Practical Programming in Tcl & Tk, Third Edition

Fine Points

• A common error is to forget a space between arguments when grouping with braces or quotes. This is because white space is used as the separator, while the braces or quotes only provide grouping. If you forget the space, you will get syntax errors about unexpected characters after the closing brace or quote. The following is an error because of the missing space between } and {:

  if {$x > 1} {puts "x = $x"}
  

• A double quote is only used for grouping when it comes after white space. This means you can include a double quote in the middle of a group without quoting it with a backslash. This requires that curly braces or white space delimit the group. I do not recommend using this obscure feature, but this is what it looks like:

   set silly ...