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@@ -4,27 +4,28 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: PkgRequire.3,v 1.6 2002/02/26 02:22:20 hobbs Exp $
-'\"
-.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_PkgRequire 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.so man.macros
.BS
.SH NAME
-Tcl_PkgRequire, Tcl_PkgRequireEx, Tcl_PkgPresent, Tcl_PkgPresentEx, Tcl_PkgProvide, Tcl_PkgProvideEx \- package version control
+Tcl_PkgRequire, Tcl_PkgRequireEx, Tcl_PkgRequireProc, Tcl_PkgPresent, Tcl_PkgPresentEx, Tcl_PkgProvide, Tcl_PkgProvideEx \- package version control
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
.sp
-CONST char *
+const char *
\fBTcl_PkgRequire\fR(\fIinterp, name, version, exact\fR)
.sp
-CONST char *
+const char *
\fBTcl_PkgRequireEx\fR(\fIinterp, name, version, exact, clientDataPtr\fR)
.sp
-CONST char *
+int
+\fBTcl_PkgRequireProc\fR(\fIinterp, name, objc, objv, clientDataPtr\fR)
+.sp
+const char *
\fBTcl_PkgPresent\fR(\fIinterp, name, version, exact\fR)
.sp
-CONST char *
+const char *
\fBTcl_PkgPresentEx\fR(\fIinterp, name, version, exact, clientDataPtr\fR)
.sp
int
@@ -33,12 +34,12 @@ int
int
\fBTcl_PkgProvideEx\fR(\fIinterp, name, version, clientData\fR)
.SH ARGUMENTS
-.AS ClientData clientDataPtr
+.AS void *clientDataPtr out
.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
Interpreter where package is needed or available.
-.AP "CONST char" *name in
+.AP "const char" *name in
Name of package.
-.AP "CONST char" *version in
+.AP "const char" *version in
A version string consisting of one or more decimal numbers
separated by dots.
.AP int exact in
@@ -47,14 +48,18 @@ Non-zero means that only the particular version specified by
Zero means that newer versions than \fIversion\fR are also
acceptable as long as they have the same major version number
as \fIversion\fR.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP "const void" *clientData in
Arbitrary value to be associated with the package.
-.AP ClientData *clientDataPtr out
+.AP void *clientDataPtr out
Pointer to place to store the value associated with the matching
package. It is only changed if the pointer is not NULL and the
-function completed successfully.
+function completed successfully. The storage can be any pointer
+type with the same size as a void pointer.
+.AP int objc in
+Number of requirements.
+.AP Tcl_Obj* objv[] in
+Array of requirements.
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
These procedures provide C-level interfaces to Tcl's package and
@@ -74,14 +79,19 @@ that is provided in the interpreter (which may be different than
\fIversion\fR); if an error occurs they return NULL and leave an error
message in the interpreter's result.
.PP
-\fBTcl_PkgProvide\fR returns TCL_OK if it completes successfully;
-if an error occurs it returns TCL_ERROR and leaves an error message
+\fBTcl_PkgProvide\fR returns \fBTCL_OK\fR if it completes successfully;
+if an error occurs it returns \fBTCL_ERROR\fR and leaves an error message
in the interpreter's result.
.PP
\fBTcl_PkgProvideEx\fR, \fBTcl_PkgPresentEx\fR and \fBTcl_PkgRequireEx\fR
allow the setting and retrieving of the client data associated with
the package. In all other respects they are equivalent to the matching
functions.
-
+.PP
+\fBTcl_PkgRequireProc\fR is the form of \fBpackage require\fR handling
+multiple requirements. The other forms are present for backward
+compatibility and translate their invocations to this form.
.SH KEYWORDS
package, present, provide, require, version
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+package(n), Tcl_StaticPackage(3)