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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: eval.n,v 1.10 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: eval.n,v 1.11 2008/06/29 22:28:24 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH eval n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ eval \- Evaluate a Tcl script
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBeval \fIarg \fR?\fIarg ...\fR?
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBEval\fR takes one or more arguments, which together comprise a Tcl
@@ -50,13 +49,11 @@ for {set i 0} {$i<10} {incr i} {
}
.CE
.PP
-.VS 8.5
Note that in the most common case (where the script fragment is
actually just a list of words forming a command prefix), it is better
to use \fB{*}$script\fR when doing this sort of invocation
pattern. It is less general than the \fBeval\fR command, and hence
easier to make robust in practice.
-.VE 8.5
The following procedure acts in a way that is analogous to the
\fBlappend\fR command, except it inserts the argument values at the
start of the list in the variable:
@@ -69,16 +66,12 @@ proc lprepend {varName args} {
set var [\fBeval\fR [list linsert $var 0] $args]
}
.CE
-.VS 8.5
However, the last line would now normally be written without
\fBeval\fR, like this:
.CS
set var [linsert $var 0 {*}$args]
.CE
-.VE 8.5
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
catch(n), concat(n), error(n), interp(n), list(n), namespace(n), subst(n), tclvars(n), uplevel(n)
-
.SH KEYWORDS
concatenate, evaluate, script