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diff --git a/doc/Cancel.3 b/doc/Cancel.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..80db3a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Cancel.3 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Joe Mistachkin. +'\" +'\" 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_Cancel 3 8.6 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.BS +.SH NAME +Tcl_CancelEval, Tcl_Canceled \- cancel Tcl scripts +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR +int +\fBTcl_CancelEval\fR(\fIinterp, clientData, flags\fR) +.sp +int +\fBTcl_Canceled\fR(\fIinterp, flags\fR) +.SH ARGUMENTS +.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in +Interpreter in which to cancel the script. +.AP int flags in +ORed combination of flag bits that specify additional options. +For \fBTcl_CancelEval\fR, only \fBTCL_CANCEL_UNWIND\fR is currently +supported. For \fBTcl_Canceled\fR, only \fBTCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG\fR and +\fBTCL_CANCEL_UNWIND\fR are currently supported. +.AP ClientData clientData in +Currently, reserved for future use. +It should be set to NULL. +.BE +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +\fBTcl_CancelEval\fR cancels or unwinds the script in progress soon after +the next invocation of asynchronous handlers, causing \fBTCL_ERROR\fR to be +the return code for that script. This function is thread-safe and may be +called from any thread in the process. +.PP +\fBTcl_Canceled\fR checks if the script in progress has been canceled and +returns \fBTCL_ERROR\fR if it has. Otherwise, \fBTCL_OK\fR is returned. +Extensions can use this function to check to see if they should abort a long +running command. This function is thread sensitive and may only be called +from the thread the interpreter was created in. +.SH "FLAG BITS" +Any ORed combination of the following values may be used for the +\fIflags\fR argument to procedures such as \fBTcl_CancelEval\fR: +.TP 23 +\fBTCL_CANCEL_UNWIND\fR +This flag is used by \fBTcl_CancelEval\fR and \fBTcl_Canceled\fR. +For \fBTcl_CancelEval\fR, if this flag is set, the script in progress +is canceled and the evaluation stack for the interpreter is unwound. +For \fBTcl_Canceled\fR, if this flag is set, the script in progress +is considered to be canceled only if the evaluation stack for the +interpreter is being unwound. +.TP 23 +\fBTCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG\fR +This flag is only used by \fBTcl_Canceled\fR; it is ignored by +other procedures. If an error is returned and this bit is set in +\fIflags\fR, then an error message will be left in the interpreter's +result, where it can be retrieved with \fBTcl_GetObjResult\fR or +\fBTcl_GetStringResult\fR. If this flag bit is not set then no error +message is left and the interpreter's result will not be modified. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +TIP 285 +.SH KEYWORDS +cancel, unwind |