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NAME

       Tcl_AppendExportList,      Tcl_CreateNamespace,      Tcl_DeleteNamespace,      Tcl_Export,
       Tcl_FindCommand,     Tcl_FindNamespace,     Tcl_ForgetImport,     Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace,
       Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace,             Tcl_GetNamespaceUnknownHandler,            Tcl_Import,
       Tcl_SetNamespaceUnknownHandler - manipulate namespaces

SYNOPSIS

       #include <tcl.h>

       Tcl_Namespace *
       Tcl_CreateNamespace(interp, name, clientData, deleteProc)

       Tcl_DeleteNamespace(nsPtr)

       int
       Tcl_AppendExportList(interp, nsPtr, objPtr)

       int
       Tcl_Export(interp, nsPtr, pattern, resetListFirst)

       int
       Tcl_Import(interp, nsPtr, pattern, allowOverwrite)

       int
       Tcl_ForgetImport(interp, nsPtr, pattern)

       Tcl_Namespace *
       Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace(interp)

       Tcl_Namespace *
       Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace(interp)

       Tcl_Namespace *
       Tcl_FindNamespace(interp, name, contextNsPtr, flags)

       Tcl_Command
       Tcl_FindCommand(interp, name, contextNsPtr, flags)

       Tcl_Obj *
       Tcl_GetNamespaceUnknownHandler(interp, nsPtr)

       int
       Tcl_SetNamespaceUnknownHandler(interp, nsPtr, handlerPtr)

ARGUMENTS

       Tcl_Interp *interp (in/out)                          The   interpreter   in   which    the
                                                            namespace   exists   and  where  name
                                                            lookups  are  performed.  Also  where
                                                            error result messages are written.

       const char *name (in)                                The  name of the namespace or command
                                                            to be created or accessed.

       ClientData clientData (in)                           A context pointer by the  creator  of
                                                            the  namespace.   Not  interpreted by
                                                            Tcl at all.

       Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc *deleteProc (in)             A pointer to function  to  call  when
                                                            the  namespace is deleted, or NULL if
                                                            no such callback is to be performed.

       Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr (in)                            The namespace to be  manipulated,  or
                                                            NULL       (for       other      than
                                                            Tcl_DeleteNamespace)  to   manipulate
                                                            the current namespace.

       Tcl_Obj *objPtr (out)                                A  reference  to an unshared value to
                                                            which the  function  output  will  be
                                                            written.

       const char *pattern (in)                             The     glob-style    pattern    (see
                                                            Tcl_StringMatch) that  describes  the
                                                            commands to be imported or exported.

       int resetListFirst (in)                              Whether  the  list of export patterns
                                                            should be  reset  before  adding  the
                                                            current pattern to it.

       int allowOverwrite (in)                              Whether  new commands created by this
                                                            import action can overwrite  existing
                                                            commands.

       Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr (in)                     The   location   in   the   namespace
                                                            hierarchy  where  the  search  for  a
                                                            namespace   or   command   should  be
                                                            conducted relative to when the search
                                                            term  is  not  rooted  at  the global
                                                            namespace.    NULL   indicates    the
                                                            current namespace.

       int flags (in)                                       OR-ed combination of bits controlling
                                                            how the search is  to  be  performed.
                                                            The  following  flags  are supported:
                                                            TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY (indicates  that  the
                                                            search  is  always  to  be  conducted
                                                            relative to  the  global  namespace),
                                                            TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY      (just     for
                                                            Tcl_FindCommand; indicates  that  the
                                                            search  is  always  to  be  conducted
                                                            relative to the  context  namespace),
                                                            and TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG (indicates that
                                                            an error message should  be  left  in
                                                            the interpreter if the search fails.)

       Tcl_Obj *handlerPtr (in)                             A  script fragment to be installed as
                                                            the unknown command handler  for  the
                                                            namespace,   or  NULL  to  reset  the
                                                            handler to its default.
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DESCRIPTION

       Namespaces are hierarchic naming contexts that can contain commands and  variables.   They
       also maintain a list of patterns that describes what commands are exported, and can import
       commands that have been exported by other namespaces.  Namespaces can also be  manipulated
       through the Tcl command namespace.

       The  Tcl_Namespace  structure  encapsulates  a  namespace,  and  is guaranteed to have the
       following fields in it: name (the local name of the namespace, with no namespace separator
       characters in it, with empty denoting the global namespace), fullName (the fully specified
       name of the namespace), clientData, deleteProc  (the  values  specified  in  the  call  to
       Tcl_CreateNamespace),  and  parentPtr  (a pointer to the containing namespace, or NULL for
       the global namespace.)

       Tcl_CreateNamespace creates a new namespace.  The deleteProc will have the following  type
       signature:

              typedef void Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc(
                      ClientData clientData);

       Tcl_DeleteNamespace  deletes a namespace, calling the deleteProc defined for the namespace
       (if any).

       Tcl_AppendExportList retrieves the export patterns for a  namespace  given  namespace  and
       appends them (as list items) to objPtr.

       Tcl_Export sets and appends to the export patterns for a namespace.  Patterns are appended
       unless the resetListFirst flag is true.

       Tcl_Import imports commands matching a pattern into a namespace.  Note  that  the  pattern
       must include the name of the namespace to import from.  This function returns TCL_ERROR if
       an attempt to import a command over an existing command is made, unless the allowOverwrite
       flag has been set.

       Tcl_ForgetImport removes imports matching a pattern.

       Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace returns the current namespace for an interpreter.

       Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace returns the global namespace for an interpreter.

       Tcl_FindNamespace  searches for a namespace named name within the context of the namespace
       contextNsPtr.  If the namespace cannot be found, NULL is returned.

       Tcl_FindCommand searches for a command named name within  the  context  of  the  namespace
       contextNsPtr.  If the command cannot be found, NULL is returned.

       Tcl_GetNamespaceUnknownHandler  returns  the unknown command handler for the namespace, or
       NULL if none is set.

       Tcl_SetNamespaceUnknownHandler sets the unknown command  handler  for  the  namespace.  If
       handlerPtr is NULL, then the handler is reset to its default.

SEE ALSO

       Tcl_CreateCommand(3tcl), Tcl_ListObjAppendList(3tcl), Tcl_SetVar(3tcl)

KEYWORDS

       namespace, command