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@@ -32,10 +32,16 @@ table entry.
.AP "const char" **tablePtr in
An array of null-terminated strings. The end of the array is marked
by a NULL string pointer.
+Note that references to the \fItablePtr\fR may be retained in the
+internal representation of \fIobjPtr\fR, so this should represent the
+address of a statically-allocated array.
.AP "const void" *structTablePtr in
An array of arbitrary type, typically some \fBstruct\fR type.
The first member of the structure must be a null-terminated string.
The size of the structure is given by \fIoffset\fR.
+Note that references to the \fIstructTablePtr\fR may be retained in the
+internal representation of \fIobjPtr\fR, so this should represent the
+address of a statically-allocated array of structures.
.AP int offset in
The offset to add to structTablePtr to get to the next entry.
The end of the array is marked by a NULL string pointer.
@@ -52,10 +58,10 @@ The index of the string in \fItablePtr\fR that matches the value of
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
-This procedure provides an efficient way for looking up keywords,
+These procedures provide an efficient way for looking up keywords,
switch names, option names, and similar things where the value of
an object must be one of a predefined set of values.
-\fIObjPtr\fR is compared against each of
+\fBTcl_GetIndexFromObj\fR compares \fIobjPtr\fR against each of
the strings in \fItablePtr\fR to find a match. A match occurs if
\fIobjPtr\fR's string value is identical to one of the strings in
\fItablePtr\fR, or if it is a non-empty unique abbreviation