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diff --git a/doc/uplevel.n b/doc/uplevel.n index df4db5b..d1e5dc1 100644 --- a/doc/uplevel.n +++ b/doc/uplevel.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: uplevel.n,v 1.3.18.1 2004/10/27 14:43:15 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: uplevel.n,v 1.10 2007/12/13 15:22:33 dgp Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH uplevel n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ uplevel \- Execute a script in a different stack frame .SH SYNOPSIS \fBuplevel \fR?\fIlevel\fR?\fI arg \fR?\fIarg ...\fR? .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION .PP All of the \fIarg\fR arguments are concatenated as if they had @@ -55,16 +54,16 @@ the command .CE then the \fBset\fR command will modify the same variable \fBx\fR in \fBb\fR's context: the procedure \fBc\fR does not appear to be on the call stack -when \fBd\fR is executing. The command ``\fBinfo level\fR'' may +when \fBd\fR is executing. The \fBinfo level\fR command may be used to obtain the level of the current procedure. .PP \fBUplevel\fR makes it possible to implement new control constructs as Tcl procedures (for example, \fBuplevel\fR could be used to implement the \fBwhile\fR construct as a Tcl procedure). .PP -\fBnamespace eval\fR is another way (besides procedure calls) -that the Tcl naming context can change. -It adds a call frame to the stack to represent the namespace context. +The \fBnamespace eval\fR and \fBapply\fR commands offer other ways +(besides procedure calls) that the Tcl naming context can change. +They add a call frame to the stack to represent the namespace context. This means each \fBnamespace eval\fR command counts as another call level for \fBuplevel\fR and \fBupvar\fR commands. For example, \fBinfo level 1\fR will return a list @@ -92,9 +91,7 @@ proc do {body while condition} { } } .CE - .SH "SEE ALSO" -namespace(n), upvar(n) - +apply(n), namespace(n), upvar(n) .SH KEYWORDS context, level, namespace, stack frame, variables |