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+++ b/doc/AddErrInfo.3
@@ -5,24 +5,28 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_AddErrorInfo 3 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.so man.macros
.BS
.SH NAME
-Tcl_GetReturnOptions, Tcl_SetReturnOptions, Tcl_AddErrorInfo, Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo, Tcl_AddObjErrorInfo, Tcl_SetObjErrorCode, Tcl_SetErrorCode, Tcl_SetErrorCodeVA, Tcl_SetErrorLine, Tcl_GetErrorLine, Tcl_PosixError, Tcl_LogCommandInfo \- retrieve or record information about errors and other return options
+Tcl_GetReturnOptions, Tcl_SetReturnOptions, Tcl_AddErrorInfo, Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo, Tcl_AddObjErrorInfo, Tcl_SetObjErrorCode, Tcl_SetErrorCode, Tcl_SetErrorCodeVA, Tcl_PosixError, Tcl_LogCommandInfo \- retrieve or record information about errors and other return options
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
+.VS 8.5
.sp
Tcl_Obj *
\fBTcl_GetReturnOptions\fR(\fIinterp, code\fR)
.sp
int
\fBTcl_SetReturnOptions\fR(\fIinterp, options\fR)
+.VE 8.5
.sp
\fBTcl_AddErrorInfo\fR(\fIinterp, message\fR)
+.VS 8.5
.sp
\fBTcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr\fR)
+.VE 8.5
.sp
\fBTcl_AddObjErrorInfo\fR(\fIinterp, message, length\fR)
.sp
@@ -32,10 +36,6 @@ int
.sp
\fBTcl_SetErrorCodeVA\fR(\fIinterp, argList\fR)
.sp
-\fBTcl_GetErrorLine\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
-.sp
-\fBTcl_SetErrorLine\fR(\fIinterp, lineNum\fR)
-.sp
const char *
\fBTcl_PosixError\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
.sp
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ this points to the first byte of an array of \fIlength\fR bytes
containing a string to append to the \fB\-errorinfo\fR return option.
This byte array may contain embedded null bytes
unless \fIlength\fR is negative.
+.VS 8.5
.AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in
A message to be appended to the \fB\-errorinfo\fR return option
in the form of a Tcl_Obj value.
+.VE 8.5
.AP int length in
The number of bytes to copy from \fImessage\fR when
appending to the \fB\-errorinfo\fR return option.
@@ -72,8 +74,6 @@ Last \fIelement\fR argument must be NULL.
.AP va_list argList in
An argument list which must have been initialized using
\fBva_start\fR, and cleared using \fBva_end\fR.
-.AP int lineNum
-The line number of a script where an error occurred.
.AP "const char" *script in
Pointer to first character in script containing command (must be <= command)
.AP "const char" *command in
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ Pointer to first character in command that generated the error
.AP int commandLength in
Number of bytes in command; -1 means use all bytes up to first null byte
.BE
+
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
+.VS 8.5
The \fBTcl_SetReturnOptions\fR and \fBTcl_GetReturnOptions\fR
routines expose the same capabilities as the \fBreturn\fR and
\fBcatch\fR commands, respectively, in the form of a C interface.
@@ -107,28 +109,21 @@ with the value of \fIcode\fR. The \fB(Tcl_Obj *)\fR returned
by \fBTcl_GetReturnOptions\fR points to an unshared
\fBTcl_Obj\fR with reference count of zero. The dictionary
may be written to, either adding, removing, or overwriting
-any entries in it, without the need to check for a shared value.
-As with any \fBTcl_Obj\fR with reference count of zero, it is up to
-the caller to arrange for its disposal with \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR or
-to a reference to it via \fBTcl_IncrRefCount\fR (or one of the many
-functions that call that, notably including \fBTcl_SetObjResult\fR and
-\fBTcl_SetVar2Ex\fR).
+any entries in it, without the need to check for a shared object.
.PP
A typical usage for \fBTcl_GetReturnOptions\fR is to
retrieve the stack trace when script evaluation returns
\fBTCL_ERROR\fR, like so:
-.PP
.CS
int code = Tcl_Eval(interp, script);
if (code == TCL_ERROR) {
- Tcl_Obj *options = \fBTcl_GetReturnOptions\fR(interp, code);
+ Tcl_Obj *options = Tcl_GetReturnOptions(interp, code);
Tcl_Obj *key = Tcl_NewStringObj("-errorinfo", -1);
Tcl_Obj *stackTrace;
Tcl_IncrRefCount(key);
Tcl_DictObjGet(NULL, options, key, &stackTrace);
Tcl_DecrRefCount(key);
/* Do something with stackTrace */
- Tcl_DecrRefCount(options);
}
.CE
.PP
@@ -143,15 +138,13 @@ keys in \fIoptions\fR will be returned.
As an example, Tcl's \fBreturn\fR command itself could
be implemented in terms of \fBTcl_SetReturnOptions\fR
like so:
-.PP
.CS
if ((objc % 2) == 0) { /* explicit result argument */
objc--;
Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, objv[objc]);
}
-return \fBTcl_SetReturnOptions\fR(interp, Tcl_NewListObj(objc-1, objv+1));
+return Tcl_SetReturnOptions(interp, Tcl_NewListObj(objc-1, objv+1));
.CE
-.PP
(It is not really implemented that way. Internal access
privileges allow for a more efficient alternative that meshes
better with the bytecode compiler.)
@@ -166,12 +159,9 @@ to set any collection of return options, there are a handful
of return options that are very frequently used. Most
notably the \fB\-errorinfo\fR and \fB\-errorcode\fR return
options should be set properly when the command procedure
-of a command returns \fBTCL_ERROR\fR. The \fB\-errorline\fR
-return option is also read by commands that evaluate scripts
-and wish to supply detailed error location information in
-the stack trace text they append to the \fB\-errorinfo\fR option.
-Tcl provides several simpler interfaces to more directly set
-these return options.
+of a command returns \fBTCL_ERROR\fR. Tcl provides several
+simpler interfaces to more directly set these return options.
+.VE 8.5
.PP
The \fB\-errorinfo\fR option holds a stack trace of the
operations that were in progress when an error occurred,
@@ -183,7 +173,7 @@ error that occurred
(e.g. POSIX means an error occurred in a POSIX system call)
and additional elements hold additional pieces
of information that depend on the class.
-See the \fBtclvars\fR manual entry for details on the various
+See the tclvars manual entry for details on the various
formats for the \fB\-errorcode\fR option used by
Tcl's built-in commands.
.PP
@@ -217,10 +207,12 @@ The value of the \fB\-errorline\fR return option (retrieved
via a call to \fBTcl_GetReturnOptions\fR) often makes up
a useful part of the \fImessage\fR passed to \fBTcl_AddErrorInfo\fR.
.PP
+.VS 8.5
\fBTcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo\fR is an alternative interface to the
same functionality as \fBTcl_AddErrorInfo\fR. \fBTcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo\fR
is called when the string value to be appended to the \fB\-errorinfo\fR option
is available as a \fBTcl_Obj\fR instead of as a \fBchar\fR array.
+.VE 8.5
.PP
\fBTcl_AddObjErrorInfo\fR is nearly identical
to \fBTcl_AddErrorInfo\fR, except that it has an additional \fIlength\fR
@@ -232,7 +224,7 @@ the need for a null byte. If the \fBTcl_AddObjErrorInfo\fR
interface is used at all, it should be with a negative \fIlength\fR value.
.PP
The procedure \fBTcl_SetObjErrorCode\fR is used to set the
-\fB\-errorcode\fR return option to the list value \fIerrorObjPtr\fR
+\fB\-errorcode\fR return option to the list object \fIerrorObjPtr\fR
built up by the caller.
\fBTcl_SetObjErrorCode\fR is typically invoked just
before returning an error. If an error is
@@ -242,17 +234,12 @@ the \fB\-errorcode\fR return option to \fBNONE\fR.
.PP
The procedure \fBTcl_SetErrorCode\fR is also used to set the
\fB\-errorcode\fR return option. However, it takes one or more strings to
-record instead of a value. Otherwise, it is similar to
+record instead of an object. Otherwise, it is similar to
\fBTcl_SetObjErrorCode\fR in behavior.
.PP
\fBTcl_SetErrorCodeVA\fR is the same as \fBTcl_SetErrorCode\fR except that
instead of taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument list.
.PP
-The procedure \fBTcl_GetErrorLine\fR is used to read the integer value
-of the \fB\-errorline\fR return option without the overhead of a full
-call to \fBTcl_GetReturnOptions\fR. Likewise, \fBTcl_SetErrorLine\fR
-sets the \fB\-errorline\fR return option value.
-.PP
\fBTcl_PosixError\fR
sets the \fB\-errorcode\fR variable after an error in a POSIX kernel call.
It reads the value of the \fBerrno\fR C variable and calls
@@ -305,8 +292,9 @@ The global variables \fBerrorInfo\fR and
\fBerrorCode\fR are not modified by \fBTcl_ResetResult\fR
so they continue to hold a record of information about the
most recent error seen in an interpreter.
+
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-Tcl_DecrRefCount(3), Tcl_IncrRefCount(3), Tcl_Interp(3), Tcl_ResetResult(3),
-Tcl_SetErrno(3), tclvars(n)
+Tcl_DecrRefCount, Tcl_IncrRefCount, Tcl_Interp, Tcl_ResetResult, Tcl_SetErrno
+
.SH KEYWORDS
-error, value, value result, stack, trace, variable
+error, object, object result, stack, trace, variable