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diff --git a/doc/CrtObjCmd.3 b/doc/CrtObjCmd.3 index 838cbbe..b1dc890 100644 --- a/doc/CrtObjCmd.3 +++ b/doc/CrtObjCmd.3 @@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: CrtObjCmd.3,v 1.5 2001/04/24 20:59:17 kennykb Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: CrtObjCmd.3,v 1.6 2002/02/10 20:36:33 kennykb Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl_CreateObjCommand 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" .BS .SH NAME -Tcl_CreateObjCommand, Tcl_DeleteCommand, Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken, Tcl_GetCommandInfo, Tcl_SetCommandInfo, Tcl_GetCommandName \- implement new commands in C +Tcl_CreateObjCommand, Tcl_DeleteCommand, Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken, Tcl_GetCommandInfo, Tcl_GetCommandInfoFromToken, Tcl_SetCommandInfo, Tcl_SetCommandInfoFromToken, Tcl_GetCommandName \- implement new commands in C .SH SYNOPSIS .nf \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR @@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ int \fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR(\fIinterp, cmdName, infoPtr\fR) .sp .VS 8.4 +int +\fBTcl_GetCommandInfoFromToken\fR(\fItoken, infoPtr\fR) +.sp +int +\fBTcl_SetCommandInfoFromToken\fR(\fItoken, infoPtr\fR) +.VE +.sp +.VS 8.4 CONST char * .VE \fBTcl_GetCommandName\fR(\fIinterp, token\fR) @@ -230,6 +238,12 @@ to pass to \fIdeleteProc\fR; it is normally the same as The field \fInamespacePtr\fR holds a pointer to the Tcl_Namespace that contains the command. .PP +\fBTcl_GetCommandInfoFromToken\fR is identical to +\fBTcl_GetCommandInfo\fR except that it uses a command token returned +from \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR in place of the command name. If the +\fItoken\fR parameter is NULL, it returns 0; otherwise, it returns 1 +and fills in the structure designated by \fIinfoPtr\fR. +.PP \fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR is used to modify the procedures and ClientData values associated with a command. Its \fIcmdName\fR argument is the name of a command in \fIinterp\fR. @@ -238,11 +252,22 @@ to identify a command in a particular namespace. If this command does not exist then \fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR returns 0. Otherwise, it copies the information from \fI*infoPtr\fR to Tcl's internal structure for the command and returns 1. -Note that this procedure allows the ClientData for a command's -deletion procedure to be given a different value than the ClientData -for its command procedure. -Note that \fBTcl_SetCmdInfo\fR will not change a command's namespace; -you must use \fBTcl_RenameCommand\fR to do that. +.PP +\fBTcl_SetCommandInfoFromToken\fR is identical to +\fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR except that it takes a command token as +returned by \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR instead of the command name. +If the \fItoken\fR parameter is NULL, it returns 0. Otherwise, it +copies the information from \fI*infoPtr\fR to Tcl's internal structure +for the command and returns 1. +.PP +Note that \fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR and +\fBTcl_SetCommandInfoFromToken\fR both allow the ClientData for a +command's deletion procedure to be given a different value than the +ClientData for its command procedure. +.PP +Note that neither \fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR nor +\fBTcl_SetCommandInfoFromToken\fR will change a command's namespace. +You must use \fBTcl_RenameCommand\fR to do that. .PP \fBTcl_GetCommandName\fR provides a mechanism for tracking commands that have been renamed. diff --git a/doc/CrtTrace.3 b/doc/CrtTrace.3 index dff97d1..0b10d98 100644 --- a/doc/CrtTrace.3 +++ b/doc/CrtTrace.3 @@ -1,17 +1,18 @@ '\" '\" Copyright (c) 1989-1993 The Regents of the University of California. '\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" Copyright (c) 2002 by Kevin B. Kenny. All rights reserved. '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: CrtTrace.3,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:47 stanton Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: CrtTrace.3,v 1.3 2002/02/10 20:36:33 kennykb Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl_CreateTrace 3 "" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" .BS .SH NAME -Tcl_CreateTrace, Tcl_DeleteTrace \- arrange for command execution to be traced +Tcl_CreateTrace, Tcl_CreateObjTrace, Tcl_DeleteTrace \- arrange for command execution to be traced .SH SYNOPSIS .nf \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR @@ -19,9 +20,12 @@ Tcl_CreateTrace, Tcl_DeleteTrace \- arrange for command execution to be traced Tcl_Trace \fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR(\fIinterp, level, proc, clientData\fR) .sp +Tcl_Trace +\fBTcl_CreateObjTrace\fR(\fIinterp, level, flags, objProc, clientData, deleteProc\fR) +.sp \fBTcl_DeleteTrace\fR(\fIinterp, trace\fR) .SH ARGUMENTS -.AS Tcl_CmdTraceProc (clientData)() +.AS Tcl_CmdObjTraceDeleteProc (clientData)() .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in Interpreter containing command to be traced or untraced. .AP int level in @@ -29,63 +33,94 @@ Only commands at or below this nesting level will be traced. 1 means top-level commands only, 2 means top-level commands or those that are invoked as immediate consequences of executing top-level commands (procedure bodies, bracketed commands, etc.) and so on. +.AP int flags in +Flags governing the trace execution. See below for details. +.AP Tcl_CmdObjTraceProc *proc in +Procedure to call for each command that's executed. See below for +details of the calling sequence. .AP Tcl_CmdTraceProc *proc in Procedure to call for each command that's executed. See below for details on the calling sequence. .AP ClientData clientData in -Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR. +Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIobjProc\fR or \fIproc\fR. +.AP Tcl_CmdObjTraceDeleteProc *deleteProc +Procedure to call when the trace is deleted. See below for details of +the calling sequence. A null pointer is permissible and results in no +callback when the trace is deleted. .AP Tcl_Trace trace in Token for trace to be removed (return value from previous call to \fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR). .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION .PP -\fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR arranges for command tracing. From now on, \fIproc\fR -will be invoked before Tcl calls command procedures to process -commands in \fIinterp\fR. The return value from -\fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR is a token for the trace, -which may be passed to \fBTcl_DeleteTrace\fR to remove the trace. There may -be many traces in effect simultaneously for the same command interpreter. +\fBTcl_CreateObjTrace\fR arranges for command tracing. After it is +called, \fIobjProc\fR will be invoked before the Tcl interpreter calls +any command procedure when evaluating commands in \fIinterp\fR. +The return value from \fBTcl_CreateObjTrace\fR is a token for the trace, +which may be passed to \fBTcl_DeleteTrace\fR to remove the trace. +There may be many traces in effect simultaneously for the same +interpreter. .PP -\fIProc\fR should have arguments and result that match the -type \fBTcl_CmdTraceProc\fR: +\fIobjProc\fR should have arguments and result that match the type, +\fBTcl_CmdObjTraceProc\fR: .CS -typedef void Tcl_CmdTraceProc( - ClientData \fIclientData\fR, - Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR, - int \fIlevel\fR, - char *\fIcommand\fR, - Tcl_CmdProc *\fIcmdProc\fR, - ClientData \fIcmdClientData\fR, - int \fIargc\fR, - char *\fIargv\fR[]); +typedef int \fBTcl_CmdObjTraceProc\fR( + \fBClientData\fR \fIclientData\fR, + \fBTcl_Interp\fR* \fIinterp\fR, + int \fIlevel\fR, + CONST char* \fIcommand\fR, + \fBTcl_Command\fR \fIcommandToken\fR, + int \fIobjc\fR, + \fBTcl_Obj\fR *CONST \fIobjv\fR[] ); .CE -The \fIclientData\fR and \fIinterp\fR parameters are -copies of the corresponding arguments given to \fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR. -\fIClientData\fR typically points to an application-specific -data structure that describes what to do when \fIproc\fR -is invoked. \fILevel\fR gives the nesting level of the command -(1 for top-level commands passed to \fBTcl_Eval\fR by the application, -2 for the next-level commands passed to \fBTcl_Eval\fR as part of parsing -or interpreting level-1 commands, and so on). \fICommand\fR -points to a string containing the text of the -command, before any argument substitution. -\fICmdProc\fR contains the address of the command procedure that -will be called to process the command (i.e. the \fIproc\fR argument -of some previous call to \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR) and \fIcmdClientData\fR -contains the associated client data for \fIcmdProc\fR (the \fIclientData\fR -value passed to \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR). \fIArgc\fR and \fIargv\fR give -the final argument information that will be passed to \fIcmdProc\fR, after -command, variable, and backslash substitution. -\fIProc\fR must not modify the \fIcommand\fR or \fIargv\fR strings. +The \fIclientData\fR and \fIinterp\fR parameters are copies of the +corresponding arguments given to \fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR. +\fIClientData\fR typically points to an application-specific data +structure that describes what to do when \fIobjProc\fR is invoked. The +\fIlevel\fR parameter gives the nesting level of the command (1 for +top-level commands passed to \fBTcl_Eval\fR by the application, 2 for +the next-level commands passed to \fBTcl_Eval\fR as part of parsing or +interpreting level-1 commands, and so on). The \fIcommand\fR parameter +points to a string containing the text of the command, before any +argument substitution. The \fIcommandToken\fR parameter is a Tcl +command token that identifies the command to be invoked. The token +may be passed to \fBTcl_GetCommandName\fR, +\fBTcl_GetCommandTokenInfo\fR, or \fBTcl_SetCommandTokenInfo\fR to +manipulate the definition of the command. The \fIobjc\fR and \fIobjv\fR +parameters designate the final parameter count and parameter vector +that will be passed to the command, and have had all substitutions +performed. +.PP +The \fIobjProc\fR callback is expected to return a standard Tcl status +return code. If this code is \fBTCL_OK\fR (the normal case), then +the Tcl interpreter will invoke the command. Any other return code +is treated as if the command returned that status, and the command is +\fInot\fR invoked. +.PP +The \fIobjProc\fR callback must not modify \fIobjv\fR in any way. It +is, however, permissible to change the command by calling +\fBTcl_SetCommandTokenInfo\fR prior to returning. Any such change +takes effect immediately, and the command is invoked with the new +information. .PP Tracing will only occur for commands at nesting level less than or equal to the \fIlevel\fR parameter (i.e. the \fIlevel\fR -parameter to \fIproc\fR will always be less than or equal to the +parameter to \fIobjProc\fR will always be less than or equal to the \fIlevel\fR parameter to \fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR). .PP -Calls to \fIproc\fR will be made by the Tcl parser immediately before +Tracing has a significant effect on runtime performance because it +causes the bytecode compiler to refrain from generating in-line code +for Tcl commands such as \fBif\fR and \fBwhile\fR in order that they +may be traced. If traces for the built-in commands are not required, +the \fIflags\fR parameter may be set to the constant value +\fBTCL_ALLOW_INLINE_COMPILATION\fR. In this case, traces on built-in +commands may or may not result in trace callbacks, depending on the +state of the interpreter, but run-time performance will be improved +significantly. (This functionality is desirable, for example, when +using \fBTcl_CreateObjTrace\fR to implement an execution time +profiler.) +.PP +Calls to \fIobjProc\fR will be made by the Tcl parser immediately before it calls the command procedure for the command (\fIcmdProc\fR). This occurs after argument parsing and substitution, so tracing for substituted commands occurs before tracing of the commands @@ -93,14 +128,59 @@ containing the substitutions. If there is a syntax error in a command, or if there is no command procedure associated with a command name, then no tracing will occur for that command. If a string passed to Tcl_Eval contains multiple commands (bracketed, or -on different lines) then multiple calls to \fIproc\fR will occur, -one for each command. The \fIcommand\fR string for each of these -trace calls will reflect only a single command, not the entire string -passed to Tcl_Eval. +on different lines) then multiple calls to \fIobjProc\fR will occur, +one for each command. .PP \fBTcl_DeleteTrace\fR removes a trace, so that no future calls will be made to the procedure associated with the trace. After \fBTcl_DeleteTrace\fR returns, the caller should never again use the \fItrace\fR token. - +.PP +When \fBTcl_DeleteTrace\fR is called, the interpreter invokes the +\fIdeleteProc\fR that was passed as a parameter to +\fBTcl_CreateObjTrace\fR. The \fIdeleteProc\fR must match the type, +\fBTcl_CmdObjTraceDeleteProc\fR: +.CS +typedef void \fBTcl_CmdObjTraceDeleteProc\fR( + \fBClientData\fR \fIclientData\fR +); +.CE +The \fIclientData\fR parameter will be the same as the +\fIclientData\fR parameter that was originally passed to +\fBTcl_CreateObjTrace\fR. +.PP +\fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR is an alternative interface for command tracing, +\fInot recommended for new applications\fR. It is provided for backward +compatibility with code that was developed for older versions of the +Tcl interpreter. It is similar to \fBTcl_CreateObjTrace\fR, except +that its \fIproc\fR parameter should have arguments and result that +match the type \fBTcl_CmdTraceProc\fR: +.CS +typedef void Tcl_CmdTraceProc( + ClientData \fIclientData\fR, + Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR, + int \fIlevel\fR, + char *\fIcommand\fR, + Tcl_CmdProc *\fIcmdProc\fR, + ClientData \fIcmdClientData\fR, + int \fIargc\fR, + char *\fIargv\fR[]); +.CE +The parameters to the \fIproc\fR callback are similar to those of the +\fIobjProc\fR callback above. The \fIcommandToken\fR is +replaced with \fIcmdProc\fR, a pointer to the (string-based) command +procedure that will be invoked; and \fIcmdClientData\fR, the client +data that will be passed to the procedure. The \fIobjc\fR parameter +is replaced with an \fIargv\fR parameter, that gives the arguments to +the command as character strings. +\fIProc\fR must not modify the \fIcommand\fR or \fIargv\fR strings. +.PP +If a trace created with \fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR is in effect, inline +compilation of Tcl commands such as \fBif\fR and \fBwhile\fR is always +disabled. There is no notification when a trace created with +\fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR is deleted. +There is no way to be notified when the trace created by +\fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR is deleted. There is no way for the \fIproc\fR +associated with a call to \fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR to abort execution of +\fIcommand\fR. .SH KEYWORDS command, create, delete, interpreter, trace |