NAME

       Tcl_GetVersion - get the version of the library at runtime

SYNOPSIS

       #include <tcl.h>

       Tcl_GetVersion(major, minor, patchLevel, type)

ARGUMENTS

       int          *major             (out)     Major version number of the Tcl library.

       int          *minor             (out)     Minor version number of the Tcl library.

       int          *patchLevel        (out)     The patch level of the Tcl library (or alpha or beta number).

       Tcl_ReleaseType                 *type(out)
                                                 The  type  of  release, also indicates the type of patch level.
                                                 Can  be  one   of   TCL_ALPHA_RELEASE,   TCL_BETA_RELEASE,   or
                                                 TCL_FINAL_RELEASE.
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DESCRIPTION

       Tcl_GetVersion  should be used to query the version number of the Tcl library at runtime.  This is useful
       when using a dynamically loaded Tcl library or when writing a stubs-aware extension.   For  instance,  if
       you  write  an  extension that is linked against the Tcl stubs library, it could be loaded into a program
       linked to an older version of Tcl than you  expected.   Use  Tcl_GetVersion  to  verify  that  fact,  and
       possibly to change the behavior of your extension.

       Tcl_GetVersion  accepts  NULL  for  any  of  the  arguments.  For  instance  if you do not care about the
       patchLevel of the library, pass a NULL for the patchLevel argument.

KEYWORDS

       version, patchlevel, major, minor, alpha, beta, release

Tcl                                                    7.5                                  Tcl_GetVersion(3tcl)