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diff --git a/doc/llength.n b/doc/llength.n
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+++ b/doc/llength.n
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: llength.n,v 1.7 2004/04/16 22:20:58 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: llength.n,v 1.8 2004/10/27 12:53:22 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH llength n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -26,26 +26,26 @@ the number of elements in it.
.SH EXAMPLES
The result is the number of elements:
.CS
-% llength {a b c d e}
+% \fBllength\fR {a b c d e}
5
-% llength {a b c}
+% \fBllength\fR {a b c}
3
-% llength {}
+% \fBllength\fR {}
0
.CE
-
+.PP
Elements are not guaranteed to be exactly words in a dictionary sense
of course, especially when quoting is used:
.CS
-% llength {a b {c d} e}
+% \fBllength\fR {a b {c d} e}
4
-% llength {a b { } c d e}
+% \fBllength\fR {a b { } c d e}
6
.CE
-
+.PP
An empty list is not necessarily an empty string:
.CS
-% set var { }; puts "[string length $var],[llength $var]"
+% set var { }; puts "[string length $var],[\fBllength\fR $var]"
1,0
.CE