NAME

       Tcl_CreateTrace,  Tcl_DeleteTrace  -  arrange  for command
       execution to be traced


SYNOPSIS

       #include <tcl.h>

       Tcl_Trace
       Tcl_CreateTrace(interp, level, proc, clientData)

       Tcl_DeleteTrace(interp, trace)


ARGUMENTS

       Tcl_Interp         *interp          (in)      Interpreter
                                                     containing
                                                     command   to
                                                     be traced or
                                                     untraced.

       int                level            (in)      Only    com­
                                                     mands  at or
                                                     below   this
                                                     nesting
                                                     level   will
                                                     be   traced.
                                                     1 means top-
                                                     level   com­
                                                     mands  only,
                                                     2 means top-
                                                     level   com­
                                                     mands     or
                                                     those   that
                                                     are  invoked
                                                     as immediate
                                                     consequences
                                                     of executing
                                                     top-level
                                                     commands
                                                     (procedure
                                                     bodies,
                                                     bracketed
                                                     commands,
                                                     etc.) and so
                                                     on.

       Tcl_CmdTraceProc   *proc            (in)      Procedure to
                                                     call     for
                                                     each command
                                                     that's  exe­
                                                     cuted.   See
                                                     below    for
                                                     details   on

                                                     sequence.

       ClientData         clientData       (in)      Arbitrary
                                                     one-word
                                                     value     to
                                                     pass      to
                                                     proc.

       Tcl_Trace          trace            (in)      Token    for
                                                     trace  to be
                                                     removed
                                                     (return
                                                     value   from
                                                     previous
                                                     call      to
                                                     Tcl_Create­
                                                     Trace).
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DESCRIPTION

       Tcl_CreateTrace arranges for command  tracing.   From  now
       on,  proc  will be invoked before Tcl calls command proce­
       dures to process commands in  interp.   The  return  value
       from  Tcl_CreateTrace  is a token for the trace, which may
       be passed to Tcl_DeleteTrace to remove the  trace.   There
       may  be  many traces in effect simultaneously for the same
       command interpreter.

       Proc should have arguments and result that match the  type
       Tcl_CmdTraceProc:
              typedef void Tcl_CmdTraceProc(
                ClientData clientData,
                Tcl_Interp *interp,
                int level,
                char *command,
                Tcl_CmdProc *cmdProc,
                ClientData cmdClientData,
                int argc,
                char *argv[]);
       The  clientData  and  interp  parameters are copies of the
       corresponding arguments given to Tcl_CreateTrace.  Client­
       Data  typically  points  to  an  application-specific data
       structure that describes what to do when proc is  invoked.
       Level  gives  the nesting level of the command (1 for top-
       level commands passed to Tcl_Eval by  the  application,  2
       for  the next-level commands passed to Tcl_Eval as part of
       parsing or interpreting  level-1  commands,  and  so  on).
       Command points to a string containing the text of the com­
       mand, before any argument substitution.  CmdProc  contains
       the  address  of the command procedure that will be called
       to process the command (i.e. the  proc  argument  of  some
       previous  call  to  Tcl_CreateCommand)  and  cmdClientData

       clientData  value  passed to Tcl_CreateCommand).  Argc and
       argv give the final  argument  information  that  will  be
       passed  to cmdProc, after command, variable, and backslash
       substitution.  Proc must not modify the  command  or  argv
       strings.

       Tracing will only occur for commands at nesting level less
       than or equal to  the  level  parameter  (i.e.  the  level
       parameter to proc will always be less than or equal to the
       level parameter to Tcl_CreateTrace).

       Calls to proc will be made by the Tcl  parser  immediately
       before  it  calls  the  command  procedure for the command
       (cmdProc).  This occurs after argument parsing and substi­
       tution,  so tracing for substituted commands occurs before
       tracing of the commands containing the substitutions.   If
       there  is  a  syntax error in a command, or if there is no
       command procedure associated with a command name, then  no
       tracing  will  occur for that command.  If a string passed
       to Tcl_Eval contains multiple commands (bracketed,  or  on
       different  lines)  then multiple calls to proc will occur,
       one for each command.  The  command  string  for  each  of
       these  trace calls will reflect only a single command, not
       the entire string passed to Tcl_Eval.

       Tcl_DeleteTrace removes a trace, so that no  future  calls
       will  be  made to the procedure associated with the trace.
       After Tcl_DeleteTrace returns,  the  caller  should  never
       again use the trace token.


KEYWORDS

       command, create, delete, interpreter, trace


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