From 7d2339328d5bb2b0bd642809cd68a604d7d2a34d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Farley Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:47:21 -0400 Subject: Updating line 167 to fix name resolution error at line 73. Also, elaborated on name resolution with set vs. variable. --- tcl.html.markdown | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tcl.html.markdown b/tcl.html.markdown index c1cd42ca..9ca32f1e 100644 --- a/tcl.html.markdown +++ b/tcl.html.markdown @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ set greeting "Hello, $person(name)" # A namespace holds commands and variables namespace eval people { namespace eval person1 { - set name Neo + variable name Neo } } @@ -190,7 +190,10 @@ set greeting "Hello $people::person1::name" namespace delete :: -# Because of name resolution behaviour, it's safer to use the "variable" command to declare or to assign a value to a namespace. +# Because of name resolution behaviour, it's safer to use the "variable" command to +# declare or to assign a value to a namespace. If a variable called "name" already +# exists in the global namespace, using "set" here will assign a value to the global variable +# instead of creating a new variable in the local namespace. namespace eval people { namespace eval person1 { variable name Neo -- cgit v1.2.3