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@@ -73,17 +73,18 @@ The size modifier field is used only when scanning a substring into
one of Tcl's integer values. The size modifier field dictates the
integer range acceptable to be stored in a variable, or, for the inline
case, in a position in the result list.
-The syntactically valid values for the size modifier are \fBh\fR, \fBL\fR,
-\fBl\fR, \fBz\fR, \fBt\fR, and \fBll\fR. The \fBh\fR size
-modifier value is equivalent
-to the absence of a size modifier in the the conversion specifier.
-Either one indicates the integer range to be stored is limited to the range
-determined by the value of the \fBwordSize\fR element of the \fBtcl_platform\fR
-array). The \fBL\fR, \fBq\fR or \fBj\fR size modifiers are equivalent to the
-\fBl\fR size modifier. Either of them indicates the integer range to be stored is
-limited to the same range produced by the \fBwide()\fR function of
-the \fBexpr\fR command. The \fBll\fR size modifier indicates that
-the integer range to be stored is unlimited.
+The syntactically valid values for the size modifier are \fBh\fR,
+\fBl\fR, \fBz\fR, \fBt\fR, \fBq\fR, \fBj\fR, \fBll\fR, and \fBL\fR.
+The \fBh\fR size modifier value is equivalent to the absence of a size
+modifier in the the conversion specifier. Either one indicates the
+integer range to be stored is limited to the 32-bit range. The \fBL\fR
+size modifier is equivalent to the \fBll\fR size modifier. Either one
+indicates the integer range to be stored is unlimited. The \fBl\fR (or
+\fBq\fR or \fBj\fR) size modifier indicates that the integer range to be
+stored is limited to the same range produced by the \fBwide()\fR function
+of the \fBexpr\fR command. The \fBz\fR and \fBt\fR modifiers indicate the
+integer range to be the same as for either \fBh\fR or \fBl\fR, depending
+on the value of the \fBpointerSize\fR element of the \fBtcl_platform\fR array.
.SS "MANDATORY CONVERSION CHARACTER"
.PP
The following conversion characters are supported:
@@ -248,8 +249,6 @@ An interactive session demonstrating the truncation of integer
values determined by size modifiers:
.PP
.CS
-\fI%\fR set tcl_platform(wordSize)
-4
\fI%\fR scan 20000000000000000000 %d
2147483647
\fI%\fR scan 20000000000000000000 %ld