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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\"
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\"
.TH Tcl_GetInt 3 "" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
.so man.macros
.BS
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@ int
\fBTcl_GetDouble\fR(\fIinterp, src, doublePtr\fR)
.sp
int
-\fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR(\fIinterp, src, intPtr\fR)
-.sp
-int
-\fBTcl_GetBool\fR(\fIinterp, src, flags, charPtr\fR)
+\fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR(\fIinterp, src, boolPtr\fR)
.SH ARGUMENTS
.AS Tcl_Interp *doublePtr out
.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
@@ -36,12 +33,8 @@ Points to place to store integer value converted from \fIsrc\fR.
.AP double *doublePtr out
Points to place to store double-precision floating-point
value converted from \fIsrc\fR.
-.AP char *charPtr out
-Points to place to store boolean value (0 or 1) value converted from \fIsrc\fR.
-.AP int flags in
-0 or TCL_NULL_OK. If TCL_NULL_OK
-is used, then the empty string or NULL will result in \fBTcl_GetBool\fR
-return TCL_OK, the *charPtr filled with the value \fB'\exFF'\fR;
+.AP int *boolPtr out
+Points to place to store boolean value (0 or 1) converted from \fIsrc\fR.
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -55,61 +48,39 @@ third argument. If all goes well, each of the procedures returns
\fBTCL_OK\fR. If \fIsrc\fR does not have the proper syntax for the
desired type then \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned, an error message is left
in the interpreter's result, and nothing is stored at *\fIintPtr\fR
-or *\fIdoublePtr\fR.
+or *\fIdoublePtr\fR or *\fIboolPtr\fR.
.PP
\fBTcl_GetInt\fR expects \fIsrc\fR to consist of a collection
-of integer digits, optionally signed and optionally preceded and
-followed by white space. If the first two characters of \fIsrc\fR
+of integer digits, optionally signed and optionally preceded by
+white space. If the first two characters of \fIsrc\fR
after the optional white space and sign are
-.QW \fB0x\fR
+.QW 0x
then \fIsrc\fR is expected to be in hexadecimal form; otherwise,
-if the first such characters are
-.QW \fB0d\fR
-then \fIsrc\fR is expected to be in decimal form; otherwise,
-if the first such characters are
-.QW \fB0o\fR
-then \fIsrc\fR is expected to be in octal form; otherwise,
-if the first such characters are
-.QW \fB0b\fR
-then \fIsrc\fR is expected to be in binary form; otherwise,
if the first such character is
-.QW \fB0\fR
+.QW 0
then \fIsrc\fR
-is expected to be in octal form; otherwise, \fIsrc\fR
-is expected to be in decimal form.
+is expected to be in octal form; otherwise, \fIsrc\fR is
+expected to be in decimal form.
.PP
\fBTcl_GetDouble\fR expects \fIsrc\fR to consist of a floating-point
number, which is: white space; a sign; a sequence of digits; a
-decimal point
-.QW \fB.\fR ;
-a sequence of digits; the letter
-.QW \fBe\fR ;
+decimal point; a sequence of digits; the letter
+.QW e ;
a signed decimal exponent; and more white space.
Any of the fields may be omitted, except that
the digits either before or after the decimal point must be present
and if the
-.QW \fBe\fR
-is present then it must be followed by the exponent number. If there
-are no fields apart from the sign and initial sequence of digits
-(i.e., no decimal point or exponent indicator), that
-initial sequence of digits should take one of the forms that
-\fBTcl_GetInt\fR supports, described above. The use of
-.QW \fB,\fR
-as a decimal point is not supported nor should any other sort of
-inter-digit separator be present.
+.QW e
+is present then it must be followed by the exponent number.
.PP
\fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR expects \fIsrc\fR to specify a boolean
value. If \fIsrc\fR is any of \fB0\fR, \fBfalse\fR,
\fBno\fR, or \fBoff\fR, then \fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR stores a zero
-value at \fI*intPtr\fR.
+value at \fI*boolPtr\fR.
If \fIsrc\fR is any of \fB1\fR, \fBtrue\fR, \fByes\fR, or \fBon\fR,
-then 1 is stored at \fI*intPtr\fR.
+then 1 is stored at \fI*boolPtr\fR.
Any of these values may be abbreviated, and upper-case spellings
are also acceptable.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_GetBool\fR functions almost the same as \fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR,
-but it has an additional parameter \fBflags\fR, which can be used
-to specify whether the empty string or NULL is accepted as valid.
.SH KEYWORDS
boolean, conversion, double, floating-point, integer