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diff --git a/doc/CrtMathFnc.3 b/doc/CrtMathFnc.3 index acceb5b..0f101d7 100644 --- a/doc/CrtMathFnc.3 +++ b/doc/CrtMathFnc.3 @@ -4,19 +4,12 @@ '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. -'\" +'\" .TH Tcl_CreateMathFunc 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" .so man.macros .BS .SH NAME Tcl_CreateMathFunc, Tcl_GetMathFuncInfo, Tcl_ListMathFuncs \- Define, query and enumerate math functions for expressions -.SH "NOTICE OF EVENTUAL DEPRECATION" -.PP -The \fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR and \fBTcl_GetMathFuncInfo\fR functions -are rendered somewhat obsolete by the ability to create functions for -expressions by placing commands in the \fBtcl::mathfunc\fR namespace, -as described in the \fBmathfunc\fR manual page; the API described on -this page is not expected to be maintained indefinitely. .SH SYNOPSIS .nf \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR @@ -64,6 +57,7 @@ created if the function is not implemented directly in bytecode. Pattern to match against function names so as to filter them (by passing to \fITcl_StringMatch\fR), or NULL to not apply any filter. .BE + .SH DESCRIPTION .PP Tcl allows a number of mathematical functions to be used in @@ -91,9 +85,8 @@ or any, respectively. Whenever the function is invoked in an expression Tcl will invoke \fIproc\fR. \fIProc\fR should have arguments and result that match the type \fBTcl_MathProc\fR: -.PP .CS -typedef int \fBTcl_MathProc\fR( +typedef int Tcl_MathProc( ClientData \fIclientData\fR, Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR, Tcl_Value *\fIargs\fR, @@ -104,14 +97,13 @@ When \fIproc\fR is invoked the \fIclientData\fR and \fIinterp\fR arguments will be the same as those passed to \fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR. \fIArgs\fR will point to an array of \fInumArgs\fR Tcl_Value structures, which describe the actual arguments to the function: -.PP .CS typedef struct Tcl_Value { - Tcl_ValueType \fItype\fR; - long \fIintValue\fR; - double \fIdoubleValue\fR; - Tcl_WideInt \fIwideValue\fR; -} \fBTcl_Value\fR; + Tcl_ValueType \fItype\fR; + long \fIintValue\fR; + double \fIdoubleValue\fR; + Tcl_WideInt \fIwideValue\fR; +} Tcl_Value; .CE .PP The \fItype\fR field indicates the type of the argument and is @@ -147,16 +139,18 @@ released by passing it to \fBTcl_Free\fR. Some functions (the standard set implemented in the core, and those defined by placing commands in the \fBtcl::mathfunc\fR namespace) do not have argument type information; attempting to retrieve values for -them causes a NULL to be stored in the variable pointed to by +them causes a NULL to be stored in the variable pointed to by \fIprocPtr\fR and the variable pointed to by \fIclientDataPtr\fR will not be modified. The variable pointed to by \fInumArgsPointer\fR will contain -1, and no argument types will be stored in the variable pointed to by \fIargTypesPointer\fR. .PP -\fBTcl_ListMathFuncs\fR returns a Tcl value containing a list of all +\fBTcl_ListMathFuncs\fR returns a Tcl object containing a list of all the math functions defined in the interpreter whose name matches -\fIpattern\fR. The returned value has a reference count of zero. +\fIpattern\fR. The returned object has a reference count of zero. + .SH "SEE ALSO" expr(n), info(n), Tcl_CreateObjCommand(3), Tcl_Free(3), Tcl_NewListObj(3) + .SH KEYWORDS expression, mathematical function |