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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/tcl/doc/Preserve.3')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/tcl/doc/Preserve.3 b/contrib/tcl/doc/Preserve.3 index ade7f041af78..a2c7d280634b 100644 --- a/contrib/tcl/doc/Preserve.3 +++ b/contrib/tcl/doc/Preserve.3 @@ -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. '\" -'\" SCCS: @(#) Preserve.3 1.12 96/03/25 20:05:27 +'\" SCCS: @(#) Preserve.3 1.13 96/05/28 09:26:12 '\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl_Preserve 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" @@ -81,10 +81,13 @@ All the work of freeing the object is carried out by \fIfreeProc\fR. \fIFreeProc\fR must have arguments and result that match the type \fBTcl_FreeProc\fR: .CS -typedef void Tcl_FreeProc(ClientData \fIclientData\fR); +typedef void Tcl_FreeProc(char *\fIblockPtr\fR); .CE -The \fIclientData\fR argument to \fIfreeProc\fR will be the +The \fIblockPtr\fR argument to \fIfreeProc\fR will be the same as the \fIclientData\fR argument to \fBTcl_EventuallyFree\fR. +The type of \fIblockPtr\fR (\fBchar *\fR) is different than the type of the +\fIclientData\fR argument to \fBTcl_EventuallyFree\fR for historical +reasons, but the value is the same. .PP This mechanism can be used to solve the problem described above by placing \fBTcl_Preserve\fR and \fBTcl_Release\fR calls around |