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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: CrtCommand.3,v 1.16 2008/10/15 10:43:37 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: CrtCommand.3,v 1.17 2008/12/15 18:33:25 dgp Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_CreateCommand 3 "" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ Also, Tcl's interpreter now uses objects internally.
In order to invoke a string-based command procedure
registered by \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR,
it must generate and fetch a string representation
-from each argument object before the call
-and create a new Tcl object to hold the string result returned by the
-string-based command procedure.
+from each argument object before the call.
New commands should be defined using \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR.
We support \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR for backwards compatibility.
.PP
@@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ version 8.1 of Tcl.
\fBTCL_CONTINUE\fR. See the Tcl overview man page
for details on what these codes mean. Most normal commands will only
return \fBTCL_OK\fR or \fBTCL_ERROR\fR. In addition, \fIproc\fR must set
-the interpreter result to point to a string value;
+the interpreter result;
in the case of a \fBTCL_OK\fR return code this gives the result
of the command, and in the case of \fBTCL_ERROR\fR it gives an error message.
The \fBTcl_SetResult\fR procedure provides an easy interface for setting