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diff --git a/doc/tcltest.n b/doc/tcltest.n index 86af612..f6067ee 100644 --- a/doc/tcltest.n +++ b/doc/tcltest.n @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tcltest.n,v 1.38.2.2 2003/03/26 23:51:25 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tcltest.n,v 1.38.2.3 2003/07/18 21:01:32 dgp Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH "tcltest" n 2.2 tcltest "Tcl Bundled Packages" @@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ an empty string. The \fB-output\fR attribute supplies the \fIexpectedValue\fR against which any output sent to \fBstdout\fR or [\fBoutputChannel\fR] during evaluation of the script(s) will be compared. Note that only output printed using -[\fBputs\fR] is used for comparison. If \fB-output\fR is not specified, +[\fB::puts\fR] is used for comparison. If \fB-output\fR is not specified, output sent to \fBstdout\fR and [\fBoutputChannel\fR] is not processed for comparison. .TP @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ comparison. The \fB-errorOutput\fR attribute supplies the \fIexpectedValue\fR against which any output sent to \fBstderr\fR or [\fBerrorChannel\fR] during evaluation of the script(s) will be compared. Note that only output -printed using [\fBputs\fR] is used for comparison. If \fB-errorOutput\fR +printed using [\fB::puts\fR] is used for comparison. If \fB-errorOutput\fR is not specified, output sent to \fBstderr\fR and [\fBerrorChannel\fR] is not processed for comparison. .TP @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ In default operation, a successful test produces no output. The output messages produced by [\fBtest\fR] are controlled by the [\fBconfigure -verbose\fR] option as described in \fBCONFIGURABLE OPTIONS\fR below. Any output produced by the test scripts themselves should be -produced using [\fBputs\fR] to [\fBoutputChannel\fR] or +produced using [\fB::puts\fR] to [\fBoutputChannel\fR] or [\fBerrorChannel\fR], so that users of the test suite may easily capture output with the [\fBconfigure -outfile\fR] and [\fBconfigure -errfile\fR] options, and so that the \fB-output\fR @@ -1050,13 +1050,13 @@ where 'm', 'n', 'o', and 'p' refer to tests that were run at the same test level as test level-1.1. .PP Implementation of output and error comparison in the test command -depends on usage of puts in your application code. Output is -intercepted by redefining the puts command while the defined test +depends on usage of ::puts in your application code. Output is +intercepted by redefining the ::puts command while the defined test script is being run. Errors thrown by C procedures or printed directly from C applications will not be caught by the test command. Therefore, usage of the \fB-output\fR and \fB-errorOuput\fR options to [\fBtest\fR] is useful only for pure Tcl applications -that use [\fBputs\fR] to produce output. +that use [\fB::puts\fR] to produce output. .SH KEYWORDS test, test harness, test suite |