TCI Procedures

Defaulted arguments， if any， must be the last arguments for the procedure. If a default is not specified, the argument is required. The following example is provided for clarification:

proc my_incr {value {increment 1}}{ 
expr $value + $increment 
}
my_incr 42 3 
—>45 
my _ incr 42 
—>43 
proc my_incr  {{increment 1} value}{ 
expr $value + $increment 
my _ incr 3 42 
—>45 
my_incr 42 
—>Error: no value given for parameter "value" to "my_incr" 

Global and local variables

A namespace is an encapsulation of commands and variables to avoid interference with other namespaces

• Procedure names are global
• Viriables inside procedures are local
• Viriiables defined outside of any procedures are global
• Global variables not automatically visible inside procedures. They are accessed inside the procedure, using the following command
  ->> global varnamel varname2 …