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diff --git a/doc/Object.3 b/doc/Object.3 index 5df5bf9..d116b37 100644 --- a/doc/Object.3 +++ b/doc/Object.3 @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Object.3,v 1.5 2000/07/24 00:03:02 jenglish Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Object.3,v 1.6 2002/10/22 12:16:53 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros -.TH Tcl_Obj 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.TH Tcl_Obj 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" .BS .SH NAME Tcl_NewObj, Tcl_DuplicateObj, Tcl_IncrRefCount, Tcl_DecrRefCount, Tcl_IsShared, Tcl_InvalidateStringRep \- manipulate Tcl objects @@ -129,15 +129,17 @@ typedef struct Tcl_Obj { } Tcl_Obj; .CE The \fIbytes\fR and the \fIlength\fR members together hold -an object's string representation, -which is a \fIcounted\fR or \fIbinary string\fR -that may contain binary data with embedded null bytes. +.VS 8.1 +an object's UTF-8 string representation, +which is a \fIcounted string\fR not containing null bytes (UTF-8 null +characters should be encoded as a two byte sequence: 192, 128.) \fIbytes\fR points to the first byte of the string representation. The \fIlength\fR member gives the number of bytes. -The byte array must always have a null after the last byte, +The byte array must always have a null byte after the last data byte, at offset \fIlength\fR; -this allows string representations that do not contain nulls +this allows string representations to be treated as conventional null-terminated C strings. +.VE 8.1 C programs use \fBTcl_GetStringFromObj\fR and \fBTcl_GetString\fR to get an object's string representation. If \fIbytes\fR is NULL, |