- NAME
- Tcl_EvalObjEx, Tcl_EvalFile, Tcl_EvalObjv, Tcl_Eval, Tcl_EvalEx, Tcl_GlobalEval, Tcl_GlobalEvalObj, Tcl_VarEval — execute Tcl scripts
- SYNOPSIS
- #include <tcl.h>
- int
- Tcl_EvalObjEx(interp, objPtr, flags)
- int
- Tcl_EvalFile(interp, fileName)
- int
- Tcl_EvalObjv(interp, objc, objv, flags)
- int
- Tcl_Eval(interp, script)
- int
- Tcl_EvalEx(interp, script, numBytes, flags)
- int
- Tcl_GlobalEval(interp, script)
- int
- Tcl_GlobalEvalObj(interp, objPtr)
- int
- Tcl_VarEval(interp, part, part, ... (char *)NULL)
- ARGUMENTS
- DESCRIPTION
- FLAG BITS
- TCL_EVAL_DIRECT
- TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL
- MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS
- REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT
- KEYWORDS
Tcl_EvalObjEx, Tcl_EvalFile, Tcl_EvalObjv, Tcl_Eval, Tcl_EvalEx, Tcl_GlobalEval, Tcl_GlobalEvalObj, Tcl_VarEval — execute Tcl scripts
#include <tcl.h>
int
Tcl_EvalObjEx(interp, objPtr, flags)
int
Tcl_EvalFile(interp, fileName)
int
Tcl_EvalObjv(interp, objc, objv, flags)
int
Tcl_Eval(interp, script)
int
Tcl_EvalEx(interp, script, numBytes, flags)
int
Tcl_GlobalEval(interp, script)
int
Tcl_GlobalEvalObj(interp, objPtr)
int
Tcl_VarEval(interp, part, part, ... (char *)NULL)
- Tcl_Interp *interp (in)
-
Interpreter in which to execute the script. The interpreter's result is
modified to hold the result or error message from the script.
- Tcl_Obj *objPtr (in)
-
A Tcl value containing the script to execute.
- int flags (in)
-
OR'ed combination of flag bits that specify additional options.
TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL and TCL_EVAL_DIRECT are currently supported.
- const char *fileName (in)
-
Name of a file containing a Tcl script.
- Tcl_Size objc (in)
-
The number of values in the array pointed to by objv;
this is also the number of words in the command.
- Tcl_Obj **objv (in)
-
Points to an array of pointers to values; each value holds the
value of a single word in the command to execute.
- int numBytes (in)
-
The number of bytes in script, not including any
null terminating character. If -1, then all characters up to the
first null byte are used.
- const char *script (in)
-
Points to first byte of script to execute (null-terminated and UTF-8).
- const char *part (in)
-
String forming part of a Tcl script.
The procedures described here are invoked to execute Tcl scripts in
various forms.
Tcl_EvalObjEx is the core procedure and is used by many of the others.
It executes the commands in the script stored in objPtr
until either an error occurs or the end of the script is reached.
If this is the first time objPtr has been executed,
its commands are compiled into bytecode instructions
which are then executed. The
bytecodes are saved in objPtr so that the compilation step
can be skipped if the value is evaluated again in the future.
The return value from Tcl_EvalObjEx (and all the other procedures
described here) is a Tcl completion code with
one of the values TCL_OK, TCL_ERROR, TCL_RETURN,
TCL_BREAK, or TCL_CONTINUE, or possibly some other
integer value originating in an extension.
In addition, a result value or error message is left in interp's
result; it can be retrieved using Tcl_GetObjResult.
Tcl_EvalFile reads the file given by fileName and evaluates
its contents as a Tcl script. It returns the same information as
Tcl_EvalObjEx.
If the file could not be read then a Tcl error is returned to describe
why the file could not be read.
The eofchar for files is
“\x1A”
(^Z) for all platforms. If you require a
“^Z”
in code for string comparison, you can use
“\x1A”,
which will be safely substituted by the Tcl interpreter into
“^Z”.
Tcl_EvalObjv executes a single preparsed command instead of a
script. The objc and objv arguments contain the values
of the words for the Tcl command, one word in each value in
objv. Tcl_EvalObjv evaluates the command and returns
a completion code and result just like Tcl_EvalObjEx.
The caller of Tcl_EvalObjv has to manage the reference count of the
elements of objv, insuring that the values are valid until
Tcl_EvalObjv returns.
Tcl_Eval is similar to Tcl_EvalObjEx except that the script to
be executed is supplied as a string instead of a value and no compilation
occurs. The string should be a proper UTF-8 string as converted by
Tcl_ExternalToUtfDString or Tcl_ExternalToUtf when it is known
to possibly contain upper ASCII characters whose possible combinations
might be a UTF-8 special code. The string is parsed and executed directly
(using Tcl_EvalObjv) instead of compiling it and executing the
bytecodes. In situations where it is known that the script will never be
executed again, Tcl_Eval may be faster than Tcl_EvalObjEx.
Tcl_Eval returns a completion code and result just like
Tcl_EvalObjEx.
Tcl_EvalEx is an extended version of Tcl_Eval that takes
additional arguments numBytes and flags.
Tcl_GlobalEval and Tcl_GlobalEvalObj are older procedures
that are now deprecated. They are similar to Tcl_EvalEx and
Tcl_EvalObjEx except that the script is evaluated in the global
namespace and its variable context consists of global variables only
(it ignores any Tcl procedures that are active). These functions are
equivalent to using the TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL flag (see below).
Tcl_VarEval takes any number of string arguments
of any length, concatenates them into a single string,
then calls Tcl_Eval to execute that string as a Tcl command.
It returns the result of the command and also modifies
the interpreter result in the same way as Tcl_Eval.
The last argument to Tcl_VarEval must be (char *)NULL to indicate the end
of arguments.
Any OR'ed combination of the following values may be used for the
flags argument to procedures such as Tcl_EvalObjEx:
- TCL_EVAL_DIRECT
-
This flag is only used by Tcl_EvalObjEx; it is ignored by
other procedures. If this flag bit is set, the script is not
compiled to bytecodes; instead it is executed directly
as is done by Tcl_EvalEx. The
TCL_EVAL_DIRECT flag is useful in situations where the
contents of a value are going to change immediately, so the
bytecodes will not be reused in a future execution. In this case,
it is faster to execute the script directly.
- TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL
-
If this flag is set, the script is evaluated in the global namespace instead of
the current namespace and its variable context consists of global variables
only (it ignores any Tcl procedures that are active).
During the processing of a Tcl command it is legal to make nested
calls to evaluate other commands (this is how procedures and
some control structures are implemented).
If a code other than TCL_OK is returned
from a nested Tcl_EvalObjEx invocation,
then the caller should normally return immediately,
passing that same return code back to its caller,
and so on until the top-level application is reached.
A few commands, like for, will check for certain
return codes, like TCL_BREAK and TCL_CONTINUE, and process them
specially without returning.
Tcl_EvalObjEx keeps track of how many nested Tcl_EvalObjEx
invocations are in progress for interp.
If a code of TCL_RETURN, TCL_BREAK, or TCL_CONTINUE is
about to be returned from the topmost Tcl_EvalObjEx
invocation for interp,
it converts the return code to TCL_ERROR
and sets interp's result to an error message indicating that
the return, break, or continue command was
invoked in an inappropriate place.
This means that top-level applications should never see a return code
from Tcl_EvalObjEx other than TCL_OK or TCL_ERROR.
Tcl_EvalObjEx and Tcl_GlobalEvalObj both increment and
decrement the reference count of their objPtr argument; you must
not pass them any value with a reference count of zero. They also
manipulate the interpreter result; you must not count on the
interpreter result to hold the reference count of any value over
these calls.
Tcl_EvalObjv may increment and decrement the reference count of
any value passed via its objv argument; you must not pass any
value with a reference count of zero. This function also manipulates
the interpreter result; you must not count on the interpreter result
to hold the reference count of any value over this call.
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