Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/defs-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/defs-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.61 -r1.62
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/defs-procs.tcl	8 Dec 2012 17:42:32 -0000	1.61
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/defs-procs.tcl	8 Apr 2013 15:50:25 -0000	1.62
@@ -665,18 +665,15 @@
     @param name The name of the parameter.
     @return The parameter of the object or if it doesn't exist, the default.
 } {
-    set ns_param ""
 
     # The below is really a hack because none of the calls to ad_parameter in the system
     # actually call 'ad_parameter param_name acs-kernel'.
 
     if { $package_key eq "" || $package_key eq "acs-kernel"} {
-	set ns_param [ns_config "ns/server/[ns_info server]/acs" $name]
-    } else {
-	set ns_param [ns_config "ns/server/[ns_info server]/acs/$package_key" $name]
+	return [ns_config "ns/server/[ns_info server]/acs" $name]
     }
 
-    return $ns_param
+    return [ns_config "ns/server/[ns_info server]/acs/$package_key" $name]
 }
 
 
@@ -688,7 +685,7 @@
     parameter_name
 } {
     
-    Manages the cache for ad_paremeter.
+    Manages the cache for ad_parameter.
     @param -set Use this flag to indicate a value to set in the cache.
     @param -delete Delete the value from the cache
     @param -global If true, global param, false, instance param