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diff --git a/doc/interp.n b/doc/interp.n index 5612226..4eae0d6 100644 --- a/doc/interp.n +++ b/doc/interp.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: 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 |