Tcl Lists
A Tcl list is a sequence of values. When you write out a list, it has the same syntax as a Tcl command. A list has its elements separated by white space.Braces or quotes can be used to group words with white space into a single list element. Because of the relationship between lists and commands, the list-related commands described in this chapter are used often when constructing Tcl commands.
 | Big lists were often slow before Tcl 8.0. |
Unlike list data structures in other languages, Tcl lists are just strings with a special interpretation. The string representation must be parsed on each list access, so be careful when you use large ...
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