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Tcl_Eval(3) Tcl Library Procedures Tcl_Eval(3) ________________________________________________________________________________ NAME Tcl_EvalObjEx, Tcl_EvalFile, Tcl_EvalObjv, Tcl_Eval, Tcl_EvalEx, Tcl_Glob- alEval, Tcl_GlobalEvalObj, Tcl_VarEval, Tcl_VarEvalVA - execute Tcl scripts SYNOPSIS #include <tcl.h> int Tcl_EvalObjEx(interp, objPtr, flags) int Tcl_EvalFile(interp, fileName) int Tcl_EvalObjv(interp, objc, objv, flags) int Tcl_Eval(interp, script) int Tcl_EvalEx(interp, script, numBytes, flags) int Tcl_GlobalEval(interp, script) int Tcl_GlobalEvalObj(interp, objPtr) int Tcl_VarEval(interp, part, part, ... (char *)NULL) int Tcl_VarEvalVA(interp, argList) ARGUMENTS Tcl_Interp *interp (in) Interpreter in which to execute the script. The interpreter's result is modified to hold the result or error message from the script. Tcl_Obj *objPtr (in) A Tcl value containing the script to ex- ecute. int flags (in) OR'ed combination of flag bits that specify additional options. TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL and TCL_EVAL_DIRECT are currently supported. const char *fileName (in) Name of a file containing a Tcl script. int objc (in) The number of values in the array pointed to by objv; this is also the number of words in the command. Tcl_Obj **objv (in) Points to an array of pointers to val- ues; each value holds the value of a single word in the command to execute. int numBytes (in) The number of bytes in script, not in- cluding any null terminating character. If -1, then all characters up to the first null byte are used. const char *script (in) Points to first byte of script to exe- cute (null-terminated and UTF-8). const char *part (in) String forming part of a Tcl script. va_list argList (in) An argument list which must have been initialized using va_start, and cleared using va_end. ________________________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION The procedures described here are invoked to execute Tcl scripts in various forms. Tcl_EvalObjEx is the core procedure and is used by many of the oth- ers. It executes the commands in the script stored in objPtr until either an error occurs or the end of the script is reached. If this is the first time objPtr has been executed, its commands are compiled into bytecode in- structions which are then executed. The bytecodes are saved in objPtr so that the compilation step can be skipped if the value is evaluated again in the future. The return value from Tcl_EvalObjEx (and all the other procedures described here) is a Tcl completion code with one of the values TCL_OK, TCL_ERROR, TCL_RETURN, TCL_BREAK, or TCL_CONTINUE, or possibly some other integer value originating in an extension. In addition, a result value or error message is left in interp's result; it can be retrieved using Tcl_GetObjRe- sult. Tcl_EvalFile reads the file given by fileName and evaluates its contents as a Tcl script. It returns the same information as Tcl_EvalObjEx. If the file could not be read then a Tcl error is returned to describe why the file could not be read. The eofchar for files is "\32" (^Z) for all plat- forms. If you require a "^Z" in code for string comparison, you can use "\032" or "\u001a", which will be safely substituted by the Tcl interpreter into "^Z". Tcl_EvalObjv executes a single preparsed command instead of a script. The objc and objv arguments contain the values of the words for the Tcl com- mand, one word in each value in objv. Tcl_EvalObjv evaluates the command and returns a completion code and result just like Tcl_EvalObjEx. The caller of Tcl_EvalObjv has to manage the reference count of the elements of objv, insuring that the values are valid until Tcl_EvalObjv returns. Tcl_Eval is similar to Tcl_EvalObjEx except that the script to be executed is supplied as a string instead of a value and no compilation occurs. The string should be a proper UTF-8 string as converted by Tcl_ExternalToUtfD- String or Tcl_ExternalToUtf when it is known to possibly contain upper ASCII characters whose possible combinations might be a UTF-8 special code. The string is parsed and executed directly (using Tcl_EvalObjv) instead of compiling it and executing the bytecodes. In situations where it is known that the script will never be executed again, Tcl_Eval may be faster than Tcl_EvalObjEx. Tcl_Eval returns a completion code and result just like Tcl_EvalObjEx. Note: for backward compatibility with versions before Tcl 8.0, Tcl_Eval copies the value result in interp to interp->result (use is deprecated) where it can be accessed directly. This makes Tcl_Eval somewhat slower than Tcl_EvalEx, which does not do the copy. Tcl_EvalEx is an extended version of Tcl_Eval that takes additional argu- ments numBytes and flags. For the efficiency reason given above, Tcl_EvalEx is generally preferred over Tcl_Eval. Tcl_GlobalEval and Tcl_GlobalEvalObj are older procedures that are now dep- recated. They are similar to Tcl_EvalEx and Tcl_EvalObjEx except that the script is evaluated in the global namespace and its variable context con- sists of global variables only (it ignores any Tcl procedures that are ac- tive). These functions are equivalent to using the TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL flag (see below). Tcl_VarEval takes any number of string arguments of any length, concate- nates them into a single string, then calls Tcl_Eval to execute that string as a Tcl command. It returns the result of the command and also modifies interp->result in the same way as Tcl_Eval. The last argument to Tcl_VarEval must be (char *)NULL to indicate the end of arguments. Tcl_VarEvalVA is the same as Tcl_VarEval except that instead of taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument list. Tcl_VarEvalVA is now deprecated. FLAG BITS Any OR'ed combination of the following values may be used for the flags ar- gument to procedures such as Tcl_EvalObjEx: TCL_EVAL_DIRECT This flag is only used by Tcl_EvalObjEx; it is ig- nored by other procedures. If this flag bit is set, the script is not compiled to bytecodes; instead it is executed directly as is done by Tcl_EvalEx. The TCL_EVAL_DIRECT flag is useful in situations where the contents of a value are going to change immedi- ately, so the bytecodes will not be reused in a fu- ture execution. In this case, it is faster to exe- cute the script directly. TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL If this flag is set, the script is evaluated in the global namespace instead of the current namespace and its variable context consists of global vari- ables only (it ignores any Tcl procedures that are active). MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS During the processing of a Tcl command it is legal to make nested calls to evaluate other commands (this is how procedures and some control structures are implemented). If a code other than TCL_OK is returned from a nested Tcl_EvalObjEx invocation, then the caller should normally return immedi- ately, passing that same return code back to its caller, and so on until the top-level application is reached. A few commands, like for, will check for certain return codes, like TCL_BREAK and TCL_CONTINUE, and process them specially without returning. Tcl_EvalObjEx keeps track of how many nested Tcl_EvalObjEx invocations are in progress for interp. If a code of TCL_RETURN, TCL_BREAK, or TCL_CON- TINUE is about to be returned from the topmost Tcl_EvalObjEx invocation for interp, it converts the return code to TCL_ERROR and sets interp's result to an error message indicating that the return, break, or continue command was invoked in an inappropriate place. This means that top-level applica- tions should never see a return code from Tcl_EvalObjEx other than TCL_OK or TCL_ERROR. KEYWORDS execute, file, global, result, script, value Tcl 8.1 Tcl_Eval(3)
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