"David N. Welton" wrote:
> If you know that a variable could be a list, you check LVARS(name),
> and if it exists, then you can be sure that VARS(name) is a list, and
> not a string beginning with {.
>
> Does that sound fair? That was your original suggestion as I
> understood it the other day, it is easy to implement, and it isn't
> *too* awfully wierd.
>
> The only other thing that seems acceptable is a command, but that is
> slower, and will require reworking of existing scripts. And in any
> case, you still have to know when your variable might be a list:
>
> set lst [ vars get -list foo ]
>
> It is cleaner though, more flexible, and also extensible.
>
Both choices are OK for me.
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