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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. -'\" +'\" .TH proc n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" .so man.macros .BS @@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ elements specifies one argument. Each argument specifier is also a list with either one or two fields. If there is only a single field in the specifier then it is the name of the argument; if there are two fields, then -the first is the argument name and the second is its default value. +the first is the argument name and the second is its default value. Arguments with default values that are followed by non-defaulted -arguments become required arguments. In 8.6 this will be considered an -error. +arguments become required arguments. In 8.6 this will be considered an +error. .PP When \fIname\fR is invoked a local variable will be created for each of the formal arguments to the procedure; its @@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ Arguments with default values need not be specified in a procedure invocation. However, there must be enough actual arguments for all the formal arguments that do not have defaults, and there must not be any extra -actual arguments. +actual arguments. Arguments with default values that are followed by non-defaulted -arguments become required arguments (in 8.6 it will be considered an +arguments become required arguments (in 8.6 it will be considered an error). There is one special case to permit procedures with variable numbers of arguments. If the last formal argument has the name @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ When \fIbody\fR is being executed, variable names normally refer to local variables, which are created automatically when referenced and deleted when the procedure returns. One local variable is automatically created for each of the procedure's arguments. -Other variables can only be accessed by invoking one of the \fBglobal\fR, +Other variables can only be accessed by invoking one of the \fBglobal\fR, \fBvariable\fR, \fBupvar\fR or \fBnamespace upvar\fR commands. The current namespace when \fIbody\fR is executed will be the namespace that the procedure's name exists in, which will be the |