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diff --git a/doc/unknown.n b/doc/unknown.n index bb7549b..890e3c0 100644 --- a/doc/unknown.n +++ b/doc/unknown.n @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: unknown.n,v 1.4.12.1 2004/10/27 14:43:15 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: unknown.n,v 1.9 2007/12/13 15:22:33 dgp Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH unknown n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -16,22 +16,24 @@ unknown \- Handle attempts to use non-existent commands .SH SYNOPSIS \fBunknown \fIcmdName \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR? .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION .PP This command is invoked by the Tcl interpreter whenever a script -tries to invoke a command that doesn't exist. The default implementation +tries to invoke a command that does not exist. The default implementation of \fBunknown\fR is a library procedure defined when Tcl initializes an interpreter. You can override the default \fBunknown\fR to change its -functionality. Note that there is no default implementation of -\fBunknown\fR in a safe interpreter. +functionality, or you can register a new handler for individual namespaces +using the \fBnamespace unknown\fR command. Note that there is no default +implementation of \fBunknown\fR in a safe interpreter. .PP If the Tcl interpreter encounters a command name for which there -is not a defined command, then Tcl checks for the existence of -a command named \fBunknown\fR. -If there is no such command, then the interpreter returns an -error. -If the \fBunknown\fR command exists, then it is invoked with +is not a defined command (in either the current namespace, or the +global namespace), then Tcl checks for the existence of +an unknown handler for the current namespace. By default, this +handler is a command named \fB::unknown\fR. If there is no such +command, then the interpreter returns an error. +If the \fBunknown\fR command exists (or a new handler has been +registered for the current namespace), then it is invoked with arguments consisting of the fully-substituted name and arguments for the original non-existent command. The \fBunknown\fR command typically does things like searching @@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ If the auto-load fails then \fBunknown\fR calls \fBauto_execok\fR to see if there is an executable file by the name \fIcmd\fR. If so, it invokes the Tcl \fBexec\fR command with \fIcmd\fR and all the \fIargs\fR as arguments. -If \fIcmd\fR can't be auto-executed, \fBunknown\fR checks to +If \fIcmd\fR cannot be auto-executed, \fBunknown\fR checks to see if the command was invoked at top-level and outside of any script. If so, then \fBunknown\fR takes two additional steps. First, it sees if \fIcmd\fR has one of the following three forms: @@ -82,12 +84,10 @@ rename \fBunknown\fR _original_unknown # Provide our own implementation proc \fBunknown\fR args { puts stderr "WARNING: unknown command: $args" - uplevel 1 [list _original_unknown {expand}$args] + uplevel 1 [list _original_unknown {*}$args] } .CE - .SH "SEE ALSO" -info(n), proc(n), interp(n), library(n) - +info(n), proc(n), interp(n), library(n), namespace(n) .SH KEYWORDS error, non-existent command |