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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-08-21 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/linsert.n: [Bug 3045123]: Make description of what is actually + happening more accurate. + 2010-08-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * tools/genStubs.tcl: [Patch 3034251]: Backport ttkGenStubs.tcl @@ -9,7 +14,7 @@ 2010-08-20 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * doc/Method.3 Fix definition of Tcl_MethodType + * doc/Method.3: Fix definition of Tcl_MethodType. 2010-08-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> diff --git a/doc/linsert.n b/doc/linsert.n index 22ad6ae..9cccab5 100644 --- a/doc/linsert.n +++ b/doc/linsert.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: linsert.n,v 1.17 2008/10/17 10:22:25 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: linsert.n,v 1.18 2010/08/21 16:58:08 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH linsert n 8.2 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -23,10 +23,17 @@ This command produces a new list from \fIlist\fR by inserting all of the \fIelement\fR arguments just before the \fIindex\fR'th element of \fIlist\fR. Each \fIelement\fR argument will become a separate element of the new list. If \fIindex\fR is less than or equal to zero, then the new -elements are inserted at the beginning of the list. -The interpretation of the \fIindex\fR value is the same as -for the command \fBstring index\fR, supporting simple index -arithmetic and indices relative to the end of the list. +elements are inserted at the beginning of the list, and if \fIindex\fR is +greater or equal to the length of \fIlist\fR, it is as if it was \fBend\fR. +As with \fBstring index\fR, the \fIindex\fR value supports both simple index +arithmetic and end-relative indexing. +.PP +Subject to the restrictions that indices must refer to locations inside the +list and that the \fIelement\fRs will always be inserted in order, insertions +are done so that when \fIindex\fR is start-relative, the first \fIelement\fR +will be at that index in the resulting list, and when \fIindex\fR is +end-relative, the last \fIelement\fR will be at that index in the resulting +list. .SH EXAMPLE .PP Putting some values into a list, first indexing from the start and @@ -45,3 +52,6 @@ lset(n), lsort(n), lrange(n), lreplace(n), string(n) .SH KEYWORDS element, insert, list +'\" Local Variables: +'\" mode: nroff +'\" End: |