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NAME

       Tcl_SetObjResult,  Tcl_GetObjResult, Tcl_SetResult, Tcl_GetStringResult, Tcl_AppendResult,
       Tcl_AppendResultVA, Tcl_AppendElement, Tcl_ResetResult, Tcl_TransferResult, Tcl_FreeResult
       - manipulate Tcl result

SYNOPSIS

       #include <tcl.h>

       Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, objPtr)

       Tcl_Obj *
       Tcl_GetObjResult(interp)

       Tcl_SetResult(interp, result, freeProc)

       const char *
       Tcl_GetStringResult(interp)

       Tcl_AppendResult(interp, result, result, ... , (char *)NULL)

       Tcl_AppendResultVA(interp, argList)

       Tcl_ResetResult(interp)

       Tcl_TransferResult(sourceInterp, code, targetInterp)                                       │

       Tcl_AppendElement(interp, element)

       Tcl_FreeResult(interp)

ARGUMENTS

       Tcl_Interp *interp (out)                Interpreter  whose  result  is  to  be modified or
                                               read.

       Tcl_Obj *objPtr (in)                    Tcl value to become result for interp.

       char *result (in)                       String value to become result for interp or to  be
                                               appended to the existing result.

       const char *element (in)                String  value  to  append as a list element to the
                                               existing result of interp.

       Tcl_FreeProc *freeProc (in)             Address of procedure to call to release storage at
                                               result,    or    TCL_STATIC,    TCL_DYNAMIC,    or
                                               TCL_VOLATILE.

       va_list argList (in)                    An argument list which must have been  initialized
                                               using va_start, and cleared using va_end.

       Tcl_Interp *sourceInterp (in)           Interpreter  that  the  result  and return options │
                                               should be transferred from.

       Tcl_Interp *targetInterp (in)           Interpreter that the  result  and  return  options │
                                               should be transferred to.

       int code (in)                           Return code value that controls transfer of return │
                                               options.
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DESCRIPTION

       The procedures described here are utilities for manipulating the result  value  in  a  Tcl
       interpreter.   The interpreter result may be either a Tcl value or a string.  For example,
       Tcl_SetObjResult and Tcl_SetResult set the interpreter result to,  respectively,  a  value
       and  a string.  Similarly, Tcl_GetObjResult and Tcl_GetStringResult return the interpreter
       result as a value and as a string.  The procedures always keep the string and value  forms
       of  the  interpreter result consistent.  For example, if Tcl_SetObjResult is called to set
       the result to a value, then Tcl_GetStringResult is called,  it  will  return  the  value's
       string representation.

       Tcl_SetObjResult  arranges  for objPtr to be the result for interp, replacing any existing
       result.  The result is  left  pointing  to  the  value  referenced  by  objPtr.   objPtr's
       reference  count is incremented since there is now a new reference to it from interp.  The
       reference count for any old result value is decremented and the old result value is  freed
       if no references to it remain.

       Tcl_GetObjResult returns the result for interp as a value.  The value's reference count is
       not incremented; if the caller needs to retain a  long-term  pointer  to  the  value  they
       should  use  Tcl_IncrRefCount  to  increment  its reference count in order to keep it from
       being freed too early or accidentally changed.

       Tcl_SetResult arranges for result to be the result for the current Tcl command in  interp,
       replacing  any existing result.  The freeProc argument specifies how to manage the storage
       for the result argument; it is discussed in  the  section  THE  TCL_FREEPROC  ARGUMENT  TO
       TCL_SETRESULT  below.   If  result is NULL, then freeProc is ignored and Tcl_SetResult re-
       initializes interp's result to point to an empty string.

       Tcl_GetStringResult returns the result for interp as a string.  If the result was set to a
       value  by  a  Tcl_SetObjResult  call,  the  value  form  will be converted to a string and
       returned.  If the value's string representation contains null bytes, this conversion  will
       lose  information.  For this reason, programmers are encouraged to write their code to use
       the new value API procedures and to call Tcl_GetObjResult instead.

       Tcl_ResetResult clears the result for interp and leaves the result  in  its  normal  empty
       initialized  state.   If the result is a value, its reference count is decremented and the
       result is left pointing to an unshared value representing an empty string.  If the  result
       is  a dynamically allocated string, its memory is free*d and the result is left as a empty
       string.   Tcl_ResetResult  also  clears  the  error  state  managed  by  Tcl_AddErrorInfo,
       Tcl_AddObjErrorInfo, and Tcl_SetErrorCode.

       Tcl_AppendResult  makes  it  easy to build up Tcl results in pieces.  It takes each of its
       result arguments and appends them in order to the current result associated  with  interp.
       If the result is in its initialized empty state (e.g. a command procedure was just invoked
       or Tcl_ResetResult was  just  called),  then  Tcl_AppendResult  sets  the  result  to  the
       concatenation  of  its  result  arguments.   Tcl_AppendResult  may be called repeatedly as
       additional pieces of the result are produced.  Tcl_AppendResult  takes  care  of  all  the
       storage  management  issues associated with managing interp's result, such as allocating a
       larger result area if necessary.  It also manages conversion to and from the result  field
       of  the  interp  so  as  to  handle backward-compatibility with old-style extensions.  Any
       number of result arguments may be passed in a single call; the last argument in  the  list
       must be a NULL pointer.

       Tcl_AppendResultVA  is  the  same  as  Tcl_AppendResult  except  that  instead of taking a
       variable number of arguments it takes an argument list.

       Tcl_TransferResult transfers interpreter state from sourceInterp to targetInterp. The  two │
       interpreters  must have been created in the same thread.  If sourceInterp and targetInterp │
       are the same, nothing  is  done.  Otherwise,  Tcl_TransferResult  moves  the  result  from │
       sourceInterp  to  targetInterp,  and  resets the result in sourceInterp. It also moves the │
       return options dictionary as controlled by the return code value code in the  same  manner │
       as Tcl_GetReturnOptions.

DEPRECATED INTERFACES

   OLD STRING PROCEDURES
       Use  of  the  following procedures is deprecated since they manipulate the Tcl result as a
       string.  Procedures such as Tcl_SetObjResult that manipulate the result as a value can  be
       significantly more efficient.

       Tcl_AppendElement  is similar to Tcl_AppendResult in that it allows results to be built up
       in pieces.  However, Tcl_AppendElement takes only a single element argument and it appends
       that  argument to the current result as a proper Tcl list element.  Tcl_AppendElement adds
       backslashes or braces if necessary to ensure that interp's result can be parsed as a  list
       and  that  element  will  be  extracted  as  a  single  element.  Under normal conditions,
       Tcl_AppendElement will add a space character to interp's result just before adding the new
       list  element, so that the list elements in the result are properly separated.  However if
       the new list element is the first in a list or sub-list (i.e. interp's current  result  is
       empty,  or  consists  of the single character “{”, or ends in the characters “ {”) then no
       space is added.

       Tcl_FreeResult performs part of the work of  Tcl_ResetResult.   It  frees  up  the  memory
       associated  with  interp's  result.   It  also sets interp->freeProc to zero, but does not
       change interp->result or clear error state.  Tcl_FreeResult is most commonly used  when  a
       procedure is about to replace one result value with another.

   DIRECT ACCESS TO INTERP->RESULT
       It  used  to be legal for programs to directly read and write interp->result to manipulate
       the interpreter result.  The Tcl headers no longer permit this access by  default,  and  C
       code  still  doing  this  must  be  updated  to  use  supported routines Tcl_GetObjResult,
       Tcl_GetStringResult, Tcl_SetObjResult, and Tcl_SetResult.  As a migration aid, access  can
       be restored with the compiler directive
              #define USE_INTERP_RESULT
       but this is meant only to offer life support to otherwise dead code.

THE TCL_FREEPROC ARGUMENT TO TCL_SETRESULT

       Tcl_SetResult's  freeProc  argument  specifies how the Tcl system is to manage the storage
       for the result argument.  If Tcl_SetResult or Tcl_SetObjResult are called at a  time  when
       interp  holds  a string result, they do whatever is necessary to dispose of the old string
       result (see the Tcl_Interp manual entry for details on this).

       If freeProc is TCL_STATIC it means that result refers to an area of static storage that is
       guaranteed  not  to  be modified until at least the next call to Tcl_Eval.  If freeProc is
       TCL_DYNAMIC it means that result was allocated with a call to Tcl_Alloc  and  is  now  the
       property  of  the  Tcl  system.  Tcl_SetResult will arrange for the string's storage to be
       released by calling Tcl_Free when it is no longer needed.  If freeProc is TCL_VOLATILE  it
       means  that  result  points  to  an  area  of memory that is likely to be overwritten when
       Tcl_SetResult returns (e.g. it points to something  in  a  stack  frame).   In  this  case
       Tcl_SetResult  will make a copy of the string in dynamically allocated storage and arrange
       for the copy to be the result for the current Tcl command.

       If freeProc is not one of the values TCL_STATIC, TCL_DYNAMIC, and TCL_VOLATILE, then it is
       the  address  of  a  procedure  that  Tcl  should  call  to  free the string.  This allows
       applications to use non-standard storage allocators.  When Tcl no longer needs the storage
       for  the  string,  it  will  call freeProc. FreeProc should have arguments and result that
       match the type Tcl_FreeProc:

              typedef void Tcl_FreeProc(
                      char *blockPtr);

       When freeProc is called, its blockPtr will be  set  to  the  value  of  result  passed  to
       Tcl_SetResult.

SEE ALSO

       Tcl_AddErrorInfo, Tcl_CreateObjCommand, Tcl_SetErrorCode, Tcl_Interp, Tcl_GetReturnOptions

KEYWORDS

       append, command, element, list, value, result, return value, interpreter