Value structures, which describe the actual arguments to the function: +.VS 8.4 .CS typedef struct Tcl_Value { Tcl_ValueType \fItype\fR; long \fIintValue\fR; double \fIdoubleValue\fR; + Tcl_WideInt \fIwideValue\fR; } Tcl_Value; .CE .PP The \fItype\fR field indicates the type of the argument and is -either TCL_INT or TCL_DOUBLE. +one of TCL_INT, TCL_DOUBLE or TCL_WIDE_INT. +.VE 8.4 It will match the \fIargTypes\fR value specified for the function unless the \fIargTypes\fR value was TCL_EITHER. Tcl converts the argument supplied in the expression to the type requested in \fIargTypes\fR, if that is necessary. -Depending on the value of the \fItype\fR field, the \fIintValue\fR -or \fIdoubleValue\fR field will contain the actual value of the argument. +Depending on the value of the \fItype\fR field, the \fIintValue\fR, +.VS 8.4 +\fIdoubleValue\fR or \fIwideValue\fR +.VE 8.4 +field will contain the actual value of the argument. .PP \fIProc\fR should compute its result and store it either as an integer in \fIresultPtr->intValue\fR or as a floating value in \fIresultPtr->doubleValue\fR. -It should set also \fIresultPtr->type\fR to either TCL_INT or TCL_DOUBLE +It should set also \fIresultPtr->type\fR to one of +.VS 8.4 +TCL_INT, TCL_DOUBLE or TCL_WIDE_INT +.VE 8.4 to indicate which value was set. Under normal circumstances \fIproc\fR should return TCL_OK. If an error occurs while executing the function, \fIproc\fR should |