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diff --git a/tcl8.6/ChangeLog.2008 b/tcl8.6/ChangeLog.2008 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9c4e951 --- /dev/null +++ b/tcl8.6/ChangeLog.2008 @@ -0,0 +1,3796 @@ +2008-12-31 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Set TCLLIBPATH in SHELL_ENV so that targets + like `make shell` have access to builds of bundled packages. + +2008-12-28 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (Tcl_ZlibStreamPut): Plug a memory leak. + +2008-12-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (ZlibStreamCmd): Fix compilation consistency. [Bug + * generic/tcl.decls: 2470237] + + * generic/tclZlib.c (Tcl_ZlibStreamGet): Corrected the semantics of + this function to be useful to the PNG implementation. If the argument + object is empty, this gives the previous semantics. + (Tcl_ZlibStreamChecksum): Corrected name to be less misleading; it + only produced Adler-32 checksums when the stream was processing the + right type of compressed data format. + (Tcl_ZlibAdler32, Tcl_ZlibCRC32): Corrected types so that they work + naturally with the results of Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(). + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** for all above changes, but very + unlikely to be difficult for anyone to deal with. + +2008-12-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.decls: Tidy up the commenting style, adding markers for + each of the big release points under TCT stewardship and noting the + general purpose of each TIP that added C API. Overall effect is to + make this file much more informative to read without having to spend + effort correlating with TIPs and ChangeLogs. + +2008-12-23 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/Makefile.in: Fix build of zlib objects with msvc + * win/tcl.m4: + * win/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2008-12-23 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * win/Makefile.in: Handle file extensions correctly. [Bug 2459725] + +2008-12-22 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + *** 8.6b1 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * win/makefile.vc: Ensure pkgs directories are suitable and quote the + paths. [Bug 2458395] + +2008-12-22 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> + + * tools/man2help2.tcl: Added support for "\(mi" nroff macro. [Bug + 2330040] + +2008-12-22 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * win/makefile.vc: Support the pkgs tree in the NMAKE builds. + +2008-12-21 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Fix broken build of bundled packages when path + to build dir contains spaces by switching to + relative paths to toplevel build dir. + + * unix/configure.in: Preserve configure environment variables for + sub-configures of bundled packages; reuse + configure cache file for sub-configures. + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2008-12-21 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/TclZlib.3: Fix minor typo. [Bug 2455165] + +2008-12-20 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * win/Makefile.in: Renamed the static library libtcl86s.a to + * win/configure.in: have a name distinct from the import library + libtcl86.a. This renaming dodges an ancient + bug in the Makefile revealed by the last + commit where the $(TCL_LIB_FILE) rule can + fire to try to build the static library in a + --enable-shared build (and create a static + library that subsequently fails to link). + Revised the zlib objects so that they are + built directly into the build dir, without + building an intermediate static library. + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** for + embedders who link to the static library, but + I couldn't figure out how to sort this out + any other way. + * win/configure: Autoconf 2.59 + +2008-12-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * win/Makefile.in: Minor updates to make building work better with + msys on Windows. (Apparently the gcc used doesn't like a / at the end + of a -I argument...) + +2008-12-20 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * changes: Updates for 8.6b1 release. + +2008-12-20 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Make package install directory of bundled + * unix/configure.in: packages configurable via PACKAGE_DIR makefile + variable (set to platform-specific default). + + * unix/Makefile.in (*-packages): Ensure toplevel targets fail if + sub-make/configure fails; fix quoting when + builddir path contains spaces. + + * macosx/GNUmakefile: Add install-packages to install targets. + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2008-12-19 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * doc/NRE.3: Formatting errors found by `make html` + * doc/Tcl_Main.3: + * doc/zlib.n: + + * tests/chanio.test: Add missing [removeFile] cleanups. + * tests/io.test: Add missing [close $f] to io-73.2. + + * unix/Makefile.in: Update `make dist' target to include the files + from the compat/zlib directory as well as all the bundled packages + found under the pkgs directory, according to their individual `make + dist' targets. Change includes breaking a `configure-packages' target + out of the `packages` target. + + * README: Bump version number to 8.6b1 + * generic/tcl.h: + * library/init.tcl: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + +2008-12-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.decls: CONSTify TclGetLoadedPackages second param + * generic/tclLoad.c + * generic/tclIntDecls.h (regenerated) + +2008-12-19 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Fix compile warnings when --enable-symbols=all + + * win/configure.in: + * win/Makefile.in: Added build of packages in the 'pkgs/' directory. + * win/configure: Autoconf 2.59 + +2008-12-19 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * win/makefile.vc: Added build of compat/zlib + +2008-12-18 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_CloseEx, CloseWrite, CloseChannelPart) + (ChanCloseHalf): Rewrite the half-close to properly flush the channel, + like is done for a full close, going through FlushChannel, and using + the flag BG_FLUSH_SCHEDULED (async flush during close). New functions + CloseWrite, CloseChannelPart, new flag CHANNEL_CLOSEDWRITE. + + * tests/chanio.test (chanio-28.[67]): Reactivated these tests. + Replaced tclsh -> [interpreter] to get correct executable for the pipe + process, and added after cancel to kill the fail timers when we are + done. Removed the explicits calls to [flush], now that [close] handles + this correctly. + +2008-12-18 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/chanio.test: Replaced [chan event] handlers that returned + TCL_RETURN return code, with more conventional ones that return TCL_OK + to suppress otherwise strange writes of outdated $::errorInfo values + to stderr. [Bug 2444274] + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Disabled apparently faulty assertion. [Bug + 2415422] + +2008-12-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/configure.in, unix/Makefile.in: Autoconf wizardry. + * compat/zlib/*: Import of zlib 1.2.3. The license is directly + compatible with Tcl's. This import omits the obsolete and contributed + parts (i.e. selected directories) and the supplied examples. + + * generic/tclZlib.c: First implementation of the compressing and + * doc/zlib.n: decompressing channel transformations. + * tests/zlib.test (zlib-8.*): + +2008-12-18 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.decls: VOID -> void + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * compat/dlfcn.h: + * generic/tclDecls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + +2008-12-18 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + TIP #332 IMPLEMENTATION - Half-Close for Bidirectional Channels + + * doc/close.n, generic/tclIO.c, generic/tclIOCmd.c: + * unix/tclUnixChan.c, unix/tclUnixPipe.c, win/tclWinSock.c: + * generic/tcl.decls, generic/tclDecls.h, generic/tclStubInit.c: + * tests/chan.test, tests/chanio.test, tests/ioCmd.test: + +2008-12-17 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/SetChanErr.3: General improvements in nroff rendering and some + corrections to language issues. + +2008-12-17 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclResult.c: Move variable "length" inside if() + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Don't use ckfree((void *)...) but + * generic/tclVar.c: ckfree((char *)...) + * generic/tclZlib.c + * generic/tclBasic.c + +2008-12-17 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/namespace.test (namespace-28.1): Make tests not + * tests/namespace-old.test (namespace-old-9.5): dependent on the + global namespace's particular imports. [Bug 2433936] + +2008-12-17 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Modify the distclean-packages target so that + empty build directories are deleted. + + * unix/Makefile.in: Add build support for collections of TEA + * unix/configure.in: packages found under the pkgs directory. + [Patch 1163406]. Still needs porting to Windows. + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2008-12-17 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h, generic/tclZlib.c: Removed undocumented flag. + +2008-12-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclThreadTest.c: Eliminate -Wwrite-strings warnings in + --enable-threads build. + * generic/tclExecute.c: Use TclNewLiteralStringObj() + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: Use TclNewLiteralStringObj() + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: Use TclNewLiteralStringObj() + +2008-12-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + TIP #329 IMPLEMENTATION + + * tests/error.test: Tests for the new commands. + * doc/throw.n, doc/try.n: Documentation of the new commands. + * library/init.tcl (throw, try): Implementation of commands documented + in TIP. This implementation is in Tcl and is a stop-gap until + higher-performance ones can be written. + +2008-12-16 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: Add TIP 338 routines to stub table. + * generic/tcl.decls: [Bug 2431338] + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + +2008-12-15 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC:INST_DICT_GET): Make sure that the result + is empty when generating an error message. [Bug 2431847] + +2008-12-15 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c: Redefine non-strict decoding to ignore only + * doc/binary.n: whitespace. [Bug 2380293] + * tests/binary.test: + +2008-12-15 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * doc/AddErrInfo.3: Documented Tcl_(Set|Get)ErrorLine (TIP 336). + * doc/CrtCommand.3: Various other documentation updates to + * doc/CrtInterp.3: reflect the lack of access to Tcl_Interp + * doc/Interp.3: fields by default. + * doc/SetResult.3: + * doc/tcl.decls: + + TIP #338 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/AppInit.c: Made routines Tcl_SetStartupScript and + * doc/Tcl_Main.3: Tcl_GetStartupScript public. Removed all + * generic/tcl.h: internal stub access to Tcl*Startup* routines, + * generic/tclInt.decls: and removed their implementations. Their + * generic/tclMain.c: function can now be completely performed with + the new public interface. + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY for callers of the internal + Tcl*Startup* routines. *** + + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + +2008-12-14 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/zlib.test: Added constraint so that tests don't fail where + they cannot work due to zlib support being missing. + + * unix/configure.in, win/configure.in: Improve the autodetection code. + * win/tcl.m4 (SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS): Remove the assumption of the presence + of zlib library on Windows. + * win/makefile.vc, win/makefile.bc: Add support for building tclZlib.o + but only in stubbed-out mode for now. + +2008-12-13 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/TclZlib.3: Basic documentation of the C-level API. + * doc/zlib.n: Substantially improve documentation of Tcl-level API. + * generic/tclZlib.c (ZlibCmd): Flesh out the argument parsing for the + command to integrate with channels. + +2008-12-12 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (Tcl_ZlibInflate): Change PATH_MAX to MAXPATHLEN, + since MSVC doesn't have PATH_MAX. + + * doc/clock.n: Document new DST fallback rules. + * library/clock.tcl (ProcessPosixTimeZone): Fix time change in Eastern + Europe (not 3:00 but 4:00 local time). [Bug 2207436] + +2008-12-12 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c, unix/configure.in: Added stubs to use when the + version of zlib is not capable enough, and automagic to detect when + that is the case. [Bug 2421265] + +2008-12-12 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: Fix missing CLOEXEC on internal pipes [2417695] + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: Fix missing CLOEXEC on [chan pipe] fds. + +2008-12-12 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (Tcl_ZlibDeflate): Add a bit of extra space for + the gzip header. [Bug 2419061] + (Tcl_ZlibInflate): Ensure that gzip header extraction is done + correctly. + +2008-12-12 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + TIP #322 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/NRE.3 (new file): Added documentation of the published API for + Non-Recursive Evaluation (NRE). + +2008-12-11 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c: Eliminate warning: different 'const' qualifiers + with msvc compiler. A few more 'const' optimizations. + * win/tcl.m4: Fix Windows build (msvc) for TIP #234 implementation + * win/Makefile.in: + * win/configure: + +2008-12-11 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIO.c (SetChannelFromAny and related): Modified the + * tests/io.test: internal representation of the tclChannelType to + contain not only the ChannelState pointer, but also a reference to + the interpreter it was made in. Invalidate and recompute the + internal representation when it is used in a different interpreter, + like cmdName intrep's. Added testcase. [Bug 2407783] + +2008-12-11 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (ConvertError): Factor out code to turn zlib + errors into Tcl errors. + + * doc/zlib.n: Added a start at the documentation. Still very rough. + +2008-12-11 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/Makefile.in: Fix Windows build (mingw) for TIP #234 + implementation (additionally, first make sure that zlib is available, + and rename the standard zdll.lib to libz.a, but at least this works so + far). + +2008-12-11 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/zlib.test: Start of test suite for zlib command. + +2008-12-11 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * library/clock.tcl (ProcessPosixTimeZone): Fallback to European time + zone DST rules, when the timezone is between 0 and -12. [Bug 2207436] + * tests/clock.test (clock-52.[23]): Test cases for [Bug 2207436] + +2008-12-11 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + TIP #234 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclZlib.c: A very preliminary hack at an interface to the + zlib library, based on code from Pascal Scheffers. + WARNING! The C API may be subect to change without much warning! USE + AT YOUR OWN RISK! + +2008-12-10 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * library/tzdata/*: Update from Olson's tzdata2008i. + +2008-12-10 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + TIP #343 IMPLEMENTATION - A Binary Specifier for [format/scan] + + * doc/format.n + * doc/scan.n + * generic/tclInt.h + * generic/tclScan.c + * generic/tclStrToD.c + * generic/tclStringObj.c + * tests/format.test + * tests/scan.test + +2008-12-10 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + TIP #341 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictFilterCmd): Made key and value filtering + * tests/dict.test, doc/dict.n: accept arbitrary numbers of + glob arguments. + +2008-12-09 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Restore source and binary compatibility for + TIP #337 implementation. (When it is _that_ + simple, there is no excuse not to do it! :-)) + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + +2008-12-09 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + TIP #337 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/BackgdErr.3: Converted internal routine + * doc/interp.n: TclBackgroundException() into public routine + * generic/tcl.decls: Tcl_BackgroundException(). + * generic/tclEvent.c: + * generic/tclInt.decls: + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + + * generic/tclIO.c: Update callers. + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclTimer.c: + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY only for extensions using the converted + internal routine *** + +2008-12-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclIO.c (ChanClose,ChanRead,...): Factored out some of the + code to connect to channel drivers that was common in multiple + locations so as to make code more readable. + +2008-12-06 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (FileTempfileCmd): Force temporary files to be + created in the native filesystem. Attempting to provide a template + that puts it elsewhere will result in the directory part of the + template being ignored. Partial address of [Bug 2388866] concerns. + +2008-12-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + TIP #335 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_InterpActive): Added function for working + * doc/CrtInterp.3: out if an interp is in use. + + TIP #307 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclResult.c (Tcl_TransferResult): Renamed function from + * generic/tcl.decls: TclTransferResult. Added + * doc/SetResult.3: to public stubs table. + +2008-12-04 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclPathObj.c (Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath): Added another + flag value TCLPATH_NEEDNORM to mark those intreps which need more + complete normalization attention for correct results. [Bug 2385549] + +2008-12-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinPipe.c (TclpOpenTemporaryFile): Avoid an infinite loop due + to GetTempFileName/CreateFile interaction. [Bug 2380318] + +2008-12-03 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclFileName.c (DoGlob): One of the Tcl_FSMatchInDirectory + calls did not have its return code checked. This caused error messages + returned by some Tcl_Filesystem drivers to be swallowed. + +2008-12-02 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + TIP #336 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tcl.decls: New routines Tcl_(Get|Set)ErrorLine. + * generic/tcl.h: Dropped default access to interp->errorLine. + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: Restore it with -DUSE_INTERP_ERRORLINE. + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Updated callers. + * generic/tclDictObj.c: + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclOOBasic.c: + * generic/tclOODefinedCmds.c: + * generic/tclOOMethod.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclResult.c: + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY for C code directly using the + interp->errorLine field *** + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + +2008-12-02 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIO.c (TclFinalizeIOSubsystem): Replaced Alexandre + Ferrieux's first patch for [Bug 2270477] with a gentler version, also + supplied by him. + +2008-12-01 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclParse.c: Coding standards fixups. + +2008-12-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/cmdAH.test (cmdAH-32.6): Test was not portable; depended on a + C API function not universally available. [Bug 2371623] + +2008-11-30 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * library/clock.tcl (format, ParseClockScanFormat): Added a [string + map] to get rid of namespace delimiters before caching a scan or + format procedure. [Bug 2362156] + * tests/clock.test (clock-64.[12]): Added test cases for the bug that + was tickled by a namespace delimiter inside a format string. + +2008-11-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + TIP #210 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (FileTempfileCmd): + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (TclpOpenTemporaryFile, DefaultTempDir): + * win/tclWinPipe.c (TclpOpenTemporaryFile): + * doc/file.n, tests/cmdAH.test: Implementation of [file tempfile]. I + do not claim that this is a brilliant implementation, especially on + Windows, but it covers the main points. + + * generic/tclThreadStorage.c: General revisions to make code clearer + and more like the style used in the rest of the core. Includes adding + more comments and explanation of what is going on. Reduce the amount + of locking required. + +2008-11-27 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: Alternate fix for [Bug 2251175]: missing + * generic/tclCompile.c: backslash substitution on expanded literals. + * generic/tclParse.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: + * tests/parse.test: + +2008-11-26 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: Eliminate warning: unused variable + * generic/tclTest.c: A few more (harmless) Tcl_SetResult + eliminations. + +2008-11-26 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * library/tclIndex: Removed reference to no-longer-extant procedure + 'tclLdAout'. + * doc/library.n: Corrected mention of 'auto_exec' to 'auto_execok'. + [Patch 2114900] thanks to Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sf.net> + +2008-11-25 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: Eliminate 3 calls to Tcl_SetResult, as + * generic/tclIO.c: examples how it should have been done. + * generic/tclTestObj.c: purpose: contribute in the TIP #340 + discussion. + +2008-11-25 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIO.c (TclFinalizeIOSubsystem): Applied Alexandre + Ferrieux's patch for [Bug 2270477] to prevent infinite looping during + finalization of channels not bound to interpreters. + +2008-11-25 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclTest.c: Don't assume that Tcl_SetResult sets + interp->result, especially not in a DString test, in preparation for + TIP #340 + +2008-11-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: Improvements to tackle tricky aspects of + cross references and new entities to map. [Bug 2330040] + +2008-11-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclThreadTest.c: Convert Tcl_SetResult(......, TCL_DYNAMIC) + to Tcl_SetResult(......, TCL_VOLATILE), in preparation for TIP #340 + +2008-11-17 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.decls: Fix signature and implementation of + * generic/tclDecls.h: Tcl_HashStats, such that it conforms to the + * generic/tclHash.c: documentation. [Bug 2308236] + * generic/tclVar.c: + * doc/Hash.3: + * generic/tclDictObj.c: Convert Tcl_SetResult call to + Tcl_SetObjResult. + +2008-11-17 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/for.test: Check for uncompiled-for-continue [Bug 2186888] + fixed earlier. + + * generic/tcl.h: Fix [Bug 2251175]: missing backslash + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: substitution on expanded literals. + * generic/tclCompile.c + * generic/tclParse.c + * generic/tclTest.c + * tests/compile.test + * tests/parse.test + +2008-11-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclTest.c: Replace two times Tcl_SetResult with + Tcl_SetObjResult, a little simplification in preparation for the TIP + #340 patch. + +2008-11-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: Rename static function FSUnloadTempFile to + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: TclFSUnloadTempFile, needed in tclLoad.c + + * generic/tclLoad.c: Fixed [Bug 2269431]: Load of shared + objects leaves temporary files on windows. + +2008-11-12 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/registry.test: Use HKCU to avoid requiring admin access for + registry testing on Vista/Server2008 + +2008-11-11 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclNamesp.c: Eliminate warning: passing arg 4 of + Tcl_SplitList from incompatible pointer type. + * win/tcl.m4: Reverted change from 2008-11-06 (was under the + impression that "-Wno-implicit-int" added an extra + warning) + * win/configure: (regenerated) + * unix/tcl.m4: Use -O2 as gcc optimization compiler flag, and get rid + of -Wno-implicit-int for UNIX. + * unix/configure: (regenerated) + +2008-11-10 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * doc/platform_shell.n: Fixed [Bug 2255235], reported by Ulrich + * library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: Ring <uring@users.sourceforge.net>. + * library/platform/shell.tcl: Updated the LOCATE command in the + * library/tm.tcl: package 'platform::shell' to handle the new form + * unix/Makefile.in: of 'provide' commands generated by tm.tcl. Bumped + * win/Makefile.in: package to version 1.1.4. Added cross-references + to the relevant parts of the code to avoid future desynchronization. + +2008-11-07 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: Applied [Patch 2215022] from Duoas to clean up + * generic/tclBinary.c: the binary ensemble initiailization code. + * generic/tclNamesp.c: Extends the TclMakeEnsemble to do + * doc/ByteArrObj.3: sub-ensembles from tables. + +2008-11-06 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tcl.m4: Add "-Wno-implicit-int" flag for gcc, as on UNIX + * win/configure: (regenerated) + * generic/tclIO.c: Eliminate an 'array index out of bounds' warning + on HP-UX. + +2008-11-04 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * generic/tclPort.h: Remove the ../win/ header dir as the build system + already has it, and it confuses builds when used with private headers + installed. + +2008-11-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.h (TCLOO_VERSION): Bump version of TclOO. + +2008-10-31 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOONRUpcatch): Reworked the code that does + * generic/tclOO.c (InitFoundation): class constructor handling so + that it is more robust and runs the constructor call in the context of + the caller of the class's constructor method. Needed because the + previously used code did not work at all after applying the fix below; + no Tcl existing command could reliably do what was needed any more. + + * generic/tclOODefineCmds.c (GetClassInOuterContext): Rework and + factor out the code to resolve class names in definitions so that + classes are resolved from the perspective of the caller of the + [oo::define] command, rather than from the oo::define namespace! This + makes much code simpler by reducing how often fully-qualified names + are required (previously always in practice, so no back-compat issues + exist). [Bug 2200824] + +2008-10-28 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompile.h: CONSTify TclDTraceInfo + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclEnv.c: Eliminate some -Wwrite-strings warnings + * generic/tclLink.c: + +2008-10-27 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclEncoding.c: Use "iso8859-1" and not "identity" as + the default and original [encoding system] value. Since "iso8859-1" is + built in to the C source code for Tcl now, there's no availability + issue, and it has the good feature of "identity" that we must have + ("bytes in" == "bytes out") without the bad feature of "identity" + ("broken as designed") that makes us want to abandon it. [RFE 2008609] + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY for older releases of Tclkit and any + other code expecting a particular value for Tcl's default system + encoding *** + +2008-10-24 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * library/http/http.tcl: Fixed a failure to read SHOUTcast streams + with the new 2.7 package. Introduced a new intial state as the first + response may not be HTTP*. + +2008-10-23 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (ForNextCallback): handle TCL_CONTINUE in the for + body. [Bug 2186888] + +2008-10-22 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: CONST -> const and white-spacing + * generic/tclCompile.h: + * generic/tclEncoding.c: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * generic/tclStubLib.c: + * generic/tcl.decls + * generic/tclInt.decls + * generic/tclTomMath.decls + * generic/tclDecls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tclOODecls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tclOOIntDecls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tclTomMathDecls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: (regenerated) + * tools/genStubs.tcl: CONST -> const and white-spacing + +2008-10-19 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclProc.c: Reset -level and -code values to defaults + after they are used. [Bug 2152286] + +2008-10-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclInfoCoroutineCmd): Added code to make this + check for being invoked in a syntactically correct way. + + * doc/info.n: Added documentation of [info coroutine]. + + * doc/prefix.n: Improved the documentation by fixing formatting, + adding good-practice recommendations and cross-references, etc. + +2008-10-17 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.decls: CONST -> const. + * generic/tclOODecls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tclOOIntDecls.h: (regenerated) + +2008-10-17 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIORTrans.c (DeleteReflectedTransformMap): Removed debug + output in C++ comment. + +2008-10-17 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCompile.h: Declare the internal tclInstructionTable to + * generic/tclExecute.c: simply be "const", not CONST86. + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: whitespace. + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Uninitialized variable warning. + * generic/tclTest.c: const correctness warning. + +2008-10-17 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/*: Many very small formatting fixes. + * doc/{glob,http,if}.n: More substantial reformatting for clarity. + * doc/split.n: Remove mention of defunct c.l.t.announce + +2008-10-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/regc_locale.c: Add "const" to many internal const tables. + * generic/tclClock.c: No functional or API change. + * generic/tclCmdIL.c + * generic/tclConfig.c + * generic/tclDate.c + * generic/tclEncoding.c + * generic/tclEvent.c + * generic/tclExecute.c + * generic/tclFileName.c + * generic/tclGetDate.y + * generic/tclInterp.c + * generic/tclIO.c + * generic/tclIOCmd.c + * generic/tclIORChan.c + * generic/tclIORTrans.c + * generic/tclLoad.c + * generic/tclObj.c + * generic/tclOOBasic.c + * generic/tclOOCall.c + * generic/tclOOInfo.c + * generic/tclPathObj.c + * generic/tclPkg.c + * generic/tclResult.c + * generic/tclStringObj.c + * generic/tclTest.c + * generic/tclTestObj.c + * generic/tclThreadTest.c + * generic/tclTimer.c + * generic/tclTrace.c + * macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c + * win/cat.c + * win/tclWinInit.c + * win/tclWinTest.c + +2008-10-16 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * library/init.tcl: Revised [unknown] so that it carefully + preserves the state of the ::errorInfo and ::errorCode variables at + the start of auto-loading and restores that state before the + autoloaded command is evaluated. [Bug 2140628] + +2008-10-15 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: Add "const" to many internal const tables, so + * generic/tclBinary.c: those will be put by the C-compiler in the + * generic/tclCompile.c: TEXT segment in stead of the DATA segment. + * generic/tclDictObj.c: This makes those tables sharable in shared + * generic/tclHash.c: libraries. + * generic/tclListObj.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclRegexp.c: + * generic/tclStringObj.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * generic/tclVar.c: + +2008-10-14 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: Fix minor compiler warnings when compiling + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: with -Wwrite-strings. + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclStubLib.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * win/tclWinChan.c: + * win/tclWinDde.c: + * win/tclWinInit.c: + * win/tclWinReg.c: + * win/tclWinSerial.c: + +2008-10-14 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/binary.n: Formatting fix. + +2008-10-14 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * README: Bump version number to 8.6a4 + * generic/tcl.h: + * library/init.tcl: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Fix compile warnings when --enable-symbols=all + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Fix write to unallocated memory whenever + [lrepeat] returns an empty list. + +2008-10-14 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/chan.n, doc/fconfigure.n: Added even more emphatic text to + direct people to the correct manual pages for specific channel types, + suitable for the hard-of-reading. Following discussion on tcl-core. + +2008-10-13 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * win/tclWinThrd.c (TclpThreadCreate): We need to initialize the + thread id variable to 0 as on 64 bit windows this is a pointer sized + field while windows only fills it with a 32 bit value. The result is + an inability to join the threads as the ids cannot be matched. + + * generic/tclTest.c (TestNRELevels): Set array to the right size. + +2008-10-13 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOInfo.c (InfoClassDestrCmd): Handle error case. + + * generic/tclOOInt.h: Added macro magic to make things work with + Objective C. [Bug 2163447] + +2008-10-12 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompile.c: Fix bug in srcDelta encoding within ByteCodes. + The bug can only be triggered under conditions that cannot happen in + Tcl, but were met during development of L. Thanks go to Robert Netzer + for diagnosis and fix. + +2008-10-10 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + *** 8.6a3 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * changes: Updates for 8.6a3 release. + +2008-10-10 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOODefineCmds.c (TclOODefineUnexportObjCmd) + (TclOODefineExportObjCmd): Corrected export/unexport record synthesis. + [Bug 2155658] + +2008-10-08 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: Fix minor compiler warning. + * unix/tcl.m4: Fix for [Bug 2073255] + * unix/configure: Regenerated + +2008-10-08 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic (TclInfoCoroutineCmd): + * tests/unsupported.test: Arrange for [info coroutine] to return {} + when a coroutine is running but the resume command has been deleted. + [Bug 2153080] + +2008-10-08 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclTrace.c: Corrected handling of errors returned by + variable traces so that the errorInfo value contains the original + error message. [Bug 2151707] + + * generic/tclVar.c: Revised implementation of TclObjVarErrMsg so + that error message construction does not disturb an existing + iPtr->errorInfo that may be in progress. + +2008-10-07 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/binary.n: Added better documentation of the [binary encode] and + [binary decode] subcommands. + +2008-10-07 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + TIP #327,#328 IMPLEMENTATIONS + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Move [tailcall], [coroutine] and + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: [yield] out of ::tcl::unsupported + * tclInt.h: + * tests/info.test: and into global scope: TIPs #327 + * tests/unsupported.test: and #328 + +2008-10-07 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/chan.n, doc/transchan.n: Documented the channel transformation + API of TIP #230. + +2008-10-06 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/winFCmd.test: Fixed some erroneous tests on Vista+. + * generic/tclFCmd.c: Fix constness for msvc of last commit + +2008-10-06 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> + + * tools/man2tcl.c: Added missing line from patch by Harald Oehlmann. + [Bug 1934200] + +2008-10-05 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * doc/FileSystem.3: CONSTified Tcl_FSFileAttrStringsProc + * generic/tclFCmd.c: and tclpFileAttrStrings. This allows + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: FileSystems to report their attributes + * generic/tclTest.c: as const strings, without worrying that + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: Tcl modifies them (which Tcl should not + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: do anyway, but the API didn't indicate that) + * generic/tcl.decls + * generic/tclDecls.h: regenerated + * generic/tcl.h: Make sure that if CONST84 is defined as empty, + CONST86 should be defined as empty as well + (unless overridden). This change complies with + TIP #27 + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** + +2008-10-05 Kevin B, Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * libtommath/bn_mp_sqrt.c (bn_mp_sqrt): Handle the case where a + * tests/expr.test (expr-47.13): number's square root is + between n<<DIGIT_BIT and n<<DIGIT_BIT+1. [Bug 2143288] + Thanks to Malcolm Boffey (malcolm.boffey@virgin.net) for the patch. + + TIP #331 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/lset.n: + * generic/tclListObj.c (TclLsetFlat): + * tests/lset.test: Modified the [lset] command so that it allows for + an index of 'end+1', which has the effect of appending an element to + the list. + +2008-10-05 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.decls: CONSTified the AuxDataType argument + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: of TclCreateAuxData and + * generic/tclCompile.c: TclRegisterAuxDataType and the return + * generic/tclCompile.h: values of TclGetAuxDataType and + * generic/tclExecute.c: TclGetInstructionTable + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: regenerated + This change complies with TIP #27 (even though it only involves + internal function, so this is not even necessary). + +2008-10-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclIndexObj.c (TclInitPrefixCmd): Make the [tcl::prefix] + into an exported command. [Bug 2144595] + +2008-10-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (InfoFrameCmd): Improved hygiene of result + * generic/tclRegexp.c (TclRegAbout): handling. + +2008-10-04 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclLoad.c: Make sure that any library which doesn't have an + unloadproc is only really unloaded when no library code is executed + yet. [Bug 2059262] + +2008-10-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOInfo.c (GetClassFromObj): Factor out the code to parse + a Tcl_Obj and get a class. Also make result handling hygienic. + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOOSelfObjCmd): Better hygiene of results, + and stop allocating quite so much memory by sharing special "method" + names. + +2008-10-04 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * doc/ChnlStack.3: CONSTified the typePtr argument + * doc/CrtChannel.3: of Tcl_CreateChannel and Tcl_StackChannel + * generic/tcl.decls: and the return value of Tcl_GetChannelType + * generic/tcl.h + * generic/tclIO.h + * generic/tclIO.c + * generic/tclDecls.h: regenerated + This change complies with TIP #27. + + * doc/Hash.3: CONSTified the typePtr argument + * generic/tcl.decls: of Tcl_InitCustomHashTable. + * generic/tcl.h + * generic/tclHash.c + * generic/tclDecls.h: regenerated + This change complies with TIP #27. + + * doc/RegConfig.3: CONSTified the configuration argument + * generic/tcl.decls: of Tcl_RegisterConfig. + * generic/tcl.h + * generic/tclConfig.c + * generic/tclPkgConfig.c + * generic/tclDecls.h: regenerated + This change complies with TIP #27. + + * doc/GetIndex.3: CONSTified the tablePtr argument + * generic/tcl.decls: of Tcl_GetIndexFromObj. + * generic/tclIndexObj.c + * generic/tclDecls.h: regenerated + This change complies with TIP #27. + +2008-10-03 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * tests/stack.test: + * unix/tclUnixTest.c: Removed test command teststacklimit and the + corresponding constraint: it is not needed with NRE + +2008-10-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + TIP #195 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclIndexObj.c (TclGetIndexFromObjList, PrefixMatchObjCmd) + * doc/prefix.n, tests/string.test: Added [tcl::prefix] command for + working with prefixes of strings at the Tcl level. [Patch 1040206] + + TIP #265 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclIndexObj.c (Tcl_ParseArgsObjv, PrintUsage): + * generic/tcl.h (Tcl_ArgvInfo): Added function for simple parsing of + * doc/ParseArgs.3 (new file): optional arguments to commands. Still + needs tests and the like. [FRQ 1446696] Note that some of the type + signatures are changed a bit from the proposed implementation so that + they better reflect codified good practice for argument order. + +2008-10-02 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * tests/info.test (info-23.3): Updated output of the test to handle + the NRE-enabled eval and the proper propagation of location + information through it. [Bug 2017632] + + * doc/info.n: Rephrased the documentation of 'info frame' for positive + numbers as level argument. [Bug 2134049] + + * tests/info.test (info-22.8): Made pattern for file containing + tcltest less specific to accept both .tcl and .tm variants of the file + during matching. [Bug 2129828] + +2008-10-02 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + TIP #330 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tcl.h: Remove the "result" and "freeProc" fields + * generic/tclBasic.c: from the default public declaration of the + * generic/tclResult.c: Tcl_Interp struct. Code should no longer + * generic/tclStubLib.c: be accessing these fields. Access can be + * generic/tclTest.c: restored by defining USE_INTERP_RESULT, but + * generic/tclUtil.c: that should only be a temporary migration aid. + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** + +2008-10-02 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> + + * doc/info.n: Fix unmatched font change. + * doc/tclvars.n: Fix unmatched font change. + * doc/variable.n: Fix unmatched font change. + * tools/man2help2.tcl: Integrated patch from Harald Oehlmann. + [Bug 1934272] + * tools/man2tcl.c: Increase MAX_LINE_SIZE to fix "Too long line" error. + * win/buildall.vc.bat: Prefer the HtmlHelp target over the WinHelp + target. [Bug 2072891] + * win/makefile.vc: Fix the HtmlHelp and WinHelp targets to not be + mutually exclusive. + +2008-09-29 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + TIP #323 IMPLEMENTATION (partial) + + * doc/glob.n: Revise [glob] to accept zero patterns. + * generic/tclFileName.c: + * tests fileName.test: + + * doc/linsert.n: Revise [linsert] to accept zero elements. + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * tests/linsert.test: + +2008-09-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + TIP #326 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Added -stride option to carry + * doc/lsort.n, tests/cmdIL.test: out sorting of lists where the + elements are grouped. Adapted from [Patch 2082681] + + TIP #313 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsearchObjCmd): Added -bisect option to + * doc/lsearch.n, tests/lsearch.test: allow the finding of the + place to insert an element in a sorted list when that element is + not already there. [Patch 1894241] + + TIP #318 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (StringTrimCmd,StringTrimLCmd,StringTrimRCmd): + Update the default set of trimmed characters to include some from the + larger UNICODE space. Factor out the default trim set into a macro so + that it is easier to keep them in synch. + +2008-09-28 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + TIP #314 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileEnsemble) + * generic/tclNamesp.c (NamespaceEnsembleCmd) + (Tcl_SetEnsembleParameterList, Tcl_GetEnsembleParameterList) + (NsEnsembleImplementationCmdNR): + * generic/tcl.decls, doc/Ensemble.3, doc/namespace.n + * tests/namespace.test: Allow the handling of a (fixed) number of + formal parameters between an ensemble's command and subcommand at + invokation time. [Patch 1901783] + +2008-09-28 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Fix the numLevels computations on + * generic/tclInt.h: coroutine yield/resume + * tests/unsupported.test: + +2008-09-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclFileName.c (Tcl_GetBlock*FromStat): Made this work + acceptably when working with OSes that don't support reporting the + block size from the stat() call. [Bug 2130726] + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LrepeatObjCmd): Improve the handling of the + case where the combination of number of elements and repeat count + causes the resulting list to be too large. [Bug 2130992] + +2008-09-26 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + TIP #323 IMPLEMENTATION (partial) + + * doc/lrepeat.n: Revise [lrepeat] to accept both zero + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: repetitions and zero elements to be repeated. + * tests/lrepeat.test: + + * doc/object.n: Revise standard oo method [my variable] to + * generic/tclOOBasic.c: accept zero variable names. + * tests/oo.test: + + * doc/tm.n: Revise [tcl::tm::path add] and + * library/tm.tcl: [tcl::tm::path remove] to accept zero paths. + * tests/tm.test: + + * doc/namespace.n: Revise [namespace upvar] to accept zero + * generic/tclNamesp.c: variable names. + * tests/upvar.test: + + * doc/lassign.n: Revise [lassign] to accept zero variable names. + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * tests/cmdIL.test: + +2008-09-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.h (TCLOO_VERSION): Bump the version. + +2008-09-25 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + TIP #323 IMPLEMENTATION (partial) + + * doc/global.n: Revise [global] to accept zero variable names. + * doc/variable.n: Revise [variable] likewise. + * generic/tclVar.c: + * tests/proc-old.test: + * tests/var.test: + + * doc/global.n: Correct false claim about [info locals]. + +2008-09-25 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + TIP #315 IMPLEMENTATION + + * tests/platform.test: Update tests to expect revised results + * tests/safe.test: corresponding to the TIP 315 change. + + * unix/tclUnixInit.c, win/tclWinInit.c (TclpSetVariables): + * doc/tclvars.n (tcl_platform): Define what character is used for + separating PATH-like lists. Forms part of the tcl_platform array. + + * generic/tclOOCall.c (InitCallChain, IsStillValid): + * tests/oo.test (oo-25.2): Revise call chain cache management so that + it takes into account class-wide caching correctly. [Bug 2120903] + +2008-09-24 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + TIP #323 IMPLEMENTATION (partial) + + * doc/file.n: Revise [file delete] and [file mkdir] to + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: accept zero "pathname" arguments (the + * generic/tclFCmd.c: no-op case). + * tests/cmdAH.test: + * tests/fCmd.test: + +2008-09-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (DBPRINT): Remove obsolete debugging macro. + [Bug 2124814] + + TIP #316 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tcl.decls, generic/tclFileName.c (Tcl_GetSizeFromStat, etc): + * doc/FileSystem.3: Added reader functions for Tcl_StatBuf. + +2008-09-23 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/Method.3: Corrected documentation. [Patch 2082450] + + * doc/lreverse.n, mathop.n, regexp.n, regsub.n: Make sure that the + initial line of the manpage includes nothing that chokes old versions + of man. [Bug 2118123] + +2008-09-22 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + TIP #320 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclOODefineCmds.c (TclOODefineVariablesObjCmd): + * generic/tclOOInfo.c (InfoObjectVariablesCmd, InfoClassVariablesCmd): + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (TclOOSetupVariableResolver, etc): + * doc/define.n, doc/ooInfo.n, benchmarks/cps.tcl: + * tests/oo.test (oo-26.*): Allow the declaration of the common + variables used in methods of a class or object. These are then mapped + in using a variable resolver. This makes many class declarations much + simpler overall, encourages good usage of variable names, and also + boosts speed a bit. + + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (TclOOGetMethodBody): Factor out the code to + get the body of a procedure-like method. Reduces the amount of "poking + inside the abstraction" that is done by the introspection code. + +2008-09-22 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * doc/chan.n: Clean up paragraph order. + +2008-09-18 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (NEXT_INST_F): + * generic/tclInt.h (TCL_CT_ASSERT): New compile-time assertions, + adapted from www.pixelbeat.org/programming/gcc/static_assert.html + +2008-09-17 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: Correct the TclGetLongFromObj, TclGetIntFromObj, + and TclGetIntForIndexM macros so that they retrieve the longValue + field from the internalRep instead of casting the otherValuePtr field + to type long. + +2008-09-17 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * library/init.tcl: Export min and max commands from the mathfunc + namespace. [Bug 2116053] + +2008-09-16 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> + + * generic/tclParse.c: Move TclResetCancellation to be called on + returning to level 0, as opposed to it being called on starting a + substitution at level 0. + +2008-09-16 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Move TclResetCancellation to be called on + returning to level 0, as opposed to it being called on starting a + command at level 0. Add a call on returning via Tcl_EvalObjEx to fix + [Bug 2114165]. + +2008-09-10 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/binary.n: Added partial documentation of [binary encode] and + [binary decode]. + + * tests/binary.test,cmdAH.test,cmdIL.test,cmdMZ.test,fileSystem.test: + More use of tcltest2 to simplify the tests as exposed to people. + * tests/compile.test (compile-18.*): Added *some* tests of the + disassmbler, though not of its output format. + +2008-09-10 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * tests/nre.test: Add missing constraints; enable test of foreach + recursion. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclCompile.h: + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_EVAL_STK): Wrong numLevels when evaling a + canonical list. [Bug 2102930] + +2008-09-10 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclListObj.c (Tcl_ListObjGetElements): Make this list->dict + transformation - encountered when using [foreach] with dicts - not as + expensive as it was before. Spotted by Kieran Elby and reported on + tcl-core. + +2008-09-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/append.test, appendComp.test, cmdAH.test: Use the powers of + tcltest2 to make these files simpler. + +2008-09-07 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileTokens): + * generic/tclExecute.c (CompileExprObj): Fix a perf bug (found by Alex + Ferrieux) where some variables in the LVT where not being accessed by + index. Fix missing localCache management in compiled expressions found + while analyzing the bug. + +2008-09-07 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * doc/namespace.n: Fix [Bug 2098441] + +2008-09-04 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclTrace.test (TraceVarProc): + * generic/unsupported.test: Insure that unset traces are run even when + the coroutine is unwinding. [Bug 2093947] + + * generic/tclExecute.c (CACHE_STACK_INFO): + * tests/unsupported.test: Restore execEnv's bottomPtr. [Bug 2093188] + +2008-09-02 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: Stripped "callers" of the _ANSI_ARGS_ macro + * compat/dirent2.h: to support a TCL_NO_DEPRECATED build. + * compat/dlfcn.h: + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: + + * generic/tcl.h: Removed the conditional #define of + _ANSI_ARGS_ that would support pre-prototype C compilers. Since + _ANSI_ARGS_ is no longer used in tclDecls.h, it's clear no one + compiling against Tcl 8.5 headers is making use of a -DNO_PROTOTYPES + configuration. + +2008-09-02 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/socket.test: Rewrote so as to use tcltest2 better. + +2008-09-01 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: NRE-enabling [eval]; eval scripts are now + * generic/tclOOBasic.c: bytecompiled. Adapted recursion limit tests + * tests/interp.test: that were relying on eval not being + * tests/nre.test: compiled. Part of the [Bug 2017632] project. + * tests/unsupported.test: + +2008-09-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (InvokeProcedureMethod): + * generic/tclOO.c (ObjectRenamedTrace): Arrange for only methods that + involve callbacks into the Tcl interpreter to be skipped when the + interpreter is being torn down. Allows the semantics of destructors in + a dying interpreter to be more useful when they're implemented in C. + +2008-08-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Ensure that all TclOO headers get installed. + * win/Makefile.in: [Bug 2082299] + * win/makefile.bc: + * win/makefile.vc: + +2008-08-28 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * README: Bump version number to 8.6a3 + * generic/tcl.h: + * library/init.tcl: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + +2008-08-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/tclvars.n, doc/library.n: Ensured that these two manual pages + properly cross-reference each other. Issue reported on Tcler's Chat. + +2008-08-26 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (InfoCoroutine): + * tests/unsupported.test: New command that returns the FQN of the + currently executing coroutine. Lives as infoCoroutine under + unsupported, but is designed to become a subcommand of [info] + +2008-08-23 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (NRInterpCoroutine): Store the caller's eePtr, + stop assuming the coroutine is invoked from the same execEnv where it + was created. + +2008-08-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (TclNRForeachCmd): Converted the [foreach] + command to have an NRE-aware non-compiled implementation. Part of the + [Bug 2017632] project. Also restructured the code so as to manage its + temporary memory more efficiently. + +2008-08-23 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Removed unused var; fixed function pointer + * generic/tclOOInt.h: declarations (why did gcc start complaining + * generic/tclOOMethod.c: all of a sudden?) + * generic/tclProc.c: + +2008-08-23 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h (EnsembleImplMap): Added extra field to make it + * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclMakeEnsemble): easier to build non-recursive + ensembles in the core. + + * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictForNRCmd): Converted the [dict for] + command to have an NRE-aware non-compiled implementation. Part of the + [Bug 2017632] project. + +2008-08-22 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: Set special errocodes: COROUTINE_BUSY, + COROUTINE_CANT_YIELD, COROUTINE_ILLEGAL_YIELD. + +2008-08-22 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + *** 8.6a2 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * changes: Updates for 8.6a2 release. + + * generic/tcl.h: Drop use of USE_COMPAT85_CONST. That added + indirection without value. Use -DCONST86="" to engage source compat + support for code written for 8.5 headers. + + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): Added missing set of the + *exactPtr value to really fix [Bug 2065115]. Also avoid possible + DString overflow. + * tests/regexpComp.test: Correct duplicate test names. + +2008-08-21 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Previous fix, now done right. + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * tests/unsupported.test: + +2008-08-21 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * tests/regexp.test, tests/regexpComp.test: Correct re2glob ***= + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): translation from exact + to anywhere-in-string match. [Bug 2065115] + +2008-08-21 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: Reduced the use of CONST86 and eliminated + * generic/tcl.decls: the use of CONST86_RETURN to support source + code compatibility with Tcl 8.5 on those public routines passing + (Tcl_Filesystem *), (Tcl_Timer *), and (Tcl_Objtype *) values which + have been const-ified. What remains is the minimum configurability + needed to support code written for pre-8.6 headers via the new + -DUSE_COMPAT85_CONST compiler directive. + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + +2008-08-21 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Fix the cmdFrame level count in + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: coroutines. Fix small bug on coroutine + * generic/tclInt.h: rewind. + +2008-08-21 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_DisassembleObjCmd): Added ability to + disassemble TclOO methods. The code to do this is very ugly. + +2008-08-21 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclOOMethod.c: Added casts to make MSVC happy + * generic/tclBasic.c: + +2008-08-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c (AllocObject): Suppress compilation of commands in + the namespace allocated for each object. + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (PushMethodCallFrame): Restore some of the + hackery that makes calling methods of classes fast. Fixes performance + problem introduced by the fix of [Bug 2037727]. + + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript): Allow the suppression of + * generic/tclInt.h (NS_SUPPRESS_COMPILATION): compilation of commands + * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_CreateNamespace): from a namespace or its + children. + +2008-08-20 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclTest.c (TestconcatobjCmd): Fix use of internal-only + TclInvalidateStringRep macro. [Bug 2057479] + +2008-08-17 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Implementation of [coroutine] and [yield] + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: commands (in tcl::unsupported). + * generic/tclCompile.h: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * tests/unsupported.test: + + * generic/tclTest.c (TestconcatobjCmd): + * generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_ConcatObj): + * tests/util.test (util-4.7): + Fix [Bug 1447328]; the original "fix" turned Tcl_ConcatObj() into a + hairy monster. This was exposed by [Bug 2055782]. Additionally, + Tcl_ConcatObj could corrupt its input under certain conditions! + + *** NASTY BUG FIXED *** + +2008-08-16 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Better cmdFrame management + +2008-08-14 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/fileName.test: Revise new tests for portability to case + insensitive filesystems. + +2008-08-14 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclNREvalObjv, Tcl_NRCallObjProc): + * generic/tclProc.c (TclNRInterpProcCore, InterpProcNR2): + DTrace probes for NRE. [Bug 2017160] + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclDTraceInfo): Add two extra arguments to + * generic/tclCompile.h: DTrace 'info' probes for tclOO + * generic/tclDTrace.d: method & class/object info. + + * generic/tclCompile.h: Add support for debug logging of DTrace + * generic/tclBasic.c: 'proc', 'cmd' and 'inst' probes (does _not_ + require a platform with DTrace). + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclInfoFrame): Check fPtr->line before + dereferencing as line info may + not exists when TclInfoFrame() + is called from a DTrace probe. + + * tests/fCmd.test (fCmd-6.23): Made result matching robust when test + workdir and /tmp are not on same FS. + + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: Remove unused TclpThreadGetStackSize() + * generic/tclInt.h: and related ifdefs and autoconf tests. + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: [Bug 2017264] (jenglish) + * unix/tcl.m4: + + * unix/Makefile.in: Ensure Makefile shell is /bin/bash for + * unix/configure.in (SunOS): DTrace-enabled build on Solaris. + (followup to 2008-06-12) [Bug 2016584] + + * unix/tcl.m4 (SC_PATH_X): Check for libX11.dylib in addition to + libX11.so et al. + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + +2008-08-13 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * tests/nre.test: Added test for large {*}-expansion effects + +2008-08-13 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclFileName.c: Fix for errors handling -types {} + * tests/fileName.test: option to [glob]. [Bug 1750300] + Thanks to Matthias Kraft and George Peter Staplin. + +2008-08-12 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * generic/tclOOInfo.c (InfoObjectDefnCmd, InfoObjectMixinsCmd): + Fix # args displayed. [Bug 2048676] + +2008-08-08 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (PushMethodCallFrame): Added missing check + for bytecode validity. [Bug 2037727] + + * generic/tclProc.c (TclProcCompileProc): On recompile of a + proc, clear away any entries on the CompiledLocal list from the + previous compile. This will prevent compile of temporary variables in + the proc body from growing the localCache arbitrarily large. + + * README: Bump version number to 8.6a2 + * generic/tcl.h: + * library/init.tcl: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + + * changes: Updates for 8.6a2 release. + +2008-08-11 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * library/http/http.tcl: Remove 8.5 requirement. + * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: + * unix/Makefile.in: + * win/Makefile.in: + * win/makefile.vc: + +2008-08-11 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * library/tm.tcl: Added a 'package provide' command to the generated + ifneeded scripts of Tcl Modules, for early detection of conflicts + between the version specified through the file name and a 'provide' + command in the module implementation, if any. Note that this change + also now allows Tcl Modules to not provide a 'provide' command at all, + and declaring their version only through their filename. + + * generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_ProcObjCmd): Fixed memory leak triggered by + * tests/proc.test: procbody::test::proc. See [Bug 2043636]. Added a + test case demonstrating the leak before the fix. Fixed a few spelling + errors in test descriptions as well. + +2008-08-11 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * library/http/http.tcl: Bump http version to 2.7.1 to account + * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: for [Bug 2046486] bug fix. This + * unix/Makefile.in: release of http now requires a + * win/Makefile.in: dependency on Tcl 8.5 to be able to + * win/makefile.bc: use the unsigned formats in the + * win/makefile.vc: [binary scan] command. + +2008-08-11 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * library/http/http.tcl: CRC field from zlib data should be treated as + unsigned for 64bit support. [Bug 2046846] + +2008-08-10 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclProc.c: Completely removed ProcCompileProc, which was a + fix for [Bug 1482718]. This is not needed at least since varReform, + where the local variable data at runtime is read from the CallFrame + and/or the LocalCache. + +2008-08-09 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Slight cleanup + * generic/tclCompile.h: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + +2008-08-09 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Fix warnings. + + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (PushMethodCallFrame): Fix uninitialized efi + name field. + + * tests/lrange.test (lrange-1.17): Add test cleanup; whitespace. + +2008-08-08 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * changes: Updates for 8.6a2 release. + +2008-08-08 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * library/tzdata/CET: + * library/tzdata/MET: + * library/tzdata/Africa/Casablanca: + * library/tzdata/America/Eirunepe: + * library/tzdata/America/Rio_Branco: + * library/tzdata/America/Santarem: + * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/San_Luis: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Karachi: + * library/tzdata/Europe/Belgrade: + * library/tzdata/Europe/Berlin: + * library/tzdata/Europe/Budapest: + * library/tzdata/Europe/Sofia: + * library/tzdata/Indian/Mauritius: Olson's tzdata2008e. + +2008-08-07 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Fix tailcalls falling out of tebc into + * generic/tclExecute.c: Tcl_EvalEx. [Bug 2017946] + * generic/tclInt.h: + +2008-08-06 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c: Revised TclOO's check for an interp being + deleted during handling of object command deletion. The old code was + relying on documented features of command delete traces that do not in + fact work. [Bug 2039178] + + * tests/oo.test (oo-26.*): Added tests that demonstrate failure + of TclOO to check for various kinds of invalid bytecode during method + dispatch. [Bug 2037727] + +2008-08-06 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclVar.c (TclLookupSimpleVar): Fix bug that the core could + not trigger before TclOO: the number of locals was being read from the + Proc, which can under some circumstance be out of sync with the + localCache's. Found by dgp while investigating [Bug 2037727]. + + * library/init.tcl (::unknown): Removed the [namespace inscope] + hack that was maintained for Itcl + + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** for Itcl + Itcl users will need a new release with Itcl's [Patch 2040295], or + else load the tiny script in that patch by themselves (rewrite + ::unknown). Note that it is a script-only patch. + +2008-08-05 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: Streamline async connect logic [Patch 1994512] + +2008-08-05 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Fix for [Bug 2038069] by dgp. + * tests/execute.test: + +2008-08-04 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * tests/nre.test: Added tests for [if], [while] and [for]. A test + for [foreach] has been added and marked as knownbug, awaiting for it + to be NR-enabled. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Made atProcExit commands run + * generic/tclCompile.h: unconditionally, streamlined + * generic/tclExecute.c: atProcExit/tailcall processing in TEBC. + * generic/tclProc.c: + * tests/unsupported.test: + +2008-08-04 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Stopped faulty double-logging of errors to + * tests/execute.test: stack trace when a compile epoch bump triggers + fallback to direct evaluation of commands in a compiled script. + [Bug 2037338] + +2008-08-03 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: New unsupported command atProcExit that + * generic/tclCompile.h: shares the implementation with tailcall. + * generic/tclExecute.c: Fixed a segfault in tailcalls. Tests added. + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * tests/unsupported.test: + +2008-08-02 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * tests/NRE.test (removed): Migrated tests to standard locations, + * tests/nre.test (new): separating core functionality from the + * tests/unsupported.test (new): experimental commands. + +2008-08-01 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * doc/Exit.3: Do not call Tcl_Finalize implicitly + * generic/tclEvent.c: on DLL_PROCESS_DETACH as it may lead + * win/tclWin32Dll.c (DllMain): to issues and the user should be + explicitly calling Tcl_Finalize before unloading regardless. Clarify + the docs to note the explicit need in embedded use. + +2008-08-01 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Revised timing of the CmdFrame stack + * tests/info.test: management in TclEvalEx so that the CmdFrame + will still be on the stack at the time Tcl_LogCommandInfo is called to + append another level of -errorinfo information. Sets the stage to add + file and line data to the stack trace. Added test to check that [info + frame] functioning remains unchanged by the revision. + +2008-07-31 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * tests/NRE.test: Replaced all deep-recursing tests by shallower + tests that actually measure the C-stack depth. This makes them + bearable again (even under memdebug) and avoid crashing on failure. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: NR-enabling [catch], [if] and [for] and + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: [while] (the script, not the tests) + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * tests/NRE.test: + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Moved the few remaining defs from tclNRE.h to + * generic/tclDictObj.c: tclInt.h, eliminated inclusion of tclNRE.h + * generic/tclExecute.c: everywhere. + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclNRE.h (removed): + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclOOBasic.c: + * generic/tclOOInt.h: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: + * unix/Makefile.in: + +2008-07-30 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Improved tailcalls. + * generic/tclCompile.h: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: + * tests/NRE.test: + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclNREvalObjEx): New comments and code reorg + to clarify what is happening. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Guard against the value of iPtr->evalFlags + changing between the times where TEOV and TEOV_exception run. Thanks + dgp for catching this. + +2008-07-29 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * tests/NRE.test: New tests that went MIA in the NRE revamping + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Clean up + * generic/tclNRE.h: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Made use of the thread's alloc cache stored in + * generic/tclInt.h: the ekeko at interp creation to avoid hitting + * generic/tclNRE.h: the TSD each time an NRE callback is pushed or + * generic/tclThreadAlloc.c: pulled; the approach is suitably general + to extend to every other obj allocation where an interp is know; this + is left for some other time, requires a lot of grunt work. + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Fix [Bug 2030670] that cause TclStackRealloc + to panic on rare corner cases. Thx ajpasadyn for diagnose and patch. + + * generic/tcl.decls: Completely revamped NRE implementation, with + * generic/tclBasic.c: (almost) unchanged API. + * generic/tclCompile.h: + * generic/tclExecute.c: TEBC will require a bit of a facelift, but + * generic/tclInt.decls: TEOV at least looks great now. There are new + * generic/tclInt.h: tests (incomplete!) to verify that execution + * generic/tclInterp.c: is indeed in the same TEBC instance, at the + * generic/tclNRE.h: same level in all stacks involved. Tailcalls + * generic/tclNamesp.c: are still a bit leaky, still deserving to be + * generic/tclOOBasic.c: in tcl::unsupported. + * generic/tclOOMethod.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: Uninit'd var warnings in TEBC with -O2, no + * generic/tclTest.c: warnings otherwise. + +2008-07-28 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * doc/FileSystem.3: CONSTified many functions using + * generic/tcl.decls: Tcl_FileSystem which all are supposed + * generic/tclDecls.h: to be a constant, but this was not + * generic/tclFileSystem.h: reflected in the API: Tcl_FSData, + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: Tcl_FSGetInternalRep, Tcl_FSRegister, + * generic/tclPathObj.c: Tcl_FSNewNativePath, Tcl_FSUnregister, + * generic/tclTest.c: Tcl_FSGetFileSystemForPath ... + This change complies with TIP #27. + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + +2008-07-28 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Added missing ref count when creating an empty + string as path (TclEvalEx). In 8.4 the missing code caused panics in + the testsuite. It doesn't in 8.5. I am guessing that the code path + with the missing the incr-refcount is not invoked any longer. Because + the bug in itself is certainly the same. + +2008-07-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (PushMethodCallFrame): Remove hack that should + have gone when this code was merged into Tcl. + +2008-07-27 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * doc/Object.3: CONSTified 3 functions using Tcl_ObjType + * doc/ObjectType.3: which all are supposed to be a constant, but + * generic/tcl.decls: this was not reflected in the API: + * generic/tcl.h: Tcl_RegisterObjType, Tcl_ConvertToType, + * generic/tclDecls.h: Tcl_GetObjType + * generic/tclObj.c: Introduced a CONST86_RETURN, so extensions + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: which use Tcl_ObjType directly can be + * generic/tclOOMethod.c: modified to compile against both Tcl 8.5 and + * generic/tclTestobj.c: Tcl 8.6. tclDecls.h regenerated + This change complies with TIP #27. + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + +2008-07-25 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * test/info.test: More work on singleTestInterp usability. [1605269] + + * tests/info.test: Tests 38.* added, exactly testing the tracking of + location for uplevel scripts. Resolved merge conflict on info-37.0, + switched !singleTestInterp constraint to glob matching instead. Ditto + info-22.8, removed constraint, more glob matching, and reduced the + depth of the stack we check. More is coming, right now I want to + commit the bug fixes. + + * tests/oo.test: Updated oo-22.1 for expanded location tracking. + + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclInitCompileEnv): Reorganized the + initialization of the #280 location information to match the flow in + TclEvalObjEx to get more absolute contexts. + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjEx): Added missing cleanup of extended + location information. + +2008-07-25 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/info.test (info-37.0): Add !singleTestInterp constraint; + (info-22.8, info-23.0): switch to glob matching to avoid sensitivity + to tcltest.tcl line number changes, remove knownBug constraint, fix + expected result. [Bug 1605269] + +2008-07-24 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * doc/Notifier.3: CONSTified 4 functions in the Notifier which + * doc/Thread.3: all have a Tcl_Time* in it which is supposed + * generic/tcl.decls: to be a constant, but this was not reflected + * generic/tcl.h: reflected in the API: + * generic/tclDecls.h: Tcl_SetTimer, Tcl_WaitForEvent, + * generic/tclNotify.c: Tcl_ConditionWait, Tcl_SetMaxBlockTime + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: + * generic/tclThread.c: Introduced a CONST86, so extensions which have + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: have their own Notifier (are there any?) can + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: can be modified to compile against both Tcl + * win/tclWinNotify.c: Tcl 8.5 and Tcl 8.6 + * win/tclWinThrd.c: Regenerated tclDecls.h with "make stubs". + This change complies with TIP #27 + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + +2008-07-23 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/lrange.test: Added relative speed test to check for lrange + in-place optimization committed 2008-06-30. + * tests/binary.test: Added relative speed test to check for pure byte + array CONCAT1 optimization committed 2008-06-30. + +2008-07-23 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * tests/info.test: Reordered the tests to have monotonously increasing + numbers. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Modified TclArgumentGet to reject pure lists + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: immediately, without search. Reworked setup of + * generic/tclCompile.c: eoFramePtr, doesn't need the line information, + * tests/info.test: more sensible to have everything on line 1 when + eval'ing a pure list. Updated the users of the line information to + special case this based on the frame type (i.e. + TCL_LOCATION_EVAL_LIST). Added a testcase demonstrating the new + behaviour. + +2008-07-23 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (GetCommandSource): Added comment with + explanation and warning for waintainers. + +2008-07-22 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclCompile.c: Made the new TclEnterCmdWordIndex static, and + * generic/tclCompile.h: ansified. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Ansified the new functions. Added missing + function comments. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Reworked the handling of bytecode literals for + * generic/tclCompile.c: #280 to fix the abysmal performance for deep + * generic/tclCompile.h: recursion, replaced the linear search through + * generic/tclExecute.c: the whole stack with another hashtable and + * generic/tclInt.h: simplified the data structure used by the compiler + by using an array instead of a hashtable. Incidentially this also + fixes the memory leak reported via [Bug 2024937]. + +2008-07-22 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Added numLevels field to CommandFrame, let + * generic/tclExecute.c: GetCommandSource use it. This solves [Bug + * generic/tclInt.h: 2017146]. Thx dgp for the analysis. + +2008-07-21 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Extended the existing TIP #280 system (info + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: frame), added the ability to track the absolute + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: location of literal procedure arguments, and + * generic/tclCompile.c: making this information available to uplevel + * generic/tclCompile.h: eval, and siblings. This allows proper + * generic/tclInterp.c: tracking of absolute location through custom + * generic/tclInt.h: (Tcl-coded) control structures based on uplevel, + * generic/tclNamesp.c: etc. + * generic/tclProc.c: + * tests/info.test: + +2008-07-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/*.c: Fix [2021443] inconsistant "wrong # args" messages + * win/tclWinReg.c + * win/tclWinTest.c + * tests/*.test + +2008-07-21 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + TIP #304 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tcl.decls: Public API + * generic/tclIOCmds.c: Generic part + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: OS part + * win/tclWinPipe.c: OS part + * tests/chan.test: [chan pipe] tests + * tests/ioCmd.test: Modernized checks + * tests/ioTrans.test: + +2008-07-21 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclFCmd.c: Inodes on windows are unreliable. [Bug 2015723] + * tests/winFCmd.test: test rename with inode collision + +2008-07-21 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.decls: Changed the implementation of + * generic/tclBasic.c: [namespace import]; removed + * generic/tclDecls.h: Tcl_NRObjProc, replaced with + * generic/tclExecute.c: Tcl_NRCmdSwap (proposed public + * generic/tclInt.h: NRE API). This should fix + * generic/tclNRE.h: [Bug 582506]. + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + + * generic/tclBasic.c: NRE: enabled calling NR commands + * generic/tclExecute.c: from the callbacks. Completely + * generic/tclInt.h: redone tailcall implementation + * generic/tclNRE.h: using the new feature. [Bug 2021489] + * generic/tclProc.c: + * tests/NRE.test: + +2008-07-20 Kevin B. Kenny <kenykb@acm.org> + + * tests/fileName.test: Repaired the failing test fileName-15.7 from + dkf's commit earlier today. + +2008-07-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclDictObj.c (SetDictFromAny): Make the list->dict + transformation a bit more efficient; modern dicts are ordered and so + we can round-trip through lists without needing the string rep at all. + * generic/tclListObj.c (SetListFromAny): Make the dict->list + transformation not lossy of internal representations and hence more + efficient. [Bug 2008248] (ajpasadyn) but using a more efficient patch. + + * tests/fileName.test: Revise to reduce the obscurity of tests. In + particular, all tests should now produce informative messages on + failure and the quantity of [catch]-based obscurity is now greatly + reduced; non-erroring is now checked for directly. + +2008-07-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/env.test: Add LANG to the list of variables that are not + touched by the environment variable tests, so that subprocesses can + get their system encoding correct. + + * tests/exec.test, tests/env.test: Rewrite so that non-ASCII + characters are not used in the final comparison. Part of fixing [Bug + 1513659]. + +2008-07-18 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Optimization: replace calls to + * generic/tclDictObj.c: Tcl_NRAddCallback with the macro + * generic/tclExecute.c: TclNRAddCallback. + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclNRE.h: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclOO.c: + * generic/tclOOBasic.c: + * generic/tclOOCall.c: + * generic/tclOOInt.h: + * generic/tclOOMethod.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + +2008-07-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c (TclNRNewObjectInstance, FinalizeAlloc): + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOO_Class_Create, TclOO_Class_CreateNs) + (TclOO_Class_New, FinalizeConstruction, AddConstructionFinalizer): + NRE-enablement of the class construction methods. + +2008-07-18 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * tests/NRE.test: Added basic tests for deep TclOO calls + + * generic/tcl.decls: Change the public api prefix from + * generic/tcl.h: TclNR_foo to Tcl_NRfoo + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclDictObj.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclNRE.h: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclOO.c: + * generic/tclOOBasic.c: + * generic/tclOOCall.c: + * generic/tclOOMethod.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + +2008-07-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOO_Object_Eval, FinalizeEval): NRE-enable + the oo::object.eval method. + +2008-07-18 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictWithCmd, DictUpdateCmd): Fix refcounting + bugs that caused crashes [Bug 2017857]. + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclNREvalObjEx): Streamline the management of + the command frame (opt). + +2008-07-17 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictWithCmd, FinalizeDictWith): Split the + implementation of [dict with] so that it works with NRE. + (DictUpdateCmd, FinalizeDictUpdate): Similarly for the non-compiled + version of [dict update]. + +2008-07-16 George Peter Staplin <georgeps@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinThrd.c: Test for TLS_OUT_OF_INDEXES to make certain that + thread key creation is successful. + +2008-07-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c, generic/tclOOInt.h, generic/tclOOBasic.c: + * generic/tclOOCall.c, generic/tclOOMethod.c: NRE-enable the TclOO + implementation in Tcl. No change to public APIs, except that method + implementations can now be NRE-aware if they choose (which normal + methods and forwards are). On the other hand, callers of + TclOOInvokeObject (which is only in the internal stub table) will need + to deal with the fact that it's only safe to call inside an NRE-aware + context. + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + +2008-07-15 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * tests/NRE.test: Better constraint for testing the existence of + * tests/stack.test: teststacklimit, to insure that the test suite + runs under tclsh. + + * generic/tclParse.c: Fixing incomplete reversion of "fix" for [Bug + 2017583], missing TclResetCancellation call. + +2008-07-15 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CancelEval): Fix blunder. [Bug 2018603] + + * doc/DictObj.3: Fix error in example. [Bug 2016740] + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (EnsembleUnknownCallback): Factor out some of + the more complex parts of the ensemble code to make it easier to + understand and hence to permit tighter compilation of code on the + critical path. + +2008-07-14 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclParse.c: Reverting the "fix" for [Bug 2017583], numLevel + * tests/parse.test: management and TclInterpReady check seems to be + necessary after all. + +2008-07-14 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclProc.c (TclNRApplyObjCmd, TclObjInterpProcCore): + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclNR_AddCallback, TclEvalObjv_NR2): + * generic/tclNRE.h (TEOV_callback): Change the callback storage type + to use an array, so guaranteeing correct inter-member spacing and + memory layout. + +2008-07-14 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Remove unneeded TclInterpReady calls + * generic/tclParse.c: + + * generic/tclBasic.c.: Embedded Tcl_Canceled() calls into + * generic/tclExecute.c: TclInterpReady(). + * generic/tclParse.c: + + * generic/tclVar.c: Fix error message + + * generic/tclParse.c: Remove unnecessary numLevel management + * tests/parse.test: [Bug 2017583] + + * generic/tclBasic.c.: NRE left too many calls to + * generic/tclExecute.c: TclResetCancellation lying around: it + * generic/tclProc.c: only needs to be called prior to any + iPtr->numLevels++. Thanks mistachkin. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: TclResetCancellation() calls were misplaced + (merge mishap); stray //. Thanks patthoyts. + + * generic/tclInt.h: The new macros TclSmallAlloc and TclSmallFree + were badly defined under mem debugging [Bug 2017240] (thx das) + +2008-07-13 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + NRE implementation [Patch 2017110] + + * generic/tcl.decls: The NRE infrastructure + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: + * generic/tclCompile.h: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclHistory.c: + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclNRE.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * unix/Makefile.in: + + * generic/tclInterp.c: NRE-enabling: procs, lambdas, uplevel, + * generic/tclNamesp.c: same-interp aliases, ensembles, imports + * generic/tclProc.c: and namespace_eval. + + * generic/tclTestProcBodyObj.c: New NRE specific tests (few, but + * tests/NRE.test: note that the thing is actually + tested by the whole testsuite. + + * tests/interp.test: Fixed numLevel counting. + * tests/parse.test: + * tests/stack.test: + + * unix/configure: Removing support for the hacky nonportable + * unix/configure.in: stack check: it is not needed anymore, Tcl + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: is very thrifty on the C stack. + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: + * unix/tclUnixTest.c: + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: + +2008-07-08 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclGet.c: Corrected out of date comments and removed + * generic/tclInt.decls: internal routine TclGetLong() that's no + longer used. If an extension is using this from the internal stubs + table, it can shift to the public routine Tcl_GetLongFromObj() or + can request addition of a public Tcl_GetLong(). + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + +2008-07-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/CrtInterp.3: Tighten up the descriptions of behaviour to make + this page easier to read for a "Tcl 8.6" audience. + +2008-07-07 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (InfoFrameCmd): Fixed unsafe idiom of setting + the interp result found by Don Porter. + +2008-07-07 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/regexp.n, doc/regsub.n: Correct examples. [Bug 1982642] + +2008-07-06 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/lindex.n: Improve examples. + +2008-07-03 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIORChan.c (InvokeTclMethod): Fixed the memory leak + reported in [Bug 1987821]. Thanks to Miguel for the report and Don + Porter for tracking the cause down. + +2008-07-03 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * library/package.tcl: Removed [file readable] testing from + [tclPkgUnknown] and friends. We find out soon enough whether a file is + readable when we try to [source] it, and not testing before allows us + to workaround the bugs on some common filesystems where [file + readable] lies to us. [Patch 1969717] + +2008-07-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/regc_nfa.c (duptraverse): Impose a maximum stack depth on + the single most recursive part of the RE engine. The actual maximum + may need tuning, but that needs a system with a small stack to carry + out. [Bug 1905562] + + * tests/string.test: Eliminate non-ASCII characters from the actual + test script. [Bug 2006884] + +2008-06-30 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/ObjectType.3: Clean up typedef formatting. + +2008-06-30 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * doc/ObjectType.3: Updated documentation of the Tcl_ObjType + struct to match expectations of Tcl 8.5. [Bug 1917650] + +2008-06-30 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Lrange cleanup and in-place optimization. [Patch + 1890831] + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Avoid useless String conversion for CONCAT1 of + pure byte arrays. [Patch 1953758] + +2008-06-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/*.1, doc/*.3, doc/*.n: Many small updates, purging out of date + change bars and cleaning up the formatting of typedefs. Added a few + missing bits of documentation in the process. + +2008-06-29 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclPathObj.c: Plug memory leak in [Bug 1999176] fix. Thanks + to Rolf Ade for detecting. + +2008-06-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/interp.n: Corrected order of subcommands. [Bug 2004256] + Removed obsolete (i.e. 8.5) .VS/.VE pairs. + + * doc/object.n (EXAMPLES): Fix incorrect usage of oo::define to be + done with oo::objdefine instead. [Bug 2004480] + +2008-06-28 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclPathObj.c: Plug memory leak in [Bug 1972879] fix. Thanks + to Rolf Ade for detecting and Dan Steffen for the fix. [Bug 2004654] + +2008-06-26 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Followup to my change of 2008-06-25, make code + generated by the Makefile and put into the installed tm.tcl + conditional on interpreter safeness as well. Thanks to Daniel Steffen + for reminding me of that code. + +2008-06-25 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + *** 8.6a1 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * changes: Updates for 8.6a1 release. + + * generic/tclOO.h: Bump to TclOO 0.5. + +2008-06-25 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * library/tm.tcl: Modified the handling of Tcl Modules and of the + * library/safe.tcl: Safe Base to interact nicely with each other, + * library/init.tcl: enabling requiring Tcl Modules in safe + * tests/safe.test: interpreters. [Bug 1999119] + +2008-06-25 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * win/rules.vc: Fix versions of dde and registry dlls + * win/makefile.vc: Fix problem building with staticpkg option + +2008-06-24 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclPathObj.c: Fixed some internals management in the "path" + Tcl_ObjType for the empty string value. Problem led to a crash in the + command [glob -dir {} a]. [Bug 1999176] + +2008-06-24 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * doc/fileevent.n: Fix examples and comment on eof use. [Bug 1995063] + +2008-06-23 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclPathObj.c: Fixed bug in Tcl_GetTranslatedPath() when + operating on the "Special path" variant of the "path" Tcl_ObjType + intrep. A full normalization was getting done, in particular, coercing + relative paths to absolute, contrary to what the function of producing + the "translated path" is supposed to do. [Bug 1972879] + +2008-06-20 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * changes: Updates for 8.6a1 release. + + * generic/tclInterp.c: Fixed completely boneheaded mistake that + * tests/interp.test: [interp bgerror $slave] and [$slave bgerror] + would always act like [interp bgerror {}]. [Bug 1999035] + + * tests/chanio.test: Corrected flawed tests revealed by a -debug 1 + * tests/cmdAH.test: -singleproc 1 test suite run. + * tests/event.test: + * tests/interp.test: + * tests/io.test: + * tests/ioTrans.test: + * tests/namespace.test: + + * tests/encoding.test: Make failing tests pass again. [Bug 1972867] + +2008-06-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c (Tcl_ObjectContextInvokeNext): Corrected 'next' (at + * tests/oo.test (oo-7.8): end of a call chain) to make it + * doc/next.n: consistent with the TIP. [Bug 1998244] + + * generic/tclOOCall.c (AddSimpleClassChainToCallContext): Make sure + * tests/oo.test (oo-14.8): that class mixins are processed in the + documented order. [Bug 1998221] + +2008-06-19 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * changes: Updates for 8.6a1 release. + + * README: Bump version number to 8.6a1 + * generic/tcl.h: + * library/init.tcl: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + +2008-06-17 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclClock.c (ClockConvertlocaltoutcObjCmd): Removed left + over debug output. + +2008-06-17 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * doc/tm.n: Followup to changelog entry 2008-03-18 regarding + ::tcl::tm::Defaults. Updated the documentation to not only mention the + new (underscored) form of environment variable names, but make it the + encouraged form as well. [Bug 1914604] + +2008-06-17 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * generic/tclClock.c (ConvertLocalToUTC): + * tests/clock.test (clock-63.1): Fixed a bug where the internal + ConvertLocalToUTC command segfaulted if passed a dictionary without + the 'localSeconds' key. To the best of my knowledge, the bug was not + observable in the [clock] command itself. + +2008-06-16 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclInfoFrame): Moved the code looking up the + * tests/info.test: information for key 'proc' out of the + TCL_LOCATION_BC branch to after the switch, this is common to all + frame types. Updated the testsuite to match. This was exposed by the + 2008-06-08 commit (Miguel), switching uplevel from direct eval to + compilation. [Bug 1987851] + +2008-06-16 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * tests/ioTrans.test (iortrans-11.*): Fixed same issue as for + iortrans.tf-11.*, cleanup of temp file, making this a followup to the + entry on 2008-06-10 by myself. + +2008-06-13 David Gravereaux <davygrvy@pobox.com> + + * win/rules.vc: SYMBOLS macro is now being set to zero when $(OPTS) is + not available. + * win/makefile.vc: The Stubs source files (tclStubLib.c and + tclOOStubLib.c) should not be compiled with the -GL flag. + +2008-06-13 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> + + TIP #285 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/Eval.3: Added documentation for the Tcl_CancelEval and + Tcl_Canceled functions and the TCL_CANCEL_UNWIND flag bit. + * doc/after.n: Corrected the spelling of 'canceled' in the + documentation. + * doc/interp.n: Added documentation for [interp cancel]. + * generic/tcl.decls: Added the Tcl_CancelEval and Tcl_Canceled + functions to the stubs table. + * generic/tcl.h: Added the TCL_CANCEL_UNWIND flag bit. + * generic/tclBasic.c: The bulk of the script cancellation + functionality is defined here. Added code to initialize and manage the + script cancellation hash table in a thread-safe manner. Reset script + cancellation flags prior to increasing the nesting level (if the + nesting level is currently zero) and always cooperatively check for + script cancellation near the start of TclEvalObjvInternal and after + invoking async handlers. + * generic/tclDecls.h: Regenerated. + * generic/tclEvent.c: Call TclFinalizeEvaluation during finalization + to cleanup the script cancellation hash table. During [vwait], always + cooperatively check for script cancellation. Corrected the spelling of + 'canceled' in comments to be consistent with the documentation. + * generic/tclExecute.c: Reset script cancellation flags prior to + increasing the nesting level (if the nesting level is currently zero) + and always cooperatively check for script cancellation after invoking + async handlers. Prevent [catch] from catching script cancellation when + the TCL_CANCEL_UNWIND flag is set (similar to the manner used by TIP + 143 when a limit has been exceeded). + * generic/tclInt.decls: Added TclResetCancellation to the internal + stubs table. + * generic/tclInt.h: Added asyncCancel and asyncCancelMsg fields to the + private Interp structure. Added private interp flag value CANCELED to + help control script cancellation. + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: Regenerated. + * generic/tclInterp.c (Tcl_InterpObjCmd): Added [interp cancel] + subcommand. + * generic/tclNotify.c (Tcl_DeleteEventSource): Corrected the spelling + of 'canceled' in comments to be consistent with the documentation. + * generic/tclParse.c: Reset script cancellation flags prior to + * generic/tclProc.c: increasing the nesting level (if the nesting + level is currently zero) and cooperatively check for script + cancellation prior to evaluating commands. + * generic/tclStubInit.c: Regenerated. + * generic/tclThreadTest.c (Tcl_ThreadObjCmd): Added script + cancellation support ([testthread cancel]). + Modified [testthread id] to allow querying of the 'main' thread ID. + Corrected comments to reflect the actual command syntax. Made + [testthread wait] cooperatively check for script cancellation. Added + [testthread event] to allow for processing one pending event without + blocking. + * generic/tclTimer.c: Delay for a maximum of 500 milliseconds prior to + checking for async handlers and script cancellation. + * tests/cmdAH.test: Changed [interp c] to [interp create]. + * tests/interp.test: Added and fixed tests for [interp cancel]. + * tests/thread.test: Added tests for script cancellation via + [testthread cancel]. + * tools/man2help2.tcl: Fixed problems with WinHelp target (see + * tools/man2tcl.c: [Bug 1934200], [Bug 1934265], and [Bug 1934272]). + * win/makefile.vc: Added 'pdbs' option for Windows build rules to + * win/rules.vc: allow for non-debug builds with full symbols. + * win/tcl.hpj.in: Corrected version for WinHelp target. + * win/tclWinNotify.c: Used SleepEx and WaitForSingleObjectEx on + * win/tclWinThrd.c: Windows because they are alertable. + +2008-06-12 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Add complete deps on tclDTrace.h. + + * generic/tclOO.c: Use TclOOStubs hooks field to retrieve + * generic/tclOODecls.h: TclOOIntStubs pointer. [Bug 1980953] + * generic/tclOOIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclOOStubInit.c: + * generic/tclOOStubLib.c: + + * generic/tclIORTrans.c: Fix signed <-> unsigned cast warnings. + + * unix/Makefile.in: Clean generated tclDTrace.h file. + * unix/configure.in (SunOS): Fix static DTrace-enabled build. + + * unix/tcl.m4 (SunOS-5.11): Fix 64bit amd64 support with gcc & Sun cc. + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: Add tclIORTrans.c; updates and + cleanup for Xcode 3.1/Leopard. + * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: Sync Tcl.xcodeproj changes. + * macosx/README: Document new build configs. + +2008-06-10 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclEncoding.c(UtfToUtfProc): Avoid unwanted sign extension + when converting incomplete UTF-8 sequences. See [Bug 1908443] for + details. + +2008-06-10 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * tests/ioTrans.test (iortrans.tf-6.1): Fixed the [Bug 1988552], + reported by Kevin. Have to close the channel before removal of the + file. Fixed same bug in test 'iortrans.tf-11.0', after fixing missing + cleanup of the file in 'iortrans.tf-11.*'. Lastly fixed the names of + the threaded tests 'iortrans-8.*' to the correct 'iortrans.tf-8.*'. + +2008-06-09 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIORTrans.c (ReflectInput): Fixed a bug triggered by Pat + Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>. Reset the EOF flag after + draining the Tcl level into the result buffer, to make sure that the + result buffer will be drained as well by repeated calls to + ReflectInput should it contain more than one buffer-full of data. + Without that reset the higher I/O system will not call on ReflectInput + anymore due to the assumed EOF, thus losing the data which did not fit + in the buffer of the call which caused the eof and drain. + +2008-06-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOCall.c (TclOOGetSortedMethodList): Plug memory leak + that occurred when all methods were hidden. [Bug 1987817] + +2008-06-08 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Compilation of uplevel scripts, allow + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: non-body compiled scripts to access the + * generic/tclCompile.c: LVT (but not to extend it) and enable the + * generic/tclCompile.h: canonical list opt to sidestep the + * generic/tclExecute.c: compiler. [Patch 1973096] + * generic/tclProc.c: + * tests/uplevel.test: + +2008-06-06 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + TIP #230 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: Integration of transform commands into 'chan' + ensemble. + * generic/tclInt.h: Definitions of the transform commands. + * generic/tclIORTrans.c: Implementation of the reflection transforms. + * tests/chan.test: Tests updated for new sub-commands of 'chan'. + * tests/ioCmd.test: Tests updated for new sub-commands of 'chan'. + * tests/ioTrans.test: Whole new set of tests for the reflection + transform. + * unix/Makefile.in: Integration of new files into build rules. + * win/Makefile.in: Integration of new files into build rules. + * win/makefile.vc: Integration of new files into build rules. + + NOTE: The file 'tclIORTrans.c' has a lot of code in common with the + file 'tclIORChan.c', as that made it much easier to develop the + reference implementation as a separate module. Now that the + transforms have been committed the one thing left to do is to go + over both modules and see which of the common parts we can + factor out and share. + +2008-06-04 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c: TIP #317 implementation + * tests/binary.test: + +2008-06-02 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * generic/tclOO.c (ReleaseClassContents): Fix the one remaining + valgrind complaint about oo.test, caused by failing to protect the + Object as well as the Class corresponding to a subclass being deleted + and hence getting a freed-memory read when attempting to delete the + class command. [Bug 1981001] + +2008-06-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (Tcl_NewMethod): Complete the fix of [Bug + 1981001], previous fix was incomplete though helpful in telling me + where to look. + +2008-06-01 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> + + * win/Makefile.in: Add tclOO genstubs to Windows makefiles and remove + * win/makefile.vc: -DBUILD_tcloo because it is no longer required. + +2008-06-01 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * generic/tclOODecls.h: Added the swizzling of DLLEXPORT and + * generic/tclOOIntDecls.h: DLLIMPORT needed to make EXTERN work. + + * generic/tclDictObj.c: Added missing initializers to the ensemble + map to silence a compiler warning. Thanks to + George Peter Staplin for the report. + + * generic/tclOOMethod.c: Fix a bug where the refcount of a method was + reset if the method was redefined while there + was an active invocation. [Bug 1981001] + +2008-06-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.decls, unix/Makefile.in (genstubs): Make generation of + stub tables correct. + * generic/tclOO{Decls.h,IntDecls.h,StubInit.c,StubLib.c}: Fixes to + make the generation work correctly, removing subtle differences + between output of different versions of stub generator. + +2008-06-01 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclOOStubLib.c: Ensure use of tcl stubs; include in + * unix/Makefile.in: stub lib; disable broken tclOO + genstubs + + * generic/tclOO.c: Make tclOO stubs tables 'static const' + * generic/tclOODecls.h: and stub table pointers MODULE_SCOPE + * generic/tclOOIntDecls.h: (change generated files manually + * generic/tclOOStubInit.c: pending genstubs support for tclOO). + * generic/tclOOStubLib.c: + + * generic/tclOO.c: Fix warnings for 'int<->ptr + * generic/tclOOCall.c: conversion' and 'signed vs unsigned + * generic/tclOOMethod.c: comparison'. + + * tests/msgcat.test: Fix for ::tcl::mac::locale with @modifier. + + * tools/tsdPerf.tcl: Use [info sharedlibextension] + + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: Add new tclOO files; add debug + * macosx/README: configs with corefoundation + disabled and with gcov; update + to Xcode 3.1. + +2008-05-31 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c (InitFoundation): Correct reference counting for + strings used when creating the constructor for classes. + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (TclOODelMethodRef): Correct fencepost error + in reference counting of method implementation structures. + * tests/oo.test (oo-0.5): Added a test to detect a memory leak problem + relating to disposal of the core object system. + + TIP#257 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tclOOInt.h: Correct declarations. + * win/Makefile.in, win/makefile.bc, win/makefile.vc: Build support for + Win32, from Joe Mistachkin. [Patch 1980861] + + * generic/tclOO*, doc/*, tests/oo.test: Port of implementation of + TclOO to sit directly inside Tcl. Note that this is incomplete (e.g. + no build support yet for Windows). + +2008-05-26 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * tests/io.test (io-53.9): Need to close chan before removing file. + +2008-05-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * win/makefile.bc: Remove deprecated winhelp target. + * win/Makefile.in, win/makefile.vc: It didn't work correctly anyway. + +2008-05-23 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * win/tclWinChan.c (FileWideSeekProc): Accepted a patch by Alexandre + Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> to fix the [Bug 1965787]. + 'tell' now works for locations > 2 GB as well instead of going + negative. + + * generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_SetChannelBufferSize): Accepted a patch by + * tests/io.test: Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + * tests/chanio.test: to fix the [Bug 1969953]. Buffersize outside of + the supported range are now clipped to nearest boundary instead of + ignored. + +2008-05-22 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_LogCommandInfo): Restored ability to + handle the argument value length = -1. Thanks to Chris Darroch for + discovering the bug and providing the fix. [Bug 1968245] + +2008-05-21 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclParse.c (ParseComment): The new TclParseAllWhiteSpace + * tests/parse.test (parse-15.60): routine has no mechanism to + return the "incomplete" status of "\\\n" so calling this routine + anywhere that can be reached within a Tcl_ParseCommand() call is a + mistake. In particular, ParseComment() must not use it. [Bug 1968882] + +2008-05-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_SetNamespaceUnknownHandler): Corrected odd + logic for handling installation of namespace unknown handlers which + could lead too very strange things happening in the error case. + +2008-05-16 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompile.c: Fix crash with tcl_traceExec. Found and fixed + by Alexander Pasadyn. [Bug 1964803] + +2008-05-15 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * win/makefile.vc: We should use the thread allocator for threaded + * win/rules.vc: builds. Added 'tclalloc' option to disable. + +2008-05-09 George Peter Staplin <georgeps@xmission.com> + + * tools/tsdPerf.c: A loadable Tcl extension for testing TSD + performance. + * tools/tsdPerf.tcl: A simplistic tool that uses the thread + extension and tsdPerf.so to get some performance metrics by, + simulating, simple TSD contention. + +2008-05-09 George Peter Staplin <georgeps@xmission.com> + + * generic/tcl.h: Make Tcl_ThreadDataKey a void *. + * generic/tclInt.h: Change around some function names and add some + new per-platform declarations for thread-specific data functions. + * generic/tclThread.c: Make use of of the new function names that no + longer have a Tclp prefix. + * generic/tclThreadStorage.c: Replace the core thread-specific data + (TSD) mechanism with an array offset solution that eliminates the hash + tables, and only uses one slot of native TSD. Many thanks to Kevin B. + Kenny for his help with this. + + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: Add platform-specific TSD functions for use by + * win/tclWinThrd.c: tclThreadStorage.c. + +2008-05-09 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * tests/dict.test (dict-19.2): Corrected a bug where the test was + changed to use [apply] instead of a temporary proc, but the cleanup + script still attempted to delete the temporary proc. + +2008-05-07 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@cspool38.cs.man.ac.uk> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictAppendCmd): Fix silly off-by + one error that caused a crash every time a compiled 'dict append' with + more than one argument was used. Found by Colin McCormack. + +2008-05-02 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Converted the [binary] command into an + * generic/tclBinary.c: ensemble. + * generic/tclInt.h: + * test/binary.test: Updated the error tests for ensemble errors. + + * generic/tclFileName.c: Reverted accidental commit of TIP 316 APIs. + +2008-04-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * */*.c: A large tranche of getting rid of pre-C89-isms; if your + compiler doesn't support things like proper function declarations, + 'void' and 'const', borrow a proper one when building Tcl. (The header + files allow building things that link against Tcl with really ancient + compilers still; the requirement is just when building Tcl itself.) + +2008-04-26 Zoran Vasiljevic <vasiljevic@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclAsync.c: Tcl_AsyncDelete(): panic if attempt to locate + handler token fails. Happens when some other thread attempts to delete + somebody else's token. + + Also, panic early if we find out the wrong thread attempting to delete + the async handler (common trap). As, only the one that created the + handler is allowed to delete it. + +2008-04-24 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * tests/ioCmd.test: Extended testsuite for reflected channel + implementation. Added test cases about how it handles if the rug is + pulled out from under a channel (= killing threads, interpreters + containing the tcl command for a channel, and channel sitting in a + different interpreter/thread.) + + * generic/tclIORChan.c: Fixed the bugs exposed by the new testcases, + redone most of the cleanup and exit handling. + +2008-04-21 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: Removed all code delimited by + * generic/tclTest.c: USE_OBSOLETE_FS_HOOKS, completing + * tests/ioCmd.test: the deprecation path for these + * tests/ioUtil.test (removed): obsolete interfaces. (Code was active + in Tcl 8.4, present but enabled only by customized compile switch in + Tcl 8.5, and now completely gone for Tcl 8.6). Also removed all tests + relevant only to the removed interfaces. + +2008-04-19 George Peter Staplin <georgeps@xmission.com> + + * doc/Ensemble.3: Fix a typo: s/defiend/defined/ + Thanks to hat0 for spotting this. + +2008-04-16 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: Make stubs tables 'static const' and + * generic/tclStubInit.c: export only module-scope pointers to + * generic/tclStubLib.c: the main stubs tables (for package + * tools/genStubs.tcl: initialization). [Patch 1938497] + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): + * generic/tclTomMathInterface.c (TclTommath_Init): + + * generic/tclInt.h: Revise Tcl_SetNotifier() to use a + * generic/tclNotify.c: module-scope hooks table instead of + * generic/tclStubInit.c: runtime stubs-table modification; + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: ensure all hookable notifier functions + * win/tclWinNotify.c: check for hooks; remove hook checks in + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: notifier API callers. [Patch 1938497] + +2008-04-15 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIO.c (CopyData): Applied another patch by Alexandre + * io.test (io-53.8a): Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sf.net>, + * chanio.test (chan-io-53.8a): to shift EOF handling to the async + part of the command if a callback is specified, should the channel be + at EOF already when fcopy is called. Testcase by myself. + +2008-04-15 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Adjust tclDTrace.h dependencies for removal + of tclStubLib.o from TCL_OBJS. [Bug 1942795] + +2008-04-14 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * unix/tclUnixTime.c (NativeGetTime): Removed obsolete use of + 'struct timezone' in the call to 'gettimeofday'. [Bug 1942197] + + * tests/clock.test (clock-33.5, clock-33.5a, clock-33.8, clock-33.8a): + Added comments to the test that it can fail on a heavily loaded + system. + +2008-04-10 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_FcopyObjCmd): Keeping check for negative + values, changed to not be an error, but behave like the special value + -1 (copy all, default). + + * tests/iocmd.test (iocmd-15.{12,13}): Removed. + + * tests/io.test (io-52.5{,a,b}): Reverted last change, added + * tests/chanio.test (chan-io-52.5{,a,b}): comment regarding the + meaning of -1, added two more testcases for other negative values, + and input wrapped to negative. + +2008-04-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/{fCmd,unixFCmd,winFCmd,winFile}.test: Tidying up of the test + suite to make better use of tcltest2 and be clearer about what is + being tested. + + * win/Makefile.in (html): Added target for doing convenient + documentation builds, mirroring the one from unix/Makefile. + +2008-04-09 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * tests/chanio.test (chan-io-52.5): Removed '-size -1' from test, + * tests/io.test (io-52.5): does not seem to have any bearing, and was + an illegal value. Test case is not affected by the value of -size, + test flag restoration and that evrything was properly copied. + + * generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_FcopyObjCmd): Added checking of -size value + * tests/ioCmd.test (iocmd-15.{13,14}): to reject negative values, and + values overflowing 32-bit signed. Basic patch by Alexandre Ferrieux + <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net>, with modifications from me to + separate overflow from true negative value. Extended testsuite. [Bug + 1557855] + +2008-04-09 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/chanio.test (chan-io-53.8,53.9,53.10): Fix typo & quoting for + * tests/io.test (io-53.8,53.9,53.10): spaces in builddir path + +2008-04-08 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Added comments to the alignment macros used in + GrowEvaluationStack() and friends. + +2008-04-08 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: Revert erroneous 2008-04-02 change marking + *StubsPtr as EXTERN instead of extern. + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclTomMathDecls.h: + +2008-04-07 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * tests/io.test (io-53.10): Testcase for bi-directional fcopy. + * tests/chanio.test: + * generic/tclIO.c: Additional changes to data structures for fcopy and + * generic/tclIO.h: channels to perform proper cleanup in case of a + channel having two background copy operations running as is now + possible. + + * generic/tclIO.c (BUSY_STATE, CheckChannelErrors, TclCopyChannel): + New macro, and the places using it. This change allows for + bi-directional fcopy on channels. Thanks to Alexandre Ferrieux + <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> for the patch. [Bug 1350564] + +2008-04-07 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendFormatToObj): Fix [format {% d}] + so that it behaves the same way as in 8.4 and as C's printf(). + * tests/format.test: Add a test for '% d' and '%+d'. + +2008-04-05 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * win/tclWinFile.c: (WinSymLinkDirectory): Fixed a problem that Tcl + was creating an NTFS junction point (IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT) but + filling in the union member for a Vista symbolic link. We had gotten + away with this error because the union member + (SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer) was misdefined in this file and in the + 'winnt.h' in early versions of MinGW. MinGW 3.4.2 has the correct + definition of SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer, exposing the mismatch, and + making tests cmdAH-19.4.1, fCmd-28.*, and filename-11.* fail. + * tests/chanio.test (chan-io-53.9): + * tests/io.test (io-53.9): Made test cleanup robust against the + possibility of slow process shutdown on Windows. + + * win/tcl.m4: Added -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE and + -DCRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE to the MSVC compilation flags so that the + compilation doesn't barf on perfectly reasonable Posix system calls. + * win/configure: Manually patched (don't have the right autoconf to + hand). + +2008-04-04 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * tests/io.test (io-53.9): Added testcase for [Bug 780533], based + * tests/chanio.test: on Alexandre's test script. Also fixed problem + with timer in preceding test, was not canceled properly in the ok case + +2008-04-04 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIORChan.c (ReflectOutput): Allow zero return from write + when input was zero-length anyway. Otherwise keept it an error, and + separate the message from 'written too much'. + + * tests/ioCmd.test (iocmd-24.6): Testcase updated for changed message. + + * generic/tclIORChan.c (ReflectClose): Added missing removal of the + now closed channel from the reflection map. Before we could crash the + system by invoking 'chan postevent' on a closed reflected channel, + dereferencing the dangling pointer in the map. + + * tests/ioCmd.test (iocmd-31.8): Testcase for the above. + +2008-04-03 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIO.c (CopyData): Applied patch [Bug 1932639] to + * tests/io.test: prevent fcopy from calling -command synchronously + * tests/chanio.test: the first time. Thanks to Alexandre Ferrieux + <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> for report and patch. + +2008-04-02 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tcl.decls: Remove 'export' declarations of symbols now + only in libtclstub and no longer in libtcl. + + * generic/tclStubLib.c: Make symbols in libtclstub.a MODULE_SCOPE to + * tools/genStubs.tcl: avoid exporting them from libraries that link + with -ltclstub; constify tcl*StubsPtr and stub + table hook pointers. [Bug 1819422] + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * generic/tclTomMathDecls.h: + +2008-04-02 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIO.c (CopyData): Applied patch for fcopy problem [Bug + 780533], with many thanks to Alexandre Ferrieux + <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> for tracking it down and providing a + solution. Still have to convert his test script into a proper test + case. + +2008-04-01 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclStrToD.c: Applied patch for [Bug 1839067] (fp rounding + * unix/tcl.m4: setup on solaris x86, native cc), provided by + Michael Schlenker. + +2008-04-01 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclStubLib.c: Removed needless #ifdef complexity. + + * generic/tclStubLib.c (Tcl_InitStubs): Added missing error message. + * generic/tclPkg.c (Tcl_PkgInitStubsCheck): + + * README: Bump version number to 8.6a0 + * generic/tcl.h: + * library/init.tcl: + * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: + * macosx/Tcl.pbproj/default.pbxuser: + * macosx/Tcl.pbproj/project.pbxproj: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/README: + * win/configure.in: + * win/makefile.bc: + * win/tcl.m4: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Revised stubs-generation tool and interp + * tools/genStubs.tcl: creation so that "tclStubsPtr" is not present + * unix/Makefile.in: in libtcl.so, but is present only in + * win/Makefile.in: libtclstub.a. This tightens up the rules for + * win/makefile.bc: users of the stubs interfaces. [Bug 1819422] + * win/makefile.vc: + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclTomMathDecls.h: + +2008-03-30 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * generic/tclInt.h (TclIsNaN): + * unix/configure.in: Added code to the configurator to check for a + standard isnan() macro and use it if one is + found. This change avoids bugs where the test of + ((d) != (d)) is optimized away by an + overaggressive compiler. [Bug 1783544] + * generic/tclObj.c: Added missing #include <math.h> needed to locate + isnan() after the above change. + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.61 + + * tests/mathop.test (mathop-25.9, mathop-25.14): Modified tests to + deal with (slightly buggy) math libraries in which pow() returns an + incorrectly rounded result. [Bug 1808174] + +2008-03-26 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + *** 8.5.2 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * generic/tcl.h: Bump to 8.5.2 for release. + * library/init.tcl: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + + * changes: Updated for 8.5.2 release. + +2008-03-28 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/fCmd.test: Substantial rewrite to use many more tcltest + features. Great reduction in quantity of [catch] gymnastics. Several + buggy tests fixed, including one where the result of the previous test + was being checked! + +2008-03-27 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * library/tzdata/America/Marigot: + * library/tztata/America/St_Barthelemy: + * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/San_Luis: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Kolkata: (new files) + * library/tzdata/America/Caracas: + * library/tzdata/America/Havana: + * library/tzdata/America/Santiago: + * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires: + * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Catamarca: + * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Cordoba: + * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Jujuy: + * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/La_Rioja: + * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Mendoza: + * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos: + * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/San_Juan: + * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Tucuman: + * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Ushuaia: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Baghdad: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Calcutta: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Damascus: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Saigon: + * library/tzdata/Pacific/Easter: + Changes up to and including Olson's tzdata2008b. + +2008-03-27 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4 (SunOS-5.1x): Fix 64bit support for Sun cc. [Bug + 1921166] + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2008-03-26 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * changes: Updated for 8.5.2 release. + +2008-03-24 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c: [Bug 1923966] - crash in binary format + * tests/binary.test: Added tests for the above crash condition. + +2008-03-21 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/switch.n: Clarified documentation in respect of two-argument + invokation. [Bug 1899962] + + * tests/switch.test: Added more tests of regexp-mode compilation of + the [switch] command. [Bug 1854435] + +2008-03-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h, generic/tclThreadAlloc.c: Tidied up the declarations + of Tcl_GetMemoryInfo so that it is always defined. Will panic when + called against a Tcl that was previously built without it at all, + which is OK because that also indicates a serious mismatch between + memory configuration options. + +2008-03-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h, generic/tclThreadAlloc.c (Tcl_GetMemoryInfo): Make + sure this function is available when direct linking. [Bug 1868171] + + * tests/reg.test (reg-33.14): Marked nonPortable because some + environments have small default stack sizes. [Bug 1905562] + +2008-03-18 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * library/tm.tcl (::tcl::tm::UnknownHandler): Changed 'source' to + 'source -encoding utf-8'. This fixes a portability problem of Tcl + Modules pointed out by Don Porter. By using plain 'source' we were at + the mercy of 'encoding system', making modules less portable than they + could be. The exact scenario: A writes a TM in some weird encoding + which is A's system encoding, distributes it, and somewhere else it + cannot be read/used because the system encoding is different. Forcing + the use of utf-8 makes the module portable. + + ***INCOMPATIBILITY*** for all Tcl Modules already written in non-utf-8 + compatible encodings. + +2008-03-18 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Patch from Miguel Sofer to correct the + alignment of memory allocated by GrowEvaluationStack(). [Bug 1914503] + +2008-03-18 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * library/tm.tcl (::tcl::tm::Defaults): Modified handling of + environment variables. Solution slightly different than proposed in + the report. Using the underscored form TCLX_y_TM_PATH even if + TCLX.y_TM_PATH exists. Also using a loop to cut prevent code + replication. [Bug 1914604] + +2008-03-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictForCmd): Correct the handling + of stack space calculation (the jump pattern used was confusing the + simple-minded code doing the calculations). [Bug 1903325] + + * doc/lreplace.n: Clarified documentation of what happens with + negative indices. [Bug 1905809] Added example, tidied up formatting. + +2008-03-14 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (OldMathFuncProc): Same workaround protection + from bad TclStackAlloc() alignment. Thanks George Peter Staplin. + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Use ckalloc() to allocate + SortElement arrays instead of TclStackAlloc() which isn't getting + alignment right. Workaround for [Bug 1914503]. + +2008-03-14 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * generic/tclTest.c: Ignore the return value of write() when we are + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: about to exit anyways. + +2008-03-13 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/configure.in: Use backslash-quoting instead of double-quoting + * unix/tcl.m4: for lib paths in tclConfig.sh. [Bug 1913622] + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2008-03-13 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * changes: Updated for 8.5.2 release. + + * generic/tclStrToD.c: Resolve identifier conflict over "pow10" with + libm in Cygwin and DJGPP. Thanks to Gordon Schumacher and Philip + Moore. [Patch 1800636] + +2008-03-12 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: Add support for Xcode 3.1 + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY and + * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: 'xcodebuild install'. + +2008-03-12 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * doc/info.n: Replaced {expand} with {*}. + +2008-03-12 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * unix/Makefile.in (install-libraries): Bump http to 2.7 + * win/Makefile.in (install-libraries): Added -myaddr option to allow + * library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl): control of selected socket + * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: interface. [Bug 559898] + * doc/http.n, tests/http.test: Added -keepalive and + -protocol 1.1 with chunked transfer encoding support. [Bug 1063703, + 1470377, 219225] (default keepalive is 0) + Added ability to override Host in -headers. [Bug 928154] + Added -strict option to control URL validation on per-call basis. + [Bug 1560506] + +2008-03-11 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl): Add -method option to support + * tests/http.test (http-3.1): http PUT and DELETE requests. + * doc/http.n: [Bug 1599901, 862554] + + * library/http/http.tcl: Whitespace changes, code cleanup. Allow http + to be re-sourced without overwriting http state. + +2008-03-11 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclEncoding.c (LoadEscapeEncoding): Avoid leaking escape + sub-encodings, fixes encoding-11.1 failing after iso2022-jp loaded. + [Bug 1893053] + + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: Avoid using CoreFoundation after fork() on + Darwin 9 even when TclpCreateProcess() uses vfork(). + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: Add support for Xcode 3.1 and + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: configs for building with + * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: gcc-4.2 and llvm-gcc-4.2. + + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: Workaround vfork() problems in + llvm-gcc-4.2.1 -O4 build. + + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: Move MODULE_SCOPE compat + define to top. [Bug 1911102] + + * macosx/GNUmakefile: Fix quoting to allow paths + * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: to ${builddir} and + * unix/Makefile.in: ${INSTALL_ROOT} to contain + * unix/configure.in: spaces. + * unix/install-sh: + * unix/tcl.m4: + * tests/ioCmd.test: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + + * unix/Makefile.in (install-strip): Strip non-global symbols from + dynamic library. + + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: Fix warning. + + * tests/exec.test (exec-9.7): Reduce timing sensitivity + * tests/socket.test (socket-2.11): (esp. on multi-proc machines). + + * tests/fCmd.test (fCmd-9.4): Skip on Darwin 9 (xfail). + +2008-03-11 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclVar.c (TclDeleteNamespaceVars): + * tests/var.test (var-8.2): Unset traces on vars should be called with + a FQ named during namespace deletion. This was causing infinite loops + when unset traces recreated the var, as reported by Julian Noble. [Bug + 1911919] + +2008-03-10 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * changes: Updated for 8.5.2 release. + + * doc/http.n: Revised to indicate that [package require http 2.5.5] + is needed to get all the documented commands ([http::meta]). + + * generic/tclEvent.c (TclDefaultBgErrorHandlerObjCmd): Added error + * tests/event.test (event-5.*): checking to protect against callers + passing invalid return options dictionaries. [Bug 1901113] + + * generic/tclBasic.c (ExprAbsFunc): Revised so that the abs() + * tests/expr.test: function and the [::tcl::mathfunc::abs] + command do not return the value of -0, or equivalent values with more + alarming string reps like -1e-350. [Bug 1893815] + +2008-03-07 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclResult.c (ReleaseKeys): Workaround for [Bug 1904907]. + Reset the return option keys to NULL to allow full re-initialization + by GetKeys(). This introduces a memory leak for the key objects, but + gets us around a crash in the finalization of reflected channels when + handling returns, either at compile- or runtime. In both cases we + access the keys after they have been released by their thread exit + handler. A proper fix is entangled with the untangling of the + finalization ordering and attendant issues. For now we choose the + lesser evil. + +2008-03-07 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (Tcl_ExprObj): Revised expression bytecode + compiling so that bytecodes invalid due to changing context or due to + the difference between expressions and scripts are not reused. [Bug + 1899164] + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: Revised direct evaluation implementation of + [expr] so that [expr $e] caches compiled bytecodes for the expression + as the intrep of $e. + + * tests/execute.test (execute-6.*): More tests checking that + script bytecode is invalidated in the right situations. + +2008-03-07 Donal K. Fellows <donal.k.fellows@man.ac.uk> + + * win/configure.in: Add AC_HEADER_STDC to support msys/win64. + +2008-03-06 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/namespace.n: Minor tidying up. [Bug 1909019] + +2008-03-04 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/execute.test (6.3,4): Added tests for [Bug 1899164]. + +2008-03-03 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: Fix mark and space parity on Linux, which uses + CMSPAR instead of PAREXT. + +2008-03-02 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (GetNamespaceFromObj): + * tests/interp.test (interp-28.2): Spoil the intrep of an nsNameType + obj when the reference crosses interpreter boundaries. + +2008-02-29 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclResult.c (Tcl_SetReturnOptions): Revised the refcount + management of Tcl_SetReturnOptions to become that of a conventional + Consumer routine. Thanks to Peter Spjuth for pointing out the + difficulties calling Tcl_SetReturnOptions with non-0-count value for + options. + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_RETURN_STK): Revised the one caller + within Tcl itself which passes a non-0-count value to + Tcl_SetReturnOptions(). + + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo): Revised the + refcount management of Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo to become that of a + conventional Consumer routine. This preserves the ease of use for the + overwhelming common callers who pass in a 0-count value, but makes the + proper call with a non-0-count value less surprising. + * generic/tclEvent.c (TclDefaultBgErrorHandlerObjCmd): Revised the + one caller within Tcl itself which passes a non-0-count value to + Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo(). + +2008-02-28 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/tclPort.h, unix/tclCompat.h, unix/tclUnixChan.h: Reduce scope + of <sys/filio.h> and <sys/ioctl.h> #includes. [Patch 1903339] + +2008-02-28 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c, unix/tclUnixNotfy.c, unix/tclUnixPipe.c: + Consolidate all code conditionalized on -DUSE_FIONBIO into one place. + * unix/tclUnixPort.h, unix/tclUnixCompat.c: New routine + TclUnixSetBlockingMode(). [Patch 1903339] + +2008-02-28 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjvInternal): Plug memory leak when + an enter trace deletes or changes the command, prompting a reparsing. + Don't let the second pass lose commandPtr value allocated during the + first pass. + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c (ParseExpr): Plug memory leak in error + message generation. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendFormatToObj): [format %llx $big] + leaked an mp_int. + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileReturnCmd): The 2007-10-18 commit + to optimize compiled [return -level 0 $x] [RFE 1794073] introduced a + memory leak of the return options dictionary. Fixing that. + +2008-02-27 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * library/http/http.tcl: [Bug 705956] - fix inverted logic when + cleaning up socket error in geturl. + +2008-02-27 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * doc/clock.n: Corrected minor indentation gaffe in the penultimate + paragraph. [Bug 1898025] + * generic/tclClock.c (ParseClockFormatArgs): Changed to check that the + clock value is in the range of a 64-bit integer. [Bug 1862555] + * library/clock.tcl (::tcl::clock::format, ::tcl::clock::scan, + (::tcl::clock::add, ::tcl::clock::LocalizeFormat): Fixed bugs in + caching of localized strings that caused weird results when localized + date/time formats were used. [Bug 1902423] + * tests/clock.test (clock-61.*, clock-62.1): Regression tests for [Bug + 1862555] and [Bug 1902423]. + +2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c, unix/tclUnixPort.h, unix/tclUnixChan.c: + Remove dead/unused portability-related #defines and unused conditional + code. See [Patch 1901828] for discussion. + +2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIORChan.c (enum MethodName), + * generic/tclCompExpr.c (enum Marks): More stray trailing ","s + +2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/configure.in(socklen_t test): Define socklen_t as "int" if + missing, not "unsigned". Use AC_TRY_COMPILE instead of + AC_EGREP_HEADER. + * unix/configure: regenerated. + +2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCompile.h: Remove stray trailing "," from enum + InstOperandType definition (C99ism). + +2008-02-26 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): Fix the handling of the last star + * tests/regexpComp.test: possibly being escaped in + determining right anchor. [Bug 1902436] + +2008-02-26 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: Set version 2.5.5 + * library/http/http.tcl: It is better to do the [eof] check after + trying to read from the socket. No clashes found in testing. Added + http::meta command to access the http headers. [Bug 1868845] + +2008-02-22 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: Set version 2.5.4 + * library/http/http.tcl: Always check that the state array exists + in the http::status command. [Bug 1818565] + +2008-02-13 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: Bump version number to 8.5.2b1 to distinguish + * library/init.tcl: CVS development snapshots from the 8.5.1 and + * unix/configure.in: 8.5.2 releases. + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + * README + + * unix/configure: autoconf (2.59) + * win/configure: + +2008-02-12 Donal K. Fellows <donal.k.fellows@man.ac.uk> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileSwitchCmd): Corrected logic for + * tests/switch.test (switch-10.15): handling -nocase compilation; the + -exact -nocase option cannot be compiled currently. [Bug 1891827] + + * unix/README: Documented missing configure flags. [Bug 1799011] + +2008-02-06 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * doc/clock.n (%N): Corrected an error in the explanation of the %N + format group. + * generic/tclClock.c (ClockParseformatargsObjCmd): + * library/clock.tcl (::tcl::clock::format): + * tests/clock.test (clock-1.0, clock-1.4): + Performance enhancements in [clock format] (moving the analysis of + $args into C code, holding on to Tcl_Objs with resolved command names, + [lassign] in place of [foreach], avoiding [namespace which] for + command resolution). + +2008-02-04 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + *** 8.5.1 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * changes: Updated for 8.5.1 release. + + * generic/tcl.h: Bump to 8.5.1 for release. + * library/init.tcl: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + +2008-02-04 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_CONCAT1): Fix optimisation for in-place + concatenation (was going over String type) + +2008-02-02 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/configure.in (Darwin): Correct Info.plist year substitution + in non-framework builds. + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2008-01-30 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInterp.c (Tcl_GetAlias): Fix for [Bug 1882373], thanks go + to an00na. + +2008-01-30 Donal K. Fellows <donal.k.fellows@man.ac.uk> + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: Reworked manual page scraper to do a + proper job of handling references to Ttk options. [Tk Bug 1876493] + +2008-01-29 Donal K. Fellows <donal.k.fellows@man.ac.uk> + + * doc/man.macros (SO, SE): Adjusted macros so that it is possible for + Ttk to have its "standard options" on a manual page that is not called + "options". [Tk Bug 1876493] + +2008-01-25 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * changes: Updated for 8.5.1 release. + +2008-01-23 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: New macro TclGrowParseTokenArray() to + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: simplify code that might need to grow + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: an array of Tcl_Tokens in the parsePtr + * generic/tclParse.c: field of a Tcl_Parse. Replaces the + TclExpandTokenArray() routine via replacing: + int needed = parsePtr->numTokens + growth; + while (needed > parsePtr->tokensAvailable) { + TclExpandTokenArray(parsePtr); + } + with: + TclGrowParseTokenArray(parsePtr, growth); + This revision merged over from dgp-refactor branch. + + * generic/tclCompile.h: Demote TclCompEvalObj() from internal stubs to + * generic/tclInt.decls: a MODULE_SCOPE routine declared in + tclCompile.h. + + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + +2008-01-22 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclTimer.c (AfterProc): Replace Tcl_EvalEx() with + Tcl_EvalObjEx() to evaluate [after] callbacks. Part of trend to favor + compiled execution over direct evaluation. + +2008-01-22 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdIl.c (Tcl_LreverseObjCmd): + * tests/cmdIL.test (cmdIL-7.7): Fix crash on reversing an empty list. + [Bug 1876793] + +2008-01-20 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * unix/README: Minor typo fixes [Bug 1853072] + + * generic/tclIO.c (TclGetsObjBinary): Operate on topmost channel. + [Bug 1869405] (Ficicchia) + +2008-01-17 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Revision to preserve parsed intreps of + numeric and boolean literals when compiling expressions with (optimize + == 1). + +2008-01-15 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Add an 'optimize' argument to + * generic/tclCompile.c: TclCompileExpr() to profit from better + * generic/tclCompile.h: literal management according to usage. + * generic/tclExecute.c: + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Fix literal leak in exprs [Bug 1869989] (dgp) + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * tests/compExpr.test: + + * doc/proc.n: Changed wording for access to non-local variables; added + mention to [namespace upvar]. Lame attempt at dealing with + documentation. [Bug 1872708] + +2008-01-15 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Replacing 'operator' by 'op' in the def of + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: struct TclOpCmdClientData to accommodate C++ + * generic/tclCompile.h: compilers. [Bug 1855644] + +2008-01-13 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * win/tclWinSerial.c (SerialCloseProc, TclWinOpenSerialChannel): Use + critical section for read & write side. [Bug 1353846] (newman) + +2008-01-11 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadGetStackSize): Restore stack checking + functionality in freebsd. [Bug 1850424] + + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadGetStackSize): Fix for crash in + freebsd. [Bug 1860425] + +2008-01-10 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendFormatToObj): Correct failure to + * tests/format.test: account for big.used == 0 corner case in the + %ll(idox) format directives. [Bug 1867855] + +2008-01-09 George Peter Staplin <georgeps@xmission.com> + + * doc/vwait.n: Add a missing be to fix a typo. + +2008-01-04 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (make-man-pages): Make man page title use + more specific info on lhs to improve tabbed browser view titles. + +2008-01-02 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/binary.n: Fixed documentation bug reported on tcl-core, and + reordered documentation to discourage people from using the hex + formatter that is hardly ever useful. + +2008-01-02 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: Bump version number to 8.5.1b1 to distinguish + * library/init.tcl: CVS development snapshots from the 8.5.0 and + * unix/configure.in: 8.5.1 releases. + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + * README + + * unix/configure: autoconf (2.59) + * win/configure: + + ****************************************************************** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2006-2007 IN "ChangeLog.2007" *** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2005 IN "ChangeLog.2005" *** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2004 IN "ChangeLog.2004" *** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2003 IN "ChangeLog.2003" *** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2002 IN "ChangeLog.2002" *** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2001 IN "ChangeLog.2001" *** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2000 IN "ChangeLog.2000" *** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 1999 AND EARLIER IN "ChangeLog.1999" *** + ****************************************************************** |