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diff --git a/doc/binary.n b/doc/binary.n index 2c66eef..54bf6c4 100644 --- a/doc/binary.n +++ b/doc/binary.n @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: binary.n,v 1.20 2004/08/31 15:19:35 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: binary.n,v 1.21 2004/10/27 09:36:58 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH binary n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -745,21 +745,21 @@ universal. To transfer floating-point numbers portably between all architectures, use their textual representation (as produced by \fBformat\fR) instead. .SH EXAMPLES -This is a procedure write a Tcl string to a binary-encoded channel as +This is a procedure to write a Tcl string to a binary-encoded channel as UTF-8 data preceded by a length word: .CS proc writeString {channel string} { set data [encoding convertto utf-8 $string] - puts -nonewline [binary format Ia* \e + puts -nonewline [\fBbinary\fR format Ia* \e [string length $data] $data] } .CE - +.PP This procedure reads a string from a channel that was written by the previously presented \fBwriteString\fR procedure: .CS proc readString {channel} { - if {![binary scan [read $channel 4] I length]} { + if {![\fBbinary\fR scan [read $channel 4] I length]} { error "missing length" } set data [read $channel $length] |