merge 8.7

78 files changed, 1857 insertions, 1349 deletions

diff --git a/.project b/.project
index a9d6ecf..eddd834 100644
--- a/.project
+++ b/.project
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <projectDescription>
-	<name>tcl8.7</name>
+	<name>tcl8</name>
 	<comment></comment>
 	<projects>
 	</projects>
diff --git a/compat/float.h b/compat/float.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 411edbf..0000000
--- a/compat/float.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * float.h --
- *
- *	This is a dummy header file to #include in Tcl when there
- *	is no float.h in /usr/include.  Right now this file is empty:
- *	Tcl contains #ifdefs to deal with the lack of definitions;
- *	all it needs is for the #include statement to work.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
- * Copyright (c) 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- *
- * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
- * of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
- */
diff --git a/doc/Object.3 b/doc/Object.3
index bf80fe2..eadd041 100644
--- a/doc/Object.3
+++ b/doc/Object.3
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ The \fBincr\fR command first gets an integer from \fIx\fR's value
 by calling \fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR.
 This procedure checks whether the value is already an integer value.
 Since it is not, it converts the value
-by setting the value's \fIinternalRep.longValue\fR member
+by setting the value's internal representation
 to the integer \fB123\fR
 and setting the value's \fItypePtr\fR
 to point to the integer Tcl_ObjType structure.
diff --git a/doc/SaveResult.3 b/doc/SaveResult.3
index b2270a2..6dd6cb6 100644
--- a/doc/SaveResult.3
+++ b/doc/SaveResult.3
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ is called, Tcl will take care of memory management.
 .PP
 The second triplet stores the snapshot of only the interpreter
 result (not its complete state) in memory allocated by the caller.
-These routines are passed a pointer to a \fBTcl_SavedResult\fR structure
+These routines are passed a pointer to \fBTcl_SavedResult\fR
 that is used to store enough information to restore the interpreter result.
-This structure can be allocated on the stack of the calling
+\fBTcl_SavedResult\fR can be allocated on the stack of the calling
 procedure.  These routines do not save the state of any error
 information in the interpreter (e.g. the \fB\-errorcode\fR or
 \fB\-errorinfo\fR return options, when an error is in progress).
diff --git a/doc/ToUpper.3 b/doc/ToUpper.3
index b933e9c..be614e7 100644
--- a/doc/ToUpper.3
+++ b/doc/ToUpper.3
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS char *str in/out
 .AP int ch in
-The Tcl_UniChar to be converted.
+The Unicode character to be converted.
 .AP char *str in/out
 Pointer to UTF-8 string to be converted in place.
 .BE
diff --git a/doc/UniCharIsAlpha.3 b/doc/UniCharIsAlpha.3
index 2336c34..61490ed 100644
--- a/doc/UniCharIsAlpha.3
+++ b/doc/UniCharIsAlpha.3
@@ -48,19 +48,16 @@ int
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS int ch
 .AP int ch in
-The Tcl_UniChar to be examined.
+The Unicode character to be examined.
 .BE
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-All of the routines described examine Tcl_UniChars and return a
+All of the routines described examine Unicode characters and return a
 boolean value. A non-zero return value means that the character does
 belong to the character class associated with the called routine. The
 rest of this document just describes the character classes associated
 with the various routines.
-.PP
-Note: A Tcl_UniChar is a Unicode character represented as an unsigned,
-fixed-size quantity.
 
 .SH "CHARACTER CLASSES"
 .PP
diff --git a/doc/Utf.3 b/doc/Utf.3
index 378c806..9d0c617 100644
--- a/doc/Utf.3
+++ b/doc/Utf.3
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int
 Buffer in which the UTF-8 representation of the Tcl_UniChar is stored.  At most
 \fBTCL_UTF_MAX\fR bytes are stored in the buffer.
 .AP int ch in
-The Tcl_UniChar to be converted or examined.
+The Unicode character to be converted or examined.
 .AP Tcl_UniChar *chPtr out
 Filled with the Tcl_UniChar represented by the head of the UTF-8 string.
 .AP "const char" *src in
diff --git a/generic/tcl.decls b/generic/tcl.decls
index b2b91a9..f2850fa 100644
--- a/generic/tcl.decls
+++ b/generic/tcl.decls
@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ declare 128 {
 declare 129 {
     int Tcl_Eval(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *script)
 }
-# This is obsolete, use Tcl_FSEvalFile
 declare 130 {
     int Tcl_EvalFile(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *fileName)
 }
@@ -780,8 +779,7 @@ declare 218 {
 declare 219 {
     int Tcl_ScanCountedElement(const char *src, int length, int *flagPtr)
 }
-# Obsolete
-declare 220 {
+declare 220 {deprecated {}} {
     int Tcl_SeekOld(Tcl_Channel chan, int offset, int mode)
 }
 declare 221 {
@@ -868,8 +866,7 @@ declare 244 {
 declare 245 {
     int Tcl_StringMatch(const char *str, const char *pattern)
 }
-# Obsolete
-declare 246 {
+declare 246 {deprecated {}} {
     int Tcl_TellOld(Tcl_Channel chan)
 }
 declare 247 {
@@ -945,10 +942,10 @@ declare 265 {
 declare 266 {
     void Tcl_ValidateAllMemory(const char *file, int line)
 }
-declare 267 {
+declare 267 {deprecated {see TIP #422}} {
     void Tcl_AppendResultVA(Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList)
 }
-declare 268 {
+declare 268 {deprecated {see TIP #422}} {
     void Tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, va_list argList)
 }
 declare 269 {
@@ -976,16 +973,16 @@ declare 274 {
     CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_PkgRequire(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    const char *version, int exact)
 }
-declare 275 {
+declare 275 {deprecated {see TIP #422}} {
     void Tcl_SetErrorCodeVA(Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList)
 }
-declare 276 {
+declare 276 {deprecated {see TIP #422}} {
     int  Tcl_VarEvalVA(Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList)
 }
 declare 277 {
     Tcl_Pid Tcl_WaitPid(Tcl_Pid pid, int *statPtr, int options)
 }
-declare 278 {
+declare 278 {deprecated {see TIP #422}} {
     TCL_NORETURN void Tcl_PanicVA(const char *format, va_list argList)
 }
 declare 279 {
diff --git a/generic/tcl.h b/generic/tcl.h
index 579b2d7..d62d8f5 100644
--- a/generic/tcl.h
+++ b/generic/tcl.h
@@ -1344,8 +1344,8 @@ typedef struct Tcl_HashSearch {
 typedef struct {
     void *next;			/* Search position for underlying hash
 				 * table. */
-    int epoch;			/* Epoch marker for dictionary being searched,
-				 * or -1 if search has terminated. */
+    unsigned int epoch; 	/* Epoch marker for dictionary being searched,
+				 * or 0 if search has terminated. */
     Tcl_Dict dictionaryPtr;	/* Reference to dictionary being searched. */
 } Tcl_DictSearch;
 
@@ -2414,14 +2414,27 @@ const char *		TclTomMathInitializeStubs(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_TCL_STUBS
-#define Tcl_InitStubs(interp, version, exact) \
-    (Tcl_InitStubs)(interp, version, \
+#if TCL_RELEASE_LEVEL == TCL_FINAL_RELEASE
+#   define Tcl_InitStubs(interp, version, exact) \
+	(Tcl_InitStubs)(interp, version, \
 	    (exact)|(TCL_MAJOR_VERSION<<8)|(TCL_MINOR_VERSION<<16), \
 	    TCL_STUB_MAGIC)
 #else
-#define Tcl_InitStubs(interp, version, exact) \
-    Tcl_PkgInitStubsCheck(interp, version, \
-	    (exact)|(TCL_MAJOR_VERSION<<8)|(TCL_MINOR_VERSION<<16))
+#   define Tcl_InitStubs(interp, version, exact) \
+	(Tcl_InitStubs)(interp, TCL_PATCH_LEVEL, \
+	    1|(TCL_MAJOR_VERSION<<8)|(TCL_MINOR_VERSION<<16), \
+	    TCL_STUB_MAGIC)
+#endif
+#else
+#if TCL_RELEASE_LEVEL == TCL_FINAL_RELEASE
+#   define Tcl_InitStubs(interp, version, exact) \
+	Tcl_PkgInitStubsCheck(interp, version, \
+		(exact)|(TCL_MAJOR_VERSION<<8)|(TCL_MINOR_VERSION<<16))
+#else
+#   define Tcl_InitStubs(interp, version, exact) \
+	Tcl_PkgInitStubsCheck(interp, TCL_PATCH_LEVEL, \
+		1|(TCL_MAJOR_VERSION<<8)|(TCL_MINOR_VERSION<<16))
+#endif
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/generic/tclBasic.c b/generic/tclBasic.c
index d4fa833..8f7f172 100644
--- a/generic/tclBasic.c
+++ b/generic/tclBasic.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprEntierFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprFloorFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprIntFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprIsqrtFunc;
+static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprMaxFunc;
+static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprMinFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprRandFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprRoundFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprSqrtFunc;
@@ -321,6 +323,8 @@ static const BuiltinFuncDef BuiltinFuncTable[] = {
     { "isqrt",	ExprIsqrtFunc,	NULL			},
     { "log",	ExprUnaryFunc,	(ClientData) log	},
     { "log10",	ExprUnaryFunc,	(ClientData) log10	},
+    { "max",	ExprMaxFunc,	NULL			},
+    { "min",	ExprMinFunc,	NULL			},
     { "pow",	ExprBinaryFunc,	(ClientData) pow	},
     { "rand",	ExprRandFunc,	NULL			},
     { "round",	ExprRoundFunc,	NULL			},
@@ -2098,13 +2102,13 @@ Tcl_CreateCommand(
 
         hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&nsPtr->cmdTable, tail, &isNew);
 
-        if (isNew || deleted) {
+	if (isNew || deleted) {
 	    /*
 	     * isNew - No conflict with existing command.
 	     * deleted - We've already deleted a conflicting command
 	     */
 	    break;
-        }
+	}
 
 	/* An existing command conflicts. Try to delete it.. */
 	cmdPtr = Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);
@@ -2245,64 +2249,82 @@ Tcl_CreateObjCommand(
 				 * name. */
     ClientData clientData,	/* Arbitrary value to pass to object
 				 * function. */
-    Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc)
+    Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc
 				/* If not NULL, gives a function to call when
 				 * this command is deleted. */
+)
 {
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
-    ImportRef *oldRefPtr = NULL;
     Namespace *nsPtr;
-    Command *cmdPtr;
-    Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr;
     const char *tail;
-    int isNew = 0, deleted = 0;
-    ImportedCmdData *dataPtr;
 
     if (iPtr->flags & DELETED) {
 	/*
 	 * The interpreter is being deleted. Don't create any new commands;
 	 * it's not safe to muck with the interpreter anymore.
 	 */
-
 	return (Tcl_Command) NULL;
     }
 
     /*
+     * Determine where the command should reside. If its name contains
+     * namespace qualifiers, we put it in the specified namespace;
+     * otherwise, we always put it in the global namespace.
+     */
+
+    if (strstr(cmdName, "::") != NULL) {
+	Namespace *dummy1, *dummy2;
+
+	TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, cmdName, NULL,
+	    TCL_CREATE_NS_IF_UNKNOWN, &nsPtr, &dummy1, &dummy2, &tail);
+	if ((nsPtr == NULL) || (tail == NULL)) {
+	    return (Tcl_Command) NULL;
+	}
+    } else {
+	nsPtr = iPtr->globalNsPtr;
+	tail = cmdName;
+    }
+
+    return TclCreateObjCommandInNs(interp, tail, (Tcl_Namespace *) nsPtr,
+	proc, clientData, deleteProc);
+}
+
+Tcl_Command
+TclCreateObjCommandInNs (
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    const char *cmdName,	/* Name of command, without any namespace components */
+    Tcl_Namespace *namespace,   /* The namespace to create the command in */
+    Tcl_ObjCmdProc *proc,	/* Object-based function to associate with
+				 * name. */
+    ClientData clientData,	/* Arbitrary value to pass to object
+				 * function. */
+    Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc
+				/* If not NULL, gives a function to call when
+				 * this command is deleted. */
+) {
+    int deleted = 0, isNew = 0;
+    Command *cmdPtr;
+    ImportRef *oldRefPtr = NULL;
+    ImportedCmdData *dataPtr;
+    Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr;
+    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *) namespace;
+    /*
      * If the command name we seek to create already exists, we need to
      * delete that first.  That can be tricky in the presence of traces.
      * Loop until we no longer find an existing command in the way, or
      * until we've deleted one command and that didn't finish the job.
      */
-
     while (1) {
-        /*
-         * Determine where the command should reside. If its name contains
-         * namespace qualifiers, we put it in the specified namespace;
-	 * otherwise, we always put it in the global namespace.
-         */
-
-        if (strstr(cmdName, "::") != NULL) {
-	    Namespace *dummy1, *dummy2;
-
-	    TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, cmdName, NULL,
-		TCL_CREATE_NS_IF_UNKNOWN, &nsPtr, &dummy1, &dummy2, &tail);
-	    if ((nsPtr == NULL) || (tail == NULL)) {
-	        return (Tcl_Command) NULL;
-	    }
-        } else {
-	    nsPtr = iPtr->globalNsPtr;
-	    tail = cmdName;
-        }
-
-        hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&nsPtr->cmdTable, tail, &isNew);
+	hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&nsPtr->cmdTable, cmdName, &isNew);
 
-        if (isNew || deleted) {
+	if (isNew || deleted) {
 	    /*
 	     * isNew - No conflict with existing command.
 	     * deleted - We've already deleted a conflicting command
 	     */
 	    break;
-        }
+	}
+
 
 	/* An existing command conflicts. Try to delete it.. */
 	cmdPtr = Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);
@@ -2336,7 +2358,13 @@ Tcl_CreateObjCommand(
 	    cmdPtr->flags |= CMD_REDEF_IN_PROGRESS;
 	}
 
+	/* Make sure namespace doesn't get deallocated. */
+	cmdPtr->nsPtr->refCount++;
+
 	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, (Tcl_Command) cmdPtr);
+	nsPtr = (Namespace *) TclEnsureNamespace(interp,
+	    (Tcl_Namespace *)cmdPtr->nsPtr);
+	TclNsDecrRefCount(cmdPtr->nsPtr);
 
 	if (cmdPtr->flags & CMD_REDEF_IN_PROGRESS) {
 	    oldRefPtr = cmdPtr->importRefPtr;
@@ -2345,7 +2373,6 @@ Tcl_CreateObjCommand(
 	TclCleanupCommandMacro(cmdPtr);
 	deleted = 1;
     }
-
     if (!isNew) {
 	/*
 	 * If the deletion callback recreated the command, just throw away
@@ -2367,7 +2394,7 @@ Tcl_CreateObjCommand(
 	 * commands.
 	 */
 
-	TclInvalidateCmdLiteral(interp, tail, nsPtr);
+	TclInvalidateCmdLiteral(interp, cmdName, nsPtr);
 
 	/*
 	 * The list of command exported from the namespace might have changed.
@@ -3112,7 +3139,7 @@ Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(
     /*
      * We must delete this command, even though both traces and delete procs
      * may try to avoid this (renaming the command etc). Also traces and
-     * delete procs may try to delete the command themsevles. This flag
+     * delete procs may try to delete the command themselves. This flag
      * declares that a delete is in progress and that recursive deletes should
      * be ignored.
      */
@@ -7699,6 +7726,71 @@ ExprWideFunc(
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Common implmentation of max() and min().
+ */
+static int
+ExprMaxMinFunc(
+    ClientData clientData,	/* Ignored. */
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interpreter in which to execute the
+				 * function. */
+    int objc,			/* Actual parameter count. */
+    Tcl_Obj *const *objv,	/* Actual parameter vector. */
+    int op)			/* Comparison direction */
+{
+    Tcl_Obj *res;
+    double d;
+    int type, i;
+    ClientData ptr;
+
+    if (objc < 2) {
+	MathFuncWrongNumArgs(interp, 2, objc, objv);
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+    res = objv[1];
+    for (i = 1; i < objc; i++) {
+        if (TclGetNumberFromObj(interp, objv[i], &ptr, &type) != TCL_OK) {
+            return TCL_ERROR;
+        }
+        if (type == TCL_NUMBER_NAN) {
+            /*
+             * Get the error message for NaN.
+             */
+
+            Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj(interp, objv[i], &d);
+            return TCL_ERROR;
+        }
+        if (TclCompareTwoNumbers(objv[i], res) == op)  {
+            res = objv[i];
+        }
+    }
+
+    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, res);
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+static int
+ExprMaxFunc(
+    ClientData clientData,	/* Ignored. */
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interpreter in which to execute the
+				 * function. */
+    int objc,			/* Actual parameter count. */
+    Tcl_Obj *const *objv)	/* Actual parameter vector. */
+{
+    return ExprMaxMinFunc(clientData, interp, objc, objv, MP_GT);
+}
+
+static int
+ExprMinFunc(
+    ClientData clientData,	/* Ignored. */
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interpreter in which to execute the
+				 * function. */
+    int objc,			/* Actual parameter count. */
+    Tcl_Obj *const *objv)	/* Actual parameter vector. */
+{
+    return ExprMaxMinFunc(clientData, interp, objc, objv, MP_LT);
+}
+
 static int
 ExprRandFunc(
     ClientData clientData,	/* Ignored. */
@@ -7722,8 +7814,8 @@ ExprRandFunc(
 	iPtr->flags |= RAND_SEED_INITIALIZED;
 
 	/*
-	 * Take into consideration the thread this interp is running in order
-	 * to insure different seeds in different threads (bug #416643)
+	 * To ensure different seeds in different threads (bug #416643),
+	 * take into consideration the thread this interp is running in.
 	 */
 
 	iPtr->randSeed = TclpGetClicks() + (PTR2INT(Tcl_GetCurrentThread())<<12);
@@ -8187,6 +8279,22 @@ Tcl_NRCreateCommand(
     cmdPtr->nreProc = nreProc;
     return (Tcl_Command) cmdPtr;
 }
+
+Tcl_Command
+TclNRCreateCommandInNs (
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    const char *cmdName,
+    Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+    Tcl_ObjCmdProc *proc,
+    Tcl_ObjCmdProc *nreProc,
+    ClientData clientData,
+    Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc) {
+    Command *cmdPtr = (Command *)
+	TclCreateObjCommandInNs(interp,cmdName,nsPtr,proc,clientData,deleteProc);
+
+    cmdPtr->nreProc = nreProc;
+    return (Tcl_Command) cmdPtr;
+}
 
 /****************************************************************************
  * Stuff for the public api
@@ -8972,9 +9080,9 @@ TclNRCoroutineObjCmd(
 {
     Command *cmdPtr;
     CoroutineData *corPtr;
-    const char *fullName, *procName;
-    Namespace *nsPtr, *altNsPtr, *cxtNsPtr;
-    Tcl_DString ds;
+    const char *procName, *simpleName;
+    Namespace *nsPtr, *altNsPtr, *cxtNsPtr,
+	*inNsPtr = (Namespace *)TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp);
     Namespace *lookupNsPtr = iPtr->varFramePtr->nsPtr;
 
     if (objc < 3) {
@@ -8982,34 +9090,21 @@ TclNRCoroutineObjCmd(
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * FIXME: this is copy/pasted from Tcl_ProcObjCommand. Should have
-     * something in tclUtil.c to find the FQ name.
-     */
-
-    fullName = TclGetString(objv[1]);
-    TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, fullName, NULL, 0,
-	    &nsPtr, &altNsPtr, &cxtNsPtr, &procName);
+    procName = TclGetString(objv[1]);
+    TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, procName, inNsPtr, 0,
+	    &nsPtr, &altNsPtr, &cxtNsPtr, &simpleName);
 
     if (nsPtr == NULL) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
                 "can't create procedure \"%s\": unknown namespace",
-                fullName));
+                procName));
         Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "LOOKUP", "NAMESPACE", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
-    if (procName == NULL) {
+    if (simpleName == NULL) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
                 "can't create procedure \"%s\": bad procedure name",
-                fullName));
-        Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "COMMAND", fullName, NULL);
-	return TCL_ERROR;
-    }
-    if ((nsPtr != iPtr->globalNsPtr)
-	    && (procName != NULL) && (procName[0] == ':')) {
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-                "can't create procedure \"%s\" in non-global namespace with"
-                " name starting with \":\"", procName));
+                procName));
         Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "COMMAND", procName, NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
@@ -9021,16 +9116,9 @@ TclNRCoroutineObjCmd(
 
     corPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(CoroutineData));
 
-    Tcl_DStringInit(&ds);
-    if (nsPtr != iPtr->globalNsPtr) {
-	Tcl_DStringAppend(&ds, nsPtr->fullName, -1);
-	TclDStringAppendLiteral(&ds, "::");
-    }
-    Tcl_DStringAppend(&ds, procName, -1);
-
-    cmdPtr = (Command *) Tcl_NRCreateCommand(interp, Tcl_DStringValue(&ds),
-	    /*objProc*/ NULL, TclNRInterpCoroutine, corPtr, DeleteCoroutine);
-    Tcl_DStringFree(&ds);
+    cmdPtr = (Command *) TclNRCreateCommandInNs(interp, simpleName,
+	    (Tcl_Namespace *)nsPtr, /*objProc*/ NULL, TclNRInterpCoroutine,
+	    corPtr, DeleteCoroutine);
 
     corPtr->cmdPtr = cmdPtr;
     cmdPtr->refCount++;
@@ -9091,7 +9179,7 @@ TclNRCoroutineObjCmd(
     TclNRAddCallback(interp, NRCoroutineExitCallback, corPtr,
 	    NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
-    /* insure that the command is looked up in the correct namespace */
+    /* ensure that the command is looked up in the correct namespace */
     iPtr->lookupNsPtr = lookupNsPtr;
     Tcl_NREvalObj(interp, Tcl_NewListObj(objc-2, objv+2), 0);
     iPtr->numLevels--;
diff --git a/generic/tclCmdIL.c b/generic/tclCmdIL.c
index 47076ec..b41d312 100644
--- a/generic/tclCmdIL.c
+++ b/generic/tclCmdIL.c
@@ -2945,7 +2945,7 @@ Tcl_LsearchObjCmd(
     double patDouble, objDouble;
     SortInfo sortInfo;
     Tcl_Obj *patObj, **listv, *listPtr, *startPtr, *itemPtr;
-    SortStrCmpFn_t strCmpFn = strcmp;
+    SortStrCmpFn_t strCmpFn = TclUtfCmp;
     Tcl_RegExp regexp = NULL;
     static const char *const options[] = {
 	"-all",	    "-ascii",   "-bisect", "-decreasing", "-dictionary",
@@ -4263,7 +4263,7 @@ SortCompare(
     int order = 0;
 
     if (infoPtr->sortMode == SORTMODE_ASCII) {
-	order = strcmp(elemPtr1->collationKey.strValuePtr,
+	order = TclUtfCmp(elemPtr1->collationKey.strValuePtr,
 		elemPtr2->collationKey.strValuePtr);
     } else if (infoPtr->sortMode == SORTMODE_ASCII_NC) {
 	order = TclUtfCasecmp(elemPtr1->collationKey.strValuePtr,
diff --git a/generic/tclCmdMZ.c b/generic/tclCmdMZ.c
index 2195aa1..a206cc5 100644
--- a/generic/tclCmdMZ.c
+++ b/generic/tclCmdMZ.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ Tcl_RegexpObjCmd(
 	    eflags = 0;
 	} else if (offset > stringLength) {
 	    eflags = TCL_REG_NOTBOL;
-	} else if (Tcl_GetUniChar(objPtr, offset-1) == (Tcl_UniChar)'\n') {
+	} else if (Tcl_GetUniChar(objPtr, offset-1) == '\n') {
 	    eflags = 0;
 	} else {
 	    eflags = TCL_REG_NOTBOL;
@@ -1216,13 +1216,22 @@ Tcl_SplitObjCmd(
 	Tcl_InitHashTable(&charReuseTable, TCL_ONE_WORD_KEYS);
 
 	for ( ; stringPtr < end; stringPtr += len) {
+		int fullchar;
 	    len = TclUtfToUniChar(stringPtr, &ch);
+	    fullchar = ch;
+
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	    if (!len) {
+		len += TclUtfToUniChar(stringPtr, &ch);
+		fullchar = (((fullchar & 0x3ff) << 10) | (ch & 0x3ff)) + 0x10000;
+	    }
+#endif
 
 	    /*
 	     * Assume Tcl_UniChar is an integral type...
 	     */
 
-	    hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&charReuseTable, INT2PTR((int) ch),
+	    hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&charReuseTable, INT2PTR(fullchar),
 		    &isNew);
 	    if (isNew) {
 		TclNewStringObj(objPtr, stringPtr, len);
@@ -1814,8 +1823,16 @@ StringIsCmd(
 	}
 	end = string1 + length1;
 	for (; string1 < end; string1 += length2, failat++) {
+	    int fullchar;
 	    length2 = TclUtfToUniChar(string1, &ch);
-	    if (!chcomp(ch)) {
+	    fullchar = ch;
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	    if (!length2) {
+	    	length2 = TclUtfToUniChar(string1, &ch);
+	    	fullchar = (((fullchar & 0x3ff) << 10) | (ch & 0x3ff)) + 0x10000;
+	    }
+#endif
+	    if (!chcomp(fullchar)) {
 		result = 0;
 		break;
 	    }
@@ -3530,7 +3547,7 @@ TclNRSwitchObjCmd(
 	OPT_LAST
     };
     typedef int (*strCmpFn_t)(const char *, const char *);
-    strCmpFn_t strCmpFn = strcmp;
+    strCmpFn_t strCmpFn = TclUtfCmp;
 
     mode = OPT_EXACT;
     foundmode = 0;
diff --git a/generic/tclDecls.h b/generic/tclDecls.h
index 464fc0f..be3dc80 100644
--- a/generic/tclDecls.h
+++ b/generic/tclDecls.h
@@ -669,7 +669,8 @@ EXTERN int		Tcl_ScanElement(const char *src, int *flagPtr);
 EXTERN int		Tcl_ScanCountedElement(const char *src, int length,
 				int *flagPtr);
 /* 220 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_SeekOld(Tcl_Channel chan, int offset, int mode);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+int			Tcl_SeekOld(Tcl_Channel chan, int offset, int mode);
 /* 221 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_ServiceAll(void);
 /* 222 */
@@ -741,7 +742,8 @@ EXTERN void		Tcl_StaticPackage(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 /* 245 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_StringMatch(const char *str, const char *pattern);
 /* 246 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_TellOld(Tcl_Channel chan);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+int			Tcl_TellOld(Tcl_Channel chan);
 /* 247 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_TraceVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName,
 				int flags, Tcl_VarTraceProc *proc,
@@ -812,10 +814,12 @@ EXTERN int		Tcl_DumpActiveMemory(const char *fileName);
 /* 266 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_ValidateAllMemory(const char *file, int line);
 /* 267 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_AppendResultVA(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCL_DEPRECATED("see TIP #422")
+void			Tcl_AppendResultVA(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				va_list argList);
 /* 268 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
+TCL_DEPRECATED("see TIP #422")
+void			Tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
 				va_list argList);
 /* 269 */
 EXTERN char *		Tcl_HashStats(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr);
@@ -838,14 +842,17 @@ EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_PkgRequire(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name, const char *version,
 				int exact);
 /* 275 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_SetErrorCodeVA(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCL_DEPRECATED("see TIP #422")
+void			Tcl_SetErrorCodeVA(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				va_list argList);
 /* 276 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_VarEvalVA(Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("see TIP #422")
+int			Tcl_VarEvalVA(Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList);
 /* 277 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Pid		Tcl_WaitPid(Tcl_Pid pid, int *statPtr, int options);
 /* 278 */
-EXTERN TCL_NORETURN void Tcl_PanicVA(const char *format, va_list argList);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("see TIP #422")
+TCL_NORETURN void	Tcl_PanicVA(const char *format, va_list argList);
 /* 279 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_GetVersion(int *major, int *minor,
 				int *patchLevel, int *type);
@@ -2086,7 +2093,7 @@ typedef struct TclStubs {
     void (*tcl_ResetResult) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 217 */
     int (*tcl_ScanElement) (const char *src, int *flagPtr); /* 218 */
     int (*tcl_ScanCountedElement) (const char *src, int length, int *flagPtr); /* 219 */
-    int (*tcl_SeekOld) (Tcl_Channel chan, int offset, int mode); /* 220 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") int (*tcl_SeekOld) (Tcl_Channel chan, int offset, int mode); /* 220 */
     int (*tcl_ServiceAll) (void); /* 221 */
     int (*tcl_ServiceEvent) (int flags); /* 222 */
     void (*tcl_SetAssocData) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_InterpDeleteProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 223 */
@@ -2112,7 +2119,7 @@ typedef struct TclStubs {
     void (*tcl_SplitPath) (const char *path, int *argcPtr, CONST84 char ***argvPtr); /* 243 */
     void (*tcl_StaticPackage) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *pkgName, Tcl_PackageInitProc *initProc, Tcl_PackageInitProc *safeInitProc); /* 244 */
     int (*tcl_StringMatch) (const char *str, const char *pattern); /* 245 */
-    int (*tcl_TellOld) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 246 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") int (*tcl_TellOld) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 246 */
     int (*tcl_TraceVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName, int flags, Tcl_VarTraceProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 247 */
     int (*tcl_TraceVar2) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1, const char *part2, int flags, Tcl_VarTraceProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 248 */
     char * (*tcl_TranslateFileName) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_DString *bufferPtr); /* 249 */
@@ -2133,18 +2140,18 @@ typedef struct TclStubs {
     void (*tcl_WrongNumArgs) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[], const char *message); /* 264 */
     int (*tcl_DumpActiveMemory) (const char *fileName); /* 265 */
     void (*tcl_ValidateAllMemory) (const char *file, int line); /* 266 */
-    void (*tcl_AppendResultVA) (Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList); /* 267 */
-    void (*tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA) (Tcl_Obj *objPtr, va_list argList); /* 268 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("see TIP #422") void (*tcl_AppendResultVA) (Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList); /* 267 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("see TIP #422") void (*tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA) (Tcl_Obj *objPtr, va_list argList); /* 268 */
     char * (*tcl_HashStats) (Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr); /* 269 */
     CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_ParseVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start, CONST84 char **termPtr); /* 270 */
     CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_PkgPresent) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version, int exact); /* 271 */
     CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_PkgPresentEx) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version, int exact, void *clientDataPtr); /* 272 */
     int (*tcl_PkgProvide) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version); /* 273 */
     CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_PkgRequire) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version, int exact); /* 274 */
-    void (*tcl_SetErrorCodeVA) (Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList); /* 275 */
-    int (*tcl_VarEvalVA) (Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList); /* 276 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("see TIP #422") void (*tcl_SetErrorCodeVA) (Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList); /* 275 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("see TIP #422") int (*tcl_VarEvalVA) (Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList); /* 276 */
     Tcl_Pid (*tcl_WaitPid) (Tcl_Pid pid, int *statPtr, int options); /* 277 */
-    TCL_NORETURN1 void (*tcl_PanicVA) (const char *format, va_list argList); /* 278 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("see TIP #422") TCL_NORETURN1 void (*tcl_PanicVA) (const char *format, va_list argList); /* 278 */
     void (*tcl_GetVersion) (int *major, int *minor, int *patchLevel, int *type); /* 279 */
     void (*tcl_InitMemory) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 280 */
     Tcl_Channel (*tcl_StackChannel) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const Tcl_ChannelType *typePtr, ClientData instanceData, int mask, Tcl_Channel prevChan); /* 281 */
diff --git a/generic/tclDictObj.c b/generic/tclDictObj.c
index 1c74c5f..3b983e3 100644
--- a/generic/tclDictObj.c
+++ b/generic/tclDictObj.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ typedef struct Dict {
 				 * the dictionary. Used for doing traversal of
 				 * the entries in the order that they are
 				 * created. */
-    int epoch;			/* Epoch counter */
+    unsigned int epoch; 	/* Epoch counter */
     size_t refCount;		/* Reference counter (see above) */
     Tcl_Obj *chain;		/* Linked list used for invalidating the
 				 * string representations of updated nested
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ DupDictInternalRep(
      * Initialise other fields.
      */
 
-    newDict->epoch = 0;
+    newDict->epoch = 1;
     newDict->chain = NULL;
     newDict->refCount = 1;
 
@@ -487,15 +487,14 @@ static void
 UpdateStringOfDict(
     Tcl_Obj *dictPtr)
 {
-#define LOCAL_SIZE 20
-    int localFlags[LOCAL_SIZE], *flagPtr = NULL;
+#define LOCAL_SIZE 64
+    char localFlags[LOCAL_SIZE], *flagPtr = NULL;
     Dict *dict = DICT(dictPtr);
     ChainEntry *cPtr;
     Tcl_Obj *keyPtr, *valuePtr;
     int i, length, bytesNeeded = 0;
     const char *elem;
     char *dst;
-    const int maxFlags = UINT_MAX / sizeof(int);
 
     /*
      * This field is the most useful one in the whole hash structure, and it
@@ -517,10 +516,8 @@ UpdateStringOfDict(
 
     if (numElems <= LOCAL_SIZE) {
 	flagPtr = localFlags;
-    } else if (numElems > maxFlags) {
-	Tcl_Panic("max size for a Tcl value (%d bytes) exceeded", INT_MAX);
     } else {
-	flagPtr = ckalloc(numElems * sizeof(int));
+	flagPtr = ckalloc(numElems);
     }
     for (i=0,cPtr=dict->entryChainHead; i<numElems; i+=2,cPtr=cPtr->nextPtr) {
 	/*
@@ -710,7 +707,7 @@ SetDictFromAny(
      */
 
     TclFreeIntRep(objPtr);
-    dict->epoch = 0;
+    dict->epoch = 1;
     dict->chain = NULL;
     dict->refCount = 1;
     DICT(objPtr) = dict;
@@ -1109,7 +1106,7 @@ Tcl_DictObjFirst(
     dict = DICT(dictPtr);
     cPtr = dict->entryChainHead;
     if (cPtr == NULL) {
-	searchPtr->epoch = -1;
+	searchPtr->epoch = 0;
 	*donePtr = 1;
     } else {
 	*donePtr = 0;
@@ -1170,7 +1167,7 @@ Tcl_DictObjNext(
      * If the searh is done; we do no work.
      */
 
-    if (searchPtr->epoch == -1) {
+    if (!searchPtr->epoch) {
 	*donePtr = 1;
 	return;
     }
@@ -1227,8 +1224,8 @@ Tcl_DictObjDone(
 {
     Dict *dict;
 
-    if (searchPtr->epoch != -1) {
-	searchPtr->epoch = -1;
+    if (searchPtr->epoch) {
+	searchPtr->epoch = 0;
 	dict = (Dict *) searchPtr->dictionaryPtr;
 	if (dict->refCount-- <= 1) {
 	    DeleteDict(dict);
@@ -1380,7 +1377,7 @@ Tcl_NewDictObj(void)
     TclInvalidateStringRep(dictPtr);
     dict = ckalloc(sizeof(Dict));
     InitChainTable(dict);
-    dict->epoch = 0;
+    dict->epoch = 1;
     dict->chain = NULL;
     dict->refCount = 1;
     DICT(dictPtr) = dict;
@@ -1430,7 +1427,7 @@ Tcl_DbNewDictObj(
     TclInvalidateStringRep(dictPtr);
     dict = ckalloc(sizeof(Dict));
     InitChainTable(dict);
-    dict->epoch = 0;
+    dict->epoch = 1;
     dict->chain = NULL;
     dict->refCount = 1;
     DICT(dictPtr) = dict;
diff --git a/generic/tclEncoding.c b/generic/tclEncoding.c
index e328340..e1e26d3 100644
--- a/generic/tclEncoding.c
+++ b/generic/tclEncoding.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ typedef size_t (LengthProc)(const char *src);
  * convert between various character sets and UTF-8.
  */
 
-typedef struct Encoding {
+typedef struct {
     char *name;			/* Name of encoding. Malloced because (1) hash
 				 * table entry that owns this encoding may be
 				 * freed prior to this encoding being freed,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ typedef struct Encoding {
  * encoding.
  */
 
-typedef struct TableEncodingData {
+typedef struct {
     int fallback;		/* Character (in this encoding) to substitute
 				 * when this encoding cannot represent a UTF-8
 				 * character. */
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ typedef struct TableEncodingData {
  * for switching character sets.
  */
 
-typedef struct EscapeSubTable {
+typedef struct {
     unsigned sequenceLen;	/* Length of following string. */
     char sequence[16];		/* Escape code that marks this encoding. */
     char name[32];		/* Name for encoding. */
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ typedef struct EscapeSubTable {
 				 * yet. */
 } EscapeSubTable;
 
-typedef struct EscapeEncodingData {
+typedef struct {
     int fallback;		/* Character (in this encoding) to substitute
 				 * when this encoding cannot represent a UTF-8
 				 * character. */
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ TclInitEncodingSubsystem(void)
      * formed UTF-8 into a properly formed stream.
      */
 
-    type.encodingName	= "identity";
+    type.encodingName	= NULL;
     type.toUtfProc	= BinaryProc;
     type.fromUtfProc	= BinaryProc;
     type.freeProc	= NULL;
@@ -851,7 +851,9 @@ FreeEncoding(
 	if (encodingPtr->hPtr != NULL) {
 	    Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(encodingPtr->hPtr);
 	}
-	ckfree(encodingPtr->name);
+	if (encodingPtr->name) {
+	    ckfree(encodingPtr->name);
+	}
 	ckfree(encodingPtr);
     }
 }
@@ -1040,9 +1042,24 @@ Tcl_CreateEncoding(
     const Tcl_EncodingType *typePtr)
 				/* The encoding type. */
 {
+    Encoding *encodingPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(Encoding));
+    encodingPtr->name		= NULL;
+    encodingPtr->toUtfProc	= typePtr->toUtfProc;
+    encodingPtr->fromUtfProc	= typePtr->fromUtfProc;
+    encodingPtr->freeProc	= typePtr->freeProc;
+    encodingPtr->nullSize	= typePtr->nullSize;
+    encodingPtr->clientData	= typePtr->clientData;
+    if (typePtr->nullSize == 1) {
+	encodingPtr->lengthProc = (LengthProc *) strlen;
+    } else {
+	encodingPtr->lengthProc = (LengthProc *) unilen;
+    }
+    encodingPtr->refCount	= 1;
+    encodingPtr->hPtr		= NULL;
+
+  if (typePtr->encodingName) {
     Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr;
     int isNew;
-    Encoding *encodingPtr;
     char *name;
 
     Tcl_MutexLock(&encodingMutex);
@@ -1053,30 +1070,17 @@ Tcl_CreateEncoding(
 	 * reference goes away.
 	 */
 
-	encodingPtr = Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);
-	encodingPtr->hPtr = NULL;
+	Encoding *replaceMe = Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);
+	replaceMe->hPtr = NULL;
     }
 
     name = ckalloc(strlen(typePtr->encodingName) + 1);
-
-    encodingPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(Encoding));
     encodingPtr->name		= strcpy(name, typePtr->encodingName);
-    encodingPtr->toUtfProc	= typePtr->toUtfProc;
-    encodingPtr->fromUtfProc	= typePtr->fromUtfProc;
-    encodingPtr->freeProc	= typePtr->freeProc;
-    encodingPtr->nullSize	= typePtr->nullSize;
-    encodingPtr->clientData	= typePtr->clientData;
-    if (typePtr->nullSize == 1) {
-	encodingPtr->lengthProc = (LengthProc *) strlen;
-    } else {
-	encodingPtr->lengthProc = (LengthProc *) unilen;
-    }
-    encodingPtr->refCount	= 1;
     encodingPtr->hPtr		= hPtr;
     Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, encodingPtr);
 
     Tcl_MutexUnlock(&encodingMutex);
-
+  }
     return (Tcl_Encoding) encodingPtr;
 }
 
diff --git a/generic/tclEnsemble.c b/generic/tclEnsemble.c
index f3e8187..580ea5c 100644
--- a/generic/tclEnsemble.c
+++ b/generic/tclEnsemble.c
@@ -146,10 +146,12 @@ TclNamespaceEnsembleCmd(
     Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
 {
     Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr;
-    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *) TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp);
+    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *) TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp), *cxtPtr,
+    	*foundNsPtr, *altFoundNsPtr, *actualCxtPtr;
     Tcl_Command token;
     Tcl_DictSearch search;
     Tcl_Obj *listObj;
+    const char *simpleName;
     int index, done;
 
     if (nsPtr == NULL || nsPtr->flags & NS_DYING) {
@@ -195,13 +197,8 @@ TclNamespaceEnsembleCmd(
 	objv += 2;
 	objc -= 2;
 
-	/*
-	 * Work out what name to use for the command to create. If supplied,
-	 * it is either fully specified or relative to the current namespace.
-	 * If not supplied, it is exactly the name of the current namespace.
-	 */
-
-	name = nsPtr->fullName;
+	name = nsPtr->name;
+	cxtPtr = (Namespace *) nsPtr->parentPtr;
 
 	/*
 	 * Parse the option list, applying type checks as we go. Note that we
@@ -221,6 +218,7 @@ TclNamespaceEnsembleCmd(
 	    switch ((enum EnsCreateOpts) index) {
 	    case CRT_CMD:
 		name = TclGetString(objv[1]);
+		cxtPtr = nsPtr;
 		continue;
 	    case CRT_SUBCMDS:
 		if (TclListObjLength(interp, objv[1], &len) != TCL_OK) {
@@ -337,6 +335,10 @@ TclNamespaceEnsembleCmd(
 	    }
 	}
 
+	TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, name, cxtPtr,
+	TCL_CREATE_NS_IF_UNKNOWN, &foundNsPtr, &altFoundNsPtr, &actualCxtPtr,
+	&simpleName);
+
 	/*
 	 * Create the ensemble. Note that this might delete another ensemble
 	 * linked to the same namespace, so we must be careful. However, we
@@ -344,8 +346,9 @@ TclNamespaceEnsembleCmd(
 	 * we've created it (and after any deletions have occurred.)
 	 */
 
-	token = Tcl_CreateEnsemble(interp, name, NULL,
-		(permitPrefix ? TCL_ENSEMBLE_PREFIX : 0));
+	token = TclCreateEnsembleInNs(interp, simpleName,
+	     (Tcl_Namespace *) foundNsPtr, (Tcl_Namespace *) nsPtr,
+	     (permitPrefix ? TCL_ENSEMBLE_PREFIX : 0));
 	Tcl_SetEnsembleSubcommandList(interp, token, subcmdObj);
 	Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict(interp, token, mapObj);
 	Tcl_SetEnsembleUnknownHandler(interp, token, unknownObj);
@@ -636,48 +639,38 @@ TclNamespaceEnsembleCmd(
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * Tcl_CreateEnsemble --
+ * TclCreateEnsembleInNs --
  *
- *	Create a simple ensemble attached to the given namespace.
- *
- * Results:
- *	The token for the command created.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	The ensemble is created and marked for compilation.
+ *	Like Tcl_CreateEnsemble, but additionally accepts as an argument the
+ *	name of the namespace to create the command in.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 Tcl_Command
-Tcl_CreateEnsemble(
+TclCreateEnsembleInNs(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,
-    const char *name,
-    Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr,
-    int flags)
-{
-    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *) namespacePtr;
-    EnsembleConfig *ensemblePtr = ckalloc(sizeof(EnsembleConfig));
-    Tcl_Obj *nameObj = NULL;
 
-    if (nsPtr == NULL) {
-	nsPtr = (Namespace *) TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp);
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Make the name of the ensemble into a fully qualified name. This might
-     * allocate a temporary object.
-     */
+    const char *name,   /* Simple name of command to create (no */
+			/* namespace components). */
+    Tcl_Namespace       /* Name of namespace to create the command in. */
+    *nameNsPtr,
+    Tcl_Namespace
+    *ensembleNsPtr,	/* Name of the namespace for the ensemble. */
+    int flags
+    )
+{
+    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *) ensembleNsPtr;
+    EnsembleConfig *ensemblePtr;
+    Tcl_Command token;
 
-    if (!(name[0] == ':' && name[1] == ':')) {
-	nameObj = NewNsObj((Tcl_Namespace *) nsPtr);
-	if (nsPtr->parentPtr == NULL) {
-	    Tcl_AppendStringsToObj(nameObj, name, NULL);
-	} else {
-	    Tcl_AppendStringsToObj(nameObj, "::", name, NULL);
-	}
-	Tcl_IncrRefCount(nameObj);
-	name = TclGetString(nameObj);
+    ensemblePtr = ckalloc(sizeof(EnsembleConfig));
+    token = TclNRCreateCommandInNs(interp, name,
+	(Tcl_Namespace *) nameNsPtr, NsEnsembleImplementationCmd,
+	NsEnsembleImplementationCmdNR, ensemblePtr, DeleteEnsembleConfig);
+    if (token == NULL) {
+	ckfree(ensemblePtr);
+	return NULL;
     }
 
     ensemblePtr->nsPtr = nsPtr;
@@ -690,9 +683,7 @@ Tcl_CreateEnsemble(
     ensemblePtr->numParameters = 0;
     ensemblePtr->parameterList = NULL;
     ensemblePtr->unknownHandler = NULL;
-    ensemblePtr->token = Tcl_NRCreateCommand(interp, name,
-	    NsEnsembleImplementationCmd, NsEnsembleImplementationCmdNR,
-	    ensemblePtr, DeleteEnsembleConfig);
+    ensemblePtr->token = token;
     ensemblePtr->next = (EnsembleConfig *) nsPtr->ensembles;
     nsPtr->ensembles = (Tcl_Ensemble *) ensemblePtr;
 
@@ -709,11 +700,52 @@ Tcl_CreateEnsemble(
 	((Command *) ensemblePtr->token)->compileProc = TclCompileEnsemble;
     }
 
-    if (nameObj != NULL) {
-	TclDecrRefCount(nameObj);
-    }
     return ensemblePtr->token;
+
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * Tcl_CreateEnsemble
+ *
+ *	Create a simple ensemble attached to the given namespace.
+ *
+ *	Deprecated by TclCreateEnsembleInNs.
+ *
+ * Value
+ *
+ *	The token for the command created.
+ *
+ * Effect
+ *	The ensemble is created and marked for compilation.
+ *
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+Tcl_Command
+Tcl_CreateEnsemble(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    const char *name,
+    Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr,
+    int flags)
+{
+    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *)namespacePtr, *foundNsPtr, *altNsPtr,
+    	*actualNsPtr;
+    const char * simpleName;
+
+    if (nsPtr == NULL) {
+	nsPtr = (Namespace *) TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp);
+    }
+
+    TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, name, nsPtr, TCL_CREATE_NS_IF_UNKNOWN,
+    	&foundNsPtr, &altNsPtr, &actualNsPtr, &simpleName);
+    return TclCreateEnsembleInNs(interp, simpleName,
+	(Tcl_Namespace *) foundNsPtr, (Tcl_Namespace *) nsPtr, flags);
 }
+
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1885,6 +1917,7 @@ NsEnsembleImplementationCmdNR(
 
 	TclSkipTailcall(interp);
 	Tcl_ListObjGetElements(NULL, copyPtr, &copyObjc, &copyObjv);
+	((Interp *)interp)->lookupNsPtr = ensemblePtr->nsPtr;
 	return TclNREvalObjv(interp, copyObjc, copyObjv, TCL_EVAL_INVOKE, NULL);
     }
 
@@ -2399,13 +2432,31 @@ MakeCachedEnsembleCommand(
  */
 
 static void
+ClearTable(
+    EnsembleConfig *ensemblePtr)
+{
+    Tcl_HashTable *hash = &ensemblePtr->subcommandTable;
+
+    if (hash->numEntries != 0) {
+        Tcl_HashSearch search;
+        Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr = Tcl_FirstHashEntry(hash, &search);
+
+        while (hPtr != NULL) {
+            Tcl_Obj *prefixObj = Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);
+            Tcl_DecrRefCount(prefixObj);
+            hPtr = Tcl_NextHashEntry(&search);
+        }
+        ckfree((char *) ensemblePtr->subcommandArrayPtr);
+    }
+    Tcl_DeleteHashTable(hash);
+}
+
+static void
 DeleteEnsembleConfig(
     ClientData clientData)
 {
     EnsembleConfig *ensemblePtr = clientData;
     Namespace *nsPtr = ensemblePtr->nsPtr;
-    Tcl_HashSearch search;
-    Tcl_HashEntry *hEnt;
 
     /*
      * Unlink from the ensemble chain if it has not been marked as having been
@@ -2439,17 +2490,7 @@ DeleteEnsembleConfig(
      * Kill the pointer-containing fields.
      */
 
-    if (ensemblePtr->subcommandTable.numEntries != 0) {
-	ckfree(ensemblePtr->subcommandArrayPtr);
-    }
-    hEnt = Tcl_FirstHashEntry(&ensemblePtr->subcommandTable, &search);
-    while (hEnt != NULL) {
-	Tcl_Obj *prefixObj = Tcl_GetHashValue(hEnt);
-
-	Tcl_DecrRefCount(prefixObj);
-	hEnt = Tcl_NextHashEntry(&search);
-    }
-    Tcl_DeleteHashTable(&ensemblePtr->subcommandTable);
+    ClearTable(ensemblePtr);
     if (ensemblePtr->subcmdList != NULL) {
 	Tcl_DecrRefCount(ensemblePtr->subcmdList);
     }
@@ -2505,100 +2546,101 @@ BuildEnsembleConfig(
     int i, j, isNew;
     Tcl_HashTable *hash = &ensemblePtr->subcommandTable;
     Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr;
-
-    if (hash->numEntries != 0) {
-	/*
-	 * Remove pre-existing table.
-	 */
-
-	ckfree(ensemblePtr->subcommandArrayPtr);
-	hPtr = Tcl_FirstHashEntry(hash, &search);
-	while (hPtr != NULL) {
-	    Tcl_Obj *prefixObj = Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);
-
-	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(prefixObj);
-	    hPtr = Tcl_NextHashEntry(&search);
-	}
-	Tcl_DeleteHashTable(hash);
-	Tcl_InitHashTable(hash, TCL_STRING_KEYS);
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * See if we've got an export list. If so, we will only export exactly
-     * those commands, which may be either implemented by the prefix in the
-     * subcommandDict or mapped directly onto the namespace's commands.
-     */
-
-    if (ensemblePtr->subcmdList != NULL) {
-	Tcl_Obj **subcmdv, *target, *cmdObj, *cmdPrefixObj;
-	int subcmdc;
-
-	TclListObjGetElements(NULL, ensemblePtr->subcmdList, &subcmdc,
-		&subcmdv);
-	for (i=0 ; i<subcmdc ; i++) {
-	    const char *name = TclGetString(subcmdv[i]);
-
-	    hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(hash, name, &isNew);
-
-	    /*
-	     * Skip non-unique cases.
-	     */
-
-	    if (!isNew) {
-		continue;
-	    }
-
-	    /*
-	     * Look in our dictionary (if present) for the command.
-	     */
-
-	    if (ensemblePtr->subcommandDict != NULL) {
-		Tcl_DictObjGet(NULL, ensemblePtr->subcommandDict, subcmdv[i],
-			&target);
-		if (target != NULL) {
-		    Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, target);
-		    Tcl_IncrRefCount(target);
-		    continue;
-		}
-	    }
-
-	    /*
-	     * Not there, so map onto the namespace. Note in this case that we
-	     * do not guarantee that the command is actually there; that is
-	     * the programmer's responsibility (or [::unknown] of course).
-	     */
-
-	    cmdObj = NewNsObj((Tcl_Namespace *) ensemblePtr->nsPtr);
-	    if (ensemblePtr->nsPtr->parentPtr != NULL) {
-		Tcl_AppendStringsToObj(cmdObj, "::", name, NULL);
-	    } else {
-		Tcl_AppendStringsToObj(cmdObj, name, NULL);
-	    }
-	    cmdPrefixObj = Tcl_NewListObj(1, &cmdObj);
-	    Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, cmdPrefixObj);
-	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(cmdPrefixObj);
-	}
-    } else if (ensemblePtr->subcommandDict != NULL) {
-	/*
-	 * No subcmd list, but we do have a mapping dictionary so we should
-	 * use the keys of that. Convert the dictionary's contents into the
-	 * form required for the ensemble's internal hashtable.
-	 */
-
-	Tcl_DictSearch dictSearch;
-	Tcl_Obj *keyObj, *valueObj;
-	int done;
-
-	Tcl_DictObjFirst(NULL, ensemblePtr->subcommandDict, &dictSearch,
-		&keyObj, &valueObj, &done);
-	while (!done) {
-	    const char *name = TclGetString(keyObj);
-
-	    hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(hash, name, &isNew);
-	    Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, valueObj);
-	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(valueObj);
-	    Tcl_DictObjNext(&dictSearch, &keyObj, &valueObj, &done);
-	}
+    Tcl_Obj *mapDict = ensemblePtr->subcommandDict;
+    Tcl_Obj *subList = ensemblePtr->subcmdList;
+
+    ClearTable(ensemblePtr);
+    Tcl_InitHashTable(hash, TCL_STRING_KEYS);
+
+    if (subList) {
+        int subc;
+        Tcl_Obj **subv, *target, *cmdObj, *cmdPrefixObj;
+        char *name;
+
+        /*
+         * There is a list of exactly what subcommands go in the table.
+         * Must determine the target for each.
+         */
+
+        Tcl_ListObjGetElements(NULL, subList, &subc, &subv);
+        if (subList == mapDict) {
+            /*
+             * Strange case where explicit list of subcommands is same value
+             * as the dict mapping to targets.
+             */
+
+            for (i = 0; i < subc; i += 2) {
+                name = TclGetString(subv[i]);
+                hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(hash, name, &isNew);
+                if (!isNew) {
+                    cmdObj = (Tcl_Obj *)Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);
+                    Tcl_DecrRefCount(cmdObj);
+                }
+                Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, subv[i+1]);
+                Tcl_IncrRefCount(subv[i+1]);
+
+                name = TclGetString(subv[i+1]);
+                hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(hash, name, &isNew);
+                if (isNew) {
+                    cmdObj = Tcl_NewStringObj(name, -1);
+                    cmdPrefixObj = Tcl_NewListObj(1, &cmdObj);
+                    Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, cmdPrefixObj);
+                    Tcl_IncrRefCount(cmdPrefixObj);
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            /* Usual case where we can freely act on the list and dict. */
+
+            for (i = 0; i < subc; i++) {
+                name = TclGetString(subv[i]);
+                hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(hash, name, &isNew);
+                if (!isNew) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                /* Lookup target in the dictionary */
+                if (mapDict) {
+                    Tcl_DictObjGet(NULL, mapDict, subv[i], &target);
+                    if (target) {
+                        Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, target);
+                        Tcl_IncrRefCount(target);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                /*
+                 * target was not in the dictionary so map onto the namespace.
+                 * Note in this case that we do not guarantee that the
+                 * command is actually there; that is the programmer's
+                 * responsibility (or [::unknown] of course).
+                 */
+                cmdObj = Tcl_NewStringObj(name, -1);
+                cmdPrefixObj = Tcl_NewListObj(1, &cmdObj);
+                Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, cmdPrefixObj);
+                Tcl_IncrRefCount(cmdPrefixObj);
+            }
+        }
+    } else if (mapDict) {
+        /*
+         * No subcmd list, but we do have a mapping dictionary so we should
+         * use the keys of that. Convert the dictionary's contents into the
+         * form required for the ensemble's internal hashtable.
+         */
+
+        Tcl_DictSearch dictSearch;
+        Tcl_Obj *keyObj, *valueObj;
+        int done;
+
+        Tcl_DictObjFirst(NULL, ensemblePtr->subcommandDict, &dictSearch,
+                &keyObj, &valueObj, &done);
+        while (!done) {
+            char *name = TclGetString(keyObj);
+
+            hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(hash, name, &isNew);
+            Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, valueObj);
+            Tcl_IncrRefCount(valueObj);
+            Tcl_DictObjNext(&dictSearch, &keyObj, &valueObj, &done);
+        }
     } else {
 	/*
 	 * Discover what commands are actually exported by the namespace.
@@ -2634,11 +2676,7 @@ BuildEnsembleConfig(
 		    if (isNew) {
 			Tcl_Obj *cmdObj, *cmdPrefixObj;
 
-			TclNewObj(cmdObj);
-			Tcl_AppendStringsToObj(cmdObj,
-				ensemblePtr->nsPtr->fullName,
-				(ensemblePtr->nsPtr->parentPtr ? "::" : ""),
-				nsCmdName, NULL);
+			cmdObj = Tcl_NewStringObj(nsCmdName, -1);
 			cmdPrefixObj = Tcl_NewListObj(1, &cmdObj);
 			Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, cmdPrefixObj);
 			Tcl_IncrRefCount(cmdPrefixObj);
diff --git a/generic/tclEnv.c b/generic/tclEnv.c
index 66ddb57..8cc4b74 100644
--- a/generic/tclEnv.c
+++ b/generic/tclEnv.c
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ TclSetupEnv(
 		 * '='; ignore the entry.
 		 */
 
+		Tcl_DStringFree(&envString);
 		continue;
 	    }
 	    p2++;
diff --git a/generic/tclExecute.c b/generic/tclExecute.c
index f4c71ec..95664d0 100644
--- a/generic/tclExecute.c
+++ b/generic/tclExecute.c
@@ -744,8 +744,6 @@ static ByteCode *	CompileExprObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 static void		DeleteExecStack(ExecStack *esPtr);
 static void		DupExprCodeInternalRep(Tcl_Obj *srcPtr,
 			    Tcl_Obj *copyPtr);
-MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompareTwoNumbers(Tcl_Obj *valuePtr,
-			    Tcl_Obj *value2Ptr);
 static Tcl_Obj *	ExecuteExtendedBinaryMathOp(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    int opcode, Tcl_Obj **constants,
 			    Tcl_Obj *valuePtr, Tcl_Obj *value2Ptr);
@@ -1333,12 +1331,12 @@ TclStackAlloc(
     int numBytes)
 {
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
-    int numWords = (numBytes + (sizeof(Tcl_Obj *) - 1))/sizeof(Tcl_Obj *);
+    int numWords;
 
     if (iPtr == NULL || iPtr->execEnvPtr == NULL) {
 	return (void *) ckalloc(numBytes);
     }
-
+    numWords = (numBytes + (sizeof(Tcl_Obj *) - 1))/sizeof(Tcl_Obj *);
     return (void *) StackAllocWords(interp, numWords);
 }
 
diff --git a/generic/tclFileName.c b/generic/tclFileName.c
index 150fb8c..15fcde7 100644
--- a/generic/tclFileName.c
+++ b/generic/tclFileName.c
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ TclGlob(
     }
 
     /*
-     * To process a [glob] invokation, this function may be called multiple
+     * To process a [glob] invocation, this function may be called multiple
      * times. Each time, the previously discovered filenames are in the
      * interpreter result. We stash that away here so the result is free for
      * error messsages.
diff --git a/generic/tclHash.c b/generic/tclHash.c
index 3c820c0..32c9aec 100644
--- a/generic/tclHash.c
+++ b/generic/tclHash.c
@@ -985,12 +985,18 @@ static void
 RebuildTable(
     register Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr)	/* Table to enlarge. */
 {
-    int oldSize, count, index;
-    Tcl_HashEntry **oldBuckets;
+    int count, index, oldSize = tablePtr->numBuckets;
+    Tcl_HashEntry **oldBuckets = tablePtr->buckets;
     register Tcl_HashEntry **oldChainPtr, **newChainPtr;
     register Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr;
     const Tcl_HashKeyType *typePtr;
 
+    /* Avoid outgrowing capability of the memory allocators */
+    if (oldSize > (int)(UINT_MAX / (4 * sizeof(Tcl_HashEntry *)))) {
+	tablePtr->rebuildSize = INT_MAX;
+	return;
+    }
+
     if (tablePtr->keyType == TCL_STRING_KEYS) {
 	typePtr = &tclStringHashKeyType;
     } else if (tablePtr->keyType == TCL_ONE_WORD_KEYS) {
@@ -1002,9 +1008,6 @@ RebuildTable(
 	typePtr = &tclArrayHashKeyType;
     }
 
-    oldSize = tablePtr->numBuckets;
-    oldBuckets = tablePtr->buckets;
-
     /*
      * Allocate and initialize the new bucket array, and set up hashing
      * constants for new array size.
diff --git a/generic/tclIO.c b/generic/tclIO.c
index df04794..81fd298 100644
--- a/generic/tclIO.c
+++ b/generic/tclIO.c
@@ -9032,6 +9032,7 @@ ZeroTransferTimerProc(
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED)
 int
 TclCopyChannelOld(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
@@ -9043,6 +9044,7 @@ TclCopyChannelOld(
     return TclCopyChannel(interp, inChan, outChan, (Tcl_WideInt) toRead,
             cmdPtr);
 }
+#endif
 
 int
 TclCopyChannel(
diff --git a/generic/tclIORTrans.c b/generic/tclIORTrans.c
index f198c69..fe2e458 100644
--- a/generic/tclIORTrans.c
+++ b/generic/tclIORTrans.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static const Tcl_ChannelType tclRTransformType = {
  * layers upon reading from the channel, plus the functions to manage such.
  */
 
-typedef struct _ResultBuffer_ {
+typedef struct {
     unsigned char *buf;		/* Reference to the buffer area. */
     int allocated;		/* Allocated size of the buffer area. */
     int used;			/* Number of bytes in the buffer,
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ typedef enum {
  * sharing problems.
  */
 
-typedef struct ForwardParamBase {
+typedef struct {
     int code;			/* O: Ok/Fail of the cmd handler */
     char *msgStr;		/* O: Error message for handler failure */
     int mustFree;		/* O: True if msgStr is allocated, false if
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ typedef struct ForwardingResult ForwardingResult;
  * General event structure, with reference to operation specific data.
  */
 
-typedef struct ForwardingEvent {
+typedef struct {
     Tcl_Event event;		/* Basic event data, has to be first item */
     ForwardingResult *resultPtr;
     ForwardedOperation op;	/* Forwarded driver operation */
diff --git a/generic/tclIOUtil.c b/generic/tclIOUtil.c
index 2c389c6..8fb3aa8 100644
--- a/generic/tclIOUtil.c
+++ b/generic/tclIOUtil.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static Tcl_ThreadDataKey fsDataKey;
  * code.
  */
 
-typedef struct FsDivertLoad {
+typedef struct {
     Tcl_LoadHandle loadHandle;
     Tcl_FSUnloadFileProc *unloadProcPtr;
     Tcl_Obj *divertedFile;
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ Tcl_GetCwd(
     return Tcl_DStringValue(cwdPtr);
 }
 
-/* Obsolete */
 int
 Tcl_EvalFile(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Interpreter in which to process file. */
diff --git a/generic/tclIndexObj.c b/generic/tclIndexObj.c
index 9f38638..eeed0e5 100644
--- a/generic/tclIndexObj.c
+++ b/generic/tclIndexObj.c
@@ -876,7 +876,8 @@ Tcl_WrongNumArgs(
 				 * NULL. */
 {
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
-    int i, len, elemLen, flags;
+    int i, len, elemLen;
+    char flags;
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
     const char *elementStr;
 
diff --git a/generic/tclInt.decls b/generic/tclInt.decls
index dea698c..33bf0b3 100644
--- a/generic/tclInt.decls
+++ b/generic/tclInt.decls
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ declare 6 {
 declare 7 {
     int TclCopyAndCollapse(int count, const char *src, char *dst)
 }
-declare 8 {
+declare 8 {deprecated {}} {
     int TclCopyChannelOld(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel inChan,
 	    Tcl_Channel outChan, int toRead, Tcl_Obj *cmdPtr)
 }
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ declare 11 {
 declare 12 {
     void TclDeleteVars(Interp *iPtr, TclVarHashTable *tablePtr)
 }
-# Removed in 8.5
+# Removed in 8.5:
 #declare 13 {
 #    int TclDoGlob(Tcl_Interp *interp, char *separators,
 #	    Tcl_DString *headPtr, char *tail, Tcl_GlobTypeData *types)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ declare 14 {
 declare 16 {
     void TclExprFloatError(Tcl_Interp *interp, double value)
 }
-# Removed in 8.4
+# Removed in 8.4:
 #declare 17 {
 #    int TclFileAttrsCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
 #}
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ declare 25 {
 #  declare 26 {
 #      char *TclGetCwd(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 #  }
-# Removed in 8.5
+# Removed in 8.5:
 #declare 27 {
 #    int TclGetDate(char *p, unsigned long now, long zone,
 #	    unsigned long *timePtr)
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ declare 32 {
     int TclGetFrame(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *str,
 	    CallFrame **framePtrPtr)
 }
-# Removed in Tcl 8.5
+# Removed in 8.5:
 #declare 33 {
 #    TclCmdProcType TclGetInterpProc(void)
 #}
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ declare 34 {
 #    Tcl_Obj *TclGetIndexedScalar(Tcl_Interp *interp, int localIndex,
 #	    int flags)
 #}
-# Removed in 8.6a2
+# Removed in 8.6a2:
 #declare 36 {
 #    int TclGetLong(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *str, long *longPtr)
 #}
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ declare 41 {
 declare 42 {
     CONST86 char *TclpGetUserHome(const char *name, Tcl_DString *bufferPtr)
 }
-# Removed in Tcl 8.5a2
+# Removed in 8.5a2:
 #declare 43 {
 #    int TclGlobalInvoke(Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, CONST84 char **argv,
 #	    int flags)
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ declare 50 {
 declare 51 {
     int TclInterpInit(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
-# Removed in Tcl 8.5a2
+# Removed in 8.5a2:
 #declare 52 {
 #    int TclInvoke(Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, CONST84 char **argv,
 #	    int flags)
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ declare 64 {
     int TclObjInvoke(Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[],
 	    int flags)
 }
-# Removed in Tcl 8.5a2
+# Removed in 8.5a2:
 #declare 65 {
 #    int TclObjInvokeGlobal(Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 #	    Tcl_Obj *const objv[], int flags)
@@ -313,9 +313,7 @@ declare 75 {
 declare 76 {
     unsigned long TclpGetSeconds(void)
 }
-
-# deprecated
-declare 77 {
+declare 77 {deprecated {}} {
     void TclpGetTime(Tcl_Time *time)
 }
 # Removed in 8.6:
@@ -380,7 +378,7 @@ declare 92 {
 declare 93 {
     void TclProcDeleteProc(ClientData clientData)
 }
-# Removed in Tcl 8.5:
+# Removed in 8.5:
 #declare 94 {
 #    int TclProcInterpProc(ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp,
 #	    int argc, const char **argv)
@@ -419,7 +417,7 @@ declare 103 {
     int TclSockGetPort(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *str, const char *proto,
 	    int *portPtr)
 }
-declare 104 {
+declare 104 {deprecated {}} {
     int TclSockMinimumBuffersOld(int sock, int size)
 }
 # Replaced by Tcl_FSStat in 8.4:
@@ -455,26 +453,26 @@ declare 111 {
 	    Tcl_ResolveCompiledVarProc *compiledVarProc)
 }
 declare 112 {
-    int Tcl_AppendExportList(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+    int TclAppendExportList(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
 	    Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
 }
 declare 113 {
-    Tcl_Namespace *Tcl_CreateNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
+    Tcl_Namespace *TclCreateNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    ClientData clientData, Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc *deleteProc)
 }
 declare 114 {
-    void Tcl_DeleteNamespace(Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr)
+    void TclDeleteNamespace(Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr)
 }
 declare 115 {
-    int Tcl_Export(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+    int TclExport(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
 	    const char *pattern, int resetListFirst)
 }
 declare 116 {
-    Tcl_Command Tcl_FindCommand(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
+    Tcl_Command TclFindCommand(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags)
 }
 declare 117 {
-    Tcl_Namespace *Tcl_FindNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
+    Tcl_Namespace *TclFindNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags)
 }
 declare 118 {
@@ -490,28 +488,28 @@ declare 120 {
 	    Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags)
 }
 declare 121 {
-    int Tcl_ForgetImport(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+    int TclForgetImport(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
 	    const char *pattern)
 }
 declare 122 {
-    Tcl_Command Tcl_GetCommandFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
+    Tcl_Command TclGetCommandFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
 }
 declare 123 {
-    void Tcl_GetCommandFullName(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Command command,
+    void TclGetCommandFullName(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Command command,
 	    Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
 }
 declare 124 {
-    Tcl_Namespace *Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp)
+    Tcl_Namespace *TclGetCurrentNamespace_(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
 declare 125 {
-    Tcl_Namespace *Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp)
+    Tcl_Namespace *TclGetGlobalNamespace_(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
 declare 126 {
     void Tcl_GetVariableFullName(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Var variable,
 	    Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
 }
 declare 127 {
-    int Tcl_Import(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+    int TclImport(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
 	    const char *pattern, int allowOverwrite)
 }
 declare 128 {
@@ -532,7 +530,7 @@ declare 131 {
 declare 132 {
     int TclpHasSockets(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
-declare 133 {
+declare 133 {deprecated {}} {
     struct tm *TclpGetDate(const time_t *time, int useGMT)
 }
 # Removed in 8.5
@@ -625,12 +623,10 @@ declare 156 {
 declare 157 {
     Var *TclVarTraceExists(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName)
 }
-# REMOVED (except from stub table) - use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()
-declare 158 {
+declare 158 {deprecated {use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()}} {
     void TclSetStartupScriptFileName(const char *filename)
 }
-# REMOVED (except from stub table) - use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()
-declare 159 {
+declare 159 {deprecated {use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()}} {
     const char *TclGetStartupScriptFileName(void)
 }
 #declare 160 {
@@ -676,13 +672,10 @@ declare 166 {
 	    int index, Tcl_Obj *valuePtr)
 }
 
-# VFS-aware versions of Tcl*StartupScriptFileName (158 and 159 above)
-# REMOVED (except from stub table) - use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()
-declare 167 {
+declare 167 {deprecated {use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()}} {
     void TclSetStartupScriptPath(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr)
 }
-# REMOVED (except from stub table) - use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()
-declare 168 {
+declare 168 {deprecated {use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()}} {
     Tcl_Obj *TclGetStartupScriptPath(void)
 }
 # variant of Tcl_UtfNCmp that takes n as bytes, not chars
@@ -730,12 +723,11 @@ declare 177 {
     void TclVarErrMsg(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1, const char *part2,
 	    const char *operation, const char *reason)
 }
-# TIP 338 made these public - now declared in tcl.h too
 declare 178 {
-    void Tcl_SetStartupScript(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr, const char *encodingName)
+    void TclSetStartupScript(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr, const char *encodingName)
 }
 declare 179 {
-    Tcl_Obj *Tcl_GetStartupScript(const char **encodingNamePtr)
+    Tcl_Obj *TclGetStartupScript(const char **encodingNamePtr)
 }
 
 # REMOVED
@@ -748,12 +740,10 @@ declare 179 {
 #	    const char *file, int line)
 #}
 
-# TclpGmtime and TclpLocaltime promoted to the generic interface from unix
-
-declare 182 {
+declare 182 {deprecated {}} {
      struct tm *TclpLocaltime(const time_t *clock)
 }
-declare 183 {
+declare 183 {deprecated {}}  {
      struct tm *TclpGmtime(const time_t *clock)
 }
 
@@ -937,10 +927,7 @@ declare 234 {
 declare 235 {
     void TclInitVarHashTable(TclVarHashTable *tablePtr, Namespace *nsPtr)
 }
-
-
-# TIP 337 made this one public
-declare 236 {
+declare 236 {deprecated {use Tcl_BackgroundException}} {
     void TclBackgroundException(Tcl_Interp *interp, int code)
 }
 
@@ -1090,7 +1077,7 @@ declare 9 win {
 declare 10 win {
     Tcl_DirEntry *TclpReaddir(DIR *dir)
 }
-# Removed in 8.3.1 (for Win32s only)
+# Removed in 8.3.1 (for Win32s only):
 #declare 10 win {
 #    int TclWinSynchSpawn(void *args, int type, void **trans, Tcl_Pid *pidPtr)
 #}
@@ -1140,7 +1127,6 @@ declare 19 win {
 declare 20 win {
     void TclWinAddProcess(HANDLE hProcess, DWORD id)
 }
-# new for 8.4.20+/8.5.12+
 declare 21 win {
     char *TclpInetNtoa(struct in_addr addr)
 }
diff --git a/generic/tclInt.h b/generic/tclInt.h
index 0b5ff0c..ad1d9c6 100644
--- a/generic/tclInt.h
+++ b/generic/tclInt.h
@@ -2445,8 +2445,8 @@ typedef struct List {
 #define TCL_EACH_COLLECT    1	/* Collect iteration result like [lmap] */
 
 /*
- * Macros providing a faster path to integers: Tcl_GetLongFromObj everywhere,
- * Tcl_GetIntFromObj and TclGetIntForIndex on platforms where longs are ints.
+ * Macros providing a faster path to integers: Tcl_GetLongFromObj,
+ * Tcl_GetIntFromObj and TclGetIntForIndex.
  *
  * WARNING: these macros eval their args more than once.
  */
@@ -2467,9 +2467,17 @@ typedef struct List {
 	    : TclGetIntForIndex((interp), (objPtr), (endValue), (idxPtr)))
 #else
 #define TclGetIntFromObj(interp, objPtr, intPtr) \
-    Tcl_GetIntFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (intPtr))
-#define TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, objPtr, ignore, idxPtr)	\
-    TclGetIntForIndex(interp, objPtr, ignore, idxPtr)
+    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType \
+	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue >= -(Tcl_WideInt)(UINT_MAX) \
+	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue <= (Tcl_WideInt)(UINT_MAX))	\
+	    ? ((*(intPtr) = (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue), TCL_OK) \
+	    : Tcl_GetIntFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (intPtr)))
+#define TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, objPtr, endValue, idxPtr) \
+    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType \
+	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue >= INT_MIN \
+	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue <= INT_MAX)	\
+	    ? ((*(idxPtr) = (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue), TCL_OK) \
+	    : TclGetIntForIndex((interp), (objPtr), (endValue), (idxPtr)))
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -2900,6 +2908,8 @@ MODULE_SCOPE int	TclChanCaughtErrorBypass(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Channel chan);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclChannelNamesCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_NRPostProc TclClearRootEnsemble;
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompareTwoNumbers(Tcl_Obj *valuePtr,
+			    Tcl_Obj *value2Ptr);
 MODULE_SCOPE ContLineLoc *TclContinuationsEnter(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int num,
 			    int *loc);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclContinuationsEnterDerived(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
@@ -2909,12 +2919,25 @@ MODULE_SCOPE void	TclContinuationsCopy(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
 			    Tcl_Obj *originObjPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclConvertElement(const char *src, int length,
 			    char *dst, int flags);
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Command TclCreateObjCommandInNs (
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    const char *cmdName,
+			    Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+			    Tcl_ObjCmdProc *proc,
+			    ClientData clientData,
+			    Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc);
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Command TclCreateEnsembleInNs(
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    const char *name,
+			    Tcl_Namespace *nameNamespacePtr,
+			    Tcl_Namespace *ensembleNamespacePtr,
+			    int flags);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclDeleteNamespaceVars(Namespace *nsPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclFindDictElement(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    const char *dict, int dictLength,
 			    const char **elementPtr, const char **nextPtr,
 			    int *sizePtr, int *literalPtr);
-/* TIP #280 - Modified token based evulation, with line information. */
+/* TIP #280 - Modified token based evaluation, with line information. */
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclEvalEx(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *script,
 			    int numBytes, int flags, int line,
 			    int *clNextOuter, const char *outerScript);
@@ -2937,6 +2960,10 @@ MODULE_SCOPE char *	TclDStringAppendDString(Tcl_DString *dsPtr,
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclDStringToObj(Tcl_DString *dsPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *const *	TclFetchEnsembleRoot(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const *objv, int objc, int *objcPtr);
+Tcl_Namespace * 	TclEnsureNamespace(
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr);
+
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeAllocSubsystem(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeAsync(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeDoubleConversion(void);
@@ -2963,6 +2990,15 @@ MODULE_SCOPE double	TclFloor(const mp_int *a);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFormatNaN(double value, char *buffer);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclFSFileAttrIndex(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr,
 			    const char *attributeName, int *indexPtr);
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Command TclNRCreateCommandInNs (
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    const char *cmdName,
+			    Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+			    Tcl_ObjCmdProc *proc,
+			    Tcl_ObjCmdProc *nreProc,
+			    ClientData clientData,
+			    Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc);
+
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclNREvalFile(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *pathPtr,
 			    const char *encodingName);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFSUnloadTempFile(Tcl_LoadHandle loadHandle);
@@ -3137,7 +3173,7 @@ MODULE_SCOPE int	TclReToGlob(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *reStr,
 			    int reStrLen, Tcl_DString *dsPtr, int *flagsPtr,
 			    int *quantifiersFoundPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclScanElement(const char *string, int length,
-			    int *flagPtr);
+			    char *flagPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclSetBgErrorHandler(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Obj *cmdPrefix);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclSetBignumIntRep(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
@@ -3183,6 +3219,7 @@ MODULE_SCOPE int	TclTrimLeft(const char *bytes, int numBytes,
 			    const char *trim, int numTrim);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclTrimRight(const char *bytes, int numBytes,
 			    const char *trim, int numTrim);
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclUtfCmp(const char *cs, const char *ct);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclUtfCasecmp(const char *cs, const char *ct);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclUtfCount(int ch);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclpNativeToNormalized(ClientData clientData);
@@ -4410,7 +4447,7 @@ MODULE_SCOPE void	TclDbInitNewObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, const char *file,
  */
 
 #define TclUtfToUniChar(str, chPtr) \
-	((((unsigned char) *(str)) < 0xC0) ?		\
+	((((unsigned char) *(str)) < 0x80) ?		\
 	    ((*(chPtr) = (unsigned char) *(str)), 1)	\
 	    : Tcl_UtfToUniChar(str, chPtr))
 
@@ -4475,7 +4512,7 @@ MODULE_SCOPE int	TclIsPureByteArray(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------
- * Macro used by the Tcl core to increment a namespace's export export epoch
+ * Macro used by the Tcl core to increment a namespace's export epoch
  * counter. The ANSI C "prototype" for this macro is:
  *
  * MODULE_SCOPE void	TclInvalidateNsCmdLookup(Namespace *nsPtr);
diff --git a/generic/tclIntDecls.h b/generic/tclIntDecls.h
index 5bccfe5..5848bb3 100644
--- a/generic/tclIntDecls.h
+++ b/generic/tclIntDecls.h
@@ -28,21 +28,21 @@
 #   endif
 #endif
 
-/* [Bug #803489] Tcl_FindNamespace problem in the Stubs table */
-#undef Tcl_CreateNamespace
-#undef Tcl_DeleteNamespace
-#undef Tcl_AppendExportList
-#undef Tcl_Export
-#undef Tcl_Import
-#undef Tcl_ForgetImport
-#undef Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace
-#undef Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace
-#undef Tcl_FindNamespace
-#undef Tcl_FindCommand
-#undef Tcl_GetCommandFromObj
-#undef Tcl_GetCommandFullName
-#undef Tcl_SetStartupScript
-#undef Tcl_GetStartupScript
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && (TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9)
+/* Those macro's are especially for Itcl 3.4 compatibility */
+#   define tclCreateNamespace tcl_CreateNamespace
+#   define tclDeleteNamespace tcl_DeleteNamespace
+#   define tclAppendExportList tcl_AppendExportList
+#   define tclExport tcl_Export
+#   define tclImport tcl_Import
+#   define tclForgetImport tcl_ForgetImport
+#   define tclGetCurrentNamespace_ tcl_GetCurrentNamespace
+#   define tclGetGlobalNamespace_ tcl_GetGlobalNamespace
+#   define tclFindNamespace tcl_FindNamespace
+#   define tclFindCommand tcl_FindCommand
+#   define tclGetCommandFromObj tcl_GetCommandFromObj
+#   define tclGetCommandFullName tcl_GetCommandFullName
+#endif /* !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) */
 
 /*
  * WARNING: This file is automatically generated by the tools/genStubs.tcl
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ EXTERN void		TclCleanupCommand(Command *cmdPtr);
 EXTERN int		TclCopyAndCollapse(int count, const char *src,
 				char *dst);
 /* 8 */
-EXTERN int		TclCopyChannelOld(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+int			TclCopyChannelOld(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Channel inChan, Tcl_Channel outChan,
 				int toRead, Tcl_Obj *cmdPtr);
 /* 9 */
@@ -218,7 +219,8 @@ EXTERN unsigned long	TclpGetClicks(void);
 /* 76 */
 EXTERN unsigned long	TclpGetSeconds(void);
 /* 77 */
-EXTERN void		TclpGetTime(Tcl_Time *time);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+void			TclpGetTime(Tcl_Time *time);
 /* Slot 78 is reserved */
 /* Slot 79 is reserved */
 /* Slot 80 is reserved */
@@ -267,7 +269,8 @@ EXTERN void		TclSetupEnv(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 EXTERN int		TclSockGetPort(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *str,
 				const char *proto, int *portPtr);
 /* 104 */
-EXTERN int		TclSockMinimumBuffersOld(int sock, int size);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+int			TclSockMinimumBuffersOld(int sock, int size);
 /* Slot 105 is reserved */
 /* Slot 106 is reserved */
 /* Slot 107 is reserved */
@@ -284,22 +287,22 @@ EXTERN void		Tcl_AddInterpResolvers(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_ResolveVarProc *varProc,
 				Tcl_ResolveCompiledVarProc *compiledVarProc);
 /* 112 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_AppendExportList(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN int		TclAppendExportList(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 /* 113 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	Tcl_CreateNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	TclCreateNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name, ClientData clientData,
 				Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc *deleteProc);
 /* 114 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_DeleteNamespace(Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr);
+EXTERN void		TclDeleteNamespace(Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr);
 /* 115 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_Export(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+EXTERN int		TclExport(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
 				const char *pattern, int resetListFirst);
 /* 116 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Command	Tcl_FindCommand(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
+EXTERN Tcl_Command	TclFindCommand(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 				Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags);
 /* 117 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	Tcl_FindNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	TclFindNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name,
 				Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags);
 /* 118 */
@@ -314,23 +317,23 @@ EXTERN Tcl_Var		Tcl_FindNamespaceVar(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name,
 				Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags);
 /* 121 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_ForgetImport(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN int		TclForgetImport(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern);
 /* 122 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Command	Tcl_GetCommandFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN Tcl_Command	TclGetCommandFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 /* 123 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_GetCommandFullName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN void		TclGetCommandFullName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Command command, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 /* 124 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp);
+EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	TclGetCurrentNamespace_(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 125 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp);
+EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	TclGetGlobalNamespace_(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 126 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_GetVariableFullName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Var variable, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 /* 127 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_Import(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+EXTERN int		TclImport(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
 				const char *pattern, int allowOverwrite);
 /* 128 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_PopCallFrame(Tcl_Interp *interp);
@@ -350,7 +353,8 @@ EXTERN void		Tcl_SetNamespaceResolvers(
 /* 132 */
 EXTERN int		TclpHasSockets(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 133 */
-EXTERN struct tm *	TclpGetDate(const time_t *time, int useGMT);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+struct tm *		TclpGetDate(const time_t *time, int useGMT);
 /* Slot 134 is reserved */
 /* Slot 135 is reserved */
 /* Slot 136 is reserved */
@@ -401,9 +405,11 @@ EXTERN void		TclRegError(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *msg,
 EXTERN Var *		TclVarTraceExists(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *varName);
 /* 158 */
-EXTERN void		TclSetStartupScriptFileName(const char *filename);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()")
+void			TclSetStartupScriptFileName(const char *filename);
 /* 159 */
-EXTERN const char *	TclGetStartupScriptFileName(void);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()")
+const char *		TclGetStartupScriptFileName(void);
 /* Slot 160 is reserved */
 /* 161 */
 EXTERN int		TclChannelTransform(Tcl_Interp *interp,
@@ -422,9 +428,11 @@ EXTERN int		TclListObjSetElement(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Obj *listPtr, int index,
 				Tcl_Obj *valuePtr);
 /* 167 */
-EXTERN void		TclSetStartupScriptPath(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()")
+void			TclSetStartupScriptPath(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr);
 /* 168 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Obj *	TclGetStartupScriptPath(void);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()")
+Tcl_Obj *		TclGetStartupScriptPath(void);
 /* 169 */
 EXTERN int		TclpUtfNcmp2(const char *s1, const char *s2,
 				unsigned long n);
@@ -457,16 +465,18 @@ EXTERN void		TclVarErrMsg(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1,
 				const char *part2, const char *operation,
 				const char *reason);
 /* 178 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_SetStartupScript(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr,
+EXTERN void		TclSetStartupScript(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr,
 				const char *encodingName);
 /* 179 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Obj *	Tcl_GetStartupScript(const char **encodingNamePtr);
+EXTERN Tcl_Obj *	TclGetStartupScript(const char **encodingNamePtr);
 /* Slot 180 is reserved */
 /* Slot 181 is reserved */
 /* 182 */
-EXTERN struct tm *	TclpLocaltime(const time_t *clock);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+struct tm *		TclpLocaltime(const time_t *clock);
 /* 183 */
-EXTERN struct tm *	TclpGmtime(const time_t *clock);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+struct tm *		TclpGmtime(const time_t *clock);
 /* Slot 184 is reserved */
 /* Slot 185 is reserved */
 /* Slot 186 is reserved */
@@ -570,7 +580,8 @@ EXTERN Var *		TclVarHashCreateVar(TclVarHashTable *tablePtr,
 EXTERN void		TclInitVarHashTable(TclVarHashTable *tablePtr,
 				Namespace *nsPtr);
 /* 236 */
-EXTERN void		TclBackgroundException(Tcl_Interp *interp, int code);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("use Tcl_BackgroundException")
+void			TclBackgroundException(Tcl_Interp *interp, int code);
 /* 237 */
 EXTERN int		TclResetCancellation(Tcl_Interp *interp, int force);
 /* 238 */
@@ -652,7 +663,7 @@ typedef struct TclIntStubs {
     int (*tclCleanupChildren) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int numPids, Tcl_Pid *pidPtr, Tcl_Channel errorChan); /* 5 */
     void (*tclCleanupCommand) (Command *cmdPtr); /* 6 */
     int (*tclCopyAndCollapse) (int count, const char *src, char *dst); /* 7 */
-    int (*tclCopyChannelOld) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel inChan, Tcl_Channel outChan, int toRead, Tcl_Obj *cmdPtr); /* 8 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") int (*tclCopyChannelOld) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel inChan, Tcl_Channel outChan, int toRead, Tcl_Obj *cmdPtr); /* 8 */
     int (*tclCreatePipeline) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char **argv, Tcl_Pid **pidArrayPtr, TclFile *inPipePtr, TclFile *outPipePtr, TclFile *errFilePtr); /* 9 */
     int (*tclCreateProc) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Namespace *nsPtr, const char *procName, Tcl_Obj *argsPtr, Tcl_Obj *bodyPtr, Proc **procPtrPtr); /* 10 */
     void (*tclDeleteCompiledLocalVars) (Interp *iPtr, CallFrame *framePtr); /* 11 */
@@ -721,7 +732,7 @@ typedef struct TclIntStubs {
     void (*tclpFree) (char *ptr); /* 74 */
     unsigned long (*tclpGetClicks) (void); /* 75 */
     unsigned long (*tclpGetSeconds) (void); /* 76 */
-    void (*tclpGetTime) (Tcl_Time *time); /* 77 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") void (*tclpGetTime) (Tcl_Time *time); /* 77 */
     void (*reserved78)(void);
     void (*reserved79)(void);
     void (*reserved80)(void);
@@ -748,7 +759,7 @@ typedef struct TclIntStubs {
     CONST86 char * (*tclSetPreInitScript) (const char *string); /* 101 */
     void (*tclSetupEnv) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 102 */
     int (*tclSockGetPort) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *str, const char *proto, int *portPtr); /* 103 */
-    int (*tclSockMinimumBuffersOld) (int sock, int size); /* 104 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") int (*tclSockMinimumBuffersOld) (int sock, int size); /* 104 */
     void (*reserved105)(void);
     void (*reserved106)(void);
     void (*reserved107)(void);
@@ -756,28 +767,28 @@ typedef struct TclIntStubs {
     int (*tclUpdateReturnInfo) (Interp *iPtr); /* 109 */
     int (*tclSockMinimumBuffers) (void *sock, int size); /* 110 */
     void (*tcl_AddInterpResolvers) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_ResolveCmdProc *cmdProc, Tcl_ResolveVarProc *varProc, Tcl_ResolveCompiledVarProc *compiledVarProc); /* 111 */
-    int (*tcl_AppendExportList) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 112 */
-    Tcl_Namespace * (*tcl_CreateNamespace) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, ClientData clientData, Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc *deleteProc); /* 113 */
-    void (*tcl_DeleteNamespace) (Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr); /* 114 */
-    int (*tcl_Export) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern, int resetListFirst); /* 115 */
-    Tcl_Command (*tcl_FindCommand) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags); /* 116 */
-    Tcl_Namespace * (*tcl_FindNamespace) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags); /* 117 */
+    int (*tclAppendExportList) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 112 */
+    Tcl_Namespace * (*tclCreateNamespace) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, ClientData clientData, Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc *deleteProc); /* 113 */
+    void (*tclDeleteNamespace) (Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr); /* 114 */
+    int (*tclExport) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern, int resetListFirst); /* 115 */
+    Tcl_Command (*tclFindCommand) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags); /* 116 */
+    Tcl_Namespace * (*tclFindNamespace) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags); /* 117 */
     int (*tcl_GetInterpResolvers) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_ResolverInfo *resInfo); /* 118 */
     int (*tcl_GetNamespaceResolvers) (Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr, Tcl_ResolverInfo *resInfo); /* 119 */
     Tcl_Var (*tcl_FindNamespaceVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags); /* 120 */
-    int (*tcl_ForgetImport) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern); /* 121 */
-    Tcl_Command (*tcl_GetCommandFromObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 122 */
-    void (*tcl_GetCommandFullName) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Command command, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 123 */
-    Tcl_Namespace * (*tcl_GetCurrentNamespace) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 124 */
-    Tcl_Namespace * (*tcl_GetGlobalNamespace) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 125 */
+    int (*tclForgetImport) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern); /* 121 */
+    Tcl_Command (*tclGetCommandFromObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 122 */
+    void (*tclGetCommandFullName) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Command command, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 123 */
+    Tcl_Namespace * (*tclGetCurrentNamespace_) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 124 */
+    Tcl_Namespace * (*tclGetGlobalNamespace_) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 125 */
     void (*tcl_GetVariableFullName) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Var variable, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 126 */
-    int (*tcl_Import) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern, int allowOverwrite); /* 127 */
+    int (*tclImport) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern, int allowOverwrite); /* 127 */
     void (*tcl_PopCallFrame) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 128 */
     int (*tcl_PushCallFrame) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_CallFrame *framePtr, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, int isProcCallFrame); /* 129 */
     int (*tcl_RemoveInterpResolvers) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name); /* 130 */
     void (*tcl_SetNamespaceResolvers) (Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr, Tcl_ResolveCmdProc *cmdProc, Tcl_ResolveVarProc *varProc, Tcl_ResolveCompiledVarProc *compiledVarProc); /* 131 */
     int (*tclpHasSockets) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 132 */
-    struct tm * (*tclpGetDate) (const time_t *time, int useGMT); /* 133 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") struct tm * (*tclpGetDate) (const time_t *time, int useGMT); /* 133 */
     void (*reserved134)(void);
     void (*reserved135)(void);
     void (*reserved136)(void);
@@ -802,8 +813,8 @@ typedef struct TclIntStubs {
     void (*reserved155)(void);
     void (*tclRegError) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *msg, int status); /* 156 */
     Var * (*tclVarTraceExists) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName); /* 157 */
-    void (*tclSetStartupScriptFileName) (const char *filename); /* 158 */
-    const char * (*tclGetStartupScriptFileName) (void); /* 159 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()") void (*tclSetStartupScriptFileName) (const char *filename); /* 158 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()") const char * (*tclGetStartupScriptFileName) (void); /* 159 */
     void (*reserved160)(void);
     int (*tclChannelTransform) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel chan, Tcl_Obj *cmdObjPtr); /* 161 */
     void (*tclChannelEventScriptInvoker) (ClientData clientData, int flags); /* 162 */
@@ -811,8 +822,8 @@ typedef struct TclIntStubs {
     void (*tclExpandCodeArray) (void *envPtr); /* 164 */
     void (*tclpSetInitialEncodings) (void); /* 165 */
     int (*tclListObjSetElement) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *listPtr, int index, Tcl_Obj *valuePtr); /* 166 */
-    void (*tclSetStartupScriptPath) (Tcl_Obj *pathPtr); /* 167 */
-    Tcl_Obj * (*tclGetStartupScriptPath) (void); /* 168 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()") void (*tclSetStartupScriptPath) (Tcl_Obj *pathPtr); /* 167 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()") Tcl_Obj * (*tclGetStartupScriptPath) (void); /* 168 */
     int (*tclpUtfNcmp2) (const char *s1, const char *s2, unsigned long n); /* 169 */
     int (*tclCheckInterpTraces) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *command, int numChars, Command *cmdPtr, int result, int traceFlags, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[]); /* 170 */
     int (*tclCheckExecutionTraces) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *command, int numChars, Command *cmdPtr, int result, int traceFlags, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[]); /* 171 */
@@ -822,12 +833,12 @@ typedef struct TclIntStubs {
     int (*tclCallVarTraces) (Interp *iPtr, Var *arrayPtr, Var *varPtr, const char *part1, const char *part2, int flags, int leaveErrMsg); /* 175 */
     void (*tclCleanupVar) (Var *varPtr, Var *arrayPtr); /* 176 */
     void (*tclVarErrMsg) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1, const char *part2, const char *operation, const char *reason); /* 177 */
-    void (*tcl_SetStartupScript) (Tcl_Obj *pathPtr, const char *encodingName); /* 178 */
-    Tcl_Obj * (*tcl_GetStartupScript) (const char **encodingNamePtr); /* 179 */
+    void (*tclSetStartupScript) (Tcl_Obj *pathPtr, const char *encodingName); /* 178 */
+    Tcl_Obj * (*tclGetStartupScript) (const char **encodingNamePtr); /* 179 */
     void (*reserved180)(void);
     void (*reserved181)(void);
-    struct tm * (*tclpLocaltime) (const time_t *clock); /* 182 */
-    struct tm * (*tclpGmtime) (const time_t *clock); /* 183 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") struct tm * (*tclpLocaltime) (const time_t *clock); /* 182 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") struct tm * (*tclpGmtime) (const time_t *clock); /* 183 */
     void (*reserved184)(void);
     void (*reserved185)(void);
     void (*reserved186)(void);
@@ -880,7 +891,7 @@ typedef struct TclIntStubs {
     void (*tclGetSrcInfoForPc) (CmdFrame *contextPtr); /* 233 */
     Var * (*tclVarHashCreateVar) (TclVarHashTable *tablePtr, const char *key, int *newPtr); /* 234 */
     void (*tclInitVarHashTable) (TclVarHashTable *tablePtr, Namespace *nsPtr); /* 235 */
-    void (*tclBackgroundException) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int code); /* 236 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("use Tcl_BackgroundException") void (*tclBackgroundException) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int code); /* 236 */
     int (*tclResetCancellation) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int force); /* 237 */
     int (*tclNRInterpProc) (ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[]); /* 238 */
     int (*tclNRInterpProcCore) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *procNameObj, int skip, ProcErrorProc *errorProc); /* 239 */
@@ -1088,38 +1099,38 @@ extern const TclIntStubs *tclIntStubsPtr;
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclSockMinimumBuffers) /* 110 */
 #define Tcl_AddInterpResolvers \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_AddInterpResolvers) /* 111 */
-#define Tcl_AppendExportList \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_AppendExportList) /* 112 */
-#define Tcl_CreateNamespace \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_CreateNamespace) /* 113 */
-#define Tcl_DeleteNamespace \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_DeleteNamespace) /* 114 */
-#define Tcl_Export \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_Export) /* 115 */
-#define Tcl_FindCommand \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_FindCommand) /* 116 */
-#define Tcl_FindNamespace \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_FindNamespace) /* 117 */
+#define TclAppendExportList \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclAppendExportList) /* 112 */
+#define TclCreateNamespace \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclCreateNamespace) /* 113 */
+#define TclDeleteNamespace \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclDeleteNamespace) /* 114 */
+#define TclExport \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclExport) /* 115 */
+#define TclFindCommand \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclFindCommand) /* 116 */
+#define TclFindNamespace \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclFindNamespace) /* 117 */
 #define Tcl_GetInterpResolvers \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetInterpResolvers) /* 118 */
 #define Tcl_GetNamespaceResolvers \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetNamespaceResolvers) /* 119 */
 #define Tcl_FindNamespaceVar \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_FindNamespaceVar) /* 120 */
-#define Tcl_ForgetImport \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_ForgetImport) /* 121 */
-#define Tcl_GetCommandFromObj \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetCommandFromObj) /* 122 */
-#define Tcl_GetCommandFullName \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetCommandFullName) /* 123 */
-#define Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetCurrentNamespace) /* 124 */
-#define Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetGlobalNamespace) /* 125 */
+#define TclForgetImport \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclForgetImport) /* 121 */
+#define TclGetCommandFromObj \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclGetCommandFromObj) /* 122 */
+#define TclGetCommandFullName \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclGetCommandFullName) /* 123 */
+#define TclGetCurrentNamespace_ \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclGetCurrentNamespace_) /* 124 */
+#define TclGetGlobalNamespace_ \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclGetGlobalNamespace_) /* 125 */
 #define Tcl_GetVariableFullName \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetVariableFullName) /* 126 */
-#define Tcl_Import \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_Import) /* 127 */
+#define TclImport \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclImport) /* 127 */
 #define Tcl_PopCallFrame \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_PopCallFrame) /* 128 */
 #define Tcl_PushCallFrame \
@@ -1210,10 +1221,10 @@ extern const TclIntStubs *tclIntStubsPtr;
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclCleanupVar) /* 176 */
 #define TclVarErrMsg \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclVarErrMsg) /* 177 */
-#define Tcl_SetStartupScript \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_SetStartupScript) /* 178 */
-#define Tcl_GetStartupScript \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetStartupScript) /* 179 */
+#define TclSetStartupScript \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclSetStartupScript) /* 178 */
+#define TclGetStartupScript \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclGetStartupScript) /* 179 */
 /* Slot 180 is reserved */
 /* Slot 181 is reserved */
 #define TclpLocaltime \
@@ -1350,58 +1361,28 @@ extern const TclIntStubs *tclIntStubsPtr;
 #undef TCL_STORAGE_CLASS
 #define TCL_STORAGE_CLASS DLLIMPORT
 
-#undef TclGetStartupScriptFileName
-#undef TclSetStartupScriptFileName
-#undef TclGetStartupScriptPath
-#undef TclSetStartupScriptPath
-#undef TclBackgroundException
-
-#if defined(USE_TCL_STUBS) && defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED)
-#   undef Tcl_SetStartupScript
-#   define Tcl_SetStartupScript \
-	    (tclStubsPtr->tcl_SetStartupScript) /* 622 */
-#   undef Tcl_GetStartupScript
-#   define Tcl_GetStartupScript \
-	    (tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetStartupScript) /* 623 */
-#   undef Tcl_CreateNamespace
-#   define Tcl_CreateNamespace \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_CreateNamespace) /* 506 */
-#   undef Tcl_DeleteNamespace
-#   define Tcl_DeleteNamespace \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_DeleteNamespace) /* 507 */
-#   undef Tcl_AppendExportList
-#   define Tcl_AppendExportList \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_AppendExportList) /* 508 */
-#   undef Tcl_Export
-#   define Tcl_Export \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_Export) /* 509 */
-#   undef Tcl_Import
-#   define Tcl_Import \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_Import) /* 510 */
-#   undef Tcl_ForgetImport
-#   define Tcl_ForgetImport \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_ForgetImport) /* 511 */
-#   undef Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace
-#   define Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetCurrentNamespace) /* 512 */
-#   undef Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace
-#   define Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetGlobalNamespace) /* 513 */
-#   undef Tcl_FindNamespace
-#   define Tcl_FindNamespace \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_FindNamespace) /* 514 */
-#   undef Tcl_FindCommand
-#   define Tcl_FindCommand \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_FindCommand) /* 515 */
-#   undef Tcl_GetCommandFromObj
-#   define Tcl_GetCommandFromObj \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetCommandFromObj) /* 516 */
-#   undef Tcl_GetCommandFullName
-#   define Tcl_GetCommandFullName \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetCommandFullName) /* 517 */
+#if defined(USE_TCL_STUBS)
+#   undef TclGetStartupScriptFileName
+#   undef TclSetStartupScriptFileName
+#   undef TclGetStartupScriptPath
+#   undef TclSetStartupScriptPath
+#   undef TclBackgroundException
+#   undef TclSetStartupScript
+#   undef TclGetStartupScript
+#   undef TclCreateNamespace
+#   undef TclDeleteNamespace
+#   undef TclAppendExportList
+#   undef TclExport
+#   undef TclImport
+#   undef TclForgetImport
+#   undef TclGetCurrentNamespace_
+#   undef TclGetGlobalNamespace_
+#   undef TclFindNamespace
+#   undef TclFindCommand
+#   undef TclGetCommandFromObj
+#   undef TclGetCommandFullName
+#   undef TclCopyChannelOld
+#   undef TclSockMinimumBuffersOld
 #endif
 
-#undef TclCopyChannelOld
-#undef TclSockMinimumBuffersOld
-
 #endif /* _TCLINTDECLS */
diff --git a/generic/tclInterp.c b/generic/tclInterp.c
index d9dfd37..d4bf465 100644
--- a/generic/tclInterp.c
+++ b/generic/tclInterp.c
@@ -3208,10 +3208,6 @@ Tcl_MakeSafe(
 
 	(void) Tcl_EvalEx(interp,
 		"namespace eval ::tcl {namespace eval mathfunc {}}", -1, 0);
-	(void) Tcl_CreateAlias(interp, "::tcl::mathfunc::min", master,
-		"::tcl::mathfunc::min", 0, NULL);
-	(void) Tcl_CreateAlias(interp, "::tcl::mathfunc::max", master,
-		"::tcl::mathfunc::max", 0, NULL);
     }
 
     iPtr->flags |= SAFE_INTERP;
diff --git a/generic/tclLink.c b/generic/tclLink.c
index 7366acc..53187d7 100644
--- a/generic/tclLink.c
+++ b/generic/tclLink.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ static Tcl_ObjType invalidRealType = {
     NULL,				/* freeIntRepProc */
     NULL,				/* dupIntRepProc */
     NULL,				/* updateStringProc */
-    SetInvalidRealFromAny		/* setFromAnyProc */
+    NULL				/* setFromAnyProc */
 };
 
 static int
diff --git a/generic/tclListObj.c b/generic/tclListObj.c
index 11374cc..43d90ab 100644
--- a/generic/tclListObj.c
+++ b/generic/tclListObj.c
@@ -1957,8 +1957,8 @@ static void
 UpdateStringOfList(
     Tcl_Obj *listPtr)		/* List object with string rep to update. */
 {
-#   define LOCAL_SIZE 20
-    int localFlags[LOCAL_SIZE], *flagPtr = NULL;
+#   define LOCAL_SIZE 64
+    char localFlags[LOCAL_SIZE], *flagPtr = NULL;
     List *listRepPtr = ListRepPtr(listPtr);
     int numElems = listRepPtr->elemCount;
     int i, length, bytesNeeded = 0;
@@ -1995,7 +1995,7 @@ UpdateStringOfList(
 	 * We know numElems <= LIST_MAX, so this is safe.
 	 */
 
-	flagPtr = ckalloc(numElems * sizeof(int));
+	flagPtr = ckalloc(numElems);
     }
     elemPtrs = &listRepPtr->elements;
     for (i = 0; i < numElems; i++) {
diff --git a/generic/tclMain.c b/generic/tclMain.c
index f89bd5e..9380fb2 100644
--- a/generic/tclMain.c
+++ b/generic/tclMain.c
@@ -266,18 +266,14 @@ Tcl_SourceRCFile(
 
 	    c = Tcl_OpenFileChannel(NULL, fullName, "r", 0);
 	    if (c != NULL) {
-		Tcl_Obj *fullNameObj = Tcl_NewStringObj(fullName, -1);
-
 		Tcl_Close(NULL, c);
-		Tcl_IncrRefCount(fullNameObj);
-		if (Tcl_FSEvalFileEx(interp, fullNameObj, NULL) != TCL_OK) {
+		if (Tcl_EvalFile(interp, fullName) != TCL_OK) {
 		    chan = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDERR);
 		    if (chan) {
 			Tcl_WriteObj(chan, Tcl_GetObjResult(interp));
 			Tcl_WriteChars(chan, "\n", 1);
 		    }
 		}
-		Tcl_DecrRefCount(fullNameObj);
 	    }
 	}
 	Tcl_DStringFree(&temp);
diff --git a/generic/tclNamesp.c b/generic/tclNamesp.c
index e1bad0e..d661856 100644
--- a/generic/tclNamesp.c
+++ b/generic/tclNamesp.c
@@ -2424,6 +2424,35 @@ TclGetNamespaceForQualName(
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
+ * TclEnsureNamespace --
+ *
+ *	Provide a namespace that is not deleted.
+ *
+ * Value
+ *
+ *	namespacePtr, if it is not scheduled for deletion, or a pointer to a
+ *	new namespace with the same name otherwise.
+ *
+ * Effect
+ *	None.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+Tcl_Namespace *
+TclEnsureNamespace(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr)
+{
+    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *) namespacePtr;
+    if (!(nsPtr->flags & NS_DYING)) {
+	    return namespacePtr;
+    }
+    return Tcl_CreateNamespace(interp, nsPtr->fullName, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
  * Tcl_FindNamespace --
  *
  *	Searches for a namespace.
@@ -2638,7 +2667,7 @@ Tcl_FindCommand(
 	Namespace *nsPtr[2];
 	register int search;
 
-	TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, name, (Namespace *) contextNsPtr,
+	TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, name, cxtNsPtr,
 		flags, &nsPtr[0], &nsPtr[1], &cxtNsPtr, &simpleName);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/generic/tclOO.c b/generic/tclOO.c
index 73acce8..84380e0 100644
--- a/generic/tclOO.c
+++ b/generic/tclOO.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  *	This file contains the object-system core (NB: not Tcl_Obj, but ::oo)
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2005-2012 by Donal K. Fellows
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 by Nathan Coulter
  *
  * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution of
  * this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ static const struct {
 
 static Class *		AllocClass(Tcl_Interp *interp, Object *useThisObj);
 static Object *		AllocObject(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *nameStr,
-			    const char *nsNameStr);
+			    Namespace *nsPtr, const char *nsNameStr);
 static void		ClearMixins(Class *clsPtr);
 static void		ClearSuperclasses(Class *clsPtr);
 static int		CloneClassMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp, Class *clsPtr,
@@ -82,7 +83,6 @@ static void		ObjectRenamedTrace(ClientData clientData,
 			    const char *newName, int flags);
 static void		ReleaseClassContents(Tcl_Interp *interp,Object *oPtr);
 static inline void	SquelchCachedName(Object *oPtr);
-static void		SquelchedNsFirst(ClientData clientData);
 
 static int		PublicObjectCmd(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@ InitFoundation(
      */
 
     fPtr->objectCls = AllocClass(interp,
-	    AllocObject(interp, "::oo::object", NULL));
+	    AllocObject(interp, "object", (Namespace *)fPtr->ooNs, NULL));
     fPtr->classCls = AllocClass(interp,
-	    AllocObject(interp, "::oo::class", NULL));
+	    AllocObject(interp, "class", (Namespace *)fPtr->ooNs, NULL));
     fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr->selfCls = fPtr->classCls;
     fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr->flags |= ROOT_OBJECT;
     fPtr->objectCls->flags |= ROOT_OBJECT;
@@ -538,7 +538,8 @@ KillFoundation(
  * AllocObject --
  *
  *	Allocate an object of basic type. Does not splice the object into its
- *	class's instance list.
+ *	class's instance list.  The caller must set the classPtr on the object,
+ *	either to a class or to NULL.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -551,6 +552,8 @@ AllocObject(
 				 * if the OO system should pick the object
 				 * name itself (equal to the namespace
 				 * name). */
+    Namespace *nsPtr,		/* The namespace to create the object in,
+				   or NULL if *nameStr is NULL */
     const char *nsNameStr)	/* The name of the namespace to create, or
 				 * NULL if the OO system should pick a unique
 				 * name itself. If this is non-NULL but names
@@ -579,8 +582,7 @@ AllocObject(
      */
 
     if (nsNameStr != NULL) {
-	oPtr->namespacePtr = Tcl_CreateNamespace(interp, nsNameStr, oPtr,
-		ObjectNamespaceDeleted);
+	oPtr->namespacePtr = Tcl_CreateNamespace(interp, nsNameStr, oPtr, NULL);
 	if (oPtr->namespacePtr != NULL) {
 	    creationEpoch = ++fPtr->tsdPtr->nsCount;
 	    goto configNamespace;
@@ -592,8 +594,7 @@ AllocObject(
 	char objName[10 + TCL_INTEGER_SPACE];
 
 	sprintf(objName, "::oo::Obj%d", ++fPtr->tsdPtr->nsCount);
-	oPtr->namespacePtr = Tcl_CreateNamespace(interp, objName, oPtr,
-		ObjectNamespaceDeleted);
+	oPtr->namespacePtr = Tcl_CreateNamespace(interp, objName, oPtr, NULL);
 	if (oPtr->namespacePtr != NULL) {
 	    creationEpoch = fPtr->tsdPtr->nsCount;
 	    break;
@@ -633,7 +634,7 @@ AllocObject(
      * access variables in it. [Bug 2950259]
      */
 
-    ((Namespace *) oPtr->namespacePtr)->earlyDeleteProc = SquelchedNsFirst;
+    ((Namespace *) oPtr->namespacePtr)->earlyDeleteProc = ObjectNamespaceDeleted;
 
     /*
      * Fill in the rest of the non-zero/NULL parts of the structure.
@@ -652,23 +653,11 @@ AllocObject(
      */
 
     if (!nameStr) {
-	oPtr->command = Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp,
-		oPtr->namespacePtr->fullName, PublicObjectCmd, oPtr, NULL);
-    } else if (nameStr[0] == ':' && nameStr[1] == ':') {
-	oPtr->command = Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, nameStr,
-		PublicObjectCmd, oPtr, NULL);
-    } else {
-	Tcl_DString buffer;
-
-	Tcl_DStringInit(&buffer);
-	Tcl_DStringAppend(&buffer,
-		Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace(interp)->fullName, -1);
-	TclDStringAppendLiteral(&buffer, "::");
-	Tcl_DStringAppend(&buffer, nameStr, -1);
-	oPtr->command = Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp,
-		Tcl_DStringValue(&buffer), PublicObjectCmd, oPtr, NULL);
-	Tcl_DStringFree(&buffer);
+	nameStr = oPtr->namespacePtr->name;
+	nsPtr = (Namespace *)oPtr->namespacePtr;
     }
+    oPtr->command = TclCreateObjCommandInNs(interp, nameStr,
+	(Tcl_Namespace *)nsPtr, PublicObjectCmd, oPtr, NULL);
 
     /*
      * Add the NRE command and trace directly. While this breaks a number of
@@ -754,30 +743,6 @@ MyDeleted(
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * SquelchedNsFirst --
- *
- *	This callback is triggered when the object's namespace is deleted by
- *	any mechanism. It deletes the object's public command if it has not
- *	already been deleted, so ensuring that destructors get run at an
- *	appropriate time. [Bug 2950259]
- *
- * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static void
-SquelchedNsFirst(
-    ClientData clientData)
-{
-    Object *oPtr = clientData;
-
-    if (oPtr->command) {
-	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(oPtr->fPtr->interp, oPtr->command);
-    }
-}
-
-/*
- * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
  * ObjectRenamedTrace --
  *
  *	This callback is triggered when the object is deleted by any
@@ -797,8 +762,6 @@ ObjectRenamedTrace(
     int flags)			/* Why was the object deleted? */
 {
     Object *oPtr = clientData;
-    Foundation *fPtr = oPtr->fPtr;
-
     /*
      * If this is a rename and not a delete of the object, we just flush the
      * cache of the object name.
@@ -810,87 +773,35 @@ ObjectRenamedTrace(
     }
 
     /*
-     * Oh dear, the object really is being deleted. Handle this by running the
-     * destructors and deleting the object's namespace, which in turn causes
-     * the real object structures to be deleted.
-     *
-     * Note that it is possible for the namespace to be deleted before the
-     * command. Because of that case, we must take care here to mark the
-     * command as being deleted so that if we return here we don't run into
-     * reentrancy problems.
-     *
-     * We also do not run destructors on the core class objects when the
-     * interpreter is being deleted; their incestuous nature causes problems
-     * in that case when the destructor is partially deleted before the uses
-     * of it have gone. [Bug 2949397]
-     */
-
-    AddRef(oPtr);
-    AddRef(fPtr->classCls);
-    AddRef(fPtr->objectCls);
-    AddRef(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr);
-    AddRef(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr);
-    oPtr->command = NULL;
-
-    if (!(oPtr->flags & DESTRUCTOR_CALLED) && !Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp)) {
-	CallContext *contextPtr =
-		TclOOGetCallContext(oPtr, NULL, DESTRUCTOR, NULL);
-	int result;
-	Tcl_InterpState state;
-
-	oPtr->flags |= DESTRUCTOR_CALLED;
-	if (contextPtr != NULL) {
-	    contextPtr->callPtr->flags |= DESTRUCTOR;
-	    contextPtr->skip = 0;
-	    state = Tcl_SaveInterpState(interp, TCL_OK);
-	    result = Tcl_NRCallObjProc(interp, TclOOInvokeContext,
-		    contextPtr, 0, NULL);
-	    if (result != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_BackgroundException(interp, result);
-	    }
-	    Tcl_RestoreInterpState(interp, state);
-	    TclOODeleteContext(contextPtr);
-	}
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * OK, the destructor's been run. Time to splat the class data (if any)
-     * and nuke the namespace (which triggers the final crushing of the object
-     * structure itself).
-     *
-     * The class of objects needs some special care; if it is deleted (and
-     * we're not killing the whole interpreter) we force the delete of the
-     * class of classes now as well. Due to the incestuous nature of those two
-     * classes, if one goes the other must too and yet the tangle can
-     * sometimes not go away automatically; we force it here. [Bug 2962664]
-     */
-
-    if (!Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp) && IsRootObject(oPtr)
-	    && !Deleted(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr)) {
-	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, fPtr->classCls->thisPtr->command);
-    }
-
-    if (oPtr->classPtr != NULL) {
-	AddRef(oPtr->classPtr);
-	ReleaseClassContents(interp, oPtr);
-    }
-
-    /*
      * The namespace is only deleted if it hasn't already been deleted. [Bug
-     * 2950259]
+     * 2950259]. If the namespace has already been deleted, then
+     * ObjectNamespaceDeleted() has already cleaned up this command.
      */
 
-    if (((Namespace *) oPtr->namespacePtr)->earlyDeleteProc != NULL) {
-	Tcl_DeleteNamespace(oPtr->namespacePtr);
-    }
-    if (oPtr->classPtr) {
-	DelRef(oPtr->classPtr);
+    if (oPtr->namespacePtr == NULL) {
+	/*
+	 * ObjectNamespaceDeleted() has already done all the cleanup, but
+	 * detected that the command was in the process of being deleted, and
+	 * left the pointer allocated for us.
+	 */
+	DelRef(oPtr);
+    } else {
+	if (((Namespace *) oPtr->namespacePtr)->earlyDeleteProc == NULL) {
+	    /*
+	     * ObjectNamespaceDeleted() called us, and still has some work to
+	     * do, so we leave the pointer allocated for it to finish, and then
+	     * it will deallocate the pointer.
+	     */
+	} else {
+	    Tcl_DeleteNamespace(oPtr->namespacePtr);
+	    /*
+	     * ObjectNamespaceDeleted() doesn't know it was us that just
+	     * called, so it left the pointer allocated.
+	     */
+	    DelRef(oPtr);
+	}
     }
-    DelRef(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr);
-    DelRef(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr);
-    DelRef(fPtr->classCls);
-    DelRef(fPtr->objectCls);
-    DelRef(oPtr);
+    return;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -962,7 +873,9 @@ ReleaseClassContents(
     int i;
     Class *clsPtr = oPtr->classPtr, *mixinSubclassPtr, *subclassPtr;
     Object *instancePtr;
+    Method *mPtr;
     Foundation *fPtr = oPtr->fPtr;
+    Tcl_Obj *variableObj;
 
     /*
      * Sanity check!
@@ -1000,18 +913,30 @@ ReleaseClassContents(
     }
     if (!IsRootClass(oPtr)) {
 	FOREACH(instancePtr, clsPtr->instances) {
-	    int j;
-	    if (instancePtr->selfCls == clsPtr) {
-		instancePtr->flags |= CLASS_GONE;
-	    }
-	    for(j=0 ; j<instancePtr->mixins.num ; j++) {
-		Class *mixin = instancePtr->mixins.list[j];
-		if (mixin == clsPtr) {
-		    instancePtr->mixins.list[j] = NULL;
+	    if (instancePtr != oPtr) {
+		int j;
+		if (instancePtr->selfCls == clsPtr) {
+		    instancePtr->flags |= CLASS_GONE;
+		}
+		for(j=0 ; j<instancePtr->mixins.num ; j++) {
+		    Class *mixin = instancePtr->mixins.list[j];
+		    Class *nextMixin = NULL;
+		    if (mixin == clsPtr) {
+			if (j < instancePtr->mixins.num - 1) {
+			    nextMixin = instancePtr->mixins.list[j+1];
+			}
+			if (j == 0) {
+			    instancePtr->mixins.num = 0;
+			    instancePtr->mixins.list = NULL;
+			} else {
+			    instancePtr->mixins.list[j-1] = nextMixin;
+			}
+			instancePtr->mixins.num -= 1;
+		    }
+		}
+		if (instancePtr != NULL && !IsRoot(instancePtr)) {
+		    AddRef(instancePtr);
 		}
-	    }
-	    if (instancePtr != NULL && !IsRoot(instancePtr)) {
-		AddRef(instancePtr);
 	    }
 	}
     }
@@ -1021,13 +946,15 @@ ReleaseClassContents(
      */
 
     FOREACH(mixinSubclassPtr, clsPtr->mixinSubs) {
-	if (!Deleted(mixinSubclassPtr->thisPtr)) {
-	    Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp,
-		    mixinSubclassPtr->thisPtr->command);
+	if (mixinSubclassPtr != clsPtr) {
+	    if (!Deleted(mixinSubclassPtr->thisPtr)) {
+		Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp,
+			mixinSubclassPtr->thisPtr->command);
+	    }
+	    ClearMixins(mixinSubclassPtr);
+	    DelRef(mixinSubclassPtr->thisPtr);
+	    DelRef(mixinSubclassPtr);
 	}
-	ClearMixins(mixinSubclassPtr);
-	DelRef(mixinSubclassPtr->thisPtr);
-	DelRef(mixinSubclassPtr);
     }
     if (clsPtr->mixinSubs.list != NULL) {
 	ckfree(clsPtr->mixinSubs.list);
@@ -1062,19 +989,21 @@ ReleaseClassContents(
 
     if (!IsRootClass(oPtr)) {
 	FOREACH(instancePtr, clsPtr->instances) {
-	    if (instancePtr == NULL || IsRoot(instancePtr)) {
-		continue;
-	    }
-	    if (!Deleted(instancePtr)) {
-		Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, instancePtr->command);
-		/*
-		 * Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken() may have done to whole
-		 * job for us.  Roll back and check again.
-		 */
-		i--;
-		continue;
+	    if (instancePtr != oPtr) {
+		if (instancePtr == NULL || IsRoot(instancePtr)) {
+		    continue;
+		}
+		if (!Deleted(instancePtr)) {
+		    Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, instancePtr->command);
+		    /*
+		     * Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken() may have done to whole
+		     * job for us.  Roll back and check again.
+		     */
+		    i--;
+		    continue;
+		}
+		DelRef(instancePtr);
 	    }
-	    DelRef(instancePtr);
 	}
     }
     if (clsPtr->instances.list != NULL) {
@@ -1143,6 +1072,30 @@ ReleaseClassContents(
 	ckfree(clsPtr->metadataPtr);
 	clsPtr->metadataPtr = NULL;
     }
+
+    ClearMixins(clsPtr);
+    ClearSuperclasses(clsPtr);
+
+    FOREACH_HASH_VALUE(mPtr, &clsPtr->classMethods) {
+	TclOODelMethodRef(mPtr);
+    }
+    Tcl_DeleteHashTable(&clsPtr->classMethods);
+    TclOODelMethodRef(clsPtr->constructorPtr);
+    TclOODelMethodRef(clsPtr->destructorPtr);
+
+    FOREACH(variableObj, clsPtr->variables) {
+	TclDecrRefCount(variableObj);
+    }
+    if (i) {
+	ckfree(clsPtr->variables.list);
+    }
+
+    /* Tell oPtr that it's class is gone so that it doesn't try to remove
+     * itself from it's classe's list of instances
+     */
+    oPtr->flags |= CLASS_GONE;
+    DelRef(clsPtr);
+
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1164,22 +1117,71 @@ ObjectNamespaceDeleted(
 				 * being deleted. */
 {
     Object *oPtr = clientData;
+    Foundation *fPtr = oPtr->fPtr;
     FOREACH_HASH_DECLS;
-    Class *clsPtr = oPtr->classPtr, *mixinPtr;
+    Class *mixinPtr;
     Method *mPtr;
     Tcl_Obj *filterObj, *variableObj;
-    int i;
+    Tcl_Interp *interp = oPtr->fPtr->interp;
+    int finished = 0, i;
+
+
+    AddRef(fPtr->classCls);
+    AddRef(fPtr->objectCls);
+    AddRef(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr);
+    AddRef(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr);
+
+    /*
+     * We do not run destructors on the core class objects when the
+     * interpreter is being deleted; their incestuous nature causes problems
+     * in that case when the destructor is partially deleted before the uses
+     * of it have gone. [Bug 2949397]
+     */
+
+    if (!(oPtr->flags & DESTRUCTOR_CALLED) && !Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp)) {
+	CallContext *contextPtr =
+		TclOOGetCallContext(oPtr, NULL, DESTRUCTOR, NULL);
+	int result;
+
+	Tcl_InterpState state;
+
+	oPtr->flags |= DESTRUCTOR_CALLED;
+	if (contextPtr != NULL) {
+	    contextPtr->callPtr->flags |= DESTRUCTOR;
+	    contextPtr->skip = 0;
+	    state = Tcl_SaveInterpState(interp, TCL_OK);
+	    result = Tcl_NRCallObjProc(interp, TclOOInvokeContext,
+		    contextPtr, 0, NULL);
+	    if (result != TCL_OK) {
+		Tcl_BackgroundException(interp, result);
+	    }
+	    Tcl_RestoreInterpState(interp, state);
+	    TclOODeleteContext(contextPtr);
+	}
+    }
 
     /*
      * Instruct everyone to no longer use any allocated fields of the object.
-     * Also delete the commands that refer to the object at this point (if
-     * they still exist) because otherwise their references to the object
-     * point into freed memory, allowing crashes.
+     * Also delete the command that refers to the object at this point (if
+     * it still exists) because otherwise its pointer to the object
+     * points into freed memory.
      */
 
-    if (oPtr->command) {
+    if ((((Command *)oPtr->command)->flags && CMD_IS_DELETED)) {
+	/*
+	 * Something has already started the command deletion process. We can
+	 * go ahead and clean up the the namespace,
+	 */
+    } else {
+	/*
+	 * The namespace must have been deleted directly.  Delete the command
+	 * as well.
+	 */
 	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(oPtr->fPtr->interp, oPtr->command);
+	finished = 1;
     }
+    oPtr->command = NULL;
+
     if (oPtr->myCommand) {
 	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(oPtr->fPtr->interp, oPtr->myCommand);
     }
@@ -1194,7 +1196,7 @@ ObjectNamespaceDeleted(
     }
 
     FOREACH(mixinPtr, oPtr->mixins) {
-	if (mixinPtr) {
+	if (mixinPtr && mixinPtr != oPtr->classPtr) {
 	    TclOORemoveFromInstances(oPtr, mixinPtr);
 	}
     }
@@ -1243,69 +1245,52 @@ ObjectNamespaceDeleted(
     }
 
     /*
-     * If this was a class, there's additional deletion work to do.
+     *  Because an object can be a class that is an instance of itself, the
+     *  A class object's class structure should only be cleaned after most of
+     *  the cleanup on the object is done.
      */
 
-    if (clsPtr != NULL) {
-	Tcl_ObjectMetadataType *metadataTypePtr;
-	ClientData value;
-
-	if (clsPtr->metadataPtr != NULL) {
-	    FOREACH_HASH(metadataTypePtr, value, clsPtr->metadataPtr) {
-		metadataTypePtr->deleteProc(value);
-	    }
-	    Tcl_DeleteHashTable(clsPtr->metadataPtr);
-	    ckfree(clsPtr->metadataPtr);
-	    clsPtr->metadataPtr = NULL;
-	}
-
-	FOREACH(filterObj, clsPtr->filters) {
-	    TclDecrRefCount(filterObj);
-	}
-	if (i) {
-	    ckfree(clsPtr->filters.list);
-	    clsPtr->filters.num = 0;
-	}
-
-	ClearMixins(clsPtr);
-
-	ClearSuperclasses(clsPtr);
 
-	if (clsPtr->subclasses.list) {
-	    ckfree(clsPtr->subclasses.list);
-	    clsPtr->subclasses.num = 0;
-	}
-	if (clsPtr->instances.list) {
-	    ckfree(clsPtr->instances.list);
-	    clsPtr->instances.num = 0;
-	}
-	if (clsPtr->mixinSubs.list) {
-	    ckfree(clsPtr->mixinSubs.list);
-	    clsPtr->mixinSubs.num = 0;
-	}
-
-	FOREACH_HASH_VALUE(mPtr, &clsPtr->classMethods) {
-	    TclOODelMethodRef(mPtr);
-	}
-	Tcl_DeleteHashTable(&clsPtr->classMethods);
-	TclOODelMethodRef(clsPtr->constructorPtr);
-	TclOODelMethodRef(clsPtr->destructorPtr);
-
-	FOREACH(variableObj, clsPtr->variables) {
-	    TclDecrRefCount(variableObj);
-	}
-	if (i) {
-	    ckfree(clsPtr->variables.list);
-	}
+    /*
+     * The class of objects needs some special care; if it is deleted (and
+     * we're not killing the whole interpreter) we force the delete of the
+     * class of classes now as well. Due to the incestuous nature of those two
+     * classes, if one goes the other must too and yet the tangle can
+     * sometimes not go away automatically; we force it here. [Bug 2962664]
+     */
+    if (!Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp) && IsRootObject(oPtr)
+	    && !Deleted(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr)) {
+	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, fPtr->classCls->thisPtr->command);
+    }
 
-	DelRef(clsPtr);
+    if (oPtr->classPtr != NULL) {
+	ReleaseClassContents(interp, oPtr);
     }
 
+
     /*
      * Delete the object structure itself.
      */
 
-    DelRef(oPtr);
+    oPtr->classPtr = NULL;
+    oPtr->namespacePtr = NULL;
+
+    DelRef(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr);
+    DelRef(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr);
+    DelRef(fPtr->classCls);
+    DelRef(fPtr->objectCls);
+    if (finished) {
+	/*
+	 * ObjectRenamedTrace called us, and not the other way around.
+	 */
+	DelRef(oPtr);
+    } else {
+	/*
+	 * ObjectRenamedTrace will call DelRef(oPtr).
+	 */
+    }
+    return;
+
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1398,7 +1383,7 @@ TclOOAddToInstances(
 void
 TclOORemoveFromSubclasses(
     Class *subPtr,		/* The subclass to remove. */
-    Class *superPtr)		/* The superclass to (possibly) remove the
+    Class *superPtr)		/* The superclass to possibly remove the
 				 * subclass reference from. */
 {
     int i;
@@ -1469,7 +1454,7 @@ TclOOAddToSubclasses(
 void
 TclOORemoveFromMixinSubs(
     Class *subPtr,		/* The subclass to remove. */
-    Class *superPtr)		/* The superclass to (possibly) remove the
+    Class *superPtr)		/* The superclass to possibly remove the
 				 * subclass reference from. */
 {
     int i;
@@ -1543,7 +1528,7 @@ AllocClass(
 				 * class. */
     Object *useThisObj)		/* Object that is to act as the class
 				 * representation, or NULL if a new object
-				 * (with automatic name) is to be used. */
+				 * with automatic name is to be used. */
 {
     Foundation *fPtr = GetFoundation(interp);
     Class *clsPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(Class));
@@ -1554,7 +1539,7 @@ AllocClass(
 
     memset(clsPtr, 0, sizeof(Class));
     if (useThisObj == NULL) {
-	clsPtr->thisPtr = AllocObject(interp, NULL, NULL);
+	clsPtr->thisPtr = AllocObject(interp, NULL, NULL, NULL);
     } else {
 	clsPtr->thisPtr = useThisObj;
     }
@@ -1615,7 +1600,6 @@ AllocClass(
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
-
 Tcl_Object
 Tcl_NewObjectInstance(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Interpreter context. */
@@ -1632,52 +1616,15 @@ Tcl_NewObjectInstance(
 				 * constructor. */
 {
     register Class *classPtr = (Class *) cls;
-    Foundation *fPtr = GetFoundation(interp);
     Object *oPtr;
+    ClientData clientData[4];
 
-    /*
-     * Check if we're going to create an object over an existing command;
-     * that's not allowed.
-     */
-
-    if (nameStr && Tcl_FindCommand(interp, nameStr, NULL,
-	    TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY)) {
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-		"can't create object \"%s\": command already exists with"
-		" that name", nameStr));
-	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "OVERWRITE_OBJECT", NULL);
-	return NULL;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Create the object.
-     */
-
-    oPtr = AllocObject(interp, nameStr, nsNameStr);
-    oPtr->selfCls = classPtr;
-    TclOOAddToInstances(oPtr, classPtr);
-
-    /*
-     * Check to see if we're really creating a class. If so, allocate the
-     * class structure as well.
-     */
-
-    if (TclOOIsReachable(fPtr->classCls, classPtr)) {
-	/*
-	 * Is a class, so attach a class structure. Note that the AllocClass
-	 * function splices the structure into the object, so we don't have
-	 * to. Once that's done, we need to repatch the object to have the
-	 * right class since AllocClass interferes with that.
-	 */
-
-	AllocClass(interp, oPtr);
-	oPtr->selfCls = classPtr;
-	TclOOAddToSubclasses(oPtr->classPtr, fPtr->objectCls);
-    }
+    oPtr = TclNewObjectInstanceCommon(interp, classPtr, nameStr, nsNameStr);
+    if (oPtr == NULL) {return NULL;}
 
     /*
-     * Run constructors, except when objc < 0 (a special flag case used for
-     * object cloning only).
+     * Run constructors, except when objc < 0, which is a special flag case
+     * used for object cloning only.
      */
 
     if (objc >= 0) {
@@ -1704,36 +1651,16 @@ Tcl_NewObjectInstance(
 		TclResetRewriteEnsemble(interp, 1);
 	    }
 
-	    /*
-	     * It's an error if the object was whacked in the constructor.
-	     * Force this if it isn't already an error (don't want to lose
-	     * errors by accident...) [Bug 2903011]
-	     */
+	    clientData[0] = contextPtr;
+	    clientData[1] = oPtr;
+	    clientData[2] = state;
+	    clientData[3] = &oPtr;
 
-	    if (result != TCL_ERROR && Deleted(oPtr)) {
-		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
-			"object deleted in constructor", -1));
-		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "STILLBORN", NULL);
-		result = TCL_ERROR;
-	    }
-	    TclOODeleteContext(contextPtr);
+	    AddRef(oPtr);
+	    result = FinalizeAlloc(clientData, interp, result);
 	    if (result != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_DiscardInterpState(state);
-
-		/*
-		 * Take care to not delete a deleted object; that would be
-		 * bad. [Bug 2903011] Also take care to make sure that we have
-		 * the name of the command before we delete it. [Bug
-		 * 9dd1bd7a74]
-		 */
-
-		if (!Deleted(oPtr)) {
-		    (void) TclOOObjectName(interp, oPtr);
-		    Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, oPtr->command);
-		}
 		return NULL;
 	    }
-	    Tcl_RestoreInterpState(interp, state);
 	}
     }
 
@@ -1758,50 +1685,12 @@ TclNRNewObjectInstance(
 				 * successful allocation. */
 {
     register Class *classPtr = (Class *) cls;
-    Foundation *fPtr = GetFoundation(interp);
     CallContext *contextPtr;
     Tcl_InterpState state;
     Object *oPtr;
 
-    /*
-     * Check if we're going to create an object over an existing command;
-     * that's not allowed.
-     */
-
-    if (nameStr && Tcl_FindCommand(interp, nameStr, NULL,
-	    TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY)) {
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-		"can't create object \"%s\": command already exists with"
-		" that name", nameStr));
-	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "OVERWRITE_OBJECT", NULL);
-	return TCL_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Create the object.
-     */
-
-    oPtr = AllocObject(interp, nameStr, nsNameStr);
-    oPtr->selfCls = classPtr;
-    TclOOAddToInstances(oPtr, classPtr);
-
-    /*
-     * Check to see if we're really creating a class. If so, allocate the
-     * class structure as well.
-     */
-
-    if (TclOOIsReachable(fPtr->classCls, classPtr)) {
-	/*
-	 * Is a class, so attach a class structure. Note that the AllocClass
-	 * function splices the structure into the object, so we don't have
-	 * to. Once that's done, we need to repatch the object to have the
-	 * right class since AllocClass interferes with that.
-	 */
-
-	AllocClass(interp, oPtr);
-	oPtr->selfCls = classPtr;
-	TclOOAddToSubclasses(oPtr->classPtr, fPtr->objectCls);
-    }
+    oPtr = TclNewObjectInstanceCommon(interp, classPtr, nameStr, nsNameStr);
+    if (oPtr == NULL) {return TCL_ERROR;}
 
     /*
      * Run constructors, except when objc < 0 (a special flag case used for
@@ -1823,7 +1712,7 @@ TclNRNewObjectInstance(
     contextPtr->skip = skip;
 
     /*
-     * Adjust the ensmble tracking record if necessary. [Bug 3514761]
+     * Adjust the ensemble tracking record if necessary. [Bug 3514761]
      */
 
     if (TclInitRewriteEnsemble(interp, skip, skip, objv)) {
@@ -1841,6 +1730,83 @@ TclNRNewObjectInstance(
     return TclOOInvokeContext(contextPtr, interp, objc, objv);
 }
 
+
+Object *
+TclNewObjectInstanceCommon(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    Class *classPtr,
+    const char *nameStr,
+    const char *nsNameStr)
+{
+    Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr;
+    Foundation *fPtr = GetFoundation(interp);
+    Object *oPtr;
+    const char *simpleName = NULL;
+    Namespace *nsPtr = NULL, *dummy,
+	*inNsPtr = (Namespace *)TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp);
+    int isNew;
+
+    if (nameStr) {
+	TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, nameStr, inNsPtr, TCL_CREATE_NS_IF_UNKNOWN,
+		&nsPtr, &dummy, &dummy, &simpleName);
+
+	/*
+	 * Disallow creation of an object over an existing command.
+	 */
+
+	hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&nsPtr->cmdTable, simpleName, &isNew);
+	if (isNew) {
+	    /* Just kidding */
+	    Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(hPtr);
+	} else {
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+		    "can't create object \"%s\": command already exists with"
+		    " that name", nameStr));
+	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "OVERWRITE_OBJECT", NULL);
+	    return NULL;
+	}
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Create the object.
+     */
+
+    /*
+     * The command for the object could have the same name as the command
+     * associated with classPtr, so protect the structure from deallocation
+     * here.
+     */
+    AddRef(classPtr);
+
+    oPtr = AllocObject(interp, simpleName, nsPtr, nsNameStr);
+    DelRef(classPtr);
+    oPtr->selfCls = classPtr;
+    TclOOAddToInstances(oPtr, classPtr);
+
+    /*
+     * Check to see if we're really creating a class. If so, allocate the
+     * class structure as well.
+     */
+
+    if (TclOOIsReachable(fPtr->classCls, classPtr)) {
+	/*
+	 * Is a class, so attach a class structure. Note that the AllocClass
+	 * function splices the structure into the object, so we don't have
+	 * to. Once that's done, we need to repatch the object to have the
+	 * right class since AllocClass interferes with that.
+	 */
+
+	AllocClass(interp, oPtr);
+	oPtr->selfCls = classPtr;
+	TclOOAddToSubclasses(oPtr->classPtr, fPtr->objectCls);
+    } else {
+	oPtr->classPtr = NULL;
+    }
+    return oPtr;
+}
+
+
+
 static int
 FinalizeAlloc(
     ClientData data[],
@@ -1853,9 +1819,8 @@ FinalizeAlloc(
     Tcl_Object *objectPtr = data[3];
 
     /*
-     * It's an error if the object was whacked in the constructor. Force this
-     * if it isn't already an error (don't want to lose errors by accident...)
-     * [Bug 2903011]
+     * Ensure an error if the object was deleted in the constructor.
+     * Don't want to lose errors by accident. [Bug 2903011]
      */
 
     if (result != TCL_ERROR && Deleted(oPtr)) {
@@ -2433,7 +2398,7 @@ Tcl_ObjectSetMetadata(
  *
  * PublicObjectCmd, PrivateObjectCmd, TclOOInvokeObject --
  *
- *	Main entry point for object invokations. The Public* and Private*
+ *	Main entry point for object invocations. The Public* and Private*
  *	wrapper functions (implementations of both object instance commands
  *	and [my]) are just thin wrappers round the main TclOOObjectCmdCore
  *	function. Note that the core is function is NRE-aware.
@@ -2518,8 +2483,8 @@ TclOOInvokeObject(
  *
  * TclOOObjectCmdCore, FinalizeObjectCall --
  *
- *	Main function for object invokations. Does call chain creation,
- *	management and invokation. The function FinalizeObjectCall exists to
+ *	Main function for object invocations. Does call chain creation,
+ *	management and invocation. The function FinalizeObjectCall exists to
  *	clean up after the non-recursive processing of TclOOObjectCmdCore.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2531,7 +2496,7 @@ TclOOObjectCmdCore(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interpreter containing the object. */
     int objc,			/* How many arguments are being passed in. */
     Tcl_Obj *const *objv,	/* The array of arguments. */
-    int flags,			/* Whether this is an invokation through the
+    int flags,			/* Whether this is an invocation through the
 				 * public or the private command interface. */
     Class *startCls)		/* Where to start in the call chain, or NULL
 				 * if we are to start at the front with
@@ -2720,7 +2685,7 @@ Tcl_ObjectContextInvokeNext(
      * call context while we process the body. However, need to adjust the
      * argument-skip control because we're guaranteed to have a single prefix
      * arg (i.e., 'next') and not the variable amount that can happen because
-     * method invokations (i.e., '$obj meth' and 'my meth'), constructors
+     * method invocations (i.e., '$obj meth' and 'my meth'), constructors
      * (i.e., '$cls new' and '$cls create obj') and destructors (no args at
      * all) come through the same code.
      */
@@ -2789,7 +2754,7 @@ TclNRObjectContextInvokeNext(
      * call context while we process the body. However, need to adjust the
      * argument-skip control because we're guaranteed to have a single prefix
      * arg (i.e., 'next') and not the variable amount that can happen because
-     * method invokations (i.e., '$obj meth' and 'my meth'), constructors
+     * method invocations (i.e., '$obj meth' and 'my meth'), constructors
      * (i.e., '$cls new' and '$cls create obj') and destructors (no args at
      * all) come through the same code.
      */
diff --git a/generic/tclOOCall.c b/generic/tclOOCall.c
index 3e4f561..d4e1e34 100644
--- a/generic/tclOOCall.c
+++ b/generic/tclOOCall.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ FreeMethodNameRep(
  * TclOOInvokeContext --
  *
  *	Invokes a single step along a method call-chain context. Note that the
- *	invokation of a step along the chain can cause further steps along the
+ *	invocation of a step along the chain can cause further steps along the
  *	chain to be invoked. Note that this function is written to be as light
  *	in stack usage as possible.
  *
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ AddMethodToCallChain(
 	     * Call chain semantics states that methods come as *late* in the
 	     * call chain as possible. This is done by copying down the
 	     * following methods. Note that this does not change the number of
-	     * method invokations in the call chain; it just rearranges them.
+	     * method invocations in the call chain; it just rearranges them.
 	     */
 
 	    Class *declCls = callPtr->chain[i].filterDeclarer;
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ IsStillValid(
  * TclOOGetCallContext --
  *
  *	Responsible for constructing the call context, an ordered list of all
- *	method implementations to be called as part of a method invokation.
+ *	method implementations to be called as part of a method invocation.
  *	This method is central to the whole operation of the OO system.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ TclOORenderCallChain(
     /*
      * Do the actual construction of the descriptions. They consist of a list
      * of triples that describe the details of how a method is understood. For
-     * each triple, the first word is the type of invokation ("method" is
+     * each triple, the first word is the type of invocation ("method" is
      * normal, "unknown" is special because it adds the method name as an
      * extra argument when handled by some method types, and "filter" is
      * special because it's a filter method). The second word is the name of
diff --git a/generic/tclOOInt.h b/generic/tclOOInt.h
index 476446d..83b4d58 100644
--- a/generic/tclOOInt.h
+++ b/generic/tclOOInt.h
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ typedef struct Object {
     struct Foundation *fPtr;	/* The basis for the object system. Putting
 				 * this here allows the avoidance of quite a
 				 * lot of hash lookups on the critical path
-				 * for object invokation and creation. */
-    Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr;/* This object's tame namespace. */
+				 * for object invocation and creation. */
+    Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr;/* This object's namespace. */
     Tcl_Command command;	/* Reference to this object's public
 				 * command. */
     Tcl_Command myCommand;	/* Reference to this object's internal
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ typedef struct Object {
 				/* Classes mixed into this object. */
     LIST_STATIC(Tcl_Obj *) filters;
 				/* List of filter names. */
-    struct Class *classPtr;	/* All classes have this non-NULL; it points
-				 * to the class structure. Everything else has
-				 * this NULL. */
+    struct Class *classPtr;	/* This is non-NULL for all classes, and NULL
+				 *  for everything else. It points to the class
+				 *  structure. */
     int refCount;		/* Number of strong references to this object.
 				 * Note that there may be many more weak
-				 * references; this mechanism is there to
+				 * references; this mechanism exists to
 				 * avoid Tcl_Preserve. */
     int flags;
     int creationEpoch;		/* Unique value to make comparisons of objects
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ typedef struct Foundation {
 } Foundation;
 
 /*
- * A call context structure is built when a method is called. They contain the
+ * A call context structure is built when a method is called. It contains the
  * chain of method implementations that are to be invoked by a particular
  * call, and the process of calling walks the chain, with the [next] command
  * proceeding to the next entry in the chain.
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ typedef struct Foundation {
 struct MInvoke {
     Method *mPtr;		/* Reference to the method implementation
 				 * record. */
-    int isFilter;		/* Whether this is a filter invokation. */
+    int isFilter;		/* Whether this is a filter invocation. */
     Class *filterDeclarer;	/* What class decided to add the filter; if
 				 * NULL, it was added by the object. */
 };
@@ -495,6 +495,10 @@ MODULE_SCOPE int	TclNRNewObjectInstance(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    const char *nsNameStr, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const *objv, int skip,
 			    Tcl_Object *objectPtr);
+MODULE_SCOPE Object *	TclNewObjectInstanceCommon(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    Class *classPtr,
+			    const char *nameStr,
+			    const char *nsNameStr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclOODefineSlots(Foundation *fPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclOODeleteChain(CallChain *callPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclOODeleteChainCache(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr);
diff --git a/generic/tclPkg.c b/generic/tclPkg.c
index eb4dc9b..fb721a0 100644
--- a/generic/tclPkg.c
+++ b/generic/tclPkg.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ PkgRequireCore(
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
     Package *pkgPtr;
     PkgAvail *availPtr, *bestPtr, *bestStablePtr;
-    char *availVersion, *bestVersion;
+    char *availVersion, *bestVersion, *bestStableVersion;
 				/* Internal rep. of versions */
     int availStable, code, satisfies, pass;
     char *script, *pkgVersionI;
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ PkgRequireCore(
 	bestPtr = NULL;
 	bestStablePtr = NULL;
 	bestVersion = NULL;
+	bestStableVersion = NULL;
 
 	for (availPtr = pkgPtr->availPtr; availPtr != NULL;
 		availPtr = availPtr->nextPtr) {
@@ -480,59 +481,81 @@ PkgRequireCore(
 		continue;
 	    }
 
+	    /* Check satisfaction of requirements before considering the current version further. */
+	    if (reqc > 0) {
+		satisfies = SomeRequirementSatisfied(availVersion, reqc, reqv);
+		if (!satisfies) {
+		    ckfree(availVersion);
+		    availVersion = NULL;
+		    continue;
+		}
+	    }
+
 	    if (bestPtr != NULL) {
 		int res = CompareVersions(availVersion, bestVersion, NULL);
 
 		/*
-		 * Note: Use internal reps!
+		 * Note: Used internal reps in the comparison!
 		 */
 
-		if (res <= 0) {
+		if (res > 0) {
 		    /*
-		     * The version of the package sought is not as good as the
-		     * currently selected version. Ignore it.
+		     * The version of the package sought is better than the
+		     * currently selected version.
 		     */
-
-		    ckfree(availVersion);
-		    availVersion = NULL;
-		    continue;
+		    goto newbest;
 		}
-	    }
-
-	    /*
-	     * We have found a version which is better than our max.
-	     */
-
-	    if (reqc > 0) {
-		/* Check satisfaction of requirements. */
+	    } else {
+	    newbest:
+		/* We have found a version which is better than our max. */
 
-		satisfies = SomeRequirementSatisfied(availVersion, reqc, reqv);
-		if (!satisfies) {
-		    ckfree(availVersion);
-		    availVersion = NULL;
-		    continue;
-		}
+		bestPtr = availPtr;
+		CheckVersionAndConvert(interp, bestPtr->version, &bestVersion, NULL);
 	    }
 
-	    bestPtr = availPtr;
-
-	    if (bestVersion != NULL) {
-		ckfree(bestVersion);
+	    if (!availStable) {
+		ckfree(availVersion);
+		availVersion = NULL;
+		continue;
 	    }
-	    bestVersion = availVersion;
 
-	    /*
-	     * If this new best version is stable then it also has to be
-	     * better than the max stable version found so far.
-	     */
+	    if (bestStablePtr != NULL) {
+		int res = CompareVersions(availVersion, bestStableVersion, NULL);
+
+		/*
+		 * Note: Used internal reps in the comparison!
+		 */
 
-	    if (availStable) {
+		if (res > 0) {
+		    /*
+		     * This stable version of the package sought is better
+		     * than the currently selected stable version.
+		     */
+		    goto newstable;
+		}
+	    } else {
+	    newstable:
+		/* We have found a stable version which is better than our max stable. */
 		bestStablePtr = availPtr;
+		CheckVersionAndConvert(interp, bestStablePtr->version, &bestStableVersion, NULL);
 	    }
-	}
+
+	    ckfree(availVersion);
+	    availVersion = NULL;
+	} /* end for */
+
+	/*
+	 * Clean up memorized internal reps, if any.
+	 */
 
 	if (bestVersion != NULL) {
 	    ckfree(bestVersion);
+	    bestVersion = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (bestStableVersion != NULL) {
+	    ckfree(bestStableVersion);
+	    bestStableVersion = NULL;
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/generic/tclProc.c b/generic/tclProc.c
index 96bdcf3..b89357c 100644
--- a/generic/tclProc.c
+++ b/generic/tclProc.c
@@ -124,11 +124,10 @@ Tcl_ProcObjCmd(
 {
     register Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
     Proc *procPtr;
-    const char *fullName;
-    const char *procName, *procArgs, *procBody;
+    const char *procName;
+    const char *simpleName, *procArgs, *procBody;
     Namespace *nsPtr, *altNsPtr, *cxtNsPtr;
     Tcl_Command cmd;
-    Tcl_DString ds;
 
     if (objc != 4) {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "name args body");
@@ -141,29 +140,21 @@ Tcl_ProcObjCmd(
      * namespace.
      */
 
-    fullName = TclGetString(objv[1]);
-    TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, fullName, NULL, 0,
-	    &nsPtr, &altNsPtr, &cxtNsPtr, &procName);
+    procName = TclGetString(objv[1]);
+    TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, procName, NULL, 0,
+	    &nsPtr, &altNsPtr, &cxtNsPtr, &simpleName);
 
     if (nsPtr == NULL) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		"can't create procedure \"%s\": unknown namespace",
-		fullName));
+		procName));
 	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "COMMAND", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
-    if (procName == NULL) {
+    if (simpleName == NULL) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		"can't create procedure \"%s\": bad procedure name",
-		fullName));
-	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "COMMAND", NULL);
-	return TCL_ERROR;
-    }
-    if ((nsPtr != iPtr->globalNsPtr)
-	    && (procName != NULL) && (procName[0] == ':')) {
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-		"can't create procedure \"%s\" in non-global namespace with"
-		" name starting with \":\"", procName));
+		procName));
 	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "COMMAND", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
@@ -172,31 +163,16 @@ Tcl_ProcObjCmd(
      * Create the data structure to represent the procedure.
      */
 
-    if (TclCreateProc(interp, nsPtr, procName, objv[2], objv[3],
+    if (TclCreateProc(interp, nsPtr, simpleName, objv[2], objv[3],
 	    &procPtr) != TCL_OK) {
 	Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, "\n    (creating proc \"");
-	Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, procName);
+	Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, simpleName);
 	Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, "\")");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Now create a command for the procedure. This will initially be in the
-     * current namespace unless the procedure's name included namespace
-     * qualifiers. To create the new command in the right namespace, we
-     * generate a fully qualified name for it.
-     */
-
-    Tcl_DStringInit(&ds);
-    if (nsPtr != iPtr->globalNsPtr) {
-	Tcl_DStringAppend(&ds, nsPtr->fullName, -1);
-	TclDStringAppendLiteral(&ds, "::");
-    }
-    Tcl_DStringAppend(&ds, procName, -1);
-
-    cmd = Tcl_NRCreateCommand(interp, Tcl_DStringValue(&ds), TclObjInterpProc,
-	    TclNRInterpProc, procPtr, TclProcDeleteProc);
-    Tcl_DStringFree(&ds);
+    cmd = TclNRCreateCommandInNs(interp, simpleName, (Tcl_Namespace *) nsPtr,
+	TclObjInterpProc, TclNRInterpProc, procPtr, TclProcDeleteProc);
 
     /*
      * Now initialize the new procedure's cmdPtr field. This will be used
@@ -393,13 +369,13 @@ TclCreateProc(
     Proc **procPtrPtr)		/* Returns: pointer to proc data. */
 {
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
-    const char **argArray = NULL;
 
     register Proc *procPtr;
-    int i, length, result, numArgs;
-    const char *args, *bytes, *p;
+    int i, result, numArgs, plen;
+    const char *bytes, *argname, *argnamei;
+    char argnamelast;
     register CompiledLocal *localPtr = NULL;
-    Tcl_Obj *defPtr;
+    Tcl_Obj *defPtr, *errorObj, **argArray;
     int precompiled = 0;
 
     if (bodyPtr->typePtr == &tclProcBodyType) {
@@ -436,6 +412,7 @@ TclCreateProc(
 	 */
 
 	if (Tcl_IsShared(bodyPtr)) {
+	    int length;
 	    Tcl_Obj *sharedBodyPtr = bodyPtr;
 
 	    bytes = TclGetStringFromObj(bodyPtr, &length);
@@ -473,12 +450,9 @@ TclCreateProc(
      * argument specifier. If the body is precompiled, processing is limited
      * to checking that the parsed argument is consistent with the one stored
      * in the Proc.
-     *
-     * THIS FAILS IF THE ARG LIST OBJECT'S STRING REP CONTAINS NULS.
      */
 
-    args = TclGetStringFromObj(argsPtr, &length);
-    result = Tcl_SplitList(interp, args, &numArgs, &argArray);
+    result = Tcl_ListObjGetElements(interp , argsPtr ,&numArgs ,&argArray);
     if (result != TCL_OK) {
 	goto procError;
     }
@@ -502,28 +476,28 @@ TclCreateProc(
     for (i = 0; i < numArgs; i++) {
 	int fieldCount, nameLength;
 	size_t valueLength;
-	const char **fieldValues;
+	Tcl_Obj **fieldValues;
 
 	/*
 	 * Now divide the specifier up into name and default.
 	 */
 
-	result = Tcl_SplitList(interp, argArray[i], &fieldCount,
+	result = Tcl_ListObjGetElements(interp, argArray[i], &fieldCount,
 		&fieldValues);
 	if (result != TCL_OK) {
 	    goto procError;
 	}
 	if (fieldCount > 2) {
-	    ckfree(fieldValues);
-	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-		    "too many fields in argument specifier \"%s\"",
-		    argArray[i]));
+	    errorObj = Tcl_NewStringObj(
+		"too many fields in argument specifier \"", -1);
+	    Tcl_AppendObjToObj(errorObj, argArray[i]);
+	    Tcl_AppendToObj(errorObj, "\"", -1);
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, errorObj);
 	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "PROC",
 		    "FORMALARGUMENTFORMAT", NULL);
 	    goto procError;
 	}
-	if ((fieldCount == 0) || (*fieldValues[0] == 0)) {
-	    ckfree(fieldValues);
+	if ((fieldCount == 0) || (fieldValues[0]->length == 0)) {
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 		    "argument with no name", -1));
 	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "PROC",
@@ -531,9 +505,10 @@ TclCreateProc(
 	    goto procError;
 	}
 
-	nameLength = strlen(fieldValues[0]);
+	nameLength = Tcl_NumUtfChars(Tcl_GetString(fieldValues[0]), fieldValues[0]->length);
 	if (fieldCount == 2) {
-	    valueLength = strlen(fieldValues[1]);
+	    valueLength = Tcl_NumUtfChars(Tcl_GetString(fieldValues[1]),
+		fieldValues[1]->length);
 	} else {
 	    valueLength = 0;
 	}
@@ -542,33 +517,29 @@ TclCreateProc(
 	 * Check that the formal parameter name is a scalar.
 	 */
 
-	p = fieldValues[0];
-	while (*p != '\0') {
-	    if (*p == '(') {
-		const char *q = p;
-		do {
-		    q++;
-		} while (*q != '\0');
-		q--;
-		if (*q == ')') {	/* We have an array element. */
+	argname = Tcl_GetStringFromObj(fieldValues[0], &plen);
+	argnamei = argname;
+	argnamelast = argname[plen-1];
+	while (plen--) {
+	    if (argnamei[0] == '(') {
+		if (argnamelast == ')') {	/* We have an array element. */
 		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 			    "formal parameter \"%s\" is an array element",
-			    fieldValues[0]));
-		    ckfree(fieldValues);
+			    Tcl_GetString(fieldValues[0])));
 		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "PROC",
 			    "FORMALARGUMENTFORMAT", NULL);
 		    goto procError;
 		}
-	    } else if ((*p == ':') && (*(p+1) == ':')) {
-		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-			"formal parameter \"%s\" is not a simple name",
-			fieldValues[0]));
-		ckfree(fieldValues);
+	    } else if ((argnamei[0] == ':') && (argnamei[1] == ':')) {
+		errorObj = Tcl_NewStringObj("formal parameter \"", -1);
+		Tcl_AppendObjToObj(errorObj, fieldValues[0]);
+		Tcl_AppendToObj(errorObj, "\" is not a simple name", -1);
+		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, errorObj);
 		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "PROC",
 			"FORMALARGUMENTFORMAT", NULL);
 		goto procError;
 	    }
-	    p++;
+	    argnamei = Tcl_UtfNext(argnamei);
 	}
 
 	if (precompiled) {
@@ -584,7 +555,7 @@ TclCreateProc(
 	     */
 
 	    if ((localPtr->nameLength != nameLength)
-		    || (strcmp(localPtr->name, fieldValues[0]))
+		    || (Tcl_UtfNcmp(localPtr->name, argname, nameLength))
 		    || (localPtr->frameIndex != i)
 		    || !(localPtr->flags & VAR_ARGUMENT)
 		    || (localPtr->defValuePtr == NULL && fieldCount == 2)
@@ -592,7 +563,6 @@ TclCreateProc(
 		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 			"procedure \"%s\": formal parameter %d is "
 			"inconsistent with precompiled body", procName, i));
-		ckfree(fieldValues);
 		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "PROC",
 			"BYTECODELIES", NULL);
 		goto procError;
@@ -607,12 +577,13 @@ TclCreateProc(
 		size_t tmpLength = localPtr->defValuePtr->length;
 
 		if ((valueLength != tmpLength) ||
-			strncmp(fieldValues[1], tmpPtr, tmpLength)) {
-		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-			    "procedure \"%s\": formal parameter \"%s\" has "
-			    "default value inconsistent with precompiled body",
-			    procName, fieldValues[0]));
-		    ckfree(fieldValues);
+			Tcl_UtfNcmp(Tcl_GetString(fieldValues[1]), tmpPtr, tmpLength)) {
+		    errorObj = Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+			    "procedure \"%s\": formal parameter \"" ,procName);
+		    Tcl_AppendObjToObj(errorObj, fieldValues[0]);
+		    Tcl_AppendToObj(errorObj, "\" has "
+			"default value inconsistent with precompiled body", -1);
+		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, errorObj);
 		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "PROC",
 			    "BYTECODELIES", NULL);
 		    goto procError;
@@ -632,7 +603,7 @@ TclCreateProc(
 	     * local variables for the argument.
 	     */
 
-	    localPtr = ckalloc(TclOffset(CompiledLocal, name) + nameLength+1);
+	    localPtr = ckalloc(TclOffset(CompiledLocal, name) + fieldValues[0]->length +1);
 	    if (procPtr->firstLocalPtr == NULL) {
 		procPtr->firstLocalPtr = procPtr->lastLocalPtr = localPtr;
 	    } else {
@@ -640,19 +611,18 @@ TclCreateProc(
 		procPtr->lastLocalPtr = localPtr;
 	    }
 	    localPtr->nextPtr = NULL;
-	    localPtr->nameLength = nameLength;
+	    localPtr->nameLength = Tcl_NumUtfChars(argname, fieldValues[0]->length);
 	    localPtr->frameIndex = i;
 	    localPtr->flags = VAR_ARGUMENT;
 	    localPtr->resolveInfo = NULL;
 
 	    if (fieldCount == 2) {
-		localPtr->defValuePtr =
-			Tcl_NewStringObj(fieldValues[1], valueLength);
+		localPtr->defValuePtr = fieldValues[1];
 		Tcl_IncrRefCount(localPtr->defValuePtr);
 	    } else {
 		localPtr->defValuePtr = NULL;
 	    }
-	    memcpy(localPtr->name, fieldValues[0], nameLength + 1);
+	    memcpy(localPtr->name, argname, fieldValues[0]->length + 1);
 	    if ((i == numArgs - 1)
 		    && (localPtr->nameLength == 4)
 		    && (localPtr->name[0] == 'a')
@@ -660,12 +630,9 @@ TclCreateProc(
 		localPtr->flags |= VAR_IS_ARGS;
 	    }
 	}
-
-	ckfree(fieldValues);
     }
 
     *procPtrPtr = procPtr;
-    ckfree(argArray);
     return TCL_OK;
 
   procError:
@@ -686,9 +653,6 @@ TclCreateProc(
 	}
 	ckfree(procPtr);
     }
-    if (argArray != NULL) {
-	ckfree(argArray);
-    }
     return TCL_ERROR;
 }
 
diff --git a/generic/tclScan.c b/generic/tclScan.c
index e1fcad4..e0798df 100644
--- a/generic/tclScan.c
+++ b/generic/tclScan.c
@@ -885,9 +885,17 @@ Tcl_ScanObjCmd(
 	     * Scan a single Unicode character.
 	     */
 
-	    string += TclUtfToUniChar(string, &sch);
+	    offset = TclUtfToUniChar(string, &sch);
+	    i = (int)sch;
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	    if (!offset) {
+		offset = TclUtfToUniChar(string, &sch);
+		i = (((i<<10) & 0x0FFC00) + 0x10000) + (sch & 0x3FF);
+	    }
+#endif
+	    string += offset;
 	    if (!(flags & SCAN_SUPPRESS)) {
-		objPtr = Tcl_NewIntObj((int)sch);
+		objPtr = Tcl_NewIntObj(i);
 		Tcl_IncrRefCount(objPtr);
 		CLANG_ASSERT(objs);
 		objs[objIndex++] = objPtr;
diff --git a/generic/tclStringObj.c b/generic/tclStringObj.c
index 7c1d42b..85cac83 100644
--- a/generic/tclStringObj.c
+++ b/generic/tclStringObj.c
@@ -418,12 +418,16 @@ Tcl_GetCharLength(
     }
 
     /*
-     * Optimize the case where we're really dealing with a bytearray object
-     * without string representation; we don't need to convert to a string to
-     * perform the get-length operation.
+     * Optimize the case where we're really dealing with a bytearray object;
+     * we don't need to convert to a string to perform the get-length operation.
+     *
+     * NOTE that we do not need the bytearray to be "pure".  A ByteArray value
+     * with a string rep cannot be trusted to represent the same value as the
+     * string rep, but it *can* be trusted to have the same character length
+     * as the string rep, which is all this routine cares about.
      */
 
-    if (TclIsPureByteArray(objPtr)) {
+    if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclByteArrayType) {
 	int length;
 
 	(void) Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(objPtr, &length);
@@ -1869,20 +1873,20 @@ Tcl_AppendFormatToObj(
 	} else if (ch == 'I') {
 	    if ((format[1] == '6') && (format[2] == '4')) {
 		format += (step + 2);
-		step = Tcl_UtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
+		step = TclUtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
 #ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 		useWide = 1;
 #endif
 	    } else if ((format[1] == '3') && (format[2] == '2')) {
 		format += (step + 2);
-		step = Tcl_UtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
+		step = TclUtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
 	    } else {
 		format += step;
-		step = Tcl_UtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
+		step = TclUtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
 	    }
 	} else if ((ch == 't') || (ch == 'z')) {
 	    format += step;
-	    step = Tcl_UtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
+	    step = TclUtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
 #ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	    if (sizeof(size_t) > sizeof(int)) {
 		useWide = 1;
@@ -1890,7 +1894,7 @@ Tcl_AppendFormatToObj(
 #endif
 	} else if ((ch == 'q') ||(ch == 'j')) {
 	    format += step;
-	    step = Tcl_UtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
+	    step = TclUtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
 #ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	    useWide = 1;
 #endif
@@ -3242,40 +3246,44 @@ TclStringFind(
 	return -1;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Check if we have two strings of single-byte characters. If we have, we
+     * can use strstr() to do the search. Note that we can sometimes have
+     * multibyte characters when the string could be minimally represented
+     * using single byte characters; we can't assume that a mismatch here
+     * means no match.
+     */
+
     lh = Tcl_GetCharLength(haystack);
-    if (haystack->bytes && (lh == haystack->length)) {
-	/* haystack is all single-byte chars */
+    if (haystack->bytes && (lh == haystack->length) && needle->bytes
+		&& (ln == needle->length)) {
+	/*
+	 * Both haystack and needle are all single-byte chars.
+	 */
 
-	if (needle->bytes && (ln == needle->length)) {
-	    /* needle is also all single-byte chars */
-	    char *found = strstr(haystack->bytes + start, needle->bytes);
+	char *found = strstr(haystack->bytes + start, needle->bytes);
 
-	    if (found) {
-		return (found - haystack->bytes);
-	    } else {
-		return -1;
-	    }
+	if (found) {
+	    return (found - haystack->bytes);
 	} else {
-	    /*
-	     * Cannot find substring with a multi-byte char inside
-	     * a string with no multi-byte chars.
-	     */
 	    return -1;
 	}
     } else {
+	/*
+	 * Do the search on the unicode representation for simplicity.
+	 */
+
 	Tcl_UniChar *try, *end, *uh;
 	Tcl_UniChar *un = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(needle, &ln);
 
 	uh = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(haystack, &lh);
 	end = uh + lh;
 
-	try = uh + start;
-	while (try + ln <= end) {
-	    if ((*try == *un)
-		    && (0 == memcmp(try+1, un+1, (ln-1)*sizeof(Tcl_UniChar)))) {
+	for (try = uh + start; try + ln <= end; try++) {
+	    if ((*try == *un) && (0 ==
+		    memcmp(try + 1, un + 1, (ln-1) * sizeof(Tcl_UniChar)))) {
 		return (try - uh);
 	    }
-	    try++;
 	}
 	return -1;
     }
@@ -3458,7 +3466,6 @@ TclStringObjReverse(
 	     * Tcl_SetObjLength into growing the unicode rep buffer.
 	     */
 
-	    ch = 0;
 	    objPtr = Tcl_NewUnicodeObj(&ch, 1);
 	    Tcl_SetObjLength(objPtr, stringPtr->numChars);
 	    to = Tcl_GetUnicode(objPtr);
@@ -3561,7 +3568,7 @@ ExtendUnicodeRepWithString(
 {
     String *stringPtr = GET_STRING(objPtr);
     int needed, numOrigChars = 0;
-    Tcl_UniChar *dst;
+    Tcl_UniChar *dst, unichar = 0;
 
     if (stringPtr->hasUnicode) {
 	numOrigChars = stringPtr->numChars;
@@ -3584,7 +3591,8 @@ ExtendUnicodeRepWithString(
 	numAppendChars = 0;
     }
     for (dst=stringPtr->unicode + numOrigChars; numAppendChars-- > 0; dst++) {
-	bytes += TclUtfToUniChar(bytes, dst);
+	bytes += TclUtfToUniChar(bytes, &unichar);
+	*dst = unichar;
     }
     *dst = 0;
 }
diff --git a/generic/tclStubInit.c b/generic/tclStubInit.c
index ebd2086..d2de021 100644
--- a/generic/tclStubInit.c
+++ b/generic/tclStubInit.c
@@ -366,6 +366,26 @@ static int formatInt(char *buffer, int n){
 #   define TclBackgroundException 0
 #   undef TclpReaddir
 #   define TclpReaddir 0
+#   define TclSetStartupScript 0
+#   define TclGetStartupScript 0
+#   define TclCreateNamespace 0
+#   define TclDeleteNamespace 0
+#   define TclAppendExportList 0
+#   define TclExport 0
+#   define TclImport 0
+#   define TclForgetImport 0
+#   define TclGetCurrentNamespace_ 0
+#   define TclGetGlobalNamespace_ 0
+#   define TclFindNamespace 0
+#   define TclFindCommand 0
+#   define TclGetCommandFromObj 0
+#   define TclGetCommandFullName 0
+#   define TclCopyChannelOld 0
+#   define Tcl_AppendResultVA 0
+#   define Tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA 0
+#   define Tcl_SetErrorCodeVA 0
+#   define Tcl_PanicVA 0
+#   define Tcl_VarEvalVA 0
 #   undef TclpGetDate
 #   define TclpGetDate 0
 #   undef TclpLocaltime
@@ -378,6 +398,20 @@ static int formatInt(char *buffer, int n){
 #   define Tcl_SeekOld seekOld
 #   define Tcl_TellOld tellOld
 #   define TclBackgroundException Tcl_BackgroundException
+#   define TclSetStartupScript Tcl_SetStartupScript
+#   define TclGetStartupScript Tcl_GetStartupScript
+#   define TclCreateNamespace Tcl_CreateNamespace
+#   define TclDeleteNamespace Tcl_DeleteNamespace
+#   define TclAppendExportList Tcl_AppendExportList
+#   define TclExport Tcl_Export
+#   define TclImport Tcl_Import
+#   define TclForgetImport Tcl_ForgetImport
+#   define TclGetCurrentNamespace_ Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace
+#   define TclGetGlobalNamespace_ Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace
+#   define TclFindNamespace Tcl_FindNamespace
+#   define TclFindCommand Tcl_FindCommand
+#   define TclGetCommandFromObj Tcl_GetCommandFromObj
+#   define TclGetCommandFullName Tcl_GetCommandFullName
 #   define TclpLocaltime_unix TclpLocaltime
 #   define TclpGmtime_unix TclpGmtime
 
@@ -530,22 +564,22 @@ static const TclIntStubs tclIntStubs = {
     TclUpdateReturnInfo, /* 109 */
     TclSockMinimumBuffers, /* 110 */
     Tcl_AddInterpResolvers, /* 111 */
-    Tcl_AppendExportList, /* 112 */
-    Tcl_CreateNamespace, /* 113 */
-    Tcl_DeleteNamespace, /* 114 */
-    Tcl_Export, /* 115 */
-    Tcl_FindCommand, /* 116 */
-    Tcl_FindNamespace, /* 117 */
+    TclAppendExportList, /* 112 */
+    TclCreateNamespace, /* 113 */
+    TclDeleteNamespace, /* 114 */
+    TclExport, /* 115 */
+    TclFindCommand, /* 116 */
+    TclFindNamespace, /* 117 */
     Tcl_GetInterpResolvers, /* 118 */
     Tcl_GetNamespaceResolvers, /* 119 */
     Tcl_FindNamespaceVar, /* 120 */
-    Tcl_ForgetImport, /* 121 */
-    Tcl_GetCommandFromObj, /* 122 */
-    Tcl_GetCommandFullName, /* 123 */
-    Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace, /* 124 */
-    Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace, /* 125 */
+    TclForgetImport, /* 121 */
+    TclGetCommandFromObj, /* 122 */
+    TclGetCommandFullName, /* 123 */
+    TclGetCurrentNamespace_, /* 124 */
+    TclGetGlobalNamespace_, /* 125 */
     Tcl_GetVariableFullName, /* 126 */
-    Tcl_Import, /* 127 */
+    TclImport, /* 127 */
     Tcl_PopCallFrame, /* 128 */
     Tcl_PushCallFrame, /* 129 */
     Tcl_RemoveInterpResolvers, /* 130 */
@@ -596,8 +630,8 @@ static const TclIntStubs tclIntStubs = {
     TclCallVarTraces, /* 175 */
     TclCleanupVar, /* 176 */
     TclVarErrMsg, /* 177 */
-    Tcl_SetStartupScript, /* 178 */
-    Tcl_GetStartupScript, /* 179 */
+    TclSetStartupScript, /* 178 */
+    TclGetStartupScript, /* 179 */
     0, /* 180 */
     0, /* 181 */
     TclpLocaltime, /* 182 */
diff --git a/generic/tclTest.c b/generic/tclTest.c
index ebd90ae..7fb1f29 100644
--- a/generic/tclTest.c
+++ b/generic/tclTest.c
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ static int		TestasyncCmd(ClientData dummy,
 static int		TestbytestringObjCmd(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
+static int		TeststringbytesObjCmd(ClientData clientData,
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
+			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
 static int		TestcmdinfoCmd(ClientData dummy,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char **argv);
 static int		TestcmdtokenCmd(ClientData dummy,
@@ -421,6 +424,12 @@ static Tcl_FSMatchInDirectoryProc SimpleMatchInDirectory;
 static int		TestNumUtfCharsCmd(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
+static int		TestFindFirstCmd(ClientData clientData,
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
+			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
+static int		TestFindLastCmd(ClientData clientData,
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
+			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
 static int		TestHashSystemHashCmd(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
@@ -581,6 +590,7 @@ Tcltest_Init(
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "noop", NoopCmd, NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "noop", NoopObjCmd, NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testbytestring", TestbytestringObjCmd, NULL, NULL);
+    Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "teststringbytes", TeststringbytesObjCmd, NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testwrongnumargs", TestWrongNumArgsObjCmd,
 	    NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testfilesystem", TestFilesystemObjCmd,
@@ -688,6 +698,10 @@ Tcltest_Init(
 	    TestsetobjerrorcodeCmd, NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testnumutfchars",
 	    TestNumUtfCharsCmd, NULL, NULL);
+    Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testfindfirst",
+	    TestFindFirstCmd, NULL, NULL);
+    Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testfindlast",
+	    TestFindLastCmd, NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testsetplatform", TestsetplatformCmd,
 	    NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testsocket", TestSocketCmd,
@@ -1985,9 +1999,12 @@ TestencodingObjCmd(
 	if (objc != 3) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
-	encoding = Tcl_GetEncoding(NULL, Tcl_GetString(objv[2]));
-	Tcl_FreeEncoding(encoding);
-	Tcl_FreeEncoding(encoding);
+	if (TCL_OK != Tcl_GetEncodingFromObj(interp, objv[2], &encoding)) {
+	    return TCL_ERROR;
+	}
+	Tcl_FreeEncoding(encoding);	/* Free returned reference */
+	Tcl_FreeEncoding(encoding);	/* Free to match CREATE */
+	TclFreeIntRep(objv[2]);		/* Free the cached ref */
 	break;
     }
     return TCL_OK;
@@ -5046,6 +5063,40 @@ NoopObjCmd(
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
+ * TeststringbytesObjCmd --
+ *	Returns bytearray value of the bytes in argument string rep
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Returns the TCL_OK result code.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static int
+TeststringbytesObjCmd(
+    ClientData unused,		/* Not used. */
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
+    int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
+    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* The argument objects. */
+{
+    int n;
+    const unsigned char *p;
+
+    if (objc != 2) {
+	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "value");
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+    p = (const unsigned char *)Tcl_GetStringFromObj(objv[1], &n);
+    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewByteArrayObj(p, n));
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
  * TestbytestringObjCmd --
  *
  *	This object-based procedure constructs a string which can
@@ -6844,6 +6895,50 @@ TestNumUtfCharsCmd(
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Used to check correct operation of Tcl_UtfFindFirst
+ */
+
+static int
+TestFindFirstCmd(
+    ClientData clientData,
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    int objc,
+    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
+{
+    if (objc > 1) {
+	int len = -1;
+
+	if (objc > 2) {
+	    (void) Tcl_GetIntFromObj(interp, objv[2], &len);
+	}
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(Tcl_UtfFindFirst(Tcl_GetString(objv[1]), len), -1));
+    }
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Used to check correct operation of Tcl_UtfFindLast
+ */
+
+static int
+TestFindLastCmd(
+    ClientData clientData,
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    int objc,
+    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
+{
+    if (objc > 1) {
+	int len = -1;
+
+	if (objc > 2) {
+	    (void) Tcl_GetIntFromObj(interp, objv[2], &len);
+	}
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(Tcl_UtfFindLast(Tcl_GetString(objv[1]), len), -1));
+    }
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
 #if defined(HAVE_CPUID) || defined(_WIN32)
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/generic/tclUtf.c b/generic/tclUtf.c
index 25cc2d1..43636b4 100644
--- a/generic/tclUtf.c
+++ b/generic/tclUtf.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static const unsigned char totalBytes[256] = {
 
 int
 TclUtfCount(
-    int ch)			/* The Tcl_UniChar whose size is returned. */
+    int ch)			/* The Unicode character whose size is returned. */
 {
     if ((unsigned)(ch - 1) < (UNICODE_SELF - 1)) {
 	return 1;
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Tcl_UtfToUniCharDString(
 				 * appended to this previously initialized
 				 * DString. */
 {
-    Tcl_UniChar ch, *w, *wString;
+    Tcl_UniChar ch = 0, *w, *wString;
     const char *p, *end;
     int oldLength;
 
@@ -522,13 +522,13 @@ Tcl_NumUtfChars(
  *
  * Tcl_UtfFindFirst --
  *
- *	Returns a pointer to the first occurance of the given Tcl_UniChar in
- *	the NULL-terminated UTF-8 string. The NULL terminator is considered
+ *	Returns a pointer to the first occurance of the given Unicode character
+ *	in the NULL-terminated UTF-8 string. The NULL terminator is considered
  *	part of the UTF-8 string. Equivalent to Plan 9 utfrune().
  *
  * Results:
- *	As above. If the Tcl_UniChar does not exist in the given string, the
- *	return value is NULL.
+ *	As above. If the Unicode character does not exist in the given string,
+ *	the return value is NULL.
  *
  * Side effects:
  *	None.
@@ -539,14 +539,21 @@ Tcl_NumUtfChars(
 const char *
 Tcl_UtfFindFirst(
     const char *src,		/* The UTF-8 string to be searched. */
-    int ch)			/* The Tcl_UniChar to search for. */
+    int ch)			/* The Unicode character to search for. */
 {
-    int len;
+    int len, fullchar;
     Tcl_UniChar find = 0;
 
     while (1) {
 	len = TclUtfToUniChar(src, &find);
-	if (find == ch) {
+	fullchar = find;
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	if (!len) {
+	    len += TclUtfToUniChar(src, &find);
+	    fullchar = (((fullchar & 0x3ff) << 10) | (find & 0x3ff)) + 0x10000;
+	}
+#endif
+	if (fullchar == ch) {
 	    return src;
 	}
 	if (*src == '\0') {
@@ -561,12 +568,12 @@ Tcl_UtfFindFirst(
  *
  * Tcl_UtfFindLast --
  *
- *	Returns a pointer to the last occurance of the given Tcl_UniChar in
- *	the NULL-terminated UTF-8 string. The NULL terminator is considered
+ *	Returns a pointer to the last occurance of the given Unicode character
+ *	in the NULL-terminated UTF-8 string. The NULL terminator is considered
  *	part of the UTF-8 string. Equivalent to Plan 9 utfrrune().
  *
  * Results:
- *	As above. If the Tcl_UniChar does not exist in the given string, the
+ *	As above. If the Unicode character does not exist in the given string, the
  *	return value is NULL.
  *
  * Side effects:
@@ -578,16 +585,23 @@ Tcl_UtfFindFirst(
 const char *
 Tcl_UtfFindLast(
     const char *src,		/* The UTF-8 string to be searched. */
-    int ch)			/* The Tcl_UniChar to search for. */
+    int ch)			/* The Unicode character to search for. */
 {
-    int len;
+    int len, fullchar;
     Tcl_UniChar find = 0;
     const char *last;
 
     last = NULL;
     while (1) {
 	len = TclUtfToUniChar(src, &find);
-	if (find == ch) {
+	fullchar = find;
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	if (!len) {
+	    len += TclUtfToUniChar(src, &find);
+	    fullchar = (((fullchar & 0x3ff) << 10) | (find & 0x3ff)) + 0x10000;
+	}
+#endif
+	if (fullchar == ch) {
 	    last = src;
 	}
 	if (*src == '\0') {
@@ -687,7 +701,7 @@ Tcl_UtfPrev(
  *
  * Tcl_UniCharAtIndex --
  *
- *	Returns the Unicode character represented at the specified character
+ *	Returns the Tcl_UniChar represented at the specified character
  *	(not byte) position in the UTF-8 string.
  *
  * Results:
@@ -706,8 +720,7 @@ Tcl_UniCharAtIndex(
 {
     Tcl_UniChar ch = 0;
 
-    while (index >= 0) {
-	index--;
+    while (index-- >= 0) {
 	src += TclUtfToUniChar(src, &ch);
     }
     return ch;
@@ -737,8 +750,7 @@ Tcl_UtfAtIndex(
 {
     Tcl_UniChar ch = 0;
 
-    while (index > 0) {
-	index--;
+    while (index-- > 0) {
 	src += TclUtfToUniChar(src, &ch);
     }
     return src;
@@ -1053,6 +1065,16 @@ Tcl_UtfNcmp(
 	cs += TclUtfToUniChar(cs, &ch1);
 	ct += TclUtfToUniChar(ct, &ch2);
 	if (ch1 != ch2) {
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	    /* Surrogates always report higher than non-surrogates */
+	    if (((ch1 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800)) {
+	    if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) != 0xD800) {
+		return ch1;
+	    }
+	    } else if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800) {
+		return -ch2;
+	    }
+#endif
 	    return (ch1 - ch2);
 	}
     }
@@ -1084,6 +1106,7 @@ Tcl_UtfNcasecmp(
     unsigned long numChars)	/* Number of UTF chars to compare. */
 {
     Tcl_UniChar ch1 = 0, ch2 = 0;
+
     while (numChars-- > 0) {
 	/*
 	 * n must be interpreted as chars, not bytes.
@@ -1093,6 +1116,16 @@ Tcl_UtfNcasecmp(
 	cs += TclUtfToUniChar(cs, &ch1);
 	ct += TclUtfToUniChar(ct, &ch2);
 	if (ch1 != ch2) {
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	    /* Surrogates always report higher than non-surrogates */
+	    if (((ch1 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800)) {
+	    if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) != 0xD800) {
+		return ch1;
+	    }
+	    } else if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800) {
+		return -ch2;
+	    }
+#endif
 	    ch1 = Tcl_UniCharToLower(ch1);
 	    ch2 = Tcl_UniCharToLower(ch2);
 	    if (ch1 != ch2) {
@@ -1102,11 +1135,57 @@ Tcl_UtfNcasecmp(
     }
     return 0;
 }
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * Tcl_UtfCmp --
+ *
+ *	Compare UTF chars of string cs to string ct case sensitively.
+ *	Replacement for strcmp in Tcl core, in places where UTF-8 should
+ *	be handled.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Return <0 if cs < ct, 0 if cs == ct, or >0 if cs > ct.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int
+TclUtfCmp(
+    const char *cs,		/* UTF string to compare to ct. */
+    const char *ct)		/* UTF string cs is compared to. */
+{
+    Tcl_UniChar ch1 = 0, ch2 = 0;
+
+    while (*cs && *ct) {
+	cs += TclUtfToUniChar(cs, &ch1);
+	ct += TclUtfToUniChar(ct, &ch2);
+	if (ch1 != ch2) {
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	    /* Surrogates always report higher than non-surrogates */
+	    if (((ch1 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800)) {
+	    if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) != 0xD800) {
+		return ch1;
+	    }
+	    } else if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800) {
+		return -ch2;
+	    }
+#endif
+	    return ch1 - ch2;
+	}
+    }
+    return UCHAR(*cs) - UCHAR(*ct);
+}
+
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * Tcl_UtfNcasecmp --
+ * TclUtfCasecmp --
  *
  *	Compare UTF chars of string cs to string ct case insensitively.
  *	Replacement for strcasecmp in Tcl core, in places where UTF-8 should
@@ -1126,12 +1205,22 @@ TclUtfCasecmp(
     const char *cs,		/* UTF string to compare to ct. */
     const char *ct)		/* UTF string cs is compared to. */
 {
-    while (*cs && *ct) {
-	Tcl_UniChar ch1, ch2;
+    Tcl_UniChar ch1 = 0, ch2 = 0;
 
+    while (*cs && *ct) {
 	cs += TclUtfToUniChar(cs, &ch1);
 	ct += TclUtfToUniChar(ct, &ch2);
 	if (ch1 != ch2) {
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	    /* Surrogates always report higher than non-surrogates */
+	    if (((ch1 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800)) {
+	    if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) != 0xD800) {
+		return ch1;
+	    }
+	    } else if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800) {
+		return -ch2;
+	    }
+#endif
 	    ch1 = Tcl_UniCharToLower(ch1);
 	    ch2 = Tcl_UniCharToLower(ch2);
 	    if (ch1 != ch2) {
diff --git a/generic/tclUtil.c b/generic/tclUtil.c
index 608cd15..51af016 100644
--- a/generic/tclUtil.c
+++ b/generic/tclUtil.c
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ Tcl_ScanCountedElement(
     int *flagPtr)		/* Where to store information to guide
 				 * Tcl_ConvertElement. */
 {
-    int flags = CONVERT_ANY;
+    char flags = CONVERT_ANY;
     int numBytes = TclScanElement(src, length, &flags);
 
     *flagPtr = flags;
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ int
 TclScanElement(
     const char *src,		/* String to convert to Tcl list element. */
     int length,			/* Number of bytes in src, or -1. */
-    int *flagPtr)		/* Where to store information to guide
+    char *flagPtr)		/* Where to store information to guide
 				 * Tcl_ConvertElement. */
 {
     const char *p = src;
@@ -1547,11 +1547,10 @@ Tcl_Merge(
     int argc,			/* How many strings to merge. */
     const char *const *argv)	/* Array of string values. */
 {
-#define LOCAL_SIZE 20
-    int localFlags[LOCAL_SIZE], *flagPtr = NULL;
+#define LOCAL_SIZE 64
+    char localFlags[LOCAL_SIZE], *flagPtr = NULL;
     int i, bytesNeeded = 0;
     char *result, *dst;
-    const int maxFlags = UINT_MAX / sizeof(int);
 
     /*
      * Handle empty list case first, so logic of the general case can be
@@ -1570,22 +1569,8 @@ Tcl_Merge(
 
     if (argc <= LOCAL_SIZE) {
 	flagPtr = localFlags;
-    } else if (argc > maxFlags) {
-	/*
-	 * We cannot allocate a large enough flag array to format this list in
-	 * one pass.  We could imagine converting this routine to a multi-pass
-	 * implementation, but for sizeof(int) == 4, the limit is a max of
-	 * 2^30 list elements and since each element is at least one byte
-	 * formatted, and requires one byte space between it and the next one,
-	 * that a minimum space requirement of 2^31 bytes, which is already
-	 * INT_MAX. If we tried to format a list of > maxFlags elements, we're
-	 * just going to overflow the size limits on the formatted string
-	 * anyway, so just issue that same panic early.
-	 */
-
-	Tcl_Panic("max size for a Tcl value (%d bytes) exceeded", INT_MAX);
     } else {
-	flagPtr = ckalloc(argc * sizeof(int));
+	flagPtr = ckalloc(argc);
     }
     for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
 	flagPtr[i] = ( i ? TCL_DONT_QUOTE_HASH : 0 );
@@ -1680,6 +1665,7 @@ TclTrimRight(
 {
     const char *p = bytes + numBytes;
     int pInc;
+    Tcl_UniChar ch1 = 0, ch2 = 0;
 
     if ((bytes[numBytes] != '\0') || (trim[numTrim] != '\0')) {
 	Tcl_Panic("TclTrimRight works only on null-terminated strings");
@@ -1698,7 +1684,6 @@ TclTrimRight(
      */
 
     do {
-	Tcl_UniChar ch1;
 	const char *q = trim;
 	int bytesLeft = numTrim;
 
@@ -1710,7 +1695,6 @@ TclTrimRight(
 	 */
 
 	do {
-	    Tcl_UniChar ch2;
 	    int qInc = TclUtfToUniChar(q, &ch2);
 
 	    if (ch1 == ch2) {
@@ -1760,6 +1744,7 @@ TclTrimLeft(
     int numTrim)		/* ...and its length in bytes */
 {
     const char *p = bytes;
+	Tcl_UniChar ch1 = 0, ch2 = 0;
 
     if ((bytes[numBytes] != '\0') || (trim[numTrim] != '\0')) {
 	Tcl_Panic("TclTrimLeft works only on null-terminated strings");
@@ -1778,7 +1763,6 @@ TclTrimLeft(
      */
 
     do {
-	Tcl_UniChar ch1;
 	int pInc = TclUtfToUniChar(p, &ch1);
 	const char *q = trim;
 	int bytesLeft = numTrim;
@@ -1788,7 +1772,6 @@ TclTrimLeft(
 	 */
 
 	do {
-	    Tcl_UniChar ch2;
 	    int qInc = TclUtfToUniChar(q, &ch2);
 
 	    if (ch1 == ch2) {
@@ -2122,7 +2105,7 @@ Tcl_StringCaseMatch(
 {
     int p, charLen;
     const char *pstart = pattern;
-    Tcl_UniChar ch1, ch2;
+    Tcl_UniChar ch1 = 0, ch2 = 0;
 
     while (1) {
 	p = *pattern;
@@ -2232,7 +2215,7 @@ Tcl_StringCaseMatch(
 	 */
 
 	if (p == '[') {
-	    Tcl_UniChar startChar, endChar;
+	    Tcl_UniChar startChar = 0, endChar = 0;
 
 	    pattern++;
 	    if (UCHAR(*str) < 0x80) {
@@ -2717,7 +2700,7 @@ Tcl_DStringAppendElement(
 {
     char *dst = dsPtr->string + dsPtr->length;
     int needSpace = TclNeedSpace(dsPtr->string, dst);
-    int flags = needSpace ? TCL_DONT_QUOTE_HASH : 0;
+    char flags = needSpace ? TCL_DONT_QUOTE_HASH : 0;
     int newSize = dsPtr->length + needSpace
 	    + TclScanElement(element, -1, &flags);
 
diff --git a/library/init.tcl b/library/init.tcl
index 87d9f14..4424087 100644
--- a/library/init.tcl
+++ b/library/init.tcl
@@ -73,43 +73,6 @@ namespace eval tcl {
 	    encoding dirs $Path
         }
     }
-
-    # TIP #255 min and max functions
-    namespace eval mathfunc {
-	proc min {args} {
-	    if {![llength $args]} {
-		return -code error \
-		    "too few arguments to math function \"min\""
-	    }
-	    set val Inf
-	    foreach arg $args {
-		# This will handle forcing the numeric value without
-		# ruining the internal type of a numeric object
-		if {[catch {expr {double($arg)}} err]} {
-		    return -code error $err
-		}
-		if {$arg < $val} {set val $arg}
-	    }
-	    return $val
-	}
-	proc max {args} {
-	    if {![llength $args]} {
-		return -code error \
-		    "too few arguments to math function \"max\""
-	    }
-	    set val -Inf
-	    foreach arg $args {
-		# This will handle forcing the numeric value without
-		# ruining the internal type of a numeric object
-		if {[catch {expr {double($arg)}} err]} {
-		    return -code error $err
-		}
-		if {$arg > $val} {set val $arg}
-	    }
-	    return $val
-	}
-	namespace export min max
-    }
 }
 
 namespace eval tcl::Pkg {}
diff --git a/library/opt/optparse.tcl b/library/opt/optparse.tcl
index 869a2b6..c8946fd 100644
--- a/library/opt/optparse.tcl
+++ b/library/opt/optparse.tcl
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 #	on it.  If your code does rely on this package you
 #	may directly incorporate this code into your application.
 
-package require Tcl 8.2
+package require Tcl 8.5-
 # When this version number changes, update the pkgIndex.tcl file
 # and the install directory in the Makefiles.
-package provide opt 0.4.6
+package provide opt 0.4.7
 
 namespace eval ::tcl {
 
diff --git a/library/opt/pkgIndex.tcl b/library/opt/pkgIndex.tcl
index 107d4c6..daf9aa9 100644
--- a/library/opt/pkgIndex.tcl
+++ b/library/opt/pkgIndex.tcl
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 # script is sourced, the variable $dir must contain the
 # full path name of this file's directory.
 
-if {![package vsatisfies [package provide Tcl] 8.2]} {return}
-package ifneeded opt 0.4.6 [list source [file join $dir optparse.tcl]]
+if {![package vsatisfies [package provide Tcl] 8.5-]} {return}
+package ifneeded opt 0.4.7 [list source [file join $dir optparse.tcl]]
diff --git a/library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl b/library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl
index 5ac8823..eadb1bd 100644
--- a/library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl
+++ b/library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 # script is sourced, the variable $dir must contain the
 # full path name of this file's directory.
 
-if {![package vsatisfies [package provide Tcl] 8.5]} {return}
-package ifneeded tcltest 2.4.0 [list source [file join $dir tcltest.tcl]]
+if {![package vsatisfies [package provide Tcl] 8.5-]} {return}
+package ifneeded tcltest 2.4.1 [list source [file join $dir tcltest.tcl]]
diff --git a/library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl b/library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl
index 75975d2..f1b6082 100644
--- a/library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl
+++ b/library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace eval tcltest {
     # When the version number changes, be sure to update the pkgIndex.tcl file,
     # and the install directory in the Makefiles.  When the minor version
     # changes (new feature) be sure to update the man page as well.
-    variable Version 2.4.0
+    variable Version 2.4.1
 
     # Compatibility support for dumb variables defined in tcltest 1
     # Do not use these.  Call [package provide Tcl] and [info patchlevel]
diff --git a/tests/assemble.test b/tests/assemble.test
index d17bfd9..6e5308d 100644
--- a/tests/assemble.test
+++ b/tests/assemble.test
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ test assemble-8.5 {bad context} {
     -body {
 	namespace eval assem {
 	    set x 1
-	    list [catch {assemble {load x}} result] $result $errorCode
+	    list [catch {assemble {load x}} result opts] $result [dict get $opts -errorcode]
 	}
     }
     -result {1 {cannot use this instruction to create a variable in a non-proc context} {TCL ASSEM LVT}}
diff --git a/tests/cmdAH.test b/tests/cmdAH.test
index 3c58c1b..e334dff 100644
--- a/tests/cmdAH.test
+++ b/tests/cmdAH.test
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ test cmdAH-4.5 {Tcl_EncodingObjCmd} -setup {
 test cmdAH-4.6 {Tcl_EncodingObjCmd} -setup {
     set system [encoding system]
 } -body {
-    encoding system identity
+    encoding system iso8859-1
     encoding convertto jis0208 \u4e4e
 } -cleanup {
     encoding system $system
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ test cmdAH-4.9 {Tcl_EncodingObjCmd} -setup {
 test cmdAH-4.10 {Tcl_EncodingObjCmd} -setup {
     set system [encoding system]
 } -body {
-    encoding system identity
+    encoding system iso8859-1
     encoding convertfrom jis0208 8C
 } -cleanup {
     encoding system $system
@@ -224,11 +224,11 @@ test cmdAH-4.12 {Tcl_EncodingObjCmd} -returnCodes error -body {
 test cmdAH-4.13 {Tcl_EncodingObjCmd} -setup {
     set system [encoding system]
 } -body {
-    encoding system identity
+    encoding system iso8859-1
     encoding system
 } -cleanup {
     encoding system $system
-} -result identity
+} -result iso8859-1
 
 test cmdAH-5.1 {Tcl_FileObjCmd} -returnCodes error -body {
     file
diff --git a/tests/cmdIL.test b/tests/cmdIL.test
index 70ac6bb..df59e6e 100644
--- a/tests/cmdIL.test
+++ b/tests/cmdIL.test
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ catch [list package require -exact Tcltest [info patchlevel]]
 # Used for constraining memory leak tests
 testConstraint memory [llength [info commands memory]]
 testConstraint testobj [llength [info commands testobj]]
+testConstraint fullutf [expr {[format %c 0x010000] != "\ufffd"}]
 
 test cmdIL-1.1 {Tcl_LsortObjCmd procedure} -returnCodes error -body {
     lsort
@@ -147,6 +148,18 @@ test cmdIL-1.36 {lsort -stride and -index: Bug 2918962} {
 	{{b i g} 12345} {{d e m o} 34512}
     }
 } {{{b i g} 12345} {{d e m o} 34512} {{c o d e} 54321} {{b l a h} 94729}}
+test cmdIL-1.37 {Tcl_LsortObjCmd procedure, Bug 8e1e31eac0fd6b6c} {
+    lsort -ascii [list \0 \x7f \x80 \uffff]
+} [list \0 \x7f \x80 \uffff]
+test cmdIL-1.38 {Tcl_LsortObjCmd procedure, Bug 8e1e31eac0fd6b6c} {
+    lsort -ascii -nocase [list \0 \x7f \x80 \uffff]
+} [list \0 \x7f \x80 \uffff]
+test cmdIL-1.39 {Tcl_LsortObjCmd procedure, Bug 8e1e31eac0fd6b6c} fullutf {
+    lsort -ascii [list \0 \x7f \x80 \U01ffff \uffff]
+} [list \0 \x7f \x80 \uffff \U01ffff]
+test cmdIL-1.40 {Tcl_LsortObjCmd procedure, Bug 8e1e31eac0fd6b6c} fullutf {
+    lsort -ascii -nocase [list \0 \x7f \x80 \U01ffff \uffff]
+} [list \0 \x7f \x80 \uffff \U01ffff]
 
 # Can't think of any good tests for the MergeSort and MergeLists procedures,
 # except a bunch of random lists to sort.
diff --git a/tests/encoding.test b/tests/encoding.test
index be1f4d5..e447c20 100644
--- a/tests/encoding.test
+++ b/tests/encoding.test
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ proc runtests {} {
 
 # Some tests require the testencoding command
 testConstraint testencoding [llength [info commands testencoding]]
+testConstraint testbytestring [llength [info commands testbytestring]]
+testConstraint teststringbytes [llength [info commands teststringbytes]]
 testConstraint fullutf [expr {[format %c 0x010000] != "\ufffd"}]
 testConstraint exec [llength [info commands exec]]
 testConstraint testgetencpath [llength [info commands testgetencpath]]
@@ -75,11 +77,11 @@ test encoding-2.2 {Tcl_FreeEncoding: refcount != 0} -setup {
     encoding system shiftjis		;# incr ref count
     encoding dirs [list [pwd]]
     set x [encoding convertto shiftjis \u4e4e]	;# old one found
-    encoding system identity
+    encoding system iso8859-1
     llength shiftjis		;# Shimmer away any cache of Tcl_Encoding
     lappend x [catch {encoding convertto shiftjis \u4e4e} msg] $msg
 } -cleanup {
-    encoding system identity
+    encoding system iso8859-1
     encoding dirs $path
     encoding system $system
 } -result "\u008c\u00c1 1 {unknown encoding \"shiftjis\"}"
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ test encoding-5.1 {Tcl_SetSystemEncoding} -setup {
     encoding system jis0208
     encoding convertto \u4e4e
 } -cleanup {
-    encoding system identity
+    encoding system iso8859-1
     encoding system $old
 } -result {8C}
 test encoding-5.2 {Tcl_SetSystemEncoding: test ref count} {
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ test encoding-11.5.1 {LoadEncodingFile: escape file} {
 test encoding-11.6 {LoadEncodingFile: invalid file} -constraints {testencoding} -setup {
     set system [encoding system]
     set path [encoding dirs]
-    encoding system identity
+    encoding system iso8859-1
 } -body {
     cd [temporaryDirectory]
     encoding dirs [file join tmp encoding]
@@ -308,26 +310,18 @@ test encoding-13.1 {LoadEscapeTable} {
     viewable [set x [encoding convertto iso2022 ab\u4e4e\u68d9g]]
 } [viewable "ab\x1b\$B8C\x1b\$\(DD%\x1b(Bg"]
 
-test encoding-14.1 {BinaryProc} {
-    encoding convertto identity \x12\x34\x56\xff\x69
-} "\x12\x34\x56\xc3\xbf\x69"
-
 test encoding-15.1 {UtfToUtfProc} {
     encoding convertto utf-8 \xa3
 } "\xc2\xa3"
-test encoding-15.2 {UtfToUtfProc null character output} {
-    set x \u0000
-    set y [encoding convertto utf-8 \u0000]
-    set y [encoding convertfrom identity $y]
-    binary scan $y H* z
-    list [string bytelength $x] [string bytelength $y] $z
-} {2 1 00}
-test encoding-15.3 {UtfToUtfProc null character input} {
-    set x [encoding convertfrom identity \x00]
-    set y [encoding convertfrom utf-8 $x]
-    binary scan [encoding convertto identity $y] H* z
-    list [string bytelength $x] [string bytelength $y] $z
-} {1 2 c080}
+test encoding-15.2 {UtfToUtfProc null character output} testbytestring {
+    binary scan [testbytestring [encoding convertto utf-8 \u0000]] H* z
+    set z
+} 00
+test encoding-15.3 {UtfToUtfProc null character input} teststringbytes {
+    set y [encoding convertfrom utf-8 [encoding convertto utf-8 \u0000]]
+    binary scan [teststringbytes $y] H* z
+    set z
+} c080
 
 test encoding-16.1 {UnicodeToUtfProc} {
     set val [encoding convertfrom unicode NN]
diff --git a/tests/execute.test b/tests/execute.test
index 5b8ce2d..6c277f8 100644
--- a/tests/execute.test
+++ b/tests/execute.test
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ test execute-6.14 {Tcl_ExprObj: exprcode context validation} -setup {
     }
     set result {}
     lappend result [expr $e]
-    lappend result [namespace eval foo {expr $e}]
+    lappend result [namespace eval foo [list expr $e]]
 } -cleanup {
     namespace delete foo
 } -result {1 2}
@@ -733,11 +733,11 @@ test execute-6.15 {Tcl_ExprObj: exprcode name resolution epoch validation} -setu
 } -body {
     set e { [llength {}]+1 }
     set result {}
-    lappend result [namespace eval foo {expr $e}]
+    lappend result [namespace eval foo [list expr $e]]
     namespace eval foo {
 	proc llength {args} {return 1}
     }
-    lappend result [namespace eval foo {expr $e}]
+    lappend result [namespace eval foo [list expr $e]]
 } -cleanup {
     namespace delete foo
 } -result {1 2}
diff --git a/tests/expr-old.test b/tests/expr-old.test
index 3adfb63..8c159b2 100644
--- a/tests/expr-old.test
+++ b/tests/expr-old.test
@@ -1159,8 +1159,8 @@ test expr-old-40.2 {min math function} -body {
     expr {min(0.0)}
 } -result 0.0
 test expr-old-40.3 {min math function} -body {
-    list [catch {expr {min()}} msg] $msg
-} -result {1 {too few arguments to math function "min"}}
+    expr {min()}
+} -returnCodes error -result {too few arguments for math function "min"}
 test expr-old-40.4 {min math function} -body {
     expr {min(wide(-1) << 30, 4.5, -10)}
 } -result [expr {wide(-1) << 30}]
@@ -1170,6 +1170,12 @@ test expr-old-40.5 {min math function} -body {
 test expr-old-40.6 {min math function} -body {
     expr {min(300, "0xFF")}
 } -result 255
+test expr-old-40.7 {min math function} -body {
+    expr min(1[string repeat 0 10000], 1e300)
+} -result 1e+300
+test expr-old-40.8 {min math function} -body {
+    expr {min(0, "a")}
+} -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 
 test expr-old-41.1 {max math function} -body {
     expr {max(0)}
@@ -1178,8 +1184,8 @@ test expr-old-41.2 {max math function} -body {
     expr {max(0.0)}
 } -result 0.0
 test expr-old-41.3 {max math function} -body {
-    list [catch {expr {max()}} msg] $msg
-} -result {1 {too few arguments to math function "max"}}
+    expr {max()}
+} -returnCodes error -result {too few arguments for math function "max"}
 test expr-old-41.4 {max math function} -body {
     expr {max(wide(1) << 30, 4.5, -10)}
 } -result [expr {wide(1) << 30}]
@@ -1189,6 +1195,12 @@ test expr-old-41.5 {max math function} -body {
 test expr-old-41.6 {max math function} -body {
     expr {max(200, "0xFF")}
 } -result 255
+test expr-old-41.7 {max math function} -body {
+    expr max(1[string repeat 0 10000], 1e300)
+} -result 1[string repeat 0 10000]
+test expr-old-41.8 {max math function} -body {
+    expr {max(0, "a")}
+} -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 
 # Special test for Pentium arithmetic bug of 1994:
 
diff --git a/tests/interp.test b/tests/interp.test
index 1389304..4ea04e3 100644
--- a/tests/interp.test
+++ b/tests/interp.test
@@ -1847,7 +1847,7 @@ test interp-23.2 {testing hiding vs aliases: safe interp} -setup {
     lappend l [lsort [interp aliases a]] [lsort [interp hidden a]]
 } -cleanup {
     interp delete a
-} -result [list $hidden_cmds {::tcl::mathfunc::max ::tcl::mathfunc::min bar clock} $hidden_cmds {::tcl::mathfunc::max ::tcl::mathfunc::min bar clock} [lsort [concat $hidden_cmds bar]] {::tcl::mathfunc::max ::tcl::mathfunc::min clock} $hidden_cmds]
+} -result [list $hidden_cmds {bar clock} $hidden_cmds {bar clock} [lsort [concat $hidden_cmds bar]] {clock} $hidden_cmds]
 
 test interp-24.1 {result resetting on error} -setup {
     catch {interp delete a}
diff --git a/tests/namespace.test b/tests/namespace.test
index f6f817b..9fa9331 100644
--- a/tests/namespace.test
+++ b/tests/namespace.test
@@ -1784,8 +1784,11 @@ test namespace-42.7 {ensembles: nested} -body {
     list [ns x0 z] [ns x1] [ns x2] [ns x3]
 } -cleanup {
     namespace delete ns
-} -result {{1 ::ns::x0::z} 1 2 3}
-test namespace-42.8 {ensembles: [Bug 1670091]} -setup {
+} -result {{1 z} 1 2 3}
+test namespace-42.8 {
+    ensembles: [Bug 1670091], panic due to pointer to a deallocated List
+    struct.
+} -setup {
     proc demo args {}
     variable target [list [namespace which demo] x]
     proc trial args {variable target; string length $target}
@@ -1800,6 +1803,34 @@ test namespace-42.8 {ensembles: [Bug 1670091]} -setup {
     rename foo {}
 } -result {}
 
+test namespace-42.9 {
+    ensembles: [Bug 4f6a1ebd64], segmentation fault due to pointer to a
+    deallocated List struct.
+} -setup {
+    namespace eval n {namespace ensemble create}
+    set lst [dict create one ::two]
+    namespace ensemble configure n -subcommands $lst -map $lst
+} -body {
+    n one
+} -cleanup {
+    namespace delete n
+    unset -nocomplain lst
+} -returnCodes error -match glob -result {invalid command name*}
+
+test namespace-42.10 {
+    ensembles: [Bug 4f6a1ebd64] segmentation fault due to pointer to a
+    deallocated List struct (this time with duplicate of one in "dict").
+} -setup {
+    namespace eval n {namespace ensemble create}
+    set lst [list one ::two one ::three]
+    namespace ensemble configure n -subcommands $lst -map $lst
+} -body {
+    n one
+} -cleanup {
+    namespace delete n
+    unset -nocomplain lst
+} -returnCodes error -match glob -result {invalid command name *three*}
+
 test namespace-43.1 {ensembles: dict-driven} {
     namespace eval ns {
 	namespace export x*
@@ -1920,7 +1951,7 @@ test namespace-44.5 {ensemble: errors} -setup {
     foobar foobarcon
 } -cleanup {
     rename foobar {}
-} -returnCodes error -result {invalid command name "::foobarconfigure"}
+} -returnCodes error -result {invalid command name "foobarconfigure"}
 test namespace-44.6 {ensemble: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
     namespace ensemble create gorp
 } -result {wrong # args: should be "namespace ensemble create ?option value ...?"}
@@ -2084,7 +2115,7 @@ test namespace-47.1 {ensemble: unknown handler} {
     lappend result [catch {ns c d e} msg] $msg
     lappend result [catch {ns Magic foo bar spong wibble} msg] $msg
     list $result [lsort [info commands ::ns::*]] $log [namespace delete ns]
-} {{0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 {unknown or protected subcommand "Magic"}} {::ns::Magic ::ns::a ::ns::b ::ns::c} {{making a} {running ::ns::a b c} {running ::ns::a b c} {making b} {running ::ns::b c d} {making c} {running ::ns::c d e} {unknown Magic - args = foo bar spong wibble}} {}}
+} {{0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 {unknown or protected subcommand "Magic"}} {::ns::Magic ::ns::a ::ns::b ::ns::c} {{making a} {running a b c} {running a b c} {making b} {running b c d} {making c} {running c d e} {unknown Magic - args = foo bar spong wibble}} {}}
 test namespace-47.2 {ensemble: unknown handler} {
     namespace eval ns {
 	namespace export {[a-z]*}
@@ -3183,7 +3214,7 @@ test namespace-53.10 {ensembles: nested rewrite} -setup {
     1 {wrong # args: should be "ns z1 x a1"}\
     1 {wrong # args: should be "ns z2 x a1 a2"}\
     1 {wrong # args: should be "ns z2 x a1 a2"}\
-    1 {wrong # args: should be "::ns::x::z0"}\
+    1 {wrong # args: should be "z0"}\
     0 {1 v}\
     1 {wrong # args: should be "ns v x z2 a2"}\
     0 {2 v v2}}
@@ -3267,6 +3298,18 @@ test namespace-56.3 {bug f97d4ee020: mutually-entangled deletion} {
 	}
     }
 } {::testing::abc::def ::testing::abc::ghi}
+
+test namespace-56.4 {bug 16fe1b5807: names starting with ":"} {
+namespace eval : {
+    namespace ensemble create
+    namespace export *
+    proc p1 {} {
+	    return 16fe1b5807
+    }
+}
+
+: p1
+} 16fe1b5807
 
 # cleanup
 catch {rename cmd1 {}}
diff --git a/tests/oo.test b/tests/oo.test
index 54c4b75..b9c5067 100644
--- a/tests/oo.test
+++ b/tests/oo.test
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ test oo-1.3 {basic test of OO functionality: no classes} {
 test oo-1.4 {basic test of OO functionality} -body {
     oo::object create {}
 } -returnCodes 1 -result {object name must not be empty}
+test oo-1.4.1 {fully-qualified nested name} -body {
+    oo::object create ::one::two::three
+} -result {::one::two::three}
 test oo-1.5 {basic test of OO functionality} -body {
     oo::object doesnotexist
 } -returnCodes 1 -result {unknown method "doesnotexist": must be create, destroy or new}
@@ -1482,6 +1485,38 @@ test oo-11.4 {OO: cleanup} {
     lappend result [bar0 destroy] [oo::object create foo] [foo destroy] \
 	[oo::object create bar2] [bar2 destroy]
 } {1 {can't create object "foo": command already exists with that name} destroyed {} ::foo {} ::bar2 {}}
+test oo-11.5 {OO: cleanup} {
+    oo::class create obj1
+
+    trace add command obj1 delete {apply {{name1 name2 action} {
+	set namespace [info object namespace $name1]
+	namespace delete $namespace
+    }}}
+
+    rename obj1 {}
+    # No segmentation fault
+    return done
+} done
+
+test oo-11.6 {
+    OO: cleanup ReleaseClassContents() where class is mixed into one of its
+    instances
+} -body {
+    oo::class create obj1
+    ::oo::define obj1 {self mixin [self]}
+
+    ::oo::copy obj1 obj2
+    ::oo::objdefine obj2 {mixin [self]}
+
+    ::oo::copy obj2 obj3
+    rename obj3 {}
+    rename obj2 {}
+
+    # No segmentation fault
+    return done
+} -cleanup {
+    rename obj1 {}
+} -result done
 
 test oo-12.1 {OO: filters} {
     oo::class create Aclass
@@ -3834,6 +3869,31 @@ test oo-35.5 {Bug 1a56550e96: introspectors must traverse mixin links correctly}
 } -cleanup {
     base destroy
 } -result {{c d e} {c d e}}
+test oo-35.6 {
+    Bug : teardown of an object that is a class that is an instance of itself
+} -setup {
+    oo::class create obj
+
+    oo::copy obj obj1 obj1
+    oo::objdefine obj1 {
+	mixin obj1 obj
+    }
+    oo::copy obj1 obj2
+    oo::objdefine obj2 {
+	mixin obj2 obj1
+    }
+} -body {
+    rename obj2 {}
+    rename obj1 {}
+    # doesn't crash
+    return done
+} -cleanup {
+    rename obj {}
+} -result done
+
+
+
+
 test oo-36.1 {TIP #470: introspection within oo::define} {
     oo::define oo::object self
 } ::oo::object
diff --git a/tests/package.test b/tests/package.test
index 99f9f06..bb938b8 100644
--- a/tests/package.test
+++ b/tests/package.test
@@ -20,18 +20,19 @@ if {"::tcltest" ni [namespace children]} {
 ::tcltest::loadTestedCommands
 catch [list package require -exact Tcltest [info patchlevel]]
 
-testConstraint testpreferstable [llength [info commands testpreferstable]]
-
 # Do all this in a slave interp to avoid garbaging the package list
 set i [interp create]
 tcltest::loadIntoSlaveInterpreter $i {*}$argv
+load {} Tcltest $i
 interp eval $i {
 namespace import -force ::tcltest::*
-package forget {*}[package names]
+#package forget {*}[package names]
 set oldPkgUnknown [package unknown]
 package unknown {}
 set oldPath $auto_path
 set auto_path ""
+
+testConstraint testpreferstable [llength [info commands testpreferstable]]
 
 test package-1.1 {pkg::create gives error on insufficient args} -body {
     ::pkg::create
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ test package-3.1 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best version} -setup {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {3.4}
 test package-3.2 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best version} -setup {
     package forget t
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ test package-3.2 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best version} -setup {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {3.5}
 test package-3.3 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best version} -setup {
     package forget t
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ test package-3.3 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best version} -setup {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t 2.2
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {2.3}
 test package-3.4 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best version} -setup {
     package forget t
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ test package-3.4 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best version} -setup {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require -exact t 2.3
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {2.3}
 test package-3.5 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best version} -setup {
     package forget t
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ test package-3.5 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best version} -setup {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t 2.1
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {2.4}
 test package-3.6 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, can't find suitable version} -setup {
     package forget t
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ test package-3.12 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, self-deleting script} -setup {
 } -body {
     package ifneeded t 1.2 "package forget t; set x 1.2; package provide t 1.2"
     package require t 1.2
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {1.2}
 test package-3.13 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, "package unknown" support} -setup {
     package forget t
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ test package-3.13 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, "package unknown" support} -setup {
     }
     package unknown pkgUnknown
     package require -exact t 1.5
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -cleanup {
     package unknown {}
 } -result {t 1.5-1.5}
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ test package-3.15 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, "package unknown" support} -setup {
 	package provide [lindex $args 0] 2.0
     }
     package require {a b}
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -cleanup {
     package unknown {}
 } -result {{a b} 0-}
@@ -575,15 +576,23 @@ test package-3.44 {Tcl_PkgRequire: exact version matching (1578344)} -setup {
     package forget demo
 } -result {version conflict for package "demo": have 1.2.3, need exactly 1.2}
 test package-3.50 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best stable version} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
+    interp create child
+    load {} Tcltest child
+    child eval {
     testpreferstable
     package forget t
     set x xxx
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     foreach i {1.4 3.4 4.0a1 2.3 2.4 2.2} {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t
-    return $x
+    set x
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {3.4}
 test package-3.51 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best stable version} -setup {
     package forget t
@@ -593,7 +602,7 @@ test package-3.51 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best stable version} -setup
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {1.3}
 test package-3.52 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best stable version} -setup {
     package forget t
@@ -603,34 +612,69 @@ test package-3.52 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best stable version} -setup
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {1.3}
+test pkg-3.53 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best stable version} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
+    testpreferstable
+    package forget t
+    set x xxx
+} -body {
+    foreach i {1.2b1 1.1} {
+        package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
+    }
+    package require t
+    set x
+} -result {1.1}
+
 
 test package-4.1 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure} -returnCodes error -body {
     package
 } -result {wrong # args: should be "package option ?arg ...?"}
-test package-4.2 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} {
+test package-4.2 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+} -body {
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
     package names
-} {}
-test package-4.3 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} {
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
+} -result {}
+test package-4.3 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+} -body {
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
     package forget foo
-} {}
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
+} -result {}
 test package-4.4 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
     set result {}
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     package ifneeded t 1.1 {first script}
     package ifneeded t 2.3 {second script}
     package ifneeded x 1.4 {x's script}
     lappend result [lsort [package names]] [package versions t]
     package forget t
     lappend result [lsort [package names]] [package versions t]
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {{t x} {1.1 2.3} x {}}
 test package-4.5 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     package ifneeded a 1.1 {first script}
     package ifneeded b 2.3 {second script}
     package ifneeded c 1.4 {third script}
@@ -638,6 +682,9 @@ test package-4.5 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} -setup {
     set result [list [lsort [package names]]]
     package forget a c
     lappend result [lsort [package names]]
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {{a b c} b}
 test package-4.5.1 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} -body {
     # Test for Bug 415273
@@ -656,28 +703,55 @@ test package-4.7 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -body {
 test package-4.8 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -body {
     package ifneeded t xyz
 } -returnCodes error -result {expected version number but got "xyz"}
-test package-4.9 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} {
+test package-4.9 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+} -body {
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
     list [package ifneeded foo 1.1] [package names]
-} {{} {}}
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
+} -result {{} {}}
 test package-4.10 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -setup {
-    package forget t
+    interp create child
+    child eval {
+    package forget {*}[package names]
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     package ifneeded t 1.4 "script for t 1.4"
     list [package names] [package ifneeded t 1.4] [package versions t]
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {t {script for t 1.4} 1.4}
 test package-4.11 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -setup {
-    package forget t
+    interp create child
+    child eval {
+    package forget {*}[package names]
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     package ifneeded t 1.4 "script for t 1.4"
     list [package ifneeded t 1.5] [package names] [package versions t]
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {{} t 1.4}
 test package-4.12 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -setup {
-    package forget t
+    interp create child
+    child eval {
+    package forget {*}[package names]
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     package ifneeded t 1.4 "script for t 1.4"
     package ifneeded t 1.4 "second script for t 1.4"
     list [package ifneeded t 1.4] [package names] [package versions t]
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {{second script for t 1.4} t 1.4}
 test package-4.13 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -setup {
     package forget t
@@ -690,18 +764,31 @@ test package-4.13 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -setup {
 test package-4.14 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "names" option} -body {
     package names a
 } -returnCodes error -result {wrong # args: should be "package names"}
-test package-4.15 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "names" option} {
+test package-4.15 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "names" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+} -body {
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
     package names
-} {}
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
+} -result {}
 test package-4.16 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "names" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     package ifneeded x 1.2 {dummy}
     package provide x 1.3
     package provide y 2.4
     catch {package require z 47.16}
     lsort [package names]
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {x y}
 test package-4.17 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "provide" option} -body {
     package provide
@@ -1239,11 +1326,9 @@ proc prefer {args} {
     }
 }
 
-test package-13.0 {package prefer defaults} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
-    testpreferstable
-} -body {
+test package-13.0 {package prefer defaults} -body {
     prefer
-} -result stable
+} -result [expr {[string match {*[ab]*} [package provide Tcl]] ? "latest" : "stable"}]
 test package-13.1 {package prefer defaults} -body {
     set ::env(TCL_PKG_PREFER_LATEST) stable	;# value not relevant!
     prefer
@@ -1260,23 +1345,25 @@ test package-14.1 {bogus argument} -returnCodes error -body {
 
 test package-15.0 {set, keep} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
     testpreferstable
-} -body {package prefer stable} -result stable
+} -body {package prefer} -result stable
 test package-15.1 {set stable, keep} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
     testpreferstable
-} -body {prefer stable} -result {stable stable}
+} -body {package prefer stable} -result stable
 test package-15.2 {set latest, change} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
     testpreferstable
-} -body {prefer latest} -result {stable latest}
+} -body {package prefer latest} -result latest
 test package-15.3 {set latest, keep} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
     testpreferstable
 } -body {
-    prefer latest latest
-} -result {stable latest latest}
+    package prefer latest
+    package prefer latest
+} -result latest
 test package-15.4 {set stable, rejected} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
     testpreferstable
 } -body {
-    prefer latest stable
-} -result {stable latest latest}
+    package prefer latest
+    package prefer stable
+} -result latest
 
 rename prefer {}
 
diff --git a/tests/platform.test b/tests/platform.test
index 5838a41..8a68351 100644
--- a/tests/platform.test
+++ b/tests/platform.test
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ namespace eval ::tcl::test::platform {
     namespace import ::tcltest::test
     namespace import ::tcltest::cleanupTests
 
-    variable ::tcl_platform
+    # This is not how [variable] works. See TIP 276.
+    #variable ::tcl_platform
+    namespace upvar :: tcl_platform tcl_platform
 
 ::tcltest::loadTestedCommands
 catch [list package require -exact Tcltest [info patchlevel]]
diff --git a/tests/resolver.test b/tests/resolver.test
index 9bb4c08..b0b395d 100644
--- a/tests/resolver.test
+++ b/tests/resolver.test
@@ -139,13 +139,10 @@ test resolver-1.5 {cmdNameObj sharing vs. cmd resolver: other than global NS} -s
 	variable r2 ""
     }
 } -constraints testinterpresolver -body {
-    set r0 [namespace eval ::ns2 {x}]
-    set r1 [namespace eval ::ns2 {z}]
-    namespace eval ::ns2 {
+    list [namespace eval ::ns2 {x}] [namespace eval ::ns2 {z}] [namespace eval ::ns2 {
 	namespace import ::ns1::z
-	set r2 [z]
-    }
-    list $r0 $r1 $r2
+	z
+    }]
 } -cleanup {
     testinterpresolver down
     namespace delete ::ns2
diff --git a/tests/safe.test b/tests/safe.test
index e43ce12..33ee166 100644
--- a/tests/safe.test
+++ b/tests/safe.test
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ test safe-2.3 {creating safe interpreters, should have no unexpected aliases} -s
     lsort [a aliases]
 } -cleanup {
     interp delete a
-} -result {::tcl::mathfunc::max ::tcl::mathfunc::min clock}
+} -result {clock}
 
 test safe-3.1 {calling safe::interpInit is safe} -setup {
     catch {safe::interpDelete a}
diff --git a/tests/split.test b/tests/split.test
index 585fef5..2d180e0 100644
--- a/tests/split.test
+++ b/tests/split.test
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ test split-1.13 {basic split commands} {
 test split-1.14 {basic split commands} {
     split ",12,,,34,56," {,}
 } {{} 12 {} {} 34 56 {}}
+test split-1.15 {basic split commands} -body {
+    split "a\U01f4a9b" {}
+} -result "a \U01f4a9 b"
 
 test split-2.1 {split errors} {
     list [catch split msg] $msg $errorCode
diff --git a/tests/string.test b/tests/string.test
index 549944d..cebaf4c 100644
--- a/tests/string.test
+++ b/tests/string.test
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ testConstraint testindexobj [expr {[info commands testindexobj] != {}}]
 # Used for constraining memory leak tests
 testConstraint memory [llength [info commands memory]]
 
+proc representationpoke s {
+    set r [::tcl::unsupported::representation $s]
+    list [lindex $r 3] [string match {*, string representation "*"} $r]
+}
+
 test string-1.1 {error conditions} {
     list [catch {string gorp a b} msg] $msg
 } {1 {unknown or ambiguous subcommand "gorp": must be bytelength, cat, compare, equal, first, index, is, last, length, map, match, range, repeat, replace, reverse, tolower, totitle, toupper, trim, trimleft, trimright, wordend, or wordstart}}
@@ -224,6 +229,13 @@ test string-4.15 {string first, ability to two-byte encoded utf-8 chars} {
     set uchar \u057e    ;# character with two-byte encoding in utf-8
     string first % %#$uchar$uchar#$uchar$uchar#% 3
 } 8
+test string-4.16 {string first, normal string vs pure unicode string} {
+    set s hello
+    regexp ll $s m
+    # Representation checks are canaries
+    list [representationpoke $s] [representationpoke $m] \
+	[string first $m $s]
+} {{string 1} {string 0} 2}
 
 test string-5.1 {string index} {
     list [catch {string index} msg] $msg
@@ -1685,40 +1697,40 @@ test string-24.4 {string reverse command - unshared string} {
     string reverse $x$y
 } edcba
 test string-24.5 {string reverse command - shared unicode string} {
-    set x abcde\udead
+    set x abcde\ud0ad
     string reverse $x
-} \udeadedcba
+} \ud0adedcba
 test string-24.6 {string reverse command - unshared string} {
     set x abc
-    set y de\udead
+    set y de\ud0ad
     string reverse $x$y
-} \udeadedcba
+} \ud0adedcba
 test string-24.7 {string reverse command - simple case} {
     string reverse a
 } a
 test string-24.8 {string reverse command - simple case} {
-    string reverse \udead
-} \udead
+    string reverse \ud0ad
+} \ud0ad
 test string-24.9 {string reverse command - simple case} {
     string reverse {}
 } {}
 test string-24.10 {string reverse command - corner case} {
-    set x \ubeef\udead
+    set x \ubeef\ud0ad
     string reverse $x
-} \udead\ubeef
+} \ud0ad\ubeef
 test string-24.11 {string reverse command - corner case} {
     set x \ubeef
-    set y \udead
+    set y \ud0ad
     string reverse $x$y
-} \udead\ubeef
+} \ud0ad\ubeef
 test string-24.12 {string reverse command - corner case} {
     set x \ubeef
-    set y \udead
+    set y \ud0ad
     string is ascii [string reverse $x$y]
 } 0
 test string-24.13 {string reverse command - pure Unicode string} {
-    string reverse [string range \ubeef\udead\ubeef\udead\ubeef\udead 1 5]
-} \udead\ubeef\udead\ubeef\udead
+    string reverse [string range \ubeef\ud0ad\ubeef\ud0ad\ubeef\ud0ad 1 5]
+} \ud0ad\ubeef\ud0ad\ubeef\ud0ad
 test string-24.14 {string reverse command - pure bytearray} {
     binary scan [string reverse [binary format H* 010203]] H* x
     set x
@@ -2042,9 +2054,7 @@ test string-29.15 {string cat, efficiency} -setup {
 } -body {
     tcl::unsupported::representation [string cat $e $f $e $f [list x]]
 } -match glob -result {*no string representation}
-
-
-
+
 # cleanup
 rename MemStress {}
 catch {rename foo {}}
diff --git a/tests/stringObj.test b/tests/stringObj.test
index 49f268e..a78b5f8 100644
--- a/tests/stringObj.test
+++ b/tests/stringObj.test
@@ -480,7 +480,6 @@ test stringObj-15.8 {Tcl_Append*ToObj: self appends} testobj {
     teststringobj set 1 foo
     teststringobj appendself2 1 3
 } foo
-
 
 if {[testConstraint testobj]} {
     testobj freeallvars
@@ -489,3 +488,7 @@ if {[testConstraint testobj]} {
 # cleanup
 ::tcltest::cleanupTests
 return
+
+# Local Variables:
+# mode: tcl
+# End:
diff --git a/tests/utf.test b/tests/utf.test
index 422ab08..d0fa7be 100644
--- a/tests/utf.test
+++ b/tests/utf.test
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ test utf-2.7 {Tcl_UtfToUniChar: lead (3-byte) followed by 2 trail} testbytestrin
 } {1}
 test utf-2.8 {Tcl_UtfToUniChar: lead (4-byte) followed by 3 trail} -constraints {fullutf testbytestring} -body {
     string length [testbytestring "\xF0\x90\x80\x80"]
-} -result {1}
+} -result {2}
 test utf-2.9 {Tcl_UtfToUniChar: lead (4-byte) followed by 3 trail} -constraints {fullutf testbytestring} -body {
     string length [testbytestring "\xF4\x8F\xBF\xBF"]
-} -result {1}
+} -result {2}
 test utf-2.10 {Tcl_UtfToUniChar: lead (4-byte) followed by 3 trail, underflow} testbytestring {
     string length [testbytestring "\xF0\x8F\xBF\xBF"]
 } {4}
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ test utf-3.1 {Tcl_UtfCharComplete} {
 } {}
 
 testConstraint testnumutfchars [llength [info commands testnumutfchars]]
+testConstraint testfindfirst [llength [info commands testfindfirst]]
+testConstraint testfindlast [llength [info commands testfindlast]]
+
 test utf-4.1 {Tcl_NumUtfChars: zero length} testnumutfchars {
     testnumutfchars ""
 } {0}
@@ -118,8 +121,12 @@ test utf-4.10 {Tcl_NumUtfChars: #u0000, calc len, overcomplete} {testnumutfchars
     testnumutfchars [testbytestring "\x00"] 2
 } {2}
 
-test utf-5.1 {Tcl_UtfFindFirsts} {
-} {}
+test utf-5.1 {Tcl_UtfFindFirst} {testfindfirst testbytestring} {
+    testfindfirst [testbytestring "abcbc"] 98
+} {bcbc}
+test utf-5.1 {Tcl_UtfFindLast} {testfindlast testbytestring} {
+    testfindlast [testbytestring "abcbc"] 98
+} {bc}
 
 test utf-6.1 {Tcl_UtfNext} {
 } {}
diff --git a/unix/Makefile.in b/unix/Makefile.in
index c31d128..032b5ac 100644
--- a/unix/Makefile.in
+++ b/unix/Makefile.in
@@ -857,8 +857,8 @@ install-libraries: libraries
 	    done;
 	@echo "Installing package msgcat 1.6.1 as a Tcl Module";
 	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl8/8.5/msgcat-1.6.1.tm;
-	@echo "Installing package tcltest 2.4.0 as a Tcl Module";
-	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl8/8.5/tcltest-2.4.0.tm;
+	@echo "Installing package tcltest 2.4.1 as a Tcl Module";
+	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl8/8.5/tcltest-2.4.1.tm;
 
 	@echo "Installing package platform 1.0.14 as a Tcl Module";
 	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/platform/platform.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl8/8.4/platform-1.0.14.tm;
diff --git a/unix/configure b/unix/configure
index 129c283..e3e1b42 100755
--- a/unix/configure
+++ b/unix/configure
@@ -3733,26 +3733,6 @@ $as_echo "#define NO_DIRENT_H 1" >>confdefs.h
 
     fi
 
-    ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "float.h" "ac_cv_header_float_h" "$ac_includes_default"
-if test "x$ac_cv_header_float_h" = xyes; then :
-
-else
-
-$as_echo "#define NO_FLOAT_H 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-fi
-
-
-    ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "values.h" "ac_cv_header_values_h" "$ac_includes_default"
-if test "x$ac_cv_header_values_h" = xyes; then :
-
-else
-
-$as_echo "#define NO_VALUES_H 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-fi
-
-
     ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "stdlib.h" "ac_cv_header_stdlib_h" "$ac_includes_default"
 if test "x$ac_cv_header_stdlib_h" = xyes; then :
   tcl_ok=1
@@ -5319,7 +5299,7 @@ $as_echo "$ac_cv_cygwin" >&6; }
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -shared'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-lroot"
 	    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for inet_ntoa in -lnetwork" >&5
@@ -5641,7 +5621,7 @@ fi
 	    # get rid of the warnings.
 	    #CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE} -D__NO_STRING_INLINES -D__NO_MATH_INLINES"
 
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -shared'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
@@ -5728,7 +5708,7 @@ fi
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fpic"
 		;;
 	    esac
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${SHLIB_CFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${SHLIB_CFLAGS} -shared'
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
@@ -5755,7 +5735,7 @@ fi
 	NetBSD-*)
 	    # NetBSD has ELF and can use 'cc -shared' to build shared libs
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${SHLIB_CFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${SHLIB_CFLAGS} -shared'
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
diff --git a/unix/tcl.m4 b/unix/tcl.m4
index 45922e0..fa7601e 100644
--- a/unix/tcl.m4
+++ b/unix/tcl.m4
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS], [
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -shared'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-lroot"
 	    AC_CHECK_LIB(network, inet_ntoa, [LIBS="$LIBS -lnetwork"])
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS], [
 	    # get rid of the warnings.
 	    #CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE} -D__NO_STRING_INLINES -D__NO_MATH_INLINES"
 
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -shared'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS], [
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fpic"
 		;;
 	    esac
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${SHLIB_CFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${SHLIB_CFLAGS} -shared'
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS], [
 	NetBSD-*)
 	    # NetBSD has ELF and can use 'cc -shared' to build shared libs
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${SHLIB_CFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${SHLIB_CFLAGS} -shared'
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
@@ -2040,7 +2040,6 @@ dnl # preprocessing tests use only CPPFLAGS.
 #
 #	Defines some of the following vars:
 #		NO_DIRENT_H
-#		NO_VALUES_H
 #		NO_STDLIB_H
 #		NO_STRING_H
 #		NO_SYS_WAIT_H
@@ -2078,8 +2077,6 @@ closedir(d);
 	AC_DEFINE(NO_DIRENT_H, 1, [Do we have <dirent.h>?])
     fi
 
-    AC_CHECK_HEADER(float.h, , [AC_DEFINE(NO_FLOAT_H, 1, [Do we have <float.h>?])])
-    AC_CHECK_HEADER(values.h, , [AC_DEFINE(NO_VALUES_H, 1, [Do we have <values.h>?])])
     AC_CHECK_HEADER(stdlib.h, tcl_ok=1, tcl_ok=0)
     AC_EGREP_HEADER(strtol, stdlib.h, , tcl_ok=0)
     AC_EGREP_HEADER(strtoul, stdlib.h, , tcl_ok=0)
diff --git a/unix/tclConfig.h.in b/unix/tclConfig.h.in
index adbc80d..4902083 100644
--- a/unix/tclConfig.h.in
+++ b/unix/tclConfig.h.in
@@ -295,9 +295,6 @@
 /* Do we have fd_set? */
 #undef NO_FD_SET
 
-/* Do we have <float.h>? */
-#undef NO_FLOAT_H
-
 /* Do we have fstatfs()? */
 #undef NO_FSTATFS
 
@@ -334,9 +331,6 @@
 /* Do we have a usable 'union wait'? */
 #undef NO_UNION_WAIT
 
-/* Do we have <values.h>? */
-#undef NO_VALUES_H
-
 /* Do we have wait3() */
 #undef NO_WAIT3
 
diff --git a/unix/tclEpollNotfy.c b/unix/tclEpollNotfy.c
index 088f314..9d0053c 100644
--- a/unix/tclEpollNotfy.c
+++ b/unix/tclEpollNotfy.c
@@ -462,7 +462,10 @@ PlatformEventsWait(
     } else if (!timePtr->tv_sec && !timePtr->tv_usec) {
 	timeout = 0;
     } else {
-	timeout = (int)timePtr->tv_sec;
+	timeout = (int)timePtr->tv_sec * 1000;
+	if (timePtr->tv_usec) {
+	    timeout += (int)timePtr->tv_usec / 1000;
+	}
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/unix/tclUnixPort.h b/unix/tclUnixPort.h
index ba56089..d464f05 100644
--- a/unix/tclUnixPort.h
+++ b/unix/tclUnixPort.h
@@ -181,13 +181,7 @@ extern int TclUnixSetBlockingMode(int fd, int mode);
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-#ifndef NO_FLOAT_H
-#   include <float.h>
-#else
-#ifndef NO_VALUES_H
-#   include <values.h>
-#endif
-#endif
+#include <float.h>
 
 #ifndef FLT_MAX
 #   ifdef MAXFLOAT
diff --git a/unix/tclUnixThrd.c b/unix/tclUnixThrd.c
index f475aed..6fa837c 100644
--- a/unix/tclUnixThrd.c
+++ b/unix/tclUnixThrd.c
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@
 
 #ifdef TCL_THREADS
 
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 typedef struct {
     char nabuf[16];
 } ThreadSpecificData;
 
 static Tcl_ThreadDataKey dataKey;
+#endif
 
 /*
  * masterLock is used to serialize creation of mutexes, condition variables,
diff --git a/win/tcl.dsp b/win/tcl.dsp
index 214449c..731eb1f 100644
--- a/win/tcl.dsp
+++ b/win/tcl.dsp
@@ -152,10 +152,6 @@ SOURCE=..\compat\fixstrtod.c
 # End Source File

 # Begin Source File

 

-SOURCE=..\compat\float.h

-# End Source File

-# Begin Source File

-

 SOURCE=..\compat\gettod.c

 # End Source File

 # Begin Source File

diff --git a/win/tcl.hpj.in b/win/tcl.hpj.in
index a94cea6..08d411d 100644
--- a/win/tcl.hpj.in
+++ b/win/tcl.hpj.in
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ HCW=0
 LCID=0x409 0x0 0x0 ;English (United States)

 REPORT=Yes

 TITLE=Tcl/Tk Reference Manual

-CNT=tcl86.cnt

+CNT=tcl87.cnt

 COPYRIGHT=Copyright © 2000 Ajuba Solutions

-HLP=tcl86.hlp

+HLP=tcl87.hlp

 

 [FILES]

 tcl.rtf

diff --git a/win/tclWinError.c b/win/tclWinError.c
index 30079b9..fea4b0f 100644
--- a/win/tclWinError.c
+++ b/win/tclWinError.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static const unsigned char errorTable[] = {
     ENOEXEC,	/* ERROR_BAD_FORMAT		11 */
     EACCES,	/* ERROR_INVALID_ACCESS		12 */
     EINVAL,	/* ERROR_INVALID_DATA		13 */
-    EFAULT,	/* ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY		14 */
+    ENOMEM,	/* ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY		14 */
     ENOENT,	/* ERROR_INVALID_DRIVE		15 */
     EACCES,	/* ERROR_CURRENT_DIRECTORY	16 */
     EXDEV,	/* ERROR_NOT_SAME_DEVICE	17 */
diff --git a/win/tclWinLoad.c b/win/tclWinLoad.c
index 27eb8f3..69263e9 100644
--- a/win/tclWinLoad.c
+++ b/win/tclWinLoad.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ TclpDlopen(
 				 * file. */
     int flags)
 {
-    HINSTANCE hInstance;
+    HINSTANCE hInstance = NULL;
     const TCHAR *nativeName;
     Tcl_LoadHandle handlePtr;
     DWORD firstError;
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ TclpDlopen(
      */
 
     nativeName = Tcl_FSGetNativePath(pathPtr);
-    hInstance = LoadLibraryEx(nativeName,NULL,LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH);
+    if (nativeName != NULL) {
+	hInstance = LoadLibraryEx(nativeName, NULL,
+		LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH);
+    }
     if (hInstance == NULL) {
 	/*
 	 * Let the OS loader examine the binary search path for whatever
@@ -89,7 +92,8 @@ TclpDlopen(
          * Remember the first error on load attempt to be used if the
          * second load attempt below also fails.
         */
-        firstError = GetLastError();
+        firstError = (nativeName == NULL) ?
+		ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND : GetLastError();
 
 	nativeName = Tcl_WinUtfToTChar(Tcl_GetString(pathPtr), -1, &ds);
 	hInstance = LoadLibraryEx(nativeName, NULL,
diff --git a/win/tclWinSerial.c b/win/tclWinSerial.c
index ed1a8e5..acfeecb 100644
--- a/win/tclWinSerial.c
+++ b/win/tclWinSerial.c
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ SerialSetOptionProc(
 	dcb.XonChar = argv[0][0];
 	dcb.XoffChar = argv[1][0];
 	if (argv[0][0] & 0x80 || argv[1][0] & 0x80) {
-	    Tcl_UniChar character;
+	    Tcl_UniChar character = 0;
 	    int charLen;
 
 	    charLen = Tcl_UtfToUniChar(argv[0], &character);
diff --git a/win/tclWinThrd.c b/win/tclWinThrd.c
index b9cde72..8c130a7 100644
--- a/win/tclWinThrd.c
+++ b/win/tclWinThrd.c
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "tclWinInt.h"
 
-#include <float.h>
-
 /* Workaround for mingw versions which don't provide this in float.h */
 #ifndef _MCW_EM
 #   define	_MCW_EM		0x0008001F	/* Error masks */