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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.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Panic.3,v 1.3 2001/08/25 20:14:06 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Panic.3,v 1.8 2005/09/13 21:23:51 dgp Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_Panic 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
.BS
'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
-Tcl_Panic, Tcl_PanicVA, Tcl_SetPanicProc, panic, panicVA \- report fatal error and abort
+Tcl_Panic, Tcl_PanicVA, Tcl_SetPanicProc \- report fatal error and abort
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -23,21 +23,15 @@ void
void
\fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR(\fIpanicProc\fR)
.sp
-void
-\fBpanic\fR(\fIformat\fR, \fIarg\fR, \fIarg\fR, \fI...\fR)
-.sp
-void
-\fBpanicVA\fR(\fIformat\fR, \fIargList\fR)
-.sp
.SH ARGUMENTS
.AS Tcl_PanicProc *panicProc
-.AP "CONST char*" format in
+.AP "const char*" format in
A printf-style format string.
.AP "" arg in
Arguments matching the format string.
.AP va_list argList in
An argument list of arguments matching the format string.
-Must have been initialized using \fBTCL_VARARGS_START\fR,
+Must have been initialized using \fBva_start\fR,
and cleared using \fBva_end\fR.
.AP Tcl_PanicProc *panicProc in
Procedure to report fatal error message and abort.
@@ -53,7 +47,7 @@ to display a message describing the error and abort the process. The
\fIformat\fR argument is a format string describing how to format the
remaining arguments \fIarg\fR into an error message, according to the
same formatting rules used by the \fBprintf\fR family of functions. The
-same formatting rules are also used by the builtin Tcl command
+same formatting rules are also used by the built-in Tcl command
\fBformat\fR.
.PP
In a freshly loaded Tcl library, \fBTcl_Panic\fR prints the formatted
@@ -67,8 +61,8 @@ type \fBTcl_PanicProc\fR:
.PP
.CS
typedef void Tcl_PanicProc(
- CONST char *\fBformat\fR,
- \fBarg\fR, \fBarg\fR,...);
+ const char *\fBformat\fR,
+ \fBarg\fR, \fBarg\fR,...);
.CE
.PP
After \fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR returns, any future calls to
@@ -94,11 +88,7 @@ have a panic message displayed the same way that panic messages from Tcl
will be displayed.
.PP
\fBTcl_PanicVA\fR is the same as \fBTcl_Panic\fR except that instead of
-taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument list. The
-procedures \fBpanic\fR and \fBpanicVA\fR are synonyms (implemented as
-macros) for \fBTcl_Panic\fR and \fBTcl_PanicVA\fR, respectively. They
-exist to support old code; new code should use direct calls to
-\fBTcl_Panic\fR or \fBTcl_PanicVA\fR.
+taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument list.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
abort(3), printf(3), exec(n), format(n)