The documentation for the [rename] command is available at http://purl.org/tcl/home/man/tcl8.3.2/TclCmd/rename.htm .
The [rename] command is most often used for wrapping commands. In other words, the programmer uses [rename] to hide another command -- so that a wrapper can be placed around the hidden command to change its behavior. Examples of this important concept abound on the Wiki; among the clearest are: DGP: Be aware that if you rename a command into another
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RS Another frequent application for rename is to remove commands, by renaming them to the empty string:
rename foo {}
DGP Be aware that if you [rename] a command into another namespace, its evaluation context will change to that namespace. HaO 2010-04-10: (discussion on CLT ): rename or delete from inside targeted proc is allowed:
% namespace eval one {
variable message "I'm in one"
proc test {} {variable message; return $message}
}
% namespace eval two {variable message "I'm in two"}
% rename one::test two::test
% two::test
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