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'\"
'\" 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
@@ -51,42 +51,27 @@ in the interpreter's result, and nothing is stored at *\fIintPtr\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 \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.
.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,