'''`[info] cmdcount`'''

Returns a count of the total number of [command%|%commands] that have been invoked in this interpreter.

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Note that since the bytecode compiler arrived in Tcl 8.0,
the machinery that counts command invocations has been
effectively disconnected from the operation of many Tcl
commands.  As development continues, more and more
command evaluation ''doesn't count'' in the eyes
of `[info] cmdcount`.

This command is best treated in modern Tcl programs
as a curious historical relic.  Not to be relied on
for correct operation of scripts.

[Lars H] 2008-05-24:
The above was written in 2003. Is it still true? I recall discussions about bytecode generation and cmdcount to have surfaced several times in the meantime, in a way that suggests core maintainers still care about upholding the cmdcount. It ''is'' used by `[interp limit]`, is it not?

[PYK] 2014-06-20: `[info] cmdcount` has always been reliable for the uses I've
put it to.  I haven't yet come across a situation where `[info] cmdcount` isn't
incremented after a command has been executed.

[APN] 2017-01-13: Not so. As of 8.6.6, `[info] cmdcount` is still unreliable. See http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/tktview?name=931e4956b9.



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