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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-11-30 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/Tcl.n: [Bug 2901433]: Improved description of expansion to + mention that it is using list syntax. + 2009-11-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * doc/BoolObj.3, doc/CrtChannel.3, doc/DictObj.3, doc/DoubleObj.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: Tcl.n,v 1.18 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Tcl.n,v 1.18.2.1 2009/11/30 15:44:00 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl n "8.5" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -56,14 +56,15 @@ If a word starts with the string .QW {*} followed by a non-whitespace character, then the leading .QW {*} -is removed -and the rest of the word is parsed and substituted as any other -word. After substitution, the word is parsed again without -substitutions, and its words are added to the command being +is removed and the rest of the word is parsed and substituted as any other +word. After substitution, the word is parsed as a list (without command or +variable substitutions; backslash substitutions are performed as is normal for +a list and individual internal words may be surrounded by either braces or +double-quote characters), and its words are added to the command being substituted. For instance, -.QW "cmd a {*}{b c} d {*}{e f}" +.QW "cmd a {*}{b [c]} d {*}{$e f \"g h\"}" is equivalent to -.QW "cmd a b c d e f" . +.QW "cmd a b {[c]} d {$e} f \"g h\"" . .VE 8.5 .IP "[6] \fBBraces.\fR" If the first character of a word is an open brace |