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2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3bb3e23..4ecf365 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-09-25 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+ * doc/global.n: Correct false claim about [info locals].
+
2008-08-14 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
* tests/fileName.test: Revise new tests for portability to case
diff --git a/doc/global.n b/doc/global.n
index ece44a1..ae52a70 100644
--- a/doc/global.n
+++ b/doc/global.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: global.n,v 1.4.2.1 2004/10/27 12:52:40 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: global.n,v 1.4.2.2 2008/09/25 19:19:01 dgp Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH global n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ global \- Access global variables
.PP
This command has no effect unless executed in the context of a proc body.
If the \fBglobal\fR command is executed in the context of a proc body, it
-creates local variables linked to the corresponding global variables (and
-therefore these variables are listed by info locals).
+creates local variables linked to the corresponding global variables (though
+these linked variables, like those created by \fBupvar\fR, are not included
+in the list returned by \fBinfo locals\fR).
.PP
If \fIvarname\fR contains namespace qualifiers, the local variable's name is
the unqualified name of the global variable, as determined by the