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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: interp.n,v 1.38 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: interp.n,v 1.38.2.1 2010/11/15 21:32:31 andreas_kupries Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH interp n 7.6 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -168,6 +168,44 @@ given name already exists in this master.
The initial recursion limit of the slave interpreter is set to the
current recursion limit of its parent interpreter.
.TP
+\fBinterp\fR \fBdebug \fIpath\fR ?\fI\-frame\fR ?\fIbool\fR??
+.
+Controls whether frame-level stack information is captured in the
+slave interpreter identified by \fIpath\fR. If no arguments are
+given, option and current setting are returned. If \fI\-frame\fR
+is given, the debug setting is set to the given boolean if provided
+and the current setting is returned.
+This only effects the output of \fBinfo frame\fR, in that exact
+frame-level information for command invocation at the bytecode level
+is only captured with this setting on.
+.PP
+.RS
+For example, with code like
+.PP
+.CS
+\fBproc\fR mycontrol {... script} {
+ ...
+ \fBuplevel\fR 1 $script
+ ...
+}
+
+\fBproc\fR dosomething {...} {
+ ...
+ mycontrol {
+ somecode
+ }
+}
+.CE
+.PP
+the standard setting will provide a relative line number for the
+command \fBsomecode\fR and the relevant frame will be of type
+\fBeval\fR. With frame-debug active on the other hand the tracking
+extends so far that the system will be able to determine the file and
+absolute line number of this command, and return a frame of type
+\fBsource\fR. This more exact information is paid for with slower
+execution of all commands.
+.RE
+.TP
\fBinterp\fR \fBdelete \fR?\fIpath ...?\fR
Deletes zero or more interpreters given by the optional \fIpath\fR
arguments, and for each interpreter, it also deletes its slaves. The