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diff --git a/doc/variable.n b/doc/variable.n index 417cd24..9ef4738 100644 --- a/doc/variable.n +++ b/doc/variable.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: variable.n,v 1.3 2000/01/26 21:36:35 ericm Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: variable.n,v 1.4 2000/11/21 15:56:21 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH variable n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ command, but not to the \fBinfo exists\fR command. .PP If the \fBvariable\fR command is executed inside a Tcl procedure, it creates local variables -linked to the corresponding namespace variables. +linked to the corresponding namespace variables (and therefore these +variables are listed by \fBinfo locals\fR.) In this way the \fBvariable\fR command resembles the \fBglobal\fR command, although the \fBglobal\fR command only links to variables in the global namespace. @@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ elements within the array can be set using ordinary \fBset\fR or \fBarray\fR commands. .SH "SEE ALSO" -global(n), namespace(n) +global(n), namespace(n), upvar(n) .SH KEYWORDS global, namespace, procedure, variable |