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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: Tcl.n,v 1.4 2002/06/03 16:31:24 msofer Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Tcl.n,v 1.5 2002/10/10 16:11:01 dgp Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl n "8.1" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -83,13 +83,14 @@ Variable substitution may take any of the following forms:
.TP 15
\fB$\fIname\fR
\fIName\fR is the name of a scalar variable; the name is a sequence
-of one or more characters that are a letter, digit, or underscore.
+of one or more characters that are a letter, digit, underscore,
+or namespace separators (two or more colons).
.TP 15
\fB$\fIname\fB(\fIindex\fB)\fR
\fIName\fR gives the name of an array variable and \fIindex\fR gives
the name of an element within that array.
-\fIName\fR must contain only letters, digits, and underscores,
-but may be an empty string.
+\fIName\fR must contain only letters, digits, underscores, and
+namespace separators, and may be an empty string.
Command substitutions, variable substitutions, and backslash
substitutions are performed on the characters of \fIindex\fR.
.TP 15