The procedures Tcl_DeleteCommand, Tcl_GetCommandInfo, and Tcl_SetCommandInfo are used in conjunction with Tcl_CreateCommand.
Tcl_CreateCommand will delete an existing command cmdName, if one is already associated with the interpreter. It returns a token that may be used to refer to the command in subsequent calls to Tcl_GetCommandName. If cmdName contains any :: namespace qualifiers, then the command is added to the specified namespace; otherwise the command is added to the global namespace. If Tcl_CreateCommand is called for an interpreter that is in the process of being deleted, then it does not create a new command and it returns NULL. Proc should have arguments and result that match the type Tcl_CmdProc:
typedef int Tcl_CmdProc( ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, CONST char *argv);When proc is invoked the clientData and interp parameters will be copies of the clientData and interp arguments given to Tcl_CreateCommand. Typically, clientData points to an application-specific data structure that describes what to do when the command procedure is invoked. Argc and argv describe the arguments to the command, argc giving the number of arguments (including the command name) and argv giving the values of the arguments as strings. The argv array will contain argc+1 values; the first argc values point to the argument strings, and the last value is NULL. Note that the argument strings should not be modified as they may point to constant strings or may be shared with other parts of the interpreter.
Note that the argument strings are encoded in normalized UTF-8 since version 8.1 of Tcl.
Proc must return an integer code that is either TCL_OK, TCL_ERROR, TCL_RETURN, TCL_BREAK, or TCL_CONTINUE. See the Tcl overview man page for details on what these codes mean. Most normal commands will only return TCL_OK or TCL_ERROR. In addition, proc must set the interpreter result to point to a string value; in the case of a TCL_OK return code this gives the result of the command, and in the case of TCL_ERROR it gives an error message. The Tcl_SetResult procedure provides an easy interface for setting the return value; for complete details on how the the interpreter result field is managed, see the Tcl_Interp man page. Before invoking a command procedure, Tcl_Eval sets the interpreter result to point to an empty string, so simple commands can return an empty result by doing nothing at all.
The contents of the argv array belong to Tcl and are not guaranteed to persist once proc returns: proc should not modify them, nor should it set the interpreter result to point anywhere within the argv values. Call Tcl_SetResult with status TCL_VOLATILE if you want to return something from the argv array.
DeleteProc will be invoked when (if) cmdName is deleted. This can occur through a call to Tcl_DeleteCommand or Tcl_DeleteInterp, or by replacing cmdName in another call to Tcl_CreateCommand. DeleteProc is invoked before the command is deleted, and gives the application an opportunity to release any structures associated with the command. DeleteProc should have arguments and result that match the type Tcl_CmdDeleteProc:
typedef void Tcl_CmdDeleteProc(ClientData clientData);The clientData argument will be the same as the clientData argument passed to Tcl_CreateCommand.
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