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@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_GetStdChannel 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.so man.macros
.BS
'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
@@ -53,11 +53,9 @@ set to NULL.
.PP
If a non-NULL value for \fIchannel\fR is passed to \fBTcl_SetStdChannel\fR,
then that same value should be passed to \fBTcl_RegisterChannel\fR, like so:
-.PP
.CS
Tcl_RegisterChannel(NULL, channel);
.CE
-.PP
This is a workaround for a misfeature in \fBTcl_SetStdChannel\fR that it
fails to do some reference counting housekeeping. This misfeature cannot
be corrected without contradicting the assumptions of some existing