}

    /*
     * Convert objPtr to list type first; if it cannot be converted, or if its
     * length is not 2, then it cannot be converted to lambdaType.
     */

    result = TclListObjLengthM(NULL, objPtr, &objc);
    if ((result != TCL_OK) || ((objc != 2) && (objc != 3))) {
	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
		"can't interpret \"%s\" as a lambda expression",
		Tcl_GetString(objPtr)));
	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "LAMBDA", NULL);
	return TCL_ERROR;
    }
    result = TclListObjGetElementsM(NULL, objPtr, &objc, &objv);
    if ((result != TCL_OK) || ((objc != 2) && (objc != 3))) {
	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
		"can't interpret \"%s\" as a lambda expression",
		TclGetString(objPtr)));
	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "LAMBDA", NULL);
	return TCL_ERROR;