From 5ddd3f071bddef971e50673d7700162700561cf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dkf Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 16:16:29 +0000 Subject: [253ba6e818] Improved description of [variable] behaviour. --- doc/variable.n | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/variable.n b/doc/variable.n index a6e545f..8228859 100644 --- a/doc/variable.n +++ b/doc/variable.n @@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ linked to the corresponding namespace variables (and therefore these variables are listed by \fBinfo vars\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. +resolves variable names with respect to the global namespace instead +of the current namespace of the procedure. If any \fIvalue\fRs are given, they are used to modify the values of the associated namespace variables. If a namespace variable does not exist, @@ -98,3 +99,7 @@ namespace eval foo { global(n), namespace(n), upvar(n) .SH KEYWORDS global, namespace, procedure, variable +.\" Local variables: +.\" mode: nroff +.\" fill-column: 78 +.\" End: -- cgit v0.12