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-.so man.macros
-.TH Tcl_CreateInterp 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
-.BS
-.SH NAME
-Tcl_CreateInterp, Tcl_DeleteInterp, Tcl_InterpDeleted \- create and delete Tcl command interpreters
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
-\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
-.sp
-Tcl_Interp *
-\fBTcl_CreateInterp\fR()
-.sp
-\fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
-.sp
-int
-\fBTcl_InterpDeleted\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
-.SH ARGUMENTS
-.AS Tcl_Interp *interp
-.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
-Token for interpreter to be destroyed.
-.BE
-
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
-\fBTcl_CreateInterp\fR creates a new interpreter structure and returns
-a token for it. The token is required in calls to most other Tcl
-procedures, such as \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR, \fBTcl_Eval\fR, and
-\fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR.
-Clients are only allowed to access a few of the fields of
-Tcl_Interp structures; see the Tcl_Interp
-and \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR man pages for details.
-The new interpreter is initialized with no defined variables and only
-the built-in Tcl commands. To bind in additional commands, call
-\fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR marks an interpreter as deleted; the interpreter
-will eventually be deleted when all calls to \fBTcl_Preserve\fR for it have
-been matched by calls to \fBTcl_Release\fR. At that time, all of the
-resources associated with it, including variables, procedures, and
-application-specific command bindings, will be deleted. After
-\fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR returns any attempt to use \fBTcl_Eval\fR on the
-interpreter will fail and return \fBTCL_ERROR\fR. After the call to
-\fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR it is safe to examine \fIinterp->result\fR, query or
-set the values of variables, define, undefine or retrieve procedures, and
-examine the runtime evaluation stack. See below, in the section
-\fBINTERPRETERS AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT\fR for details.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_InterpDeleted\fR returns nonzero if \fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR was
-called with \fIinterp\fR as its argument; this indicates that the
-interpreter will eventually be deleted, when the last call to
-\fBTcl_Preserve\fR for it is matched by a call to \fBTcl_Release\fR. If
-nonzero is returned, further calls to \fBTcl_Eval\fR in this interpreter
-will return \fBTCL_ERROR\fR.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_InterpDeleted\fR is useful in deletion callbacks to distinguish
-between when only the memory the callback is responsible for is being
-deleted and when the whole interpreter is being deleted. In the former case
-the callback may recreate the data being deleted, but this would lead to an
-infinite loop if the interpreter were being deleted.
-
-.SH "INTERPRETERS AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT"
-.PP
-\fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR can be called at any time on an interpreter that may
-be used by nested evaluations and C code in various extensions. Tcl
-implements a simple mechanism that allows callers to use interpreters
-without worrying about the interpreter being deleted in a nested call, and
-without requiring special code to protect the interpreter, in most cases.
-This mechanism ensures that nested uses of an interpreter can safely
-continue using it even after \fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR is called.
-.PP
-The mechanism relies on matching up calls to \fBTcl_Preserve\fR with calls
-to \fBTcl_Release\fR. If \fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR has been called, only when
-the last call to \fBTcl_Preserve\fR is matched by a call to
-\fBTcl_Release\fR, will the interpreter be freed. See the manual entry for
-\fBTcl_Preserve\fR for a description of these functions.
-.PP
-The rules for when the user of an interpreter must call \fBTcl_Preserve\fR
-and \fBTcl_Release\fR are simple:
-.TP
-Interpreters Passed As Arguments
-Functions that are passed an interpreter as an argument can safely use the
-interpreter without any special protection. Thus, when you write an
-extension consisting of new Tcl commands, no special code is needed to
-protect interpreters received as arguments. This covers the majority of all
-uses.
-.TP
-Interpreter Creation And Deletion
-When a new interpreter is created and used in a call to \fBTcl_Eval\fR,
-\fBTcl_VarEval\fR, \fBTcl_GlobalEval\fR, \fBTcl_SetVar\fR, or
-\fBTcl_GetVar\fR, a pair of calls to \fBTcl_Preserve\fR and
-\fBTcl_Release\fR should be wrapped around all uses of the interpreter.
-Remember that it is unsafe to use the interpreter once \fBTcl_Release\fR
-has been called. To ensure that the interpreter is properly deleted when
-it is no longer needed, call \fBTcl_InterpDeleted\fR to test if some other
-code already called \fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR; if not, call
-\fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR before calling \fBTcl_Release\fR in your own code.
-Do not call \fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR on an interpreter for which
-\fBTcl_InterpDeleted\fR returns nonzero.
-.TP
-Retrieving An Interpreter From A Data Structure
-When an interpreter is retrieved from a data structure (e.g. the client
-data of a callback) for use in \fBTcl_Eval\fR, \fBTcl_VarEval\fR,
-\fBTcl_GlobalEval\fR, \fBTcl_SetVar\fR, or \fBTcl_GetVar\fR, a pair of
-calls to \fBTcl_Preserve\fR and \fBTcl_Release\fR should be wrapped around
-all uses of the interpreter; it is unsafe to reuse the interpreter once
-\fBTcl_Release\fR has been called. If an interpreter is stored inside a
-callback data structure, an appropriate deletion cleanup mechanism should
-be set up by the code that creates the data structure so that the
-interpreter is removed from the data structure (e.g. by setting the field
-to NULL) when the interpreter is deleted. Otherwise, you may be using an
-interpreter that has been freed and whose memory may already have been
-reused.
-.PP
-All uses of interpreters in Tcl and Tk have already been protected.
-Extension writers should ensure that their code also properly protects any
-additional interpreters used, as described above.
-
-.SH KEYWORDS
-command, create, delete, interpreter
-
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-Tcl_Preserve(3), Tcl_Release(3)