register Tcl_Obj *objPtr)	/* The object to convert. */
{
    Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
    const char *name;
    Tcl_Obj *argsPtr, *bodyPtr, *nsObjPtr, **objv, *errPtr;
    int objc, result;
    Proc *procPtr;

    if (interp == NULL) {
	return TCL_ERROR;
    }

    /*
     * 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 = TclListObjGetElements(interp, objPtr, &objc, &objv);
    result = TclListObjGetElements(NULL, objPtr, &objc, &objv);
    if ((result != TCL_OK) || ((objc != 2) && (objc != 3))) {
	TclNewLiteralStringObj(errPtr, "can't interpret \"");
	Tcl_AppendObjToObj(errPtr, objPtr);
	Tcl_AppendToObj(errPtr, "\" as a lambda expression", -1);
	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, errPtr);
	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "LAMBDA", NULL);
	return TCL_ERROR;