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diff --git a/doc/SplitList.3 b/doc/SplitList.3 index 798989a..d72b59e 100644 --- a/doc/SplitList.3 +++ b/doc/SplitList.3 @@ -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 |