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Diffstat (limited to 'generic/tclInt.h')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/generic/tclInt.h b/generic/tclInt.h index 079a01a..ea3c934 100644 --- a/generic/tclInt.h +++ b/generic/tclInt.h @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution * of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. * - * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclInt.h,v 1.173 2004/09/17 22:06:24 kennykb Exp $ + * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclInt.h,v 1.174 2004/09/26 16:36:04 msofer Exp $ */ #ifndef _TCLINT @@ -844,18 +844,19 @@ struct CompileEnv; /* * The type of procedures called by the Tcl bytecode compiler to compile * commands. Pointers to these procedures are kept in the Command structure - * describing each command. When a CompileProc returns, the interpreter's - * result is set to error information, if any. In addition, the CompileProc - * returns an integer value, which is one of the following: + * describing each command. The integer value returned by a CompileProc + * must be one of the following: * * TCL_OK Compilation completed normally. - * TCL_ERROR Compilation failed because of an error; - * the interpreter's result describes what went wrong. - * TCL_OUT_LINE_COMPILE Compilation failed because, e.g., the command is - * too complex for effective inline compilation. The - * CompileProc believes the command is legal but - * should be compiled "out of line" by emitting code - * to invoke its command procedure at runtime. + * TCL_OUT_LINE_COMPILE Compilation could not be completed. This can + * be just a judgment by the CompileProc that the + * command is too complex to compile effectively, + * or it can indicate that in the current state of + * the interp, the command would raise an error. + * In the latter circumstance, we defer error reporting + * until the actual runtime, because by then changes + * in the interp state may allow the command to be + * successfully evaluated. */ #define TCL_OUT_LINE_COMPILE (TCL_CONTINUE + 1) |