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diff --git a/doc/format.n b/doc/format.n index db72688..b69a8f6 100644 --- a/doc/format.n +++ b/doc/format.n @@ -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: format.n,v 1.6 2002/02/15 14:28:47 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: format.n,v 1.7 2002/02/19 10:26:24 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH format n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ truncated to a 16-bit value before converting. This option is rarely useful. .VS 8.4 If it is \fBl\fR it specifies that the numeric value should be (at -least) a 64-bit value. +least) a 64-bit value. If neither \fBh\fR or \fBl\fR are present, +numeric values are interpreted as being values of the width of the +native machine word, as described by \fBtcl_platform(wordSize)\fR. .VE .PP The last thing in a conversion specifier is an alphabetic character @@ -206,12 +208,16 @@ differences: For \fB%c\fR conversions the argument must be a decimal string, which will then be converted to the corresponding character value. .IP [3] -The \fBl\fR modifier is ignored; integer values are always converted -as if there were no modifier present and real values are always -converted as if the \fBl\fR modifier were present (i.e. type -\fBdouble\fR is used for the internal representation). +The \fBl\fR modifier +.VS 8.4 +is ignored for real values and on 64-bit platforms, which are always +converted as if the \fBl\fR modifier were present (i.e. the types +\fBdouble\fR and \fBlong\fR are used for the internal representation +of real and integer values, respectively). +.VE 8.4 If the \fBh\fR modifier is specified then integer values are truncated -to \fBshort\fR before conversion. +to \fBshort\fR before conversion. Both \fBh\fR and \fBl\fR modifiers +are ignored on all other conversions. .SH "SEE ALSO" sprintf(3), string(n) |