'\" '\" Copyright (c) 1999 Scriptics Corporation '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" '\" RCS: @(#) GetVersion.3,v 1.5 2003/01/21 19:39:59 hunt Exp '\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl_GetVersion 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" .BS .SH NAME Tcl_GetVersion \- get the version of the library at runtime .SH SYNOPSIS .nf \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR .sp \fBTcl_GetVersion\fR(\fImajor, minor, patchLevel, type\fR) .SH ARGUMENTS .AP int *major out Major version number of the Tcl library. .AP int *minor out Minor version number of the Tcl library. .AP int *patchLevel out The patch level of the Tcl library (or alpha or beta number). .AP Tcl_ReleaseType *type out The type of release, also indicates the type of patch level. Can be one of \fBTCL_ALPHA_RELEASE\fR, \fBTCL_BETA_RELEASE\fR, or \fBTCL_FINAL_RELEASE\fR. .BE .SH DESCRIPTION .PP \fBTcl_GetVersion\fR should be used to query the version number of the Tcl library at runtime. This is useful when using a dynamically loaded Tcl library or when writing a stubs-aware extension. For instance, if you write an extension that is linked against the Tcl stubs library, it could be loaded into a program linked to an older version of Tcl than you expected. Use \fBTcl_GetVersion\fR to verify that fact, and possibly to change the behavior of your extension. .PP \fBTcl_GetVersion\fR accepts NULL for any of the arguments. For instance if you do not care about the \fIpatchLevel\fR of the library, pass a NULL for the \fIpatchLevel\fR argument. .SH KEYWORDS version, patchlevel, major, minor, alpha, beta, release