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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: load.n,v 1.22 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: load.n,v 1.23 2008/06/29 22:28:24 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH load n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ load \- Load machine code and initialize new commands .br \fBload \fIfileName packageName interp\fR .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION .PP This command loads binary code from a file into the @@ -59,7 +58,8 @@ on Safe\-Tcl, see the \fBsafe\fR manual entry. .PP The initialization procedure must match the following prototype: .CS -typedef int Tcl_PackageInitProc(Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR); +typedef int \fBTcl_PackageInitProc\fR( + Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR); .CE The \fIinterp\fR argument identifies the interpreter in which the package is to be loaded. The initialization procedure must return @@ -73,12 +73,10 @@ in an application. If a given \fIfileName\fR is loaded into multiple interpreters, then the first \fBload\fR will load the code and call the initialization procedure; subsequent \fBload\fRs will call the initialization procedure without loading the code again. -.VS 8.5 For Tcl versions lower than 8.5, it is not possible to unload or reload a package. From version 8.5 however, the \fBunload\fR command allows the unloading of libraries loaded with \fBload\fR, for libraries that are aware of the Tcl's unloading mechanism. -.VE 8.5 .PP The \fBload\fR command also supports packages that are statically linked with the application, if those packages have been registered @@ -131,6 +129,7 @@ be loaded into the process's address space multiple times. The behavior of this varies from system to system (some systems may detect the redundant loads, others may not). .SH EXAMPLE +.PP The following is a minimal extension: .PP .CS @@ -169,9 +168,7 @@ switch $tcl_platform(platform) { # Now execute the command defined by the extension foo .CE - .SH "SEE ALSO" info sharedlibextension, Tcl_StaticPackage(3), safe(n) - .SH KEYWORDS binary code, loading, safe interpreter, shared library |