From 34d9e3b48b37202ceac9ca04239e7eb6cd8284f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sans <markus.zolliker@psi.ch>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 16:31:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix strange behaviour when parmeter name starts with inf

'inf' is interpreted a floating point infinity on a drivable object

x info -> run x inf

therefore use 'hval $path' instead of 'result $sicscommand' to
retrieve a nodes value in hdbItem
---
 tcl/startup/hdb.tcl | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tcl/startup/hdb.tcl b/tcl/startup/hdb.tcl
index 7882953..953c397 100644
--- a/tcl/startup/hdb.tcl
+++ b/tcl/startup/hdb.tcl
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ proc hdbItem {path title} {
           return
         } else {
           set cmd2 ""
-          if {[catch {set val [result $cmd]} msg]} {
+          # using {set val [result $cmd]} will have strange effects: 'xatto info' is like 'run xatto inf'!
+          if {[catch {set val [hval $path]} msg]} {
             if {$msg eq "ERROR: not read yet"} {
               set val ""
             } else {