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diff --git a/doc/ExprLong.3 b/doc/ExprLong.3 index ba15782..caca85c 100644 --- a/doc/ExprLong.3 +++ b/doc/ExprLong.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: ExprLong.3,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:48 stanton Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: ExprLong.3,v 1.3 2000/04/14 23:01:50 hobbs Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl_ExprLong 3 7.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" @@ -63,15 +63,13 @@ that is more efficient to execute. The \fIinterp\fR argument refers to an interpreter used to evaluate the expression (e.g. for variables and nested Tcl commands) and to return error information. -\fIinterp->result\fR is assumed to be initialized -in the standard fashion when they are invoked. .PP For all of these procedures the return value is a standard Tcl result: \fBTCL_OK\fR means the expression was successfully evaluated, and \fBTCL_ERROR\fR means that an error occurred while evaluating the expression. If \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned then -\fIinterp->result\fR will hold a message describing the error. +the interpreter's result will hold a message describing the error. If an error occurs while executing a Tcl command embedded in the expression then that error will be returned. .PP @@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ it must be one of the values accepted by \fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR such as ``yes'' or ``no'', or else an error occurs. .PP \fBTcl_ExprString\fR returns the value of the expression as a -string stored in \fIinterp->result\fR. +string stored in the interpreter's result. If the expression's actual value is an integer then \fBTcl_ExprString\fR converts it to a string using \fBsprintf\fR with a ``%d'' converter. |