namespacex (3)

NAME

namespacex - Namespace utility commands

SYNOPSIS

package require Tcl 8.5

package require namespacex ?0.1?

::namespacex hook add ?namespace? cmdprefix

::namespacex hook proc ?namespace? arguments body

::namespacex hook on ?namespace? guardcmdprefix actioncmdprefix

::namespacex hook next arg...

::namespacex info allchildren namespace

::namespacex info allvars namespace

::namespacex info vars namespace ?pattern?

::namespacex state get namespace

::namespacex state set namespace dict

::namespacex state drop namespace

DESCRIPTION

This package provides a number of utility commands for working with namespaces.

API

::namespacex hook add ?namespace? cmdprefix

::namespacex hook proc ?namespace? arguments body

::namespacex hook on ?namespace? guardcmdprefix actioncmdprefix

::namespacex hook next arg...

::namespacex info allchildren namespace

This command returns a list containing the names of all child namespaces in the specified namespace and its children. The names are all fully qualified.

::namespacex info allvars namespace

This command returns a list containing the names of all variables in the specified namespace and its children. The names are all relative to namespace, and not fully qualified.

::namespacex info vars namespace ?pattern?

This command returns a list containing the names of all variables in the specified namespace.

::namespacex state get namespace

This command returns a dictionary holding the names and values of all variables in the specified namespace and its child namespaces.

Note that the names are all relative to namespace, and not fully qualified.

::namespacex state set namespace dict

This command takes a dictionary holding the names and values for a set of variables and replaces the current state of the specified namespace and its child namespaces with this state. The result of the command is the empty string.

::namespacex state drop namespace

This command unsets all variables in the specified namespace and its child namespaces. The result of the command is the empty string.

KEYWORDS

extended namespace, info, namespace unknown, namespace utilities, state (de)serialization, unknown hooking, utilities

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 200? Neil Madden (wiki.tcl.tk/12790
Copyright (c) 200? Various (wiki.tcl.tk/1489
Copyright (c) 2010 Documentation, Andreas Kupries