Index: ChangeLog
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RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/ChangeLog,v
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> 2001-08-30  Miguel Sofer  <msofer@users.sourceforge.net>
> 
> 	* generic/tclExecute.c: allow cached fully-qualified command names
> 	to be usable from different namespaces within the same interpreter
> 	without forcing a new lookup. This speeds up scripts that pass
> 	command names in variables ("this" in some OO packages).
> 	[Patch 456668]. 
> 
Index: generic/tclExecute.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/generic/tclExecute.c,v
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>     CallFrame *savedFramePtr;
>     char *name;
> 
>     /*
>      * If the variable name is fully qualified, do as if the lookup were
>      * done from the global namespace; this helps avoid repeated lookups 
>      * of fully qualified names. It costs close to nothing, and may be very
>      * helpful for OO applications which pass along a command name ("this"),
>      * [Patch 456668]
>      */
> 
>     savedFramePtr = iPtr->varFramePtr;
>     name = Tcl_GetString(objPtr);
>     if ((*name++ == ':') && (*name == ':')) {
> 	iPtr->varFramePtr = NULL;
>     }
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> 	    iPtr->varFramePtr = savedFramePtr;
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>     iPtr->varFramePtr = savedFramePtr;

