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@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Namespace.3,v 1.7 2004/10/07 15:15:38 dkf Exp $
-'\"
'\" Note that some of these functions do not seem to belong, but they
'\" were all introduced with the same TIP (#139)
'\"
-.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_Namespace 3 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.so man.macros
.BS
.SH NAME
-Tcl_AppendExportList, Tcl_CreateNamespace, Tcl_DeleteNamespace, Tcl_Export, Tcl_FindCommand, Tcl_FindNamespace, Tcl_ForgetImport, Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace, Tcl_GetGloblaNamespace, Tcl_Import \- manipulate namespaces
+Tcl_AppendExportList, Tcl_CreateNamespace, Tcl_DeleteNamespace, Tcl_Export, Tcl_FindCommand, Tcl_FindNamespace, Tcl_ForgetImport, Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace, Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace, Tcl_GetNamespaceUnknownHandler, Tcl_Import, Tcl_SetNamespaceUnknownHandler \- manipulate namespaces
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -46,6 +44,12 @@ Tcl_Namespace *
.sp
Tcl_Command
\fBTcl_FindCommand\fR(\fIinterp, name, contextNsPtr, flags\fR)
+.sp
+Tcl_Obj *
+\fBTcl_GetNamespaceUnknownHandler(\fIinterp, nsPtr\fR)
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_SetNamespaceUnknownHandler(\fIinterp, nsPtr, handlerPtr\fR)
.SH ARGUMENTS
.AS Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc allowOverwrite in/out
.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in/out
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ if no such callback is to be performed.
The namespace to be manipulated, or NULL (for other than
\fBTcl_DeleteNamespace\fR) to manipulate the current namespace.
.AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr out
-A reference to an unshared object to which the function output will be
+A reference to an unshared value to which the function output will be
written.
.AP "const char" *pattern in
The glob-style pattern (see \fBTcl_StringMatch\fR) that describes the
@@ -87,8 +91,10 @@ global namespace), \fBTCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY\fR (just for \fBTcl_FindCommand\fR;
indicates that the search is always to be conducted relative to the
context namespace), and \fBTCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG\fR (indicates that an error
message should be left in the interpreter if the search fails.)
+.AP Tcl_Obj *handlerPtr in
+A script fragment to be installed as the unknown command handler for the
+namespace, or NULL to reset the handler to its default.
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Namespaces are hierarchic naming contexts that can contain commands
@@ -108,11 +114,14 @@ the global namespace.)
.PP
\fBTcl_CreateNamespace\fR creates a new namespace. The
\fIdeleteProc\fR will have the following type signature:
+.PP
.CS
-typedef void (Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc) (ClientData clientData);
+typedef void \fBTcl_NamespaceDeleteProc\fR(
+ ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
.CE
.PP
-\fBTcl_DeleteNamespace\fR deletes a namespace.
+\fBTcl_DeleteNamespace\fR deletes a namespace, calling the
+\fIdeleteProc\fR defined for the namespace (if any).
.PP
\fBTcl_AppendExportList\fR retrieves the export patterns for a
namespace given namespace and appends them (as list items) to
@@ -143,9 +152,14 @@ namespace cannot be found, NULL is returned.
\fBTcl_FindCommand\fR searches for a command named \fIname\fR within
the context of the namespace \fIcontextNsPtr\fR. If the command
cannot be found, NULL is returned.
-
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetNamespaceUnknownHandler\fR returns the unknown command handler
+for the namespace, or NULL if none is set.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_SetNamespaceUnknownHandler\fR sets the unknown command handler for
+the namespace. If \fIhandlerPtr\fR is NULL, then the handler is reset to
+its default.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-Tcl_CreateCommand, Tcl_ListObjAppendElements, Tcl_SetVar
-
+Tcl_CreateCommand(3), Tcl_ListObjAppendList(3), Tcl_SetVar(3)
.SH KEYWORDS
namespace, command