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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: SplitList.3,v 1.11 2007/10/26 20:11:52 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: SplitList.3,v 1.12 2007/10/28 14:17:39 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_SplitList 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ include spaces between adjacent list elements.
\fBTcl_ConvertElement\fR uses one of two different approaches to
handle the special characters in \fIsrc\fR. Wherever possible, it
handles special characters by surrounding the string with braces.
-This produces clean-looking output, but can't be used in some situations,
+This produces clean-looking output, but cannot be used in some situations,
such as when \fIsrc\fR contains unmatched braces.
In these situations, \fBTcl_ConvertElement\fR handles special
characters by generating backslash sequences for them.
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ the command not to be parsed correctly.
.VS 8.5
By default, \fBTcl_ConvertElement\fR will use quoting in its output
to be sure the first character of an element is not the hash
-character (``#''). This is to be sure the first element of any list
+character
+.PQ # .
+This is to be sure the first element of any list
passed to \fBeval\fR is not mis-parsed as the beginning of a comment.
When a list element is not the first element of a list, this quoting
is not necessary. When the caller can be sure that the element is