NAME

       Tcl_IsSafe,  Tcl_MakeSafe,  Tcl_CreateSlave, Tcl_GetSlave,
       Tcl_GetMaster,     Tcl_GetInterpPath,     Tcl_CreateAlias,
       Tcl_CreateAliasObj,     Tcl_GetAlias,     Tcl_GetAliasObj,
       Tcl_ExposeCommand, Tcl_HideCommand - manage  multiple  Tcl
       interpreters, aliases and hidden commands.


SYNOPSIS

       #include <tcl.h>

       int
       Tcl_IsSafe(interp)

       int
       Tcl_MakeSafe(interp)

       Tcl_Interp *
       Tcl_CreateSlave(interp, slaveName, isSafe)

       Tcl_Interp *
       Tcl_GetSlave(interp, slaveName)

       Tcl_Interp *
       Tcl_GetMaster(interp)

       int
       Tcl_GetInterpPath(askingInterp, slaveInterp)

       int                                                        |
       Tcl_CreateAlias(slaveInterp, srcCmd, targetInterp, targetCmd, argc, argv)|

       int                                                        |
       Tcl_CreateAliasObj(slaveInterp, srcCmd, targetInterp, targetCmd, objc, objv)|

       int
       Tcl_GetAlias(interp, srcCmd, targetInterpPtr, targetCmdPtr, argcPtr, argvPtr)

       int                                                        |
       Tcl_GetAliasObj(interp, srcCmd, targetInterpPtr, targetCmdPtr, objcPtr, objvPtr)|

       int                                                        |
       Tcl_ExposeCommand(interp, hiddenCmdName, cmdName)          |

       int                                                        |
       Tcl_HideCommand(interp, cmdName, hiddenCmdName)            |


ARGUMENTS |

       Tcl_Interp             *interp           (in)                     ||
                                                          Inter­  |
                                                          preter  |
                                                          in      |
                                                          which   |

                                                          cute    |
                                                          the     |
                                                          speci­  |
                                                          fied    |
                                                          com­    |
                                                          mand.   |

       char                   *slaveName        (in)                     ||
                                                          Name of |
                                                          slave   |
                                                          inter­  |
                                                          preter  |
                                                          to cre­ |
                                                          ate  or |
                                                          manipu­ |
                                                          late.   |

       int                    isSafe            (in)                     ||
                                                          If non- |
                                                          zero, a |
                                                          ``safe''|
                                                          slave   |
                                                          that is |
                                                          suit­   |
                                                          able    |
                                                          for     |
                                                          running |
                                                          untrusted|
                                                          code is |
                                                          cre­    |
                                                          ated,   |
                                                          other­  |
                                                          wise  a |
                                                          trusted |
                                                          slave   |
                                                          is cre­ |
                                                          ated.   |

       Tcl_Interp             *slaveInterp      (in)                     ||
                                                          Inter­  |
                                                          preter  |
                                                          to  use |
                                                          for     |
                                                          creat­  |
                                                          ing the |
                                                          source  |
                                                          command |
                                                          for  an |
                                                          alias   |
                                                          (see    |
                                                          below). |

                                                          Name of |
                                                          source  |
                                                          command |
                                                          for     |
                                                          alias.  |

       Tcl_Interp             *targetInterp     (in)                     ||
                                                          Inter­  |
                                                          preter  |
                                                          that    |
                                                          con­    |
                                                          tains   |
                                                          the     |
                                                          target  |
                                                          command |
                                                          for  an |
                                                          alias.  |

       char                   *targetCmd        (in)                     ||
                                                          Name of |
                                                          target  |
                                                          command |
                                                          for     |
                                                          alias   |
                                                          in tar­ |
                                                          get­    |
                                                          Interp. |

       int                    argc              (in)                     ||
                                                          Count   |
                                                          of      |
                                                          addi­   |
                                                          tional  |
                                                          argu­   |
                                                          ments   |
                                                          to pass |
                                                          to  the |
                                                          alias   |
                                                          com­    |
                                                          mand.   |

       char                   **argv            (in)                     ||
                                                          Vector  |
                                                          of      |
                                                          strings,|
                                                          the     |
                                                          addi­   |
                                                          tional  |
                                                          argu­   |
                                                          ments   |
                                                          to pass |
                                                          to  the |
                                                          alias   |

                                                          mand.   |
                                                          This    |
                                                          storage |
                                                          is      |
                                                          owned   |
                                                          by  the |
                                                          caller. |

       int                    objc              (in)                     ||
                                                          Count   |
                                                          of      |
                                                          addi­   |
                                                          tional  |
                                                          object  |
                                                          argu­   |
                                                          ments   |
                                                          to pass |
                                                          to  the |
                                                          alias   |
                                                          object  |
                                                          com­    |
                                                          mand.   |

       Tcl_Object             **objv            (in)                     ||
                                                          Vector  |
                                                          of      |
                                                          Tcl_Obj |
                                                          struc­  |
                                                          tures,  |
                                                          the     |
                                                          addi­   |
                                                          tional  |
                                                          object  |
                                                          argu­   |
                                                          menst   |
                                                          to pass |
                                                          to  the |
                                                          alias   |
                                                          object  |
                                                          com­    |
                                                          mand.   |
                                                          This    |
                                                          storage |
                                                          is      |
                                                          owned   |
                                                          by  the |
                                                          caller. |

       Tcl_Interp             **targetInterpPtr (in)                     ||
                                                          Pointer |
                                                          to      |
                                                          loca­   |
                                                          tion to |

                                                          the     |
                                                          address |
                                                          of  the |
                                                          inter­  |
                                                          preter  |
                                                          where a |
                                                          target  |
                                                          command |
                                                          is      |
                                                          defined |
                                                          for  an |
                                                          alias.  |

       char                   **targetCmdPtr    (out)                    ||
                                                          Pointer |
                                                          to      |
                                                          loca­   |
                                                          tion to |
                                                          store   |
                                                          the     |
                                                          address |
                                                          of  the |
                                                          name of |
                                                          the     |
                                                          target  |
                                                          command |
                                                          for  an |
                                                          alias.  |

       int                    *argcPtr          (out)                    ||
                                                          Pointer |
                                                          to      |
                                                          loca­   |
                                                          tion to |
                                                          store   |
                                                          count   |
                                                          of      |
                                                          addi­   |
                                                          tional  |
                                                          argu­   |
                                                          ments   |
                                                          to   be |
                                                          passed  |
                                                          to  the |
                                                          alias.  |
                                                          The     |
                                                          loca­   |
                                                          tion is |
                                                          in      |
                                                          storage |
                                                          owned   |
                                                          by  the |
                                                          caller. |

                                                          Pointer |
                                                          to      |
                                                          loca­   |
                                                          tion to |
                                                          store a |
                                                          vector  |
                                                          of      |
                                                          strings,|
                                                          the     |
                                                          addi­   |
                                                          tional  |
                                                          argu­   |
                                                          ments   |
                                                          to pass |
                                                          to   an |
                                                          alias.  |
                                                          The     |
                                                          loca­   |
                                                          tion is |
                                                          in      |
                                                          storage |
                                                          owned   |
                                                          by  the |
                                                          caller, |
                                                          the     |
                                                          vector  |
                                                          of      |
                                                          strings |
                                                          is      |
                                                          owned   |
                                                          by  the |
                                                          called  |
                                                          func­   |
                                                          tion.   |

       int                    *objcPtr          (out)                    ||
                                                          Pointer |
                                                          to      |
                                                          loca­   |
                                                          tion to |
                                                          store   |
                                                          count   |
                                                          of      |
                                                          addi­   |
                                                          tional  |
                                                          object  |
                                                          argu­   |
                                                          ments   |
                                                          to   be |
                                                          passed  |
                                                          to  the |
                                                          alias.  |
                                                          The     |

                                                          tion is |
                                                          in      |
                                                          storage |
                                                          owned   |
                                                          by  the |
                                                          caller. |

       Tcl_Obj                ***objvPtr        (out)                    ||
                                                          Pointer |
                                                          to      |
                                                          loca­   |
                                                          tion to |
                                                          store a |
                                                          vector  |
                                                          of      |
                                                          Tcl_Obj |
                                                          struc­  |
                                                          tures,  |
                                                          the     |
                                                          addi­   |
                                                          tional  |
                                                          argu­   |
                                                          ments   |
                                                          to pass |
                                                          to   an |
                                                          object  |
                                                          alias   |
                                                          com­    |
                                                          mand.   |
                                                          The     |
                                                          loca­   |
                                                          tion is |
                                                          in      |
                                                          storage |
                                                          owned   |
                                                          by  the |
                                                          caller, |
                                                          the     |
                                                          vector  |
                                                          of      |
                                                          Tcl_Obj |
                                                          struc­  |
                                                          tures   |
                                                          is      |
                                                          owned   |
                                                          by  the |
                                                          called  |
                                                          func­   |
                                                          tion.   |

       char                   *cmdName          (in)                     ||
                                                          Name of |
                                                          an      |

                                                          command |
                                                          to hide |
                                                          or cre­ |
                                                          ate.    |

       char                   *hiddenCmdName    (in)                     ||
                                                          Name    |
                                                          under   |
                                                          which a |
                                                          hidden  |
                                                          command |
                                                          is      |
                                                          stored  |
                                                          and     |
                                                          with    |
                                                          which   |
                                                          it  can |
                                                          be      |
                                                          exposed |
                                                          or      |
                                                          invoked.|
_________________________________________________________________


DESCRIPTION

       These procedures are intended for access to  the  multiple
       interpreter  facility  from inside C programs. They enable
       managing multiple interpreters in a hierarchical relation­
       ship,  and  the  management of aliases, commands that when
       invoked in one interpreter execute a  command  in  another
       interpreter.  The  return  value for those procedures that
       return an int is either TCL_OK or TCL_ERROR. If  TCL_ERROR
       is  returned then the result field of the interpreter con­
       tains an error message.

       Tcl_CreateSlave creates a new interpreter as  a  slave  of
       interp.   It  also creates a slave command named slaveName
       in interp which allows interp to manipulate the new slave.
       If  isSafe is zero, the command creates a trusted slave in
       which Tcl code has access to all the Tcl commands.  If  it
       is  1,  the  command creates a ``safe'' slave in which Tcl
       code has access only to set of  Tcl  commands  defined  as
       ``Safe Tcl''; see the manual entry for the Tcl interp com­
       mand for details.  If the creation of the new slave inter­
       preter failed, NULL is returned.

       Tcl_IsSafe  returns  1  if interp is ``safe'' (was created
       with the TCL_SAFE_INTERPRETER flag  specified),  0  other­
       wise.

       Tcl_MakeSafe  makes  interp  ``safe'' by removing all non-
       core and core unsafe functionality. Note that if you  call
       this  after  adding  some extension to an interpreter, all

       preter.

       Tcl_GetSlave  returns  a pointer to a slave interpreter of
       interp. The slave interpreter is identified by  slaveName.
       If no such slave interpreter exists, NULL is returned.

       Tcl_GetMaster  returns a pointer to the master interpreter
       of interp. If interp has no  master  (it  is  a  top-level
       interpreter) then NULL is returned.

       Tcl_GetInterpPath sets the result field in askingInterp to
       the relative path between  askingInterp  and  slaveInterp;
       slaveInterp must be a slave of askingInterp. If the compu­
       tation of the relative path succeeds, TCL_OK is  returned,
       else TCL_ERROR is returned and the result field in asking­
       Interp contains the error message.

       Tcl_CreateAlias creates an object command named srcCmd  in |
       slaveInterp that when invoked, will cause the command tar­ |
       getCmd to be invoked in targetInterp. The arguments speci­ |
       fied by the strings contained in argv are always prepended |
       to any arguments supplied in the invocation of srcCmd  and |
       passed  to targetCmd.  This operation returns TCL_OK if it |
       succeeds, or TCL_ERROR if it fails; in that case, an error |
       message is left in the object result of slaveInterp.  Note |
       that there are no restrictions on the  ancestry  relation­ |
       ship  (as  created by Tcl_CreateSlave) between slaveInterp |
       and targetInterp. Any two interpreters can be used,  with­ |
       out any restrictions on how they are related.              |

       Tcl_CreateAliasObj  is  similar  to Tcl_CreateAlias except |
       that it takes a vector of objects to  pass  as  additional |
       arguments instead of a vector of strings.

       Tcl_GetAlias  returns information about an alias aliasName
       in interp. Any of the result fields can be NULL, in  which
       case  the corresponding datum is not returned. If a result
       field is non-NULL, the address indicated  is  set  to  the
       corresponding  datum.   For  example,  if targetNamePtr is
       non-NULL it is set to a pointer to the  string  containing
       the name of the target command.                            |

       Tcl_GetAliasObj  is similar to Tcl_GetAlias except that it |
       returns a  pointer  to  a  vector  of  Tcl_Obj  structures |
       instead of a vector of strings.                            |

       Tcl_ExposeCommand  moves  the  command named hiddenCmdName |
       from the set of hidden commands to the set of exposed com­ |
       mands,  putting  it under the name cmdName.  HiddenCmdName |
       must be the name of an existing  hidden  command,  or  the |
       operation will return TCL_ERROR and leave an error message |
       in the result field in  interp.   If  an  exposed  command |
       named   cmdName  already  exists,  the  operation  returns |

       of  interp.  If the operation succeeds, it returns TCL_OK. |
       After executing this command, attempts to use cmdName in a |
       call  to  Tcl_Eval or with the Tcl eval command will again |
       succeed.                                                   |

       Tcl_HideCommand moves the command named cmdName  from  the |
       set  of  exposed  commands  to the set of hidden commands, |
       under the name hiddenCmdName.  CmdName must be the name of |
       an  existing exposed command, or the operation will return |
       TCL_ERROR and leave an error message in the object  result |
       of  interp.  Currently both cmdName and hiddenCmdName must |
       not contain namespace qualifiers, or  the  operation  will |
       return  TCL_ERROR and leave an error message in the object |
       result of interp.  The CmdName will be looked  up  in  the |
       global  namespace,  and not relative to the current names­ |
       pace, even if the current namespace is not the global one. |
       If  a  hidden  command whose name is hiddenCmdName already |
       exists, the  operation  also  returns  TCL_ERROR  and  the |
       result  field in interp contains an error message.  If the |
       operation succeeds, it returns  TCL_OK.   After  executing |
       this  command,  attempts  to  use  cmdName  in  a  call to |
       Tcl_Eval or with the Tcl eval command will fail.           |

       For a description of the Tcl interface to multiple  inter­ |
       preters, see interp(n).                                    |


SEE ALSO |

       interp                                                     |


KEYWORDS |

       alias,  command, exposed commands, hidden commands, inter­ |
       preter, invoke, master, slave,                             |


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