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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: 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 |