Attachment "namespace_manpage.diff" to
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anonymous
2017-01-08 13:20:10.
diff -ur tcl8.6.6/doc/Namespace.3 tcl8.6.6_mod/doc/Namespace.3
--- tcl8.6.6/doc/Namespace.3 2016-02-25 21:12:37.000000000 +0100
+++ tcl8.6.6_mod/doc/Namespace.3 2017-01-08 14:04:22.190390766 +0100
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@
\fIparentPtr\fR (a pointer to the containing namespace, or NULL for
the global namespace.)
.PP
-\fBTcl_CreateNamespace\fR creates a new namespace. The
+\fBTcl_CreateNamespace\fR creates a new namespace with the given \fIname\fR.
+If \fIname\fR contains "::" qualifiers and a parent namespace does not
+already exist, it is automatically created. If the namespace
+already exists or if another error occurs, this function returns NULL
+and leaves an error message in \fIinterp\fR. The
\fIdeleteProc\fR will have the following type signature:
.PP
.CS
