[Tcl-bugs] [ tcl-Bugs-910732 ] [puts] returns obsolete error message

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Bugs item #910732, was opened at 2004-03-05 12:16
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Category: 24. Channel Commands
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Wont Fix
>Priority: 2
Submitted By: John Seal (johnseal)
Assigned to: Andreas Kupries (andreas_kupries)
Summary: [puts] returns obsolete error message

Initial Comment:
In Tcl 8.4.5 on Mac OS X 10.3.2:

% puts a b c
bad argument "c": should be "nonewline"

Why does [puts] complain about "c", instead of "a"? 
For [puts] with three arguments, only the first *must*
be -nonewline.

Don Porter says:

"Long ago, while the earth was still cooling, in Tcl 6,
the [puts] command had a different syntax:

    puts ?channel? string ?nonewline?

Parts of Tcl were still using this internally as late
as Tcl 8.3.
The [puts] command still recognizes the syntax, and
produces an error message for it, though that should go
away at the next major revision."

That syntax is no longer documented, but apparently
still permitted.  The error message should be changed
to agree with the documented syntax.


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>Comment By: Andreas Kupries (andreas_kupries)
Date: 2006-03-14 14:09

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See RFE 1449945 for request on finally killing the syntax
itself.

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Comment By: Donal K. Fellows (dkf)
Date: 2004-03-08 07:32

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Why?  The syntax itself is on death row :)

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