Critical fix: make tcltest behave as described

Rebase of travis config
Start building this branch with Travis. See how far we get
2018-11-07 15:03:51 +00:00 · 2018-11-07 13:25:45 +00:00 · 2018-11-01 20:18:12 +00:00 · 2018-11-01 14:46:07 +00:00 · 2018-10-31 21:02:42 +00:00 · 2018-10-30 20:41:01 +00:00
687 changed files with 60198 additions and 55015 deletions
@@ -44,6 +44,5 @@ unix/pkgs/*
 win/Debug*
 win/Release*
 win/pkgs/*
-win/coffbase.txt
 win/tcl.hpj
 win/nmhlp-out.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <projectDescription>
-	<name>tcl9</name>
+	<name>tcl8.6</name>
 	<comment></comment>
 	<projects>
 	</projects>
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+dist: trusty
+sudo: false
+language: c
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: clang
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="" BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: clang
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="" BUILD_DIR=unix CFGOPT=--disable-shared
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="" BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="" BUILD_DIR=unix CFGOPT=--disable-shared
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-4.9
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-4.9" BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-5
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-5" BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-6
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-6" BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-7
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-7" BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode8
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="" BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode8
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="" BUILD_DIR=macosx NO_DIRECT_CONFIGURE=1
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode9
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="" BUILD_DIR=macosx NO_DIRECT_CONFIGURE=1
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode10
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="" BUILD_DIR=macosx NO_DIRECT_CONFIGURE=1
+### C builds not currently supported on Windows instances
+#    - os: windows
+#      env:
+#        - MATRIX_EVAL="" BUILD_DIR=win
+
+before_install:
+  - eval "${MATRIX_EVAL}"
+  - export ERROR_ON_FAILURES=1
+  - cd ${BUILD_DIR}
+install:
+  - test -n "$NO_DIRECT_CONFIGURE" || ./configure ${CFGOPT}
+script:
+  - make
+  - make test
+dist: trusty
+sudo: false
+language: c
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: clang
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL=""
+        - BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: clang
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL=""
+        - BUILD_DIR=unix
+        - CFGOPT=--disable-shared
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL=""
+        - BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL=""
+        - BUILD_DIR=unix
+        - CFGOPT=--disable-shared
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-4.9
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-4.9"
+        - BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-5
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-5"
+        - BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-6
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-6"
+        - BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-7
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-7"
+        - BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode8
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL=""
+        - BUILD_DIR=unix
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode8
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL=""
+        - BUILD_DIR=macosx
+        - NO_DIRECT_CONFIGURE=1
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode9
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL=""
+        - BUILD_DIR=macosx
+        - NO_DIRECT_CONFIGURE=1
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode10
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL=""
+        - BUILD_DIR=macosx
+        - NO_DIRECT_CONFIGURE=1
+# Test with mingw-w64 (32 bit)
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          packages:
+            - gcc-mingw-w64-base
+            - binutils-mingw-w64-i686
+            - gcc-mingw-w64-i686
+            - gcc-mingw-w64
+            - gcc-multilib
+            - wine
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL=""
+        - BUILD_DIR=win
+        - CFGOPT=--host=i686-w64-mingw32
+        - NO_DIRECT_TEST=1
+
+# Test with mingw-w64 (64 bit)
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          packages:
+            - gcc-mingw-w64-base
+            - binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64
+            - gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64
+            - gcc-mingw-w64
+            - wine
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL=""
+        - BUILD_DIR=win
+        - CFGOPT=--host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --enable-64bit
+        - NO_DIRECT_TEST=1
+
+### C builds not currently supported on Windows instances
+#    - os: windows
+#      env:
+#        - MATRIX_EVAL=""
+#        - BUILD_DIR=win
+
+before_install:
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then rvm get stable; fi
+  - eval "${MATRIX_EVAL}"
+  - export ERROR_ON_FAILURES=1
+  - cd ${BUILD_DIR}
+install:
+  - test -n "$NO_DIRECT_CONFIGURE" || ./configure ${CFGOPT}
+script:
+  - make
+  - test -n "$NO_DIRECT_TEST" || make test
@@ -1,185 +0,0 @@
-README:  Tcl
-    This is the Tcl 9.0a0 source distribution.
-	http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/
-    You can get any source release of Tcl from the URL above.
-
-Contents
--------
-    1. Introduction
-    2. Documentation
-    3. Compiling and installing Tcl
-    4. Development tools
-    5. Tcl newsgroup
-    6. The Tcler's Wiki
-    7. Mailing lists
-    8. Support and Training
-    9. Tracking Development
-    10. Thank You
-
-1. Introduction
---------------
-Tcl provides a powerful platform for creating integration applications that
-tie together diverse applications, protocols, devices, and frameworks.
-When paired with the Tk toolkit, Tcl provides the fastest and most powerful
-way to create GUI applications that run on PCs, Unix, and Mac OS X.
-Tcl can also be used for a variety of web-related tasks and for creating
-powerful command languages for applications.
-
-Tcl is maintained, enhanced, and distributed freely by the Tcl community.
-Source code development and tracking of bug reports and feature requests
-takes place at:
-
-	http://core.tcl.tk/
-
-Tcl/Tk release and mailing list services are hosted by SourceForge:
-
-	http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/
-
-with the Tcl Developer Xchange hosted at:
-
-	http://www.tcl.tk/
-
-Tcl is a freely available open source package.  You can do virtually
-anything you like with it, such as modifying it, redistributing it,
-and selling it either in whole or in part.  See the file
-"license.terms" for complete information.
-
-2. Documentation
----------------
-
-Extensive documentation is available at our website.
-The home page for this release, including new features, is
-	http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/9.0.html
-
-Detailed release notes can be found at the file distributions page
-by clicking on the relevant version.
-	http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/
-
-Information about Tcl itself can be found at
-	http://www.tcl.tk/about/
-
-There have been many Tcl books on the market.  Many are mentioned in the Wiki:
-	http://wiki.tcl.tk/_/ref?N=25206
-
-To view the complete set of reference manual entries for Tcl 9.0 online,
-visit the URL:
-	http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl9.0/
-
-2a. Unix Documentation
----------------------
-
-The "doc" subdirectory in this release contains a complete set of
-reference manual entries for Tcl.  Files with extension ".1" are for
-programs (for example, tclsh.1); files with extension ".3" are for C
-library procedures; and files with extension ".n" describe Tcl
-commands.  The file "doc/Tcl.n" gives a quick summary of the Tcl
-language syntax.  To print any of the man pages on Unix, cd to the
-"doc" directory and invoke your favorite variant of troff using the
-normal -man macros, for example
-
-		ditroff -man Tcl.n
-
-to print Tcl.n.  If Tcl has been installed correctly and your "man" program
-supports it, you should be able to access the Tcl manual entries using the
-normal "man" mechanisms, such as
-
-		man Tcl
-
-2b. Windows Documentation
-------------------------
-
-The "doc" subdirectory in this release contains a complete set of Windows
-help files for Tcl.  Once you install this Tcl release, a shortcut to the
-Windows help Tcl documentation will appear in the "Start" menu:
-
-	Start | Programs | Tcl | Tcl Help
-
-3. Compiling and installing Tcl
-------------------------------
-
-There are brief notes in the unix/README, win/README, and macosx/README about
-compiling on these different platforms.  There is additional information
-about building Tcl from sources at
-
-	http://www.tcl.tk/doc/howto/compile.html
-
-4. Development tools
---------------------------
-
-ActiveState produces a high quality set of commercial quality development
-tools that is available to accelerate your Tcl application development.
-Tcl Dev Kit builds on the earlier TclPro toolset and provides a debugger,
-static code checker, single-file wrapping utility, bytecode compiler and
-more.  More information can be found at
-
-	http://www.ActiveState.com/Tcl
-
-5. Tcl newsgroup
----------------
-
-There is a USENET news group, "comp.lang.tcl", intended for the exchange of
-information about Tcl, Tk, and related applications.  The newsgroup is a
-great place to ask general information questions.  For bug reports, please
-see the "Support and bug fixes" section below.
-
-6. Tcl'ers Wiki
---------------
-
-A Wiki-based open community site covering all aspects of Tcl/Tk is at:
-
-	http://wiki.tcl.tk/
-
-It is dedicated to the Tcl programming language and its extensions.  A
-wealth of useful information can be found there.  It contains code
-snippets, references to papers, books, and FAQs, as well as pointers to
-development tools, extensions, and applications.  You can also recommend
-additional URLs by editing the wiki yourself.
-
-7. Mailing lists
----------------
-
-Several mailing lists are hosted at SourceForge to discuss development or
-use issues (like Macintosh and Windows topics).  For more information and
-to subscribe, visit:
-
-	http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/
-
-and go to the Mailing Lists page.
-
-8. Support and Training
------------------------
-
-We are very interested in receiving bug reports, patches, and suggestions
-for improvements.  We prefer that you send this information to us as
-tickets entered into our tracker at:
-
-	http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/reportlist
-
-We will log and follow-up on each bug, although we cannot promise a
-specific turn-around time.  Enhancements may take longer and may not happen
-at all unless there is widespread support for them (we're trying to
-slow the rate at which Tcl/Tk turns into a kitchen sink).  It's very
-difficult to make incompatible changes to Tcl/Tk at this point, due to
-the size of the installed base.
-
-The Tcl community is too large for us to provide much individual support
-for users.  If you need help we suggest that you post questions to
-comp.lang.tcl.  We read the newsgroup and will attempt to answer esoteric
-questions for which no one else is likely to know the answer.  In addition,
-see the following Web site for links to other organizations that offer
-Tcl/Tk training:
-
-	http://wiki.tcl.tk/training
-
-9. Tracking Development
-----------------------
-
-Tcl is developed in public.  To keep an eye on how Tcl is changing, see
-	http://core.tcl.tk/
-
-10. Thank You
-------------
-
-We'd like to express our thanks to the Tcl community for all the
-helpful suggestions, bug reports, and patches we have received.
-Tcl/Tk has improved vastly and will continue to do so with your help.
@@ -8830,57 +8830,3 @@ improvements to regexp engine from Postgres (lane,porter,fellows,seltenreich)
 2017-12-19 (bug)[586e71] EvalObjv exception handling at level #0 (sebres,porter)

 --- Released 8.6.8, December 22, 2017 --- http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/ for details
-
-Changes to 8.7a1 include all changes to the 8.6 line through 8.6.7,
-plus the following, which focuses on the high-level feature changes
-in this changeset (new minor version) rather than bug fixes:
-
-2016-03-17 (bug)[0b8c38] socket accept callbacks always in global ns (porter)
-        *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
-
-2016-07-01 Hack accommodations for legacy Itcl 3 disabled (porter)
-
-2016-07-12 Make TCL_HASH_TYPE build-time configurable (nijtmans)
-
-2016-07-19 (bug)[0363f0] Partial array search ID reform (porter)
-
-2016-07-19 (feature removed) Tcl_ObjType "array search" unregistered (porter)
-	*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY for Tcl_GetObjType("array search") ***
-
-2016-10-04 Server socket on port 0 chooses port supporting IPv4 * IPv6 (max)
-
-2016-11-25 [array named -regexp] supports backrefs (goth)
-
-2017-01-04 (TIP 456) New routine Tcl_OpenTcpServerEx() (limeboy)
-
-2017-01-04 (TIP 459) New subcommand [package files] (nijtmans)
-
-2017-01-16 threaded allocator initialization repair (vasiljevic,nijtmans)
-
-2017-01-30 Add to Win shell builtins: assoc ftype move (ashok)
-
-2017-03-31 TCL_MEM_DEBUG facilities better support 64-bit memory (nijtmans)
-
-2017-04-13 \u escaped content in msg files converted to true utf-8 (nijtmans)
-
-2017-05-18 (TIP 458) New epoll or kqueue notifiers are default (alborboz)
-
-2017-05-31 Purge build support for SunOS-4.* (stu)
-
-2017-06-22 (TIP 463) New option [regsub ... -command ...] (fellows)
-
-2017-06-22 (TIP 470) Tcl_GetDefineContextObject();[oo::define [self]] (fellows)
-=> TclOO 1.2.0
-
-2017-06-23 (TIP 472) Support 0d as prefix of decimal numbers (iyer,griffin)
-
-2017-08-31 (bug)[2a9465] http state 100 continue handling broken (oehlmann)
-
-2017-09-02 (bug)[0e4d88] replace command, delete trace kills namespace (porter)
-
--- Released 8.7a1, September 8, 2017 --- http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/ for details
-
-2018-03-12 (TIP 490) add oo support for msgcat => msgcat 1.7.0 (oehlmann)
-
-2018-03-12 (TIP 499) custom locale preference list (oehlmann)
-=> msgcat 1.7.0
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * fixstrtod.c --
- *
- *	Source code for the "fixstrtod" procedure.  This procedure is
- *	used in place of strtod under Solaris 2.4, in order to fix
- *	a bug where the "end" pointer gets set incorrectly.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- *
- * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
- * of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-#undef strtod
-
-/*
- * Declare strtod explicitly rather than including stdlib.h, since in
- * somes systems (e.g. SunOS 4.1.4) stdlib.h doesn't declare strtod.
- */
-
-extern double strtod(char *, char **);
-
-double
-fixstrtod(
-    char *string,
-    char **endPtr)
-{
-    double d;
-    d = strtod(string, endPtr);
-    if ((endPtr != NULL) && (*endPtr != string) && ((*endPtr)[-1] == 0)) {
-	*endPtr -= 1;
-    }
-    return d;
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * float.h --
+ *
+ *	This is a dummy header file to #include in Tcl when there
+ *	is no float.h in /usr/include.  Right now this file is empty:
+ *	Tcl contains #ifdefs to deal with the lack of definitions;
+ *	all it needs is for the #include statement to work.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *
+ * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+ * of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+ */
@@ -106,5 +106,5 @@ closedir(
    close(dirp->dd_fd);
    dirp->dd_fd = -1;
    dirp->dd_loc = 0;
-    ckfree(dirp);
+    ckfree((char *) dirp);
 }
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ extern char *		malloc(unsigned int numBytes);
 extern void		qsort(void *base, int n, int size, int (*compar)(
 			    const void *element1, const void *element2));
 extern char *		realloc(char *ptr, unsigned int numBytes);
-extern double		strtod(const char *string, char **endPtr);
 extern long		strtol(const char *string, char **endPtr, int base);
 extern unsigned long	strtoul(const char *string, char **endPtr, int base);

@@ -1,252 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * strtod.c --
- *
- *	Source code for the "strtod" library procedure.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1988-1993 The Regents of the University of California.
- * Copyright (c) 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- *
- * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
- * of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
- */
-
-#include "tclInt.h"
-
-#ifndef TRUE
-#define TRUE 1
-#define FALSE 0
-#endif
-#ifndef NULL
-#define NULL 0
-#endif
-
-static const int maxExponent = 511;	/* Largest possible base 10 exponent.  Any
-				 * exponent larger than this will already
-				 * produce underflow or overflow, so there's
-				 * no need to worry about additional digits.
-				 */
-static const double powersOf10[] = {	/* Table giving binary powers of 10.  Entry */
-    10.,			/* is 10^2^i.  Used to convert decimal */
-    100.,			/* exponents into floating-point numbers. */
-    1.0e4,
-    1.0e8,
-    1.0e16,
-    1.0e32,
-    1.0e64,
-    1.0e128,
-    1.0e256
-};
-
-/*
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * strtod --
- *
- *	This procedure converts a floating-point number from an ASCII
- *	decimal representation to internal double-precision format.
- *
- * Results:
- *	The return value is the double-precision floating-point
- *	representation of the characters in string.  If endPtr isn't
- *	NULL, then *endPtr is filled in with the address of the
- *	next character after the last one that was part of the
- *	floating-point number.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	None.
- *
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-double
-strtod(
-    const char *string,		/* A decimal ASCII floating-point number,
-				 * optionally preceded by white space. Must
-				 * have form "-I.FE-X", where I is the integer
-				 * part of the mantissa, F is the fractional
-				 * part of the mantissa, and X is the
-				 * exponent. Either of the signs may be "+",
-				 * "-", or omitted. Either I or F may be
-				 * omitted, or both. The decimal point isn't
-				 * necessary unless F is present. The "E" may
-				 * actually be an "e". E and X may both be
-				 * omitted (but not just one). */
-    char **endPtr)		/* If non-NULL, store terminating character's
-				 * address here. */
-{
-    int sign, expSign = FALSE;
-    double fraction, dblExp;
-    const double *d;
-    register const char *p;
-    register int c;
-    int exp = 0;		/* Exponent read from "EX" field. */
-    int fracExp = 0;		/* Exponent that derives from the fractional
-				 * part. Under normal circumstatnces, it is
-				 * the negative of the number of digits in F.
-				 * However, if I is very long, the last digits
-				 * of I get dropped (otherwise a long I with a
-				 * large negative exponent could cause an
-				 * unnecessary overflow on I alone). In this
-				 * case, fracExp is incremented one for each
-				 * dropped digit. */
-    int mantSize;		/* Number of digits in mantissa. */
-    int decPt;			/* Number of mantissa digits BEFORE decimal
-				 * point. */
-    const char *pExp;		/* Temporarily holds location of exponent in
-				 * string. */
-
-    /*
-     * Strip off leading blanks and check for a sign.
-     */
-
-    p = string;
-    while (isspace(UCHAR(*p))) {
-	p += 1;
-    }
-    if (*p == '-') {
-	sign = TRUE;
-	p += 1;
-    } else {
-	if (*p == '+') {
-	    p += 1;
-	}
-	sign = FALSE;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Count the number of digits in the mantissa (including the decimal
-     * point), and also locate the decimal point.
-     */
-
-    decPt = -1;
-    for (mantSize = 0; ; mantSize += 1)
-    {
-	c = *p;
-	if (!isdigit(c)) {
-	    if ((c != '.') || (decPt >= 0)) {
-		break;
-	    }
-	    decPt = mantSize;
-	}
-	p += 1;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Now suck up the digits in the mantissa. Use two integers to collect 9
-     * digits each (this is faster than using floating-point). If the mantissa
-     * has more than 18 digits, ignore the extras, since they can't affect the
-     * value anyway.
-     */
-
-    pExp  = p;
-    p -= mantSize;
-    if (decPt < 0) {
-	decPt = mantSize;
-    } else {
-	mantSize -= 1;		/* One of the digits was the point. */
-    }
-    if (mantSize > 18) {
-	fracExp = decPt - 18;
-	mantSize = 18;
-    } else {
-	fracExp = decPt - mantSize;
-    }
-    if (mantSize == 0) {
-	fraction = 0.0;
-	p = string;
-	goto done;
-    } else {
-	int frac1, frac2;
-
-	frac1 = 0;
-	for ( ; mantSize > 9; mantSize -= 1) {
-	    c = *p;
-	    p += 1;
-	    if (c == '.') {
-		c = *p;
-		p += 1;
-	    }
-	    frac1 = 10*frac1 + (c - '0');
-	}
-	frac2 = 0;
-	for (; mantSize > 0; mantSize -= 1) {
-	    c = *p;
-	    p += 1;
-	    if (c == '.') {
-		c = *p;
-		p += 1;
-	    }
-	    frac2 = 10*frac2 + (c - '0');
-	}
-	fraction = (1.0e9 * frac1) + frac2;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Skim off the exponent.
-     */
-
-    p = pExp;
-    if ((*p == 'E') || (*p == 'e')) {
-	p += 1;
-	if (*p == '-') {
-	    expSign = TRUE;
-	    p += 1;
-	} else {
-	    if (*p == '+') {
-		p += 1;
-	    }
-	    expSign = FALSE;
-	}
-	if (!isdigit(UCHAR(*p))) {
-	    p = pExp;
-	    goto done;
-	}
-	while (isdigit(UCHAR(*p))) {
-	    exp = exp * 10 + (*p - '0');
-	    p += 1;
-	}
-    }
-    if (expSign) {
-	exp = fracExp - exp;
-    } else {
-	exp = fracExp + exp;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Generate a floating-point number that represents the exponent. Do this
-     * by processing the exponent one bit at a time to combine many powers of
-     * 2 of 10. Then combine the exponent with the fraction.
-     */
-
-    if (exp < 0) {
-	expSign = TRUE;
-	exp = -exp;
-    } else {
-	expSign = FALSE;
-    }
-    if (exp > maxExponent) {
-	exp = maxExponent;
-	errno = ERANGE;
-    }
-    dblExp = 1.0;
-    for (d = powersOf10; exp != 0; exp >>= 1, ++d) {
-	if (exp & 01) {
-	    dblExp *= *d;
-	}
-    }
-    if (expSign) {
-	fraction /= dblExp;
-    } else {
-	fraction *= dblExp;
-    }
-
-  done:
-    if (endPtr != NULL) {
-	*endPtr = (char *) p;
-    }
-
-    if (sign) {
-	return -fraction;
-    }
-    return fraction;
-}
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ waitpid(
 	} else {
 	    prevPtr->nextPtr = waitPtr->nextPtr;
 	}
-	ckfree(waitPtr);
+	ckfree((char *) waitPtr);
 	return result;
    }

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_GetReturnOptions, Tcl_SetReturnOptions, Tcl_AddErrorInfo, Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo, Tcl_AddObjErrorInfo, Tcl_SetObjErrorCode, Tcl_SetErrorCode, Tcl_SetErrorLine, Tcl_GetErrorLine, Tcl_PosixError, Tcl_LogCommandInfo \- retrieve or record information about errors and other return options
+Tcl_GetReturnOptions, Tcl_SetReturnOptions, Tcl_AddErrorInfo, Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo, Tcl_AddObjErrorInfo, Tcl_SetObjErrorCode, Tcl_SetErrorCode, Tcl_SetErrorCodeVA, Tcl_SetErrorLine, Tcl_GetErrorLine, Tcl_PosixError, Tcl_LogCommandInfo \- retrieve or record information about errors and other return options
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ int
 .sp
 \fBTcl_SetErrorCode\fR(\fIinterp, element, element, ... \fB(char *) NULL\fR)
 .sp
+\fBTcl_SetErrorCodeVA\fR(\fIinterp, argList\fR)
+.sp
 \fBTcl_GetErrorLine\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
 .sp
 \fBTcl_SetErrorLine\fR(\fIinterp, lineNum\fR)
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ retrieve the stack trace when script evaluation returns
 \fBTCL_ERROR\fR, like so:
 .PP
 .CS
-int code = Tcl_EvalEx(interp, script, -1, 0);
+int code = Tcl_Eval(interp, script);
 if (code == TCL_ERROR) {
    Tcl_Obj *options = \fBTcl_GetReturnOptions\fR(interp, code);
    Tcl_Obj *key = Tcl_NewStringObj("-errorinfo", -1);
@@ -243,6 +245,9 @@ The procedure \fBTcl_SetErrorCode\fR is also used to set the
 record instead of a value. Otherwise, it is similar to
 \fBTcl_SetObjErrorCode\fR in behavior.
 .PP
+\fBTcl_SetErrorCodeVA\fR is the same as \fBTcl_SetErrorCode\fR except that
+instead of taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument list.
+.PP
 The procedure \fBTcl_GetErrorLine\fR is used to read the integer value
 of the \fB\-errorline\fR return option without the overhead of a full
 call to \fBTcl_GetReturnOptions\fR.  Likewise, \fBTcl_SetErrorLine\fR
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ or \fBTCL_RETURN\fR, then Tcl normally converts this into a \fBTCL_ERROR\fR
 return with an appropriate message.  The particular script
 evaluation procedures of Tcl that act in the manner are
 \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR, \fBTcl_EvalObjv\fR, \fBTcl_Eval\fR, \fBTcl_EvalEx\fR,
-\fBTcl_GlobalEval\fR, \fBTcl_GlobalEvalObj\fR and \fBTcl_VarEval\fR.
+\fBTcl_GlobalEval\fR, \fBTcl_GlobalEvalObj\fR, \fBTcl_VarEval\fR and
+\fBTcl_VarEvalVA\fR.
 .PP
 However, if \fBTcl_AllowExceptions\fR is invoked immediately before
 calling one of those a procedures, then arbitrary completion
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+'\"
+'\" Copyright (c) 1989-1993 The Regents of the University of California.
+'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+'\"
+'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+'\"
+.TH Tcl_Backslash 3 "8.1" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.so man.macros
+.BS
+.SH NAME
+Tcl_Backslash \- parse a backslash sequence
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
+.sp
+char
+\fBTcl_Backslash\fR(\fIsrc, countPtr\fR)
+.SH ARGUMENTS
+.AS char *countPtr out
+.AP char *src in
+Pointer to a string starting with a backslash.
+.AP int *countPtr out
+If \fIcountPtr\fR is not NULL, \fI*countPtr\fR gets filled
+in with number of characters in the backslash sequence, including
+the backslash character.
+.BE
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+The use of \fBTcl_Backslash\fR is deprecated in favor of
+\fBTcl_UtfBackslash\fR.
+.PP
+This is a utility procedure provided for backwards compatibility with
+non-internationalized Tcl extensions.  It parses a backslash sequence and
+returns the low byte of the Unicode character corresponding to the sequence.
+\fBTcl_Backslash\fR modifies \fI*countPtr\fR to contain the number of
+characters in the backslash sequence.
+.PP
+See the Tcl manual entry for information on the valid backslash sequences.
+All of the sequences described in the Tcl manual entry are supported by
+\fBTcl_Backslash\fR.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+Tcl(n), Tcl_UtfBackslash(3)
+
+.SH KEYWORDS
+backslash, parse
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_CallWhenDeleted 3 7.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_CommandComplete 3 "" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_Concat 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_CreateFileHandler 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_CreateInterp 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+'\"
+'\" Copyright (c) 1989-1993 The Regents of the University of California.
+'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+'\"
+'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+'\"
+.TH Tcl_CreateMathFunc 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.so man.macros
+.BS
+.SH NAME
+Tcl_CreateMathFunc, Tcl_GetMathFuncInfo, Tcl_ListMathFuncs \- Define, query and enumerate math functions for expressions
+.SH "NOTICE OF EVENTUAL DEPRECATION"
+.PP
+The \fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR and \fBTcl_GetMathFuncInfo\fR functions
+are rendered somewhat obsolete by the ability to create functions for
+expressions by placing commands in the \fBtcl::mathfunc\fR namespace,
+as described in the \fBmathfunc\fR manual page; the API described on
+this page is not expected to be maintained indefinitely.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
+.sp
+void
+\fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR(\fIinterp, name, numArgs, argTypes, proc, clientData\fR)
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_GetMathFuncInfo\fR(\fIinterp, name, numArgsPtr, argTypesPtr, procPtr,
+                    clientDataPtr\fR)
+.sp
+Tcl_Obj *
+\fBTcl_ListMathFuncs\fR(\fIinterp, pattern\fR)
+.SH ARGUMENTS
+.AS Tcl_ValueType *clientDataPtr out
+.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
+Interpreter in which new function will be defined.
+.AP "const char" *name in
+Name for new function.
+.AP int numArgs in
+Number of arguments to new function;  also gives size of \fIargTypes\fR array.
+.AP Tcl_ValueType *argTypes in
+Points to an array giving the permissible types for each argument to
+function.
+.AP Tcl_MathProc *proc in
+Procedure that implements the function.
+.AP ClientData clientData in
+Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR when it is invoked.
+.AP int *numArgsPtr out
+Points to a variable that will be set to contain the number of
+arguments to the function.
+.AP Tcl_ValueType **argTypesPtr out
+Points to a variable that will be set to contain a pointer to an array
+giving the permissible types for each argument to the function which
+will need to be freed up using \fITcl_Free\fR.
+.AP Tcl_MathProc **procPtr out
+Points to a variable that will be set to contain a pointer to the
+implementation code for the function (or NULL if the function is
+implemented directly in bytecode).
+.AP ClientData *clientDataPtr out
+Points to a variable that will be set to contain the clientData
+argument passed to \fITcl_CreateMathFunc\fR when the function was
+created if the function is not implemented directly in bytecode.
+.AP "const char" *pattern in
+Pattern to match against function names so as to filter them (by
+passing to \fITcl_StringMatch\fR), or NULL to not apply any filter.
+.BE
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+Tcl allows a number of mathematical functions to be used in
+expressions, such as \fBsin\fR, \fBcos\fR, and \fBhypot\fR.
+These functions are represented by commands in the namespace,
+\fBtcl::mathfunc\fR.  The \fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR function is
+an obsolete way for applications to add additional functions
+to those already provided by Tcl or to replace existing functions.
+It should not be used by new applications, which should create
+math functions using \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR to create a command
+in the \fBtcl::mathfunc\fR namespace.
+.PP
+In the \fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR interface,
+\fIName\fR is the name of the function as it will appear in expressions.
+If \fIname\fR does not already exist in the \fB::tcl::mathfunc\fR
+namespace, then a new command is created in that namespace.
+If \fIname\fR does exist, then the existing function is replaced.
+\fINumArgs\fR and \fIargTypes\fR describe the arguments to the function.
+Each entry in the \fIargTypes\fR array must be
+one of \fBTCL_INT\fR, \fBTCL_DOUBLE\fR, \fBTCL_WIDE_INT\fR,
+or \fBTCL_EITHER\fR to indicate whether the corresponding argument must be an
+integer, a double-precision floating value, a wide (64-bit) integer,
+or any, respectively.
+.PP
+Whenever the function is invoked in an expression Tcl will invoke
+\fIproc\fR.  \fIProc\fR should have arguments and result that match
+the type \fBTcl_MathProc\fR:
+.PP
+.CS
+typedef int \fBTcl_MathProc\fR(
+        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
+        Tcl_Value *\fIargs\fR,
+        Tcl_Value *\fIresultPtr\fR);
+.CE
+.PP
+When \fIproc\fR is invoked the \fIclientData\fR and \fIinterp\fR
+arguments will be the same as those passed to \fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR.
+\fIArgs\fR will point to an array of \fInumArgs\fR Tcl_Value structures,
+which describe the actual arguments to the function:
+.PP
+.CS
+typedef struct Tcl_Value {
+    Tcl_ValueType \fItype\fR;
+    long \fIintValue\fR;
+    double \fIdoubleValue\fR;
+    Tcl_WideInt \fIwideValue\fR;
+} \fBTcl_Value\fR;
+.CE
+.PP
+The \fItype\fR field indicates the type of the argument and is
+one of \fBTCL_INT\fR, \fBTCL_DOUBLE\fR or \fBTCL_WIDE_INT\fR.
+It will match the \fIargTypes\fR value specified for the function unless
+the \fIargTypes\fR value was \fBTCL_EITHER\fR. Tcl converts
+the argument supplied in the expression to the type requested in
+\fIargTypes\fR, if that is necessary.
+Depending on the value of the \fItype\fR field, the \fIintValue\fR,
+\fIdoubleValue\fR or \fIwideValue\fR
+field will contain the actual value of the argument.
+.PP
+\fIProc\fR should compute its result and store it either as an integer
+in \fIresultPtr->intValue\fR or as a floating value in
+\fIresultPtr->doubleValue\fR.
+It should set also \fIresultPtr->type\fR to one of
+\fBTCL_INT\fR, \fBTCL_DOUBLE\fR or \fBTCL_WIDE_INT\fR
+to indicate which value was set.
+Under normal circumstances \fIproc\fR should return \fBTCL_OK\fR.
+If an error occurs while executing the function, \fIproc\fR should
+return \fBTCL_ERROR\fR and leave an error message in the interpreter's result.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetMathFuncInfo\fR retrieves the values associated with
+function \fIname\fR that were passed to a preceding
+\fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR call.  Normally, the return code is
+\fBTCL_OK\fR but if the named function does not exist, \fBTCL_ERROR\fR
+is returned and an error message is placed in the interpreter's
+result.
+.PP
+If an error did not occur, the array reference placed in the variable
+pointed to by \fIargTypesPtr\fR is newly allocated, and should be
+released by passing it to \fBTcl_Free\fR.  Some functions (the
+standard set implemented in the core, and those defined by placing
+commands in the \fBtcl::mathfunc\fR namespace) do not have
+argument type information; attempting to retrieve values for
+them causes a NULL to be stored in the variable pointed to by
+\fIprocPtr\fR and the variable pointed to by \fIclientDataPtr\fR
+will not be modified.  The variable pointed to by \fInumArgsPointer\fR
+will contain -1, and no argument types will be stored in the variable
+pointed to by \fIargTypesPointer\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_ListMathFuncs\fR returns a Tcl value containing a list of all
+the math functions defined in the interpreter whose name matches
+\fIpattern\fR.  The returned value has a reference count of zero.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+expr(n), info(n), Tcl_CreateObjCommand(3), Tcl_Free(3), Tcl_NewListObj(3)
+.SH KEYWORDS
+expression, mathematical function
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_CreateTimerHandler 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_DStringInit, Tcl_DStringAppend, Tcl_DStringAppendElement, Tcl_DStringStartSublist, Tcl_DStringEndSublist, Tcl_DStringLength, Tcl_DStringValue, Tcl_DStringSetLength, Tcl_DStringFree, Tcl_DStringResult, Tcl_DStringGetResult \- manipulate dynamic strings
+Tcl_DStringInit, Tcl_DStringAppend, Tcl_DStringAppendElement, Tcl_DStringStartSublist, Tcl_DStringEndSublist, Tcl_DStringLength, Tcl_DStringValue, Tcl_DStringSetLength, Tcl_DStringTrunc, Tcl_DStringFree, Tcl_DStringResult, Tcl_DStringGetResult \- manipulate dynamic strings
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ char *
 .sp
 \fBTcl_DStringSetLength\fR(\fIdsPtr, newLength\fR)
 .sp
+\fBTcl_DStringTrunc\fR(\fIdsPtr, newLength\fR)
+.sp
 \fBTcl_DStringFree\fR(\fIdsPtr\fR)
 .sp
 \fBTcl_DStringResult\fR(\fIinterp, dsPtr\fR)
@@ -126,6 +128,10 @@ caller to fill in the new space.
 even if the string is truncated to zero length, so \fBTcl_DStringFree\fR
 will still need to be called.
 .PP
+\fBTcl_DStringTrunc\fR changes the length of a dynamic string.
+This procedure is now deprecated.  \fBTcl_DStringSetLength\fR  should
+be used instead.
+.PP
 \fBTcl_DStringFree\fR should be called when you are finished using
 the string.  It frees up any memory that was allocated for the string
 and reinitializes the string's value to an empty string.
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_DetachPids 3 "" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_DictObj 3 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_DoWhenIdle 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_GetEncoding, Tcl_FreeEncoding, Tcl_GetEncodingFromObj, Tcl_ExternalToUtfDString, Tcl_ExternalToUtf, Tcl_UtfToExternalDString, Tcl_UtfToExternal, Tcl_WinTCharToUtf, Tcl_WinUtfToTChar, Tcl_GetEncodingName, Tcl_SetSystemEncoding, Tcl_GetEncodingNameFromEnvironment, Tcl_GetEncodingNames, Tcl_CreateEncoding, Tcl_GetEncodingSearchPath, Tcl_SetEncodingSearchPath \- procedures for creating and using encodings
+Tcl_GetEncoding, Tcl_FreeEncoding, Tcl_GetEncodingFromObj, Tcl_ExternalToUtfDString, Tcl_ExternalToUtf, Tcl_UtfToExternalDString, Tcl_UtfToExternal, Tcl_WinTCharToUtf, Tcl_WinUtfToTChar, Tcl_GetEncodingName, Tcl_SetSystemEncoding, Tcl_GetEncodingNameFromEnvironment, Tcl_GetEncodingNames, Tcl_CreateEncoding, Tcl_GetEncodingSearchPath, Tcl_SetEncodingSearchPath, Tcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir, Tcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir \- procedures for creating and using encodings
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ Tcl_Obj *
 .sp
 int
 \fBTcl_SetEncodingSearchPath\fR(\fIsearchPath\fR)
+.sp
+const char *
+\fBTcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir\fR(\fIvoid\fR)
+.sp
+void
+\fBTcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir\fR(\fIpath\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS "const Tcl_EncodingType" *dstWrotePtr in/out
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
@@ -281,7 +287,7 @@ the encoding name to it.  The \fBTcl_DStringValue\fR is returned.
 \fBTcl_GetEncodingNames\fR sets the \fIinterp\fR result to a list
 consisting of the names of all the encodings that are currently defined
 or can be dynamically loaded, searching the encoding path specified by
-\fBTcl_SetEncodingSearchPath\fR.  This procedure does not ensure that the
+\fBTcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir\fR.  This procedure does not ensure that the
 dynamically-loadable encoding files contain valid data, but merely that they
 exist.
 .PP
@@ -396,6 +402,15 @@ are not verified as existing readable filesystem directories.  When
 searching for encoding data files takes place, and non-existent or
 non-readable filesystem directories on the \fIsearchPath\fR are silently
 ignored.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir\fR and \fBTcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir\fR
+are obsolete interfaces best replaced with calls to
+\fBTcl_GetEncodingSearchPath\fR and \fBTcl_SetEncodingSearchPath\fR.
+They are called to access and set the first element of the \fIsearchPath\fR
+list.  Since Tcl searches \fIsearchPath\fR for encoding data files in
+list order, these routines establish the
+.QW default
+directory in which to find encoding data files.
 .SH "ENCODING FILES"
 Space would prohibit precompiling into Tcl every possible encoding
 algorithm, so many encodings are stored on disk as dynamically-loadable
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_PutEnv 3 "7.5" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_EvalObjEx, Tcl_EvalFile, Tcl_EvalObjv, Tcl_Eval, Tcl_EvalEx, Tcl_GlobalEval, Tcl_GlobalEvalObj, Tcl_VarEval \- execute Tcl scripts
+Tcl_EvalObjEx, Tcl_EvalFile, Tcl_EvalObjv, Tcl_Eval, Tcl_EvalEx, Tcl_GlobalEval, Tcl_GlobalEvalObj, Tcl_VarEval, Tcl_VarEvalVA \- execute Tcl scripts
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ int
 .sp
 int
 \fBTcl_VarEval\fR(\fIinterp, part, part, ... \fB(char *) NULL\fR)
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_VarEvalVA\fR(\fIinterp, argList\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_Interp **termPtr
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
@@ -64,6 +67,9 @@ first null byte are used.
 Points to first byte of script to execute (null-terminated and UTF-8).
 .AP char *part in
 String forming part of a Tcl script.
+.AP va_list argList in
+An argument list which must have been initialized using
+\fBva_start\fR, and cleared using \fBva_end\fR.
 .BE

 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -122,10 +128,16 @@ might be a UTF-8 special code.  The string is parsed and executed directly
 bytecodes.  In situations where it is known that the script will never be
 executed again, \fBTcl_Eval\fR may be faster than \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR.
 \fBTcl_Eval\fR returns a completion code and result just like
-\fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR.
+\fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR.  Note: for backward compatibility with versions before
+Tcl 8.0, \fBTcl_Eval\fR copies the value result in \fIinterp\fR to
+\fIinterp->result\fR (use is deprecated) where it can be accessed directly.
+ This makes \fBTcl_Eval\fR somewhat slower than \fBTcl_EvalEx\fR, which
+does not do the copy.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_EvalEx\fR is an extended version of \fBTcl_Eval\fR that takes
-additional arguments \fInumBytes\fR and \fIflags\fR.
+additional arguments \fInumBytes\fR and \fIflags\fR.  For the
+efficiency reason given above, \fBTcl_EvalEx\fR is generally preferred
+over \fBTcl_Eval\fR.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_GlobalEval\fR and \fBTcl_GlobalEvalObj\fR are older procedures
 that are now deprecated.  They are similar to \fBTcl_EvalEx\fR and
@@ -141,6 +153,10 @@ It returns the result of the command and also modifies
 \fIinterp->result\fR in the same way as \fBTcl_Eval\fR.
 The last argument to \fBTcl_VarEval\fR must be NULL to indicate the end
 of arguments.  \fBTcl_VarEval\fR is now deprecated.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_VarEvalVA\fR is the same as \fBTcl_VarEval\fR except that
+instead of taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument
+list. Like \fBTcl_VarEval\fR, \fBTcl_VarEvalVA\fR is deprecated.

 .SH "FLAG BITS"
 .PP
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_ExprLongObj 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_FindExecutable 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_GetCwd 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_GetIndexFromObj 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@ after the optional white space and sign are
 .QW \fB0x\fR
 then \fIsrc\fR is expected to be in hexadecimal form;  otherwise,
 if the first such characters are
-.QW \fB0d\fR
-then \fIsrc\fR is expected to be in decimal form; otherwise,
-if the first such characters are
 .QW \fB0o\fR
 then \fIsrc\fR is expected to be in octal form;  otherwise,
 if the first such characters are
 .QW \fB0b\fR
+then \fIsrc\fR is expected to be in binary form;  otherwise,
+if the first such character is
+.QW \fB0\fR
 then \fIsrc\fR
-is expected to be in binary form;  otherwise, \fIsrc\fR is
+is expected to be in octal form;  otherwise, \fIsrc\fR is
 expected to be in decimal form.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_GetDouble\fR expects \fIsrc\fR to consist of a floating-point
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_GetOpenFile 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_GetTime 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ The \fIhashKeyProc\fR member contains the address of a function called to
 calculate a hash value for the key.
 .PP
 .CS
-typedef TCL_HASH_TYPE \fBTcl_HashKeyProc\fR(
+typedef unsigned int \fBTcl_HashKeyProc\fR(
        Tcl_HashTable *\fItablePtr\fR,
        void *\fIkeyPtr\fR);
 .CE
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000 by Scriptics Corporation.
 '\" All rights reserved.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_Init 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_InitStubs 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ Tcl interpreter handle.
 A version string consisting of one or more decimal numbers
 separated by dots.
 .AP int exact in
-1 means that only the particular version specified by
+Non-zero means that only the particular version specified by
 \fIversion\fR is acceptable.
-0 means that versions newer than \fIversion\fR are also
+Zero means that versions newer than \fIversion\fR are also
 acceptable as long as they have the same major version number
-as \fIversion\fR. Other bits have no effect.
+as \fIversion\fR.
 .BE
 .SH INTRODUCTION
 .PP
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ Define the \fBUSE_TCL_STUBS\fR symbol.  Typically, you would include the
 \fB\-DUSE_TCL_STUBS\fR flag when compiling the extension.
 .IP 3) 5
 Link the extension with the Tcl stubs library instead of the standard
-Tcl library.  For example, to use the Tcl 9.0 ABI on Unix platforms,
-the library name is \fIlibtclstub9.0.a\fR; on Windows platforms, the
-library name is \fItclstub90.lib\fR.
+Tcl library.  For example, to use the Tcl 8.6 ABI on Unix platforms,
+the library name is \fIlibtclstub8.6.a\fR; on Windows platforms, the
+library name is \fItclstub86.lib\fR.
 .PP
 If the extension also requires the Tk API, it must also call
 \fBTk_InitStubs\fR to initialize the Tk stubs interface and link
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ are provided by the C language standard.  The \fBTcl_WideInt\fR type is a
 typedef defined to be whatever signed integral type covers at least the
 64-bit integer range (-9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807).  Depending
 on the platform and the C compiler, the actual type might be
-\fBlong long int\fR, \fB__int64\fR, or something else.
+\fBlong int\fR, \fBlong long int\fR, \fB__int64\fR, or something else.
 The \fBmp_int\fR type is a multiple-precision integer type defined
 by the LibTomMath multiple-precision integer library.
 .PP
@@ -33,6 +33,19 @@ the pointer as described below is no longer supported.  The supported
 public routines \fBTcl_SetResult\fR, \fBTcl_GetResult\fR,
 \fBTcl_SetErrorLine\fR, \fBTcl_GetErrorLine\fR must be used instead.
 .PP
+For legacy programs and extensions no longer being maintained, compiles
+against the Tcl 8.6 header files are only possible with the compiler
+directives
+.CS
+#define USE_INTERP_RESULT
+.CE
+and/or
+.CS
+#define USE_INTERP_ERRORLINE
+.CE
+depending on which fields of the \fBTcl_Interp\fR struct are accessed.
+These directives may be embedded in code or supplied via compiler options.
+.PP
 The \fIresult\fR and \fIfreeProc\fR fields are used to return
 results or error messages from commands.
 This information is returned by command procedures back to \fBTcl_Eval\fR,
@@ -88,7 +101,7 @@ the command.  The \fIfreeProc\fR field will be initialized to zero,
 and \fIinterp->result\fR will point to an empty string.  Commands that
 do not return any value can simply leave the fields alone.
 Furthermore, the empty string pointed to by \fIresult\fR is actually
-part of an array of approximately 200 characters.
+part of an array of \fBTCL_RESULT_SIZE\fR characters (approximately 200).
 If a command wishes to return a short string, it can simply copy
 it to the area pointed to by \fIinterp->result\fR.  Or, it can use
 the sprintf procedure to generate a short result string at the location
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_LimitCheck 3 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Load 3 8.6 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 '\" Note that some of these functions do not seem to belong, but they
 '\" were all introduced with the same TIP (#139)
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_Namespace 3 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\"
-.TH Tcl_OpenTcpClient 3 8.7 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.TH Tcl_OpenTcpClient 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 '\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_OpenTcpClient, Tcl_MakeTcpClientChannel, Tcl_OpenTcpServer, Tcl_OpenTcpServerEx \- procedures to open channels using TCP sockets
+Tcl_OpenTcpClient, Tcl_MakeTcpClientChannel, Tcl_OpenTcpServer \- procedures to open channels using TCP sockets
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h> \fR
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ Tcl_Channel
 Tcl_Channel
 \fBTcl_OpenTcpServer\fR(\fIinterp, port, myaddr, proc, clientData\fR)
 .sp
-Tcl_Channel
-\fBTcl_OpenTcpServerEx\fR(\fIinterp, service, myaddr, flags, proc, clientData\fR)
-.sp
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_TcpAcceptProc clientData
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
@@ -33,9 +30,6 @@ Tcl interpreter to use for error reporting.  If non-NULL and an
 error occurs, an error message is left in the interpreter's result.
 .AP int port in
 A port number to connect to as a client or to listen on as a server.
-.AP "const char" *service in
-A string specifying the port number to connect to as a client or to listen on as
- a server.
 .AP "const char" *host in
 A string specifying a host name or address for the remote end of the connection.
 .AP int myport in
@@ -47,9 +41,6 @@ for the local end of the connection.  If NULL, a default interface is
 chosen.
 .AP int async in
 If nonzero, the client socket is connected asynchronously to the server.
-.AP "unsigned int" flags in
-ORed combination of \fBTCL_TCPSERVER\fR flags that specify additional
-informations about the socket being created.
 .AP ClientData sock in
 Platform-specific handle for client TCP socket.
 .AP Tcl_TcpAcceptProc *proc in
@@ -139,7 +130,7 @@ for the new channel, \fIhostName\fR points to a string containing
 the name of the client host making the connection, and \fIport\fR
 will contain the client's port number.
 The new channel
-is opened for both input and output.
+is opened for both input and output. 
 If \fIproc\fR raises an error, the connection is closed automatically.
 \fIProc\fR has no return value, but if it wishes to reject the
 connection it can close \fIchannel\fR.
@@ -167,11 +158,6 @@ register it, use \fBTcl_RegisterChannel\fR.
 If one of the standard channels, \fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR or \fBstderr\fR was
 previously closed, the act of creating the new channel also assigns it as a
 replacement for the standard channel.
-.SS TCL_OPENTCPSERVEREX
-.PP
-\fBTcl_OpenTcpServerEx\fR behaviour is identical to \fBTcl_OpenTcpServer\fR but
-gives more flexibility to the user by providing a mean to further customize some
-aspects of the socket via the \fIflags\fR parameter.
 .SH "PLATFORM ISSUES"
 .PP
 On Unix platforms, the socket handle is a Unix file descriptor as
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 .BS
 '\"  Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_Panic, Tcl_SetPanicProc \- report fatal error and abort
+Tcl_Panic, Tcl_PanicVA, Tcl_SetPanicProc \- report fatal error and abort
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ void
 \fBTcl_Panic\fR(\fIformat\fR, \fIarg\fR, \fIarg\fR, \fI...\fR)
 .sp
 void
+\fBTcl_PanicVA\fR(\fIformat\fR, \fIargList\fR)
+.sp
+void
 \fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR(\fIpanicProc\fR)
 .sp
 .SH ARGUMENTS
@@ -77,6 +80,9 @@ the Tcl library, \fBTcl_Panic\fR is a public function and may be called
 by any extension or application that wishes to abort the process and
 have a panic message displayed the same way that panic messages from Tcl
 will be displayed.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_PanicVA\fR is the same as \fBTcl_Panic\fR except that instead of
+taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument list.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 abort(3), printf(3), exec(n), format(n)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_ParseArgsObjv 3 8.6 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_ParseCommand, Tcl_ParseExpr, Tcl_ParseBraces, Tcl_ParseQuotedString, Tcl_ParseVarName, Tcl_ParseVar, Tcl_FreeParse, Tcl_EvalTokensStandard \- parse Tcl scripts and expressions
+Tcl_ParseCommand, Tcl_ParseExpr, Tcl_ParseBraces, Tcl_ParseQuotedString, Tcl_ParseVarName, Tcl_ParseVar, Tcl_FreeParse, Tcl_EvalTokens, Tcl_EvalTokensStandard \- parse Tcl scripts and expressions
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -33,16 +33,20 @@ const char *
 .sp
 \fBTcl_FreeParse\fR(\fIusedParsePtr\fR)
 .sp
+Tcl_Obj *
+\fBTcl_EvalTokens\fR(\fIinterp, tokenPtr, numTokens\fR)
+.sp
 int
 \fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR(\fIinterp, tokenPtr, numTokens\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_Interp *usedParsePtr out
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp out
-For procedures other than \fBTcl_FreeParse\fR and
-\fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR, used only for error reporting;
+For procedures other than \fBTcl_FreeParse\fR, \fBTcl_EvalTokens\fR
+and \fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR, used only for error reporting;
 if NULL, then no error messages are left after errors.
-For \fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR, determines the context for evaluating
-the script and also is used for error reporting; must not be NULL.
+For \fBTcl_EvalTokens\fR and \fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR,
+determines the context for evaluating the
+script and also is used for error reporting; must not be NULL.
 .AP "const char" *start in
 Pointer to first character in string to parse.
 .AP int numBytes in
@@ -187,6 +191,16 @@ code with one of the values \fBTCL_OK\fR, \fBTCL_ERROR\fR,
 some other integer value originating in an extension.
 In addition, a result value or error message is left in \fIinterp\fR's
 result; it can be retrieved using \fBTcl_GetObjResult\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_EvalTokens\fR differs from \fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR only in
+the return convention used: it returns the result in a new Tcl_Obj.
+The reference count of the value returned as result has been
+incremented, so the caller must
+invoke \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR when it is finished with the value.
+If an error or other exception occurs while evaluating the tokens
+(such as a reference to a non-existent variable) then the return value
+is NULL and an error message is left in \fIinterp\fR's result. The use
+of \fBTcl_EvalTokens\fR is deprecated.
 .SH "TCL_PARSE STRUCTURE"
 .PP
 \fBTcl_ParseCommand\fR, \fBTcl_ParseExpr\fR, \fBTcl_ParseBraces\fR,
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_Preserve 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_PrintDouble 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ Tcl_PrintDouble \- Convert floating value to string
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_Interp *interp out
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
-This argument is ignored.
+Before Tcl 8.0, the \fBtcl_precision\fR variable in this interpreter
+controlled the conversion.  As of Tcl 8.0, this argument is ignored and
+the conversion is controlled by the \fBtcl_precision\fR variable
+that is now shared by all interpreters.
 .AP double value in
 Floating-point value to be converted.
 .AP char *dst out
@@ -38,7 +41,9 @@ so that it does not look like an integer.  Where \fB%g\fR would
 generate an integer with no decimal point, \fBTcl_PrintDouble\fR adds
 .QW .0 .
 .PP
-The result will have the fewest digits needed to
+If the \fBtcl_precision\fR value is non-zero, the result will have
+precisely that many digits of significance.  If the value is zero
+(the default), the result will have the fewest digits needed to
 represent the number in such a way that \fBTcl_NewDoubleObj\fR
 will generate the same number when presented with the given string.
 IEEE semantics of rounding to even apply to the conversion.
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_RecordAndEvalObj 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ the command at global level instead of the current stack level.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 \fBTcl_RecordAndEvalObj\fR is invoked to record a command as an event
-on the history list and then execute it using \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR.
+on the history list and then execute it using \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR
+(or \fBTcl_GlobalEvalObj\fR if the \fBTCL_EVAL_GLOBAL\fR bit is set
+in \fIflags\fR).
 It returns a completion code such as \fBTCL_OK\fR just like \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR,
 as well as a result value containing additional information
 (a result value or error message)
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_RecordAndEval 3 7.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_SetErrno 3 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_SetRecursionLimit 3 7.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ New limit for nested calls to \fBTcl_Eval\fR for \fIinterp\fR.
 .PP
 At any given time Tcl enforces a limit on the number of recursive
 calls that may be active for \fBTcl_Eval\fR and related procedures
-such as \fBTcl_EvalEx\fR.
+such as \fBTcl_GlobalEval\fR.
 Any call to \fBTcl_Eval\fR that exceeds this depth is aborted with
 an error.
 By default the recursion limit is 1000.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_SetObjResult, Tcl_GetObjResult, Tcl_SetResult, Tcl_GetStringResult, Tcl_AppendResult, Tcl_AppendElement, Tcl_ResetResult, Tcl_TransferResult, Tcl_FreeResult \- manipulate Tcl result
+Tcl_SetObjResult, Tcl_GetObjResult, Tcl_SetResult, Tcl_GetStringResult, Tcl_AppendResult, Tcl_AppendResultVA, Tcl_AppendElement, Tcl_ResetResult, Tcl_TransferResult, Tcl_FreeResult \- manipulate Tcl result
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ const char *
 .sp
 \fBTcl_AppendResult\fR(\fIinterp, result, result, ... , \fB(char *) NULL\fR)
 .sp
+\fBTcl_AppendResultVA\fR(\fIinterp, argList\fR)
+.sp
 \fBTcl_ResetResult\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
 .sp
 .VS 8.6
@@ -150,6 +152,9 @@ extensions.
 Any number of \fIresult\fR arguments may be passed in a single
 call; the last argument in the list must be a NULL pointer.
 .PP
+\fBTcl_AppendResultVA\fR is the same as \fBTcl_AppendResult\fR except that
+instead of taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument list.
+.PP
 .VS 8.6
 \fBTcl_TransferResult\fR moves a result from one interpreter to another,
 optionally (dependent on the \fIresult\fR parameter) including the error
@@ -192,6 +197,19 @@ It also sets \fIinterp->freeProc\fR to zero, but does not
 change \fIinterp->result\fR or clear error state.
 \fBTcl_FreeResult\fR is most commonly used when a procedure
 is about to replace one result value with another.
+.SS "DIRECT ACCESS TO INTERP->RESULT"
+.PP
+It used to be legal for programs to
+directly read and write \fIinterp->result\fR
+to manipulate the interpreter result.  The Tcl headers no longer
+permit this access by default, and C code still doing this must
+be updated to use supported routines \fBTcl_GetObjResult\fR,
+\fBTcl_GetStringResult\fR, \fBTcl_SetObjResult\fR, and \fBTcl_SetResult\fR.
+As a migration aid, access can be restored with the compiler directive
+.CS
+#define USE_INTERP_RESULT
+.CE
+but this is meant only to offer life support to otherwise dead code.
 .SH "THE TCL_FREEPROC ARGUMENT TO TCL_SETRESULT"
 .PP
 \fBTcl_SetResult\fR's \fIfreeProc\fR argument specifies how
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_SignalId 3 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_Sleep 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_SplitList 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_SplitPath 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_StaticPackage 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH "Standard Channels" 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_StringMatch 3 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_NewStringObj, Tcl_NewUnicodeObj, Tcl_SetStringObj, Tcl_SetUnicodeObj, Tcl_GetStringFromObj, Tcl_GetString, Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj, Tcl_GetUnicode, Tcl_GetUniChar, Tcl_GetCharLength, Tcl_GetRange, Tcl_AppendToObj, Tcl_AppendUnicodeToObj, Tcl_AppendObjToObj, Tcl_AppendStringsToObj, Tcl_AppendLimitedToObj, Tcl_Format, Tcl_AppendFormatToObj, Tcl_ObjPrintf, Tcl_AppendPrintfToObj, Tcl_SetObjLength, Tcl_AttemptSetObjLength, Tcl_ConcatObj \- manipulate Tcl values as strings
+Tcl_NewStringObj, Tcl_NewUnicodeObj, Tcl_SetStringObj, Tcl_SetUnicodeObj, Tcl_GetStringFromObj, Tcl_GetString, Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj, Tcl_GetUnicode, Tcl_GetUniChar, Tcl_GetCharLength, Tcl_GetRange, Tcl_AppendToObj, Tcl_AppendUnicodeToObj, Tcl_AppendObjToObj, Tcl_AppendStringsToObj, Tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA, Tcl_AppendLimitedToObj, Tcl_Format, Tcl_AppendFormatToObj, Tcl_ObjPrintf, Tcl_AppendPrintfToObj, Tcl_SetObjLength, Tcl_AttemptSetObjLength, Tcl_ConcatObj \- manipulate Tcl values as strings
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Tcl_UniChar *
 Tcl_UniChar *
 \fBTcl_GetUnicode\fR(\fIobjPtr\fR)
 .sp
-int
+Tcl_UniChar
 \fBTcl_GetUniChar\fR(\fIobjPtr, index\fR)
 .sp
 int
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ void
 \fBTcl_AppendStringsToObj\fR(\fIobjPtr, string, string, ... \fB(char *) NULL\fR)
 .sp
 void
+\fBTcl_AppendStringsToObjVA\fR(\fIobjPtr, argList\fR)
+.sp
+void
 \fBTcl_AppendLimitedToObj\fR(\fIobjPtr, bytes, length, limit, ellipsis\fR)
 .sp
 Tcl_Obj *
@@ -201,8 +204,7 @@ where the caller does not need the length of the unicode string
 representation.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_GetUniChar\fR returns the \fIindex\fR'th character in the
-value's Unicode representation. If the index is out of range or
-it references a low surrogate preceded by a high surrogate, it returns -1;
+value's Unicode representation.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_GetRange\fR returns a newly created value comprised of the
 characters between \fIfirst\fR and \fIlast\fR (inclusive) in the
@@ -244,6 +246,10 @@ values may contain internal null characters).  Any number of
 \fIstring\fR arguments may be provided, but the last argument
 must be a NULL pointer to indicate the end of the list.
 .PP
+\fBTcl_AppendStringsToObjVA\fR is the same as \fBTcl_AppendStringsToObj\fR
+except that instead of taking a variable number of arguments it takes an
+argument list.
+.PP
 \fBTcl_AppendLimitedToObj\fR is similar to \fBTcl_AppendToObj\fR
 except that it imposes a limit on how many bytes are appended.
 This can be handy when the string to be appended might be
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH Tcl_SubstObj 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-'\"
+'\" 
 '\" Copyright (c) 1992-1999 Karl Lehenbauer and Mark Diekhans.
 '\" Copyright (c) 2000 by Scriptics Corporation.
 '\" All rights reserved.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH TCL_MEM_DEBUG 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH TclZlib 3 8.6 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ Tcl_UniCharToUpper, Tcl_UniCharToLower, Tcl_UniCharToTitle, Tcl_UtfToUpper, Tcl_
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
 .sp
-int
+Tcl_UniChar
 \fBTcl_UniCharToUpper\fR(\fIch\fR)
 .sp
-int
+Tcl_UniChar
 \fBTcl_UniCharToLower\fR(\fIch\fR)
 .sp
-int
+Tcl_UniChar
 \fBTcl_UniCharToTitle\fR(\fIch\fR)
 .sp
 int
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS int ch
 .AP int ch in
-The Unicode character to be examined.
+The Tcl_UniChar to be examined.
 .BE

 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const char *
 const char *
 \fBTcl_UtfPrev\fR(\fIsrc, start\fR)
 .sp
-int
+Tcl_UniChar
 \fBTcl_UniCharAtIndex\fR(\fIsrc, index\fR)
 .sp
 const char *
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ number of bytes read from \fIsrc\fR.  The caller must ensure that the
 source buffer is long enough such that this routine does not run off the
 end and dereference non-existent or random memory; if the source buffer
 is known to be null-terminated, this will not happen.  If the input is
-a byte in the range 0x80 - 0x9F, \fBTcl_UtfToUniChar\fR assumes the
-cp1252 encoding, stores the corresponding Tcl_UniChar in \fI*chPtr\fR
-and returns 1. If the input is otherwise
 not in proper UTF-8 format, \fBTcl_UtfToUniChar\fR will store the first
 byte of \fIsrc\fR in \fI*chPtr\fR as a Tcl_UniChar between 0x0000 and
 0x00ff and return 1.
@@ -47,15 +47,6 @@ been the return value from a previous invocation of
 Returns 1 if \fIarrayName\fR is an array variable, 0 if there
 is no variable by that name or if it is a scalar variable.
 .TP
-\fBarray for {\fIkeyVariable valueVariable\fB} \fIarrayName body\fP
-The first argument is a two element list of variable names for the
-key and value of each entry in the array.  The second argument is the
-array name to iterate over.  The third argument is the body to execute
-for each key and value returned.
-The ordering of the returned keys is undefined.
-If an array element is deleted or a new array element is inserted during
-the \fIarray for\fP process, the command will terminate with an error.
-.TP
 \fBarray get \fIarrayName\fR ?\fIpattern\fR?
 Returns a list containing pairs of elements.  The first
 element in each pair is the name of an element in \fIarrayName\fR
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH break n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+'\"
+'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
+'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+'\"
+'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+'\" 
+.TH case n 7.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
+.so man.macros
+.BS
+'\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
+.SH NAME
+case \- Evaluate one of several scripts, depending on a given value
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBcase\fI string \fR?\fBin\fR? \fIpatList body \fR?\fIpatList body \fR...?
+.sp
+\fBcase\fI string \fR?\fBin\fR? {\fIpatList body \fR?\fIpatList body \fR...?}
+.BE
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+\fINote: the \fBcase\fI command is obsolete and is supported only
+for backward compatibility.  At some point in the future it may be
+removed entirely.  You should use the \fBswitch\fI command instead.\fR
+.PP
+The \fBcase\fR command matches \fIstring\fR against each of
+the \fIpatList\fR arguments in order.
+Each \fIpatList\fR argument is a list of one or
+more patterns.  If any of these patterns matches \fIstring\fR then
+\fBcase\fR evaluates the following \fIbody\fR argument
+by passing it recursively to the Tcl interpreter and returns the result
+of that evaluation.
+Each \fIpatList\fR argument consists of a single
+pattern or list of patterns.  Each pattern may contain any of the wild-cards
+described under \fBstring match\fR.  If a \fIpatList\fR
+argument is \fBdefault\fR, the corresponding body will be evaluated
+if no \fIpatList\fR matches \fIstring\fR.  If no \fIpatList\fR argument
+matches \fIstring\fR and no default is given, then the \fBcase\fR
+command returns an empty string.
+.PP
+Two syntaxes are provided for the \fIpatList\fR and \fIbody\fR arguments.
+The first uses a separate argument for each of the patterns and commands;
+this form is convenient if substitutions are desired on some of the
+patterns or commands.
+The second form places all of the patterns and commands together into
+a single argument; the argument must have proper list structure, with
+the elements of the list being the patterns and commands.
+The second form makes it easy to construct multi-line case commands,
+since the braces around the whole list make it unnecessary to include a
+backslash at the end of each line.
+Since the \fIpatList\fR arguments are in braces in the second form,
+no command or variable substitutions are performed on them;  this makes
+the behavior of the second form different than the first form in some
+cases.
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+switch(n)
+
+.SH KEYWORDS
+case, match, regular expression
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH cd n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ have 59 or 61 seconds.
 .TP
 \fIunit\fR
 One of the words, \fBseconds\fR, \fBminutes\fR, \fBhours\fR,
-\fBdays\fR, \fBweekdays\fR, \fBweeks\fR, \fBmonths\fR, or \fByears\fR.
-Used in conjunction with \fIcount\fR to identify an interval of time,
-for example, \fI3 seconds\fR or \fI1 year\fR.
+\fBdays\fR, \fBweeks\fR, \fBmonths\fR, or \fByears\fR, or
+any unique prefix of such a word. Used in conjunction with \fIcount\fR
+to identify an interval of time, for example, \fI3 seconds\fR or
+\fI1 year\fR.
 .SS "OPTIONS"
 .TP
 \fB\-base\fR time
@@ -174,7 +175,8 @@ given as its first argument.  The remaining arguments (other than the
 possible \fB\-timezone\fR, \fB\-locale\fR and \fB\-gmt\fR options)
 are integers and keywords in alternation, where the keywords are chosen
 from \fBseconds\fR, \fBminutes\fR, \fBhours\fR,
-\fBdays\fR, \fBweekdays\fR, \fBweeks\fR, \fBmonths\fR, or \fByears\fR.
+\fBdays\fR, \fBweeks\fR, \fBmonths\fR, or \fByears\fR, or
+any unique prefix of such a word.
 .PP
 Addition of seconds, minutes and hours is fairly straightforward;
 the given time increment (times sixty for minutes, or 3600 for hours)
@@ -211,8 +213,7 @@ the given time to a calendar day and time of day in the appropriate
 time zone and locale.  The requisite number of days (weeks are converted
 to days by multiplying by seven) is added to the calendar day, and
 the date and time are then converted back to a count of seconds from
-the epoch time.  The \fBweekdays\fR keyword is similar to \fBdays\fR,
-with the only difference that weekends - Saturdays and Sundays - are skipped.
+the epoch time.
 .PP
 Adding and subtracting a given number of days across the point that
 the time changes at the start or end of summer time (Daylight Saving Time)
@@ -452,6 +453,19 @@ If this situation occurs, the first occurrence of the time is chosen.
 (For this reason, it is wise to have the input string contain the
 time zone when converting local times.  This caveat does not apply to
 UTC times.)
+.PP
+If the interpretation of the groups yields an impossible time because
+a field is out of range, enough of that field's unit will be added to
+or subtracted from the time to bring it in range. Thus, if attempting to
+scan or format day 0 of the month, one day will be subtracted from day
+1 of the month, yielding the last day of the previous month.
+.PP
+If the interpretation of the groups yields an impossible time because
+a Daylight Saving Time change skips over that time, or an ambiguous
+time because a Daylight Saving Time change skips back so that the clock
+observes the given time twice, and no time zone specifier (\fB%z\fR
+or \fB%Z\fR) is present in the format, the time is interpreted as
+if the clock had not changed. 
 .SH "FORMAT GROUPS"
 .PP
 The following format groups are recognized by the \fBclock scan\fR and
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH close n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH concat n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH continue n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ exception to occur.
 The exception causes the current script to be aborted
 out to the innermost containing loop command, which then
 continues with the next iteration of the loop.
-Continue exceptions are also handled in a few other situations, such
+Catch exceptions are also handled in a few other situations, such
 as the \fBcatch\fR command and the outermost scripts of procedure
 bodies.
 .SH EXAMPLE
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ as the empty string, a new name is chosen. Names, unless specified, are
 chosen with the same algorithm used by the \fBnew\fR method of
 \fBoo::class\fR.
 .VE TIP473
-The copied object will be of the same class as the source object, and will have
-all its per-object methods copied. If it is a class, it will also have all the
-class methods in the class copied, but it will not have any of its instances
+The copied object will be of the same class as the source object, and will have 
+all its per-object methods copied. If it is a class, it will also have all the 
+class methods in the class copied, but it will not have any of its instances 
 copied.
 .PP
 .VS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH coroutine n 8.6 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ be afterwards.
 \fBself\fI subcommand arg ...\fR
 .TP
 \fBself\fI script\fR
-.TP
-\fBself\fR
 .
 This command is equivalent to calling \fBoo::objdefine\fR on the class being
 defined (see \fBCONFIGURING OBJECTS\fR below for a description of the
@@ -153,13 +151,6 @@ and
 .QW "\fBoo::define \fIcls \fBself \fIsubcommand ...\fR"
 operates identically to
 .QW "\fBoo::objdefine \fIcls subcommand ...\fR" .
-.RS
-.PP
-.VS TIP470
-If no arguments at all are used, this gives the name of the class currently
-being configured.
-.VE TIP470
-.RE
 .TP
 \fBsuperclass\fR ?\fI\-slotOperation\fR? ?\fIclassName ...\fR?
 .VS
@@ -274,12 +265,6 @@ not previously refer to a method in that object. Does not affect the classes
 that the object is an instance of. Does not change the export status of the
 method; if it was exported before, it will be afterwards.
 .TP
-\fBself \fR
-.
-.VS TIP470
-This gives the name of the object currently being configured.
-.VE TIP470
-.TP
 \fBunexport\fI name \fR?\fIname ...\fR?
 .
 This arranges for each of the named methods, \fIname\fR, to be not exported
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH eof n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH eval n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -217,6 +217,19 @@ information is instead sent to the console, if one is present, or is
 discarded.
 .RS
 .PP
+Note that the current escape resp. quoting of arguments for windows works only
+with executables using CommandLineToArgv, CRT-library or similar, as well as
+with the windows batch files (excepting the newline, see below).
+Although it is the common escape algorithm, but, in fact, the way how the
+executable parses the command-line (resp. splits it into single arguments)
+is decisive.
+.PP
+Unfortunately, there is currently no way to supply newline character within
+an argument to the batch files (\fB.cmd\fR or \fB.bat\fR) or to the command
+processor (\fBcmd.exe /c\fR), because this causes truncation of command-line
+(also the argument chain) on the first newline character.
+But it works properly with an executable (using CommandLineToArgv, etc).
+.PP
 The Tk console text widget does not provide real standard IO capabilities.
 Under Tk, when redirecting from standard input, all applications will see an
 immediate end-of-file; information redirected to standard output or standard
@@ -409,6 +422,10 @@ that sometimes pop up:
 With the file \fIcmp.bat\fR looking something like:
 .PP
 .CS
+@gcc %*
+.CE
+or like another variant using single parameters:
+.CS
@gcc %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
 .CE
 .SS "WORKING WITH COMMAND BUILT-INS"
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH exit n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ expr \- Evaluate an expression
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-Concatenates \fIarg\fRs, separated by a space, into an expression, and evaluates
-that expression, returning its value.
-The operators permitted in an expression include a subset of
+Concatenates \fIarg\fRs (adding separator spaces between them),
+evaluates the result as a Tcl expression, and returns the value.
+The operators permitted in Tcl expressions include a subset of
 the operators permitted in C expressions.  For those operators
 common to both Tcl and C, Tcl applies the same meaning and precedence
 as the corresponding C operators.
-The value of an expression is often a numeric result, either an integer or a
-floating-point value, but may also be a non-numeric value.
+Expressions almost always yield numeric results
+(integer or floating-point values).
 For example, the expression
 .PP
 .CS
@@ -32,67 +32,78 @@ For example, the expression
 .CE
 .PP
 evaluates to 14.2.
-Expressions differ from C expressions in the way that
-operands are specified.  Expressions also support
-non-numeric operands, string comparisons, and some
+Tcl expressions differ from C expressions in the way that
+operands are specified.  Also, Tcl expressions support
+non-numeric operands and string comparisons, as well as some
 additional operators not found in C.
-.PP
-When an expression evaluates to an integer, the value is the decimal form of
-the integer, and when an expression evaluates to a floating-point number, the
-value is the form produced by the \fB%g\fR format specifier of Tcl's
-\fBformat\fR command.
 .SS OPERANDS
 .PP
-An expression consists of a combination of operands, operators, parentheses and
-commas, possibly with whitespace between any of these elements, which is
-ignored.
-An integer operand may be specified in decimal (the normal case, the optional
-first two characters are \fB0d\fR), binary
-(the first two characters are \fB0b\fR), octal
-(the first two characters are \fB0o\fR), or hexadecimal
-(the first two characters are \fB0x\fR) form.
-A floating-point number may be specified in any of several
-common decimal formats, and may use the decimal point \fB.\fR,
-\fBe\fR or \fBE\fR for scientific notation, and
-the sign characters \fB+\fR and \fB\-\fR.  The
-following are all valid floating-point numbers:  2.1, 3., 6e4, 7.91e+16.
-The strings \fBInf\fR
-and \fBNaN\fR, in any combination of case, are also recognized as floating point
-values.  An operand that doesn't have a numeric interpretation must be quoted
-with either braces or with double quotes.
+A Tcl expression consists of a combination of operands, operators,
+parentheses and commas.
+White space may be used between the operands and operators and
+parentheses (or commas); it is ignored by the expression's instructions.
+Where possible, operands are interpreted as integer values.
+Integer values may be specified in decimal (the normal case), in binary
+(if the first two characters of the operand are \fB0b\fR), in octal
+(if the first two characters of the operand are \fB0o\fR), or in hexadecimal
+(if the first two characters of the operand are \fB0x\fR).  For
+compatibility with older Tcl releases, an octal integer value is also
+indicated simply when the first character of the operand is \fB0\fR,
+whether or not the second character is also \fBo\fR.
+If an operand does not have one of the integer formats given
+above, then it is treated as a floating-point number if that is
+possible.  Floating-point numbers may be specified in any of several
+common formats making use of the decimal digits, the decimal point \fB.\fR,
+the characters \fBe\fR or \fBE\fR indicating scientific notation, and
+the sign characters \fB+\fR or \fB\-\fR.  For example, all of the
+following are valid floating-point numbers:  2.1, 3., 6e4, 7.91e+16.
+Also recognized as floating point values are the strings \fBInf\fR
+and \fBNaN\fR making use of any case for each character.
+If no numeric interpretation is possible (note that all literal
+operands that are not numeric or boolean must be quoted with either
+braces or with double quotes), then an operand is left as a string
+(and only a limited set of operators may be applied to it).
 .PP
-An operand may be specified in any of the following ways:
+Operands may be specified in any of the following ways:
 .IP [1]
 As a numeric value, either integer or floating-point.
 .IP [2]
 As a boolean value, using any form understood by \fBstring is\fR
 \fBboolean\fR.
 .IP [3]
-As a variable, using standard \fB$\fR notation.
-The value of the variable is then the value of the operand.
+As a Tcl variable, using standard \fB$\fR notation.
+The variable's value will be used as the operand.
 .IP [4]
 As a string enclosed in double-quotes.
-Backslash, variable, and command substitution are performed as described in
-\fBTcl\fR.
+The expression parser will perform backslash, variable, and
+command substitutions on the information between the quotes,
+and use the resulting value as the operand
 .IP [5]
 As a string enclosed in braces.
-The operand is treated as a braced value as described in \fBTcl\fR.
+The characters between the open brace and matching close brace
+will be used as the operand without any substitutions.
 .IP [6]
 As a Tcl command enclosed in brackets.
-Command substitution is performed as described in \fBTcl\fR.
+The command will be executed and its result will be used as
+the operand.
 .IP [7]
-As a mathematical function such as \fBsin($x)\fR, whose arguments have any of the above
-forms for operands.  See \fBMATH FUNCTIONS\fR below for
+As a mathematical function whose arguments have any of the above
+forms for operands, such as \fBsin($x)\fR.  See \fBMATH FUNCTIONS\fR below for
 a discussion of how mathematical functions are handled.
 .PP
-Because \fBexpr\fR parses and performs substitutions on values that have
-already been parsed and substituted by \fBTcl\fR, it is usually best to enclose
-expressions in braces to avoid the first round of substitutions by
-\fBTcl\fR.
+Where the above substitutions occur (e.g. inside quoted strings), they
+are performed by the expression's instructions.
+However, the command parser may already have performed one round of
+substitution before the expression processor was called.
+As discussed below, it is usually best to enclose expressions
+in braces to prevent the command parser from performing substitutions
+on the contents.
 .PP
-Below are some examples of simple expressions where the value of \fBa\fR is 3
-and the value of \fBb\fR is 6.  The command on the left side of each line
-produces the value on the right side.
+For some examples of simple expressions, suppose the variable
+\fBa\fR has the value 3 and
+the variable \fBb\fR has the value 6.
+Then the command on the left side of each of the lines below
+will produce the value on the right side of the line:
 .PP
 .CS
 .ta 6c
@@ -103,41 +114,34 @@ produces the value on the right side.
 .CE
 .SS OPERATORS
 .PP
-For operators having both a numeric mode and a string mode, the numeric mode is
-chosen when all operands have a numeric interpretation.  The integer
-interpretation of an operand is preferred over the floating-point
-interpretation.  To ensure string operations on arbitrary values it is generally a
-good idea to use \fBeq\fR, \fBne\fR, or the \fBstring\fR command instead of
-more versatile operators such as \fB==\fR.
-.PP
-Unless otherwise specified, operators accept non-numeric operands.  The value
-of a boolean operation is 1 if true, 0 otherwise.  See also \fBstring is\fR
-\fBboolean\fR.  The valid operators, most of which are also available as
-commands in the \fBtcl::mathop\fR namespace (see \fBmathop\fR(n)), are listed
-below, grouped in decreasing order of precedence:
+The valid operators (most of which are also available as commands in
+the \fBtcl::mathop\fR namespace; see the \fBmathop\fR(n) manual page
+for details) are listed below, grouped in decreasing order of precedence:
 .TP 20
 \fB\-\0\0+\0\0~\0\0!\fR
 .
-Unary minus, unary plus, bit-wise NOT, logical NOT.  These operators
-may only be applied to numeric operands, and bit-wise NOT may only be
-applied to integers.
+Unary minus, unary plus, bit-wise NOT, logical NOT.  None of these operators
+may be applied to string operands, and bit-wise NOT may be
+applied only to integers.
 .TP 20
 \fB**\fR
 .
-Exponentiation.  Valid for numeric operands.
+Exponentiation.  Valid for any numeric operands.
 .TP 20
 \fB*\0\0/\0\0%\fR
 .
-Multiply and divide, which are valid for numeric operands, and remainder, which
-is valid for integers.  The remainder, an absolute value smaller than the
-absolute value of the divisor, has the same sign as the divisor.
+Multiply, divide, remainder.  None of these operators may be
+applied to string operands, and remainder may be applied only
+to integers.
+The remainder will always have the same sign as the divisor and
+an absolute value smaller than the absolute value of the divisor.
 .RS
 .PP
-When applied to integers, division and remainder can be
-considered to partition the number line into a sequence of
-adjacent non-overlapping pieces, where each piece is the size of the divisor;
-the quotient identifies which piece the dividend lies within, and the
-remainder identifies where within that piece the dividend lies. A
+When applied to integers, the division and remainder operators can be
+considered to partition the number line into a sequence of equal-sized
+adjacent non-overlapping pieces where each piece is the size of the divisor;
+the division result identifies which piece the divisor lay within, and the
+remainder result identifies where within that piece the divisor lay. A
 consequence of this is that the result of
 .QW "-57 \fB/\fR 10"
 is always -6, and the result of
@@ -147,157 +151,177 @@ is always 3.
 .TP 20
 \fB+\0\0\-\fR
 .
-Add and subtract.  Valid for numeric operands.
+Add and subtract.  Valid for any numeric operands.
 .TP 20
 \fB<<\0\0>>\fR
 .
-Left and right shift.  Valid for integers.
+Left and right shift.  Valid for integer operands only.
 A right shift always propagates the sign bit.
 .TP 20
 \fB<\0\0>\0\0<=\0\0>=\fR
 .
-Boolean less than, greater than, less than or equal, and greater than or equal.
+Boolean less, greater, less than or equal, and greater than or equal.
+Each operator produces 1 if the condition is true, 0 otherwise.
+These operators may be applied to strings as well as numeric operands,
+in which case string comparison is used.
 .TP 20
 \fB==\0\0!=\fR
 .
-Boolean equal and not equal.
+Boolean equal and not equal.  Each operator produces a zero/one result.
+Valid for all operand types.
 .TP 20
 \fBeq\0\0ne\fR
 .
-Boolean string equal and string not equal.
+Boolean string equal and string not equal.  Each operator produces a
+zero/one result.  The operand types are interpreted only as strings.
 .TP 20
 \fBin\0\0ni\fR
 .
-List containment and negated list containment.  The first argument is
-interpreted as a string, the second as a list.  \fBin\fR tests for membership
-in the list, and \fBni\fR is the inverse.
+List containment and negated list containment.  Each operator produces
+a zero/one result and treats its first argument as a string and its
+second argument as a Tcl list.  The \fBin\fR operator indicates
+whether the first argument is a member of the second argument list;
+the \fBni\fR operator inverts the sense of the result.
 .TP 20
 \fB&\fR
 .
-Bit-wise AND.  Valid for integer operands.
+Bit-wise AND.  Valid for integer operands only.
 .TP 20
 \fB^\fR
 .
-Bit-wise exclusive OR.  Valid for integer operands.
+Bit-wise exclusive OR.  Valid for integer operands only.
 .TP 20
 \fB|\fR
 .
-Bit-wise OR.  Valid for integer operands.
+Bit-wise OR.  Valid for integer operands only.
 .TP 20
 \fB&&\fR
 .
-Logical AND.  If both operands are true, the result is 1, or 0 otherwise.
-
+Logical AND.  Produces a 1 result if both operands are non-zero,
+0 otherwise.
+Valid for boolean and numeric (integers or floating-point) operands only.
 .TP 20
 \fB||\fR
 .
-Logical OR.  If both operands are false, the result is 0, or 1 otherwise.
+Logical OR.  Produces a 0 result if both operands are zero, 1 otherwise.
+Valid for boolean and numeric (integers or floating-point) operands only.
 .TP 20
 \fIx\fB?\fIy\fB:\fIz\fR
 .
-If-then-else, as in C.  If \fIx\fR is false , the result is the value of
-\fIy\fR.  Otherwise the result is the value of \fIz\fR.
+If-then-else, as in C.  If \fIx\fR
+evaluates to non-zero, then the result is the value of \fIy\fR.
+Otherwise the result is the value of \fIz\fR.
+The \fIx\fR operand must have a boolean or numeric value.
 .PP
-The exponentiation operator promotes types in the same way that the multiply
-and divide operators do, and the result is is the same as the result of
-\fBpow\fR.
-Exponentiation groups right-to-left within a precedence level. Other binary
-operators group left-to-right.  For example, the value of
+See the C manual for more details on the results
+produced by each operator.
+The exponentiation operator promotes types like the multiply and
+divide operators, and produces a result that is the same as the output
+of the \fBpow\fR function (after any type conversions.)
+All of the binary operators but exponentiation group left-to-right
+within the same precedence level; exponentiation groups right-to-left.  For example, the command
 .PP
 .CS
 \fBexpr\fR {4*2 < 7}
 .CE
 .PP
-is 0, while the value of
+returns 0, while
 .PP
 .CS
 \fBexpr\fR {2**3**2}
 .CE
 .PP
-is 512.
+returns 512.
 .PP
-As in C, \fB&&\fR, \fB||\fR, and \fB?:\fR feature
+The \fB&&\fR, \fB||\fR, and \fB?:\fR operators have
 .QW "lazy evaluation" ,
-which means that operands are not evaluated if they are
-not needed to determine the outcome.  For example, in
+just as in C, which means that operands are not evaluated if they are
+not needed to determine the outcome.  For example, in the command
 .PP
 .CS
 \fBexpr\fR {$v ? [a] : [b]}
 .CE
 .PP
-only one of \fB[a]\fR or \fB[b]\fR is evaluated,
-depending on the value of \fB$v\fR.  This is not true of the normal Tcl parser,
-so it is normally recommended to enclose the arguments to \fBexpr\fR in braces.
-Without braces, as in
-\fBexpr\fR $v ? [a] : [b]
-both \fB[a]\fR and \fB[b]\fR are evaluated before \fBexpr\fR is even called.
-.PP
-For more details on the results
-produced by each operator, see the documentation for C.
+only one of
+.QW \fB[a]\fR
+or
+.QW \fB[b]\fR
+will actually be evaluated,
+depending on the value of \fB$v\fR.  Note, however, that this is
+only true if the entire expression is enclosed in braces;  otherwise
+the Tcl parser will evaluate both
+.QW \fB[a]\fR
+and
+.QW \fB[b]\fR
+before invoking the \fBexpr\fR command.
 .SS "MATH FUNCTIONS"
 .PP
-A mathematical function such as \fBsin($x)\fR is replaced with a call to an ordinary
-Tcl command in the \fBtcl::mathfunc\fR namespace.  The evaluation
-of an expression such as
+When the expression parser encounters a mathematical function
+such as \fBsin($x)\fR, it replaces it with a call to an ordinary
+Tcl function in the \fBtcl::mathfunc\fR namespace.  The processing
+of an expression such as:
 .PP
 .CS
 \fBexpr\fR {sin($x+$y)}
 .CE
 .PP
-is the same in every way as the evaluation of
+is the same in every way as the processing of:
 .PP
 .CS
 \fBexpr\fR {[tcl::mathfunc::sin [\fBexpr\fR {$x+$y}]]}
 .CE
 .PP
-which in turn is the same as the evaluation of
+which in turn is the same as the processing of:
 .PP
 .CS
 tcl::mathfunc::sin [\fBexpr\fR {$x+$y}]
 .CE
 .PP
-\fBtcl::mathfunc::sin\fR is resolved as described in
-\fBNAMESPACE RESOLUTION\fR in the \fBnamespace\fR(n) documentation.   Given the
-default value of \fBnamespace path\fR, \fB[namespace
-current]::tcl::mathfunc::sin\fR or \fB::tcl::mathfunc::sin\fR are the typical
-resolutions.
+The executor will search for \fBtcl::mathfunc::sin\fR using the usual
+rules for resolving functions in namespaces. Either
+\fB::tcl::mathfunc::sin\fR or \fB[namespace
+current]::tcl::mathfunc::sin\fR will satisfy the request, and others
+may as well (depending on the current \fBnamespace path\fR setting).
 .PP
-As in C, a mathematical function may accept multiple arguments separated by commas. Thus,
+Some mathematical functions have several arguments, separated by commas like in C. Thus:
 .PP
 .CS
 \fBexpr\fR {hypot($x,$y)}
 .CE
 .PP
-becomes
+ends up as
 .PP
 .CS
 tcl::mathfunc::hypot $x $y
 .CE
 .PP
-See the \fBmathfunc\fR(n) documentation for the math functions that are
+See the \fBmathfunc\fR(n) manual page for the math functions that are
 available by default.
 .SS "TYPES, OVERFLOW, AND PRECISION"
 .PP
-When needed to guarantee exact performance, internal computations involving
-integers use the LibTomMath multiple precision integer library.  In Tcl releases
-prior to 8.5, integer calculations were performed using one of the C types
+All internal computations involving integers are done calling on the
+LibTomMath multiple precision integer library as required so that all
+integer calculations are performed exactly.  Note that in Tcl releases
+prior to 8.5, integer calculations were performed with one of the C types
 \fIlong int\fR or \fITcl_WideInt\fR, causing implicit range truncation
 in those calculations where values overflowed the range of those types.
-Any code that relied on these implicit truncations should instead call
-\fBint()\fR or \fBwide()\fR, which do truncate.
+Any code that relied on these implicit truncations will need to explicitly
+add \fBint()\fR or \fBwide()\fR function calls to expressions at the points
+where such truncation is required to take place.
 .PP
-Internal floating-point computations are
-performed using the \fIdouble\fR C type.
-When converting a string to floating-point value, exponent overflow is
+All internal computations involving floating-point are
+done with the C type \fIdouble\fR.
+When converting a string to floating-point, exponent overflow is
 detected and results in the \fIdouble\fR value of \fBInf\fR or
 \fB\-Inf\fR as appropriate.  Floating-point overflow and underflow
 are detected to the degree supported by the hardware, which is generally
-fairly reliable.
+pretty reliable.
 .PP
-Conversion among internal representations for integer, floating-point, and
-string operands is done automatically as needed.  For arithmetic computations,
-integers are used until some floating-point number is introduced, after which
-floating-point values are used.  For example,
+Conversion among internal representations for integer, floating-point,
+and string operands is done automatically as needed.
+For arithmetic computations, integers are used until some
+floating-point number is introduced, after which floating-point is used.
+For example,
 .PP
 .CS
 \fBexpr\fR {5 / 4}
@@ -311,62 +335,82 @@ returns 1, while
 .CE
 .PP
 both return 1.25.
-A floating-point result can be distinguished from an integer result by the
-presence of either
+Floating-point values are always returned with a
 .QW \fB.\fR
-or
+or an
 .QW \fBe\fR
-.PP
-. For example,
+so that they will not look like integer values.  For example,
 .PP
 .CS
 \fBexpr\fR {20.0/5.0}
 .CE
 .PP
 returns \fB4.0\fR, not \fB4\fR.
+.SS "STRING OPERATIONS"
+.PP
+String values may be used as operands of the comparison operators,
+although the expression evaluator tries to do comparisons as integer
+or floating-point when it can,
+i.e., when all arguments to the operator allow numeric interpretations,
+except in the case of the \fBeq\fR and \fBne\fR operators.
+If one of the operands of a comparison is a string and the other
+has a numeric value, a canonical string representation of the numeric
+operand value is generated to compare with the string operand.
+Canonical string representation for integer values is a decimal string
+format.  Canonical string representation for floating-point values
+is that produced by the \fB%g\fR format specifier of Tcl's
+\fBformat\fR command.  For example, the commands
+.PP
+.CS
+\fBexpr\fR {"0x03" > "2"}
+\fBexpr\fR {"0y" > "0x12"}
+.CE
+.PP
+both return 1.  The first comparison is done using integer
+comparison, and the second is done using string comparison.
+Because of Tcl's tendency to treat values as numbers whenever
+possible, it is not generally a good idea to use operators like \fB==\fR
+when you really want string comparison and the values of the
+operands could be arbitrary;  it is better in these cases to use
+the \fBeq\fR or \fBne\fR operators, or the \fBstring\fR command instead.
 .SH "PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS"
 .PP
-Where an expression contains syntax that Tcl would otherwise perform
-substitutions on, enclosing an expression in braces or otherwise quoting it
-so that it's a static value allows the Tcl compiler to generate bytecode for
-the expression, resulting in better speed and smaller storage requirements.
-This also avoids issues that can arise if Tcl is allowed to perform
-substitution on the value before \fBexpr\fR is called.
+Enclose expressions in braces for the best speed and the smallest
+storage requirements.
+This allows the Tcl bytecode compiler to generate the best code.
+.PP
+As mentioned above, expressions are substituted twice:
+once by the Tcl parser and once by the \fBexpr\fR command.
+For example, the commands
 .PP
-In the following example, the value of the expression is 11 because the Tcl parser first
-substitutes \fB$b\fR and \fBexpr\fR then substitutes \fB$a\fR.  Enclosing the
-expression in braces would result in a syntax error.
 .CS
 set a 3
 set b {$a + 2}
 \fBexpr\fR $b*4
 .CE
 .PP
-
-When an expression is generated at runtime, like the one above is, the bytcode
-compiler must ensure that new code is generated each time the expression
-is evaluated.  This is the most costly kind of expression from a performance
-perspective.  In such cases, consider directly using the commands described in
-the \fBmathfunc\fR(n) or \fBmathop\fR(n) documentation instead of \fBexpr\fR.
-
-Most expressions are not formed at runtime, but are literal strings or contain
-substitutions that don't introduce other substitutions.  To allow the bytecode
-compiler to work with an expression as a string literal at compilation time,
-ensure that it contains no substitutions or that it is enclosed in braces or
-otherwise quoted to prevent Tcl from performing substitutions, allowing
-\fBexpr\fR to perform them instead.
+return 11, not a multiple of 4.
+This is because the Tcl parser will first substitute \fB$a + 2\fR for
+the variable \fBb\fR,
+then the \fBexpr\fR command will evaluate the expression \fB$a + 2*4\fR.
+.PP
+Most expressions do not require a second round of substitutions.
+Either they are enclosed in braces or, if not,
+their variable and command substitutions yield numbers or strings
+that do not themselves require substitutions.
+However, because a few unbraced expressions
+need two rounds of substitutions,
+the bytecode compiler must emit
+additional instructions to handle this situation.
+The most expensive code is required for
+unbraced expressions that contain command substitutions.
+These expressions must be implemented by generating new code
+each time the expression is executed.
+When the expression is unbraced to allow the substitution of a function or
+operator, consider using the commands documented in the \fBmathfunc\fR(n) or
+\fBmathop\fR(n) manual pages directly instead.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .PP
-A numeric comparison whose result is 1:
-.CS
-\fBexpr\fR {"0x03" > "2"}
-.CE
-.PP
-A string comparison whose result is 1:
-.CS
-\fBexpr\fR {"0y" > "0x12"}
-.CE
-.PP
 Define a procedure that computes an
 .QW interesting
 mathematical function:
@@ -400,8 +444,8 @@ each other:
 puts "a and b are [\fBexpr\fR {$a eq $b ? {equal} : {different}}]"
 .CE
 .PP
-Set a variable indicating whether an environment variable is defined and has
-value of true:
+Set a variable to whether an environment variable is both defined at
+all and also set to a true boolean value:
 .PP
 .CS
 set isTrue [\fBexpr\fR {
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-'\"
+'\" 
 '\" Copyright (c) 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ that use the third component do not attempt to perform tilde
 substitution.
 .RE
 .TP
-\fBfile stat \fIname varName\fR
+\fBfile stat  \fIname varName\fR
 .
 Invokes the \fBstat\fR kernel call on \fIname\fR, and uses the variable
 given by \fIvarName\fR to hold information returned from the kernel call.
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH flush n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH foreach n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -83,15 +83,12 @@ Specifies that the number should be padded on the left with
 zeroes instead of spaces.
 .TP 10
 \fB#\fR
-Requests an alternate output form. For \fBo\fR conversions,
-\fB0o\fR will be added to the beginning of the result unless
-it is zero. For \fBx\fR or \fBX\fR conversions, \fB0x\fR
+Requests an alternate output form. For \fBo\fR
+conversions it guarantees that the first digit is always \fB0\fR.
+For \fBx\fR or \fBX\fR conversions, \fB0x\fR or \fB0X\fR (respectively)
 will be added to the beginning of the result unless it is zero.
 For \fBb\fR conversions, \fB0b\fR
 will be added to the beginning of the result unless it is zero.
-For \fBd\fR conversions, \fB0d\fR there is no effect unless
-the \fB0\fR specifier is used as well: In that case, \fB0d\fR
-will be added to the beginning.
 For all floating-point conversions (\fBe\fR, \fBE\fR, \fBf\fR,
 \fBg\fR, and \fBG\fR) it guarantees that the result always
 has a decimal point.
@@ -133,7 +130,7 @@ it must be a numeric string.
 .SS "OPTIONAL SIZE MODIFIER"
 .PP
 The fifth part of a conversion specifier is a size modifier,
-which must be \fBll\fR, \fBh\fR, \fBl\fR, or \fBL\fR.
+which must be \fBll\fR, \fBh\fR, or \fBl\fR.
 If it is \fBll\fR it specifies that an integer value is taken
 without truncation for conversion to a formatted substring.
 If it is \fBh\fR it specifies that an integer value is
@@ -141,9 +138,7 @@ truncated to a 16-bit range before converting.  This option is rarely useful.
 If it is \fBl\fR it specifies that the integer value is
 truncated to the same range as that produced by the \fBwide()\fR
 function of the \fBexpr\fR command (at least a 64-bit range).
-If it is \fBL\fR it specifies that an integer or double value is taken
-without truncation for conversion to a formatted substring.
-If neither \fBh\fR nor \fBl\fR nor \fBL\fR are present, the integer value is
+If neither \fBh\fR nor \fBl\fR are present, the integer value is
 truncated to the same range as that produced by the \fBint()\fR
 function of the \fBexpr\fR command (at least a 32-bit range, but
 determined by the value of the \fBwordSize\fR element of the
@@ -203,19 +198,8 @@ precision, then convert number as for \fB%e\fR or
 Otherwise convert as for \fB%f\fR.
 Trailing zeroes and a trailing decimal point are omitted.
 .TP 10
-\fBa\fR or \fBA\fR
-Convert double to hexadecimal notation in the form
-\fI0x1.yyy\fBp\(+-\fIzz\fR, where the number of \fIy\fR's is
-determined by the precision (default: 13).
-If the \fBA\fR form is used then the hex characters
-are printed in uppercase.
-.TP 10
 \fB%\fR
 No conversion: just insert \fB%\fR.
-.TP 10
-\fBp\fR
-Shorthand form for \fB0x%zx\fR, so it outputs the integer in
-hexadecimal form with \fB0x\fR prefix.
 .SH "DIFFERENCES FROM ANSI SPRINTF"
 .PP
 The behavior of the format command is the same as the
@@ -224,12 +208,13 @@ differences:
 .IP [1]
 Tcl guarantees that it will be working with UNICODE characters.
 .IP [2]
-\fB%n\fR specifier is not supported.
+\fB%p\fR and \fB%n\fR specifiers are not supported.
 .IP [3]
 For \fB%c\fR conversions the argument must be an integer value,
 which will then be converted to the corresponding character value.
 .IP [4]
 The size modifiers are ignored when formatting floating-point values.
+The \fBll\fR modifier has no \fBsprintf\fR counterpart.
 The \fBb\fR specifier has no \fBsprintf\fR counterpart.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .PP
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH gets n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH history n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\"
-.TH "http" n 2.7 http "Tcl Bundled Packages"
+.TH "http" n 2.9 http "Tcl Bundled Packages"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 '\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
 .SH NAME
 http \- Client-side implementation of the HTTP/1.1 protocol
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBpackage require http ?2.7?\fR
+\fBpackage require http ?2.8?\fR
 .\" See Also -useragent option documentation in body!
 .sp
 \fB::http::config ?\fI\-option value\fR ...?
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ http \- Client-side implementation of the HTTP/1.1 protocol
 .sp
 \fB::http::formatQuery\fR \fIkey value\fR ?\fIkey value\fR ...?
 .sp
+\fB::http::quoteString\fR \fIvalue\fR
+.sp
 \fB::http::reset\fR \fItoken\fR ?\fIwhy\fR?
 .sp
 \fB::http::wait \fItoken\fR
@@ -44,12 +46,14 @@ http \- Client-side implementation of the HTTP/1.1 protocol
 .sp
 \fB::http::register \fIproto port command\fR
 .sp
+\fB::http::registerError \fIport\fR ?\fImessage\fR?
+.sp
 \fB::http::unregister \fIproto\fR
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 The \fBhttp\fR package provides the client side of the HTTP/1.1
-protocol, as defined in RFC 2616.
+protocol, as defined in RFC 7230 to RFC 7235, which supersede RFC 2616.
 The package implements the GET, POST, and HEAD operations
 of HTTP/1.1.  It allows configuration of a proxy host to get through
 firewalls.  The package is compatible with the \fBSafesock\fR security
@@ -95,6 +99,19 @@ comma-separated list of mime type patterns that you are
 willing to receive.  For example,
 .QW "image/gif, image/jpeg, text/*" .
 .TP
+\fB\-pipeline\fR \fIboolean\fR
+.
+Specifies whether HTTP/1.1 transactions on a persistent socket will be
+pipelined.  See the \fBPERSISTENT SOCKETS\fR section for details. The default
+is 1.
+.TP
+\fB\-postfresh\fR \fIboolean\fR
+.
+Specifies whether requests that use the \fBPOST\fR method will always use a
+fresh socket, overriding the \fB-keepalive\fR option of
+command \fBhttp::geturl\fR.  See the \fBPERSISTENT SOCKETS\fR section for details.
+The default is 0.
+.TP
 \fB\-proxyhost\fR \fIhostname\fR
 .
 The name of the proxy host, if any.  If this value is the
@@ -116,20 +133,47 @@ an empty list.  The default filter returns the values of the
 \fB\-proxyhost\fR and \fB\-proxyport\fR settings if they are
 non-empty.
 .TP
+\fB\-repost\fR \fIboolean\fR
+.
+Specifies what to do if a POST request over a persistent connection fails
+because the server has half-closed the connection.  If boolean \fBtrue\fR, the
+request
+will be automatically retried; if boolean \fBfalse\fR it will not, and the
+application
+that uses \fBhttp::geturl\fR is expected to seek user confirmation before
+retrying the POST.  The value \fBtrue\fR should be used only under certain
+conditions. See the \fBPERSISTENT SOCKETS\fR section for details. The
+default is 0.
+.TP
 \fB\-urlencoding\fR \fIencoding\fR
 .
 The \fIencoding\fR used for creating the x-url-encoded URLs with
-\fB::http::formatQuery\fR.  The default is \fButf-8\fR, as specified by RFC
+\fB::http::formatQuery\fR and \fB::http::quoteString\fR.
+The default is \fButf-8\fR, as specified by RFC
 2718.  Prior to http 2.5 this was unspecified, and that behavior can be
 returned by specifying the empty string (\fB{}\fR), although
 \fIiso8859-1\fR is recommended to restore similar behavior but without the
-\fB::http::formatQuery\fR throwing an error processing non-latin-1
-characters.
+\fB::http::formatQuery\fR or \fB::http::quoteString\fR
+throwing an error processing non-latin-1 characters.
 .TP
 \fB\-useragent\fR \fIstring\fR
 .
-The value of the User-Agent header in the HTTP request.  The default is
-.QW "\fBTcl http client package 2.7\fR" .
+The value of the User-Agent header in the HTTP request.  In an unsafe
+interpreter, the default value depends upon the operating system, and
+the version numbers of \fBhttp\fR and \fBTcl\fR, and is (for example)
+.QW "\fBMozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 10.0) http/2.8.12 Tcl/8.6.8\fR" .
+A safe interpreter cannot determine its operating system, and so the default
+in a safe interpreter is to use a Windows 10 value with the current version
+numbers of \fBhttp\fR and \fBTcl\fR.
+.TP
+\fB\-zip\fR \fIboolean\fR
+.
+If the value is boolean \fBtrue\fR, then by default requests will send a header
+.QW "\fBAccept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,compress\fR" .
+If the value is boolean \fBfalse\fR, then by default this header will not be sent.
+In either case the default can be overridden for an individual request by
+supplying a custom \fBAccept-Encoding\fR header in the \fB-headers\fR option
+of \fBhttp::geturl\fR. The default is 1.
 .RE
 .TP
 \fB::http::geturl\fR \fIurl\fR ?\fIoptions\fR?
@@ -227,7 +271,7 @@ Pragma: no-cache
 .TP
 \fB\-keepalive\fR \fIboolean\fR
 .
-If true, attempt to keep the connection open for servicing
+If boolean \fBtrue\fR, attempt to keep the connection open for servicing
 multiple requests.  Default is 0.
 .TP
 \fB\-method\fR \fItype\fR
@@ -334,6 +378,11 @@ encodes the keys and values, and generates one string that has the
 proper & and = separators.  The result is suitable for the
 \fB\-query\fR value passed to \fB::http::geturl\fR.
 .TP
+\fB::http::quoteString\fR \fIvalue\fR
+.
+This procedure does x-url-encoding of string.  It takes a single argument and
+encodes it.
+.TP
 \fB::http::reset\fR \fItoken\fR ?\fIwhy\fR?
 .
 This command resets the HTTP transaction identified by \fItoken\fR, if any.
@@ -415,6 +464,17 @@ set token [::http::geturl https://my.secure.site/]
 .CE
 .RE
 .TP
+\fB::http::registerError\fR \fIport\fR ?\fImessage\fR?
+.
+This procedure allows a registered protocol handler to deliver an error
+message for use by \fBhttp\fR.  Calling this command does not raise an
+error. The command is useful when a registered protocol detects an problem
+(for example, an invalid TLS certificate) that will cause an error to
+propagate to \fBhttp\fR.  The command allows \fBhttp\fR to provide a
+precise error message rather than a general one.  The command returns the
+value provided by the last call with argument \fImessage\fR, or the empty
+string if no such call has been made.
+.TP
 \fB::http::unregister\fR \fIproto\fR
 .
 This procedure unregisters a protocol handler that was previously
@@ -504,6 +564,14 @@ The following elements of
 the array are supported:
 .RS
 .TP
+\fBbinary\fR
+.
+This is boolean \fBtrue\fR if (after decoding any compression specified
+by the
+.QW "Content-Encoding"
+response header) the HTTP response is binary.  It is boolean \fBfalse\fR
+if the HTTP response is text.
+.TP
 \fBbody\fR
 .
 The contents of the URL.  This will be empty if the \fB\-channel\fR
@@ -602,6 +670,106 @@ A copy of the \fBContent-Type\fR meta-data value.
 .
 The requested URL.
 .RE
+.SH "PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS"
+.PP
+.SS "BASICS"
+.PP
+See RFC 7230 Sec 6, which supersedes RFC 2616 Sec 8.1.
+.PP
+A persistent connection allows multiple HTTP/1.1 transactions to be
+carried over the same TCP connection.  Pipelining allows a
+client to make multiple requests over a persistent connection without
+waiting for each response.  The server sends responses in the same order
+that the requests were received.
+.PP
+If a POST request fails to complete, typically user confirmation is
+needed before sending the request again.  The user may wish to verify
+whether the server was modified by the failed POST request, before
+sending the same request again.
+.PP
+A HTTP request will use a persistent socket if the call to
+\fBhttp::geturl\fR has the option \fB-keepalive true\fR. It will use
+pipelining where permitted if the \fBhttp::config\fR option
+\fB-pipeline\fR is boolean \fBtrue\fR (its default value).
+.PP
+The http package maintains no more than one persistent connection to each
+server (i.e. each value of
+.QW "domain:port" ).
+If \fBhttp::geturl\fR is called to make a request over a persistent
+connection while the connection is busy with another request, the new
+request will be held in a queue until the connection is free.
+.PP
+The http package does not support HTTP/1.0 persistent connections
+controlled by the \fBKeep-Alive\fR header.
+.SS "SPECIAL CASES"
+.PP
+This subsection discusses issues related to closure of the
+persistent connection by the server, automatic retry of failed requests,
+the special treatment necessary for POST requests, and the options for
+dealing with these cases.
+.PP
+In accordance with RFC 7230, \fBhttp::geturl\fR does not pipeline
+requests that use the POST method.  If a POST uses a persistent
+connection and is not the first request on that connection,
+\fBhttp::geturl\fR waits until it has received the response for the previous
+request; or (if \fBhttp::config\fR option \fB-postfresh\fR is boolean \fBtrue\fR) it
+uses a new connection for each POST.
+.PP
+If the server is processing a number of pipelined requests, and sends a
+response header
+.QW "\fBConnection: close\fR"
+with one of the responses (other than the last), then subsequent responses
+are unfulfilled. \fBhttp::geturl\fR will send the unfulfilled requests again
+over a new connection.
+.PP
+A difficulty arises when a HTTP client sends a request over a persistent
+connection that has been idle for a while.  The HTTP server may
+half-close an apparently idle connection while the client is sending a
+request, but before the request arrives at the server: in this case (an
+.QW "asynchronous close event" )
+the request will fail.  The difficulty arises because the client cannot
+be certain whether the POST modified the state of the server.  For HEAD or
+GET requests, \fBhttp::geturl\fR opens another connection and retransmits
+the failed request. However, if the request was a POST, RFC 7230 forbids
+automatic retry by default, suggesting either user confirmation, or
+confirmation by user-agent software that has semantic understanding of
+the application.  The \fBhttp::config\fR option \fB-repost\fR allows for
+either possibility.
+.PP
+Asynchronous close events can occur only in a short interval of time.  The
+\fBhttp\fR package monitors each persistent connection for closure by the
+server.  Upon detection, the connection is also closed at the client end,
+and subsequent requests will use a fresh connection.
+.PP
+If the \fBhttp::geturl\fR command is called with option \fB-keepalive true\fR,
+then it will both try to use an existing persistent connection
+(if one is available), and it will send the server a
+.QW "\fBConnection: keep-alive\fR"
+request header asking to keep the connection open for future requests.
+.PP
+The \fBhttp::config\fR options \fB-pipeline\fR, \fB-postfresh\fR, and
+\fB-repost\fR relate to persistent connections.
+.PP
+Option \fB-pipeline\fR, if boolean \fBtrue\fR, will pipeline GET and HEAD requests
+made
+over a persistent connection.  POST requests will not be pipelined - if the
+POST is not the first transaction on the connection, its request will not
+be sent until the previous response has finished.  GET and HEAD requests
+made after a POST will not be sent until the POST response has been
+delivered, and will not be sent if the POST fails.
+.PP
+Option \fB-postfresh\fR, if boolean \fBtrue\fR, will override the \fBhttp::geturl\fR option
+\fB-keepalive\fR, and always open a fresh connection for a POST request.
+.PP
+Option \fB-repost\fR, if \fBtrue\fR, permits automatic retry of a POST request
+that fails because it uses a persistent connection that the server has
+half-closed (an
+.QW "asynchronous close event" ).
+Subsequent GET and HEAD requests in a failed pipeline will also be retried.
+\fIThe -repost option should be used only if the application understands
+that the retry is appropriate\fR - specifically, the application must know
+that if the failed POST successfully modified the state of the server, a repeat POST
+would have no adverse effect.
 .SH EXAMPLE
 .PP
 This example creates a procedure to copy a URL to a file while printing a
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH if n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH incr n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH info n 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -297,11 +297,10 @@ scripts are stored.
 This is actually the value of the \fBtcl_library\fR
 variable and may be changed by setting \fBtcl_library\fR.
 .TP
-\fBinfo loaded \fR?\fIinterp\fR? ?\fIpackage\fR?
+\fBinfo loaded \fR?\fIinterp\fR?
 .
-Returns the filename loaded as part of \fIpackage\fR. If \fIpackage\fR
-is not specified, returns a list describing all of the packages
-that have been loaded into \fIinterp\fR with the \fBload\fR command.
+Returns a list describing all of the packages that have been loaded into
+\fIinterp\fR with the \fBload\fR command.
 Each list element is a sub-list with two elements consisting of the
 name of the file from which the package was loaded and the name of
 the package.
@@ -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.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH interp n 8.6 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH join n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -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.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH lappend n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH lassign n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -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.
-'\"
+'\" 
 .TH list n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
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