[Tcl-bugs] [ tcl-Bugs-1743676 ] inconsistent error messages

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Bugs item #1743676, was opened at 2007-06-26 12:26
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Category: 07. Variables
Group: development: 8.5a7
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Larry W. Virden (lvirden)
>Assigned to: Don Porter (dgp)
Summary: inconsistent error messages

Initial Comment:
 $ tclsh
% lwv 5
invalid command name "lwv"
% "" 5
empty command name ""
% {} 5
empty command name ""
% { } 5
invalid command name " "



For some reason, a proc named {} which has not yet been defined generates a different message than other procs that have not yet been defined.

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>Comment By: miguel sofer (msofer)
Date: 2007-06-26 12:33

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Comment in init.tcl, line 407:
  # Handle empty $name separately due to strangeness in [string first]

Anybody knows what this strangeness is?


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