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authorTrevor Johnson <trevor@FreeBSD.org>2004-04-10 17:11:02 +0000
committerTrevor Johnson <trevor@FreeBSD.org>2004-04-10 17:11:02 +0000
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-The Tcl extension module gives access to the Tcl library
-with functionality and interface similar to the C
-functions of Tcl. In other words, you can
+The Tcl extension module gives access to the Tcl library with functionality and
+interface similar to the C functions of Tcl. In other words, you can:
create Tcl interpreters
- The Tcl interpreters so created are Perl objects
- whose destructors delete the interpreters cleanly
- when appropriate.
+ The Tcl interpreters so created are Perl objects whose destructors
+ delete the interpreters cleanly when appropriate.
execute Tcl code in an interpreter
- The code can come from strings, files or Perl
- filehandles.
+ The code can come from strings, files or Perl filehandles.
bind in new Tcl procedures
- The new procedures can be either C code (with
- addresses presumably obtained using dl_open and
- dl_find_symbol) or Perl subroutines (by name,
- reference or as anonymous subs). The (optional)
- deleteProc callback in the latter case is another
- perl subroutine which is called when the command
- is explicitly deleted by name or else when the
- destructor for the interpreter object is
- explicitly or implicitly called.
+ The new procedures can be either C code (with addresses presumably
+ obtained using dl_open and dl_find_symbol) or Perl subroutines (by name,
+ reference or as anonymous subs). The (optional) deleteProc callback in
+ the latter case is another perl subroutine which is called when the
+ command is explicitly deleted by name or else when the destructor for
+ the interpreter object is explicitly or implicitly called.
Manipulate the result field of a Tcl interpreter