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diff --git a/contrib/tcl/doc/rename.n b/contrib/tcl/doc/rename.n index a3e185d..8962bd0 100644 --- a/contrib/tcl/doc/rename.n +++ b/contrib/tcl/doc/rename.n @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ '\" '\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. -'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc. '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" SCCS: @(#) rename.n 1.5 96/03/25 20:22:11 +'\" SCCS: @(#) rename.n 1.6 97/07/30 17:37:26 '\" .so man.macros .TH rename n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ rename \- Rename or delete a command .SH DESCRIPTION .PP Rename the command that used to be called \fIoldName\fR so that it -is now called \fInewName\fR. If \fInewName\fR is an empty string -then \fIoldName\fR is deleted. The \fBrename\fR command -returns an empty string as result. +is now called \fInewName\fR. +If \fInewName\fR is an empty string then \fIoldName\fR is deleted. +\fIoldName\fR and \fInewName\fR may include namespace qualifiers +(names of containing namespaces). +If a command is renamed into a different namespace, +future invocations of it will execute in the new namespace. +The \fBrename\fR command returns an empty string as result. .SH KEYWORDS -command, delete, rename +command, delete, namespace, rename |
