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@@ -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 |