proc ?append {v_name args} { upvar 1 $v_name v if {![info exists v]} { error "can't read \"$v_name\": no such variable" } append v [join $args ""] } ;# GPS
DKF: I've updated the code above to match the calling convention for append
MC: I've updated the code to return the value of $val and to give the same error message if you try to append to the name of an array, like append does :-)
AMG: Simplified.
See also ?set, ?lappend, ?incr