0 files changed, 0 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/compat/zlib/win32/zlib1.dll b/compat/zlib/win32/zlib1.dll
index 9ea38d5..9ea38d5 100644..100755
--- a/compat/zlib/win32/zlib1.dll
+++ b/compat/zlib/win32/zlib1.dll
diff --git a/compat/zlib/win64/zlib1.dll b/compat/zlib/win64/zlib1.dll
index bd1dbc6..bd1dbc6 100644..100755
--- a/compat/zlib/win64/zlib1.dll
+++ b/compat/zlib/win64/zlib1.dll
diff --git a/doc/GetCwd.3 b/doc/GetCwd.3
index 58abcde..58abcde 100755..100644
--- a/doc/GetCwd.3
+++ b/doc/GetCwd.3
diff --git a/doc/GetVersion.3 b/doc/GetVersion.3
index 89f63d5..89f63d5 100755..100644
--- a/doc/GetVersion.3
+++ b/doc/GetVersion.3
diff --git a/doc/encoding.n b/doc/encoding.n
index be1dc3f..5782199 100644
--- a/doc/encoding.n
+++ b/doc/encoding.n
@@ -14,10 +14,21 @@ encoding \- Manipulate encodings
 .BE
 .SH INTRODUCTION
 .PP
-Strings in Tcl are encoded using 16-bit Unicode characters.  Different
-operating system interfaces or applications may generate strings in
-other encodings such as Shift-JIS.  The \fBencoding\fR command helps
-to bridge the gap between Unicode and these other formats.
+Strings in Tcl are logically a sequence of 16-bit Unicode characters.
+These strings are represented in memory as a sequence of bytes that
+may be in one of several encodings: modified UTF\-8 (which uses 1 to 3
+bytes per character), 16-bit
+.QW Unicode
+(which uses 2 bytes per character, with an endianness that is
+dependent on the host architecture), and binary (which uses a single
+byte per character but only handles a restricted range of characters).
+Tcl does not guarantee to always use the same encoding for the same
+string.
+.PP
+Different operating system interfaces or applications may generate
+strings in other encodings such as Shift\-JIS.  The \fBencoding\fR
+command helps to bridge the gap between Unicode and these other
+formats.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 Performs one of several encoding related operations, depending on
@@ -37,8 +48,9 @@ system encoding is used.
 Convert \fIstring\fR from Unicode to the specified \fIencoding\fR.
 The result is a sequence of bytes that represents the converted
 string.  Each byte is stored in the lower 8-bits of a Unicode
-character.  If \fIencoding\fR is not specified, the current
-system encoding is used.
+character (indeed, the resulting string is a binary string as far as
+Tcl is concerned, at least initially).  If \fIencoding\fR is not
+specified, the current system encoding is used.
 .TP
 \fBencoding dirs\fR ?\fIdirectoryList\fR?
 .
@@ -56,6 +68,11 @@ searchable directory, that element is ignored.
 .
 Returns a list containing the names of all of the encodings that are
 currently available. 
+The encodings
+.QW utf-8
+and
+.QW iso8859-1
+are guaranteed to be present in the list.
 .TP
 \fBencoding system\fR ?\fIencoding\fR?
 .
@@ -73,7 +90,7 @@ However, because the \fBsource\fR command always reads files using the
 current system encoding, Tcl will only source such files correctly
 when the encoding used to write the file is the same.  This tends not
 to be true in an internationalized setting.  For example, if such a
-file was sourced in North America (where the ISO8859-1 is normally
+file was sourced in North America (where the ISO8859\-1 is normally
 used), each byte in the file would be treated as a separate character
 that maps to the 00 page in Unicode.  The resulting Tcl strings will
 not contain the expected Japanese characters.  Instead, they will
@@ -93,3 +110,6 @@ which is the Hiragana letter HA.
 Tcl_GetEncoding(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
 encoding, unicode
+.\" Local Variables:
+.\" mode: nroff
+.\" End:
diff --git a/doc/fcopy.n b/doc/fcopy.n
index ec3d5c6..071896c 100644
--- a/doc/fcopy.n
+++ b/doc/fcopy.n
@@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ non-blocking mode; the \fBfcopy\fR command takes care of that automatically.
 However, it is necessary to enter the event loop by using
 the \fBvwait\fR command or by using Tk.
 .PP
-You are not allowed to do other I/O operations with
-\fIinchan\fR or \fIoutchan\fR during a background \fBfcopy\fR.
+You are not allowed to do other input operations with \fIinchan\fR, or
+output operations with \fIoutchan\fR, during a background
+\fBfcopy\fR. The converse is entirely legitimate, as exhibited by the
+bidirectional fcopy example below.
+.PP
 If either \fIinchan\fR or \fIoutchan\fR get closed
 while the copy is in progress, the current copy is stopped
 and the command callback is \fInot\fR made.
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ then all data already queued for \fIoutchan\fR is written out.
 Note that \fIinchan\fR can become readable during a background copy.
 You should turn off any \fBfileevent\fR handlers during a background
 copy so those handlers do not interfere with the copy.
-Any I/O attempted by a \fBfileevent\fR handler will get a
+Any wrong-sided I/O attempted (by a \fBfileevent\fR handler or otherwise) will get a
 .QW "channel busy"
 error.
 .PP
@@ -149,6 +152,24 @@ set total 0
         -command [list CopyMore $in $out $chunk]
 vwait done
 .CE
+.PP
+The fourth example starts an asynchronous, bidirectional fcopy between
+two sockets. Those could also be pipes from two [open "|hal 9000" r+]
+(though their conversation would remain secret to the script, since
+all four fileevent slots are busy).
+.PP
+.CS
+set flows 2
+proc Done {dir args} {
+     global flows done
+     puts "$dir is over."
+     incr flows -1
+     if {$flows<=0} {set done 1}
+}
+\fBfcopy\fR $sok1 $sok2 -command [list Done UP]
+\fBfcopy\fR $sok2 $sok1 -command [list Done DOWN]
+vwait done
+.CE
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 eof(n), fblocked(n), fconfigure(n), file(n)
 .SH KEYWORDS
diff --git a/doc/lset.n b/doc/lset.n
index 954bd30..954bd30 100755..100644
--- a/doc/lset.n
+++ b/doc/lset.n
diff --git a/doc/string.n b/doc/string.n
index 76005fc..163abdd 100644
--- a/doc/string.n
+++ b/doc/string.n
@@ -343,10 +343,13 @@ misleading.
 \fBstring bytelength \fIstring\fR
 .
 Returns a decimal string giving the number of bytes used to represent
-\fIstring\fR in memory.  Because UTF\-8 uses one to three bytes to
-represent Unicode characters, the byte length will not be the same as
-the character length in general.  The cases where a script cares about
-the byte length are rare.
+\fIstring\fR in memory when encoded as Tcl's internal modified UTF\-8;
+Tcl may use other encodings for \fIstring\fR as well, and does not
+guarantee to only use a single encoding for a particular \fIstring\fR.
+Because UTF\-8 uses a variable number of bytes to represent Unicode
+characters, the byte length will not be the same as the character
+length in general.  The cases where a script cares about the byte
+length are rare.
 .RS
 .PP
 In almost all cases, you should use the
@@ -354,10 +357,27 @@ In almost all cases, you should use the
 Tcl byte array value).  Refer to the \fBTcl_NumUtfChars\fR manual
 entry for more details on the UTF\-8 representation.
 .PP
+Formally, the \fBstring bytelength\fR operation returns the content of
+the \fIlength\fR field of the \fBTcl_Obj\fR structure, after calling
+\fBTcl_GetString\fR to ensure that the \fIbytes\fR field is populated.
+This is highly unlikely to be useful to Tcl scripts, as Tcl's internal
+encoding is not strict UTF\-8, but rather a modified CESU\-8 with a
+denormalized NUL (identical to that used in a number of places by
+Java's serialization mechanism) to enable basic processing with
+non-Unicode-aware C functions.  As this representation should only
+ever be used by Tcl's implementation, the number of bytes used to
+store the representation is of very low value (except to C extension
+code, which has direct access for the purpose of memory management,
+etc.)
+.PP
 \fICompatibility note:\fR it is likely that this subcommand will be
 withdrawn in a future version of Tcl. It is better to use the
 \fBencoding convertto\fR command to convert a string to a known
 encoding and then apply \fBstring length\fR to that.
+.PP
+.CS
+\fBstring length\fR [encoding convertto utf-8 $theString]
+.CE
 .RE
 .TP
 \fBstring wordend \fIstring charIndex\fR
diff --git a/doc/tclvars.n b/doc/tclvars.n
index 2fec222..9d7a4ce 100644
--- a/doc/tclvars.n
+++ b/doc/tclvars.n
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 .BS
 '\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
 .SH NAME
-argc, argv, argv0, auto_path, env, errorCode, errorInfo, tcl_interactive, tcl_library, tcl_nonwordchars, tcl_patchLevel, tcl_pkgPath, tcl_platform, tcl_precision, tcl_rcFileName, tcl_traceCompile, tcl_traceEval, tcl_wordchars, tcl_version \- Variables used by Tcl
+argc, argv, argv0, auto_path, env, errorCode, errorInfo, tcl_interactive, tcl_library, tcl_nonwordchars, tcl_patchLevel, tcl_pkgPath, tcl_platform, tcl_precision, tcl_rcFileName, tcl_traceCompile, tcl_traceExec, tcl_wordchars, tcl_version \- Variables used by Tcl
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
diff --git a/generic/tcl.h b/generic/tcl.h
index 4bf81cc..e557290 100644
--- a/generic/tcl.h
+++ b/generic/tcl.h
@@ -67,15 +67,12 @@ extern "C" {
  * We use this method because there is no autoconf equivalent.
  */
 
-#ifndef __WIN32__
-#   if defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32) || defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(__BORLANDC__) || (defined(__WATCOMC__) && defined(__WINDOWS_386__))
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#   ifndef __WIN32__
 #	define __WIN32__
-#	ifndef WIN32
-#	    define WIN32
-#	endif
-#	ifndef _WIN32
-#	    define _WIN32
-#	endif
+#   endif
+#   ifndef WIN32
+#	define WIN32
 #   endif
 #endif
 
@@ -83,11 +80,11 @@ extern "C" {
  * STRICT: See MSDN Article Q83456
  */
 
-#ifdef __WIN32__
+#ifdef _WIN32
 #   ifndef STRICT
 #	define STRICT
 #   endif
-#endif /* __WIN32__ */
+#endif /* _WIN32 */
 
 /*
  * Utility macros: STRINGIFY takes an argument and wraps it in "" (double
@@ -191,7 +188,7 @@ extern "C" {
  *       MSVCRT.
  */
 
-#if (defined(__WIN32__) && (defined(_MSC_VER) || (__BORLANDC__ >= 0x0550) || defined(__LCC__) || defined(__WATCOMC__) || (defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__declspec))))
+#if (defined(_WIN32) && (defined(_MSC_VER) || (defined(__BORLANDC__) && (__BORLANDC__ >= 0x0550)) || defined(__LCC__) || defined(__WATCOMC__) || (defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__declspec))))
 #   define HAVE_DECLSPEC 1
 #   ifdef STATIC_BUILD
 #       define DLLIMPORT
@@ -315,14 +312,14 @@ extern "C" {
  * VOID. This block is skipped under Cygwin and Mingw.
  */
 
-#if defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(HAVE_WINNT_IGNORE_VOID)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(HAVE_WINNT_IGNORE_VOID)
 #ifndef VOID
 #define VOID void
 typedef char CHAR;
 typedef short SHORT;
 typedef long LONG;
 #endif
-#endif /* __WIN32__ && !HAVE_WINNT_IGNORE_VOID */
+#endif /* _WIN32 && !HAVE_WINNT_IGNORE_VOID */
 
 /*
  * Macro to use instead of "void" for arguments that must have type "void *"
@@ -390,7 +387,7 @@ typedef long LONG;
  */
 
 #if !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE)&&!defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
-#   if defined(__WIN32__)
+#   if defined(_WIN32)
 #      define TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE __int64
 #      ifdef __BORLANDC__
 #         define TCL_LL_MODIFIER	"L"
@@ -400,7 +397,7 @@ typedef long LONG;
 #   elif defined(__GNUC__)
 #      define TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE long long
 #      define TCL_LL_MODIFIER	"ll"
-#   else /* ! __WIN32__ && ! __GNUC__ */
+#   else /* ! _WIN32 && ! __GNUC__ */
 /*
  * Don't know what platform it is and configure hasn't discovered what is
  * going on for us. Try to guess...
@@ -415,7 +412,7 @@ typedef long LONG;
 #	     define TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE long long
 #         endif
 #      endif /* NO_LIMITS_H */
-#   endif /* __WIN32__ */
+#   endif /* _WIN32 */
 #endif /* !TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE & !TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
 #ifdef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 #   undef TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE
@@ -447,7 +444,7 @@ typedef unsigned TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE	Tcl_WideUInt;
 #   define Tcl_DoubleAsWide(val)	((Tcl_WideInt)((double)(val)))
 #endif /* TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
 
-#if defined(__WIN32__)
+#if defined(_WIN32)
 #   ifdef __BORLANDC__
 	typedef struct stati64 Tcl_StatBuf;
 #   elif defined(_WIN64)
@@ -562,7 +559,7 @@ typedef struct Tcl_ZLibStream_ *Tcl_ZlibStream;
  * will be called as the main fuction of the new thread created by that call.
  */
 
-#if defined __WIN32__
+#if defined _WIN32
 typedef unsigned (__stdcall Tcl_ThreadCreateProc) (ClientData clientData);
 #else
 typedef void (Tcl_ThreadCreateProc) (ClientData clientData);
@@ -574,7 +571,7 @@ typedef void (Tcl_ThreadCreateProc) (ClientData clientData);
  * in generic/tclThreadTest.c for it's usage.
  */
 
-#if defined __WIN32__
+#if defined _WIN32
 #   define Tcl_ThreadCreateType		unsigned __stdcall
 #   define TCL_THREAD_CREATE_RETURN	return 0
 #else
@@ -2436,9 +2433,15 @@ EXTERN void		Tcl_GetMemoryInfo(Tcl_DString *dsPtr);
 
 /*
  * Include platform specific public function declarations that are accessible
- * via the stubs table.
+ * via the stubs table. Make all TclOO symbols MODULE_SCOPE (which only
+ * has effect on building it as a shared library). See ticket [3010352].
  */
 
+#if defined(BUILD_tcl)
+#   undef TCLAPI
+#   define TCLAPI MODULE_SCOPE
+#endif
+
 #include "tclPlatDecls.h"
 
 /*
diff --git a/generic/tclAssembly.c b/generic/tclAssembly.c
index 89c286a..d1866c8 100644
--- a/generic/tclAssembly.c
+++ b/generic/tclAssembly.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  *-   jumpTable testing
  *-   syntax (?)
  *-   returnCodeBranch
+ *-   tclooNext, tclooNextClass
  */
 
 #include "tclInt.h"
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ typedef enum BasicBlockCatchState {
     BBCS_UNKNOWN = 0,		/* Catch context has not yet been identified */
     BBCS_NONE,			/* Block is outside of any catch */
     BBCS_INCATCH,		/* Block is within a catch context */
-    BBCS_CAUGHT,		/* Block is within a catch context and
+    BBCS_CAUGHT 		/* Block is within a catch context and
 				 * may be executed after an exception fires */
 } BasicBlockCatchState;
 
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ enum BasicBlockFlags {
 				 * marking it as the start of a 'catch'
 				 * sequence. The 'jumpTarget' is the exception
 				 * exit from the catch block. */
-    BB_ENDCATCH = (1 << 5),	/* Block ends with an 'endCatch' instruction,
+    BB_ENDCATCH = (1 << 5)	/* Block ends with an 'endCatch' instruction,
 				 * unwinding the catch from the exception
 				 * stack. */
 };
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ typedef enum TalInstType {
 				 * produces N */
     ASSEM_SINT1,		/* One 1-byte signed-integer operand
 				 * (INCR_STK_IMM) */
-    ASSEM_SINT4_LVT4,		/* Signed 4-byte integer operand followed by
+    ASSEM_SINT4_LVT4		/* Signed 4-byte integer operand followed by
 				 * LVT entry.  Fixed arity */
 } TalInstType;
 
@@ -437,6 +438,7 @@ static const TalInstDesc TalInstructionTable[] = {
     {"nop",		ASSEM_1BYTE,	INST_NOP,		0,	0},
     {"not",		ASSEM_1BYTE,	INST_LNOT,		1,	1},
     {"nsupvar",		ASSEM_LVT4,	INST_NSUPVAR,		2,	1},
+    {"numericType",	ASSEM_1BYTE,	INST_NUM_TYPE,		1,	1},
     {"originCmd",	ASSEM_1BYTE,	INST_ORIGIN_COMMAND,	1,	1},
     {"over",		ASSEM_OVER,	INST_OVER,		INT_MIN,-1-1},
     {"pop",		ASSEM_1BYTE,	INST_POP,		1,	0},
@@ -477,6 +479,7 @@ static const TalInstDesc TalInstructionTable[] = {
     {"tclooIsObject",	ASSEM_1BYTE,	INST_TCLOO_IS_OBJECT,	1,	1},
     {"tclooNamespace",	ASSEM_1BYTE,	INST_TCLOO_NS,		1,	1},
     {"tclooSelf",	ASSEM_1BYTE,	INST_TCLOO_SELF,	0,	1},
+    {"tryCvtToBoolean",	ASSEM_1BYTE,	INST_TRY_CVT_TO_BOOLEAN,1,	2},
     {"tryCvtToNumeric",	ASSEM_1BYTE,	INST_TRY_CVT_TO_NUMERIC,1,	1},
     {"uminus",		ASSEM_1BYTE,	INST_UMINUS,		1,	1},
     {"unset",		ASSEM_BOOL_LVT4,INST_UNSET_SCALAR,	0,	0},
@@ -516,7 +519,8 @@ static const unsigned char NonThrowingByteCodes[] = {
     INST_RESOLVE_COMMAND,					/* 154 */
     INST_STR_TRIM, INST_STR_TRIM_LEFT, INST_STR_TRIM_RIGHT,	/* 166-168 */
     INST_CONCAT_STK,						/* 169 */
-    INST_STR_UPPER, INST_STR_LOWER, INST_STR_TITLE		/* 170-172 */
+    INST_STR_UPPER, INST_STR_LOWER, INST_STR_TITLE,		/* 170-172 */
+    INST_NUM_TYPE						/* 180 */
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/generic/tclBasic.c b/generic/tclBasic.c
index 7c02706..2a334c4 100644
--- a/generic/tclBasic.c
+++ b/generic/tclBasic.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static const CmdInfo builtInCmds[] = {
     {"variable",	Tcl_VariableObjCmd,	TclCompileVariableCmd,	NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"while",		Tcl_WhileObjCmd,	TclCompileWhileCmd,	TclNRWhileObjCmd,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"yield",		NULL,			TclCompileYieldCmd,	TclNRYieldObjCmd,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
-    {"yieldto",		NULL,			NULL,			TclNRYieldToObjCmd,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
+    {"yieldto",		NULL,			TclCompileYieldToCmd,	TclNRYieldToObjCmd,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
 
     /*
      * Commands in the OS-interface. Note that many of these are unsafe.
@@ -2085,10 +2085,19 @@ Tcl_CreateCommand(
 	 */
 
 	cmdPtr = Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);
-	oldRefPtr = cmdPtr->importRefPtr;
-	cmdPtr->importRefPtr = NULL;
+	cmdPtr->refCount++;
+	if (cmdPtr->importRefPtr) {
+	    cmdPtr->flags |= CMD_REDEF_IN_PROGRESS;
+	}
 
 	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, (Tcl_Command) cmdPtr);
+
+	if (cmdPtr->flags & CMD_REDEF_IN_PROGRESS) {
+	    oldRefPtr = cmdPtr->importRefPtr;
+	    cmdPtr->importRefPtr = NULL;
+	}
+	TclCleanupCommandMacro(cmdPtr);
+
 	hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&nsPtr->cmdTable, tail, &isNew);
 	if (!isNew) {
 	    /*
@@ -2272,10 +2281,19 @@ Tcl_CreateObjCommand(
 	 * intact.
 	 */
 
-	oldRefPtr = cmdPtr->importRefPtr;
-	cmdPtr->importRefPtr = NULL;
+	cmdPtr->refCount++;
+	if (cmdPtr->importRefPtr) {
+	    cmdPtr->flags |= CMD_REDEF_IN_PROGRESS;
+	}
 
 	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, (Tcl_Command) cmdPtr);
+
+	if (cmdPtr->flags & CMD_REDEF_IN_PROGRESS) {
+	    oldRefPtr = cmdPtr->importRefPtr;
+	    cmdPtr->importRefPtr = NULL;
+	}
+	TclCleanupCommandMacro(cmdPtr);
+
 	hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&nsPtr->cmdTable, tail, &isNew);
 	if (!isNew) {
 	    /*
@@ -3117,12 +3135,13 @@ Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(
      * commands were created that refer back to this command. Delete these
      * imported commands now.
      */
-
-    for (refPtr = cmdPtr->importRefPtr; refPtr != NULL;
-	    refPtr = nextRefPtr) {
-	nextRefPtr = refPtr->nextPtr;
-	importCmd = (Tcl_Command) refPtr->importedCmdPtr;
-	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, importCmd);
+    if (!(cmdPtr->flags & CMD_REDEF_IN_PROGRESS)) {
+	for (refPtr = cmdPtr->importRefPtr; refPtr != NULL;
+		refPtr = nextRefPtr) {
+	    nextRefPtr = refPtr->nextPtr;
+	    importCmd = (Tcl_Command) refPtr->importedCmdPtr;
+	    Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, importCmd);
+	}
     }
 
     /*
@@ -8416,8 +8435,7 @@ TclNRYieldToObjCmd(
 {
     CoroutineData *corPtr = iPtr->execEnvPtr->corPtr;
     Tcl_Obj *listPtr, *nsObjPtr;
-    Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr = (Tcl_Namespace *) iPtr->varFramePtr->nsPtr;
-    Tcl_Namespace *ns1Ptr;
+    Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr = TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp);
 
     if (objc < 2) {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "command ?arg ...?");
@@ -8431,11 +8449,13 @@ TclNRYieldToObjCmd(
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Add the tailcall in the caller env, then just yield.
-     *
-     * This is essentially code from TclNRTailcallObjCmd
-     */
+    if (((Namespace *) nsPtr)->flags & NS_DYING) {
+        Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
+		"yieldto called in deleted namespace", -1));
+        Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "COROUTINE", "YIELDTO_IN_DELETED",
+		NULL);
+        return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
 
     /*
      * Add the tailcall in the caller env, then just yield.
@@ -8444,15 +8464,9 @@ TclNRYieldToObjCmd(
      */
 
     listPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(objc, objv);
-
     nsObjPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(nsPtr->fullName, -1);
-    if ((TCL_OK != TclGetNamespaceFromObj(interp, nsObjPtr, &ns1Ptr))
-	    || (nsPtr != ns1Ptr)) {
-	Tcl_Panic("yieldto failed to find the proper namespace");
-    }
     TclListObjSetElement(interp, listPtr, 0, nsObjPtr);
 
-
     /*
      * Add the callback in the caller's env, then instruct TEBC to yield.
      */
diff --git a/generic/tclBinary.c b/generic/tclBinary.c
index 4e977f2..981f174 100644
--- a/generic/tclBinary.c
+++ b/generic/tclBinary.c
@@ -610,9 +610,7 @@ UpdateStringOfByteArray(
  *
  *	This function appends an array of bytes to a byte array object. Note
  *	that the object *must* be unshared, and the array of bytes *must not*
- *	refer to the object being appended to.  Also the caller must have
- *	already checked that the final length of the bytearray after the
- *	append operations is complete will not overflow the int range.
+ *	refer to the object being appended to.
  *
  * Results:
  *	None.
@@ -631,6 +629,7 @@ TclAppendBytesToByteArray(
     int len)
 {
     ByteArray *byteArrayPtr;
+    int needed;
 
     if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 	Tcl_Panic("%s called with shared object","TclAppendBytesToByteArray");
@@ -639,64 +638,57 @@ TclAppendBytesToByteArray(
 	Tcl_Panic("%s must be called with definite number of bytes to append",
 		"TclAppendBytesToByteArray");
     }
+    if (len == 0) {
+	/* Append zero bytes is a no-op. */
+	return;
+    }
     if (objPtr->typePtr != &tclByteArrayType) {
 	SetByteArrayFromAny(NULL, objPtr);
     }
     byteArrayPtr = GET_BYTEARRAY(objPtr);
 
+    if (len > INT_MAX - byteArrayPtr->used) {
+	Tcl_Panic("max size for a Tcl value (%d bytes) exceeded", INT_MAX);
+    }
+
+    needed = byteArrayPtr->used + len;
     /*
      * If we need to, resize the allocated space in the byte array.
      */
 
-    if (byteArrayPtr->used + len > byteArrayPtr->allocated) {
-	unsigned int attempt, used = byteArrayPtr->used;
-	ByteArray *tmpByteArrayPtr = NULL;
+    if (needed > byteArrayPtr->allocated) {
+	ByteArray *ptr = NULL;
+	int attempt;
 
-	attempt = byteArrayPtr->allocated;
-	if (attempt < 1) {
-	    /*
-	     * No allocated bytes, so must be none used too. We use this
-	     * method to calculate how many bytes to allocate because we can
-	     * end up with a zero-length buffer otherwise, when doubling can
-	     * cause trouble. [Bug 3067036]
-	     */
-
-	    attempt = len + 1;
-	} else {
-	    do {
-		attempt *= 2;
-	    } while (attempt < used+len);
+	if (needed <= INT_MAX/2) {
+	    /* Try to allocate double the total space that is needed. */
+	    attempt = 2 * needed;
+	    ptr = attemptckrealloc(byteArrayPtr, BYTEARRAY_SIZE(attempt));
 	}
+	if (ptr == NULL) {
+	    /* Try to allocate double the increment that is needed (plus). */
+	    unsigned int limit = INT_MAX - needed;
+	    unsigned int extra = len + TCL_MIN_GROWTH;
+	    int growth = (int) ((extra > limit) ? limit : extra);
 
-	if (BYTEARRAY_SIZE(attempt) > BYTEARRAY_SIZE(used)) {
-	    tmpByteArrayPtr = attemptckrealloc(byteArrayPtr,
-		    BYTEARRAY_SIZE(attempt));
+	    attempt = needed + growth;
+	    ptr = attemptckrealloc(byteArrayPtr, BYTEARRAY_SIZE(attempt));
 	}
-
-	if (tmpByteArrayPtr == NULL) {
-	    attempt = used + len;
-	    if (BYTEARRAY_SIZE(attempt) < BYTEARRAY_SIZE(used)) {
-		Tcl_Panic("attempt to allocate a bigger buffer than we can handle");
-	    }
-	    tmpByteArrayPtr = ckrealloc(byteArrayPtr,
-		    BYTEARRAY_SIZE(attempt));
+	if (ptr == NULL) {
+	    /* Last chance: Try to allocate exactly what is needed. */
+	    attempt = needed;
+	    ptr = ckrealloc(byteArrayPtr, BYTEARRAY_SIZE(attempt));
 	}
-
-	byteArrayPtr = tmpByteArrayPtr;
+	byteArrayPtr = ptr;
 	byteArrayPtr->allocated = attempt;
-	byteArrayPtr->used = used;
 	SET_BYTEARRAY(objPtr, byteArrayPtr);
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Do the append if there's any point.
-     */
-
-    if (len > 0) {
+    if (bytes) {
 	memcpy(byteArrayPtr->bytes + byteArrayPtr->used, bytes, len);
-	byteArrayPtr->used += len;
-	TclInvalidateStringRep(objPtr);
     }
+    byteArrayPtr->used += len;
+    TclInvalidateStringRep(objPtr);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/generic/tclClock.c b/generic/tclClock.c
index 6d2976d..15f29e5 100644
--- a/generic/tclClock.c
+++ b/generic/tclClock.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * Windows has mktime. The configurators do not check.
  */
 
-#ifdef __WIN32__
+#ifdef _WIN32
 #define HAVE_MKTIME 1
 #endif
 
@@ -548,18 +548,21 @@ ClockGetjuliandayfromerayearmonthdayObjCmd(
     }
     dict = objv[1];
     if (Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_ERA], &fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
+		 || fieldPtr == NULL
 	    || Tcl_GetIndexFromObj(interp, fieldPtr, eras, "era", TCL_EXACT,
 		&era) != TCL_OK
-	    || Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_YEAR],
-		&fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
+	    || Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_YEAR], &fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
+		 || fieldPtr == NULL
 	    || TclGetIntFromObj(interp, fieldPtr, &fields.year) != TCL_OK
-	    || Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_MONTH],
-		&fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
+	    || Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_MONTH],	&fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
+		 || fieldPtr == NULL
 	    || TclGetIntFromObj(interp, fieldPtr, &fields.month) != TCL_OK
-	    || Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_DAYOFMONTH],
-		&fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
+	    || Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_DAYOFMONTH], &fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
+		 || fieldPtr == NULL
 	    || TclGetIntFromObj(interp, fieldPtr, &fields.dayOfMonth)!=TCL_OK
 	    || TclGetIntFromObj(interp, objv[2], &changeover) != TCL_OK) {
+    if (fieldPtr == NULL)
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj("expected key(s) not found in dictionary", -1));
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
     fields.era = era;
@@ -638,18 +641,21 @@ ClockGetjuliandayfromerayearweekdayObjCmd(
     }
     dict = objv[1];
     if (Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_ERA], &fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
+		 || fieldPtr == NULL
 	    || Tcl_GetIndexFromObj(interp, fieldPtr, eras, "era", TCL_EXACT,
 		&era) != TCL_OK
-	    || Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_ISO8601YEAR],
-		&fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
-	    || TclGetIntFromObj(interp, fieldPtr, &fields.iso8601Year)!=TCL_OK
-	    || Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_ISO8601WEEK],
-		&fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
-	    || TclGetIntFromObj(interp, fieldPtr, &fields.iso8601Week)!=TCL_OK
-	    || Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_DAYOFWEEK],
-		&fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
-	    || TclGetIntFromObj(interp, fieldPtr, &fields.dayOfWeek) != TCL_OK
+	    || Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_ISO8601YEAR], &fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
+		 || fieldPtr == NULL
+	    || TclGetIntFromObj(interp, fieldPtr, &(fields.iso8601Year)) != TCL_OK
+	    || Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_ISO8601WEEK], &fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
+		 || fieldPtr == NULL
+	    || TclGetIntFromObj(interp, fieldPtr, &(fields.iso8601Week)) != TCL_OK
+	    || Tcl_DictObjGet(interp, dict, literals[LIT_DAYOFWEEK], &fieldPtr) != TCL_OK
+		 || fieldPtr == NULL
+	    || TclGetIntFromObj(interp, fieldPtr, &(fields.dayOfWeek)) != TCL_OK
 	    || TclGetIntFromObj(interp, objv[2], &changeover) != TCL_OK) {
+    if (fieldPtr == NULL)
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj("expected key(s) not found in dictionary", -1));
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
     fields.era = era;
diff --git a/generic/tclCmdAH.c b/generic/tclCmdAH.c
index f90819a..d90a747 100644
--- a/generic/tclCmdAH.c
+++ b/generic/tclCmdAH.c
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ FileAttrIsOwnedCmd(
 	 * test for equivalence to the current user.
 	 */
 
-#if defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
 	value = 1;
 #else
 	value = (geteuid() == buf.st_uid);
diff --git a/generic/tclCmdMZ.c b/generic/tclCmdMZ.c
index d477216..00c9f2f 100644
--- a/generic/tclCmdMZ.c
+++ b/generic/tclCmdMZ.c
@@ -32,6 +32,39 @@ static int		TryPostHandler(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    int result);
 static int		UniCharIsAscii(int character);
 static int		UniCharIsHexDigit(int character);
+
+/*
+ * Default set of characters to trim in [string trim] and friends. This is a
+ * UTF-8 literal string containing all Unicode space characters [TIP #413]
+ */
+
+const char tclDefaultTrimSet[] = 
+	"\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d " /* ASCII */
+	"\xc0\x80" /*     nul (U+0000) */
+	"\xc2\x85" /*     next line (U+0085) */
+	"\xc2\xa0" /*     non-breaking space (U+00a0) */
+	"\xe1\x9a\x80" /* ogham space mark (U+1680) */
+	"\xe1\xa0\x8e" /* mongolian vowel separator (U+180e) */
+	"\xe2\x80\x80" /* en quad (U+2000) */
+	"\xe2\x80\x81" /* em quad (U+2001) */
+	"\xe2\x80\x82" /* en space (U+2002) */
+	"\xe2\x80\x83" /* em space (U+2003) */
+	"\xe2\x80\x84" /* three-per-em space (U+2004) */
+	"\xe2\x80\x85" /* four-per-em space (U+2005) */
+	"\xe2\x80\x86" /* six-per-em space (U+2006) */
+	"\xe2\x80\x87" /* figure space (U+2007) */
+	"\xe2\x80\x88" /* punctuation space (U+2008) */
+	"\xe2\x80\x89" /* thin space (U+2009) */
+	"\xe2\x80\x8a" /* hair space (U+200a) */
+	"\xe2\x80\x8b" /* zero width space (U+200b) */
+	"\xe2\x80\xa8" /* line separator (U+2028) */
+	"\xe2\x80\xa9" /* paragraph separator (U+2029) */
+	"\xe2\x80\xaf" /* narrow no-break space (U+202f) */
+	"\xe2\x81\x9f" /* medium mathematical space (U+205f) */
+	"\xe2\x81\xa0" /* word joiner (U+2060) */
+	"\xe3\x80\x80" /* ideographic space (U+3000) */
+	"\xef\xbb\xbf" /* zero width no-break space (U+feff) */
+;
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -3158,8 +3191,8 @@ StringTrimCmd(
     if (objc == 3) {
 	string2 = TclGetStringFromObj(objv[2], &length2);
     } else if (objc == 2) {
-	string2 = DEFAULT_TRIM_SET;
-	length2 = strlen(DEFAULT_TRIM_SET);
+	string2 = tclDefaultTrimSet;
+	length2 = strlen(tclDefaultTrimSet);
     } else {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "string ?chars?");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -3206,8 +3239,8 @@ StringTrimLCmd(
     if (objc == 3) {
 	string2 = TclGetStringFromObj(objv[2], &length2);
     } else if (objc == 2) {
-	string2 = DEFAULT_TRIM_SET;
-	length2 = strlen(DEFAULT_TRIM_SET);
+	string2 = tclDefaultTrimSet;
+	length2 = strlen(tclDefaultTrimSet);
     } else {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "string ?chars?");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -3252,8 +3285,8 @@ StringTrimRCmd(
     if (objc == 3) {
 	string2 = TclGetStringFromObj(objv[2], &length2);
     } else if (objc == 2) {
-	string2 = DEFAULT_TRIM_SET;
-	length2 = strlen(DEFAULT_TRIM_SET);
+	string2 = tclDefaultTrimSet;
+	length2 = strlen(tclDefaultTrimSet);
     } else {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "string ?chars?");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -3299,7 +3332,7 @@ TclInitStringCmd(
 	{"equal",	StringEqualCmd,	TclCompileStringEqualCmd, NULL, NULL, 0},
 	{"first",	StringFirstCmd,	TclCompileStringFirstCmd, NULL, NULL, 0},
 	{"index",	StringIndexCmd,	TclCompileStringIndexCmd, NULL, NULL, 0},
-	{"is",		StringIsCmd,	NULL, NULL, NULL, 0},
+	{"is",		StringIsCmd,	TclCompileStringIsCmd, NULL, NULL, 0},
 	{"last",	StringLastCmd,	TclCompileStringLastCmd, NULL, NULL, 0},
 	{"length",	StringLenCmd,	TclCompileStringLenCmd, NULL, NULL, 0},
 	{"map",		StringMapCmd,	TclCompileStringMapCmd, NULL, NULL, 0},
diff --git a/generic/tclCompCmds.c b/generic/tclCompCmds.c
index 05b6d07..d1d7a80 100644
--- a/generic/tclCompCmds.c
+++ b/generic/tclCompCmds.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ TclCompileArraySetCmd(
 
     if (isDataValid && !isDataEven) {
 	PushStringLiteral(envPtr, "list must have an even number of elements");
-	PushStringLiteral(envPtr, "-errorCode {TCL ARGUMENT FORMAT}");
+	PushStringLiteral(envPtr, "-errorcode {TCL ARGUMENT FORMAT}");
 	TclEmitInstInt4(INST_RETURN_IMM, TCL_ERROR,		envPtr);
 	TclEmitInt4(		0,				envPtr);
 	goto done;
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ TclCompileArraySetCmd(
 	offsetFwd = CurrentOffset(envPtr);
 	TclEmitInstInt1(INST_JUMP_FALSE1, 0,			envPtr);
 	PushStringLiteral(envPtr, "list must have an even number of elements");
-	PushStringLiteral(envPtr, "-errorCode {TCL ARGUMENT FORMAT}");
+	PushStringLiteral(envPtr, "-errorcode {TCL ARGUMENT FORMAT}");
 	TclEmitInstInt4(INST_RETURN_IMM, TCL_ERROR,		envPtr);
 	TclEmitInt4(		0,				envPtr);
 	TclAdjustStackDepth(-1, envPtr);
diff --git a/generic/tclCompCmdsGR.c b/generic/tclCompCmdsGR.c
index b8a7e0f..b3e273f 100644
--- a/generic/tclCompCmdsGR.c
+++ b/generic/tclCompCmdsGR.c
@@ -3075,6 +3075,31 @@ TclCompileObjectNextCmd(
 }
 
 int
+TclCompileObjectNextToCmd(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Used for error reporting. */
+    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr,	/* Points to a parse structure for the command
+				 * created by Tcl_ParseCommand. */
+    Command *cmdPtr,		/* Points to defintion of command being
+				 * compiled. */
+    CompileEnv *envPtr)		/* Holds resulting instructions. */
+{
+    DefineLineInformation;	/* TIP #280 */
+    Tcl_Token *tokenPtr = parsePtr->tokenPtr;
+    int i;
+
+    if (parsePtr->numWords < 2 || parsePtr->numWords > 255) {
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    for (i=0 ; i<parsePtr->numWords ; i++) {
+	CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr, interp, i);
+	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
+    }
+    TclEmitInstInt1(	INST_TCLOO_NEXT_CLASS, i,	envPtr);
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+int
 TclCompileObjectSelfCmd(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Used for error reporting. */
     Tcl_Parse *parsePtr,	/* Points to a parse structure for the command
diff --git a/generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c b/generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c
index 0f2790f..e6ec0a6 100644
--- a/generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c
+++ b/generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c
@@ -425,6 +425,284 @@ TclCompileStringIndexCmd(
 }
 
 int
+TclCompileStringIsCmd(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Used for error reporting. */
+    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr,	/* Points to a parse structure for the command
+				 * created by Tcl_ParseCommand. */
+    Command *cmdPtr,		/* Points to defintion of command being
+				 * compiled. */
+    CompileEnv *envPtr)		/* Holds resulting instructions. */
+{
+    DefineLineInformation;	/* TIP #280 */
+    Tcl_Token *tokenPtr = TokenAfter(parsePtr->tokenPtr);
+    static const char *const isClasses[] = {
+	"alnum",	"alpha",	"ascii",	"control",
+	"boolean",	"digit",	"double",	"entier",
+	"false",	"graph",	"integer",	"list",
+	"lower",	"print",	"punct",	"space",
+	"true",		"upper",	"wideinteger",	"wordchar",
+	"xdigit",	NULL
+    };
+    enum isClasses {
+	STR_IS_ALNUM,	STR_IS_ALPHA,	STR_IS_ASCII,	STR_IS_CONTROL,
+	STR_IS_BOOL,	STR_IS_DIGIT,	STR_IS_DOUBLE,	STR_IS_ENTIER,
+	STR_IS_FALSE,	STR_IS_GRAPH,	STR_IS_INT,	STR_IS_LIST,
+	STR_IS_LOWER,	STR_IS_PRINT,	STR_IS_PUNCT,	STR_IS_SPACE,
+	STR_IS_TRUE,	STR_IS_UPPER,	STR_IS_WIDE,	STR_IS_WORD,
+	STR_IS_XDIGIT
+    };
+    int t, range, allowEmpty = 0, end;
+    InstStringClassType strClassType;
+    Tcl_Obj *isClass;
+
+    if (parsePtr->numWords < 3 || parsePtr->numWords > 6) {
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+    isClass = Tcl_NewObj();
+    if (!TclWordKnownAtCompileTime(tokenPtr, isClass)) {
+	Tcl_DecrRefCount(isClass);
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    } else if (Tcl_GetIndexFromObj(interp, isClass, isClasses, "class", 0,
+	    &t) != TCL_OK) {
+	Tcl_DecrRefCount(isClass);
+	TclCompileSyntaxError(interp, envPtr);
+	return TCL_OK;
+    }
+    Tcl_DecrRefCount(isClass);
+
+#define GotLiteral(tokenPtr, word) \
+    ((tokenPtr)->type == TCL_TOKEN_SIMPLE_WORD &&			\
+     (tokenPtr)[1].size > 1 &&						\
+     (tokenPtr)[1].start[0] == word[0] &&				\
+     strncmp((tokenPtr)[1].start, (word), (tokenPtr)[1].size) == 0)
+
+    /*
+     * Cannot handle the -failindex option at all, and that's the only legal
+     * way to have more than 4 arguments.
+     */
+
+    if (parsePtr->numWords != 3 && parsePtr->numWords != 4) {
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
+    if (parsePtr->numWords == 3) {
+	allowEmpty = 1;
+    } else {
+	if (!GotLiteral(tokenPtr, "-strict")) {
+	    return TCL_ERROR;
+	}
+	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
+    }
+#undef GotLiteral
+
+    /*
+     * Compile the code. There are several main classes of check here.
+     *	1. Character classes
+     *	2. Booleans
+     *	3. Integers
+     *	4. Floats
+     *	5. Lists
+     */
+
+    CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr, interp, parsePtr->numWords-1);
+
+    switch ((enum isClasses) t) {
+    case STR_IS_ALNUM:
+	strClassType = STR_CLASS_ALNUM;
+	goto compileStrClass;
+    case STR_IS_ALPHA:
+	strClassType = STR_CLASS_ALPHA;
+	goto compileStrClass;
+    case STR_IS_ASCII:
+	strClassType = STR_CLASS_ASCII;
+	goto compileStrClass;
+    case STR_IS_CONTROL:
+	strClassType = STR_CLASS_CONTROL;
+	goto compileStrClass;
+    case STR_IS_DIGIT:
+	strClassType = STR_CLASS_DIGIT;
+	goto compileStrClass;
+    case STR_IS_GRAPH:
+	strClassType = STR_CLASS_GRAPH;
+	goto compileStrClass;
+    case STR_IS_LOWER:
+	strClassType = STR_CLASS_LOWER;
+	goto compileStrClass;
+    case STR_IS_PRINT:
+	strClassType = STR_CLASS_PRINT;
+	goto compileStrClass;
+    case STR_IS_PUNCT:
+	strClassType = STR_CLASS_PUNCT;
+	goto compileStrClass;
+    case STR_IS_SPACE:
+	strClassType = STR_CLASS_SPACE;
+	goto compileStrClass;
+    case STR_IS_UPPER:
+	strClassType = STR_CLASS_UPPER;
+	goto compileStrClass;
+    case STR_IS_WORD:
+	strClassType = STR_CLASS_WORD;
+	goto compileStrClass;
+    case STR_IS_XDIGIT:
+	strClassType = STR_CLASS_XDIGIT;
+    compileStrClass:
+	if (allowEmpty) {
+	    OP1(	STR_CLASS, strClassType);
+	} else {
+	    int over, over2;
+
+	    OP(		DUP);
+	    OP1(	STR_CLASS, strClassType);
+	    JUMP1(	JUMP_TRUE, over);
+	    OP(		POP);
+	    PUSH(	"0");
+	    JUMP1(	JUMP, over2);
+	    FIXJUMP1(over);
+	    PUSH(	"");
+	    OP(		STR_NEQ);
+	    FIXJUMP1(over2);
+	}
+	return TCL_OK;
+
+    case STR_IS_BOOL:
+    case STR_IS_FALSE:
+    case STR_IS_TRUE:
+	OP(		TRY_CVT_TO_BOOLEAN);
+	switch (t) {
+	    int over, over2;
+
+	case STR_IS_BOOL:
+	    if (allowEmpty) {
+		JUMP1(	JUMP_TRUE, over);
+		PUSH(	"");
+		OP(	STR_EQ);
+		JUMP1(	JUMP, over2);
+		FIXJUMP1(over);
+		OP(	POP);
+		PUSH(	"1");
+		FIXJUMP1(over2);
+	    } else {
+		OP4(	REVERSE, 2);
+		OP(	POP);
+	    }
+	    return TCL_OK;
+	case STR_IS_TRUE:
+	    JUMP1(	JUMP_TRUE, over);
+	    if (allowEmpty) {
+		PUSH(	"");
+		OP(	STR_EQ);
+	    } else {
+		OP(	POP);
+		PUSH(	"0");
+	    }
+	    FIXJUMP1(	over);
+	    OP(		LNOT);
+	    OP(		LNOT);
+	    return TCL_OK;
+	case STR_IS_FALSE:
+	    JUMP1(	JUMP_TRUE, over);
+	    if (allowEmpty) {
+		PUSH(	"");
+		OP(	STR_NEQ);
+	    } else {
+		OP(	POP);
+		PUSH(	"1");
+	    }
+	    FIXJUMP1(	over);
+	    OP(		LNOT);
+	    return TCL_OK;
+	}
+
+    case STR_IS_DOUBLE: {
+	int satisfied, isEmpty;
+
+	if (allowEmpty) {
+	    OP(		DUP);
+	    PUSH(	"");
+	    OP(		STR_EQ);
+	    JUMP1(	JUMP_TRUE, isEmpty);
+	    OP(		NUM_TYPE);
+	    JUMP1(	JUMP_TRUE, satisfied);
+	    PUSH(	"0");
+	    JUMP1(	JUMP, end);
+	    FIXJUMP1(	isEmpty);
+	    OP(		POP);
+	    FIXJUMP1(	satisfied);
+	} else {
+	    OP(		NUM_TYPE);
+	    JUMP1(	JUMP_TRUE, satisfied);
+	    PUSH(	"0");
+	    JUMP1(	JUMP, end);
+	    TclAdjustStackDepth(-1, envPtr);
+	    FIXJUMP1(	satisfied);
+	}
+	PUSH(		"1");
+	FIXJUMP1(	end);
+	return TCL_OK;
+    }
+
+    case STR_IS_INT:
+    case STR_IS_WIDE:
+    case STR_IS_ENTIER:
+	if (allowEmpty) {
+	    int testNumType;
+
+	    OP(		DUP);
+	    OP(		NUM_TYPE);
+	    OP(		DUP);
+	    JUMP1(	JUMP_TRUE, testNumType);
+	    OP(		POP);
+	    PUSH(	"");
+	    OP(		STR_EQ);
+	    JUMP1(	JUMP, end);
+	    TclAdjustStackDepth(1, envPtr);
+	    FIXJUMP1(	testNumType);
+	    OP4(	REVERSE, 2);
+	    OP(		POP);
+	} else {
+	    OP(		NUM_TYPE);
+	    OP(		DUP);
+	    JUMP1(	JUMP_FALSE, end);
+	}
+
+	switch (t) {
+	case STR_IS_INT:
+	    PUSH(	"1");
+	    OP(		EQ);
+	    break;
+	case STR_IS_WIDE:
+	    PUSH(	"2");
+	    OP(		LE);
+	    break;
+	case STR_IS_ENTIER:
+	    PUSH(	"3");
+	    OP(		LE);
+	    break;
+	}
+	FIXJUMP1(	end);
+	return TCL_OK;
+
+    case STR_IS_LIST:
+	range = TclCreateExceptRange(CATCH_EXCEPTION_RANGE, envPtr);
+	OP4(		BEGIN_CATCH4, range);
+	ExceptionRangeStarts(envPtr, range);
+	OP(		DUP);
+	OP(		LIST_LENGTH);
+	OP(		POP);
+	ExceptionRangeEnds(envPtr, range);
+	ExceptionRangeTarget(envPtr, range, catchOffset);
+	OP(		POP);
+	OP(		PUSH_RETURN_CODE);
+	OP(		END_CATCH);
+	OP(		LNOT);
+	return TCL_OK;
+    }
+
+    return TclCompileBasicMin0ArgCmd(interp, parsePtr, cmdPtr, envPtr);
+}
+
+int
 TclCompileStringMatchCmd(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Used for error reporting. */
     Tcl_Parse *parsePtr,	/* Points to a parse structure for the command
@@ -810,7 +1088,7 @@ TclCompileStringTrimLCmd(
 	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
 	CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr,			interp, 2);
     } else {
-	PushLiteral(envPtr, DEFAULT_TRIM_SET, strlen(DEFAULT_TRIM_SET));
+	PushLiteral(envPtr, tclDefaultTrimSet, strlen(tclDefaultTrimSet));
     }
     OP(			STR_TRIM_LEFT);
     return TCL_OK;
@@ -838,7 +1116,7 @@ TclCompileStringTrimRCmd(
 	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
 	CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr,			interp, 2);
     } else {
-	PushLiteral(envPtr, DEFAULT_TRIM_SET, strlen(DEFAULT_TRIM_SET));
+	PushLiteral(envPtr, tclDefaultTrimSet, strlen(tclDefaultTrimSet));
     }
     OP(			STR_TRIM_RIGHT);
     return TCL_OK;
@@ -866,7 +1144,7 @@ TclCompileStringTrimCmd(
 	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
 	CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr,			interp, 2);
     } else {
-	PushLiteral(envPtr, DEFAULT_TRIM_SET, strlen(DEFAULT_TRIM_SET));
+	PushLiteral(envPtr, tclDefaultTrimSet, strlen(tclDefaultTrimSet));
     }
     OP(			STR_TRIM);
     return TCL_OK;
@@ -939,6 +1217,41 @@ TclCompileStringToTitleCmd(
 }
 
 /*
+ * Support definitions for the [string is] compilation.
+ */
+
+static int
+UniCharIsAscii(
+    int character)
+{
+    return (character >= 0) && (character < 0x80);
+}
+
+static int
+UniCharIsHexDigit(
+    int character)
+{
+    return (character >= 0) && (character < 0x80) && isxdigit(character);
+}
+
+StringClassDesc const tclStringClassTable[] = {
+    {"alnum",	Tcl_UniCharIsAlnum},
+    {"alpha",	Tcl_UniCharIsAlpha},
+    {"ascii",	UniCharIsAscii},
+    {"control", Tcl_UniCharIsControl},
+    {"digit",	Tcl_UniCharIsDigit},
+    {"graph",	Tcl_UniCharIsGraph},
+    {"lower",	Tcl_UniCharIsLower},
+    {"print",	Tcl_UniCharIsPrint},
+    {"punct",	Tcl_UniCharIsPunct},
+    {"space",	Tcl_UniCharIsSpace},
+    {"upper",	Tcl_UniCharIsUpper},
+    {"word",	Tcl_UniCharIsWordChar},
+    {"xdigit",	UniCharIsHexDigit},
+    {NULL,	NULL}
+};
+
+/*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclCompileSubstCmd --
@@ -3447,6 +3760,51 @@ TclCompileYieldCmd(
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
+ * TclCompileYieldToCmd --
+ *
+ *	Procedure called to compile the "yieldto" command.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Returns TCL_OK for a successful compile. Returns TCL_ERROR to defer
+ *	evaluation to runtime.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Instructions are added to envPtr to execute the "yieldto" command at
+ *	runtime.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int
+TclCompileYieldToCmd(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Used for error reporting. */
+    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr,	/* Points to a parse structure for the command
+				 * created by Tcl_ParseCommand. */
+    Command *cmdPtr,		/* Points to defintion of command being
+				 * compiled. */
+    CompileEnv *envPtr)		/* Holds resulting instructions. */
+{
+    DefineLineInformation;	/* TIP #280 */
+    Tcl_Token *tokenPtr = TokenAfter(parsePtr->tokenPtr);
+    int i;
+
+    if (parsePtr->numWords < 2) {
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    OP(		NS_CURRENT);
+    for (i = 1 ; i < parsePtr->numWords ; i++) {
+	CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr, interp, i);
+	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
+    }
+    OP4(	LIST, i);
+    OP(		YIELD_TO_INVOKE);
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
  * CompileUnaryOpCmd --
  *
  *	Utility routine to compile the unary operator commands.
diff --git a/generic/tclCompile.c b/generic/tclCompile.c
index ee67e24..347e3f0 100644
--- a/generic/tclCompile.c
+++ b/generic/tclCompile.c
@@ -618,8 +618,37 @@ InstructionDesc const tclInstructionTable[] = {
 	 * Stack:  ... cmdName => ... fullOriginalCmdName */
 
     {"tclooNext",	 2,	INT_MIN,  1,	{OPERAND_UINT1}},
-	/* Push the identity of the current TclOO object (i.e., the name of
-	 * its current public access command) on the stack. */
+	/* Call the next item on the TclOO call chain, passing opnd arguments
+	 * (min 1, max 255, *includes* "next").  The result of the invoked
+	 * method implementation will be pushed on the stack in place of the
+	 * arguments (similar to invokeStk).
+	 * Stack:  ... "next" arg2 arg3 -- argN => ... result */
+    {"tclooNextClass",	 2,	INT_MIN,  1,	{OPERAND_UINT1}},
+	/* Call the following item on the TclOO call chain defined by class
+	 * className, passing opnd arguments (min 2, max 255, *includes*
+	 * "nextto" and the class name). The result of the invoked method
+	 * implementation will be pushed on the stack in place of the
+	 * arguments (similar to invokeStk).
+	 * Stack:  ... "nextto" className arg3 arg4 -- argN => ... result */
+
+    {"yieldToInvoke",	 1,	0,	  0,	{OPERAND_NONE}},
+	/* Makes the current coroutine yield the value at the top of the
+	 * stack, invoking the given command/args with resolution in the given
+	 * namespace (all packed into a list), and places the list of values
+	 * that are the response back on top of the stack when it resumes.
+	 * Stack:  ... [list ns cmd arg1 ... argN] => ... resumeList */
+
+    {"numericType",	 1,	0,	  0,	{OPERAND_NONE}},
+	/* Pushes the numeric type code of the word at the top of the stack.
+	 * Stack:  ... value => ... typeCode */
+    {"tryCvtToBoolean",	 1,	+1,	  0,	{OPERAND_NONE}},
+	/* Try converting stktop to boolean if possible. No errors.
+	 * Stack:  ... value => ... value isStrictBool */
+    {"strclass",	 2,	0,	  1,	{OPERAND_SCLS1}},
+	/* See if all the characters of the given string are a member of the
+	 * specified (by opnd) character class. Note that an empty string will
+	 * satisfy the class check (standard definition of "all").
+	 * Stack:  ... stringValue => ... boolean */
 
     {NULL, 0, 0, 0, {OPERAND_NONE}}
 };
@@ -5068,6 +5097,11 @@ FormatInstruction(
 	    }
 	    Tcl_AppendPrintfToObj(bufferObj, "%%v%u ", (unsigned) opnd);
 	    break;
+	case OPERAND_SCLS1:
+	    opnd = TclGetUInt1AtPtr(pc+numBytes); numBytes++;
+	    Tcl_AppendPrintfToObj(bufferObj, "%s ",
+		    tclStringClassTable[opnd].name);
+	    break;
 	case OPERAND_NONE:
 	default:
 	    break;
@@ -5284,7 +5318,7 @@ PrintSourceToObj(
     int maxChars)		/* Maximum number of chars to print. */
 {
     register const char *p;
-    register int i = 0;
+    register int i = 0, len;
 
     if (stringPtr == NULL) {
 	Tcl_AppendToObj(appendObj, "\"\"", -1);
@@ -5293,32 +5327,50 @@ PrintSourceToObj(
 
     Tcl_AppendToObj(appendObj, "\"", -1);
     p = stringPtr;
-    for (;  (*p != '\0') && (i < maxChars);  p++, i++) {
-	switch (*p) {
+    for (;  (*p != '\0') && (i < maxChars);  p+=len) {
+	Tcl_UniChar ch;
+
+	len = TclUtfToUniChar(p, &ch);
+	switch (ch) {
 	case '"':
 	    Tcl_AppendToObj(appendObj, "\\\"", -1);
+	    i += 2;
 	    continue;
 	case '\f':
 	    Tcl_AppendToObj(appendObj, "\\f", -1);
+	    i += 2;
 	    continue;
 	case '\n':
 	    Tcl_AppendToObj(appendObj, "\\n", -1);
+	    i += 2;
 	    continue;
 	case '\r':
 	    Tcl_AppendToObj(appendObj, "\\r", -1);
+	    i += 2;
 	    continue;
 	case '\t':
 	    Tcl_AppendToObj(appendObj, "\\t", -1);
+	    i += 2;
 	    continue;
 	case '\v':
 	    Tcl_AppendToObj(appendObj, "\\v", -1);
+	    i += 2;
 	    continue;
 	default:
-	    Tcl_AppendPrintfToObj(appendObj, "%c", *p);
+	    if (ch < 0x20 || ch >= 0x7f) {
+		Tcl_AppendPrintfToObj(appendObj, "\\u%04x", ch);
+		i += 6;
+	    } else {
+		Tcl_AppendPrintfToObj(appendObj, "%c", ch);
+		i++;
+	    }
 	    continue;
 	}
     }
     Tcl_AppendToObj(appendObj, "\"", -1);
+    if (*p != '\0') {
+	Tcl_AppendToObj(appendObj, "...", -1);
+    }
 }
 
 #ifdef TCL_COMPILE_STATS
diff --git a/generic/tclCompile.h b/generic/tclCompile.h
index 6ecadf4..5665ca9 100644
--- a/generic/tclCompile.h
+++ b/generic/tclCompile.h
@@ -791,9 +791,16 @@ typedef struct ByteCode {
 #define INST_ORIGIN_COMMAND		178
 
 #define INST_TCLOO_NEXT			179
+#define INST_TCLOO_NEXT_CLASS		180
+
+#define INST_YIELD_TO_INVOKE		181
+
+#define INST_NUM_TYPE			182
+#define INST_TRY_CVT_TO_BOOLEAN		183
+#define INST_STR_CLASS			184
 
 /* The last opcode */
-#define LAST_INST_OPCODE		179
+#define LAST_INST_OPCODE		184
 
 /*
  * Table describing the Tcl bytecode instructions: their name (for displaying
@@ -818,8 +825,9 @@ typedef enum InstOperandType {
 				 * variable table. */
     OPERAND_LVT4,		/* Four byte unsigned index into the local
 				 * variable table. */
-    OPERAND_AUX4		/* Four byte unsigned index into the aux data
+    OPERAND_AUX4,		/* Four byte unsigned index into the aux data
 				 * table. */
+    OPERAND_SCLS1		/* Index into tclStringClassTable. */
 } InstOperandType;
 
 typedef struct InstructionDesc {
@@ -838,6 +846,40 @@ typedef struct InstructionDesc {
 MODULE_SCOPE InstructionDesc const tclInstructionTable[];
 
 /*
+ * Constants used by INST_STRING_CLASS to indicate character classes. These
+ * correspond closely by name with what [string is] can support, but there is
+ * no requirement to keep the values the same.
+ */
+
+typedef enum InstStringClassType {
+    STR_CLASS_ALNUM,		/* Unicode alphabet or digit characters. */
+    STR_CLASS_ALPHA,		/* Unicode alphabet characters. */
+    STR_CLASS_ASCII,		/* Characters in range U+000000..U+00007F. */
+    STR_CLASS_CONTROL,		/* Unicode control characters. */
+    STR_CLASS_DIGIT,		/* Unicode digit characters. */
+    STR_CLASS_GRAPH,		/* Unicode printing characters, excluding
+				 * space. */
+    STR_CLASS_LOWER,		/* Unicode lower-case alphabet characters. */
+    STR_CLASS_PRINT,		/* Unicode printing characters, including
+				 * spaces. */
+    STR_CLASS_PUNCT,		/* Unicode punctuation characters. */
+    STR_CLASS_SPACE,		/* Unicode space characters. */
+    STR_CLASS_UPPER,		/* Unicode upper-case alphabet characters. */
+    STR_CLASS_WORD,		/* Unicode word (alphabetic, digit, connector
+				 * punctuation) characters. */
+    STR_CLASS_XDIGIT		/* Characters that can be used as digits in
+				 * hexadecimal numbers ([0-9A-Fa-f]). */
+} InstStringClassType;
+
+typedef struct StringClassDesc {
+    const char *name;		/* Name of the class. */
+    int (*comparator)(int);	/* Function to test if a single unicode
+				 * character is a member of the class. */
+} StringClassDesc;
+
+MODULE_SCOPE StringClassDesc const tclStringClassTable[];
+
+/*
  * Compilation of some Tcl constructs such as if commands and the logical or
  * (||) and logical and (&&) operators in expressions requires the generation
  * of forward jumps. Since the PC target of these jumps isn't known when the
diff --git a/generic/tclDecls.h b/generic/tclDecls.h
index 830c998..91c0add 100644
--- a/generic/tclDecls.h
+++ b/generic/tclDecls.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ EXTERN void		Tcl_DbCkfree(char *ptr, const char *file, int line);
 /* 8 */
 EXTERN char *		Tcl_DbCkrealloc(char *ptr, unsigned int size,
 				const char *file, int line);
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
 /* 9 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_CreateFileHandler(int fd, int mask,
 				Tcl_FileProc *proc, ClientData clientData);
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ EXTERN void		Tcl_CreateFileHandler(int fd, int mask,
 EXTERN void		Tcl_CreateFileHandler(int fd, int mask,
 				Tcl_FileProc *proc, ClientData clientData);
 #endif /* MACOSX */
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
 /* 10 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_DeleteFileHandler(int fd);
 #endif /* UNIX */
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ EXTERN Tcl_Interp *	Tcl_GetMaster(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 EXTERN const char *	Tcl_GetNameOfExecutable(void);
 /* 166 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Obj *	Tcl_GetObjResult(Tcl_Interp *interp);
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
 /* 167 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GetOpenFile(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *chanID, int forWriting,
@@ -1835,19 +1835,19 @@ typedef struct TclStubs {
     char * (*tcl_DbCkalloc) (unsigned int size, const char *file, int line); /* 6 */
     void (*tcl_DbCkfree) (char *ptr, const char *file, int line); /* 7 */
     char * (*tcl_DbCkrealloc) (char *ptr, unsigned int size, const char *file, int line); /* 8 */
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
     void (*tcl_CreateFileHandler) (int fd, int mask, Tcl_FileProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 9 */
 #endif /* UNIX */
-#if defined(__WIN32__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) /* WIN */
     void (*reserved9)(void);
 #endif /* WIN */
 #ifdef MAC_OSX_TCL /* MACOSX */
     void (*tcl_CreateFileHandler) (int fd, int mask, Tcl_FileProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 9 */
 #endif /* MACOSX */
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
     void (*tcl_DeleteFileHandler) (int fd); /* 10 */
 #endif /* UNIX */
-#if defined(__WIN32__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) /* WIN */
     void (*reserved10)(void);
 #endif /* WIN */
 #ifdef MAC_OSX_TCL /* MACOSX */
@@ -2009,10 +2009,10 @@ typedef struct TclStubs {
     Tcl_Interp * (*tcl_GetMaster) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 164 */
     const char * (*tcl_GetNameOfExecutable) (void); /* 165 */
     Tcl_Obj * (*tcl_GetObjResult) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 166 */
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
     int (*tcl_GetOpenFile) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *chanID, int forWriting, int checkUsage, ClientData *filePtr); /* 167 */
 #endif /* UNIX */
-#if defined(__WIN32__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) /* WIN */
     void (*reserved167)(void);
 #endif /* WIN */
 #ifdef MAC_OSX_TCL /* MACOSX */
@@ -2513,7 +2513,7 @@ extern const TclStubs *tclStubsPtr;
 	(tclStubsPtr->tcl_DbCkfree) /* 7 */
 #define Tcl_DbCkrealloc \
 	(tclStubsPtr->tcl_DbCkrealloc) /* 8 */
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
 #define Tcl_CreateFileHandler \
 	(tclStubsPtr->tcl_CreateFileHandler) /* 9 */
 #endif /* UNIX */
@@ -2521,7 +2521,7 @@ extern const TclStubs *tclStubsPtr;
 #define Tcl_CreateFileHandler \
 	(tclStubsPtr->tcl_CreateFileHandler) /* 9 */
 #endif /* MACOSX */
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
 #define Tcl_DeleteFileHandler \
 	(tclStubsPtr->tcl_DeleteFileHandler) /* 10 */
 #endif /* UNIX */
@@ -2841,7 +2841,7 @@ extern const TclStubs *tclStubsPtr;
 	(tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetNameOfExecutable) /* 165 */
 #define Tcl_GetObjResult \
 	(tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetObjResult) /* 166 */
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
 #define Tcl_GetOpenFile \
 	(tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetOpenFile) /* 167 */
 #endif /* UNIX */
diff --git a/generic/tclEncoding.c b/generic/tclEncoding.c
index 2cc55d6..d246cb2 100644
--- a/generic/tclEncoding.c
+++ b/generic/tclEncoding.c
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ TCL_DECLARE_MUTEX(encodingMutex)
 
 static Tcl_Encoding defaultEncoding;
 static Tcl_Encoding systemEncoding;
+Tcl_Encoding tclIdentityEncoding;
 
 /*
  * The following variable is used in the sparse matrix code for a
@@ -567,7 +568,7 @@ TclInitEncodingSubsystem(void)
     type.freeProc	= NULL;
     type.nullSize	= 1;
     type.clientData	= NULL;
-    Tcl_CreateEncoding(&type);
+    tclIdentityEncoding = Tcl_CreateEncoding(&type);
 
     type.encodingName	= "utf-8";
     type.toUtfProc	= UtfExtToUtfIntProc;
@@ -651,6 +652,7 @@ TclFinalizeEncodingSubsystem(void)
     Tcl_MutexLock(&encodingMutex);
     encodingsInitialized = 0;
     FreeEncoding(systemEncoding);
+    FreeEncoding(tclIdentityEncoding);
 
     hPtr = Tcl_FirstHashEntry(&encodingTable, &search);
     while (hPtr != NULL) {
diff --git a/generic/tclEnv.c b/generic/tclEnv.c
index 8f51c1b..cd1a954 100644
--- a/generic/tclEnv.c
+++ b/generic/tclEnv.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ TclUnsetEnv(
      * that no = should be included, and Windows requires it.
      */
 
-#if defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
     string = ckalloc(length + 2);
     memcpy(string, name, (size_t) length);
     string[length] = '=';
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ TclUnsetEnv(
     string = ckalloc(length + 1);
     memcpy(string, name, (size_t) length);
     string[length] = '\0';
-#endif /* WIN32 */
+#endif /* _WIN32 */
 
     Tcl_UtfToExternalDString(NULL, string, -1, &envString);
     string = ckrealloc(string, Tcl_DStringLength(&envString) + 1);
diff --git a/generic/tclExecute.c b/generic/tclExecute.c
index 65d6e89..4ecca5b 100644
--- a/generic/tclExecute.c
+++ b/generic/tclExecute.c
@@ -174,28 +174,24 @@ static BuiltinFunc const tclBuiltinFuncTable[] = {
 typedef struct TEBCdata {
     ByteCode *codePtr;		/* Constant until the BC returns */
 				/* -----------------------------------------*/
-    const unsigned char *pc;	/* These fields are used on return TO this */
-    ptrdiff_t *catchTop;	/* this level: they record the state when a */
-    int cleanup;		/* new codePtr was received for NR */
-    Tcl_Obj *auxObjList;	/* execution. */
-    CmdFrame cmdFrame;
+    ptrdiff_t *catchTop;	/* These fields are used on return TO this */
+    Tcl_Obj *auxObjList;	/* this level: they record the state when a */
+    CmdFrame cmdFrame;		/* new codePtr was received for NR */
+                                /* execution. */
     void *stack[1];		/* Start of the actual combined catch and obj
 				 * stacks; the struct will be expanded as
 				 * necessary */
 } TEBCdata;
 
 #define TEBC_YIELD() \
-    do {								\
-	esPtr->tosPtr = tosPtr;						\
-	TD->pc = pc;							\
-	TD->cleanup = cleanup;						\
-	TclNRAddCallback(interp, TEBCresume, TD, INT2PTR(1), NULL, NULL); \
+    do {						\
+	esPtr->tosPtr = tosPtr;				\
+	TclNRAddCallback(interp, TEBCresume,		\
+		TD, pc, INT2PTR(cleanup), NULL);	\
     } while (0)
 
 #define TEBC_DATA_DIG() \
     do {					\
-	pc = TD->pc;				\
-	cleanup = TD->cleanup;			\
 	tosPtr = esPtr->tosPtr;			\
     } while (0)
 
@@ -804,7 +800,8 @@ static Tcl_Obj **	StackAllocWords(Tcl_Interp *interp, int numWords);
 static Tcl_Obj **	StackReallocWords(Tcl_Interp *interp, int numWords);
 static Tcl_NRPostProc	CopyCallback;
 static Tcl_NRPostProc	ExprObjCallback;
-
+static Tcl_NRPostProc	FinalizeOONext;
+static Tcl_NRPostProc	FinalizeOONextFilter;
 static Tcl_NRPostProc   TEBCresume;
 
 /*
@@ -2000,6 +1997,41 @@ TclIncrObj(
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
+ * ArgumentBCEnter --
+ *
+ *	This is a helper for TclNRExecuteByteCode/TEBCresume that encapsulates
+ *	a code sequence that is fairly common in the code but *not* commonly
+ *	called.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	None
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	May register information about the bytecode in the command frame.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static void
+ArgumentBCEnter(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    ByteCode *codePtr,
+    TEBCdata *tdPtr,
+    const unsigned char *pc,
+    int objc,
+    Tcl_Obj **objv)
+{
+    int cmd;
+
+    if (GetSrcInfoForPc(pc, codePtr, NULL, NULL, &cmd)) {
+	TclArgumentBCEnter(interp, objv, objc, codePtr, &tdPtr->cmdFrame, cmd,
+		pc - codePtr->codeStart);
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
  * TclNRExecuteByteCode --
  *
  *	This procedure executes the instructions of a ByteCode structure. It
@@ -2032,10 +2064,6 @@ TclNRExecuteByteCode(
 		* sizeof(void *);
     int numWords = (size + sizeof(Tcl_Obj *) - 1) / sizeof(Tcl_Obj *);
 
-    if (iPtr->execEnvPtr->rewind) {
-	return TCL_ERROR;
-    }
-
     codePtr->refCount++;
 
     /*
@@ -2054,9 +2082,7 @@ TclNRExecuteByteCode(
     esPtr->tosPtr = initTosPtr;
 
     TD->codePtr     = codePtr;
-    TD->pc	    = codePtr->codeStart;
     TD->catchTop    = initCatchTop;
-    TD->cleanup     = 0;
     TD->auxObjList  = NULL;
 
     /*
@@ -2086,8 +2112,8 @@ TclNRExecuteByteCode(
      * Push the callback for bytecode execution
      */
 
-    TclNRAddCallback(interp, TEBCresume, TD, /*resume*/ INT2PTR(0),
-	    NULL, NULL);
+    TclNRAddCallback(interp, TEBCresume, TD, /* pc */ NULL,
+	    /* cleanup */ INT2PTR(0), NULL);
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
@@ -2150,7 +2176,8 @@ TEBCresume(
 
     Tcl_Obj **tosPtr;		/* Cached pointer to top of evaluation
 				 * stack. */
-    const unsigned char *pc;	/* The current program counter. */
+    const unsigned char *pc = data[1];
+                                /* The current program counter. */
     unsigned char inst;         /* The currently running instruction */
     
     /*
@@ -2158,7 +2185,7 @@ TEBCresume(
      * executing an instruction.
      */
 
-    int cleanup = 0;
+    int cleanup = PTR2INT(data[2]);
     Tcl_Obj *objResultPtr;
     int checkInterp;            /* Indicates when a check of interp readyness
 				 * is necessary. Set by CACHE_STACK_INFO() */
@@ -2186,16 +2213,17 @@ TEBCresume(
     TEBC_DATA_DIG();
 
 #ifdef TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG
-    if (!data[1] && (tclTraceExec >= 2)) {
+    if (!pc && (tclTraceExec >= 2)) {
 	PrintByteCodeInfo(codePtr);
 	fprintf(stdout, "  Starting stack top=%d\n", (int) CURR_DEPTH);
 	fflush(stdout);
     }
 #endif
 
-    if (!data[1]) {
+    if (!pc) {
 	/* bytecode is starting from scratch */
 	checkInterp = 0;
+	pc = codePtr->codeStart;
 	goto cleanup0;
     } else {
         /* resume from invocation */
@@ -2213,7 +2241,7 @@ TEBCresume(
 	}
 	iPtr->cmdFramePtr = bcFramePtr->nextPtr;
 	if (iPtr->flags & INTERP_DEBUG_FRAME) {
-	    TclArgumentBCRelease((Tcl_Interp *) iPtr, bcFramePtr);
+	    TclArgumentBCRelease(interp, bcFramePtr);
 	}
 	if (codePtr->flags & TCL_BYTECODE_RECOMPILE) {
 	    iPtr->flags |= ERR_ALREADY_LOGGED;
@@ -2466,9 +2494,12 @@ TEBCresume(
 	TRACE_APPEND(("\n"));
 	goto processExceptionReturn;
 
-    case INST_YIELD: {
-	CoroutineData *corPtr = iPtr->execEnvPtr->corPtr;
+    {
+	CoroutineData *corPtr;
+	int yieldParameter;
 
+    case INST_YIELD:
+	corPtr = iPtr->execEnvPtr->corPtr;
 	TRACE(("%.30s => ", O2S(OBJ_AT_TOS)));
 	if (!corPtr) {
 	    TRACE_APPEND(("ERROR: yield outside coroutine\n"));
@@ -2482,11 +2513,74 @@ TEBCresume(
 	}
 
 #ifdef TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG
-	TRACE_WITH_OBJ(("yield, result="), iPtr->objResultPtr);
-	if (traceInstructions) {
-	    fprintf(stdout, "\n");
+	if (tclTraceExec >= 2) {
+	    if (traceInstructions) {
+		TRACE_APPEND(("YIELD...\n"));
+	    } else {
+		fprintf(stdout, "%d: (%u) yielding value \"%.30s\"\n",
+			iPtr->numLevels, (unsigned)(pc - codePtr->codeStart),
+			Tcl_GetString(OBJ_AT_TOS));
+	    }
+	    fflush(stdout);
+	}
+#endif
+	yieldParameter = 0;
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, OBJ_AT_TOS);
+	goto doYield;
+
+    case INST_YIELD_TO_INVOKE:
+	corPtr = iPtr->execEnvPtr->corPtr;
+	valuePtr = OBJ_AT_TOS;
+	if (!corPtr) {
+	    TRACE(("[%.30s] => ERROR: yield outside coroutine\n",
+		    O2S(valuePtr)));
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
+		    "yieldto can only be called in a coroutine", -1));
+	    DECACHE_STACK_INFO();
+	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "COROUTINE", "ILLEGAL_YIELD",
+		    NULL);
+	    CACHE_STACK_INFO();
+	    goto gotError;
+	}
+	if (((Namespace *)TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp))->flags & NS_DYING) {
+	    TRACE(("[%.30s] => ERROR: yield in deleted\n",
+		    O2S(valuePtr)));
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
+		    "yieldto called in deleted namespace", -1));
+	    DECACHE_STACK_INFO();
+	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "COROUTINE", "YIELDTO_IN_DELETED",
+		    NULL);
+	    CACHE_STACK_INFO();
+	    goto gotError;
+	}
+
+#ifdef TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG
+	if (tclTraceExec >= 2) {
+	    if (traceInstructions) {
+		TRACE(("[%.30s] => YIELD...\n", O2S(valuePtr)));
+	    } else {
+		/* FIXME: What is the right thing to trace? */
+		fprintf(stdout, "%d: (%u) yielding to [%.30s]\n",
+			iPtr->numLevels, (unsigned)(pc - codePtr->codeStart),
+			Tcl_GetString(valuePtr));
+	    }
+	    fflush(stdout);
 	}
 #endif
+
+	/*
+	 * Install a tailcall record in the caller and continue with the
+	 * yield. The yield is switched into multi-return mode (via the
+	 * 'yieldParameter').
+	 */
+
+	Tcl_IncrRefCount(valuePtr);
+	iPtr->execEnvPtr = corPtr->callerEEPtr;
+	TclSetTailcall(interp, valuePtr);
+	iPtr->execEnvPtr = corPtr->eePtr;
+	yieldParameter = (PTR2INT(NULL)+1);	/*==CORO_ACTIVATE_YIELDM*/
+
+    doYield:
 	/* TIP #280: Record the last piece of info needed by
 	 * 'TclGetSrcInfoForPc', and push the frame.
 	 */
@@ -2495,21 +2589,14 @@ TEBCresume(
 	iPtr->cmdFramePtr = bcFramePtr;
 
 	if (iPtr->flags & INTERP_DEBUG_FRAME) {
-	    int cmd;
-	    if (GetSrcInfoForPc(pc, codePtr, NULL, NULL, &cmd)) {
-		TclArgumentBCEnter((Tcl_Interp *) iPtr, objv, objc,
-			codePtr, bcFramePtr, cmd, pc - codePtr->codeStart);
-	    }
+	    ArgumentBCEnter(interp, codePtr, TD, pc, objc, objv);
 	}
 
 	pc++;
 	cleanup = 1;
 	TEBC_YIELD();
-	
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, OBJ_AT_TOS);
 	TclNRAddCallback(interp, TclNRCoroutineActivateCallback, corPtr,
-		INT2PTR(0), NULL, NULL);
-
+		INT2PTR(yieldParameter), NULL, NULL);
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
 
@@ -2529,6 +2616,7 @@ TEBCresume(
 	}
 
 #ifdef TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG
+	/* FIXME: What is the right thing to trace? */
 	{
 	    register int i;
 
@@ -2969,11 +3057,7 @@ TEBCresume(
 	iPtr->cmdFramePtr = bcFramePtr;
 
 	if (iPtr->flags & INTERP_DEBUG_FRAME) {
-	    int cmd;
-	    if (GetSrcInfoForPc(pc, codePtr, NULL, NULL, &cmd)) {
-		TclArgumentBCEnter((Tcl_Interp *) iPtr, objv, objc,
-			codePtr, bcFramePtr, cmd, pc - codePtr->codeStart);
-	    }
+	    ArgumentBCEnter(interp, codePtr, TD, pc, objc, objv);
 	}
 
 	DECACHE_STACK_INFO();
@@ -3118,11 +3202,7 @@ TEBCresume(
 	bcFramePtr->data.tebc.pc = (char *) pc;
 	iPtr->cmdFramePtr = bcFramePtr;
 	if (iPtr->flags & INTERP_DEBUG_FRAME) {
-	    int cmd;
-	    if (GetSrcInfoForPc(pc, codePtr, NULL, NULL, &cmd)) {
-		TclArgumentBCEnter((Tcl_Interp *) iPtr, objv, objc,
-			codePtr, bcFramePtr, cmd, pc - codePtr->codeStart);
-	    }
+	    ArgumentBCEnter(interp, codePtr, TD, pc, objc, objv);
 	}
 	iPtr->ensembleRewrite.sourceObjs = objv;
 	iPtr->ensembleRewrite.numRemovedObjs = opnd;
@@ -4520,8 +4600,10 @@ TEBCresume(
      */
 
     {
+	Object *oPtr;
 	CallFrame *framePtr;
 	CallContext *contextPtr;
+	int skip, newDepth;
 
     case INST_TCLOO_SELF:
 	framePtr = iPtr->varFramePtr;
@@ -4546,9 +4628,111 @@ TEBCresume(
 	TRACE_WITH_OBJ(("=> "), objResultPtr);
 	NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 1);
 
+    case INST_TCLOO_NEXT_CLASS:
+	opnd = TclGetUInt1AtPtr(pc+1);
+	framePtr = iPtr->varFramePtr;
+	valuePtr = OBJ_AT_DEPTH(opnd - 2);
+	objv = &OBJ_AT_DEPTH(opnd - 1);
+	skip = 2;
+	TRACE(("%d => ", opnd));
+	if (framePtr == NULL ||
+		!(framePtr->isProcCallFrame & FRAME_IS_METHOD)) {
+	    TRACE_APPEND(("ERROR: no TclOO call context\n"));
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
+		    "nextto may only be called from inside a method",
+		    -1));
+	    DECACHE_STACK_INFO();
+	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "CONTEXT_REQUIRED", NULL);
+	    CACHE_STACK_INFO();
+	    goto gotError;
+	}
+	contextPtr = framePtr->clientData;
+
+	oPtr = (Object *) Tcl_GetObjectFromObj(interp, valuePtr);
+	if (oPtr == NULL) {
+	    TRACE_APPEND(("ERROR: \"%.30s\" not object\n", O2S(valuePtr)));
+	    goto gotError;
+	} else {
+	    Class *classPtr = oPtr->classPtr;
+	    struct MInvoke *miPtr;
+	    int i;
+	    const char *methodType;
+
+	    if (classPtr == NULL) {
+		TRACE_APPEND(("ERROR: \"%.30s\" not class\n", O2S(valuePtr)));
+		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+			"\"%s\" is not a class", TclGetString(valuePtr)));
+		DECACHE_STACK_INFO();
+		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "CLASS_REQUIRED", NULL);
+		CACHE_STACK_INFO();
+		goto gotError;
+	    }
+
+	    for (i=contextPtr->index+1 ; i<contextPtr->callPtr->numChain ; i++) {
+		miPtr = contextPtr->callPtr->chain + i;
+		if (!miPtr->isFilter &&
+			miPtr->mPtr->declaringClassPtr == classPtr) {
+		    newDepth = i;
+#ifdef TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG
+		    if (tclTraceExec >= 2) {
+			if (traceInstructions) {
+			    strncpy(cmdNameBuf, TclGetString(objv[0]), 20);
+			} else {
+			    fprintf(stdout, "%d: (%u) invoking ",
+				    iPtr->numLevels,
+				    (unsigned)(pc - codePtr->codeStart));
+			}
+			for (i = 0;  i < opnd;  i++) {
+			    TclPrintObject(stdout, objv[i], 15);
+			    fprintf(stdout, " ");
+			}
+			fprintf(stdout, "\n");
+			fflush(stdout);
+		    }
+#endif /*TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG*/
+		    goto doInvokeNext;
+		}
+	    }
+
+	    if (contextPtr->callPtr->flags & CONSTRUCTOR) {
+		methodType = "constructor";
+	    } else if (contextPtr->callPtr->flags & DESTRUCTOR) {
+		methodType = "destructor";
+	    } else {
+		methodType = "method";
+	    }
+
+	    TRACE_APPEND(("ERROR: \"%.30s\" not on reachable chain\n",
+		    O2S(valuePtr)));
+	    for (i=contextPtr->index ; i>=0 ; i--) {
+		miPtr = contextPtr->callPtr->chain + i;
+		if (miPtr->isFilter
+			|| miPtr->mPtr->declaringClassPtr != classPtr) {
+		    continue;
+		}
+		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+			"%s implementation by \"%s\" not reachable from here",
+			methodType, TclGetString(valuePtr)));
+		DECACHE_STACK_INFO();
+		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "CLASS_NOT_REACHABLE",
+			NULL);
+		CACHE_STACK_INFO();
+		goto gotError;
+	    }
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+		    "%s has no non-filter implementation by \"%s\"",
+		    methodType, TclGetString(valuePtr)));
+	    DECACHE_STACK_INFO();
+	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "CLASS_NOT_THERE", NULL);
+	    CACHE_STACK_INFO();
+	    goto gotError;
+	}
+
     case INST_TCLOO_NEXT:
 	opnd = TclGetUInt1AtPtr(pc+1);
+	objv = &OBJ_AT_DEPTH(opnd - 1);
 	framePtr = iPtr->varFramePtr;
+	skip = 1;
 	TRACE(("%d => ", opnd));
 	if (framePtr == NULL ||
 		!(framePtr->isProcCallFrame & FRAME_IS_METHOD)) {
@@ -4563,15 +4747,57 @@ TEBCresume(
 	}
 	contextPtr = framePtr->clientData;
 
+	newDepth = contextPtr->index + 1;
+	if (newDepth >= contextPtr->callPtr->numChain) {
+	    /*
+	     * We're at the end of the chain; generate an error message unless
+	     * the interpreter is being torn down, in which case we might be
+	     * getting here because of methods/destructors doing a [next] (or
+	     * equivalent) unexpectedly.
+	     */
+
+	    const char *methodType;
+
+	    if (contextPtr->callPtr->flags & CONSTRUCTOR) {
+		methodType = "constructor";
+	    } else if (contextPtr->callPtr->flags & DESTRUCTOR) {
+		methodType = "destructor";
+	    } else {
+		methodType = "method";
+	    }
+
+	    TRACE_APPEND(("ERROR: no TclOO next impl\n"));
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+		    "no next %s implementation", methodType));
+	    DECACHE_STACK_INFO();
+	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "NOTHING_NEXT", NULL);
+	    CACHE_STACK_INFO();
+	    goto gotError;
+#ifdef TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG
+	} else if (tclTraceExec >= 2) {
+	    int i;
+
+	    if (traceInstructions) {
+		strncpy(cmdNameBuf, TclGetString(objv[0]), 20);
+	    } else {
+		fprintf(stdout, "%d: (%u) invoking ",
+			iPtr->numLevels, (unsigned)(pc - codePtr->codeStart));
+	    }
+	    for (i = 0;  i < opnd;  i++) {
+		TclPrintObject(stdout, objv[i], 15);
+		fprintf(stdout, " ");
+	    }
+	    fprintf(stdout, "\n");
+	    fflush(stdout);
+#endif /*TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG*/
+	}
+
+    doInvokeNext:
 	bcFramePtr->data.tebc.pc = (char *) pc;
 	iPtr->cmdFramePtr = bcFramePtr;
 
 	if (iPtr->flags & INTERP_DEBUG_FRAME) {
-	    int cmd;
-	    if (GetSrcInfoForPc(pc, codePtr, NULL, NULL, &cmd)) {
-		TclArgumentBCEnter((Tcl_Interp *) iPtr, objv, objc,
-			codePtr, bcFramePtr, cmd, pc - codePtr->codeStart);
-	    }
+	    ArgumentBCEnter(interp, codePtr, TD, pc, opnd, objv);
 	}
 
 	pcAdjustment = 2;
@@ -4580,14 +4806,33 @@ TEBCresume(
 	iPtr->varFramePtr = framePtr->callerVarPtr;
 	pc += pcAdjustment;
 	TEBC_YIELD();
-	TclNRAddCallback(interp, TclOONextRestoreFrame, framePtr,
-		NULL, NULL, NULL);
-	/* TODO: consider merging another layer of processing */
-	return TclNRObjectContextInvokeNext(interp,
-		(Tcl_ObjectContext) contextPtr, opnd, &OBJ_AT_DEPTH(opnd-1), 1);
-    }
-    {
-	Object *oPtr;
+
+	oPtr = contextPtr->oPtr;
+	if (oPtr->flags & FILTER_HANDLING) {
+	    TclNRAddCallback(interp, FinalizeOONextFilter,
+		    framePtr, contextPtr, INT2PTR(contextPtr->index),
+		    INT2PTR(contextPtr->skip));
+	} else {
+	    TclNRAddCallback(interp, FinalizeOONext,
+		    framePtr, contextPtr, INT2PTR(contextPtr->index),
+		    INT2PTR(contextPtr->skip));
+	}
+	contextPtr->skip = skip;
+	contextPtr->index = newDepth;
+	if (contextPtr->callPtr->chain[newDepth].isFilter
+		|| contextPtr->callPtr->flags & FILTER_HANDLING) {
+	    oPtr->flags |= FILTER_HANDLING;
+	} else {
+	    oPtr->flags &= ~FILTER_HANDLING;
+	}
+
+	{
+	    register Method *const mPtr =
+		    contextPtr->callPtr->chain[newDepth].mPtr;
+
+	    return mPtr->typePtr->callProc(mPtr->clientData, interp,
+		    (Tcl_ObjectContext) contextPtr, opnd, objv);
+	}
 
     case INST_TCLOO_IS_OBJECT:
 	oPtr = (Object *) Tcl_GetObjectFromObj(interp, OBJ_AT_TOS);
@@ -5147,6 +5392,7 @@ TEBCresume(
 	} else {
 	    length = Tcl_UtfToUpper(TclGetString(valuePtr));
 	    Tcl_SetObjLength(valuePtr, length);
+	    TclFreeIntRep(valuePtr);
 	    TRACE_APPEND(("\"%.20s\"\n", O2S(valuePtr)));
 	    NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 0);
 	}
@@ -5163,6 +5409,7 @@ TEBCresume(
 	} else {
 	    length = Tcl_UtfToLower(TclGetString(valuePtr));
 	    Tcl_SetObjLength(valuePtr, length);
+	    TclFreeIntRep(valuePtr);
 	    TRACE_APPEND(("\"%.20s\"\n", O2S(valuePtr)));
 	    NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 0);
 	}
@@ -5179,6 +5426,7 @@ TEBCresume(
 	} else {
 	    length = Tcl_UtfToTitle(TclGetString(valuePtr));
 	    Tcl_SetObjLength(valuePtr, length);
+	    TclFreeIntRep(valuePtr);
 	    TRACE_APPEND(("\"%.20s\"\n", O2S(valuePtr)));
 	    NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 0);
 	}
@@ -5454,11 +5702,21 @@ TEBCresume(
 			length - toIdx);
 	    }
 	} else {
-	    objResultPtr = value3Ptr;
+	    /*
+	     * Be careful with splicing the stack in this case; we have a
+	     * refCount:1 object in value3Ptr and we want to append to it and
+	     * make it be the refCount:1 object at the top of the stack
+	     * afterwards. [Bug 82e7f67325]
+	     */
+
 	    if (toIdx < length) {
-		Tcl_AppendUnicodeToObj(objResultPtr, ustring1 + toIdx + 1,
+		Tcl_AppendUnicodeToObj(value3Ptr, ustring1 + toIdx + 1,
 			length - toIdx);
 	    }
+	    TRACE_APPEND(("\"%.30s\"\n", O2S(value3Ptr)));
+	    TclDecrRefCount(valuePtr);
+	    OBJ_AT_TOS = value3Ptr;	/* Tricky! */
+	    NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 0);
 	}
 	TclDecrRefCount(value3Ptr);
 	TRACE_APPEND(("\"%.30s\"\n", O2S(objResultPtr)));
@@ -5565,6 +5823,25 @@ TEBCresume(
 
 	TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, match);
 	NEXT_INST_F(1, 2, 1);
+
+    case INST_STR_CLASS:
+	opnd = TclGetInt1AtPtr(pc+1);
+	valuePtr = OBJ_AT_TOS;
+	TRACE(("%s \"%.30s\" => ", tclStringClassTable[opnd].name,
+		O2S(valuePtr)));
+	ustring1 = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(valuePtr, &length);
+	match = 1;
+	if (length > 0) {
+	    end = ustring1 + length;
+	    for (p=ustring1 ; p<end ; p++) {
+		if (!tclStringClassTable[opnd].comparator(*p)) {
+		    match = 0;
+		    break;
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+	TRACE_APPEND(("%d\n", match));
+	JUMP_PEEPHOLE_F(match, 2, 1);
     }
 
     case INST_STR_MATCH:
@@ -5641,14 +5918,34 @@ TEBCresume(
 	    trim2 = 0;
 	}
     createTrimmedString:
+	/*
+	 * Careful here; trim set often contains non-ASCII characters so we
+	 * take care when printing. [Bug 971cb4f1db]
+	 */
+
+#ifdef TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG
+	if (traceInstructions) {
+	    TRACE(("\"%.30s\" ", O2S(valuePtr)));
+	    TclPrintObject(stdout, value2Ptr, 30);
+	    printf(" => ");
+	}
+#endif
 	if (trim1 == 0 && trim2 == 0) {
-	    TRACE_WITH_OBJ(("\"%.30s\" \"%.30s\" => ",
-		    O2S(valuePtr), O2S(value2Ptr)), valuePtr);
+#ifdef TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG
+	    if (traceInstructions) {
+		TclPrintObject(stdout, valuePtr, 30);
+		printf("\n");
+	    }
+#endif
 	    NEXT_INST_F(1, 1, 0);
 	} else {
 	    objResultPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(string1+trim1, length-trim1-trim2);
-	    TRACE_WITH_OBJ(("\"%.30s\" \"%.30s\" => ",
-		    O2S(valuePtr), O2S(value2Ptr)), objResultPtr);
+#ifdef TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG
+	    if (traceInstructions) {
+		TclPrintObject(stdout, objResultPtr, 30);
+		printf("\n");
+	    }
+#endif
 	    NEXT_INST_F(1, 2, 1);
 	}
     }
@@ -5699,6 +5996,39 @@ TEBCresume(
 	int type1, type2;
 	long l1, l2, lResult;
 
+    case INST_NUM_TYPE:
+	if (GetNumberFromObj(NULL, OBJ_AT_TOS, &ptr1, &type1) != TCL_OK) {
+	    type1 = 0;
+	} else if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) {
+	    /* value is between LONG_MIN and LONG_MAX */
+	    /* [string is integer] is -UINT_MAX to UINT_MAX range */
+	    int i;
+
+	    if (Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, OBJ_AT_TOS, &i) != TCL_OK) {
+		type1 = TCL_NUMBER_WIDE;
+	    }
+#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
+	} else if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
+	    /* value is between WIDE_MIN and WIDE_MAX */
+	    /* [string is wideinteger] is -UWIDE_MAX to UWIDE_MAX range */
+	    int i;
+	    if (Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, OBJ_AT_TOS, &i) == TCL_OK) {
+		type1 = TCL_NUMBER_LONG;
+	    }
+#endif
+	} else if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_BIG) {
+	    /* value is an integer outside the WIDE_MIN to WIDE_MAX range */
+	    /* [string is wideinteger] is -UWIDE_MAX to UWIDE_MAX range */
+	    Tcl_WideInt w;
+
+	    if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, OBJ_AT_TOS, &w) == TCL_OK) {
+		type1 = TCL_NUMBER_WIDE;
+	    }
+	}
+	TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, type1);
+	TRACE(("\"%.20s\" => %d\n", O2S(OBJ_AT_TOS), type1));
+	NEXT_INST_F(1, 1, 1);
+
     case INST_EQ:
     case INST_NEQ:
     case INST_LT:
@@ -6376,6 +6706,17 @@ TEBCresume(
      * -----------------------------------------------------------------
      */
 
+    case INST_TRY_CVT_TO_BOOLEAN:
+	valuePtr = OBJ_AT_TOS;
+	if (valuePtr->typePtr == &tclBooleanType) {
+	    objResultPtr = TCONST(1);
+	} else {
+	    int result = (TclSetBooleanFromAny(NULL, valuePtr) == TCL_OK);
+	    objResultPtr = TCONST(result);
+	}
+	TRACE_WITH_OBJ(("\"%.30s\" => ", O2S(valuePtr)), objResultPtr);
+	NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 1);
+
     case INST_BREAK:
 	/*
 	DECACHE_STACK_INFO();
@@ -7755,6 +8096,58 @@ TEBCresume(
 #undef auxObjList
 #undef catchTop
 #undef TCONST
+
+static int
+FinalizeOONext(
+    ClientData data[],
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    int result)
+{
+    Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
+    CallContext *contextPtr = data[1];
+
+    /*
+     * Reset the variable lookup frame.
+     */
+
+    iPtr->varFramePtr = data[0];
+
+    /*
+     * Restore the call chain context index as we've finished the inner invoke
+     * and want to operate in the outer context again.
+     */
+
+    contextPtr->index = PTR2INT(data[2]);
+    contextPtr->skip = PTR2INT(data[3]);
+    contextPtr->oPtr->flags &= ~FILTER_HANDLING;
+    return result;
+}
+
+static int
+FinalizeOONextFilter(
+    ClientData data[],
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    int result)
+{
+    Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
+    CallContext *contextPtr = data[1];
+
+    /*
+     * Reset the variable lookup frame.
+     */
+
+    iPtr->varFramePtr = data[0];
+
+    /*
+     * Restore the call chain context index as we've finished the inner invoke
+     * and want to operate in the outer context again.
+     */
+
+    contextPtr->index = PTR2INT(data[2]);
+    contextPtr->skip = PTR2INT(data[3]);
+    contextPtr->oPtr->flags |= FILTER_HANDLING;
+    return result;
+}
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -9282,10 +9675,12 @@ IllegalExprOperandType(
     ClientData ptr;
     int type;
     const unsigned char opcode = *pc;
-    const char *description, *operator = operatorStrings[opcode - INST_LOR];
+    const char *description, *operator = "unknown";
 
     if (opcode == INST_EXPON) {
 	operator = "**";
+    } else if (opcode <= INST_STR_NEQ) {
+	operator = operatorStrings[opcode - INST_LOR];
     }
 
     if (GetNumberFromObj(NULL, opndPtr, &ptr, &type) != TCL_OK) {
diff --git a/generic/tclFCmd.c b/generic/tclFCmd.c
index 13377d3..6452fff 100644
--- a/generic/tclFCmd.c
+++ b/generic/tclFCmd.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ CopyRenameOneFile(
 	 * 16 bits and we get collisions. See bug #2015723.
 	 */
 
-#if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 	if ((sourceStatBuf.st_ino != 0) && (targetStatBuf.st_ino != 0)) {
 	    if ((sourceStatBuf.st_ino == targetStatBuf.st_ino) &&
 		    (sourceStatBuf.st_dev == targetStatBuf.st_dev)) {
diff --git a/generic/tclIO.c b/generic/tclIO.c
index f1d85bf..58c7b3c 100644
--- a/generic/tclIO.c
+++ b/generic/tclIO.c
@@ -162,11 +162,12 @@ typedef struct CloseCallback {
  */
 
 static ChannelBuffer *	AllocChannelBuffer(int length);
+static void		PreserveChannelBuffer(ChannelBuffer *bufPtr);
+static void		ReleaseChannelBuffer(ChannelBuffer *bufPtr);
+static int		IsShared(ChannelBuffer *bufPtr);
 static void		ChannelTimerProc(ClientData clientData);
 static int		CheckChannelErrors(ChannelState *statePtr,
 			    int direction);
-static int		CheckFlush(Channel *chanPtr, ChannelBuffer *bufPtr,
-			    int newlineFlag);
 static int		CheckForDeadChannel(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    ChannelState *statePtr);
 static void		CheckForStdChannelsBeingClosed(Tcl_Channel chan);
@@ -194,15 +195,14 @@ static void		DiscardInputQueued(ChannelState *statePtr,
 			    int discardSavedBuffers);
 static void		DiscardOutputQueued(ChannelState *chanPtr);
 static int		DoRead(Channel *chanPtr, char *srcPtr, int slen, int allowShortReads);
-static int		DoWrite(Channel *chanPtr, const char *src, int srcLen);
 static int		DoReadChars(Channel *chan, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int toRead,
 			    int appendFlag);
-static int		DoWriteChars(Channel *chan, const char *src, int len);
 static int		FilterInputBytes(Channel *chanPtr,
 			    GetsState *statePtr);
 static int		FlushChannel(Tcl_Interp *interp, Channel *chanPtr,
 			    int calledFromAsyncFlush);
 static int		TclGetsObjBinary(Tcl_Channel chan, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
+static Tcl_Encoding	GetBinaryEncoding();
 static void		FreeBinaryEncoding(ClientData clientData);
 static Tcl_HashTable *	GetChannelTable(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 static int		GetInput(Channel *chanPtr);
@@ -222,18 +222,19 @@ static int		SetBlockMode(Tcl_Interp *interp, Channel *chanPtr,
 static void		StopCopy(CopyState *csPtr);
 static int		TranslateInputEOL(ChannelState *statePtr, char *dst,
 			    const char *src, int *dstLenPtr, int *srcLenPtr);
-static int		TranslateOutputEOL(ChannelState *statePtr, char *dst,
-			    const char *src, int *dstLenPtr, int *srcLenPtr);
 static void		UpdateInterest(Channel *chanPtr);
-static int		WriteBytes(Channel *chanPtr, const char *src,
-			    int srcLen);
-static int		WriteChars(Channel *chanPtr, const char *src,
-			    int srcLen);
+static int		Write(Channel *chanPtr, const char *src,
+			    int srcLen, Tcl_Encoding encoding);
 static Tcl_Obj *	FixLevelCode(Tcl_Obj *msg);
 static void		SpliceChannel(Tcl_Channel chan);
 static void		CutChannel(Tcl_Channel chan);
 static int              WillRead(Channel *chanPtr);
 
+#define WriteChars(chanPtr, src, srcLen) \
+			Write(chanPtr, src, srcLen, chanPtr->state->encoding)
+#define WriteBytes(chanPtr, src, srcLen) \
+			Write(chanPtr, src, srcLen, tclIdentityEncoding)
+
 /*
  * Simplifying helper macros. All may use their argument(s) multiple times.
  * The ANSI C "prototypes" for the macros are listed below, together with a
@@ -323,14 +324,13 @@ static int              WillRead(Channel *chanPtr);
 static void		DupChannelIntRep(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, Tcl_Obj *copyPtr);
 static int		SetChannelFromAny(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
-static void		UpdateStringOfChannel(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 static void		FreeChannelIntRep(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 
-static const Tcl_ObjType tclChannelType = {
+static const Tcl_ObjType chanObjType = {
     "channel",			/* name for this type */
     FreeChannelIntRep,		/* freeIntRepProc */
     DupChannelIntRep,		/* dupIntRepProc */
-    NULL,			/* updateStringProc UpdateStringOfChannel */
+    NULL,			/* updateStringProc */
     NULL			/* setFromAnyProc SetChannelFromAny */
 };
 
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static const Tcl_ObjType tclChannelType = {
 #define SET_CHANNELSTATE(objPtr, storePtr) \
     ((objPtr)->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr1 = (void *) (storePtr))
 #define GET_CHANNELINTERP(objPtr) \
-    ((Interp *) (objPtr)->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr2)
+    ((Tcl_Interp *) (objPtr)->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr2)
 #define SET_CHANNELINTERP(objPtr, storePtr) \
     ((objPtr)->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr2 = (void *) (storePtr))
 
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ ChanRead(
     int *errnoPtr)
 {
     if (WillRead(chanPtr) < 0) {
+	*errnoPtr = Tcl_GetErrno();
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -1581,11 +1582,7 @@ Tcl_CreateChannel(
     statePtr->timer		= NULL;
     statePtr->csPtrR		= NULL;
     statePtr->csPtrW		= NULL;
-
     statePtr->outputStage	= NULL;
-    if ((statePtr->encoding != NULL) && GotFlag(statePtr, TCL_WRITABLE)) {
-	statePtr->outputStage = ckalloc(statePtr->bufSize + 2);
-    }
 
     /*
      * As we are creating the channel, it is obviously the top for now.
@@ -1750,6 +1747,10 @@ Tcl_StackChannel(
 	statePtr->csPtrR = NULL;
 	statePtr->csPtrW = NULL;
 
+	/*
+	 * TODO: Examine what can go wrong if Tcl_Flush() call disturbs
+	 * the stacking state of this channel during its operations.
+	 */
 	if (Tcl_Flush((Tcl_Channel) prevChanPtr) != TCL_OK) {
 	    statePtr->csPtrR = csPtrR;
 	    statePtr->csPtrW = csPtrW;
@@ -1879,6 +1880,13 @@ Tcl_UnstackChannel(
 	 * into the old structure.
 	 */
 
+	/*
+	 * TODO: Figure out how to handle the situation where the chan
+	 * operations called below by this unstacking operation cause
+	 * another unstacking recursively.  In that case the downChanPtr
+	 * value we're holding on to will not be the right thing.
+	 */
+
 	Channel *downChanPtr = chanPtr->downChanPtr;
 
 	/*
@@ -1983,7 +1991,7 @@ Tcl_UnstackChannel(
 	 */
 
 	Tcl_EventuallyFree(chanPtr, TCL_DYNAMIC);
-	UpdateInterest(downChanPtr);
+	UpdateInterest(statePtr->topChanPtr);
 
 	if (result != 0) {
 	    Tcl_SetErrno(result);
@@ -2295,8 +2303,33 @@ AllocChannelBuffer(
     bufPtr->nextRemoved	= BUFFER_PADDING;
     bufPtr->bufLength	= length + BUFFER_PADDING;
     bufPtr->nextPtr	= NULL;
+    bufPtr->refCount	= 1;
     return bufPtr;
 }
+
+static void
+PreserveChannelBuffer(
+    ChannelBuffer *bufPtr)
+{
+    bufPtr->refCount++;
+}
+
+static void
+ReleaseChannelBuffer(
+    ChannelBuffer *bufPtr)
+{
+    if (--bufPtr->refCount) {
+	return;
+    }
+    ckfree(bufPtr);
+}
+
+static int
+IsShared(
+    ChannelBuffer *bufPtr)
+{
+    return bufPtr->refCount > 1;
+}
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2327,9 +2360,12 @@ RecycleBuffer(
     /*
      * Do we have to free the buffer to the OS?
      */
+    if (IsShared(bufPtr)) {
+	mustDiscard = 1;
+    }
 
     if (mustDiscard) {
-	ckfree(bufPtr);
+	ReleaseChannelBuffer(bufPtr);
 	return;
     }
 
@@ -2340,7 +2376,7 @@ RecycleBuffer(
      */
 
     if ((bufPtr->bufLength - BUFFER_PADDING) < statePtr->bufSize) {
-	ckfree(bufPtr);
+	ReleaseChannelBuffer(bufPtr);
 	return;
     }
 
@@ -2375,7 +2411,7 @@ RecycleBuffer(
      * If we reached this code we return the buffer to the OS.
      */
 
-    ckfree(bufPtr);
+    ReleaseChannelBuffer(bufPtr);
     return;
 
   keepBuffer:
@@ -2551,6 +2587,7 @@ FlushChannel(
 	 * Produce the output on the channel.
 	 */
 
+	PreserveChannelBuffer(bufPtr);
 	toWrite = BytesLeft(bufPtr);
 	if (toWrite == 0) {
             written = 0;
@@ -2674,6 +2711,7 @@ FlushChannel(
 	    }
 	    RecycleBuffer(statePtr, bufPtr, 0);
 	}
+	ReleaseChannelBuffer(bufPtr);
     }	/* Closes "while (1)". */
 
     /*
@@ -2775,7 +2813,7 @@ CloseChannel(
      */
 
     if (statePtr->curOutPtr != NULL) {
-	ckfree(statePtr->curOutPtr);
+	ReleaseChannelBuffer(statePtr->curOutPtr);
 	statePtr->curOutPtr = NULL;
     }
 
@@ -2838,10 +2876,6 @@ CloseChannel(
 	}
 
 	Tcl_FreeEncoding(statePtr->encoding);
-	if (statePtr->outputStage != NULL) {
-	    ckfree(statePtr->outputStage);
-	    statePtr->outputStage = NULL;
-	}
     }
 
     /*
@@ -3191,7 +3225,8 @@ Tcl_Close(
 
     stickyError = 0;
 
-    if ((statePtr->encoding != NULL) && (statePtr->curOutPtr != NULL)
+    if ((statePtr->encoding != NULL)
+	    && !(statePtr->outputEncodingFlags & TCL_ENCODING_START)
 	    && (CheckChannelErrors(statePtr, TCL_WRITABLE) == 0)) {
 	statePtr->outputEncodingFlags |= TCL_ENCODING_END;
 	if (WriteChars(chanPtr, "", 0) < 0) {
@@ -3281,7 +3316,17 @@ Tcl_Close(
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp,
 			     Tcl_NewStringObj(Tcl_PosixError(interp), -1));
 	}
-	flushcode = -1;
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+    /*
+     * Bug 97069ea11a: set error message if a flush code is set and no error
+     * message set up to now.
+     */
+    if (flushcode != 0 && interp != NULL
+	    && 0 == Tcl_GetCharLength(Tcl_GetObjResult(interp)) ) {
+	Tcl_SetErrno(flushcode);
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp,
+		Tcl_NewStringObj(Tcl_PosixError(interp), -1));
     }
     if ((flushcode != 0) || (result != 0)) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -3778,7 +3823,7 @@ Tcl_Write(
     if (srcLen < 0) {
 	srcLen = strlen(src);
     }
-    return DoWrite(chanPtr, src, srcLen);
+    return WriteBytes(chanPtr, src, srcLen);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3869,82 +3914,40 @@ Tcl_WriteChars(
     int len)			/* Length of string in bytes, or < 0 for
 				 * strlen(). */
 {
-    ChannelState *statePtr;	/* State info for channel */
-
-    statePtr = ((Channel *) chan)->state;
+    Channel *chanPtr = (Channel *) chan;
+    ChannelState *statePtr = chanPtr->state;	/* State info for channel */
+    int result;
+    Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
 
     if (CheckChannelErrors(statePtr, TCL_WRITABLE) != 0) {
 	return -1;
     }
 
-    return DoWriteChars((Channel *) chan, src, len);
-}
-
-/*
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * DoWriteChars --
- *
- *	Takes a sequence of UTF-8 characters and converts them for output
- *	using the channel's current encoding, may queue the buffer for output
- *	if it gets full, and also remembers whether the current buffer is
- *	ready e.g. if it contains a newline and we are in line buffering mode.
- *	Compensates stacking, i.e. will redirect the data from the specified
- *	channel to the topmost channel in a stack.
- *
- * Results:
- *	The number of bytes written or -1 in case of error. If -1,
- *	Tcl_GetErrno will return the error code.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	May buffer up output and may cause output to be produced on the
- *	channel.
- *
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static int
-DoWriteChars(
-    Channel *chanPtr,		/* The channel to buffer output for. */
-    const char *src,		/* UTF-8 characters to queue in output
-				 * buffer. */
-    int len)			/* Length of string in bytes, or < 0 for
-				 * strlen(). */
-{
-    /*
-     * Always use the topmost channel of the stack
-     */
-
-    ChannelState *statePtr;	/* State info for channel */
-
-    statePtr = chanPtr->state;
     chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
 
     if (len < 0) {
 	len = strlen(src);
     }
-    if (statePtr->encoding == NULL) {
-	/*
-	 * Inefficient way to convert UTF-8 to byte-array, but the code
-	 * parallels the way it is done for objects.
-	 * Special case for 1-byte (used by eg [puts] for the \n) could
-	 * be extended to more efficient translation of the src string.
-	 */
-
-	int result;
+    if (statePtr->encoding) {
+	return WriteChars(chanPtr, src, len);
+    }
 
-	if ((len == 1) && (UCHAR(*src) < 0xC0)) {
-	    result = WriteBytes(chanPtr, src, len);
-	} else {
-	    Tcl_Obj *objPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(src, len);
+    /*
+     * Inefficient way to convert UTF-8 to byte-array, but the code
+     * parallels the way it is done for objects.  Special case for 1-byte
+     * (used by eg [puts] for the \n) could be extended to more efficient
+     * translation of the src string.
+     */
 
-	    src = (char *) Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(objPtr, &len);
-	    result = WriteBytes(chanPtr, src, len);
-	    TclDecrRefCount(objPtr);
-	}
-	return result;
+    if ((len == 1) && (UCHAR(*src) < 0xC0)) {
+	return WriteBytes(chanPtr, src, len);
     }
-    return WriteChars(chanPtr, src, len);
+
+    objPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(src, len);
+    src = (char *) Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(objPtr, &len);
+    result = WriteBytes(chanPtr, src, len);
+    TclDecrRefCount(objPtr);
+    return result;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4020,6 +4023,11 @@ static int
 WillRead(
     Channel *chanPtr)
 {
+    if (chanPtr->typePtr == NULL) {
+	/* Prevent read attempts on a closed channel */
+	Tcl_SetErrno(EINVAL);
+	return -1;
+    }
     if ((chanPtr->typePtr->seekProc != NULL)
             && (Tcl_OutputBuffered((Tcl_Channel) chanPtr) > 0)) {
         if ((chanPtr->state->curOutPtr != NULL)
@@ -4036,110 +4044,9 @@ WillRead(
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * WriteBytes --
+ * Write --
  *
- *	Write a sequence of bytes into an output buffer, may queue the buffer
- *	for output if it gets full, and also remembers whether the current
- *	buffer is ready e.g. if it contains a newline and we are in line
- *	buffering mode.
- *
- * Results:
- *	The number of bytes written or -1 in case of error. If -1,
- *	Tcl_GetErrno will return the error code.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	May buffer up output and may cause output to be produced on the
- *	channel.
- *
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static int
-WriteBytes(
-    Channel *chanPtr,		/* The channel to buffer output for. */
-    const char *src,		/* Bytes to write. */
-    int srcLen)			/* Number of bytes to write. */
-{
-    ChannelState *statePtr = chanPtr->state;
-				/* State info for channel */
-    ChannelBuffer *bufPtr;
-    char *dst;
-    int dstMax, sawLF, savedLF, total, dstLen, toWrite, translate;
-
-    if (srcLen) {
-        WillWrite(chanPtr);
-    }
-
-    total = 0;
-    sawLF = 0;
-    savedLF = 0;
-    translate = GotFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_LINEBUFFERED)
-	    || (statePtr->outputTranslation != TCL_TRANSLATE_LF);
-
-    /*
-     * Loop over all bytes in src, storing them in output buffer with proper
-     * EOL translation.
-     */
-
-    while (srcLen + savedLF > 0) {
-	bufPtr = statePtr->curOutPtr;
-	if (bufPtr == NULL) {
-	    bufPtr = AllocChannelBuffer(statePtr->bufSize);
-	    statePtr->curOutPtr = bufPtr;
-	}
-	dst = InsertPoint(bufPtr);
-	dstMax = SpaceLeft(bufPtr);
-	dstLen = dstMax;
-
-	toWrite = dstLen;
-	if (toWrite > srcLen) {
-	    toWrite = srcLen;
-	}
-
-	if (translate) {
-	    if (savedLF) {
-		/*
-		 * A '\n' was left over from last call to TranslateOutputEOL()
-		 * and we need to store it in this buffer. If the channel is
-		 * line-based, we will need to flush it.
-		 */
-
-		*dst++ = '\n';
-		dstLen--;
-		sawLF++;
-	    }
-	    if (TranslateOutputEOL(statePtr, dst, src, &dstLen, &toWrite)) {
-		sawLF++;
-	    }
-	    dstLen += savedLF;
-	    savedLF = 0;
-	    if (dstLen > dstMax) {
-		savedLF = 1;
-		dstLen = dstMax;
-	    }
-	} else {
-	    memcpy(dst, src, toWrite);
-	    dstLen = toWrite;
-	}
-
-	bufPtr->nextAdded += dstLen;
-	if (CheckFlush(chanPtr, bufPtr, sawLF) != 0) {
-	    return -1;
-	}
-	total += dstLen;
-	src += toWrite;
-	srcLen -= toWrite;
-	sawLF = 0;
-    }
-    return total;
-}
-
-/*
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * WriteChars --
- *
- *	Convert UTF-8 bytes to the channel's external encoding and write the
+ *	Convert srcLen bytes starting at src according to encoding and write
  *	produced bytes into an output buffer, may queue the buffer for output
  *	if it gets full, and also remembers whether the current buffer is
  *	ready e.g. if it contains a newline and we are in line buffering mode.
@@ -4156,381 +4063,166 @@ WriteBytes(
  */
 
 static int
-WriteChars(
+Write(
     Channel *chanPtr,		/* The channel to buffer output for. */
     const char *src,		/* UTF-8 string to write. */
-    int srcLen)			/* Length of UTF-8 string in bytes. */
+    int srcLen,			/* Length of UTF-8 string in bytes. */
+    Tcl_Encoding encoding)
 {
     ChannelState *statePtr = chanPtr->state;
 				/* State info for channel */
-    ChannelBuffer *bufPtr;
-    char *dst, *stage;
-    int saved, savedLF, sawLF, total, dstLen, stageMax, dstWrote;
-    int stageLen, toWrite, stageRead, endEncoding, result;
-    int consumedSomething, translate;
-    Tcl_Encoding encoding;
-    char safe[BUFFER_PADDING];
+    char *nextNewLine = NULL;
+    int endEncoding, saved = 0, total = 0, flushed = 0, needNlFlush = 0;
 
     if (srcLen) {
         WillWrite(chanPtr);
     }
 
-    total = 0;
-    sawLF = 0;
-    savedLF = 0;
-    saved = 0;
-    encoding = statePtr->encoding;
-
     /*
      * Write the terminated escape sequence even if srcLen is 0.
      */
 
     endEncoding = ((statePtr->outputEncodingFlags & TCL_ENCODING_END) != 0);
 
-    translate = GotFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_LINEBUFFERED)
-	    || (statePtr->outputTranslation != TCL_TRANSLATE_LF);
-
-    /*
-     * Loop over all UTF-8 characters in src, storing them in staging buffer
-     * with proper EOL translation.
-     */
+    if (GotFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_LINEBUFFERED)
+	    || (statePtr->outputTranslation != TCL_TRANSLATE_LF)) {
+	nextNewLine = memchr(src, '\n', srcLen);
+    }
 
-    consumedSomething = 1;
-    while (consumedSomething && (srcLen + savedLF + endEncoding > 0)) {
-	consumedSomething = 0;
-	stage = statePtr->outputStage;
-	stageMax = statePtr->bufSize;
-	stageLen = stageMax;
+    while (srcLen + saved + endEncoding > 0) {
+	ChannelBuffer *bufPtr;
+	char *dst, safe[BUFFER_PADDING];
+	int result, srcRead, dstLen, dstWrote, srcLimit = srcLen;
 
-	toWrite = stageLen;
-	if (toWrite > srcLen) {
-	    toWrite = srcLen;
+	if (nextNewLine) {
+	    srcLimit = nextNewLine - src;
 	}
-
-	if (translate) {
-	    if (savedLF) {
-		/*
-		 * A '\n' was left over from last call to TranslateOutputEOL()
-		 * and we need to store it in the staging buffer. If the
-		 * channel is line-based, we will need to flush the output
-		 * buffer (after translating the staging buffer).
-		 */
-
-		*stage++ = '\n';
-		stageLen--;
-		sawLF++;
-	    }
-	    if (TranslateOutputEOL(statePtr, stage, src, &stageLen,
-		    &toWrite)) {
-		sawLF++;
-	    }
-
-	    stage -= savedLF;
-	    stageLen += savedLF;
-	    savedLF = 0;
-
-	    if (stageLen > stageMax) {
-		savedLF = 1;
-		stageLen = stageMax;
-	    }
-	} else {
-	    memcpy(stage, src, toWrite);
-	    stageLen = toWrite;
+	
+	/* Get space to write into */
+	bufPtr = statePtr->curOutPtr;
+	if (bufPtr == NULL) {
+	    bufPtr = AllocChannelBuffer(statePtr->bufSize);
+	    statePtr->curOutPtr = bufPtr;
 	}
-	src += toWrite;
-	srcLen -= toWrite;
-
-	/*
-	 * Loop over all UTF-8 characters in staging buffer, converting them
-	 * to external encoding, storing them in output buffer.
-	 */
-
-	while (stageLen + saved + endEncoding > 0) {
-	    bufPtr = statePtr->curOutPtr;
-	    if (bufPtr == NULL) {
-		bufPtr = AllocChannelBuffer(statePtr->bufSize);
-		statePtr->curOutPtr = bufPtr;
-	    }
-	    dst = InsertPoint(bufPtr);
-	    dstLen = SpaceLeft(bufPtr);
-
-	    if (saved != 0) {
-		/*
-		 * Here's some translated bytes left over from the last buffer
-		 * that we need to stick at the beginning of this buffer.
-		 */
-
-		memcpy(dst, safe, (size_t) saved);
-		bufPtr->nextAdded += saved;
-		dst += saved;
-		dstLen -= saved;
-		saved = 0;
-	    }
-
-	    result = Tcl_UtfToExternal(NULL, encoding, stage, stageLen,
-		    statePtr->outputEncodingFlags,
-		    &statePtr->outputEncodingState, dst,
-		    dstLen + BUFFER_PADDING, &stageRead, &dstWrote, NULL);
-
+	if (saved) {
 	    /*
-	     * Fix for SF #506297, reported by Martin Forssen
-	     * <ruric@users.sourceforge.net>.
-	     *
-	     * The encoding chosen in the script exposing the bug writes out
-	     * three intro characters when TCL_ENCODING_START is set, but does
-	     * not consume any input as TCL_ENCODING_END is cleared. As some
-	     * output was generated the enclosing loop calls UtfToExternal
-	     * again, again with START set. Three more characters in the out
-	     * and still no use of input ... To break this infinite loop we
-	     * remove TCL_ENCODING_START from the set of flags after the first
-	     * call (no condition is required, the later calls remove an unset
-	     * flag, which is a no-op). This causes the subsequent calls to
-	     * UtfToExternal to consume and convert the actual input.
+	     * Here's some translated bytes left over from the last buffer
+	     * that we need to stick at the beginning of this buffer.
 	     */
 
-	    statePtr->outputEncodingFlags &= ~TCL_ENCODING_START;
+	    memcpy(InsertPoint(bufPtr), safe, (size_t) saved);
+	    bufPtr->nextAdded += saved;
+	    saved = 0;
+	}
+	PreserveChannelBuffer(bufPtr);
+	dst = InsertPoint(bufPtr);
+	dstLen = SpaceLeft(bufPtr);
+
+	result = Tcl_UtfToExternal(NULL, encoding, src, srcLimit,
+		statePtr->outputEncodingFlags,
+		&statePtr->outputEncodingState, dst,
+		dstLen + BUFFER_PADDING, &srcRead, &dstWrote, NULL);
+
+	/* See chan-io-1.[89]. Tcl Bug 506297. */
+	statePtr->outputEncodingFlags &= ~TCL_ENCODING_START;
+	
+	if ((result != TCL_OK) && (srcRead + dstWrote == 0)) {
+	    /* We're reading from invalid/incomplete UTF-8 */
+	    ReleaseChannelBuffer(bufPtr);
+	    if (total == 0) {
+		Tcl_SetErrno(EINVAL);
+		return -1;
+	    }
+	    break;
+	}
 
-	    /*
-	     * The following code must be executed only when result is not 0.
-	     */
+	bufPtr->nextAdded += dstWrote;
+	src += srcRead;
+	srcLen -= srcRead;
+	total += dstWrote;
+	dst += dstWrote;
+	dstLen -= dstWrote;
 
-	    if ((result != 0) && (stageRead + dstWrote == 0)) {
-		/*
-		 * We have an incomplete UTF-8 character at the end of the
-		 * staging buffer. It will get moved to the beginning of the
-		 * staging buffer followed by more bytes from src.
-		 */
+	if (src == nextNewLine && dstLen > 0) {
+	    static char crln[3] = "\r\n";
+	    char *nl = NULL;
+	    int nlLen = 0;
 
-		src -= stageLen;
-		srcLen += stageLen;
-		stageLen = 0;
-		savedLF = 0;
+	    switch (statePtr->outputTranslation) {
+	    case TCL_TRANSLATE_LF:
+		nl = crln + 1;
+		nlLen = 1;
+		break;
+	    case TCL_TRANSLATE_CR:
+		nl = crln;
+		nlLen = 1;
+		break;
+	    case TCL_TRANSLATE_CRLF:
+		nl = crln;
+		nlLen = 2;
+		break;
+	    default:
+		Tcl_Panic("unknown output translation requested");
 		break;
 	    }
-	    bufPtr->nextAdded += dstWrote;
-	    if (IsBufferOverflowing(bufPtr)) {
-		/*
-		 * When translating from UTF-8 to external encoding, we
-		 * allowed the translation to produce a character that crossed
-		 * the end of the output buffer, so that we would get a
-		 * completely full buffer before flushing it. The extra bytes
-		 * will be moved to the beginning of the next buffer.
-		 */
+	
+	    result |= Tcl_UtfToExternal(NULL, encoding, nl, nlLen,
+		statePtr->outputEncodingFlags,
+		&statePtr->outputEncodingState, dst,
+		dstLen + BUFFER_PADDING, &srcRead, &dstWrote, NULL);
 
-		saved = -SpaceLeft(bufPtr);
-		memcpy(safe, dst + dstLen, (size_t) saved);
-		bufPtr->nextAdded = bufPtr->bufLength;
-	    }
-	    if (CheckFlush(chanPtr, bufPtr, sawLF) != 0) {
-		return -1;
+	    if (srcRead != nlLen) {
+		Tcl_Panic("Can This Happen?");
 	    }
 
+	    bufPtr->nextAdded += dstWrote;
+	    src++;
+	    srcLen--;
 	    total += dstWrote;
-	    stage += stageRead;
-	    stageLen -= stageRead;
-	    sawLF = 0;
-
-	    consumedSomething = 1;
+	    dst += dstWrote;
+	    dstLen -= dstWrote;
+	    nextNewLine = memchr(src, '\n', srcLen);
+	    needNlFlush = 1;
+	}
 
+	if (IsBufferOverflowing(bufPtr)) {
 	    /*
-	     * If all translated characters are written to the buffer,
-	     * endEncoding is set to 0 because the escape sequence may be
-	     * output.
+	     * When translating from UTF-8 to external encoding, we
+	     * allowed the translation to produce a character that crossed
+	     * the end of the output buffer, so that we would get a
+	     * completely full buffer before flushing it. The extra bytes
+	     * will be moved to the beginning of the next buffer.
 	     */
 
-	    if ((stageLen + saved == 0) && (result == 0)) {
-		endEncoding = 0;
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * If nothing was written and it happened because there was no progress in
-     * the UTF conversion, we throw an error.
-     */
-
-    if (!consumedSomething && (total == 0)) {
-	Tcl_SetErrno(EINVAL);
-	return -1;
-    }
-    return total;
-}
-
-/*
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * TranslateOutputEOL --
- *
- *	Helper function for WriteBytes() and WriteChars(). Converts the '\n'
- *	characters in the source buffer into the appropriate EOL form
- *	specified by the output translation mode.
- *
- *	EOL translation stops either when the source buffer is empty or the
- *	output buffer is full.
- *
- *	When converting to CRLF mode and there is only 1 byte left in the
- *	output buffer, this routine stores the '\r' in the last byte and then
- *	stores the '\n' in the byte just past the end of the buffer. The
- *	caller is responsible for passing in a buffer that is large enough to
- *	hold the extra byte.
- *
- * Results:
- *	The return value is 1 if a '\n' was translated from the source buffer,
- *	or 0 otherwise -- this can be used by the caller to decide to flush a
- *	line-based channel even though the channel buffer is not full.
- *
- *	*dstLenPtr is filled with how many bytes of the output buffer were
- *	used. As mentioned above, this can be one more that the output
- *	buffer's specified length if a CRLF was stored.
- *
- *	*srcLenPtr is filled with how many bytes of the source buffer were
- *	consumed.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	It may be obvious, but bears mentioning that when converting in CRLF
- *	mode (which requires two bytes of storage in the output buffer), the
- *	number of bytes consumed from the source buffer will be less than the
- *	number of bytes stored in the output buffer.
- *
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static int
-TranslateOutputEOL(
-    ChannelState *statePtr,	/* Channel being read, for translation and
-				 * buffering modes. */
-    char *dst,			/* Output buffer filled with UTF-8 chars by
-				 * applying appropriate EOL translation to
-				 * source characters. */
-    const char *src,		/* Source UTF-8 characters. */
-    int *dstLenPtr,		/* On entry, the maximum length of output
-				 * buffer in bytes. On exit, the number of
-				 * bytes actually used in output buffer. */
-    int *srcLenPtr)		/* On entry, the length of source buffer. On
-				 * exit, the number of bytes read from the
-				 * source buffer. */
-{
-    char *dstEnd;
-    int srcLen, newlineFound;
-
-    newlineFound = 0;
-    srcLen = *srcLenPtr;
-
-    switch (statePtr->outputTranslation) {
-    case TCL_TRANSLATE_LF:
-	for (dstEnd = dst + srcLen; dst < dstEnd; ) {
-	    if (*src == '\n') {
-		newlineFound = 1;
-	    }
-	    *dst++ = *src++;
-	}
-	*dstLenPtr = srcLen;
-	break;
-    case TCL_TRANSLATE_CR:
-	for (dstEnd = dst + srcLen; dst < dstEnd;) {
-	    if (*src == '\n') {
-		*dst++ = '\r';
-		newlineFound = 1;
-		src++;
-	    } else {
-		*dst++ = *src++;
-	    }
+	    saved = -SpaceLeft(bufPtr);
+	    memcpy(safe, dst + dstLen, (size_t) saved);
+	    bufPtr->nextAdded = bufPtr->bufLength;
 	}
-	*dstLenPtr = srcLen;
-	break;
-    case TCL_TRANSLATE_CRLF: {
-	/*
-	 * Since this causes the number of bytes to grow, we start off trying
-	 * to put 'srcLen' bytes into the output buffer, but allow it to store
-	 * more bytes, as long as there's still source bytes and room in the
-	 * output buffer.
-	 */
-
-	char *dstStart, *dstMax;
-	const char *srcStart;
-
-	dstStart = dst;
-	dstMax = dst + *dstLenPtr;
-
-	srcStart = src;
 
-	if (srcLen < *dstLenPtr) {
-	    dstEnd = dst + srcLen;
-	} else {
-	    dstEnd = dst + *dstLenPtr;
+	if ((srcLen + saved == 0) && (result == TCL_OK)) {
+	    endEncoding = 0;
 	}
-	while (dst < dstEnd) {
-	    if (*src == '\n') {
-		if (dstEnd < dstMax) {
-		    dstEnd++;
-		}
-		*dst++ = '\r';
-		newlineFound = 1;
-	    }
-	    *dst++ = *src++;
-	}
-	*srcLenPtr = src - srcStart;
-	*dstLenPtr = dst - dstStart;
-	break;
-    }
-    default:
-	break;
-    }
-    return newlineFound;
-}
-
-/*
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * CheckFlush --
- *
- *	Helper function for WriteBytes() and WriteChars(). If the channel
- *	buffer is ready to be flushed, flush it.
- *
- * Results:
- *	The return value is -1 if there was a problem flushing the channel
- *	buffer, or 0 otherwise.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	The buffer will be recycled if it is flushed.
- *
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static int
-CheckFlush(
-    Channel *chanPtr,		/* Channel being read, for buffering mode. */
-    ChannelBuffer *bufPtr,	/* Channel buffer to possibly flush. */
-    int newlineFlag)		/* Non-zero if a the channel buffer contains a
-				 * newline. */
-{
-    ChannelState *statePtr = chanPtr->state;
-				/* State info for channel */
-
-    /*
-     * The current buffer is ready for output:
-     * 1. if it is full.
-     * 2. if it contains a newline and this channel is line-buffered.
-     * 3. if it contains any output and this channel is unbuffered.
-     */
 
-    if (!GotFlag(statePtr, BUFFER_READY)) {
 	if (IsBufferFull(bufPtr)) {
-	    SetFlag(statePtr, BUFFER_READY);
-	} else if (GotFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_LINEBUFFERED)) {
-	    if (newlineFlag != 0) {
-		SetFlag(statePtr, BUFFER_READY);
+	    if (FlushChannel(NULL, chanPtr, 0) != 0) {
+		return -1;
+	    }
+	    flushed += statePtr->bufSize;
+	    if (saved == 0 || src[-1] != '\n') {
+		needNlFlush = 0;
 	    }
-	} else if (GotFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_UNBUFFERED)) {
-	    SetFlag(statePtr, BUFFER_READY);
 	}
+	ReleaseChannelBuffer(bufPtr);
     }
-    if (GotFlag(statePtr, BUFFER_READY)) {
+    if ((flushed < total) && (GotFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_UNBUFFERED) ||
+	    (needNlFlush && GotFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_LINEBUFFERED)))) {
+	SetFlag(statePtr, BUFFER_READY);
 	if (FlushChannel(NULL, chanPtr, 0) != 0) {
 	    return -1;
 	}
     }
-    return 0;
+
+    return total;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4633,6 +4325,7 @@ Tcl_GetsObj(
      */
 
     chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
+    Tcl_Preserve(chanPtr);
 
     bufPtr = statePtr->inQueueHead;
     encoding = statePtr->encoding;
@@ -4656,16 +4349,7 @@ Tcl_GetsObj(
      */
 
     if (encoding == NULL) {
-	ThreadSpecificData *tsdPtr = TCL_TSD_INIT(&dataKey);
-
-	if (tsdPtr->binaryEncoding == NULL) {
-	    tsdPtr->binaryEncoding = Tcl_GetEncoding(NULL, "iso8859-1");
-	    Tcl_CreateThreadExitHandler(FreeBinaryEncoding, NULL);
-	}
-	encoding = tsdPtr->binaryEncoding;
-	if (encoding == NULL) {
-	    Tcl_Panic("attempted gets on binary channel where no iso8859-1 encoding available");
-	}
+	encoding = GetBinaryEncoding();
     }
 
     /*
@@ -4875,7 +4559,11 @@ Tcl_GetsObj(
      * self-modifying reflected transforms.
      */
 
-    chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
+    if (chanPtr != statePtr->topChanPtr) {
+	Tcl_Release(chanPtr);
+	chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
+	Tcl_Preserve(chanPtr);
+    }
 
     bufPtr = gs.bufPtr;
     if (bufPtr == NULL) {
@@ -4909,16 +4597,18 @@ Tcl_GetsObj(
      * Regenerate the top channel, in case it was changed due to
      * self-modifying reflected transforms.
      */
-
-    chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
-
+    if (chanPtr != statePtr->topChanPtr) {
+	Tcl_Release(chanPtr);
+	chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
+	Tcl_Preserve(chanPtr);
+    }
     bufPtr = statePtr->inQueueHead;
-    if (bufPtr == NULL) {
-	Tcl_Panic("Tcl_GetsObj: restore reached with bufPtr==NULL");
+    if (bufPtr != NULL) {
+	bufPtr->nextRemoved = oldRemoved;
+	bufPtr = bufPtr->nextPtr;
     }
-    bufPtr->nextRemoved = oldRemoved;
 
-    for (bufPtr = bufPtr->nextPtr; bufPtr != NULL; bufPtr = bufPtr->nextPtr) {
+    for ( ; bufPtr != NULL; bufPtr = bufPtr->nextPtr) {
 	bufPtr->nextRemoved = BUFFER_PADDING;
     }
     CommonGetsCleanup(chanPtr);
@@ -4951,10 +4641,13 @@ Tcl_GetsObj(
      * Regenerate the top channel, in case it was changed due to
      * self-modifying reflected transforms.
      */
-
-    chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
-
+    if (chanPtr != statePtr->topChanPtr) {
+	Tcl_Release(chanPtr);
+	chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
+	Tcl_Preserve(chanPtr);
+    }
     UpdateInterest(chanPtr);
+    Tcl_Release(chanPtr);
     return copiedTotal;
 }
 
@@ -5000,6 +4693,7 @@ TclGetsObjBinary(
      */
 
     chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
+    Tcl_Preserve(chanPtr);
 
     bufPtr = statePtr->inQueueHead;
 
@@ -5057,6 +4751,9 @@ TclGetsObjBinary(
 		goto restore;
 	    }
 	    bufPtr = statePtr->inQueueTail;
+	    if (bufPtr == NULL) {
+		goto restore;
+	    }
 	}
 
 	dst = (unsigned char *) RemovePoint(bufPtr);
@@ -5169,12 +4866,12 @@ TclGetsObjBinary(
 
   restore:
     bufPtr = statePtr->inQueueHead;
-    if (bufPtr == NULL) {
-	Tcl_Panic("TclGetsObjBinary: restore reached with bufPtr==NULL");
+    if (bufPtr) {
+	bufPtr->nextRemoved = oldRemoved;
+	bufPtr = bufPtr->nextPtr;
     }
-    bufPtr->nextRemoved = oldRemoved;
 
-    for (bufPtr = bufPtr->nextPtr; bufPtr != NULL; bufPtr = bufPtr->nextPtr) {
+    for ( ; bufPtr != NULL; bufPtr = bufPtr->nextPtr) {
 	bufPtr->nextRemoved = BUFFER_PADDING;
     }
     CommonGetsCleanup(chanPtr);
@@ -5203,6 +4900,7 @@ TclGetsObjBinary(
 
   done:
     UpdateInterest(chanPtr);
+    Tcl_Release(chanPtr);
     return copiedTotal;
 }
 
@@ -5231,6 +4929,21 @@ FreeBinaryEncoding(
 	tsdPtr->binaryEncoding = NULL;
     }
 }
+
+static Tcl_Encoding
+GetBinaryEncoding()
+{
+    ThreadSpecificData *tsdPtr = TCL_TSD_INIT(&dataKey);
+
+    if (tsdPtr->binaryEncoding == NULL) {
+	tsdPtr->binaryEncoding = Tcl_GetEncoding(NULL, "iso8859-1");
+	Tcl_CreateThreadExitHandler(FreeBinaryEncoding, NULL);
+    }
+    if (tsdPtr->binaryEncoding == NULL) {
+	Tcl_Panic("binary encoding is not available");
+    }
+    return tsdPtr->binaryEncoding;
+}
 
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -5313,6 +5026,11 @@ FilterInputBytes(
 	}
 	bufPtr = statePtr->inQueueTail;
 	gsPtr->bufPtr = bufPtr;
+	if (bufPtr == NULL) {
+	    gsPtr->charsWrote = 0;
+	    gsPtr->rawRead = 0;
+	    return -1;
+	}
     }
 
     /*
@@ -5660,6 +5378,7 @@ Tcl_ReadRaw(
      * requests more bytes.
      */
 
+    Tcl_Preserve(chanPtr);
     for (copied = 0; copied < bytesToRead; copied += copiedNow) {
 	copiedNow = CopyBuffer(chanPtr, bufPtr + copied,
 		bytesToRead - copied);
@@ -5742,7 +5461,7 @@ Tcl_ReadRaw(
 			 * over EAGAIN/WOULDBLOCK handling.
 			 */
 
-			return copied;
+			goto done;
 		    }
 
 		    SetFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_BLOCKED);
@@ -5750,14 +5469,17 @@ Tcl_ReadRaw(
 		}
 
 		Tcl_SetErrno(result);
-		return -1;
+		copied = -1;
+		goto done;
 	    }
 
-	    return copied + nread;
+	    copied += nread;
+	    goto done;
 	}
     }
 
   done:
+    Tcl_Release(chanPtr);
     return copied;
 }
 
@@ -5865,6 +5587,7 @@ DoReadChars(
     chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
     encoding = statePtr->encoding;
     factor = UTF_EXPANSION_FACTOR;
+    Tcl_Preserve(chanPtr);
 
     if (appendFlag == 0) {
 	if (encoding == NULL) {
@@ -5926,6 +5649,11 @@ DoReadChars(
 		ResetFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_BLOCKED);
 	    }
 	    result = GetInput(chanPtr);
+	    if (chanPtr != statePtr->topChanPtr) {
+		Tcl_Release(chanPtr);
+		chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
+		Tcl_Preserve(chanPtr);
+	    }
 	    if (result != 0) {
 		if (result == EAGAIN) {
 		    break;
@@ -5956,10 +5684,13 @@ DoReadChars(
      * Regenerate the top channel, in case it was changed due to
      * self-modifying reflected transforms.
      */
-
-    chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
-
+    if (chanPtr != statePtr->topChanPtr) {
+	Tcl_Release(chanPtr);
+	chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
+	Tcl_Preserve(chanPtr);
+    }
     UpdateInterest(chanPtr);
+    Tcl_Release(chanPtr);
     return copied;
 }
 
@@ -6715,7 +6446,7 @@ DiscardInputQueued(
      */
 
     if (discardSavedBuffers && statePtr->saveInBufPtr != NULL) {
-	ckfree(statePtr->saveInBufPtr);
+	ReleaseChannelBuffer(statePtr->saveInBufPtr);
 	statePtr->saveInBufPtr = NULL;
     }
 }
@@ -6808,7 +6539,7 @@ GetInput(
 
 	if ((bufPtr != NULL)
 		&& (bufPtr->bufLength - BUFFER_PADDING < statePtr->bufSize)) {
-	    ckfree(bufPtr);
+	    ReleaseChannelBuffer(bufPtr);
 	    bufPtr = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -6870,10 +6601,12 @@ GetInput(
     } else
 #endif /* TCL_IO_TRACK_OS_FOR_DRIVER_WITH_BAD_BLOCKING */
     {
+	PreserveChannelBuffer(bufPtr);
 	nread = ChanRead(chanPtr, InsertPoint(bufPtr), toRead, &result);
     }
 
     if (nread > 0) {
+	result = 0;
 	bufPtr->nextAdded += nread;
 
 	/*
@@ -6897,6 +6630,7 @@ GetInput(
 	}
 #endif /* TCL_IO_TRACK_OS_FOR_DRIVER_WITH_BAD_BLOCKING */
     } else if (nread == 0) {
+	result = 0;
 	SetFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_EOF);
 	statePtr->inputEncodingFlags |= TCL_ENCODING_END;
     } else if (nread < 0) {
@@ -6905,9 +6639,9 @@ GetInput(
 	    result = EAGAIN;
 	}
 	Tcl_SetErrno(result);
-	return result;
     }
-    return 0;
+    ReleaseChannelBuffer(bufPtr);
+    return result;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -7594,14 +7328,6 @@ Tcl_SetChannelBufferSize(
 
     statePtr = ((Channel *) chan)->state;
     statePtr->bufSize = sz;
-
-    if (statePtr->outputStage != NULL) {
-	ckfree(statePtr->outputStage);
-	statePtr->outputStage = NULL;
-    }
-    if ((statePtr->encoding != NULL) && GotFlag(statePtr, TCL_WRITABLE)) {
-	statePtr->outputStage = ckalloc(statePtr->bufSize + 2);
-    }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -8053,7 +7779,8 @@ Tcl_SetChannelOption(
 	 * iso2022, the terminated escape sequence must write to the buffer.
 	 */
 
-	if ((statePtr->encoding != NULL) && (statePtr->curOutPtr != NULL)
+	if ((statePtr->encoding != NULL)
+		&& !(statePtr->outputEncodingFlags & TCL_ENCODING_START)
 		&& (CheckChannelErrors(statePtr, TCL_WRITABLE) == 0)) {
 	    statePtr->outputEncodingFlags |= TCL_ENCODING_END;
 	    WriteChars(chanPtr, "", 0);
@@ -8242,17 +7969,6 @@ Tcl_SetChannelOption(
 	statePtr->inQueueTail = NULL;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * If encoding or bufsize changes, need to update output staging buffer.
-     */
-
-    if (statePtr->outputStage != NULL) {
-	ckfree(statePtr->outputStage);
-	statePtr->outputStage = NULL;
-    }
-    if ((statePtr->encoding != NULL) && GotFlag(statePtr, TCL_WRITABLE)) {
-	statePtr->outputStage = ckalloc(statePtr->bufSize + 2);
-    }
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
@@ -8487,6 +8203,11 @@ UpdateInterest(
 				/* State info for channel */
     int mask = statePtr->interestMask;
 
+    if (chanPtr->typePtr == NULL) {
+	/* Do not update interest on a closed channel */
+	return;
+    }
+
     /*
      * If there are flushed buffers waiting to be written, then we need to
      * watch for the channel to become writable.
@@ -9399,9 +9120,9 @@ CopyData(
 	}
 
 	if (outBinary || sameEncoding) {
-	    sizeb = DoWrite(outStatePtr->topChanPtr, buffer, sizeb);
+	    sizeb = WriteBytes(outStatePtr->topChanPtr, buffer, sizeb);
 	} else {
-	    sizeb = DoWriteChars(outStatePtr->topChanPtr, buffer, sizeb);
+	    sizeb = WriteChars(outStatePtr->topChanPtr, buffer, sizeb);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -9590,6 +9311,7 @@ DoRead(
      * operation.
      */
 
+    Tcl_Preserve(chanPtr);
     if (!GotFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_STICKY_EOF)) {
 	ResetFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_EOF);
     }
@@ -9630,6 +9352,7 @@ DoRead(
 
   done:
     UpdateInterest(chanPtr);
+    Tcl_Release(chanPtr);
     return copied;
 }
 
@@ -9953,162 +9676,6 @@ CopyBuffer(
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * DoWrite --
- *
- *	Puts a sequence of characters into an output buffer, may queue the
- *	buffer for output if it gets full, and also remembers whether the
- *	current buffer is ready e.g. if it contains a newline and we are in
- *	line buffering mode.
- *
- * Results:
- *	The number of bytes written or -1 in case of error. If -1,
- *	Tcl_GetErrno will return the error code.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	May buffer up output and may cause output to be produced on the
- *	channel.
- *
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static int
-DoWrite(
-    Channel *chanPtr,		/* The channel to buffer output for. */
-    const char *src,		/* Data to write. */
-    int srcLen)			/* Number of bytes to write. */
-{
-    ChannelState *statePtr = chanPtr->state;
-				/* State info for channel */
-    ChannelBuffer *outBufPtr;	/* Current output buffer. */
-    int foundNewline;		/* Did we find a newline in output? */
-    char *dPtr;
-    const char *sPtr;		/* Search variables for newline. */
-    int crsent;			/* In CRLF eol translation mode, remember the
-				 * fact that a CR was output to the channel
-				 * without its following NL. */
-    int i;			/* Loop index for newline search. */
-    int destCopied;		/* How many bytes were used in this
-				 * destination buffer to hold the output? */
-    int totalDestCopied;	/* How many bytes total were copied to the
-				 * channel buffer? */
-    int srcCopied;		/* How many bytes were copied from the source
-				 * string? */
-    char *destPtr;		/* Where in line to copy to? */
-
-    /*
-     * If we are in network (or windows) translation mode, record the fact
-     * that we have not yet sent a CR to the channel.
-     */
-
-    crsent = 0;
-
-    /*
-     * Loop filling buffers and flushing them until all output has been
-     * consumed.
-     */
-
-    srcCopied = 0;
-    totalDestCopied = 0;
-
-    while (srcLen > 0) {
-	/*
-	 * Make sure there is a current output buffer to accept output.
-	 */
-
-	if (statePtr->curOutPtr == NULL) {
-	    statePtr->curOutPtr = AllocChannelBuffer(statePtr->bufSize);
-	}
-
-	outBufPtr = statePtr->curOutPtr;
-
-	destCopied = SpaceLeft(outBufPtr);
-	if (destCopied > srcLen) {
-	    destCopied = srcLen;
-	}
-
-	destPtr = InsertPoint(outBufPtr);
-	switch (statePtr->outputTranslation) {
-	case TCL_TRANSLATE_LF:
-	    srcCopied = destCopied;
-	    memcpy(destPtr, src, (size_t) destCopied);
-	    break;
-	case TCL_TRANSLATE_CR:
-	    srcCopied = destCopied;
-	    memcpy(destPtr, src, (size_t) destCopied);
-	    for (dPtr = destPtr; dPtr < destPtr + destCopied; dPtr++) {
-		if (*dPtr == '\n') {
-		    *dPtr = '\r';
-		}
-	    }
-	    break;
-	case TCL_TRANSLATE_CRLF:
-	    for (srcCopied = 0, dPtr = destPtr, sPtr = src;
-		    dPtr < destPtr + destCopied;
-		    dPtr++, sPtr++, srcCopied++) {
-		if (*sPtr == '\n') {
-		    if (crsent) {
-			*dPtr = '\n';
-			crsent = 0;
-		    } else {
-			*dPtr = '\r';
-			crsent = 1;
-			sPtr--, srcCopied--;
-		    }
-		} else {
-		    *dPtr = *sPtr;
-		}
-	    }
-	    break;
-	case TCL_TRANSLATE_AUTO:
-	    Tcl_Panic("Tcl_Write: AUTO output translation mode not supported");
-	default:
-	    Tcl_Panic("Tcl_Write: unknown output translation mode");
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * The current buffer is ready for output if it is full, or if it
-	 * contains a newline and this channel is line-buffered, or if it
-	 * contains any output and this channel is unbuffered.
-	 */
-
-	outBufPtr->nextAdded += destCopied;
-	if (!GotFlag(statePtr, BUFFER_READY)) {
-	    if (IsBufferFull(outBufPtr)) {
-		SetFlag(statePtr, BUFFER_READY);
-	    } else if (GotFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_LINEBUFFERED)) {
-		for (sPtr = src, i = 0, foundNewline = 0;
-			(i < srcCopied) && (!foundNewline);
-			i++, sPtr++) {
-		    if (*sPtr == '\n') {
-			foundNewline = 1;
-			break;
-		    }
-		}
-		if (foundNewline) {
-		    SetFlag(statePtr, BUFFER_READY);
-		}
-	    } else if (GotFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_UNBUFFERED)) {
-		SetFlag(statePtr, BUFFER_READY);
-	    }
-	}
-
-	totalDestCopied += srcCopied;
-	src += srcCopied;
-	srcLen -= srcCopied;
-
-	if (GotFlag(statePtr, BUFFER_READY)) {
-	    if (FlushChannel(NULL, chanPtr, 0) != 0) {
-		return -1;
-	    }
-	}
-    } /* Closes "while" */
-
-    return totalDestCopied;
-}
-
-/*
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
  * CopyEventProc --
  *
  *	This routine is invoked as a channel event handler for the background
@@ -10223,12 +9790,15 @@ StackSetBlockMode(
 {
     int result = 0;
     Tcl_DriverBlockModeProc *blockModeProc;
+    ChannelState *statePtr = chanPtr->state;
 
     /*
      * Start at the top of the channel stack
+     * TODO: Examine what can go wrong when blockModeProc calls
+     * disturb the stacking state of the channel.
      */
 
-    chanPtr = chanPtr->state->topChanPtr;
+    chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
     while (chanPtr != NULL) {
 	blockModeProc = Tcl_ChannelBlockModeProc(chanPtr->typePtr);
 	if (blockModeProc != NULL) {
@@ -11331,12 +10901,11 @@ DupChannelIntRep(
 				 * currently have an internal rep.*/
 {
     ChannelState *statePtr  = GET_CHANNELSTATE(srcPtr);
-    Interp *interpPtr = GET_CHANNELINTERP(srcPtr);
 
     SET_CHANNELSTATE(copyPtr, statePtr);
-    SET_CHANNELINTERP(copyPtr, interpPtr);
+    SET_CHANNELINTERP(copyPtr, GET_CHANNELINTERP(srcPtr));
     Tcl_Preserve(statePtr);
-    copyPtr->typePtr = &tclChannelType;
+    copyPtr->typePtr = srcPtr->typePtr;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -11362,43 +10931,29 @@ SetChannelFromAny(
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr)	/* The object to convert. */
 {
     ChannelState *statePtr;
-    Interp *interpPtr;
 
     if (interp == NULL) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
-    if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclChannelType) {
+    if (objPtr->typePtr == &chanObjType) {
 	/*
 	 * The channel is valid until any call to DetachChannel occurs.
 	 * Ensure consistency checks are done.
 	 */
 
 	statePtr = GET_CHANNELSTATE(objPtr);
-	interpPtr = GET_CHANNELINTERP(objPtr);
 	if (GotFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_TAINTED|CHANNEL_CLOSED)) {
 	    ResetFlag(statePtr, CHANNEL_TAINTED);
 	    Tcl_Release(statePtr);
-	    UpdateStringOfChannel(objPtr);
 	    objPtr->typePtr = NULL;
-	} else if (interpPtr != (Interp*) interp) {
+	} else if (interp != GET_CHANNELINTERP(objPtr)) {
 	    Tcl_Release(statePtr);
-	    UpdateStringOfChannel(objPtr);
 	    objPtr->typePtr = NULL;
 	}
     }
-    if (objPtr->typePtr != &tclChannelType) {
-	Tcl_Channel chan;
-
-	/*
-	 * We need a valid string with which to check for a valid channel, but
-	 * make sure not to free internal rep until validated. [Bug 1847044]
-	 */
-
-	if ((objPtr->typePtr != NULL) && (objPtr->bytes == NULL)) {
-	    objPtr->typePtr->updateStringProc(objPtr);
-	}
+    if (objPtr->typePtr != &chanObjType) {
+	Tcl_Channel chan = Tcl_GetChannel(interp, TclGetString(objPtr), NULL);
 
-	chan = Tcl_GetChannel(interp, objPtr->bytes, NULL);
 	if (chan == NULL) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
@@ -11408,7 +10963,7 @@ SetChannelFromAny(
 	Tcl_Preserve(statePtr);
 	SET_CHANNELSTATE(objPtr, statePtr);
 	SET_CHANNELINTERP(objPtr, interp);
-	objPtr->typePtr = &tclChannelType;
+	objPtr->typePtr = &chanObjType;
     }
     return TCL_OK;
 }
@@ -11416,45 +10971,6 @@ SetChannelFromAny(
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * UpdateStringOfChannel --
- *
- *	Update the string representation for an object whose internal
- *	representation is "Channel".
- *
- * Results:
- *	None.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	The object's string may be set by converting its Unicode represention
- *	to UTF format.
- *
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static void
-UpdateStringOfChannel(
-    Tcl_Obj *objPtr)		/* Object with string rep to update. */
-{
-    if (objPtr->bytes == NULL) {
-	ChannelState *statePtr = GET_CHANNELSTATE(objPtr);
-	const char *name = statePtr->channelName;
-
-	if (name) {
-	    size_t len = strlen(name);
-
-	    objPtr->bytes = ckalloc(len + 1);
-	    objPtr->length = len;
-	    memcpy(objPtr->bytes, name, len);
-	} else {
-	    objPtr->bytes = tclEmptyStringRep;
-	    objPtr->length = 0;
-	}
-    }
-}
-
-/*
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
  * FreeChannelIntRep --
  *
  *	Release statePtr storage.
diff --git a/generic/tclIO.h b/generic/tclIO.h
index e84f300..1e02749 100644
--- a/generic/tclIO.h
+++ b/generic/tclIO.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
  */
 
 typedef struct ChannelBuffer {
+    int refCount;		/* Current uses count */
     int nextAdded;		/* The next position into which a character
 				 * will be put in the buffer. */
     int nextRemoved;		/* Position of next byte to be removed from
diff --git a/generic/tclIOCmd.c b/generic/tclIOCmd.c
index 1673bce..14910d7 100644
--- a/generic/tclIOCmd.c
+++ b/generic/tclIOCmd.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ Tcl_PutsObjCmd(
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
+    Tcl_Preserve(chan);
     result = Tcl_WriteObj(chan, string);
     if (result < 0) {
 	goto error;
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ Tcl_PutsObjCmd(
 	    goto error;
 	}
     }
+    Tcl_Release(chan);
     return TCL_OK;
 
     /*
@@ -205,6 +207,7 @@ Tcl_PutsObjCmd(
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf("error writing \"%s\": %s",
 		TclGetString(chanObjPtr), Tcl_PosixError(interp)));
     }
+    Tcl_Release(chan);
     return TCL_ERROR;
 }
 
@@ -252,6 +255,7 @@ Tcl_FlushObjCmd(
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
+    Tcl_Preserve(chan);
     if (Tcl_Flush(chan) != TCL_OK) {
 	/*
 	 * TIP #219.
@@ -265,8 +269,10 @@ Tcl_FlushObjCmd(
 		    "error flushing \"%s\": %s",
 		    TclGetString(chanObjPtr), Tcl_PosixError(interp)));
 	}
+	Tcl_Release(chan);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
+    Tcl_Release(chan);
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
@@ -299,6 +305,7 @@ Tcl_GetsObjCmd(
     int lineLen;		/* Length of line just read. */
     int mode;			/* Mode in which channel is opened. */
     Tcl_Obj *linePtr, *chanObjPtr;
+    int code = TCL_OK;
 
     if ((objc != 2) && (objc != 3)) {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "channelId ?varName?");
@@ -315,6 +322,7 @@ Tcl_GetsObjCmd(
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
+    Tcl_Preserve(chan);
     linePtr = Tcl_NewObj();
     lineLen = Tcl_GetsObj(chan, linePtr);
     if (lineLen < 0) {
@@ -333,7 +341,8 @@ Tcl_GetsObjCmd(
 			"error reading \"%s\": %s",
 			TclGetString(chanObjPtr), Tcl_PosixError(interp)));
 	    }
-	    return TCL_ERROR;
+	    code = TCL_ERROR;
+	    goto done;
 	}
 	lineLen = -1;
     }
@@ -346,7 +355,9 @@ Tcl_GetsObjCmd(
     } else {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, linePtr);
     }
-    return TCL_OK;
+  done:
+    Tcl_Release(chan);
+    return code;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -453,6 +464,7 @@ Tcl_ReadObjCmd(
 
     resultPtr = Tcl_NewObj();
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(resultPtr);
+    Tcl_Preserve(chan);
     charactersRead = Tcl_ReadChars(chan, resultPtr, toRead, 0);
     if (charactersRead < 0) {
 	/*
@@ -467,6 +479,7 @@ Tcl_ReadObjCmd(
 		    "error reading \"%s\": %s",
 		    TclGetString(chanObjPtr), Tcl_PosixError(interp)));
 	}
+	Tcl_Release(chan);
 	Tcl_DecrRefCount(resultPtr);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
@@ -485,6 +498,7 @@ Tcl_ReadObjCmd(
 	}
     }
     Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, resultPtr);
+    Tcl_Release(chan);
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(resultPtr);
     return TCL_OK;
 }
@@ -544,6 +558,7 @@ Tcl_SeekObjCmd(
 	mode = modeArray[optionIndex];
     }
 
+    Tcl_Preserve(chan);
     result = Tcl_Seek(chan, offset, mode);
     if (result == Tcl_LongAsWide(-1)) {
 	/*
@@ -558,8 +573,10 @@ Tcl_SeekObjCmd(
 		    "error during seek on \"%s\": %s",
 		    TclGetString(objv[1]), Tcl_PosixError(interp)));
 	}
+	Tcl_Release(chan);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
+    Tcl_Release(chan);
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
@@ -590,6 +607,7 @@ Tcl_TellObjCmd(
 {
     Tcl_Channel chan;		/* The channel to tell on. */
     Tcl_WideInt newLoc;
+    int code;
 
     if (objc != 2) {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "channelId");
@@ -605,6 +623,7 @@ Tcl_TellObjCmd(
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
+    Tcl_Preserve(chan);
     newLoc = Tcl_Tell(chan);
 
     /*
@@ -613,7 +632,10 @@ Tcl_TellObjCmd(
      * them into the regular interpreter result.
      */
 
-    if (TclChanCaughtErrorBypass(interp, chan)) {
+
+    code  = TclChanCaughtErrorBypass(interp, chan);
+    Tcl_Release(chan);
+    if (code) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
diff --git a/generic/tclIOGT.c b/generic/tclIOGT.c
index 825f408..29996ea 100644
--- a/generic/tclIOGT.c
+++ b/generic/tclIOGT.c
@@ -210,7 +210,27 @@ struct TransformChannelData {
 				 * a transformation of incoming data. Also
 				 * serves as buffer of all data not yet
 				 * consumed by the reader. */
+    int refCount;
 };
+
+static void
+PreserveData(
+    TransformChannelData *dataPtr)
+{
+    dataPtr->refCount++;
+}
+
+static void
+ReleaseData(
+    TransformChannelData *dataPtr)
+{
+    if (--dataPtr->refCount) {
+	return;
+    }
+    ResultClear(&dataPtr->result);
+    Tcl_DecrRefCount(dataPtr->command);
+    ckfree(dataPtr);
+}
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -240,6 +260,7 @@ TclChannelTransform(
     Channel *chanPtr;		/* The actual channel. */
     ChannelState *statePtr;	/* State info for channel. */
     int mode;			/* Read/write mode of the channel. */
+    int objc;
     TransformChannelData *dataPtr;
     Tcl_DString ds;
 
@@ -247,6 +268,12 @@ TclChannelTransform(
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
+    if (TCL_OK != Tcl_ListObjLength(interp, cmdObjPtr, &objc)) {
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp,
+		Tcl_NewStringObj("-command value is not a list", -1));
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
     chanPtr = (Channel *) chan;
     statePtr = chanPtr->state;
     chanPtr = statePtr->topChanPtr;
@@ -261,6 +288,7 @@ TclChannelTransform(
 
     dataPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(TransformChannelData));
 
+    dataPtr->refCount = 1;
     Tcl_DStringInit(&ds);
     Tcl_GetChannelOption(interp, chan, "-blocking", &ds);
     dataPtr->readIsFlushed = 0;
@@ -286,9 +314,7 @@ TclChannelTransform(
     if (dataPtr->self == NULL) {
 	Tcl_AppendPrintfToObj(Tcl_GetObjResult(interp),
 		"\nfailed to stack channel \"%s\"", Tcl_GetChannelName(chan));
-	Tcl_DecrRefCount(dataPtr->command);
-	ResultClear(&dataPtr->result);
-	ckfree(dataPtr);
+	ReleaseData(dataPtr);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
@@ -296,9 +322,11 @@ TclChannelTransform(
      * At last initialize the transformation at the script level.
      */
 
+    PreserveData(dataPtr);
     if ((dataPtr->mode & TCL_WRITABLE) && ExecuteCallback(dataPtr, NULL,
 	    A_CREATE_WRITE, NULL, 0, TRANSMIT_DONT, P_NO_PRESERVE) != TCL_OK){
 	Tcl_UnstackChannel(interp, chan);
+	ReleaseData(dataPtr);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
@@ -307,9 +335,11 @@ TclChannelTransform(
 	ExecuteCallback(dataPtr, NULL, A_DELETE_WRITE, NULL, 0, TRANSMIT_DONT,
 		P_NO_PRESERVE);
 	Tcl_UnstackChannel(interp, chan);
+	ReleaseData(dataPtr);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
+    ReleaseData(dataPtr);
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
@@ -350,7 +380,10 @@ ExecuteCallback(
     unsigned char *resBuf;
     Tcl_InterpState state = NULL;
     int res = TCL_OK;
-    Tcl_Obj *command = Tcl_DuplicateObj(dataPtr->command);
+    Tcl_Obj *command = TclListObjCopy(NULL, dataPtr->command);
+    Tcl_Interp *eval = dataPtr->interp;
+
+    Tcl_Preserve(eval);
 
     /*
      * Step 1, create the complete command to execute. Do this by appending
@@ -361,26 +394,18 @@ ExecuteCallback(
      */
 
     if (preserve == P_PRESERVE) {
-	state = Tcl_SaveInterpState(dataPtr->interp, res);
+	state = Tcl_SaveInterpState(eval, res);
     }
 
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(command);
-    res = Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(dataPtr->interp, command,
-	    Tcl_NewStringObj((char *) op, -1));
-    if (res != TCL_OK) {
-	goto cleanup;
-    }
+    Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, command, Tcl_NewStringObj((char *) op, -1));
 
     /*
      * Use a byte-array to prevent the misinterpretation of binary data coming
      * through as UTF while at the tcl level.
      */
 
-    res = Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(dataPtr->interp, command,
-	    Tcl_NewByteArrayObj(buf, bufLen));
-    if (res != TCL_OK) {
-	goto cleanup;
-    }
+    Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, command, Tcl_NewByteArrayObj(buf, bufLen));
 
     /*
      * Step 2, execute the command at the global level of the interpreter used
@@ -390,13 +415,14 @@ ExecuteCallback(
      * current interpreter. Don't copy if in preservation mode.
      */
 
-    res = Tcl_EvalObjEx(dataPtr->interp, command, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
+    res = Tcl_EvalObjEx(eval, command, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(command);
     command = NULL;
 
-    if ((res != TCL_OK) && (interp != NULL) && (dataPtr->interp != interp)
+    if ((res != TCL_OK) && (interp != NULL) && (eval != interp)
 	    && (preserve == P_NO_PRESERVE)) {
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_GetObjResult(dataPtr->interp));
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_GetObjResult(eval));
+	Tcl_Release(eval);
 	return res;
     }
 
@@ -411,20 +437,20 @@ ExecuteCallback(
 	break;
 
     case TRANSMIT_DOWN:
-	resObj = Tcl_GetObjResult(dataPtr->interp);
+	resObj = Tcl_GetObjResult(eval);
 	resBuf = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(resObj, &resLen);
 	Tcl_WriteRaw(Tcl_GetStackedChannel(dataPtr->self), (char *) resBuf,
 		resLen);
 	break;
 
     case TRANSMIT_SELF:
-	resObj = Tcl_GetObjResult(dataPtr->interp);
+	resObj = Tcl_GetObjResult(eval);
 	resBuf = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(resObj, &resLen);
 	Tcl_WriteRaw(dataPtr->self, (char *) resBuf, resLen);
 	break;
 
     case TRANSMIT_IBUF:
-	resObj = Tcl_GetObjResult(dataPtr->interp);
+	resObj = Tcl_GetObjResult(eval);
 	resBuf = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(resObj, &resLen);
 	ResultAdd(&dataPtr->result, resBuf, resLen);
 	break;
@@ -434,24 +460,16 @@ ExecuteCallback(
 	 * Interpret result as integer number.
 	 */
 
-	resObj = Tcl_GetObjResult(dataPtr->interp);
-	TclGetIntFromObj(dataPtr->interp, resObj, &dataPtr->maxRead);
+	resObj = Tcl_GetObjResult(eval);
+	TclGetIntFromObj(eval, resObj, &dataPtr->maxRead);
 	break;
     }
 
-    Tcl_ResetResult(dataPtr->interp);
-    if (preserve == P_PRESERVE) {
-	(void) Tcl_RestoreInterpState(dataPtr->interp, state);
-    }
-    return res;
-
-  cleanup:
+    Tcl_ResetResult(eval);
     if (preserve == P_PRESERVE) {
-	(void) Tcl_RestoreInterpState(dataPtr->interp, state);
-    }
-    if (command != NULL) {
-	Tcl_DecrRefCount(command);
+	(void) Tcl_RestoreInterpState(eval, state);
     }
+    Tcl_Release(eval);
     return res;
 }
 
@@ -535,6 +553,7 @@ TransformCloseProc(
      * system rely on (f.e. signaling the close to interested parties).
      */
 
+    PreserveData(dataPtr);
     if (dataPtr->mode & TCL_WRITABLE) {
 	ExecuteCallback(dataPtr, interp, A_FLUSH_WRITE, NULL, 0,
 		TRANSMIT_DOWN, P_PRESERVE);
@@ -554,14 +573,13 @@ TransformCloseProc(
 	ExecuteCallback(dataPtr, interp, A_DELETE_READ, NULL, 0,
 		TRANSMIT_DONT, P_PRESERVE);
     }
+    ReleaseData(dataPtr);
 
     /*
      * General cleanup.
      */
 
-    ResultClear(&dataPtr->result);
-    Tcl_DecrRefCount(dataPtr->command);
-    ckfree(dataPtr);
+    ReleaseData(dataPtr);
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
@@ -606,6 +624,7 @@ TransformInputProc(
     gotBytes = 0;
     downChan = Tcl_GetStackedChannel(dataPtr->self);
 
+    PreserveData(dataPtr);
     while (toRead > 0) {
 	/*
 	 * Loop until the request is satisfied (or no data is available from
@@ -623,7 +642,7 @@ TransformInputProc(
 	     * break out of the loop and return to the caller.
 	     */
 
-	    return gotBytes;
+	    break;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -647,7 +666,7 @@ TransformInputProc(
 	    }
 	} /* else: 'maxRead < 0' == Accept the current value of toRead. */
 	if (toRead <= 0) {
-	    return gotBytes;
+	    break;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -664,11 +683,12 @@ TransformInputProc(
 		int error = Tcl_GetErrno();
 
 	    if ((error == EAGAIN) && (gotBytes > 0)) {
-		return gotBytes;
+		break;
 	    }
 
 	    *errorCodePtr = error;
-	    return -1;
+	    gotBytes = -1;
+	    break;
 	} else if (read == 0) {
 	    /*
 	     * Check wether we hit on EOF in the underlying channel or not. If
@@ -683,9 +703,9 @@ TransformInputProc(
 	    if (!Tcl_Eof(downChan)) {
 		if ((gotBytes == 0) && (dataPtr->flags & CHANNEL_ASYNC)) {
 		    *errorCodePtr = EWOULDBLOCK;
-		    return -1;
+		    gotBytes = -1;
 		}
-		return gotBytes;
+		break;
 	    }
 
 	    if (dataPtr->readIsFlushed) {
@@ -693,7 +713,7 @@ TransformInputProc(
 		 * Already flushed, nothing to do anymore.
 		 */
 
-		return gotBytes;
+		break;
 	    }
 
 	    dataPtr->readIsFlushed = 1;
@@ -705,7 +725,7 @@ TransformInputProc(
 		 * We had nothing to flush.
 		 */
 
-		return gotBytes;
+		break;
 	    }
 
 	    continue;		/* at: while (toRead > 0) */
@@ -719,9 +739,11 @@ TransformInputProc(
 	if (ExecuteCallback(dataPtr, NULL, A_READ, UCHARP(buf), read,
 		TRANSMIT_IBUF, P_PRESERVE) != TCL_OK) {
 	    *errorCodePtr = EINVAL;
-	    return -1;
+	    gotBytes = -1;
+	    break;
 	}
     } /* while toRead > 0 */
+    ReleaseData(dataPtr);
 
     return gotBytes;
 }
@@ -763,11 +785,13 @@ TransformOutputProc(
 	return 0;
     }
 
+    PreserveData(dataPtr);
     if (ExecuteCallback(dataPtr, NULL, A_WRITE, UCHARP(buf), toWrite,
 	    TRANSMIT_DOWN, P_NO_PRESERVE) != TCL_OK) {
 	*errorCodePtr = EINVAL;
-	return -1;
+	toWrite = -1;
     }
+    ReleaseData(dataPtr);
 
     return toWrite;
 }
@@ -820,6 +844,7 @@ TransformSeekProc(
      * request down, unchanged.
      */
 
+    PreserveData(dataPtr);
     if (dataPtr->mode & TCL_WRITABLE) {
 	ExecuteCallback(dataPtr, NULL, A_FLUSH_WRITE, NULL, 0, TRANSMIT_DOWN,
 		P_NO_PRESERVE);
@@ -831,6 +856,7 @@ TransformSeekProc(
 	ResultClear(&dataPtr->result);
 	dataPtr->readIsFlushed = 0;
     }
+    ReleaseData(dataPtr);
 
     return parentSeekProc(Tcl_GetChannelInstanceData(parent), offset, mode,
 	    errorCodePtr);
@@ -891,6 +917,7 @@ TransformWideSeekProc(
      * request down, unchanged.
      */
 
+    PreserveData(dataPtr);
     if (dataPtr->mode & TCL_WRITABLE) {
 	ExecuteCallback(dataPtr, NULL, A_FLUSH_WRITE, NULL, 0, TRANSMIT_DOWN,
 		P_NO_PRESERVE);
@@ -902,6 +929,7 @@ TransformWideSeekProc(
 	ResultClear(&dataPtr->result);
 	dataPtr->readIsFlushed = 0;
     }
+    ReleaseData(dataPtr);
 
     /*
      * If we have a wide seek capability, we should stick with that.
diff --git a/generic/tclIORChan.c b/generic/tclIORChan.c
index cb0282a..94428bb 100644
--- a/generic/tclIORChan.c
+++ b/generic/tclIORChan.c
@@ -99,31 +99,9 @@ typedef struct {
     Tcl_ThreadId thread;	/* Thread the 'interp' belongs to. == Handler thread */
     Tcl_ThreadId owner;         /* Thread owning the structure.    == Channel thread */
 #endif
-
-    /* See [==] as well.
-     * Storage for the command prefix and the additional words required for
-     * the invocation of methods in the command handler.
-     *
-     * argv [0] ... [.] | [argc-2] [argc-1] | [argc]  [argc+2]
-     *      cmd ... pfx | method   chan     | detail1 detail2
-     *      ~~~~ CT ~~~            ~~ CT ~~
-     *
-     * CT = Belongs to the 'Command handler Thread'.
-     */
-
-    int argc;			/* Number of preallocated words - 2 */
-    Tcl_Obj **argv;		/* Preallocated array for calling the handler.
-				 * args[0] is placeholder for cmd word.
-				 * Followed by the arguments in the prefix,
-				 * plus 4 placeholders for method, channel,
-				 * and at most two varying (method specific)
-				 * words. */
-    int methods;		/* Bitmask of supported methods */
-
-    /*
-     * NOTE (9): Should we have predefined shared literals for the method
-     * names?
-     */
+    Tcl_Obj *cmd;		/* Callback command prefix */
+    Tcl_Obj *methods;		/* Methods to append to command prefix */
+    Tcl_Obj *name;		/* Name of the channel as created */
 
     int mode;			/* Mask of R/W mode */
     int interest;		/* Mask of events the channel is interested
@@ -450,9 +428,8 @@ static ReflectedChannel * NewReflectedChannel(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Obj *cmdpfxObj, int mode, Tcl_Obj *handleObj);
 static Tcl_Obj *	NextHandle(void);
 static void		FreeReflectedChannel(ReflectedChannel *rcPtr);
-static void		FreeReflectedChannelArgs(ReflectedChannel *rcPtr);
 static int		InvokeTclMethod(ReflectedChannel *rcPtr,
-			    const char *method, Tcl_Obj *argOneObj,
+			    MethodName method, Tcl_Obj *argOneObj,
 			    Tcl_Obj *argTwoObj, Tcl_Obj **resultObjPtr);
 
 static ReflectedChannelMap *	GetReflectedChannelMap(Tcl_Interp *interp);
@@ -467,9 +444,7 @@ static int		ErrnoReturn(ReflectedChannel *rcPtr, Tcl_Obj *resObj);
  * list-quoting to keep the words of the message together. See also [x].
  */
 
-static const char *msg_read_unsup = "{read not supported by Tcl driver}";
 static const char *msg_read_toomuch = "{read delivered more than requested}";
-static const char *msg_write_unsup = "{write not supported by Tcl driver}";
 static const char *msg_write_toomuch = "{write wrote more than requested}";
 static const char *msg_write_nothing = "{write wrote nothing}";
 static const char *msg_seek_beforestart = "{Tried to seek before origin}";
@@ -583,10 +558,6 @@ TclChanCreateObjCmd(
 
     rcId = NextHandle();
     rcPtr = NewReflectedChannel(interp, cmdObj, mode, rcId);
-    chan = Tcl_CreateChannel(&tclRChannelType, TclGetString(rcId), rcPtr,
-	    mode);
-    rcPtr->chan = chan;
-    chanPtr = (Channel *) chan;
 
     /*
      * Invoke 'initialize' and validate that the handler is present and ok.
@@ -600,7 +571,7 @@ TclChanCreateObjCmd(
 
     modeObj = DecodeEventMask(mode);
     /* assert modeObj.refCount == 1 */
-    result = InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "initialize", modeObj, NULL, &resObj);
+    result = InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_INIT, modeObj, NULL, &resObj);
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(modeObj);
 
     if (result != TCL_OK) {
@@ -683,7 +654,11 @@ TclChanCreateObjCmd(
      * Everything is fine now.
      */
 
-    rcPtr->methods = methods;
+    chan = Tcl_CreateChannel(&tclRChannelType, TclGetString(rcId), rcPtr,
+	    mode);
+    rcPtr->chan = chan;
+    Tcl_Preserve(chan);
+    chanPtr = (Channel *) chan;
 
     if ((methods & NULLABLE_METHODS) != NULLABLE_METHODS) {
 	/*
@@ -744,12 +719,10 @@ TclChanCreateObjCmd(
     return TCL_OK;
 
   error:
-    /*
-     * Signal to ReflectClose to not call 'finalize'.
-     */
-
-    rcPtr->methods = 0;
-    Tcl_Close(interp, chan);
+    Tcl_DecrRefCount(rcPtr->name);
+    Tcl_DecrRefCount(rcPtr->methods);
+    Tcl_DecrRefCount(rcPtr->cmd);
+    ckfree((char*) rcPtr);
     return TCL_ERROR;
 
 #undef MODE
@@ -1172,6 +1145,7 @@ ReflectClose(
 	    if (result != TCL_OK) {
 		FreeReceivedError(&p);
 	    }
+	    return EOK;
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -1180,18 +1154,6 @@ ReflectClose(
     }
 
     /*
-     * -- No -- ASSERT rcPtr->methods & FLAG(METH_FINAL)
-     *
-     * A cleaned method mask here implies that the channel creation was
-     * aborted, and "finalize" must not be called.
-     */
-
-    if (rcPtr->methods == 0) {
-        Tcl_EventuallyFree(rcPtr, (Tcl_FreeProc *) FreeReflectedChannel);
-	return EOK;
-    }
-
-    /*
      * Are we in the correct thread?
      */
 
@@ -1208,14 +1170,12 @@ ReflectClose(
 
         Tcl_DeleteEvents(ReflectEventDelete, rcPtr);
 
-        Tcl_EventuallyFree(rcPtr, (Tcl_FreeProc *) FreeReflectedChannel);
-
 	if (result != TCL_OK) {
 	    PassReceivedErrorInterp(interp, &p);
 	}
     } else {
 #endif
-	result = InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "finalize", NULL, NULL, &resObj);
+	result = InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_FINAL, NULL, NULL, &resObj);
 	if ((result != TCL_OK) && (interp != NULL)) {
 	    Tcl_SetChannelErrorInterp(interp, resObj);
 	}
@@ -1290,18 +1250,6 @@ ReflectInput(
     Tcl_Obj *resObj;		/* Result data for 'read' */
 
     /*
-     * The following check can be done before thread redirection, because we
-     * are reading from an item which is readonly, i.e. will never change
-     * during the lifetime of the channel.
-     */
-
-    if (!(rcPtr->methods & FLAG(METH_READ))) {
-	SetChannelErrorStr(rcPtr->chan, msg_read_unsup);
-	*errorCodePtr = EINVAL;
-	return -1;
-    }
-
-    /*
      * Are we in the correct thread?
      */
 
@@ -1339,7 +1287,7 @@ ReflectInput(
     toReadObj = Tcl_NewIntObj(toRead);
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(toReadObj);
 
-    if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "read", toReadObj, NULL, &resObj)!=TCL_OK) {
+    if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_READ, toReadObj, NULL, &resObj)!=TCL_OK) {
 	int code = ErrnoReturn(rcPtr, resObj);
 
 	if (code < 0) {
@@ -1405,18 +1353,6 @@ ReflectOutput(
     int written;
 
     /*
-     * The following check can be done before thread redirection, because we
-     * are reading from an item which is readonly, i.e. will never change
-     * during the lifetime of the channel.
-     */
-
-    if (!(rcPtr->methods & FLAG(METH_WRITE))) {
-	SetChannelErrorStr(rcPtr->chan, msg_write_unsup);
-	*errorCodePtr = EINVAL;
-	return -1;
-    }
-
-    /*
      * Are we in the correct thread?
      */
 
@@ -1454,7 +1390,7 @@ ReflectOutput(
     bufObj = Tcl_NewByteArrayObj((unsigned char *) buf, toWrite);
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(bufObj);
 
-    if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "write", bufObj, NULL, &resObj) != TCL_OK) {
+    if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_WRITE, bufObj, NULL, &resObj) != TCL_OK) {
 	int code = ErrnoReturn(rcPtr, resObj);
 
 	if (code < 0) {
@@ -1568,7 +1504,7 @@ ReflectSeekWide(
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(offObj);
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(baseObj);
 
-    if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "seek", offObj, baseObj, &resObj) != TCL_OK) {
+    if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_SEEK, offObj, baseObj, &resObj)!=TCL_OK) {
 	Tcl_SetChannelError(rcPtr->chan, resObj);
         goto invalid;
     }
@@ -1639,8 +1575,6 @@ ReflectWatch(
     ReflectedChannel *rcPtr = clientData;
     Tcl_Obj *maskObj;
 
-    /* ASSERT rcPtr->methods & FLAG(METH_WATCH) */
-
     /*
      * We restrict the interest to what the channel can support. IOW there
      * will never be write events for a channel which is not writable.
@@ -1683,7 +1617,7 @@ ReflectWatch(
 
     maskObj = DecodeEventMask(mask);
     /* assert maskObj.refCount == 1 */
-    (void) InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "watch", maskObj, NULL, NULL);
+    (void) InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_WATCH, maskObj, NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(maskObj);
 
     Tcl_Release(rcPtr);
@@ -1742,7 +1676,7 @@ ReflectBlock(
 
     Tcl_Preserve(rcPtr);
 
-    if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "blocking", blockObj, NULL, &resObj)!=TCL_OK) {
+    if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr,METH_BLOCKING,blockObj,NULL,&resObj)!=TCL_OK) {
 	Tcl_SetChannelError(rcPtr->chan, resObj);
 	errorNum = EINVAL;
     } else {
@@ -1854,7 +1788,7 @@ ReflectSetOption(
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(optionObj);
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(valueObj);
 
-    result = InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "configure",optionObj,valueObj, &resObj);
+    result = InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_CONFIGURE,optionObj,valueObj, &resObj);
     if (result != TCL_OK) {
 	UnmarshallErrorResult(interp, resObj);
     }
@@ -1899,7 +1833,7 @@ ReflectGetOption(
     Tcl_Obj *resObj;		/* Result data for 'configure' */
     int listc, result = TCL_OK;
     Tcl_Obj **listv;
-    const char *method;
+    MethodName method;
 
     /*
      * Are we in the correct thread?
@@ -1938,14 +1872,14 @@ ReflectGetOption(
 	 * Retrieve all options.
 	 */
 
-	method = "cgetall";
+	method = METH_CGETALL;
 	optionObj = NULL;
     } else {
 	/*
 	 * Retrieve the value of one option.
 	 */
 
-	method = "cget";
+	method = METH_CGET;
 	optionObj = Tcl_NewStringObj(optionName, -1);
         Tcl_IncrRefCount(optionObj);
     }
@@ -2159,16 +2093,13 @@ NewReflectedChannel(
     Tcl_Obj *handleObj)
 {
     ReflectedChannel *rcPtr;
-    int i, listc;
-    Tcl_Obj **listv;
+    MethodName mn = METH_BLOCKING;
 
     rcPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(ReflectedChannel));
 
     /* rcPtr->chan: Assigned by caller. Dummy data here. */
-    /* rcPtr->methods: Assigned by caller. Dummy data here. */
 
     rcPtr->chan = NULL;
-    rcPtr->methods = 0;
     rcPtr->interp = interp;
     rcPtr->dead = 0;
 #ifdef TCL_THREADS
@@ -2177,54 +2108,17 @@ NewReflectedChannel(
     rcPtr->mode = mode;
     rcPtr->interest = 0;		/* Initially no interest registered */
 
-    /*
-     * Method placeholder.
-     */
-
     /* ASSERT: cmdpfxObj is a Tcl List */
-
-    Tcl_ListObjGetElements(interp, cmdpfxObj, &listc, &listv);
-
-    /*
-     * See [==] as well.
-     * Storage for the command prefix and the additional words required for
-     * the invocation of methods in the command handler.
-     *
-     * listv [0] [listc-1] | [listc]  [listc+1] |
-     * argv  [0]   ... [.] | [argc-2] [argc-1]  | [argc]  [argc+2]
-     *       cmd   ... pfx | method   chan      | detail1 detail2
-     */
-
-    rcPtr->argc = listc + 2;
-    rcPtr->argv = ckalloc(sizeof(Tcl_Obj *) * (listc+4));
-
-    /*
-     * Duplicate object references.
-     */
-
-    for (i=0; i<listc ; i++) {
-	Tcl_Obj *word = rcPtr->argv[i] = listv[i];
-
-	Tcl_IncrRefCount(word);
-    }
-
-    i++;				/* Skip placeholder for method */
-
-    /*
-     * [Bug 1667990]: See [x] in FreeReflectedChannel for release
-     */
-
-    rcPtr->argv[i] = handleObj;
-    Tcl_IncrRefCount(handleObj);
-
-    /*
-     * The next two objects are kept empty, varying arguments.
-     */
-
-    /*
-     * Initialization complete.
-     */
-
+    rcPtr->cmd = TclListObjCopy(NULL, cmdpfxObj);
+    Tcl_IncrRefCount(rcPtr->cmd);
+    rcPtr->methods = Tcl_NewListObj(METH_WRITE + 1, NULL);
+    while (mn <= METH_WRITE) {
+	Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, rcPtr->methods,
+		Tcl_NewStringObj(methodNames[mn++], -1));
+    }
+    Tcl_IncrRefCount(rcPtr->methods);
+    rcPtr->name = handleObj;
+    Tcl_IncrRefCount(rcPtr->name);
     return rcPtr;
 }
 
@@ -2271,28 +2165,6 @@ NextHandle(void)
 }
 
 static void
-FreeReflectedChannelArgs(
-    ReflectedChannel *rcPtr)
-{
-    int i, n = rcPtr->argc - 2;
-
-    if (n < 0) {
-	return;
-    }
-    for (i=0; i<n; i++) {
-	Tcl_DecrRefCount(rcPtr->argv[i]);
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * [Bug 1667990]: See [x] in NewReflectedChannel for lock. n+1 = argc-1.
-     */
-
-    Tcl_DecrRefCount(rcPtr->argv[n+1]);
-
-    rcPtr->argc = 1;
-}
-
-static void
 FreeReflectedChannel(
     ReflectedChannel *rcPtr)
 {
@@ -2306,10 +2178,10 @@ FreeReflectedChannel(
 	ckfree(chanPtr->typePtr);
 	chanPtr->typePtr = NULL;
     }
-
-    FreeReflectedChannelArgs(rcPtr);
-
-    ckfree(rcPtr->argv);
+    Tcl_Release(chanPtr);
+    Tcl_DecrRefCount(rcPtr->name);
+    Tcl_DecrRefCount(rcPtr->methods);
+    Tcl_DecrRefCount(rcPtr->cmd);
     ckfree(rcPtr);
 }
 
@@ -2340,16 +2212,16 @@ FreeReflectedChannel(
 static int
 InvokeTclMethod(
     ReflectedChannel *rcPtr,
-    const char *method,
+    MethodName method,
     Tcl_Obj *argOneObj,		/* NULL'able */
     Tcl_Obj *argTwoObj,		/* NULL'able */
     Tcl_Obj **resultObjPtr)	/* NULL'able */
 {
-    int cmdc;			/* #words in constructed command */
     Tcl_Obj *methObj = NULL;	/* Method name in object form */
     Tcl_InterpState sr;		/* State of handler interp */
     int result;			/* Result code of method invokation */
     Tcl_Obj *resObj = NULL;	/* Result of method invokation. */
+    Tcl_Obj *cmd;
 
     if (rcPtr->dead) {
 	/*
@@ -2372,19 +2244,15 @@ InvokeTclMethod(
     }
 
     /*
-     * NOTE (5): Decide impl. issue: Cache objects with method names? Needs
-     * TSD data as reflections can be created in many different threads.
-     * NO: Caching of command resolutions means storage per channel.
-     */
-
-    /*
-     * Insert method into the pre-allocated area, after the command prefix,
+     * Insert method into the callback command, after the command prefix,
      * before the channel id.
      */
 
-    methObj = Tcl_NewStringObj(method, -1);
-    Tcl_IncrRefCount(methObj);
-    rcPtr->argv[rcPtr->argc - 2] = methObj;
+    cmd = TclListObjCopy(NULL, rcPtr->cmd);
+
+    Tcl_ListObjIndex(NULL, rcPtr->methods, method, &methObj);
+    Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, cmd, methObj);
+    Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, cmd, rcPtr->name);
 
     /*
      * Append the additional argument containing method specific details
@@ -2394,13 +2262,10 @@ InvokeTclMethod(
      * The objects will survive the Tcl_EvalObjv without change.
      */
 
-    cmdc = rcPtr->argc;
     if (argOneObj) {
-	rcPtr->argv[cmdc] = argOneObj;
-	cmdc++;
+	Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, cmd, argOneObj);
 	if (argTwoObj) {
-	    rcPtr->argv[cmdc] = argTwoObj;
-	    cmdc++;
+	    Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, cmd, argTwoObj);
 	}
     }
 
@@ -2409,9 +2274,10 @@ InvokeTclMethod(
      * existing state intact.
      */
 
+    Tcl_IncrRefCount(cmd);
     sr = Tcl_SaveInterpState(rcPtr->interp, 0 /* Dummy */);
     Tcl_Preserve(rcPtr->interp);
-    result = Tcl_EvalObjv(rcPtr->interp, cmdc, rcPtr->argv, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
+    result = Tcl_EvalObjEx(rcPtr->interp, cmd, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
 
     /*
      * We do not try to extract the result information if the caller has no
@@ -2437,7 +2303,6 @@ InvokeTclMethod(
 	     */
 
 	    if (result != TCL_ERROR) {
-		Tcl_Obj *cmd = Tcl_NewListObj(cmdc, rcPtr->argv);
 		int cmdLen;
 		const char *cmdString = Tcl_GetStringFromObj(cmd, &cmdLen);
 
@@ -2451,25 +2316,17 @@ InvokeTclMethod(
 		result = TCL_ERROR;
 	    }
 	    Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo(rcPtr->interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-		    "\n    (chan handler subcommand \"%s\")", method));
+		    "\n    (chan handler subcommand \"%s\")",
+		    methodNames[method]));
 	    resObj = MarshallError(rcPtr->interp);
 	}
 	Tcl_IncrRefCount(resObj);
     }
+    Tcl_DecrRefCount(cmd);
     Tcl_RestoreInterpState(rcPtr->interp, sr);
     Tcl_Release(rcPtr->interp);
 
     /*
-     * Cleanup of the dynamic parts of the command.
-     *
-     * The detail objects survived the Tcl_EvalObjv without change because of
-     * the contract. Therefore there is no need to decrement the refcounts. Only
-     * the internal method object has to be disposed of.
-     */
-
-    Tcl_DecrRefCount(methObj);
-
-    /*
      * The resObj has a ref count of 1 at this location. This means that the
      * caller of InvokeTclMethod has to dispose of it (but only if it was
      * returned to it).
@@ -2700,7 +2557,6 @@ DeleteReflectedChannelMap(
 	}
 
 	rcPtr->dead = 1;
-	FreeReflectedChannelArgs(rcPtr);
 	Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(hPtr);
     }
 #endif
@@ -2840,7 +2696,6 @@ DeleteThreadReflectedChannelMap(
 	ReflectedChannel *rcPtr = Tcl_GetChannelInstanceData(chan);
 
 	rcPtr->dead = 1;
-	FreeReflectedChannelArgs(rcPtr);
 	Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(hPtr);
     }
     ckfree(rcmPtr);
@@ -3023,12 +2878,12 @@ ForwardProc(
 	 * No parameters/results.
 	 */
 
-	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "finalize", NULL, NULL, &resObj)!=TCL_OK) {
+	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_FINAL, NULL, NULL, &resObj)!=TCL_OK) {
 	    ForwardSetObjError(paramPtr, resObj);
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Freeing is done here, in the origin thread, because the argv[]
+	 * Freeing is done here, in the origin thread, callback command
 	 * objects belong to this thread. Deallocating them in a different
 	 * thread is not allowed
 	 *
@@ -3047,7 +2902,7 @@ ForwardProc(
                 Tcl_GetChannelName(rcPtr->chan));
 	Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(hPtr);
 
-	FreeReflectedChannelArgs(rcPtr);
+	Tcl_EventuallyFree(rcPtr, (Tcl_FreeProc *) FreeReflectedChannel);
 	break;
 
     case ForwardedInput: {
@@ -3055,7 +2910,7 @@ ForwardProc(
         Tcl_IncrRefCount(toReadObj);
 
         Tcl_Preserve(rcPtr);
-	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "read", toReadObj, NULL, &resObj)!=TCL_OK){
+	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_READ, toReadObj, NULL, &resObj)!=TCL_OK){
 	    int code = ErrnoReturn(rcPtr, resObj);
 
 	    if (code < 0) {
@@ -3095,7 +2950,7 @@ ForwardProc(
         Tcl_IncrRefCount(bufObj);
 
         Tcl_Preserve(rcPtr);
-	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "write", bufObj, NULL, &resObj) != TCL_OK) {
+	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_WRITE, bufObj, NULL, &resObj) != TCL_OK) {
 	    int code = ErrnoReturn(rcPtr, resObj);
 
 	    if (code < 0) {
@@ -3138,7 +2993,7 @@ ForwardProc(
         Tcl_IncrRefCount(baseObj);
 
         Tcl_Preserve(rcPtr);
-	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "seek", offObj, baseObj, &resObj)!=TCL_OK){
+	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_SEEK, offObj, baseObj, &resObj)!=TCL_OK){
 	    ForwardSetObjError(paramPtr, resObj);
 	    paramPtr->seek.offset = -1;
 	} else {
@@ -3174,7 +3029,7 @@ ForwardProc(
         /* assert maskObj.refCount == 1 */
 
         Tcl_Preserve(rcPtr);
-	(void) InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "watch", maskObj, NULL, NULL);
+	(void) InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_WATCH, maskObj, NULL, NULL);
 	Tcl_DecrRefCount(maskObj);
         Tcl_Release(rcPtr);
 	break;
@@ -3185,7 +3040,7 @@ ForwardProc(
 
         Tcl_IncrRefCount(blockObj);
         Tcl_Preserve(rcPtr);
-	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "blocking", blockObj, NULL,
+	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_BLOCKING, blockObj, NULL,
                 &resObj) != TCL_OK) {
 	    ForwardSetObjError(paramPtr, resObj);
 	}
@@ -3201,7 +3056,7 @@ ForwardProc(
         Tcl_IncrRefCount(optionObj);
         Tcl_IncrRefCount(valueObj);
         Tcl_Preserve(rcPtr);
-	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "configure", optionObj, valueObj,
+	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_CONFIGURE, optionObj, valueObj,
                 &resObj) != TCL_OK) {
 	    ForwardSetObjError(paramPtr, resObj);
 	}
@@ -3220,7 +3075,7 @@ ForwardProc(
 
         Tcl_IncrRefCount(optionObj);
         Tcl_Preserve(rcPtr);
-	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "cget", optionObj, NULL, &resObj)!=TCL_OK){
+	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_CGET, optionObj, NULL, &resObj)!=TCL_OK){
 	    ForwardSetObjError(paramPtr, resObj);
 	} else {
 	    TclDStringAppendObj(paramPtr->getOpt.value, resObj);
@@ -3236,7 +3091,7 @@ ForwardProc(
 	 */
 
         Tcl_Preserve(rcPtr);
-	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, "cgetall", NULL, NULL, &resObj) != TCL_OK){
+	if (InvokeTclMethod(rcPtr, METH_CGETALL, NULL, NULL, &resObj) != TCL_OK){
 	    ForwardSetObjError(paramPtr, resObj);
 	} else {
 	    /*
diff --git a/generic/tclIOUtil.c b/generic/tclIOUtil.c
index 6259216..f624cb7 100644
--- a/generic/tclIOUtil.c
+++ b/generic/tclIOUtil.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "tclInt.h"
-#ifdef __WIN32__
+#ifdef _WIN32
 #   include "tclWinInt.h"
 #endif
 #include "tclFileSystem.h"
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ TclFinalizeFilesystem(void)
      * filesystem is likely to fail.
      */
 
-#ifdef __WIN32__
+#ifdef _WIN32
     TclWinEncodingsCleanup();
 #endif
 }
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ TclResetFilesystem(void)
     filesystemList = &nativeFilesystemRecord;
     theFilesystemEpoch++;
 
-#ifdef __WIN32__
+#ifdef _WIN32
     /*
      * Cleans up the win32 API filesystem proc lookup table. This must happen
      * very late in finalization so that deleting of copied dlls can occur.
@@ -3255,7 +3255,7 @@ Tcl_LoadFile(
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-#ifndef __WIN32__
+#ifndef _WIN32
     /*
      * Do we need to set appropriate permissions on the file? This may be
      * required on some systems. On Unix we could loop over the file
diff --git a/generic/tclInt.h b/generic/tclInt.h
index f10beae..7b1f5bf 100644
--- a/generic/tclInt.h
+++ b/generic/tclInt.h
@@ -1686,6 +1686,7 @@ typedef struct Command {
 #define CMD_TRACE_ACTIVE	    0x2
 #define CMD_HAS_EXEC_TRACES	    0x4
 #define CMD_COMPILES_EXPANDED	    0x8
+#define CMD_REDEF_IN_PROGRESS	    0x10
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2639,6 +2640,8 @@ MODULE_SCOPE char *tclMemDumpFileName;
 MODULE_SCOPE TclPlatformType tclPlatform;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_NotifierProcs tclNotifierHooks;
 
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Encoding tclIdentityEncoding;
+
 /*
  * TIP #233 (Virtualized Time)
  * Data for the time hooks, if any.
@@ -2734,7 +2737,6 @@ MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRYieldObjCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRYieldmObjCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRYieldToObjCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRInvoke;
-MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_NRPostProc TclOONextRestoreFrame;
 
 MODULE_SCOPE void  TclSetTailcall(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *tailcallPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void  TclPushTailcallPoint(Tcl_Interp *interp);
@@ -2894,6 +2896,7 @@ MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeObjects(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizePreserve(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeSynchronization(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeThreadAlloc(void);
+MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeThreadAllocThread(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeThreadData(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeThreadObjects(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE double	TclFloor(const mp_int *a);
@@ -3593,6 +3596,9 @@ MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompileNoOp(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompileObjectNextCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, Command *cmdPtr,
 			    struct CompileEnv *envPtr);
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompileObjectNextToCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, Command *cmdPtr,
+			    struct CompileEnv *envPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompileObjectSelfCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, Command *cmdPtr,
 			    struct CompileEnv *envPtr);
@@ -3620,6 +3626,9 @@ MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompileStringFirstCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompileStringIndexCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, Command *cmdPtr,
 			    struct CompileEnv *envPtr);
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompileStringIsCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, Command *cmdPtr,
+			    struct CompileEnv *envPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompileStringLastCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, Command *cmdPtr,
 			    struct CompileEnv *envPtr);
@@ -3686,6 +3695,9 @@ MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompileWhileCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompileYieldCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, Command *cmdPtr,
 			    struct CompileEnv *envPtr);
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompileYieldToCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, Command *cmdPtr,
+			    struct CompileEnv *envPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompileBasic0ArgCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, Command *cmdPtr,
 			    struct CompileEnv *envPtr);
diff --git a/generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h b/generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h
index 72719fe..ac06787 100644
--- a/generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h
+++ b/generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef _TCLINTPLATDECLS
 #define _TCLINTPLATDECLS
 
-#ifdef __WIN32__
+#ifdef _WIN32
 #   define Tcl_DirEntry void
 #   define DIR void
 #endif
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * Exported function declarations:
  */
 
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
 /* 0 */
 EXTERN void		TclGetAndDetachPids(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Channel chan);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ EXTERN int		TclUnixOpenTemporaryFile(Tcl_Obj *dirObj,
 				Tcl_Obj *basenameObj, Tcl_Obj *extensionObj,
 				Tcl_Obj *resultingNameObj);
 #endif /* UNIX */
-#if defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
 /* 0 */
 EXTERN void		TclWinConvertError(DWORD errCode);
 /* 1 */
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ typedef struct TclIntPlatStubs {
     int magic;
     void *hooks;
 
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
     void (*tclGetAndDetachPids) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel chan); /* 0 */
     int (*tclpCloseFile) (TclFile file); /* 1 */
     Tcl_Channel (*tclpCreateCommandChannel) (TclFile readFile, TclFile writeFile, TclFile errorFile, int numPids, Tcl_Pid *pidPtr); /* 2 */
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ typedef struct TclIntPlatStubs {
     int (*tclWinCPUID) (unsigned int index, unsigned int *regs); /* 29 */
     int (*tclUnixOpenTemporaryFile) (Tcl_Obj *dirObj, Tcl_Obj *basenameObj, Tcl_Obj *extensionObj, Tcl_Obj *resultingNameObj); /* 30 */
 #endif /* UNIX */
-#if defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
     void (*tclWinConvertError) (DWORD errCode); /* 0 */
     void (*tclWinConvertWSAError) (DWORD errCode); /* 1 */
     struct servent * (*tclWinGetServByName) (const char *nm, const char *proto); /* 2 */
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ extern const TclIntPlatStubs *tclIntPlatStubsPtr;
  * Inline function declarations:
  */
 
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
 #define TclGetAndDetachPids \
 	(tclIntPlatStubsPtr->tclGetAndDetachPids) /* 0 */
 #define TclpCloseFile \
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ extern const TclIntPlatStubs *tclIntPlatStubsPtr;
 #define TclUnixOpenTemporaryFile \
 	(tclIntPlatStubsPtr->tclUnixOpenTemporaryFile) /* 30 */
 #endif /* UNIX */
-#if defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
 #define TclWinConvertError \
 	(tclIntPlatStubsPtr->tclWinConvertError) /* 0 */
 #define TclWinConvertWSAError \
@@ -550,9 +550,15 @@ extern const TclIntPlatStubs *tclIntPlatStubsPtr;
 #undef TclpInetNtoa
 #define TclpInetNtoa inet_ntoa
 
-#if defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if defined(_WIN32)
 #   undef TclWinNToHS
+#   undef TclWinGetServByName
+#   undef TclWinGetSockOpt
+#   undef TclWinSetSockOpt
 #   define TclWinNToHS ntohs
+#   define TclWinGetServByName getservbyname
+#   define TclWinGetSockOpt getsockopt
+#   define TclWinSetSockOpt setsockopt
 #else
 #   undef TclpGetPid
 #   define TclpGetPid(pid) ((unsigned long) (pid))
diff --git a/generic/tclLoad.c b/generic/tclLoad.c
index 5cacab1..7c70e03 100644
--- a/generic/tclLoad.c
+++ b/generic/tclLoad.c
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ Tcl_UnloadObjCmd(
 	 * Unload the shared library from the application memory...
 	 */
 
-#if defined(TCL_UNLOAD_DLLS) || defined(__WIN32__)
+#if defined(TCL_UNLOAD_DLLS) || defined(_WIN32)
 	/*
 	 * Some Unix dlls are poorly behaved - registering things like atexit
 	 * calls that can't be unregistered. If you unload such dlls, you get
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ TclFinalizeLoad(void)
 	pkgPtr = firstPackagePtr;
 	firstPackagePtr = pkgPtr->nextPtr;
 
-#if defined(TCL_UNLOAD_DLLS) || defined(__WIN32__)
+#if defined(TCL_UNLOAD_DLLS) || defined(_WIN32)
 	/*
 	 * Some Unix dlls are poorly behaved - registering things like atexit
 	 * calls that can't be unregistered. If you unload such dlls, you get
diff --git a/generic/tclMain.c b/generic/tclMain.c
index faea75a..360f5e9 100644
--- a/generic/tclMain.c
+++ b/generic/tclMain.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
  * we have to translate that to strcmp here.
  */
 
-#ifndef __WIN32__
+#ifndef _WIN32
 #   define TCHAR char
 #   define TEXT(arg) arg
 #   define _tcscmp strcmp
diff --git a/generic/tclOO.c b/generic/tclOO.c
index 9a0682d..de00733 100644
--- a/generic/tclOO.c
+++ b/generic/tclOO.c
@@ -440,8 +440,9 @@ InitFoundation(
     cmdPtr = (Command *) Tcl_NRCreateCommand(interp, "::oo::Helpers::next",
 	    NULL, TclOONextObjCmd, NULL, NULL);
     cmdPtr->compileProc = TclCompileObjectNextCmd;
-    Tcl_NRCreateCommand(interp, "::oo::Helpers::nextto",
+    cmdPtr = (Command *) Tcl_NRCreateCommand(interp, "::oo::Helpers::nextto",
 	    NULL, TclOONextToObjCmd, NULL, NULL);
+    cmdPtr->compileProc = TclCompileObjectNextToCmd;
     cmdPtr = (Command *) Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "::oo::Helpers::self",
 	    TclOOSelfObjCmd, NULL, NULL);
     cmdPtr->compileProc = TclCompileObjectSelfCmd;
diff --git a/generic/tclOO.decls b/generic/tclOO.decls
index 5d6f2c2..265ba88 100644
--- a/generic/tclOO.decls
+++ b/generic/tclOO.decls
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ library tclOO
 
 interface tclOO
 hooks tclOOInt
+scspec TCLAPI
 
 declare 0 {
     Tcl_Object Tcl_CopyObjectInstance(Tcl_Interp *interp,
diff --git a/generic/tclOOBasic.c b/generic/tclOOBasic.c
index 49c917b..0b0516b 100644
--- a/generic/tclOOBasic.c
+++ b/generic/tclOOBasic.c
@@ -17,14 +17,11 @@
 #include "tclOOInt.h"
 
 static inline Tcl_Object *AddConstructionFinalizer(Tcl_Interp *interp);
-static int		AfterNRDestructor(ClientData data[],
-			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int result);
-static int		DecrRefsPostClassConstructor(ClientData data[],
-			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int result);
-static int		FinalizeConstruction(ClientData data[],
-			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int result);
-static int		FinalizeEval(ClientData data[],
-			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int result);
+static Tcl_NRPostProc	AfterNRDestructor;
+static Tcl_NRPostProc	DecrRefsPostClassConstructor;
+static Tcl_NRPostProc	FinalizeConstruction;
+static Tcl_NRPostProc	FinalizeEval;
+static Tcl_NRPostProc	NextRestoreFrame;
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -806,7 +803,7 @@ TclOONextObjCmd(
      * that this is like [uplevel 1] and not [eval].
      */
 
-    TclNRAddCallback(interp, TclOONextRestoreFrame, framePtr, NULL,NULL,NULL);
+    TclNRAddCallback(interp, NextRestoreFrame, framePtr, NULL,NULL,NULL);
     iPtr->varFramePtr = framePtr->callerVarPtr;
     return TclNRObjectContextInvokeNext(interp, context, objc, objv, 1);
 }
@@ -824,6 +821,7 @@ TclOONextToObjCmd(
     CallContext *contextPtr;
     int i;
     Tcl_Object object;
+    const char *methodType;
 
     /*
      * Start with sanity checks on the calling context to make sure that we
@@ -875,7 +873,7 @@ TclOONextToObjCmd(
 	     * context. Note that this is like [uplevel 1] and not [eval].
 	     */
 
-	    TclNRAddCallback(interp, TclOONextRestoreFrame, framePtr,
+	    TclNRAddCallback(interp, NextRestoreFrame, framePtr,
 		    contextPtr, INT2PTR(contextPtr->index), NULL);
 	    contextPtr->index = i-1;
 	    iPtr->varFramePtr = framePtr->callerVarPtr;
@@ -889,24 +887,35 @@ TclOONextToObjCmd(
      * is on the chain but unreachable, or not on the chain at all.
      */
 
+    if (contextPtr->callPtr->flags & CONSTRUCTOR) {
+	methodType = "constructor";
+    } else if (contextPtr->callPtr->flags & DESTRUCTOR) {
+	methodType = "destructor";
+    } else {
+	methodType = "method";
+    }
+
     for (i=contextPtr->index ; i>=0 ; i--) {
 	struct MInvoke *miPtr = contextPtr->callPtr->chain + i;
 
 	if (!miPtr->isFilter && miPtr->mPtr->declaringClassPtr == classPtr) {
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-		    "method implementation by \"%s\" not reachable from here",
-		    TclGetString(objv[1])));
+		    "%s implementation by \"%s\" not reachable from here",
+		    methodType, TclGetString(objv[1])));
+	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "CLASS_NOT_REACHABLE",
+		    NULL);
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
     }
     Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-	    "method has no non-filter implementation by \"%s\"",
-	    TclGetString(objv[1])));
+	    "%s has no non-filter implementation by \"%s\"",
+	    methodType, TclGetString(objv[1])));
+    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "CLASS_NOT_THERE", NULL);
     return TCL_ERROR;
 }
 
-int
-TclOONextRestoreFrame(
+static int
+NextRestoreFrame(
     ClientData data[],
     Tcl_Interp *interp,
     int result)
diff --git a/generic/tclOODecls.h b/generic/tclOODecls.h
index d3b9e59..9fd62ec 100644
--- a/generic/tclOODecls.h
+++ b/generic/tclOODecls.h
@@ -5,19 +5,19 @@
 #ifndef _TCLOODECLS
 #define _TCLOODECLS
 
-#undef TCL_STORAGE_CLASS
-#ifdef BUILD_tcl
-#   define TCL_STORAGE_CLASS DLLEXPORT
-#else
-#   ifdef USE_TCL_STUBS
-#      undef USE_TCLOO_STUBS
-#      define USE_TCLOO_STUBS
-#      define TCL_STORAGE_CLASS
+#ifndef TCLAPI
+#   ifdef BUILD_tcl
+#	define TCLAPI extern DLLEXPORT
 #   else
-#      define TCL_STORAGE_CLASS DLLIMPORT
+#	define TCLAPI extern DLLIMPORT
 #   endif
 #endif
 
+#ifdef USE_TCL_STUBS
+#   undef USE_TCLOO_STUBS
+#   define USE_TCLOO_STUBS
+#endif
+
 /* !BEGIN!: Do not edit below this line. */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -29,92 +29,92 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 
 /* 0 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Object	Tcl_CopyObjectInstance(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI Tcl_Object	Tcl_CopyObjectInstance(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Object sourceObject,
 				const char *targetName,
 				const char *targetNamespaceName);
 /* 1 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Object	Tcl_GetClassAsObject(Tcl_Class clazz);
+TCLAPI Tcl_Object	Tcl_GetClassAsObject(Tcl_Class clazz);
 /* 2 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Class	Tcl_GetObjectAsClass(Tcl_Object object);
+TCLAPI Tcl_Class	Tcl_GetObjectAsClass(Tcl_Object object);
 /* 3 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Command	Tcl_GetObjectCommand(Tcl_Object object);
+TCLAPI Tcl_Command	Tcl_GetObjectCommand(Tcl_Object object);
 /* 4 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Object	Tcl_GetObjectFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI Tcl_Object	Tcl_GetObjectFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 /* 5 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	Tcl_GetObjectNamespace(Tcl_Object object);
+TCLAPI Tcl_Namespace *	Tcl_GetObjectNamespace(Tcl_Object object);
 /* 6 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Class	Tcl_MethodDeclarerClass(Tcl_Method method);
+TCLAPI Tcl_Class	Tcl_MethodDeclarerClass(Tcl_Method method);
 /* 7 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Object	Tcl_MethodDeclarerObject(Tcl_Method method);
+TCLAPI Tcl_Object	Tcl_MethodDeclarerObject(Tcl_Method method);
 /* 8 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_MethodIsPublic(Tcl_Method method);
+TCLAPI int		Tcl_MethodIsPublic(Tcl_Method method);
 /* 9 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_MethodIsType(Tcl_Method method,
+TCLAPI int		Tcl_MethodIsType(Tcl_Method method,
 				const Tcl_MethodType *typePtr,
 				ClientData *clientDataPtr);
 /* 10 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Obj *	Tcl_MethodName(Tcl_Method method);
+TCLAPI Tcl_Obj *	Tcl_MethodName(Tcl_Method method);
 /* 11 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Method	Tcl_NewInstanceMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI Tcl_Method	Tcl_NewInstanceMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Object object, Tcl_Obj *nameObj,
 				int isPublic, const Tcl_MethodType *typePtr,
 				ClientData clientData);
 /* 12 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Method	Tcl_NewMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Class cls,
+TCLAPI Tcl_Method	Tcl_NewMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Class cls,
 				Tcl_Obj *nameObj, int isPublic,
 				const Tcl_MethodType *typePtr,
 				ClientData clientData);
 /* 13 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Object	Tcl_NewObjectInstance(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI Tcl_Object	Tcl_NewObjectInstance(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Class cls, const char *nameStr,
 				const char *nsNameStr, int objc,
 				Tcl_Obj *const *objv, int skip);
 /* 14 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_ObjectDeleted(Tcl_Object object);
+TCLAPI int		Tcl_ObjectDeleted(Tcl_Object object);
 /* 15 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_ObjectContextIsFiltering(
+TCLAPI int		Tcl_ObjectContextIsFiltering(
 				Tcl_ObjectContext context);
 /* 16 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Method	Tcl_ObjectContextMethod(Tcl_ObjectContext context);
+TCLAPI Tcl_Method	Tcl_ObjectContextMethod(Tcl_ObjectContext context);
 /* 17 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Object	Tcl_ObjectContextObject(Tcl_ObjectContext context);
+TCLAPI Tcl_Object	Tcl_ObjectContextObject(Tcl_ObjectContext context);
 /* 18 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_ObjectContextSkippedArgs(
+TCLAPI int		Tcl_ObjectContextSkippedArgs(
 				Tcl_ObjectContext context);
 /* 19 */
-EXTERN ClientData	Tcl_ClassGetMetadata(Tcl_Class clazz,
+TCLAPI ClientData	Tcl_ClassGetMetadata(Tcl_Class clazz,
 				const Tcl_ObjectMetadataType *typePtr);
 /* 20 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_ClassSetMetadata(Tcl_Class clazz,
+TCLAPI void		Tcl_ClassSetMetadata(Tcl_Class clazz,
 				const Tcl_ObjectMetadataType *typePtr,
 				ClientData metadata);
 /* 21 */
-EXTERN ClientData	Tcl_ObjectGetMetadata(Tcl_Object object,
+TCLAPI ClientData	Tcl_ObjectGetMetadata(Tcl_Object object,
 				const Tcl_ObjectMetadataType *typePtr);
 /* 22 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_ObjectSetMetadata(Tcl_Object object,
+TCLAPI void		Tcl_ObjectSetMetadata(Tcl_Object object,
 				const Tcl_ObjectMetadataType *typePtr,
 				ClientData metadata);
 /* 23 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_ObjectContextInvokeNext(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI int		Tcl_ObjectContextInvokeNext(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_ObjectContext context, int objc,
 				Tcl_Obj *const *objv, int skip);
 /* 24 */
-EXTERN Tcl_ObjectMapMethodNameProc * Tcl_ObjectGetMethodNameMapper(
+TCLAPI Tcl_ObjectMapMethodNameProc * Tcl_ObjectGetMethodNameMapper(
 				Tcl_Object object);
 /* 25 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_ObjectSetMethodNameMapper(Tcl_Object object,
+TCLAPI void		Tcl_ObjectSetMethodNameMapper(Tcl_Object object,
 				Tcl_ObjectMapMethodNameProc *mapMethodNameProc);
 /* 26 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_ClassSetConstructor(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI void		Tcl_ClassSetConstructor(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Class clazz, Tcl_Method method);
 /* 27 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_ClassSetDestructor(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI void		Tcl_ClassSetDestructor(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Class clazz, Tcl_Method method);
 /* 28 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Obj *	Tcl_GetObjectName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI Tcl_Obj *	Tcl_GetObjectName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Object object);
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -231,6 +231,4 @@ extern const TclOOStubs *tclOOStubsPtr;
 
 /* !END!: Do not edit above this line. */
 
-#undef TCL_STORAGE_CLASS
-#define TCL_STORAGE_CLASS DLLIMPORT
 #endif /* _TCLOODECLS */
diff --git a/generic/tclOOIntDecls.h b/generic/tclOOIntDecls.h
index 4f70e5b..74a8d81 100644
--- a/generic/tclOOIntDecls.h
+++ b/generic/tclOOIntDecls.h
@@ -5,17 +5,6 @@
 #ifndef _TCLOOINTDECLS
 #define _TCLOOINTDECLS
 
-#undef TCL_STORAGE_CLASS
-#ifdef BUILD_tcl
-#   define TCL_STORAGE_CLASS DLLEXPORT
-#else
-#   ifdef USE_TCL_STUBS
-#      define TCL_STORAGE_CLASS
-#   else
-#      define TCL_STORAGE_CLASS DLLIMPORT
-#   endif
-#endif
-
 /* !BEGIN!: Do not edit below this line. */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -27,46 +16,46 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 
 /* 0 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Object	TclOOGetDefineCmdContext(Tcl_Interp *interp);
+TCLAPI Tcl_Object	TclOOGetDefineCmdContext(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 1 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Method	TclOOMakeProcInstanceMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI Tcl_Method	TclOOMakeProcInstanceMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Object *oPtr, int flags, Tcl_Obj *nameObj,
 				Tcl_Obj *argsObj, Tcl_Obj *bodyObj,
 				const Tcl_MethodType *typePtr,
 				ClientData clientData, Proc **procPtrPtr);
 /* 2 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Method	TclOOMakeProcMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI Tcl_Method	TclOOMakeProcMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Class *clsPtr, int flags, Tcl_Obj *nameObj,
 				const char *namePtr, Tcl_Obj *argsObj,
 				Tcl_Obj *bodyObj,
 				const Tcl_MethodType *typePtr,
 				ClientData clientData, Proc **procPtrPtr);
 /* 3 */
-EXTERN Method *		TclOONewProcInstanceMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI Method *		TclOONewProcInstanceMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Object *oPtr, int flags, Tcl_Obj *nameObj,
 				Tcl_Obj *argsObj, Tcl_Obj *bodyObj,
 				ProcedureMethod **pmPtrPtr);
 /* 4 */
-EXTERN Method *		TclOONewProcMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp, Class *clsPtr,
+TCLAPI Method *		TclOONewProcMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp, Class *clsPtr,
 				int flags, Tcl_Obj *nameObj,
 				Tcl_Obj *argsObj, Tcl_Obj *bodyObj,
 				ProcedureMethod **pmPtrPtr);
 /* 5 */
-EXTERN int		TclOOObjectCmdCore(Object *oPtr, Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI int		TclOOObjectCmdCore(Object *oPtr, Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				int objc, Tcl_Obj *const *objv,
 				int publicOnly, Class *startCls);
 /* 6 */
-EXTERN int		TclOOIsReachable(Class *targetPtr, Class *startPtr);
+TCLAPI int		TclOOIsReachable(Class *targetPtr, Class *startPtr);
 /* 7 */
-EXTERN Method *		TclOONewForwardMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI Method *		TclOONewForwardMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Class *clsPtr, int isPublic,
 				Tcl_Obj *nameObj, Tcl_Obj *prefixObj);
 /* 8 */
-EXTERN Method *		TclOONewForwardInstanceMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI Method *		TclOONewForwardInstanceMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Object *oPtr, int isPublic, Tcl_Obj *nameObj,
 				Tcl_Obj *prefixObj);
 /* 9 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Method	TclOONewProcInstanceMethodEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI Tcl_Method	TclOONewProcInstanceMethodEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Object oPtr,
 				TclOO_PreCallProc *preCallPtr,
 				TclOO_PostCallProc *postCallPtr,
@@ -75,7 +64,7 @@ EXTERN Tcl_Method	TclOONewProcInstanceMethodEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Obj *argsObj, Tcl_Obj *bodyObj,
 				int flags, void **internalTokenPtr);
 /* 10 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Method	TclOONewProcMethodEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI Tcl_Method	TclOONewProcMethodEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Class clsPtr,
 				TclOO_PreCallProc *preCallPtr,
 				TclOO_PostCallProc *postCallPtr,
@@ -84,22 +73,22 @@ EXTERN Tcl_Method	TclOONewProcMethodEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Obj *argsObj, Tcl_Obj *bodyObj,
 				int flags, void **internalTokenPtr);
 /* 11 */
-EXTERN int		TclOOInvokeObject(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI int		TclOOInvokeObject(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Object object, Tcl_Class startCls,
 				int publicPrivate, int objc,
 				Tcl_Obj *const *objv);
 /* 12 */
-EXTERN void		TclOOObjectSetFilters(Object *oPtr, int numFilters,
+TCLAPI void		TclOOObjectSetFilters(Object *oPtr, int numFilters,
 				Tcl_Obj *const *filters);
 /* 13 */
-EXTERN void		TclOOClassSetFilters(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI void		TclOOClassSetFilters(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Class *classPtr, int numFilters,
 				Tcl_Obj *const *filters);
 /* 14 */
-EXTERN void		TclOOObjectSetMixins(Object *oPtr, int numMixins,
+TCLAPI void		TclOOObjectSetMixins(Object *oPtr, int numMixins,
 				Class *const *mixins);
 /* 15 */
-EXTERN void		TclOOClassSetMixins(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCLAPI void		TclOOClassSetMixins(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Class *classPtr, int numMixins,
 				Class *const *mixins);
 
@@ -174,6 +163,4 @@ extern const TclOOIntStubs *tclOOIntStubsPtr;
 
 /* !END!: Do not edit above this line. */
 
-#undef TCL_STORAGE_CLASS
-#define TCL_STORAGE_CLASS DLLIMPORT
 #endif /* _TCLOOINTDECLS */
diff --git a/generic/tclPathObj.c b/generic/tclPathObj.c
index b7f3dcf..fe6063f 100644
--- a/generic/tclPathObj.c
+++ b/generic/tclPathObj.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ TclFSGetPathType(
 
     if (PATHFLAGS(pathPtr) == 0) {
 	/* The path is not absolute... */
-#ifdef __WIN32__
+#ifdef _WIN32
 	/* ... on Windows we must make another call to determine whether
 	 * it's relative or volumerelative [Bug 2571597]. */
 	return TclGetPathType(pathPtr, filesystemPtrPtr, driveNameLengthPtr,
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath(
 		/*
 		 * We have a refCount on the cwd.
 		 */
-#ifdef __WIN32__
+#ifdef _WIN32
 	    } else if (type == TCL_PATH_VOLUME_RELATIVE) {
 		/*
 		 * Only Windows has volume-relative paths.
@@ -1969,7 +1969,7 @@ Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath(
 		    return NULL;
 		}
 		pureNormalized = 0;
-#endif /* __WIN32__ */
+#endif /* _WIN32 */
 	    }
 	}
 
diff --git a/generic/tclPlatDecls.h b/generic/tclPlatDecls.h
index 681854d..abc8ee8 100644
--- a/generic/tclPlatDecls.h
+++ b/generic/tclPlatDecls.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * Exported function declarations:
  */
 
-#if defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
 /* 0 */
 EXTERN TCHAR *		Tcl_WinUtfToTChar(const char *str, int len,
 				Tcl_DString *dsPtr);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ typedef struct TclPlatStubs {
     int magic;
     void *hooks;
 
-#if defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
     TCHAR * (*tcl_WinUtfToTChar) (const char *str, int len, Tcl_DString *dsPtr); /* 0 */
     char * (*tcl_WinTCharToUtf) (const TCHAR *str, int len, Tcl_DString *dsPtr); /* 1 */
 #endif /* WIN */
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ extern const TclPlatStubs *tclPlatStubsPtr;
  * Inline function declarations:
  */
 
-#if defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
 #define Tcl_WinUtfToTChar \
 	(tclPlatStubsPtr->tcl_WinUtfToTChar) /* 0 */
 #define Tcl_WinTCharToUtf \
diff --git a/generic/tclProc.c b/generic/tclProc.c
index 1314719..ce1c767 100644
--- a/generic/tclProc.c
+++ b/generic/tclProc.c
@@ -1855,9 +1855,39 @@ InterpProcNR2(
     }
 
     /*
-     * Process the result code.
+     * Free the stack-allocated compiled locals and CallFrame. It is important
+     * to pop the call frame without freeing it first: the compiledLocals
+     * cannot be freed before the frame is popped, as the local variables must
+     * be deleted. But the compiledLocals must be freed first, as they were
+     * allocated later on the stack.
      */
 
+    if (result != TCL_OK) {
+	goto process;
+    }
+    
+    done: 
+    if (TCL_DTRACE_PROC_RESULT_ENABLED()) {
+	int l = iPtr->varFramePtr->isProcCallFrame & FRAME_IS_LAMBDA ? 1 : 0;
+	Tcl_Obj *r = Tcl_GetObjResult(interp);
+
+	TCL_DTRACE_PROC_RESULT(l < iPtr->varFramePtr->objc ?
+		TclGetString(iPtr->varFramePtr->objv[l]) : NULL, result,
+		TclGetString(r), r);
+    }
+
+    freePtr = iPtr->framePtr;
+    Tcl_PopCallFrame(interp);		/* Pop but do not free. */
+    TclStackFree(interp, freePtr->compiledLocals);
+					/* Free compiledLocals. */
+    TclStackFree(interp, freePtr);	/* Free CallFrame. */
+    return result;
+
+    /*
+     * Process any non-TCL_OK result code.
+     */
+
+    process:
     switch (result) {
     case TCL_RETURN:
 	/*
@@ -1892,46 +1922,8 @@ InterpProcNR2(
 	 */
 
 	errorProc(interp, procNameObj);
-
-    default:
-	/*
-	 * Process other results (OK and non-standard) by doing nothing
-	 * special, skipping directly to the code afterwards that cleans up
-	 * associated memory.
-	 *
-	 * Non-standard results are processed by passing them through quickly.
-	 * This means they all work as exceptions, unwinding the stack quickly
-	 * and neatly. Who knows how well they are handled by third-party code
-	 * though...
-	 */
-
-	(void) 0;		/* do nothing */
-    }
-
-    if (TCL_DTRACE_PROC_RESULT_ENABLED()) {
-	int l = iPtr->varFramePtr->isProcCallFrame & FRAME_IS_LAMBDA ? 1 : 0;
-	Tcl_Obj *r = Tcl_GetObjResult(interp);
-
-	TCL_DTRACE_PROC_RESULT(l < iPtr->varFramePtr->objc ?
-		TclGetString(iPtr->varFramePtr->objv[l]) : NULL, result,
-		TclGetString(r), r);
     }
-
-    /*
-     * Free the stack-allocated compiled locals and CallFrame. It is important
-     * to pop the call frame without freeing it first: the compiledLocals
-     * cannot be freed before the frame is popped, as the local variables must
-     * be deleted. But the compiledLocals must be freed first, as they were
-     * allocated later on the stack.
-     */
-
-    freePtr = iPtr->framePtr;
-    Tcl_PopCallFrame(interp);		/* Pop but do not free. */
-    TclStackFree(interp, freePtr->compiledLocals);
-					/* Free compiledLocals. */
-    TclStackFree(interp, freePtr);	/* Free CallFrame. */
-
-    return result;
+    goto done;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/generic/tclStrToD.c b/generic/tclStrToD.c
index 883e2ea..883e2ea 100755..100644
--- a/generic/tclStrToD.c
+++ b/generic/tclStrToD.c
diff --git a/generic/tclStringObj.c b/generic/tclStringObj.c
index e495c2e..dffa38c 100644
--- a/generic/tclStringObj.c
+++ b/generic/tclStringObj.c
@@ -1281,23 +1281,43 @@ Tcl_AppendObjToObj(
 
     if ((TclIsPureByteArray(objPtr) || objPtr->bytes == tclEmptyStringRep)
 	    && TclIsPureByteArray(appendObjPtr)) {
-	unsigned char *bytesSrc;
-	int lengthSrc, lengthTotal;
 
 	/*
-	 * We do not assume that objPtr and appendObjPtr must be distinct!
-	 * This makes this code a bit more complex than it otherwise would be,
-	 * but in turn makes it much safer.
+	 * You might expect the code here to be
+	 *
+	 *  bytes = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(appendObjPtr, &length);
+	 *  TclAppendBytesToByteArray(objPtr, bytes, length);
+	 *
+	 * and essentially all of the time that would be fine.  However,
+	 * it would run into trouble in the case where objPtr and
+	 * appendObjPtr point to the same thing.  That may never be a
+	 * good idea.  It seems to violate Copy On Write, and we don't
+	 * have any tests for the situation, since making any Tcl commands
+	 * that call Tcl_AppendObjToObj() do that appears impossible
+	 * (They honor Copy On Write!).  For the sake of extensions that
+	 * go off into that realm, though, here's a more complex approach
+	 * that can handle all the cases.
 	 */
 
+	/* Get lengths */
+	int lengthSrc;
+
 	(void) Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(objPtr, &length);
 	(void) Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(appendObjPtr, &lengthSrc);
-	lengthTotal = length + lengthSrc;
-	if (((length > lengthSrc) ? length : lengthSrc) > lengthTotal) {
-	    Tcl_Panic("max size for a Tcl value (%d bytes) exceeded", INT_MAX);
-	}
-	bytesSrc = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(appendObjPtr, NULL);
-	TclAppendBytesToByteArray(objPtr, bytesSrc, lengthSrc);
+
+	/* Grow buffer enough for the append */
+	TclAppendBytesToByteArray(objPtr, NULL, lengthSrc);
+
+	/* Reset objPtr back to the original value */
+	Tcl_SetByteArrayLength(objPtr, length);
+
+	/*
+	 * Now do the append knowing that buffer growth cannot cause
+	 * any trouble.
+	 */
+
+	TclAppendBytesToByteArray(objPtr,
+		Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(appendObjPtr, NULL), lengthSrc);
 	return;
     }
 
diff --git a/generic/tclStringTrim.h b/generic/tclStringTrim.h
index 669f10b..030e4ec 100644
--- a/generic/tclStringTrim.h
+++ b/generic/tclStringTrim.h
@@ -23,32 +23,7 @@
  * UTF-8 literal string containing all Unicode space characters. [TIP #413]
  */
 
-#define DEFAULT_TRIM_SET \
-	"\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d " /* ASCII */\
-	"\xc0\x80" /*     nul (U+0000) */\
-	"\xc2\x85" /*     next line (U+0085) */\
-	"\xc2\xa0" /*     non-breaking space (U+00a0) */\
-	"\xe1\x9a\x80" /* ogham space mark (U+1680) */ \
-	"\xe1\xa0\x8e" /* mongolian vowel separator (U+180e) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\x80" /* en quad (U+2000) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\x81" /* em quad (U+2001) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\x82" /* en space (U+2002) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\x83" /* em space (U+2003) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\x84" /* three-per-em space (U+2004) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\x85" /* four-per-em space (U+2005) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\x86" /* six-per-em space (U+2006) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\x87" /* figure space (U+2007) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\x88" /* punctuation space (U+2008) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\x89" /* thin space (U+2009) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\x8a" /* hair space (U+200a) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\x8b" /* zero width space (U+200b) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\xa8" /* line separator (U+2028) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\xa9" /* paragraph separator (U+2029) */\
-	"\xe2\x80\xaf" /* narrow no-break space (U+202f) */\
-	"\xe2\x81\x9f" /* medium mathematical space (U+205f) */\
-	"\xe2\x81\xa0" /* word joiner (U+2060) */\
-	"\xe3\x80\x80" /* ideographic space (U+3000) */\
-	"\xef\xbb\xbf" /* zero width no-break space (U+feff) */
+MODULE_SCOPE const char tclDefaultTrimSet[];
 
 /*
  * The whitespace trimming set used when [concat]enating. This is a subset of
diff --git a/generic/tclStubInit.c b/generic/tclStubInit.c
index e1918ef..7a84cba 100644
--- a/generic/tclStubInit.c
+++ b/generic/tclStubInit.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 #define TclBackgroundException Tcl_BackgroundException
 #undef Tcl_SetIntObj
 #undef TclpInetNtoa
+#undef TclWinGetServByName
+#undef TclWinGetSockOpt
+#undef TclWinSetSockOpt
 
 /* See bug 510001: TclSockMinimumBuffers needs plat imp */
 #ifdef _WIN64
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ static unsigned short TclWinNToHS(unsigned short ns) {
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __WIN32__
+#ifdef _WIN32
 #   define TclUnixWaitForFile 0
 #   define TclUnixCopyFile 0
 #   define TclUnixOpenTemporaryFile 0
@@ -111,7 +114,8 @@ TclpIsAtty(int fd)
     return isatty(fd);
 }
 
-int
+#define TclWinGetPlatformId winGetPlatformId
+static int
 TclWinGetPlatformId()
 {
     /* Don't bother to determine the real platform on cygwin,
@@ -127,27 +131,31 @@ void *TclWinGetTclInstance()
     return hInstance;
 }
 
-int
+#define TclWinSetSockOpt winSetSockOpt
+static int
 TclWinSetSockOpt(SOCKET s, int level, int optname,
 	    const char *optval, int optlen)
 {
     return setsockopt((int) s, level, optname, optval, optlen);
 }
 
-int
+#define TclWinGetSockOpt winGetSockOpt
+static int
 TclWinGetSockOpt(SOCKET s, int level, int optname,
 	    char *optval, int *optlen)
 {
     return getsockopt((int) s, level, optname, optval, optlen);
 }
 
-struct servent *
+#define TclWinGetServByName winGetServByName
+static struct servent *
 TclWinGetServByName(const char *name, const char *proto)
 {
     return getservbyname(name, proto);
 }
 
-char *
+#define TclWinNoBackslash winNoBackslash
+static char *
 TclWinNoBackslash(char *path)
 {
     char *p;
@@ -557,7 +565,7 @@ static const TclIntStubs tclIntStubs = {
 static const TclIntPlatStubs tclIntPlatStubs = {
     TCL_STUB_MAGIC,
     0,
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
     TclGetAndDetachPids, /* 0 */
     TclpCloseFile, /* 1 */
     TclpCreateCommandChannel, /* 2 */
@@ -590,7 +598,7 @@ static const TclIntPlatStubs tclIntPlatStubs = {
     TclWinCPUID, /* 29 */
     TclUnixOpenTemporaryFile, /* 30 */
 #endif /* UNIX */
-#if defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
     TclWinConvertError, /* 0 */
     TclWinConvertWSAError, /* 1 */
     TclWinGetServByName, /* 2 */
@@ -661,7 +669,7 @@ static const TclIntPlatStubs tclIntPlatStubs = {
 static const TclPlatStubs tclPlatStubs = {
     TCL_STUB_MAGIC,
     0,
-#if defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) /* WIN */
     Tcl_WinUtfToTChar, /* 0 */
     Tcl_WinTCharToUtf, /* 1 */
 #endif /* WIN */
@@ -758,19 +766,19 @@ const TclStubs tclStubs = {
     Tcl_DbCkalloc, /* 6 */
     Tcl_DbCkfree, /* 7 */
     Tcl_DbCkrealloc, /* 8 */
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
     Tcl_CreateFileHandler, /* 9 */
 #endif /* UNIX */
-#if defined(__WIN32__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) /* WIN */
     0, /* 9 */
 #endif /* WIN */
 #ifdef MAC_OSX_TCL /* MACOSX */
     Tcl_CreateFileHandler, /* 9 */
 #endif /* MACOSX */
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
     Tcl_DeleteFileHandler, /* 10 */
 #endif /* UNIX */
-#if defined(__WIN32__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) /* WIN */
     0, /* 10 */
 #endif /* WIN */
 #ifdef MAC_OSX_TCL /* MACOSX */
@@ -932,10 +940,10 @@ const TclStubs tclStubs = {
     Tcl_GetMaster, /* 164 */
     Tcl_GetNameOfExecutable, /* 165 */
     Tcl_GetObjResult, /* 166 */
-#if !defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
     Tcl_GetOpenFile, /* 167 */
 #endif /* UNIX */
-#if defined(__WIN32__) /* WIN */
+#if defined(_WIN32) /* WIN */
     0, /* 167 */
 #endif /* WIN */
 #ifdef MAC_OSX_TCL /* MACOSX */
diff --git a/generic/tclStubLibTbl.c b/generic/tclStubLibTbl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0391502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generic/tclStubLibTbl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * tclStubLibTbl.c --
+ *
+ *	Stub object that will be statically linked into extensions that want
+ *	to access Tcl.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-1999 by Scriptics Corporation.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998 Paul Duffin.
+ *
+ * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution of
+ * this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+ */
+
+#include "tclInt.h"
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * TclInitStubTable --
+ *
+ *	Initialize the stub table, using the structure pointed at
+ *	by the "version" argument.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Outputs the value of the "version" argument.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Sets the stub table pointers.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+MODULE_SCOPE const char *
+TclInitStubTable(
+	const char *version) /* points to the version field of a
+	                        TclStubInfoType structure variable. */
+{
+    tclStubsPtr = ((const TclStubInfoType *) version)->stubs;
+
+    if (tclStubsPtr->hooks) {
+	tclPlatStubsPtr = tclStubsPtr->hooks->tclPlatStubs;
+	tclIntStubsPtr = tclStubsPtr->hooks->tclIntStubs;
+	tclIntPlatStubsPtr = tclStubsPtr->hooks->tclIntPlatStubs;
+    } else {
+	tclPlatStubsPtr = NULL;
+	tclIntStubsPtr = NULL;
+	tclIntPlatStubsPtr = NULL;
+    }
+
+    return version;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Local Variables:
+ * mode: c
+ * c-basic-offset: 4
+ * fill-column: 78
+ * End:
+ */
diff --git a/generic/tclTest.c b/generic/tclTest.c
index f121d0d..a27c95a 100644
--- a/generic/tclTest.c
+++ b/generic/tclTest.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static int		TestNRELevels(ClientData clientData,
 static int		TestInterpResolverCmd(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
-#if defined(HAVE_CPUID) || defined(__WIN32__)
+#if defined(HAVE_CPUID) || defined(_WIN32)
 static int		TestcpuidCmd(ClientData dummy,
 			    Tcl_Interp* interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ Tcltest_Init(
 	    NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testexitmainloop", TestexitmainloopCmd,
 	    NULL, NULL);
-#if defined(HAVE_CPUID) || defined(__WIN32__)
+#if defined(HAVE_CPUID) || defined(_WIN32)
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testcpuid", TestcpuidCmd,
 	    (ClientData) 0, NULL);
 #endif
@@ -6648,7 +6648,7 @@ TestNumUtfCharsCmd(
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
-#if defined(HAVE_CPUID) || defined(__WIN32__)
+#if defined(HAVE_CPUID) || defined(_WIN32)
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
diff --git a/generic/tclThread.c b/generic/tclThread.c
index d1f2691..8c972a8 100644
--- a/generic/tclThread.c
+++ b/generic/tclThread.c
@@ -339,8 +339,9 @@ Tcl_ConditionFinalize(
  *
  * TclFinalizeThreadData --
  *
- *	This function cleans up the thread-local storage. This is called once
- *	for each thread.
+ *	This function cleans up the thread-local storage. Secondary, it cleans
+ *	thread alloc cache.
+ *	This is called once for each thread before thread exits.
  *
  * Results:
  *	None.
@@ -355,6 +356,9 @@ void
 TclFinalizeThreadData(void)
 {
     TclFinalizeThreadDataThread();
+#if defined(TCL_THREADS) && defined(USE_THREAD_ALLOC)
+    TclFinalizeThreadAllocThread();
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/generic/tclThreadAlloc.c b/generic/tclThreadAlloc.c
index abd5af5..ddf888a 100644
--- a/generic/tclThreadAlloc.c
+++ b/generic/tclThreadAlloc.c
@@ -1023,6 +1023,33 @@ TclFinalizeThreadAlloc(void)
     TclpFreeAllocCache(NULL);
 }
 
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * TclFinalizeThreadAllocThread --
+ *
+ *	This procedure is used to destroy single thread private resources used
+ *	in this file. 
+ * Called in TclpFinalizeThreadData when a thread exits (Tcl_FinalizeThread).
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+void
+TclFinalizeThreadAllocThread(void)
+{
+    Cache *cachePtr = TclpGetAllocCache();
+    if (cachePtr != NULL) {
+	TclpFreeAllocCache(cachePtr);
+    }
+}
+
 #else /* !(TCL_THREADS && USE_THREAD_ALLOC) */
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/generic/tclThreadJoin.c b/generic/tclThreadJoin.c
index 4b09e1c..5c70a62 100644
--- a/generic/tclThreadJoin.c
+++ b/generic/tclThreadJoin.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "tclInt.h"
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#ifdef _WIN32
 
 /*
  * The information about each joinable thread is remembered in a structure as
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ TclSignalExitThread(
 
     Tcl_MutexUnlock(&threadPtr->threadMutex);
 }
-#endif /* WIN32 */
+#endif /* _WIN32 */
 
 /*
  * Local Variables:
diff --git a/library/encoding/tis-620.enc b/library/encoding/tis-620.enc
index c233be5..c233be5 100755..100644
--- a/library/encoding/tis-620.enc
+++ b/library/encoding/tis-620.enc
diff --git a/library/msgs/af.msg b/library/msgs/af.msg
index 0892615..0892615 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/af.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/af.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/af_za.msg b/library/msgs/af_za.msg
index fef48ad..fef48ad 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/af_za.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/af_za.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ar.msg b/library/msgs/ar.msg
index 257157f..257157f 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ar.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ar.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ar_in.msg b/library/msgs/ar_in.msg
index 185e49c..185e49c 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ar_in.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ar_in.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ar_jo.msg b/library/msgs/ar_jo.msg
index 0f5e269..0f5e269 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ar_jo.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ar_jo.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ar_lb.msg b/library/msgs/ar_lb.msg
index e62acd3..e62acd3 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ar_lb.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ar_lb.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ar_sy.msg b/library/msgs/ar_sy.msg
index d5e1c87..d5e1c87 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ar_sy.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ar_sy.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/be.msg b/library/msgs/be.msg
index 379a1d7..379a1d7 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/be.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/be.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/bg.msg b/library/msgs/bg.msg
index ff17759..ff17759 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/bg.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/bg.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/bn.msg b/library/msgs/bn.msg
index 664b9d8..664b9d8 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/bn.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/bn.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/bn_in.msg b/library/msgs/bn_in.msg
index 28c000f..28c000f 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/bn_in.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/bn_in.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ca.msg b/library/msgs/ca.msg
index 36c9772..36c9772 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ca.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ca.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/cs.msg b/library/msgs/cs.msg
index 8db8bdd..8db8bdd 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/cs.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/cs.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/da.msg b/library/msgs/da.msg
index e4fec7f..e4fec7f 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/da.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/da.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/de.msg b/library/msgs/de.msg
index 9eb3145..9eb3145 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/de.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/de.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/de_at.msg b/library/msgs/de_at.msg
index 61bc266..61bc266 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/de_at.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/de_at.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/de_be.msg b/library/msgs/de_be.msg
index 3614763..3614763 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/de_be.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/de_be.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/el.msg b/library/msgs/el.msg
index ac19f62..ac19f62 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/el.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/el.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/en_au.msg b/library/msgs/en_au.msg
index 7f9870c..7f9870c 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/en_au.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/en_au.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/en_be.msg b/library/msgs/en_be.msg
index 5072986..5072986 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/en_be.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/en_be.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/en_bw.msg b/library/msgs/en_bw.msg
index 8fd20c7..8fd20c7 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/en_bw.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/en_bw.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/en_ca.msg b/library/msgs/en_ca.msg
index 278efe7..278efe7 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/en_ca.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/en_ca.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/en_gb.msg b/library/msgs/en_gb.msg
index 5c61c43..5c61c43 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/en_gb.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/en_gb.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/en_hk.msg b/library/msgs/en_hk.msg
index 8b33bc0..8b33bc0 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/en_hk.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/en_hk.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/en_ie.msg b/library/msgs/en_ie.msg
index ba621cf..ba621cf 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/en_ie.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/en_ie.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/en_in.msg b/library/msgs/en_in.msg
index a1f155d..a1f155d 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/en_in.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/en_in.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/en_nz.msg b/library/msgs/en_nz.msg
index b419017..b419017 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/en_nz.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/en_nz.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/en_ph.msg b/library/msgs/en_ph.msg
index 682666d..682666d 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/en_ph.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/en_ph.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/en_sg.msg b/library/msgs/en_sg.msg
index 4dc5b1d..4dc5b1d 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/en_sg.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/en_sg.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/en_za.msg b/library/msgs/en_za.msg
index fe43797..fe43797 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/en_za.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/en_za.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/en_zw.msg b/library/msgs/en_zw.msg
index 2a5804f..2a5804f 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/en_zw.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/en_zw.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/eo.msg b/library/msgs/eo.msg
index 1d2a24f..1d2a24f 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/eo.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/eo.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es.msg b/library/msgs/es.msg
index a24f0a1..a24f0a1 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_ar.msg b/library/msgs/es_ar.msg
index 7d35027..7d35027 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_ar.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_ar.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_bo.msg b/library/msgs/es_bo.msg
index 498ad0d..498ad0d 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_bo.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_bo.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_cl.msg b/library/msgs/es_cl.msg
index 31d465c..31d465c 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_cl.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_cl.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_co.msg b/library/msgs/es_co.msg
index 77e57f0..77e57f0 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_co.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_co.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_cr.msg b/library/msgs/es_cr.msg
index 7a652fa..7a652fa 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_cr.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_cr.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_do.msg b/library/msgs/es_do.msg
index 0e283da..0e283da 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_do.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_do.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_ec.msg b/library/msgs/es_ec.msg
index 9e921e0..9e921e0 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_ec.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_ec.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_gt.msg b/library/msgs/es_gt.msg
index ecd6faf..ecd6faf 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_gt.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_gt.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_hn.msg b/library/msgs/es_hn.msg
index a758ca2..a758ca2 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_hn.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_hn.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_mx.msg b/library/msgs/es_mx.msg
index 7cfb545..7cfb545 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_mx.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_mx.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_ni.msg b/library/msgs/es_ni.msg
index 7c39495..7c39495 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_ni.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_ni.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_pa.msg b/library/msgs/es_pa.msg
index cecacdc..cecacdc 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_pa.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_pa.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_pe.msg b/library/msgs/es_pe.msg
index 9f90595..9f90595 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_pe.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_pe.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_pr.msg b/library/msgs/es_pr.msg
index 8511b12..8511b12 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_pr.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_pr.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_py.msg b/library/msgs/es_py.msg
index aa93d36..aa93d36 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_py.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_py.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_sv.msg b/library/msgs/es_sv.msg
index fc7954d..fc7954d 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_sv.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_sv.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_uy.msg b/library/msgs/es_uy.msg
index b33525c..b33525c 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_uy.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_uy.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/es_ve.msg b/library/msgs/es_ve.msg
index 7c2a7b0..7c2a7b0 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/es_ve.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/es_ve.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/et.msg b/library/msgs/et.msg
index 8d32e9e..8d32e9e 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/et.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/et.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/eu.msg b/library/msgs/eu.msg
index cf708b6..cf708b6 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/eu.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/eu.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/eu_es.msg b/library/msgs/eu_es.msg
index 2694418..2694418 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/eu_es.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/eu_es.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/fa.msg b/library/msgs/fa.msg
index 89b2f90..89b2f90 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/fa.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/fa.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/fa_in.msg b/library/msgs/fa_in.msg
index adc9e91..adc9e91 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/fa_in.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/fa_in.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/fa_ir.msg b/library/msgs/fa_ir.msg
index 597ce9d..597ce9d 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/fa_ir.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/fa_ir.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/fi.msg b/library/msgs/fi.msg
index acabba0..acabba0 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/fi.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/fi.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/fo.msg b/library/msgs/fo.msg
index 4696e62..4696e62 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/fo.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/fo.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/fo_fo.msg b/library/msgs/fo_fo.msg
index 2392b8e..2392b8e 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/fo_fo.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/fo_fo.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/fr.msg b/library/msgs/fr.msg
index 55b19bf..55b19bf 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/fr.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/fr.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/fr_be.msg b/library/msgs/fr_be.msg
index cdb13bd..cdb13bd 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/fr_be.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/fr_be.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/fr_ca.msg b/library/msgs/fr_ca.msg
index 00ccfff..00ccfff 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/fr_ca.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/fr_ca.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/fr_ch.msg b/library/msgs/fr_ch.msg
index 7e2bac7..7e2bac7 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/fr_ch.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/fr_ch.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ga.msg b/library/msgs/ga.msg
index 6edf13a..6edf13a 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ga.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ga.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ga_ie.msg b/library/msgs/ga_ie.msg
index b6acbbc..b6acbbc 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ga_ie.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ga_ie.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/gl.msg b/library/msgs/gl.msg
index 4b869e8..4b869e8 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/gl.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/gl.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/gl_es.msg b/library/msgs/gl_es.msg
index d4ed270..d4ed270 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/gl_es.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/gl_es.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/gv.msg b/library/msgs/gv.msg
index 7d332ad..7d332ad 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/gv.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/gv.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/gv_gb.msg b/library/msgs/gv_gb.msg
index 5e96e6f..5e96e6f 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/gv_gb.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/gv_gb.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/he.msg b/library/msgs/he.msg
index 4fd921d..4fd921d 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/he.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/he.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/hi.msg b/library/msgs/hi.msg
index 50c9fb8..50c9fb8 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/hi.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/hi.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/hi_in.msg b/library/msgs/hi_in.msg
index 239793f..239793f 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/hi_in.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/hi_in.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/hr.msg b/library/msgs/hr.msg
index cec145b..cec145b 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/hr.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/hr.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/hu.msg b/library/msgs/hu.msg
index e5e68d9..e5e68d9 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/hu.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/hu.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/id.msg b/library/msgs/id.msg
index 17c6bb5..17c6bb5 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/id.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/id.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/id_id.msg b/library/msgs/id_id.msg
index bb672c1..bb672c1 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/id_id.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/id_id.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/is.msg b/library/msgs/is.msg
index adc2d2a..adc2d2a 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/is.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/is.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/it.msg b/library/msgs/it.msg
index b641cde..b641cde 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/it.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/it.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/it_ch.msg b/library/msgs/it_ch.msg
index b36ed36..b36ed36 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/it_ch.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/it_ch.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ja.msg b/library/msgs/ja.msg
index 2767665..2767665 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ja.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ja.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/kl.msg b/library/msgs/kl.msg
index d877bfe..d877bfe 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/kl.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/kl.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/kl_gl.msg b/library/msgs/kl_gl.msg
index 403aa10..403aa10 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/kl_gl.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/kl_gl.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ko.msg b/library/msgs/ko.msg
index 0cd17a1..0cd17a1 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ko.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ko.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ko_kr.msg b/library/msgs/ko_kr.msg
index ea5bbd7..ea5bbd7 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ko_kr.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ko_kr.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/kok.msg b/library/msgs/kok.msg
index 0869f20..0869f20 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/kok.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/kok.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/kok_in.msg b/library/msgs/kok_in.msg
index abcb1ff..abcb1ff 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/kok_in.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/kok_in.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/kw.msg b/library/msgs/kw.msg
index aaf79b3..aaf79b3 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/kw.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/kw.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/kw_gb.msg b/library/msgs/kw_gb.msg
index 2967680..2967680 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/kw_gb.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/kw_gb.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/lt.msg b/library/msgs/lt.msg
index 27b0985..27b0985 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/lt.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/lt.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/lv.msg b/library/msgs/lv.msg
index a037b15..a037b15 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/lv.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/lv.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/mk.msg b/library/msgs/mk.msg
index 41cf60d..41cf60d 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/mk.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/mk.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/mr.msg b/library/msgs/mr.msg
index cea427a..cea427a 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/mr.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/mr.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/mr_in.msg b/library/msgs/mr_in.msg
index 1889da5..1889da5 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/mr_in.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/mr_in.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ms.msg b/library/msgs/ms.msg
index e954431..e954431 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ms.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ms.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ms_my.msg b/library/msgs/ms_my.msg
index c1f93d4..c1f93d4 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ms_my.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ms_my.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/mt.msg b/library/msgs/mt.msg
index ddd5446..ddd5446 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/mt.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/mt.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/nb.msg b/library/msgs/nb.msg
index 90d49a3..90d49a3 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/nb.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/nb.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/nl.msg b/library/msgs/nl.msg
index 4c5c675..4c5c675 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/nl.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/nl.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/nl_be.msg b/library/msgs/nl_be.msg
index 4b19670..4b19670 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/nl_be.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/nl_be.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/nn.msg b/library/msgs/nn.msg
index bd61ac9..bd61ac9 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/nn.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/nn.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/pl.msg b/library/msgs/pl.msg
index d206f4b..d206f4b 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/pl.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/pl.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/pt.msg b/library/msgs/pt.msg
index 96fdb35..96fdb35 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/pt.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/pt.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/pt_br.msg b/library/msgs/pt_br.msg
index 8684327..8684327 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/pt_br.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/pt_br.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ro.msg b/library/msgs/ro.msg
index bdd7c61..bdd7c61 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ro.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ro.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ru.msg b/library/msgs/ru.msg
index 65b075d..65b075d 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ru.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ru.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ru_ua.msg b/library/msgs/ru_ua.msg
index 6e1f8a8..6e1f8a8 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ru_ua.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ru_ua.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/sh.msg b/library/msgs/sh.msg
index 6ee0fc7..6ee0fc7 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/sh.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/sh.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/sk.msg b/library/msgs/sk.msg
index 9b2f0aa..9b2f0aa 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/sk.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/sk.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/sl.msg b/library/msgs/sl.msg
index 42bc509..42bc509 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/sl.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/sl.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/sq.msg b/library/msgs/sq.msg
index 8fb1fce..8fb1fce 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/sq.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/sq.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/sr.msg b/library/msgs/sr.msg
index 7576668..7576668 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/sr.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/sr.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/sv.msg b/library/msgs/sv.msg
index f7a67c6..f7a67c6 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/sv.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/sv.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/sw.msg b/library/msgs/sw.msg
index b888b43..b888b43 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/sw.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/sw.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ta.msg b/library/msgs/ta.msg
index 4abb90c..4abb90c 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ta.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ta.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/ta_in.msg b/library/msgs/ta_in.msg
index 24590ac..24590ac 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/ta_in.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/ta_in.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/te.msg b/library/msgs/te.msg
index 6111473..6111473 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/te.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/te.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/te_in.msg b/library/msgs/te_in.msg
index 61638b5..61638b5 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/te_in.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/te_in.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/th.msg b/library/msgs/th.msg
index 7486c35..7486c35 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/th.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/th.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/tr.msg b/library/msgs/tr.msg
index 7b2ecf9..7b2ecf9 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/tr.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/tr.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/uk.msg b/library/msgs/uk.msg
index 7d4c64a..7d4c64a 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/uk.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/uk.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/vi.msg b/library/msgs/vi.msg
index c98b2a6..c98b2a6 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/vi.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/vi.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/zh.msg b/library/msgs/zh.msg
index b799a32..b799a32 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/zh.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/zh.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/zh_cn.msg b/library/msgs/zh_cn.msg
index d62ce77..d62ce77 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/zh_cn.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/zh_cn.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/zh_hk.msg b/library/msgs/zh_hk.msg
index badb1dd..badb1dd 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/zh_hk.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/zh_hk.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/zh_sg.msg b/library/msgs/zh_sg.msg
index a2f3e39..a2f3e39 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/zh_sg.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/zh_sg.msg
diff --git a/library/msgs/zh_tw.msg b/library/msgs/zh_tw.msg
index e0796b1..e0796b1 100755..100644
--- a/library/msgs/zh_tw.msg
+++ b/library/msgs/zh_tw.msg
diff --git a/library/tzdata/Africa/Asmara b/library/tzdata/Africa/Asmara
index 1f0f13e..1f0f13e 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/Africa/Asmara
+++ b/library/tzdata/Africa/Asmara
diff --git a/library/tzdata/America/Atikokan b/library/tzdata/America/Atikokan
index e72b04f..e72b04f 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/America/Atikokan
+++ b/library/tzdata/America/Atikokan
diff --git a/library/tzdata/America/Blanc-Sablon b/library/tzdata/America/Blanc-Sablon
index d5485e8..d5485e8 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/America/Blanc-Sablon
+++ b/library/tzdata/America/Blanc-Sablon
diff --git a/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Petersburg b/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Petersburg
index 6992bfc..6992bfc 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Petersburg
+++ b/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Petersburg
diff --git a/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Tell_City b/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Tell_City
index 9eebcf7..9eebcf7 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Tell_City
+++ b/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Tell_City
diff --git a/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Vincennes b/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Vincennes
index 1af7fc9..1af7fc9 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Vincennes
+++ b/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Vincennes
diff --git a/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Winamac b/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Winamac
index fb6cd37..fb6cd37 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Winamac
+++ b/library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Winamac
diff --git a/library/tzdata/America/Moncton b/library/tzdata/America/Moncton
index d286c88..d286c88 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/America/Moncton
+++ b/library/tzdata/America/Moncton
diff --git a/library/tzdata/America/North_Dakota/New_Salem b/library/tzdata/America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
index 5a9d229..5a9d229 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
+++ b/library/tzdata/America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
diff --git a/library/tzdata/America/Resolute b/library/tzdata/America/Resolute
index b4c0bab..b4c0bab 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/America/Resolute
+++ b/library/tzdata/America/Resolute
diff --git a/library/tzdata/Atlantic/Faroe b/library/tzdata/Atlantic/Faroe
index d2c314a..d2c314a 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/Atlantic/Faroe
+++ b/library/tzdata/Atlantic/Faroe
diff --git a/library/tzdata/Australia/Eucla b/library/tzdata/Australia/Eucla
index 0f8ed4d..0f8ed4d 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/Australia/Eucla
+++ b/library/tzdata/Australia/Eucla
diff --git a/library/tzdata/Europe/Guernsey b/library/tzdata/Europe/Guernsey
index 4372c64..4372c64 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/Europe/Guernsey
+++ b/library/tzdata/Europe/Guernsey
diff --git a/library/tzdata/Europe/Isle_of_Man b/library/tzdata/Europe/Isle_of_Man
index 870ac45..870ac45 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/Europe/Isle_of_Man
+++ b/library/tzdata/Europe/Isle_of_Man
diff --git a/library/tzdata/Europe/Jersey b/library/tzdata/Europe/Jersey
index e4da512..e4da512 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/Europe/Jersey
+++ b/library/tzdata/Europe/Jersey
diff --git a/library/tzdata/Europe/Podgorica b/library/tzdata/Europe/Podgorica
index f4f9066..f4f9066 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/Europe/Podgorica
+++ b/library/tzdata/Europe/Podgorica
diff --git a/library/tzdata/Europe/Volgograd b/library/tzdata/Europe/Volgograd
index c3f148f..c3f148f 100755..100644
--- a/library/tzdata/Europe/Volgograd
+++ b/library/tzdata/Europe/Volgograd
diff --git a/tests/clock.test b/tests/clock.test
index 0202fc7..8debba1 100644
--- a/tests/clock.test
+++ b/tests/clock.test
@@ -36927,6 +36927,15 @@ test clock-67.1 {clock format, %% with a letter following [Bug 2819334]} {
     clock format [clock seconds] -format %%r
 } %r
 
+test clock-67.2 {Bug d19a30db57} -body {
+    # error, not segfault
+    tcl::clock::GetJulianDayFromEraYearMonthDay {} 2361222
+} -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
+test clock-67.3 {Bug d19a30db57} -body {
+    # error, not segfault
+    tcl::clock::GetJulianDayFromEraYearWeekDay {} 2361222
+} -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
+
 # cleanup
 
 namespace delete ::testClock
diff --git a/tests/cmdAH.test b/tests/cmdAH.test
index 39e9ece..04a86fa 100644
--- a/tests/cmdAH.test
+++ b/tests/cmdAH.test
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ test cmdAH-2.6.2 {cd} -constraints {unix nonPortable} -setup {
 } -cleanup {
     cd $dir
 } -result {/}
+test cmdAH-2.6.3 {Tcl_CdObjCmd, bug #3118489} -returnCodes error -body {
+    cd .\0
+} -result "couldn't change working directory to \".\0\": no such file or directory"
 test cmdAH-2.7 {Tcl_ConcatObjCmd} {
     concat
 } {}
diff --git a/tests/coroutine.test b/tests/coroutine.test
index a360fd5..05b58c9 100644
--- a/tests/coroutine.test
+++ b/tests/coroutine.test
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Commands covered:  coroutine, yield, [info coroutine]
+# Commands covered:  coroutine, yield, yieldto, [info coroutine]
 #
 # This file contains a collection of tests for experimental commands that are
 # found in ::tcl::unsupported. The tests will migrate to normal test files
@@ -612,7 +612,6 @@ test coroutine-7.3 {yielding between coroutines} -body {
 } -cleanup {
     catch {rename juggler ""}
 } -result {{{a b c d e} ::j1 {a b c d} ::j2 {a b c} ::j3 {a b} ::j1 a ::j2} {} {} {}}
-
 test coroutine-7.4 {Bug 8ff0cb9fe1} -setup {
     proc foo {a b} {catch yield; return 1}
 } -cleanup {
@@ -620,7 +619,6 @@ test coroutine-7.4 {Bug 8ff0cb9fe1} -setup {
 } -body {
     coroutine demo lsort -command foo {a b}
 } -result {b a}
-
 test coroutine-7.5 {return codes} {
     set result {}
     foreach code {0 1 2 3 4 5} {
@@ -628,14 +626,12 @@ test coroutine-7.5 {return codes} {
     }
     set result
 } {0 1 2 3 4 5}
-
 test coroutine-7.6 {Early yield crashes} {
     proc foo args {}
     trace add execution foo enter {catch yield}
     coroutine demo foo
     rename foo {}
 } {}
-
 test coroutine-7.7 {Bug 2486550} -setup {
     interp hide {} yield
 } -body {
@@ -644,6 +640,92 @@ test coroutine-7.7 {Bug 2486550} -setup {
     demo
     interp expose {} yield
 } -result ok
+test coroutine-7.8 {yieldto context nuke: Bug a90d9331bc} -setup {
+    namespace eval cotest {}
+    set ::result ""
+} -body {
+    proc cotest::body {} {
+	lappend ::result a
+	yield OUT
+	lappend ::result b
+	yieldto ::return -level 0 123
+	lappend ::result c
+	return
+    }
+    lappend ::result [coroutine cotest cotest::body]
+    namespace delete cotest
+    namespace eval cotest {}
+    lappend ::result [cotest]
+    cotest
+    return $result
+} -returnCodes error -cleanup {
+    catch {namespace delete ::cotest}
+    catch {rename cotest ""}
+} -result {yieldto called in deleted namespace}
+test coroutine-7.9 {yieldto context nuke: Bug a90d9331bc} -setup {
+    namespace eval cotest {}
+    set ::result ""
+} -body {
+    proc cotest::body {} {
+	set y ::yieldto
+	lappend ::result a
+	yield OUT
+	lappend ::result b
+	$y ::return -level 0 123
+	lappend ::result c
+	return
+    }
+    lappend ::result [coroutine cotest cotest::body]
+    namespace delete cotest
+    namespace eval cotest {}
+    lappend ::result [cotest]
+    cotest
+    return $result
+} -returnCodes error -cleanup {
+    catch {namespace delete ::cotest}
+    catch {rename cotest ""}
+} -result {yieldto called in deleted namespace}
+test coroutine-7.10 {yieldto context nuke: Bug a90d9331bc} -setup {
+    namespace eval cotest {}
+    set ::result ""
+} -body {
+    proc cotest::body {} {
+	lappend ::result a
+	yield OUT
+	lappend ::result b
+	yieldto ::return -level 0 -cotest [namespace delete ::cotest] 123
+	lappend ::result c
+	return
+    }
+    lappend ::result [coroutine cotest cotest::body]
+    lappend ::result [cotest]
+    cotest
+    return $result
+} -returnCodes error -cleanup {
+    catch {namespace delete ::cotest}
+    catch {rename cotest ""}
+} -result {yieldto called in deleted namespace}
+test coroutine-7.11 {yieldto context nuke: Bug a90d9331bc} -setup {
+    namespace eval cotest {}
+    set ::result ""
+} -body {
+    proc cotest::body {} {
+	set y ::yieldto
+	lappend ::result a
+	yield OUT
+	lappend ::result b
+	$y ::return -level 0 -cotest [namespace delete ::cotest] 123
+	lappend ::result c
+	return
+    }
+    lappend ::result [coroutine cotest cotest::body]
+    lappend ::result [cotest]
+    cotest
+    return $result
+} -returnCodes error -cleanup {
+    catch {namespace delete ::cotest}
+    catch {rename cotest ""}
+} -result {yieldto called in deleted namespace}
 
 
 # cleanup
diff --git a/tests/fCmd.test b/tests/fCmd.test
index 8f27ad4..3d22b09 100644
--- a/tests/fCmd.test
+++ b/tests/fCmd.test
@@ -511,12 +511,6 @@ test fCmd-6.6 {CopyRenameOneFile: errno != ENOENT} -setup {
 } -returnCodes error -cleanup {
     testchmod 755 td1
 } -result {error renaming "tf1" to "td1/tf1": permission denied}
-test fCmd-6.7 {CopyRenameOneFile: errno != ENOENT} -setup {
-    cleanup
-} -constraints {win 95} -returnCodes error -body {
-    createfile tf1
-    file rename tf1 $long
-} -result [subst {error renaming "tf1" to "$long": file name too long}]
 test fCmd-6.9 {CopyRenameOneFile: errno == ENOENT} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -constraints {unix notRoot} -body {
diff --git a/tests/http.test b/tests/http.test
index a52cfb1..a0a26de 100644
--- a/tests/http.test
+++ b/tests/http.test
@@ -492,14 +492,10 @@ proc myProgress {token total current} {
     }
     set progress [list $total $current]
 }
-if 0 {
-    # This test hangs on Windows95 because the client never gets EOF
-    set httpLog 1
-    test http-4.6.1 {http::Event} knownBug {
-	set token [http::geturl $url -blocksize 50 -progress myProgress]
-	return $progress
-    } {111 111}
-}
+test http-4.6.1 {http::Event} knownBug {
+    set token [http::geturl $url -blocksize 50 -progress myProgress]
+    return $progress
+} {111 111}
 test http-4.7 {http::Event} -body {
     set token [http::geturl $url -keepalive 0 -progress myProgress]
     return $progress
diff --git a/tests/io.test b/tests/io.test
index 0688c14..edc0b11 100644
--- a/tests/io.test
+++ b/tests/io.test
@@ -4725,6 +4725,77 @@ test io-35.17 {Tcl_Eof, eof char in middle, crlf write, crlf read} {
     close $f
     list $c $l $e
 } {21 8 1}
+test io-35.18 {Tcl_Eof, eof char, cr write, crlf read} -body {
+    file delete $path(test1)
+    set f [open $path(test1) w]
+    fconfigure $f -translation cr
+    puts $f abc\ndef
+    close $f
+    set s [file size $path(test1)]
+    set f [open $path(test1) r]
+    fconfigure $f -translation crlf
+    set l [string length [set in [read $f]]]
+    set e [eof $f]
+    close $f
+    list $s $l $e [scan [string index $in end] %c]
+} -result {8 8 1 13}
+test io-35.18a {Tcl_Eof, eof char, cr write, crlf read} -body {
+    file delete $path(test1)
+    set f [open $path(test1) w]
+    fconfigure $f -translation cr -eofchar \x1a
+    puts $f abc\ndef
+    close $f
+    set s [file size $path(test1)]
+    set f [open $path(test1) r]
+    fconfigure $f -translation crlf -eofchar \x1a
+    set l [string length [set in [read $f]]]
+    set e [eof $f]
+    close $f
+    list $s $l $e [scan [string index $in end] %c]
+} -result {9 8 1 13}
+test io-35.18b {Tcl_Eof, eof char, cr write, crlf read} -constraints knownBug -body {
+    file delete $path(test1)
+    set f [open $path(test1) w]
+    fconfigure $f -translation cr -eofchar \x1a
+    puts $f {}
+    close $f
+    set s [file size $path(test1)]
+    set f [open $path(test1) r]
+    fconfigure $f -translation crlf -eofchar \x1a
+    set l [string length [set in [read $f]]]
+    set e [eof $f]
+    close $f
+    list $s $l $e [scan [string index $in end] %c]
+} -result {2 1 1 13}
+test io-35.18c {Tcl_Eof, eof char, cr write, crlf read} -body {
+    file delete $path(test1)
+    set f [open $path(test1) w]
+    fconfigure $f -translation cr
+    puts $f {}
+    close $f
+    set s [file size $path(test1)]
+    set f [open $path(test1) r]
+    fconfigure $f -translation crlf
+    set l [string length [set in [read $f]]]
+    set e [eof $f]
+    close $f
+    list $s $l $e [scan [string index $in end] %c]
+} -result {1 1 1 13}
+test io-35.19 {Tcl_Eof, eof char in middle, cr write, crlf read} -body {
+    file delete $path(test1)
+    set f [open $path(test1) w]
+    fconfigure $f -translation cr -eofchar {}
+    set i [format abc\ndef\n%cqrs\nuvw 26]
+    puts $f $i
+    close $f
+    set c [file size $path(test1)]
+    set f [open $path(test1) r]
+    fconfigure $f -translation crlf -eofchar \x1a
+    set l [string length [set in [read $f]]]
+    set e [eof $f]
+    close $f
+    list $c $l $e [scan [string index $in end] %c]
+} -result {17 8 1 13}
 
 # Test Tcl_InputBlocked
 
diff --git a/tests/ioCmd.test b/tests/ioCmd.test
index 03242be..3976d25 100644
--- a/tests/ioCmd.test
+++ b/tests/ioCmd.test
@@ -793,6 +793,90 @@ test iocmd-21.19 {chan create, init failure -> no channel, no finalize} -match g
     rename foo {}
     set res
 } -result {{} {initialize rc* {read write}} 1 {*all required methods*} {}}
+test iocmd-21.20 {Bug 88aef05cda} -setup {
+    proc foo {method chan args} {
+	switch -- $method blocking {
+	    chan configure $chan -blocking [lindex $args 0]
+	    return
+	} initialize {
+	    return {initialize finalize watch blocking read write
+		    configure cget cgetall}
+	} finalize {
+	    return
+	}
+    }
+    set ch [chan create {read write} foo]
+} -body {
+    list [catch {chan configure $ch -blocking 0} m] $m
+} -cleanup {
+    close $ch
+    rename foo {}
+} -match glob -result {1 {*nested eval*}}
+test iocmd-21.21 {[close] in [read] segfaults} -setup {
+    proc foo {method chan args} {
+	switch -- $method initialize {
+	    return {initialize finalize watch read}
+	} finalize {} watch {} read {
+	    close $chan
+	    return a
+	}
+    }
+    set ch [chan create read foo]
+} -body {
+    read $ch 0
+} -cleanup {
+    close $ch
+    rename foo {}
+} -result {}
+test iocmd-21.22 {[close] in [read] segfaults} -setup {
+    proc foo {method chan args} {
+	switch -- $method initialize {
+	    return {initialize finalize watch read}
+	} finalize {} watch {} read {
+	    catch {close $chan}
+	    return a
+	}
+    }
+    set ch [chan create read foo]
+} -body {
+    read $ch 1
+} -returnCodes error -cleanup {
+    catch {close $ch}
+    rename foo {}
+} -match glob -result {*invalid argument*}
+test iocmd-21.23 {[close] in [gets] segfaults} -setup {
+    proc foo {method chan args} {
+	switch -- $method initialize {
+	    return {initialize finalize watch read}
+	} finalize {} watch {} read {
+	    catch {close $chan}
+	    return \n
+	}
+    }
+    set ch [chan create read foo]
+} -body {
+    gets $ch
+} -cleanup {
+    catch {close $ch}
+    rename foo {}
+} -result {}
+test iocmd-21.24 {[close] in binary [gets] segfaults} -setup {
+    proc foo {method chan args} {
+	switch -- $method initialize {
+	    return {initialize finalize watch read}
+	} finalize {} watch {} read {
+	    catch {close $chan}
+	    return \n
+	}
+    }
+    set ch [chan create read foo]
+} -body {
+    chan configure $ch -translation binary
+    gets $ch
+} -cleanup {
+    catch {close $ch}
+    rename foo {}
+} -result {}
 
 # --- --- --- --------- --------- ---------
 # Helper commands to record the arguments to handler methods.
@@ -1051,6 +1135,20 @@ test iocmd-23.10 {chan read, EAGAIN means no data, yet no eof either} -match glo
     rename foo {}
     unset res
 } -result {{read rc* 4096} {} 0}
+test iocmd-23.11 {chan read, close pulls the rug out} -match glob -body {
+    set res {}
+    proc foo {args} {
+	oninit; onfinal; track
+	set args [lassign $args sub id]
+	if {$sub ne "read"} {return}
+	close $id
+	return {}
+    }
+    set c [chan create {r} foo]
+    note [read $c]
+    rename foo {}
+    set res
+} -result {{read rc* 4096} {}}
 
 # --- === *** ###########################
 # method write
diff --git a/tests/ioTrans.test b/tests/ioTrans.test
index 5a8874c..7f4f7f0 100644
--- a/tests/ioTrans.test
+++ b/tests/ioTrans.test
@@ -539,7 +539,46 @@ test iortrans-4.8 {chan read, read, bug 2921116} -setup {
     tempdone
     rename foo {}
 } -result {{read rt* {test data
-}} file*}
+}} {}}
+test iortrans-4.8.1 {chan read, bug 721ec69271} -setup {
+    set res {}
+} -match glob -body {
+    proc foo {fd args} {
+	handle.initialize
+	handle.finalize
+	lappend ::res $args
+	# Kill and recreate transform while it is operating
+	chan pop $fd
+	chan push $fd [list foo $fd]
+    }
+    set c [chan push [set c [tempchan]] [list foo $c]]
+    chan configure $c -buffersize 2
+    lappend res [read $c]
+} -cleanup {
+    tempdone
+    rename foo {}
+} -result {{read rt* te} {read rt* st} {read rt* { d}} {read rt* at} {read rt* {a
+}} {}}
+test iortrans-4.8.2 {chan read, bug 721ec69271} -setup {
+    set res {}
+} -match glob -body {
+    proc foo {fd args} {
+	handle.initialize
+	handle.finalize
+	lappend ::res $args
+	# Kill and recreate transform while it is operating
+	chan pop $fd
+	chan push $fd [list foo $fd]
+	return x
+    }
+    set c [chan push [set c [tempchan]] [list foo $c]]
+    chan configure $c -buffersize 1
+    lappend res [read $c]
+} -cleanup {
+    tempdone
+    rename foo {}
+} -result {{read rt* t} {read rt* e} {read rt* s} {read rt* t} {read rt* { }} {read rt* d} {read rt* a} {read rt* t} {read rt* a} {read rt* {
+}} {}}
 test iortrans-4.9 {chan read, gets, bug 2921116} -setup {
     set res {}
 } -match glob -body {
@@ -557,7 +596,7 @@ test iortrans-4.9 {chan read, gets, bug 2921116} -setup {
     tempdone
     rename foo {}
 } -result {{read rt* {test data
-}} file*}
+}} {}}
 
 # --- === *** ###########################
 # method write (via puts)
diff --git a/tests/iogt.test b/tests/iogt.test
index d4c31d2..ded8bb9 100644
--- a/tests/iogt.test
+++ b/tests/iogt.test
@@ -220,6 +220,26 @@ proc id_fulltrail {var op data} {
     return $res
 }
 
+proc id_torture {chan op data} {
+    switch -- $op {
+	create/write -
+	create/read  -
+	delete/write -
+	delete/read  -
+	clear_read   {;#ignore}
+	flush/write -
+	flush/read  {}
+	write       -
+	read        {
+	    testchannel unstack $chan
+	    testchannel transform $chan \
+		-command [namespace code [list id_torture $chan]]
+	    return $data
+	}
+	query/maxRead {return -1}
+    }
+}
+
 proc counter {var op data} {
     namespace upvar [namespace current] $var n
 
@@ -326,6 +346,11 @@ proc audit_ops {var -attach channel} {
 proc audit_flow {var -attach channel} {
     testchannel transform $channel -command [namespace code [list id_fulltrail $var]]
 }
+
+proc torture {-attach channel} {
+    testchannel transform $channel -command [namespace code [list id_torture $channel]]
+}
+
 proc stopafter {var n -attach channel} {
     namespace upvar [namespace current] $var vn
     set vn $n
@@ -546,6 +571,16 @@ delete/read {} *ignored*
 flush/write {} {}
 delete/write {} *ignored*}
 
+test iogt-2.4 {basic I/O, mixed trail} {testchannel} {
+    set fh [open $path(dummy) r]
+    torture -attach $fh
+    chan configure $fh -buffersize 2
+    set x [read $fh]
+    testchannel unstack $fh
+    close   $fh
+    set x
+} {}
+
 test iogt-3.0 {Tcl_Channel valid after stack/unstack, fevent handling} -setup {
     proc DoneCopy {n {err {}}} {
 	variable copy 1
diff --git a/tests/lsetComp.test b/tests/lsetComp.test
index 6846cbf..6846cbf 100755..100644
--- a/tests/lsetComp.test
+++ b/tests/lsetComp.test
diff --git a/tests/namespace.test b/tests/namespace.test
index f6688f1..fab0040 100644
--- a/tests/namespace.test
+++ b/tests/namespace.test
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ test namespace-9.4 {Tcl_Import, simple import} {
     }
     test_ns_import::p
 } {cmd1: 123}
-test namespace-9.5 {Tcl_Import, can't redefine cmd unless allowOverwrite!=0} {
+test namespace-9.5 {Tcl_Import, RFE 1230597} {
     list [catch {namespace eval test_ns_import {namespace import ::test_ns_export::*}} msg] $msg
 } {0 {}}
 test namespace-9.6 {Tcl_Import, cmd redefinition ok if allowOverwrite!=0} {
@@ -558,6 +558,15 @@ test namespace-13.1 {DeleteImportedCmd, deletes imported cmds} {
         lappend l [info commands ::test_ns_import::*]
     }
 } {::test_ns_import::cmd1 {}}
+test namespace-13.2 {DeleteImportedCmd, Bug a4494e28ed} {
+    # Will panic if still buggy
+    namespace eval src {namespace export foo; proc foo {} {}}
+    namespace eval dst {namespace import [namespace parent]::src::foo}
+    trace add command src::foo delete \
+        "[list namespace delete [namespace current]::dst] ;#"
+    proc src::foo {} {}
+    namespace delete src
+} {}
 
 test namespace-14.1 {TclGetNamespaceForQualName, absolute names} {
     catch {namespace delete {*}[namespace children :: test_ns_*]}
diff --git a/tests/notify.test b/tests/notify.test
index d2b9123..d2b9123 100755..100644
--- a/tests/notify.test
+++ b/tests/notify.test
diff --git a/tests/obj.test b/tests/obj.test
index 71a39b4..151abfb 100644
--- a/tests/obj.test
+++ b/tests/obj.test
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ test obj-33.2 {integer overflow on input} {longIs32bit wideBiggerThanInt} {
     set x 0xffff; append x ffff
     list [string is integer $x] [expr { wide($x) }]
 } {1 4294967295}
-test obj-33.3 {integer overflow on input} {longIs32bit wideBiggerThanInt} {
+test obj-33.3 {integer overflow on input} {
     set x 0x10000; append x 0000
     list [string is integer $x] [expr { wide($x) }]
 } {0 4294967296}
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ test obj-33.6 {integer overflow on input} {longIs32bit wideBiggerThanInt} {
     set x -0xffff; append x ffff
     list [string is integer $x] [expr { wide($x) }]
 } {1 -4294967295}
-test obj-33.7 {integer overflow on input} {longIs32bit wideBiggerThanInt} {
+test obj-33.7 {integer overflow on input} {
     set x -0x10000; append x 0000
     list [string is integer $x] [expr { wide($x) }]
 } {0 -4294967296}
diff --git a/tests/string.test b/tests/string.test
index 740cdc6..cf658a2 100644
--- a/tests/string.test
+++ b/tests/string.test
@@ -1398,6 +1398,9 @@ test string-15.9 {string tolower} {
 test string-15.10 {string tolower, unicode} {
      string tolower ABCabc\xc7\xe7
 } "abcabc\xe7\xe7"
+test string-15.11 {string tolower, compiled} {
+    lindex [string tolower [list A B [list C]]] 1
+} b
 
 test string-16.1 {string toupper} {
     list [catch {string toupper} msg] $msg
@@ -1429,6 +1432,9 @@ test string-16.9 {string toupper} {
 test string-16.10 {string toupper, unicode} {
     string toupper ABCabc\xc7\xe7
 } "ABCABC\xc7\xc7"
+test string-16.11 {string toupper, compiled} {
+    lindex [string toupper [list a b [list c]]] 1
+} B
 
 test string-17.1 {string totitle} {
     list [catch {string totitle} msg] $msg
@@ -1451,6 +1457,9 @@ test string-17.6 {string totitle, unicode} {
 test string-17.7 {string totitle, unicode} {
     string totitle \u01f3BCabc\xc7\xe7
 } "\u01f2bcabc\xe7\xe7"
+test string-17.8 {string totitle, compiled} {
+    lindex [string totitle [list aa bb [list cc]]] 0
+} Aa
 
 test string-18.1 {string trim} {
     list [catch {string trim} msg] $msg
diff --git a/tests/stringComp.test b/tests/stringComp.test
index 9e00ce7..165ef20 100644
--- a/tests/stringComp.test
+++ b/tests/stringComp.test
@@ -26,6 +26,22 @@ catch [list package require -exact Tcltest [info patchlevel]]
 # Some tests require the testobj command
 
 testConstraint testobj [expr {[info commands testobj] != {}}]
+testConstraint memory [llength [info commands memory]]
+if {[testConstraint memory]} {
+    proc getbytes {} {
+	set lines [split [memory info] \n]
+	return [lindex $lines 3 3]
+    }
+    proc leaktest {script {iterations 3}} {
+	set end [getbytes]
+	for {set i 0} {$i < $iterations} {incr i} {
+	    uplevel 1 $script
+	    set tmp $end
+	    set end [getbytes]
+	}
+	return [expr {$end - $tmp}]
+    }
+}
 
 test stringComp-1.1 {error conditions} {
     proc foo {} {string gorp a b}
@@ -687,7 +703,23 @@ test stringComp-12.1 {Bug 3588366: end-offsets before start} {
 ## not yet bc
 
 ## string replace
-## not yet bc
+test stringComp-14.1 {Bug 82e7f67325} {
+    apply {x {
+	set a [join $x {}]
+	lappend b [string length [string replace ___! 0 2 $a]]
+	lappend b [string length [string replace ___! 0 2 $a[unset a]]]
+    }} {a b}
+} {3 3}
+test stringComp-14.2 {Bug 82e7f67325} memory {
+    # As in stringComp-14.1, but make sure we don't retain too many refs
+    leaktest {
+	apply {x {
+	    set a [join $x {}]
+	    lappend b [string length [string replace ___! 0 2 $a]]
+	    lappend b [string length [string replace ___! 0 2 $a[unset a]]]
+	}} {a b}
+    }
+} {0}
 
 ## string tolower
 ## not yet bc
diff --git a/tests/tcltest.test b/tests/tcltest.test
index ce8d617..ce8d617 100755..100644
--- a/tests/tcltest.test
+++ b/tests/tcltest.test
diff --git a/tests/winFCmd.test b/tests/winFCmd.test
index 28a0e9f..28257c6 100644
--- a/tests/winFCmd.test
+++ b/tests/winFCmd.test
@@ -208,22 +208,11 @@ test winFCmd-1.13 {TclpRenameFile: errno: EACCES} -setup {
 } -constraints {win win2000orXP testfile} -body {
     testfile mv nul tf1
 } -returnCodes error -result EINVAL
-test winFCmd-1.13.1 {TclpRenameFile: errno: EACCES} -setup {
+test winFCmd-1.14 {TclpRenameFile: errno: EACCES} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -constraints {win nt winOlderThan2000 testfile} -body {
     testfile mv nul tf1
 } -returnCodes error -result EACCES
-test winFCmd-1.13.2 {TclpRenameFile: errno: ENOENT} -setup {
-    cleanup
-} -constraints {win 95 testfile} -body {
-    testfile mv nul tf1
-} -returnCodes error -result ENOENT
-test winFCmd-1.14 {TclpRenameFile: errno: EACCES} -setup {
-    cleanup
-} -constraints {win 95 testfile} -body {
-    createfile tf1
-    testfile mv tf1 nul
-} -returnCodes error -result EACCES
 test winFCmd-1.15 {TclpRenameFile: errno: EEXIST} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -constraints {win nt testfile} -body {
@@ -257,11 +246,6 @@ test winFCmd-1.19.1 {TclpRenameFile: errno == EACCES} -setup {
 } -constraints {win nt winOlderThan2000 testfile} -body {
     testfile mv nul tf1
 } -returnCodes error -result EACCES
-test winFCmd-1.19.2 {TclpRenameFile: errno == ENOENT} -setup {
-    cleanup
-} -constraints {win 95 testfile} -body {
-    testfile mv nul tf1
-} -returnCodes error -result ENOENT
 test winFCmd-1.20 {TclpRenameFile: src is dir} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -constraints {win nt testfile} -body {
@@ -474,29 +458,14 @@ test winFCmd-2.6 {TclpCopyFile: errno: ENOENT} -setup {
 } -returnCodes error -result ENOENT
 test winFCmd-2.7 {TclpCopyFile: errno: EACCES} -setup {
     cleanup
-} -constraints {win 95 testfile} -body {
-    createfile tf1
-    set fd [open tf2 w]
-    testfile cp tf1 tf2
-} -cleanup {
-    close $fd
-    cleanup
-} -returnCodes error -result EACCES
-test winFCmd-2.8 {TclpCopyFile: errno: EACCES} -setup {
-    cleanup
 } -constraints {win win2000orXP testfile} -body {
     testfile cp nul tf1
 } -returnCodes error -result EINVAL
-test winFCmd-2.8.1 {TclpCopyFile: errno: EACCES} -setup {
+test winFCmd-2.8 {TclpCopyFile: errno: EACCES} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -constraints {win nt winOlderThan2000 testfile} -body {
     testfile cp nul tf1
 } -returnCodes error -result EACCES
-test winFCmd-2.9 {TclpCopyFile: errno: ENOENT} -setup {
-    cleanup
-} -constraints {win 95 testfile} -body {
-    testfile cp nul tf1
-} -returnCodes error -result ENOENT
 test winFCmd-2.10 {TclpCopyFile: CopyFile succeeds} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -constraints {win testfile} -body {
@@ -573,17 +542,6 @@ test winFCmd-2.17 {TclpCopyFile: dst is readonly} -setup {
     catch {testchmod 666 tf2}
     cleanup
 } -result {1 tf1}
-test winFCmd-2.18 {TclpCopyFile: still can't copy onto dst} -setup {
-    cleanup
-} -constraints {win 95 testfile testchmod} -body {
-    createfile tf1
-    createfile tf2
-    testchmod 000 tf2
-    set fd [open tf2]
-    set msg [list [catch {testfile cp tf1 tf2} msg] $msg]
-    close $fd
-    lappend msg [file writable tf2]
-} -result {1 EACCES 0}
 
 test winFCmd-3.1 {TclpDeleteFile: errno: EACCES} -body {
     testfile rm $cdfile $cdrom/dummy~~.fil
@@ -666,9 +624,6 @@ test winFCmd-3.11 {TclpDeleteFile: still can't remove path} -setup {
 test winFCmd-4.1 {TclpCreateDirectory: errno: EACCES} -body {
     testfile mkdir $cdrom/dummy~~.dir
 } -constraints {win nt cdrom testfile} -returnCodes error -result EACCES
-test winFCmd-4.2 {TclpCreateDirectory: errno: EACCES} -body {
-    testfile mkdir $cdrom/dummy~~.dir
-} -constraints {win 95 cdrom testfile} -returnCodes error -result ENOSPC
 test winFCmd-4.3 {TclpCreateDirectory: errno: EEXIST} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -constraints {win testfile} -body {
@@ -764,11 +719,6 @@ test winFCmd-6.9 {TclpRemoveDirectory: errno == EACCES} -setup {
     catch {testchmod 666 td1}
     cleanup
 } -result {td1 EACCES}
-test winFCmd-6.10 {TclpRemoveDirectory: attr == -1} -setup {
-    cleanup
-} -constraints {win 95 testfile} -body {
-    testfile rmdir nul
-} -returnCodes error -result {nul EACCES}
 test winFCmd-6.11 {TclpRemoveDirectory: attr == -1} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -constraints {win nt testfile} -body {
@@ -776,16 +726,6 @@ test winFCmd-6.11 {TclpRemoveDirectory: attr == -1} -setup {
     # WinXP returns EEXIST, WinNT seems to return EACCES.  No policy
     # decision has been made as to which is correct.
 } -returnCodes error -match regexp -result {^/ E(ACCES|EXIST)$}
-# This next test has a very hokey way of matching...
-test winFCmd-6.12 {TclpRemoveDirectory: errno == EACCES} -setup {
-    cleanup
-} -constraints {win 95 testfile} -body {
-    createfile tf1
-    set res [catch {testfile rmdir tf1} msg]
-    # get rid of path
-    set msg [list [file tail [lindex $msg 0]] [lindex $msg 1]]
-    list $res $msg
-} -result {1 {tf1 ENOTDIR}}
 test winFCmd-6.13 {TclpRemoveDirectory: write-protected} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -constraints {winVista testfile testchmod} -body {
@@ -798,16 +738,6 @@ test winFCmd-6.13 {TclpRemoveDirectory: write-protected} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -returnCodes error -result {td1 EACCES}
 # This next test has a very hokey way of matching...
-test winFCmd-6.14 {TclpRemoveDirectory: check if empty dir} -setup {
-    cleanup
-} -constraints {win 95 testfile} -body {
-    file mkdir td1/td2
-    set res [catch {testfile rmdir td1} msg]
-    # get rid of path
-    set msg [list [file tail [lindex $msg 0]] [lindex $msg 1]]
-    list $res $msg
-} -result {1 {td1 EEXIST}}
-# This next test has a very hokey way of matching...
 test winFCmd-6.15 {TclpRemoveDirectory: !recursive} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -constraints {win testfile} -body {
@@ -887,11 +817,6 @@ test winFCmd-7.7 {TraverseWinTree: append \ to source if necessary} -setup {
 } -cleanup {
     cleanup
 } -result {tf1}
-test winFCmd-7.8 {TraverseWinTree: append \ to source if necessary} -body {
-    # cdrom can return either d:\ or D:/, but we only care about the errcode
-    testfile rmdir $cdrom/
-} -constraints {win 95 cdrom testfile} -returnCodes error -match glob \
-    -result {* EACCES} ; # was EEXIST, but changed for win98.
 test winFCmd-7.9 {TraverseWinTree: append \ to source if necessary} -body {
     testfile rmdir $cdrom/
 } -constraints {win nt cdrom testfile} -returnCodes error -match glob \
@@ -930,14 +855,6 @@ test winFCmd-7.13 {TraverseWinTree: append \ to target if necessary} -setup {
 } -cleanup {
     cleanup
 } -result {tf1}
-test winFCmd-7.14 {TraverseWinTree: append \ to target if necessary} -setup {
-    cleanup
-} -constraints {win 95 testfile} -body {
-    file mkdir td1
-    testfile cpdir td1 /
-} -cleanup {
-    cleanup
-} -returnCodes error -result {/ EEXIST}
 test winFCmd-7.15 {TraverseWinTree: append \ to target if necessary} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -constraints {win nt testfile} -body {
@@ -1038,15 +955,6 @@ test winFCmd-9.1 {TraversalDelete: DOTREE_F} -setup {
     createfile td1/tf1
     testfile rmdir -force td1
 } -result {}
-test winFCmd-9.2 {TraversalDelete: DOTREE_F} -setup {
-    cleanup
-} -constraints {win 95 testfile} -body {
-    file mkdir td1
-    set fd [open td1/tf1 w]
-    testfile rmdir -force td1
-} -cleanup {
-    close $fd
-} -returnCodes error -result {td1\tf1 EACCES}
 test winFCmd-9.3 {TraversalDelete: DOTREE_PRED} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -constraints {winVista testfile testchmod} -body {
@@ -1477,10 +1385,10 @@ test winFCmd-19.5 {Windows extended path names} -constraints nt -setup {
     list [catch {
         set f [open $tmpfile [list WRONLY CREAT]]
         close $f
-    } res] errormsg ;#$res
+    } res] $res
 } -cleanup {
     catch {file delete $tmpfile}
-} -result [list 1 errormsg]
+} -result [list 0 {}]
 test winFCmd-19.6 {Windows extended path names} -constraints nt -setup {
     set tmpfile [file join $::env(TEMP) tcl[string repeat x 248].tmp]
     set tmpfile //?/[file normalize $tmpfile]
diff --git a/tests/winFile.test b/tests/winFile.test
index fba9bcb..2c47f5f 100644
--- a/tests/winFile.test
+++ b/tests/winFile.test
@@ -37,24 +37,6 @@ test winFile-1.2 {TclpGetUserHome} -constraints {win nt nonPortable} -body {
     # The administrator account should always exist.
     glob ~administrator
 } -match glob -result *
-test winFile-1.3 {TclpGetUserHome} -constraints {win 95} -body {
-    # Find some user in system.ini and then see if they have a home.
-
-    set f [open $::env(windir)/system.ini]
-    while {[gets $f line] >= 0} {
-	if {$line ne {[Password Lists]}} {
-	    continue
-	}
-	gets $f
-	set name [lindex [split [gets $f] =] 0]
-	if {$name ne ""} {
-	    return [catch {glob ~$name}]
-	}
-    }
-    return 0 ;# didn't find anything...
-} -cleanup {
-    catch {close $f}
-} -result {0}
 test winFile-1.4 {TclpGetUserHome} {win nt nonPortable} {
     catch {glob ~stanton@workgroup}
 } {0}
diff --git a/tests/winPipe.test b/tests/winPipe.test
index d2e804d..9c6f94d 100644
--- a/tests/winPipe.test
+++ b/tests/winPipe.test
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ test winpipe-1.4 {32 bit comprehensive tests: a lot from pipe} {win nt exec cat3
     exec [interpreter] $path(more) < $path(big) | $cat32 > $path(stdout) 2> $path(stderr)
     list [contents $path(stdout)] [contents $path(stderr)]
 } "{$big} stderr32"
-test winpipe-1.5 {32 bit comprehensive tests: a lot from pipe} {win 95 exec cat32} {
-    exec command /c type $path(big) |& $cat32 > $path(stdout) 2> $path(stderr)
-    list [contents $path(stdout)] [contents $path(stderr)]
-} "{$big} stderr32"
 test winpipe-1.6 {32 bit comprehensive tests: from console} \
 	{win cat32 AllocConsole} {
     # would block waiting for human input
@@ -174,10 +170,6 @@ test winpipe-1.21 {32 bit comprehensive tests: read/write application} \
     catch {close $f}
     set r
 } "bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb"
-test winpipe-1.22 {Checking command.com for Win95/98 hanging} {win 95 exec} {
-    exec command.com /c dir /b
-    set result 1
-} 1
 
 test winpipe-4.1 {Tcl_WaitPid} {win nt exec cat32} {
     proc readResults {f} {
diff --git a/tools/encoding/ebcdic.txt b/tools/encoding/ebcdic.txt
index d9fa42e..d9fa42e 100755..100644
--- a/tools/encoding/ebcdic.txt
+++ b/tools/encoding/ebcdic.txt
diff --git a/tools/encoding/tis-620.txt b/tools/encoding/tis-620.txt
index d3656c5..d3656c5 100755..100644
--- a/tools/encoding/tis-620.txt
+++ b/tools/encoding/tis-620.txt
diff --git a/tools/genStubs.tcl b/tools/genStubs.tcl
index b45e560..7a75dc6 100644
--- a/tools/genStubs.tcl
+++ b/tools/genStubs.tcl
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ proc genStubs::addPlatformGuard {plat iftxt {eltxt {}} {withCygwin 0}} {
     set text ""
     switch $plat {
 	win {
-	    append text "#if defined(__WIN32__)"
+	    append text "#if defined(_WIN32)"
 	    if {$withCygwin} {
 		append text " || defined(__CYGWIN__)"
 	    }
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ proc genStubs::addPlatformGuard {plat iftxt {eltxt {}} {withCygwin 0}} {
 	    append text "#endif /* WIN */\n"
 	}
 	unix {
-	    append text "#if !defined(__WIN32__)"
+	    append text "#if !defined(_WIN32)"
 	    if {$withCygwin} {
 		append text " && !defined(__CYGWIN__)"
 	    }
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ proc genStubs::addPlatformGuard {plat iftxt {eltxt {}} {withCygwin 0}} {
 	    append text "#endif /* AQUA */\n"
 	}
 	x11 {
-	    append text "#if !(defined(__WIN32__)"
+	    append text "#if !(defined(_WIN32)"
 	    if {$withCygwin} {
 		append text " || defined(__CYGWIN__)"
 	    }
diff --git a/unix/configure b/unix/configure
index 0e231ab..cfa8451 100755
--- a/unix/configure
+++ b/unix/configure
@@ -7008,6 +7008,7 @@ fi
 	    TCL_NEEDS_EXP_FILE=1
 	    TCL_EXPORT_FILE_SUFFIX='${VERSION}\$\{DBGX\}.dll.a'
 	    TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS='-Wl,--out-implib,$@.a'
+	    TK_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS='-Wl,--out-implib,$@.a'
 	    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for Cygwin version of gcc" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for Cygwin version of gcc... $ECHO_C" >&6
 if test "${ac_cv_cygwin+set}" = set; then
@@ -7741,6 +7742,7 @@ fi
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 	    SHLIB_LD="${CC} -shared"
 	    TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS="-Wl,-soname=\$@"
+	    TK_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS="-Wl,-soname,\$@"
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
@@ -7759,11 +7761,15 @@ fi
 		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $PTHREAD_LIBS"
 fi
 
-	    # Version numbers are dot-stripped by system policy.
-	    TCL_TRIM_DOTS=`echo ${VERSION} | tr -d .`
-	    UNSHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}.a'
-	    SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}\$\{DBGX\}.so.1'
-	    TCL_LIB_VERSIONS_OK=nodots
+	    case $system in
+	    FreeBSD-3.*)
+		# Version numbers are dot-stripped by system policy.
+		TCL_TRIM_DOTS=`echo ${VERSION} | tr -d .`
+		UNSHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}.a'
+		SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}.so'
+		TCL_LIB_VERSIONS_OK=nodots
+		;;
+	    esac
 	    ;;
 	Darwin-*)
 	    CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="-Os"
diff --git a/unix/tcl.m4 b/unix/tcl.m4
index 8c29334..d81af1a 100644
--- a/unix/tcl.m4
+++ b/unix/tcl.m4
@@ -1218,6 +1218,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS], [
 	    TCL_NEEDS_EXP_FILE=1
 	    TCL_EXPORT_FILE_SUFFIX='${VERSION}\$\{DBGX\}.dll.a'
 	    TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS='-Wl,--out-implib,$[@].a'
+	    TK_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS='-Wl,--out-implib,$[@].a'
 	    AC_CACHE_CHECK(for Cygwin version of gcc,
 		ac_cv_cygwin,
 		AC_TRY_COMPILE([
@@ -1531,6 +1532,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS], [
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 	    SHLIB_LD="${CC} -shared"
 	    TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS="-Wl,-soname=\$[@]"
+	    TK_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS="-Wl,-soname,\$[@]"
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
@@ -1543,11 +1545,15 @@ AC_DEFUN([SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS], [
 		LIBS=`echo $LIBS | sed s/-pthread//`
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
 		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $PTHREAD_LIBS"])
-	    # Version numbers are dot-stripped by system policy.
-	    TCL_TRIM_DOTS=`echo ${VERSION} | tr -d .`
-	    UNSHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}.a'
-	    SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}\$\{DBGX\}.so.1'
-	    TCL_LIB_VERSIONS_OK=nodots
+	    case $system in
+	    FreeBSD-3.*)
+		# Version numbers are dot-stripped by system policy.
+		TCL_TRIM_DOTS=`echo ${VERSION} | tr -d .`
+		UNSHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}.a'
+		SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}.so'
+		TCL_LIB_VERSIONS_OK=nodots
+		;;
+	    esac
 	    ;;
 	Darwin-*)
 	    CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="-Os"
diff --git a/unix/tcl.pc.in b/unix/tcl.pc.in
index 8bf67cd..846cb11 100644
--- a/unix/tcl.pc.in
+++ b/unix/tcl.pc.in
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Tool Command Language
 Description: Tcl is a powerful, easy-to-learn dynamic programming language, suitable for a wide range of uses.
 URL: http://www.tcl.tk/
-Version: @TCL_VERSION@
-Requires:
-Conflicts:
-Libs: -L${libdir} @TCL_LIBS@
+Version: @TCL_VERSION@@TCL_PATCH_LEVEL@
+Requires.private: zlib >= 1.2.3
+Libs: -L${libdir} @TCL_LIB_FLAG@ @TCL_STUB_LIB_FLAG@
+Libs.private: @TCL_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/unix/tclConfig.sh.in b/unix/tclConfig.sh.in
index d47e686..b58e9fd 100644
--- a/unix/tclConfig.sh.in
+++ b/unix/tclConfig.sh.in
@@ -165,5 +165,5 @@ TCL_BUILD_STUB_LIB_PATH='@TCL_BUILD_STUB_LIB_PATH@'
 # Path to the Tcl stub library in the install directory.
 TCL_STUB_LIB_PATH='@TCL_STUB_LIB_PATH@'
 
-# Flag, 1: we built Tcl with threads enables, 0 we didn't
+# Flag, 1: we built Tcl with threads enabled, 0 we didn't
 TCL_THREADS=@TCL_THREADS@
diff --git a/unix/tclUnixFCmd.c b/unix/tclUnixFCmd.c
index e270b6a..3b1b6ca 100644
--- a/unix/tclUnixFCmd.c
+++ b/unix/tclUnixFCmd.c
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ static int		SetPermissionsAttribute(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Obj *attributePtr);
 static int		GetModeFromPermString(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    const char *modeStringPtr, mode_t *modePtr);
-#if defined(HAVE_CHFLAGS) && defined(UF_IMMUTABLE)
-static int		GetReadOnlyAttribute(Tcl_Interp *interp, int objIndex,
+#if defined(HAVE_CHFLAGS) && defined(UF_IMMUTABLE) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+static int		GetUnixFileAttributes(Tcl_Interp *interp, int objIndex,
 			    Tcl_Obj *fileName, Tcl_Obj **attributePtrPtr);
-static int		SetReadOnlyAttribute(Tcl_Interp *interp, int objIndex,
+static int		SetUnixFileAttributes(Tcl_Interp *interp, int objIndex,
 			    Tcl_Obj *fileName, Tcl_Obj *attributePtr);
 #endif
 
@@ -124,10 +124,20 @@ extern const char *const tclpFileAttrStrings[];
 
 #else /* !DJGPP */
 enum {
-    UNIX_GROUP_ATTRIBUTE, UNIX_OWNER_ATTRIBUTE, UNIX_PERMISSIONS_ATTRIBUTE,
-#if defined(HAVE_CHFLAGS) && defined(UF_IMMUTABLE)
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+    UNIX_ARCHIVE_ATTRIBUTE,
+#endif
+    UNIX_GROUP_ATTRIBUTE,
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+    UNIX_HIDDEN_ATTRIBUTE,
+#endif
+    UNIX_OWNER_ATTRIBUTE, UNIX_PERMISSIONS_ATTRIBUTE,
+#if defined(HAVE_CHFLAGS) && defined(UF_IMMUTABLE) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
     UNIX_READONLY_ATTRIBUTE,
 #endif
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+    UNIX_SYSTEM_ATTRIBUTE,
+#endif
 #ifdef MAC_OSX_TCL
     MACOSX_CREATOR_ATTRIBUTE, MACOSX_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, MACOSX_HIDDEN_ATTRIBUTE,
     MACOSX_RSRCLENGTH_ATTRIBUTE,
@@ -137,10 +147,20 @@ enum {
 
 MODULE_SCOPE const char *const tclpFileAttrStrings[];
 const char *const tclpFileAttrStrings[] = {
-    "-group", "-owner", "-permissions",
-#if defined(HAVE_CHFLAGS) && defined(UF_IMMUTABLE)
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+    "-archive",
+#endif
+    "-group",
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+    "-hidden",
+#endif
+    "-owner", "-permissions",
+#if defined(HAVE_CHFLAGS) && defined(UF_IMMUTABLE) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
     "-readonly",
 #endif
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+    "-system",
+#endif
 #ifdef MAC_OSX_TCL
     "-creator", "-type", "-hidden", "-rsrclength",
 #endif
@@ -149,11 +169,20 @@ const char *const tclpFileAttrStrings[] = {
 
 MODULE_SCOPE const TclFileAttrProcs tclpFileAttrProcs[];
 const TclFileAttrProcs tclpFileAttrProcs[] = {
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+    {GetUnixFileAttributes, SetUnixFileAttributes},
+#endif
     {GetGroupAttribute, SetGroupAttribute},
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+    {GetUnixFileAttributes, SetUnixFileAttributes},
+#endif
     {GetOwnerAttribute, SetOwnerAttribute},
     {GetPermissionsAttribute, SetPermissionsAttribute},
-#if defined(HAVE_CHFLAGS) && defined(UF_IMMUTABLE)
-    {GetReadOnlyAttribute, SetReadOnlyAttribute},
+#if defined(HAVE_CHFLAGS) && defined(UF_IMMUTABLE) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+    {GetUnixFileAttributes, SetUnixFileAttributes},
+#endif
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+    {GetUnixFileAttributes, SetUnixFileAttributes},
 #endif
 #ifdef MAC_OSX_TCL
     {TclMacOSXGetFileAttribute,	TclMacOSXSetFileAttribute},
@@ -2246,11 +2275,138 @@ DefaultTempDir(void)
     return TCL_TEMPORARY_FILE_DIRECTORY;
 }
 
-#if defined(HAVE_CHFLAGS) && defined(UF_IMMUTABLE)
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+
+static void
+StatError(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interp that has the error */
+    Tcl_Obj *fileName)		/* The name of the file which caused the
+				 * error. */
+{
+    TclWinConvertError(GetLastError());
+    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf("could not read \"%s\": %s",
+	    TclGetString(fileName), Tcl_PosixError(interp)));
+}
+
+static WCHAR *
+winPathFromObj(
+    Tcl_Obj *fileName)
+{
+    int size;
+    const char *native =  Tcl_FSGetNativePath(fileName);
+    WCHAR *winPath;
+
+    size = cygwin_conv_path(1, native, NULL, 0);
+    winPath = ckalloc(size);
+    cygwin_conv_path(1, native, winPath, size);
+
+    return winPath;
+}
+
+static const int attributeArray[] = {
+    0x20, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 4};
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * GetUnixFileAttributes
+ *
+ *	Gets the readonly attribute of a file.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Standard TCL result. Returns a new Tcl_Obj in attributePtrPtr if there
+ *	is no error. The object will have ref count 0.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	A new object is allocated.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static int
+GetUnixFileAttributes(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interp we are using for errors. */
+    int objIndex,		/* The index of the attribute. */
+    Tcl_Obj *fileName,		/* The name of the file (UTF-8). */
+    Tcl_Obj **attributePtrPtr)	/* A pointer to return the object with. */
+{
+    int fileAttributes;
+    WCHAR *winPath = winPathFromObj(fileName);
+
+    fileAttributes = GetFileAttributesW(winPath);
+    ckfree(winPath);
+
+    if (fileAttributes == -1) {
+	StatError(interp, fileName);
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    *attributePtrPtr = Tcl_NewIntObj((fileAttributes&attributeArray[objIndex])!=0);
+
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * SetUnixFileAttributes
+ *
+ *	Sets the readonly attribute of a file.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Standard TCL result.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The readonly attribute of the file is changed.
+ *
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static int
+SetUnixFileAttributes(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,	    /* The interp we are using for errors. */
+    int objIndex,           /* The index of the attribute. */
+    Tcl_Obj *fileName,      /* The name of the file (UTF-8). */
+    Tcl_Obj *attributePtr)  /* The attribute to set. */
+{
+    int yesNo, fileAttributes, old;
+    WCHAR *winPath;
+
+    if (Tcl_GetBooleanFromObj(interp, attributePtr, &yesNo) != TCL_OK) {
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    winPath = winPathFromObj(fileName);
+
+    fileAttributes = old = GetFileAttributesW(winPath);
+
+    if (fileAttributes == -1) {
+	ckfree(winPath);
+	StatError(interp, fileName);
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (yesNo) {
+	fileAttributes |= attributeArray[objIndex];
+    } else {
+	fileAttributes &= ~attributeArray[objIndex];
+    }
+
+    if ((fileAttributes != old)
+	    && !SetFileAttributesW(winPath, fileAttributes)) {
+	ckfree(winPath);
+	StatError(interp, fileName);
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+	ckfree(winPath);
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+#elif defined(HAVE_CHFLAGS) && defined(UF_IMMUTABLE)
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * GetReadOnlyAttribute
+ * GetUnixFileAttributes
  *
  *	Gets the readonly attribute (user immutable flag) of a file.
  *
@@ -2265,7 +2421,7 @@ DefaultTempDir(void)
  */
 
 static int
-GetReadOnlyAttribute(
+GetUnixFileAttributes(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interp we are using for errors. */
     int objIndex,		/* The index of the attribute. */
     Tcl_Obj *fileName,		/* The name of the file (UTF-8). */
@@ -2293,7 +2449,7 @@ GetReadOnlyAttribute(
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * SetReadOnlyAttribute
+ * SetUnixFileAttributes
  *
  *	Sets the readonly attribute (user immutable flag) of a file.
  *
@@ -2307,7 +2463,7 @@ GetReadOnlyAttribute(
  */
 
 static int
-SetReadOnlyAttribute(
+SetUnixFileAttributes(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interp we are using for errors. */
     int objIndex,		/* The index of the attribute. */
     Tcl_Obj *fileName,		/* The name of the file (UTF-8). */
diff --git a/unix/tclUnixFile.c b/unix/tclUnixFile.c
index 5bfe5d9..2cb0027 100644
--- a/unix/tclUnixFile.c
+++ b/unix/tclUnixFile.c
@@ -1105,6 +1105,12 @@ TclNativeCreateNativeRep(
     str = Tcl_GetStringFromObj(validPathPtr, &len);
     Tcl_UtfToExternalDString(NULL, str, len, &ds);
     len = Tcl_DStringLength(&ds) + sizeof(char);
+    if (strlen(Tcl_DStringValue(&ds)) < len - sizeof(char)) {
+	/* See bug [3118489]: NUL in filenames */
+	Tcl_DecrRefCount(validPathPtr);
+	Tcl_DStringFree(&ds);
+	return NULL;
+    }
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(validPathPtr);
     nativePathPtr = ckalloc(len);
     memcpy(nativePathPtr, Tcl_DStringValue(&ds), (size_t) len);
diff --git a/unix/tclUnixInit.c b/unix/tclUnixInit.c
index f07b123..1617cba 100644
--- a/unix/tclUnixInit.c
+++ b/unix/tclUnixInit.c
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
-DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall unsigned char GetVersionExA(void *);
+DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall unsigned char GetVersionExW(void *);
+DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall void *LoadLibraryW(const void *);
+DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall void FreeLibrary(void *);
+DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall void *GetProcAddress(void *, const char *);
 DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall void GetSystemInfo(void *);
 
 #define NUMPLATFORMS 4
@@ -66,14 +69,14 @@ typedef struct _SYSTEM_INFO {
   int      wProcessorRevision;
 } SYSTEM_INFO;
 
-typedef struct _OSVERSIONINFOA {
+typedef struct _OSVERSIONINFOW {
   DWORD dwOSVersionInfoSize;
   DWORD dwMajorVersion;
   DWORD dwMinorVersion;
   DWORD dwBuildNumber;
   DWORD dwPlatformId;
-  char szCSDVersion[128];
-} OSVERSIONINFOA;
+  wchar_t szCSDVersion[128];
+} OSVERSIONINFOW;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_COREFOUNDATION
@@ -747,7 +750,8 @@ TclpSetVariables(
 {
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
     SYSTEM_INFO sysInfo;
-    OSVERSIONINFOA osInfo;
+    static OSVERSIONINFOW osInfo;
+    static int osInfoInitialized = 0;
     char buffer[TCL_INTEGER_SPACE * 2];
 #elif !defined(NO_UNAME)
     struct utsname name;
@@ -860,8 +864,20 @@ TclpSetVariables(
     unameOK = 0;
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
 	unameOK = 1;
-    osInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFOA);
-    GetVersionExA(&osInfo);
+    if (!osInfoInitialized) {
+	HANDLE handle = LoadLibraryW(L"NTDLL");
+	int(__stdcall *getversion)(void *) =
+		(int(__stdcall *)(void *))GetProcAddress(handle, "RtlGetVersion");
+	osInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFOW);
+	if (!getversion || getversion(&osInfo)) {
+	    GetVersionExW(&osInfo);
+	}
+	if (handle) {
+	    FreeLibrary(handle);
+	}
+	osInfoInitialized = 1;
+    }
+
     GetSystemInfo(&sysInfo);
 
     if (osInfo.dwPlatformId < NUMPLATFORMS) {
diff --git a/unix/tclUnixPort.h b/unix/tclUnixPort.h
index 2ade1c0..f64d453 100644
--- a/unix/tclUnixPort.h
+++ b/unix/tclUnixPort.h
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ typedef off_t		Tcl_SeekOffset;
 	    WCHAR *, int);
     __declspec(dllimport) extern __stdcall void OutputDebugStringW(const WCHAR *);
     __declspec(dllimport) extern __stdcall int IsDebuggerPresent();
+    __declspec(dllimport) extern __stdcall int GetLastError();
+    __declspec(dllimport) extern __stdcall int GetFileAttributesW(const WCHAR *);
+    __declspec(dllimport) extern __stdcall int SetFileAttributesW(const WCHAR *, int);
 
     __declspec(dllimport) extern int cygwin_conv_path(int, const void *, void *, int);
     __declspec(dllimport) extern int cygwin_conv_path_list(int, const void *, void *, int);
diff --git a/unix/tclUnixThrd.c b/unix/tclUnixThrd.c
index f469341..d34bc88 100644
--- a/unix/tclUnixThrd.c
+++ b/unix/tclUnixThrd.c
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ TclpFreeAllocCache(
 	 */
 
 	TclFreeAllocCache(ptr);
+	pthread_setspecific(key, NULL);
 
     } else if (initialized) {
 	/*
diff --git a/win/buildall.vc.bat b/win/buildall.vc.bat
index e4f0a30..e4f0a30 100755..100644
--- a/win/buildall.vc.bat
+++ b/win/buildall.vc.bat
diff --git a/win/configure b/win/configure
index 569172e..2affd38 100755
--- a/win/configure
+++ b/win/configure
@@ -3340,7 +3340,7 @@ cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 
-	    #ifndef __WIN32__
+	    #ifndef _WIN32
 		#error cross-compiler
 	    #endif
 
@@ -3463,7 +3463,7 @@ cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 
-		#ifdef __WIN32__
+		#ifdef _WIN32
 		    #error win32
 		#endif
 
diff --git a/win/makefile.vc b/win/makefile.vc
index 56bc4b7..e5f6c9b 100644
--- a/win/makefile.vc
+++ b/win/makefile.vc
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ $(TMP_DIR)\tclOOStubLib.obj: $(GENERICDIR)\tclOOStubLib.c
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclsh.exe.manifest: $(WINDIR)\tclsh.exe.manifest.in
 	@nmakehlp -s << $** >$@
 @MACHINE@	  $(MACHINE:IX86=X86)
-@TCL_WIN_VERSION@  $(TCL_DOTVERSION).0.0
+@TCL_WIN_VERSION@  $(DOTVERSION).0.0
 <<
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/win/tcl.m4 b/win/tcl.m4
index 625c329..d12ae10 100644
--- a/win/tcl.m4
+++ b/win/tcl.m4
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS], [
       AC_CACHE_CHECK(for cross-compile version of gcc,
 	ac_cv_cross,
 	AC_TRY_COMPILE([
-	    #ifndef __WIN32__
+	    #ifndef _WIN32
 		#error cross-compiler
 	    #endif
 	], [],
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS], [
 	AC_CACHE_CHECK(for mingw32 version of gcc,
 	    ac_cv_win32,
 	    AC_TRY_COMPILE([
-		#ifdef __WIN32__
+		#ifdef _WIN32
 		    #error win32
 		#endif
 	    ], [],
diff --git a/win/tclConfig.sh.in b/win/tclConfig.sh.in
index 65bc5c5..00a8790 100644
--- a/win/tclConfig.sh.in
+++ b/win/tclConfig.sh.in
@@ -175,6 +175,6 @@ TCL_BUILD_STUB_LIB_PATH='@TCL_BUILD_STUB_LIB_PATH@'
 # Path to the Tcl stub library in the install directory.
 TCL_STUB_LIB_PATH='@TCL_STUB_LIB_PATH@'
 
-# Flag, 1: we built Tcl with threads enables, 0 we didn't
+# Flag, 1: we built Tcl with threads enabled, 0 we didn't
 TCL_THREADS=@TCL_THREADS@
 
diff --git a/win/tclWin32Dll.c b/win/tclWin32Dll.c
index 634e1d2..688fa8d 100644
--- a/win/tclWin32Dll.c
+++ b/win/tclWin32Dll.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ TCL_DECLARE_MUTEX(mountPointMap)
  * We will need this below.
  */
 
-#ifdef __WIN32__
+#ifdef _WIN32
 #ifndef STATIC_BUILD
 
 /*
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ DllMain(
     return TRUE;
 }
 #endif /* !STATIC_BUILD */
-#endif /* __WIN32__ */
+#endif /* _WIN32 */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/win/tclWinChan.c b/win/tclWinChan.c
index 21115f7..48acacb 100644
--- a/win/tclWinChan.c
+++ b/win/tclWinChan.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void		FileThreadActionProc(ClientData instanceData,
 static int		FileTruncateProc(ClientData instanceData,
 			    Tcl_WideInt length);
 static DWORD		FileGetType(HANDLE handle);
-
+static int		NativeIsComPort(CONST TCHAR *nativeName);
 /*
  * This structure describes the channel type structure for file based IO.
  */
@@ -662,6 +662,10 @@ FileInputProc(
     *errorCode = 0;
 
     /*
+     * TODO: This comment appears to be out of date.  We *do* have a
+     * console driver, over in tclWinConsole.c.  After some Windows
+     * developer confirms, this comment should be revised.
+     *
      * Note that we will block on reads from a console buffer until a full
      * line has been entered. The only way I know of to get around this is to
      * write a console driver. We should probably do this at some point, but
@@ -885,6 +889,33 @@ TclpOpenFileChannel(
     }
 
     /*
+     * [2413550] Avoid double-open of serial ports on Windows
+     * Special handling for Windows serial ports by a "name-hint"
+     * to directly open it with the OVERLAPPED flag set.
+     */
+
+    if( NativeIsComPort(nativeName) ) {
+
+	handle = TclWinSerialOpen(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, nativeName, accessMode);
+	if (handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+	    TclWinConvertError(GetLastError());
+	    if (interp != (Tcl_Interp *) NULL) {
+		Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "couldn't open serial \"",
+			TclGetString(pathPtr), "\": ",
+			Tcl_PosixError(interp), NULL);
+	    }
+	    return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	* For natively named Windows serial ports we are done.
+	*/
+	channel = TclWinOpenSerialChannel(handle, channelName,
+		channelPermissions);
+
+	return channel;
+    }
+    /*
      * If the file is being created, get the file attributes from the
      * permissions argument, else use the existing file attributes.
      */
@@ -935,11 +966,15 @@ TclpOpenFileChannel(
     switch (FileGetType(handle)) {
     case FILE_TYPE_SERIAL:
 	/*
+	 * Natively named serial ports "com1-9", "\\\\.\\comXX" are 
+	 * already done with the code above.
+	 * Here we handle all other serial port names.
+	 *
 	 * Reopen channel for OVERLAPPED operation. Normally this shouldn't
 	 * fail, because the channel exists.
 	 */
 
-	handle = TclWinSerialReopen(handle, nativeName, accessMode);
+	handle = TclWinSerialOpen(handle, nativeName, accessMode);
 	if (handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
 	    TclWinConvertError(GetLastError());
 	    if (interp != (Tcl_Interp *) NULL) {
@@ -1479,6 +1514,74 @@ FileGetType(
     return type;
 }
 
+ /*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * NativeIsComPort --
+ *
+ *	Determines if a path refers to a Windows serial port.
+ *	A simple and efficient solution is to use a "name hint" to detect 
+ *      COM ports by their filename instead of resorting to a syscall 
+ *	to detect serialness after the fact.
+ *	The following patterns cover common serial port names:
+ *	    COM[1-9]:?
+ *	    //./COM[0-9]+
+ *	    \\.\COM[0-9]+
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	1 = serial port, 0 = not.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static int
+NativeIsComPort(
+    const TCHAR *nativePath)	/* Path of file to access, native encoding. */
+{
+    const WCHAR *p = (const WCHAR *) nativePath;
+    int i, len = wcslen(p);
+
+    /*
+     * 1. Look for com[1-9]:?
+     */
+
+    if ( (len >= 4) && (len <= 5) 
+	    && (_wcsnicmp(p, L"com", 3) == 0) ) {
+	/*
+	* The 4th character must be a digit 1..9 optionally followed by a ":"
+	*/
+	
+	if ( (p[3] < L'1') || (p[3] > L'9') ) {
+	    return 0;
+	}
+	if ( (len == 5) && (p[4] != L':') ) {
+	    return 0;
+	}
+	return 1;
+    }
+    
+    /*
+     * 2. Look for //./com[0-9]+ or \\.\com[0-9]+
+     */
+    
+    if ( (len >= 8) && ( 
+	       (_wcsnicmp(p, L"//./com", 7) == 0)
+	    || (_wcsnicmp(p, L"\\\\.\\com", 7) == 0) ) )
+    {
+	/*
+	* Charaters 8..end must be a digits 0..9
+	*/
+    
+	for ( i=7; i<len; i++ ) {
+	    if ( (p[i] < '0') || (p[i] > '9') ) {
+		return 0;
+	    }
+	}
+	return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Local Variables:
  * mode: c
diff --git a/win/tclWinConsole.c b/win/tclWinConsole.c
index 0ec22c5..6630083 100644
--- a/win/tclWinConsole.c
+++ b/win/tclWinConsole.c
@@ -756,6 +756,13 @@ ConsoleInputProc(
 
     if (ReadConsoleBytes(infoPtr->handle, (LPVOID) buf, (DWORD) bufSize,
 	    &count) == TRUE) {
+	/*
+	 * TODO: This potentially writes beyond the limits specified
+	 * by the caller.  In practice this is harmless, since all writes
+	 * are into ChannelBuffers, and those have padding, but still
+	 * ought to remove this, unless some Windows wizard can give
+	 * a reason not to.  
+	 */
 	buf[count] = '\0';
 	return count;
     }
diff --git a/win/tclWinFCmd.c b/win/tclWinFCmd.c
index 2700cb3..52ea8c6 100644
--- a/win/tclWinFCmd.c
+++ b/win/tclWinFCmd.c
@@ -1108,7 +1108,12 @@ DoRemoveJustDirectory(
 
   end:
     if (errorPtr != NULL) {
+	char *p;
 	Tcl_WinTCharToUtf(nativePath, -1, errorPtr);
+	p = Tcl_DStringValue(errorPtr);
+	for (; *p; ++p) {
+	    if (*p == '\\') *p = '/';
+	}
     }
     return TCL_ERROR;
 
@@ -1825,12 +1830,12 @@ SetWinFileAttributes(
     Tcl_Obj *fileName,		/* The name of the file. */
     Tcl_Obj *attributePtr)	/* The new value of the attribute. */
 {
-    DWORD fileAttributes;
+    DWORD fileAttributes, old;
     int yesNo, result;
     const TCHAR *nativeName;
 
     nativeName = Tcl_FSGetNativePath(fileName);
-    fileAttributes = GetFileAttributes(nativeName);
+    fileAttributes = old = GetFileAttributes(nativeName);
 
     if (fileAttributes == 0xffffffff) {
 	StatError(interp, fileName);
@@ -1848,7 +1853,8 @@ SetWinFileAttributes(
 	fileAttributes &= ~(attributeArray[objIndex]);
     }
 
-    if (!SetFileAttributes(nativeName, fileAttributes)) {
+    if ((fileAttributes != old)
+	    && !SetFileAttributes(nativeName, fileAttributes)) {
 	StatError(interp, fileName);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
diff --git a/win/tclWinFile.c b/win/tclWinFile.c
index f69ad23..5761eeb 100644
--- a/win/tclWinFile.c
+++ b/win/tclWinFile.c
@@ -1816,6 +1816,9 @@ TclpObjChdir(
 
     nativePath = Tcl_FSGetNativePath(pathPtr);
 
+    if (!nativePath) {
+	return -1;
+    }
     result = SetCurrentDirectory(nativePath);
 
     if (result == 0) {
@@ -2894,10 +2897,11 @@ ClientData
 TclNativeCreateNativeRep(
     Tcl_Obj *pathPtr)
 {
-    char *nativePathPtr, *str;
-    Tcl_DString ds;
+    WCHAR *nativePathPtr;
+    const char *str;
     Tcl_Obj *validPathPtr;
     int len;
+    WCHAR *wp;
 
     if (TclFSCwdIsNative()) {
 	/*
@@ -2923,22 +2927,72 @@ TclNativeCreateNativeRep(
     }
 
     str = Tcl_GetStringFromObj(validPathPtr, &len);
-    if (str[0] == '/' && str[1] == '/' && str[2] == '?' && str[3] == '/') {
-	char *p;
 
-	for (p = str; p && *p; ++p) {
-	    if (*p == '/') {
-		*p = '\\';
-	    }
+    if (strlen(str)!=len) {
+	/* String contains NUL-bytes. This is invalid. */
+	return 0;
+    }
+    /* Let MultiByteToWideChar check for other invalid sequences, like
+     * 0xC0 0x80 (== overlong NUL). See bug [3118489]: NUL in filenames */
+    len = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS, str, -1, 0, 0);
+    if (len==0) {
+	return 0;
+    }
+    /* Overallocate 6 chars, making some room for extended paths */
+    wp = nativePathPtr = ckalloc( (len+6) * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+    if (nativePathPtr==0) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS, str, -1, nativePathPtr, len);
+    /*
+    ** If path starts with "//?/" or "\\?\" (extended path), translate
+    ** any slashes to backslashes but leave the '?' intact
+    */
+    if ((str[0]=='\\' || str[0]=='/') && (str[1]=='\\' || str[1]=='/')
+	    && str[2]=='?' && (str[3]=='\\' || str[3]=='/')) {
+	wp[0] = wp[1] = wp[3] = '\\';
+	str += 4;
+	wp += 4;
+    }
+    /*
+    ** If there is no "\\?\" prefix but there is a drive or UNC
+    ** path prefix and the path is larger than MAX_PATH chars,
+    ** no Win32 API function can handle that unless it is
+    ** prefixed with the extended path prefix. See:
+    ** <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx#maxpath>
+    **/
+    if (((str[0]>='A'&&str[0]<='Z') || (str[0]>='a'&&str[0]<='z'))
+	    && str[1]==':' && (str[2]=='\\' || str[2]=='/')) {
+	if (wp==nativePathPtr && len>MAX_PATH) {
+	    memmove(wp+4, wp, len*sizeof(WCHAR));
+	    memcpy(wp, L"\\\\?\\", 4*sizeof(WCHAR));
+	    wp += 4;
 	}
+	/*
+	 ** If (remainder of) path starts with "<drive>:/" or "<drive>:\",
+	 ** leave the ':' intact but translate the backslash to a slash.
+	 */
+	wp[2] = '\\';
+	wp += 3;
+    } else if (wp==nativePathPtr && len>MAX_PATH
+	    && (str[0]=='\\' || str[0]=='/')
+	    && (str[1]=='\\' || str[1]=='/') && str[2]!='?') {
+	memmove(wp+6, wp, len*sizeof(WCHAR));
+	memcpy(wp, L"\\\\?\\UNC", 7*sizeof(WCHAR));
+	wp += 7;
+    }
+    /*
+    ** In the remainder of the path, translate invalid characters to
+    ** characters in the Unicode private use area.
+    */
+    while (*wp != '\0') {
+	if ((*wp < ' ') || wcschr(L"\"*:<>?|", *wp)) {
+	    *wp |= 0xF000;
+	} else if (*wp == '/') {
+	    *wp = '\\';
+	}
+	++wp;
     }
-    Tcl_WinUtfToTChar(str, len, &ds);
-    len = Tcl_DStringLength(&ds) + sizeof(WCHAR);
-    Tcl_DecrRefCount(validPathPtr);
-    nativePathPtr = ckalloc(len);
-    memcpy(nativePathPtr, Tcl_DStringValue(&ds), (size_t) len);
-
-    Tcl_DStringFree(&ds);
     return nativePathPtr;
 }
 
diff --git a/win/tclWinInit.c b/win/tclWinInit.c