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diff --git a/doc/ObjectType.3 b/doc/ObjectType.3 index df31e5f..2f7e37b 100644 --- a/doc/ObjectType.3 +++ b/doc/ObjectType.3 @@ -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. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: ObjectType.3,v 1.8 2004/06/18 15:17:58 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: ObjectType.3,v 1.9 2004/09/06 09:44:57 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl_ObjType 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" @@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ must have been the result of a previous call to \fBTcl_NewObj\fR. .SH DESCRIPTION .PP The procedures in this man page manage Tcl object types. -The are used to register new object types, -look up types, +They are used to register new object types, look up types, and force conversions from one type to another. .PP \fBTcl_RegisterObjType\fR registers a new Tcl object type @@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ the \fIsetFromAnyProc\fR must free any internal representation of \fIobjPtr\fR's old type; it does this by calling the old type's \fIfreeIntRepProc\fR if it is not NULL. -As an example, the \fIsetFromAnyProc\fR for the builtin Tcl integer type +As an example, the \fIsetFromAnyProc\fR for the built-in Tcl integer type gets an up-to-date string representation for \fIobjPtr\fR by calling \fBTcl_GetStringFromObj\fR. It parses the string to obtain an integer and, @@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ to be treated as conventional null character-terminated C strings. Storage for the byte array must be allocated in the heap by \fBTcl_Alloc\fR or \fBckalloc\fR. Note that \fIupdateStringProc\fRs must allocate enough storage for the string's bytes and the terminating null byte. -The \fIupdateStringProc\fR for Tcl's builtin list type, for example, +The \fIupdateStringProc\fR for Tcl's built-in list type, for example, builds an array of strings for each element object and then calls \fBTcl_Merge\fR to construct a string with proper Tcl list structure. @@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ Before the call, copying its internal representation means. For example, the \fIdupIntRepProc\fR for the Tcl integer type simply copies an integer. -The builtin list type's \fIdupIntRepProc\fR +The built-in list type's \fIdupIntRepProc\fR allocates a new array that points at the original element objects; the elements are shared between the two lists (and their reference counts are incremented to reflect the new references). |