merge trunk

29 files changed, 473 insertions, 366 deletions

diff --git a/generic/tcl.h b/generic/tcl.h
index c0cee27..d678229 100644
--- a/generic/tcl.h
+++ b/generic/tcl.h
@@ -1147,8 +1147,13 @@ typedef struct Tcl_DString {
 #define TCL_LINK_SHORT		8
 #define TCL_LINK_USHORT		9
 #define TCL_LINK_UINT		10
+#if defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#define TCL_LINK_LONG		((sizeof(long) != sizeof(int)) ? TCL_LINK_WIDE_INT : TCL_LINK_INT)
+#define TCL_LINK_ULONG		((sizeof(long) != sizeof(int)) ? TCL_LINK_WIDE_UINT : TCL_LINK_UINT)
+#else
 #define TCL_LINK_LONG		11
 #define TCL_LINK_ULONG		12
+#endif
 #define TCL_LINK_FLOAT		13
 #define TCL_LINK_WIDE_UINT	14
 #define TCL_LINK_READ_ONLY	0x80
diff --git a/generic/tclBasic.c b/generic/tclBasic.c
index dec26b4..cd7bd73 100644
--- a/generic/tclBasic.c
+++ b/generic/tclBasic.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static const CmdInfo builtInCmds[] = {
     {"append",		Tcl_AppendObjCmd,	TclCompileAppendCmd,	NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"apply",		Tcl_ApplyObjCmd,	NULL,			TclNRApplyObjCmd,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"break",		Tcl_BreakObjCmd,	TclCompileBreakCmd,	NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
-#ifndef EXCLUDE_OBSOLETE_COMMANDS
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
     {"case",		Tcl_CaseObjCmd,		NULL,			NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
 #endif
     {"catch",		Tcl_CatchObjCmd,	TclCompileCatchCmd,	TclNRCatchObjCmd,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
@@ -4706,7 +4706,7 @@ TEOV_RunEnterTraces(
 {
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
     Command *cmdPtr = *cmdPtrPtr;
-    int newEpoch, cmdEpoch = cmdPtr->cmdEpoch;
+    size_t newEpoch, cmdEpoch = cmdPtr->cmdEpoch;
     int length, traceCode = TCL_OK;
     const char *command = TclGetStringFromObj(commandPtr, &length);
 
@@ -6056,7 +6056,7 @@ TclNREvalObjEx(
         TclNRAddCallback(interp, TEOEx_ListCallback, listPtr, eoFramePtr,
 		objPtr, NULL);
 
-	ListObjGetElements(listPtr, objc, objv);
+	TclListObjGetElements(NULL, listPtr, &objc, &objv);
 	return TclNREvalObjv(interp, objc, objv, flags, NULL);
     }
 
@@ -6703,11 +6703,10 @@ Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo(
 				 * pertains. */
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr)		/* Message to record. */
 {
-    int length;
-    const char *message = TclGetStringFromObj(objPtr, &length);
+    const char *message = TclGetString(objPtr);
 
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(objPtr);
-    Tcl_AddObjErrorInfo(interp, message, length);
+    Tcl_AddObjErrorInfo(interp, message, objPtr->length);
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(objPtr);
 }
 
diff --git a/generic/tclCmdAH.c b/generic/tclCmdAH.c
index 4c299f8..9c6f6a1 100644
--- a/generic/tclCmdAH.c
+++ b/generic/tclCmdAH.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Tcl_BreakObjCmd(
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
-
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 	/* ARGSUSED */
 int
 Tcl_CaseObjCmd(
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ Tcl_CaseObjCmd(
 
     return TCL_OK;
 }
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/generic/tclCmdMZ.c b/generic/tclCmdMZ.c
index b0212c3..14ff5f0 100644
--- a/generic/tclCmdMZ.c
+++ b/generic/tclCmdMZ.c
@@ -990,8 +990,11 @@ TclNRSourceObjCmd(
 {
     const char *encodingName = NULL;
     Tcl_Obj *fileName;
+    int result;
+    void **pkgFiles = NULL;
+    void *names = NULL;
 
-    if (objc != 2 && objc !=4) {
+    if (objc < 2 || objc > 4) {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "?-encoding name? fileName");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
@@ -1009,9 +1012,30 @@ TclNRSourceObjCmd(
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
 	encodingName = TclGetString(objv[2]);
-    }
+    } else if (objc == 3) {
+	/* Handle undocumented -nopkg option. This should only be
+	 * used by the internal ::tcl::Pkg::source utility function. */
+	static const char *const nopkgoptions[] = {
+	    "-nopkg", NULL
+	};
+	int index;
 
-    return TclNREvalFile(interp, fileName, encodingName);
+	if (TCL_ERROR == Tcl_GetIndexFromObj(interp, objv[1], nopkgoptions,
+		"option", TCL_EXACT, &index)) {
+	    return TCL_ERROR;
+	}
+	pkgFiles = Tcl_GetAssocData(interp, "tclPkgFiles", NULL);
+	/* Make sure that during the following TclNREvalFile no filenames
+	 * are recorded for inclusion in the "package files" command */
+	names = *pkgFiles;
+	*pkgFiles = NULL;
+    }
+    result = TclNREvalFile(interp, fileName, encodingName);
+    if (pkgFiles) {
+	/* restore "tclPkgFiles" assocdata to how it was. */
+	*pkgFiles = names;
+    }
+    return result;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/generic/tclCompile.h b/generic/tclCompile.h
index 5ef154e..5bc3e81 100644
--- a/generic/tclCompile.h
+++ b/generic/tclCompile.h
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ typedef struct ByteCode {
 				 * compiled. If the code is executed if a
 				 * different namespace, it must be
 				 * recompiled. */
-    int nsEpoch;		/* Value of nsPtr->resolverEpoch when this
+    size_t nsEpoch;		/* Value of nsPtr->resolverEpoch when this
 				 * ByteCode was compiled. Used to invalidate
 				 * code when new namespace resolution rules
 				 * are put into effect. */
diff --git a/generic/tclDecls.h b/generic/tclDecls.h
index 49ac440..0dbf345 100644
--- a/generic/tclDecls.h
+++ b/generic/tclDecls.h
@@ -3797,7 +3797,6 @@ extern const TclStubs *tclStubsPtr;
 #   undef Tcl_SetVar
 #   undef Tcl_ObjSetVar2
 #   undef Tcl_StaticPackage
-#   undef TclFSGetNativePath
 #   define Tcl_CreateInterp() (tclStubsPtr->tcl_CreateInterp())
 #   define Tcl_GetStringResult(interp) (tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetStringResult(interp))
 #   define Tcl_Init(interp) (tclStubsPtr->tcl_Init(interp))
@@ -3864,6 +3863,28 @@ extern const TclStubs *tclStubsPtr;
 #undef Tcl_UpVar
 #define Tcl_UpVar(interp, frameName, varName, localName, flags) \
 	Tcl_UpVar2(interp, frameName, varName, NULL, localName, flags)
+#undef Tcl_AddErrorInfo
+#define Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, message) \
+	Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(message, -1))
+#undef Tcl_AddObjErrorInfo
+#define Tcl_AddObjErrorInfo(interp, message, length) \
+	Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(message, length))
+#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+#undef Tcl_SetResult
+#define Tcl_SetResult(interp, result, freeProc) \
+	do { \
+	    char *__result = result; \
+	    Tcl_FreeProc *__freeProc = freeProc; \
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(__result, -1)); \
+	    if (__result != NULL && __freeProc != NULL && __freeProc != TCL_VOLATILE) { \
+		if (__freeProc == TCL_DYNAMIC) { \
+		    ckfree(__result); \
+		} else { \
+		    (*__freeProc)(__result); \
+		} \
+	    } \
+	} while(0)
+#endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 #if defined(USE_TCL_STUBS) && !defined(USE_TCL_STUB_PROCS)
 #   if defined(__CYGWIN__) && defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
diff --git a/generic/tclDictObj.c b/generic/tclDictObj.c
index 1115999..970978f 100644
--- a/generic/tclDictObj.c
+++ b/generic/tclDictObj.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ UpdateStringOfDict(
 
     /* Handle empty list case first, simplifies what follows */
     if (numElems == 0) {
-	dictPtr->bytes = tclEmptyStringRep;
+	dictPtr->bytes = &tclEmptyString;
 	dictPtr->length = 0;
 	return;
     }
diff --git a/generic/tclEnsemble.c b/generic/tclEnsemble.c
index 6ada155..f3e8187 100644
--- a/generic/tclEnsemble.c
+++ b/generic/tclEnsemble.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static const Tcl_ObjType ensembleCmdType = {
  */
 
 typedef struct {
-    int epoch;                  /* Used to confirm when the data in this
+    size_t epoch;               /* Used to confirm when the data in this
                                  * really structure matches up with the
                                  * ensemble. */
     Command *token;             /* Reference to the command for which this
diff --git a/generic/tclEvent.c b/generic/tclEvent.c
index 0eabc13..436db7a 100644
--- a/generic/tclEvent.c
+++ b/generic/tclEvent.c
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ TclInitSubsystems(void)
 	    TclInitAlloc();		/* Process wide mutex init */
 #endif
 #if defined(TCL_THREADS) && defined(USE_THREAD_ALLOC)
-	    TclpInitAllocCache();
+	    TclInitThreadAlloc();	/* Setup thread allocator caches */
 #endif
 #ifdef TCL_MEM_DEBUG
 	    TclInitDbCkalloc();		/* Process wide mutex init */
diff --git a/generic/tclExecute.c b/generic/tclExecute.c
index 9103da0..c244b08 100644
--- a/generic/tclExecute.c
+++ b/generic/tclExecute.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ VarHashCreateVar(
 		    (&((objPtr)->internalRep.doubleValue)), TCL_OK) :	\
     ((((objPtr)->typePtr == NULL) && ((objPtr)->bytes == NULL)) ||	\
     (((objPtr)->bytes != NULL) && ((objPtr)->length == 0)))		\
-	? (*(tPtr) = TCL_NUMBER_LONG),TCL_ERROR :			\
+	? TCL_ERROR :			\
     TclGetNumberFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (ptrPtr), (tPtr)))
 #else /* !TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
 #define GetNumberFromObj(interp, objPtr, ptrPtr, tPtr) \
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ VarHashCreateVar(
 		    (&((objPtr)->internalRep.doubleValue)), TCL_OK) :	\
     ((((objPtr)->typePtr == NULL) && ((objPtr)->bytes == NULL)) ||	\
     (((objPtr)->bytes != NULL) && ((objPtr)->length == 0)))		\
-	? (*(tPtr) = TCL_NUMBER_LONG),TCL_ERROR :			\
+	? TCL_ERROR :			\
     TclGetNumberFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (ptrPtr), (tPtr)))
 #endif /* TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
 
@@ -5950,16 +5950,17 @@ TEBCresume(
 	value2Ptr = OBJ_AT_TOS;
 	valuePtr = OBJ_UNDER_TOS;
 
-	if (GetNumberFromObj(NULL, valuePtr, &ptr1, &type1) != TCL_OK) {
+	if (GetNumberFromObj(NULL, valuePtr, &ptr1, &type1) != TCL_OK
+		|| GetNumberFromObj(NULL, value2Ptr, &ptr2, &type2) != TCL_OK) {
 	    /*
 	     * At least one non-numeric argument - compare as strings.
 	     */
 
 	    goto stringCompare;
 	}
-	if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_NAN) {
+	if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_NAN || type2 == TCL_NUMBER_NAN) {
 	    /*
-	     * NaN first arg: NaN != to everything, other compares are false.
+	     * NaN arg: NaN != to everything, other compares are false.
 	     */
 
 	    iResult = (*pc == INST_NEQ);
@@ -5969,21 +5970,6 @@ TEBCresume(
 	    compare = MP_EQ;
 	    goto convertComparison;
 	}
-	if (GetNumberFromObj(NULL, value2Ptr, &ptr2, &type2) != TCL_OK) {
-	    /*
-	     * At least one non-numeric argument - compare as strings.
-	     */
-
-	    goto stringCompare;
-	}
-	if (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_NAN) {
-	    /*
-	     * NaN 2nd arg: NaN != to everything, other compares are false.
-	     */
-
-	    iResult = (*pc == INST_NEQ);
-	    goto foundResult;
-	}
 	if ((type1 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) && (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG)) {
 	    l1 = *((const long *)ptr1);
 	    l2 = *((const long *)ptr2);
diff --git a/generic/tclHistory.c b/generic/tclHistory.c
index b08e352..47806d4 100644
--- a/generic/tclHistory.c
+++ b/generic/tclHistory.c
@@ -62,15 +62,14 @@ Tcl_RecordAndEval(
 				 * instead of Tcl_Eval. */
 {
     register Tcl_Obj *cmdPtr;
-    int length = strlen(cmd);
     int result;
 
-    if (length > 0) {
+    if (cmd[0]) {
 	/*
 	 * Call Tcl_RecordAndEvalObj to do the actual work.
 	 */
 
-	cmdPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(cmd, length);
+	cmdPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(cmd, -1);
 	Tcl_IncrRefCount(cmdPtr);
 	result = Tcl_RecordAndEvalObj(interp, cmdPtr, flags);
 
diff --git a/generic/tclIO.c b/generic/tclIO.c
index 5c39e19..6bf8451 100644
--- a/generic/tclIO.c
+++ b/generic/tclIO.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static int              WillRead(Channel *chanPtr);
 typedef struct ResolvedChanName {
     ChannelState *statePtr;	/* The saved lookup result */
     Tcl_Interp *interp;		/* The interp in which the lookup was done. */
-    int epoch;			/* The epoch of the channel when the lookup
+    size_t epoch;			/* The epoch of the channel when the lookup
 				 * was done. Use to verify validity. */
     size_t refCount;		/* Share this struct among many Tcl_Obj. */
 } ResolvedChanName;
@@ -7127,47 +7127,6 @@ Tcl_Tell(
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * Tcl_SeekOld, Tcl_TellOld --
- *
- *	Backward-compatibility versions of the seek/tell interface that do not
- *	support 64-bit offsets. This interface is not documented or expected
- *	to be supported indefinitely.
- *
- * Results:
- *	As for Tcl_Seek and Tcl_Tell respectively, except truncated to
- *	whatever value will fit in an 'int'.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	As for Tcl_Seek and Tcl_Tell respectively.
- *
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-int
-Tcl_SeekOld(
-    Tcl_Channel chan,		/* The channel on which to seek. */
-    int offset,			/* Offset to seek to. */
-    int mode)			/* Relative to which location to seek? */
-{
-    Tcl_WideInt wOffset, wResult;
-
-    wOffset = Tcl_LongAsWide((long) offset);
-    wResult = Tcl_Seek(chan, wOffset, mode);
-    return (int) Tcl_WideAsLong(wResult);
-}
-
-int
-Tcl_TellOld(
-    Tcl_Channel chan)		/* The channel to return pos for. */
-{
-    Tcl_WideInt wResult = Tcl_Tell(chan);
-
-    return (int) Tcl_WideAsLong(wResult);
-}
-
-/*
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
  * Tcl_TruncateChannel --
  *
  *	Truncate a channel to the given length.
diff --git a/generic/tclIO.h b/generic/tclIO.h
index ffbfa31..07c54fa 100644
--- a/generic/tclIO.h
+++ b/generic/tclIO.h
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ typedef struct ChannelState {
 				 * because it happened in the background. The
 				 * value is the chanMg, if any. #219's
 				 * companion to 'unreportedError'. */
-    int epoch;			/* Used to test validity of stored channelname
+    size_t epoch;		/* Used to test validity of stored channelname
 				 * lookup results. */
 } ChannelState;
 
diff --git a/generic/tclInt.h b/generic/tclInt.h
index 3c21de0..46b0a0f 100644
--- a/generic/tclInt.h
+++ b/generic/tclInt.h
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ typedef struct Namespace {
 				 * strings; values have type (Namespace *). If
 				 * NULL, there are no children. */
 #endif
-    long nsId;			/* Unique id for the namespace. */
+    size_t nsId;		/* Unique id for the namespace. */
     Tcl_Interp *interp;		/* The interpreter containing this
 				 * namespace. */
     int flags;			/* OR-ed combination of the namespace status
@@ -299,12 +299,12 @@ typedef struct Namespace {
 				 * registered using "namespace export". */
     int maxExportPatterns;	/* Mumber of export patterns for which space
 				 * is currently allocated. */
-    int cmdRefEpoch;		/* Incremented if a newly added command
+    size_t cmdRefEpoch;		/* Incremented if a newly added command
 				 * shadows a command for which this namespace
 				 * has already cached a Command* pointer; this
 				 * causes all its cached Command* pointers to
 				 * be invalidated. */
-    int resolverEpoch;		/* Incremented whenever (a) the name
+    size_t resolverEpoch;	/* Incremented whenever (a) the name
 				 * resolution rules change for this namespace
 				 * or (b) a newly added command shadows a
 				 * command that is compiled to bytecodes. This
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ typedef struct Namespace {
 				 * LookupCompiledLocal to resolve variable
 				 * references within the namespace at compile
 				 * time. */
-    int exportLookupEpoch;	/* Incremented whenever a command is added to
+    size_t exportLookupEpoch;	/* Incremented whenever a command is added to
 				 * a namespace, removed from a namespace or
 				 * the exports of a namespace are changed.
 				 * Allows TIP#112-driven command lists to be
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ typedef struct EnsembleConfig {
 				 * if the command has been deleted (or never
 				 * existed; the global namespace never has an
 				 * ensemble command.) */
-    int epoch;			/* The epoch at which this ensemble's table of
+    size_t epoch;		/* The epoch at which this ensemble's table of
 				 * exported commands is valid. */
     char **subcommandArrayPtr;	/* Array of ensemble subcommand names. At all
 				 * consistent points, this will have the same
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ typedef struct Command {
 				 * representing a command's name in a ByteCode
 				 * instruction sequence. This structure can be
 				 * freed when refCount becomes zero. */
-    int cmdEpoch;		/* Incremented to invalidate any references
+    size_t cmdEpoch;		/* Incremented to invalidate any references
 				 * that point to this command when it is
 				 * renamed, deleted, hidden, or exposed. */
     CompileProc *compileProc;	/* Procedure called to compile command. NULL
@@ -2745,7 +2745,6 @@ MODULE_SCOPE long	tclObjsShared[TCL_MAX_SHARED_OBJ_STATS];
  * shared by all new objects allocated by Tcl_NewObj.
  */
 
-MODULE_SCOPE char *	tclEmptyStringRep;
 MODULE_SCOPE char	tclEmptyString;
 
 /*
@@ -2945,6 +2944,7 @@ MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeNotifier(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeObjects(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizePreserve(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeSynchronization(void);
+MODULE_SCOPE void	TclInitThreadAlloc(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeThreadAlloc(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeThreadAllocThread(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeThreadData(int quick);
@@ -3230,9 +3230,11 @@ MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Command TclInitBinaryCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	Tcl_BreakObjCmd(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 MODULE_SCOPE int	Tcl_CaseObjCmd(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
+#endif
 MODULE_SCOPE int	Tcl_CatchObjCmd(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
@@ -4078,7 +4080,7 @@ typedef const char *TclDTraceStr;
     TclIncrObjsAllocated(); \
     TclAllocObjStorage(objPtr); \
     (objPtr)->refCount = 0; \
-    (objPtr)->bytes    = tclEmptyStringRep; \
+    (objPtr)->bytes    = &tclEmptyString; \
     (objPtr)->length   = 0; \
     (objPtr)->typePtr  = NULL; \
     TCL_DTRACE_OBJ_CREATE(objPtr)
@@ -4095,7 +4097,7 @@ typedef const char *TclDTraceStr;
 	if (!(objPtr)->typePtr || !(objPtr)->typePtr->freeIntRepProc) { \
 	    TCL_DTRACE_OBJ_FREE(objPtr); \
 	    if ((objPtr)->bytes \
-		    && ((objPtr)->bytes != tclEmptyStringRep)) { \
+		    && ((objPtr)->bytes != &tclEmptyString)) { \
 		ckfree((objPtr)->bytes); \
 	    } \
 	    (objPtr)->length = -1; \
@@ -4256,7 +4258,7 @@ MODULE_SCOPE void	TclDbInitNewObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, const char *file,
 
 #define TclInitStringRep(objPtr, bytePtr, len) \
     if ((len) == 0) { \
-	(objPtr)->bytes	 = tclEmptyStringRep; \
+	(objPtr)->bytes	 = &tclEmptyString; \
 	(objPtr)->length = 0; \
     } else { \
 	(objPtr)->bytes = (char *) ckalloc((unsigned) ((len) + 1)); \
@@ -4314,7 +4316,7 @@ MODULE_SCOPE void	TclDbInitNewObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, const char *file,
 
 #define TclInvalidateStringRep(objPtr) \
     if ((objPtr)->bytes != NULL) { \
-	if ((objPtr)->bytes != tclEmptyStringRep) { \
+	if ((objPtr)->bytes != &tclEmptyString) { \
 	    ckfree((objPtr)->bytes); \
 	} \
 	(objPtr)->bytes = NULL; \
diff --git a/generic/tclLink.c b/generic/tclLink.c
index d6d709f..a39dfcd 100644
--- a/generic/tclLink.c
+++ b/generic/tclLink.c
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ typedef struct Link {
 	unsigned int ui;
 	short s;
 	unsigned short us;
+#if !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG) && !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 	long l;
 	unsigned long ul;
+#endif
 	Tcl_WideInt w;
 	Tcl_WideUInt uw;
 	float f;
@@ -67,10 +69,9 @@ typedef struct Link {
 static char *		LinkTraceProc(ClientData clientData,Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    const char *name1, const char *name2, int flags);
 static Tcl_Obj *	ObjValue(Link *linkPtr);
-static int		GetInvalidIntFromObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
-				int *intPtr);
-static int		GetInvalidDoubleFromObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
-				double *doublePtr);
+static int		GetInvalidIntFromObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int *intPtr);
+static int		GetInvalidWideFromObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, Tcl_WideInt *widePtr);
+static int		GetInvalidDoubleFromObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, double *doublePtr);
 
 /*
  * Convenience macro for accessing the value of the C variable pointed to by a
@@ -130,6 +131,14 @@ Tcl_LinkVar(
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(linkPtr->varName);
     linkPtr->addr = addr;
     linkPtr->type = type & ~TCL_LINK_READ_ONLY;
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && (defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG) \
+	|| defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__))
+    if (linkPtr->type == 11 /* legacy TCL_LINK_LONG */) {
+	linkPtr->type = TCL_LINK_LONG;
+    } else if (linkPtr->type == 12 /* legacy TCL_LINK_ULONG */) {
+	linkPtr->type = TCL_LINK_ULONG;
+    }
+#endif
     if (type & TCL_LINK_READ_ONLY) {
 	linkPtr->flags = LINK_READ_ONLY;
     } else {
@@ -263,7 +272,8 @@ LinkTraceProc(
     int flags)			/* Miscellaneous additional information. */
 {
     Link *linkPtr = clientData;
-    int changed, valueLength;
+    int changed;
+    size_t valueLength;
     const char *value;
     char **pp;
     Tcl_Obj *valueObj;
@@ -335,12 +345,14 @@ LinkTraceProc(
 	case TCL_LINK_UINT:
 	    changed = (LinkedVar(unsigned int) != linkPtr->lastValue.ui);
 	    break;
+#if !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG) && !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 	case TCL_LINK_LONG:
 	    changed = (LinkedVar(long) != linkPtr->lastValue.l);
 	    break;
 	case TCL_LINK_ULONG:
 	    changed = (LinkedVar(unsigned long) != linkPtr->lastValue.ul);
 	    break;
+#endif
 	case TCL_LINK_FLOAT:
 	    changed = (LinkedVar(float) != linkPtr->lastValue.f);
 	    break;
@@ -382,40 +394,31 @@ LinkTraceProc(
 
     switch (linkPtr->type) {
     case TCL_LINK_INT:
-	if (Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &linkPtr->lastValue.i)
-		!= TCL_OK) {
-	    if (GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &linkPtr->lastValue.i)
-		    != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
+	if (Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &linkPtr->lastValue.i) != TCL_OK
+		&& GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &linkPtr->lastValue.i) != TCL_OK) {
+	    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
 		    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-		return (char *) "variable must have integer value";
-	    }
+	    return (char *) "variable must have integer value";
 	}
 	LinkedVar(int) = linkPtr->lastValue.i;
 	break;
 
     case TCL_LINK_WIDE_INT:
-	if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &linkPtr->lastValue.w)
-		!= TCL_OK) {
-	    if (GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &valueInt)
-		    != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
+	if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &linkPtr->lastValue.w) != TCL_OK
+		&& GetInvalidWideFromObj(valueObj, &linkPtr->lastValue.w) != TCL_OK) {
+	    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
 		    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-		return (char *) "variable must have integer value";
-	    }
-	    linkPtr->lastValue.w = (Tcl_WideInt) valueInt;
+	    return (char *) "variable must have integer value";
 	}
 	LinkedVar(Tcl_WideInt) = linkPtr->lastValue.w;
 	break;
 
     case TCL_LINK_DOUBLE:
-	if (Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &linkPtr->lastValue.d)
-		!= TCL_OK) {
+	if (Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &linkPtr->lastValue.d) != TCL_OK) {
 #ifdef ACCEPT_NAN
 	    if (valueObj->typePtr != &tclDoubleType) {
 #endif
-		if (GetInvalidDoubleFromObj(valueObj, &linkPtr->lastValue.d)
-			!= TCL_OK) {
+		if (GetInvalidDoubleFromObj(valueObj, &linkPtr->lastValue.d) != TCL_OK) {
 		    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
 			TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
 		    return (char *) "variable must have real value";
@@ -429,8 +432,7 @@ LinkTraceProc(
 	break;
 
     case TCL_LINK_BOOLEAN:
-	if (Tcl_GetBooleanFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &linkPtr->lastValue.i)
-		!= TCL_OK) {
+	if (Tcl_GetBooleanFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &linkPtr->lastValue.i) != TCL_OK) {
 	    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
 		    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
 	    return (char *) "variable must have boolean value";
@@ -439,148 +441,115 @@ LinkTraceProc(
 	break;
 
     case TCL_LINK_CHAR:
-	if (Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueInt) != TCL_OK
+	if ((Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueInt) != TCL_OK
+		&& GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &valueInt) != TCL_OK)
 		|| valueInt < SCHAR_MIN || valueInt > SCHAR_MAX) {
-	    if (GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &valueInt)
-		    != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
-			TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-		return (char *) "variable must have char value";
-	    }
+	    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
+		    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+	    return (char *) "variable must have char value";
 	}
-	linkPtr->lastValue.c = (char)valueInt;
-	LinkedVar(char) = linkPtr->lastValue.c;
+	LinkedVar(char) = linkPtr->lastValue.c = (char)valueInt;
 	break;
 
     case TCL_LINK_UCHAR:
-	if (Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueInt) != TCL_OK
+	if ((Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueInt) != TCL_OK
+		&& GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &valueInt) != TCL_OK)
 		|| valueInt < 0 || valueInt > UCHAR_MAX) {
-	    if (GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &valueInt)
-		    != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
-			TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-		return (char *) "variable must have unsigned char value";
-	    }
+	    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
+		    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+	    return (char *) "variable must have unsigned char value";
 	}
-	linkPtr->lastValue.uc = (unsigned char) valueInt;
-	LinkedVar(unsigned char) = linkPtr->lastValue.uc;
+	LinkedVar(unsigned char) = linkPtr->lastValue.uc = (unsigned char) valueInt;
 	break;
 
     case TCL_LINK_SHORT:
-	if (Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueInt) != TCL_OK
+	if ((Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueInt) != TCL_OK
+		&& GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &valueInt) != TCL_OK)
 		|| valueInt < SHRT_MIN || valueInt > SHRT_MAX) {
-	    if (GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &valueInt)
-		    != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
-			TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-		return (char *) "variable must have short value";
-	    }
+	    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
+		    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+	    return (char *) "variable must have short value";
 	}
-	linkPtr->lastValue.s = (short)valueInt;
-	LinkedVar(short) = linkPtr->lastValue.s;
+	LinkedVar(short) = linkPtr->lastValue.s = (short)valueInt;
 	break;
 
     case TCL_LINK_USHORT:
-	if (Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueInt) != TCL_OK
+	if ((Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueInt) != TCL_OK
+		&& GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &valueInt) != TCL_OK)
 		|| valueInt < 0 || valueInt > USHRT_MAX) {
-	    if (GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &valueInt)
-		    != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
-			TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-		return (char *) "variable must have unsigned short value";
-	    }
+	    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
+		    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+	    return (char *) "variable must have unsigned short value";
 	}
-	linkPtr->lastValue.us = (unsigned short)valueInt;
-	LinkedVar(unsigned short) = linkPtr->lastValue.us;
+	LinkedVar(unsigned short) = linkPtr->lastValue.us = (unsigned short)valueInt;
 	break;
 
     case TCL_LINK_UINT:
-	if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueWide) != TCL_OK
+	if ((Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueWide) != TCL_OK
+		&& GetInvalidWideFromObj(valueObj, &valueWide) != TCL_OK)
 		|| valueWide < 0 || valueWide > UINT_MAX) {
-	    if (GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &valueInt)
-		    != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
-			TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-		return (char *) "variable must have unsigned int value";
-	    }
-	    linkPtr->lastValue.ui = (unsigned int)valueInt;
-	} else {
-	    linkPtr->lastValue.ui = (unsigned int)valueWide;
+	    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
+		    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+	    return (char *) "variable must have unsigned int value";
 	}
-	LinkedVar(unsigned int) = linkPtr->lastValue.ui;
+	LinkedVar(unsigned int) = linkPtr->lastValue.ui = (unsigned int)valueWide;
 	break;
 
+#if !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG) && !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
     case TCL_LINK_LONG:
-	if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueWide) != TCL_OK
+	if ((Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueWide) != TCL_OK
+		&& GetInvalidWideFromObj(valueObj, &valueWide) != TCL_OK)
 		|| valueWide < LONG_MIN || valueWide > LONG_MAX) {
-	    if (GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &valueInt)
-		    != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
-			TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-		return (char *) "variable must have long value";
-	    }
-	    linkPtr->lastValue.l = (long)valueInt;
-	} else {
-	    linkPtr->lastValue.l = (long)valueWide;
+	    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
+		    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+	    return (char *) "variable must have long value";
 	}
-	LinkedVar(long) = linkPtr->lastValue.l;
+	LinkedVar(long) = linkPtr->lastValue.l = (long)valueWide;
 	break;
 
     case TCL_LINK_ULONG:
-	if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueWide) != TCL_OK
+	if ((Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueWide) != TCL_OK
+		&& GetInvalidWideFromObj(valueObj, &valueWide) != TCL_OK)
 		|| valueWide < 0 || (Tcl_WideUInt) valueWide > ULONG_MAX) {
-	    if (GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &valueInt)
-		    != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
-			TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-		return (char *) "variable must have unsigned long value";
-	    }
-	    linkPtr->lastValue.ul = (unsigned long)valueInt;
-	} else {
-	    linkPtr->lastValue.ul = (unsigned long)valueWide;
+	    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
+		    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+	    return (char *) "variable must have unsigned long value";
 	}
-	LinkedVar(unsigned long) = linkPtr->lastValue.ul;
+	LinkedVar(unsigned long) = linkPtr->lastValue.ul = (unsigned long)valueWide;
 	break;
+#endif
 
     case TCL_LINK_WIDE_UINT:
 	/*
 	 * FIXME: represent as a bignum.
 	 */
-	if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueWide) != TCL_OK) {
-	    if (GetInvalidIntFromObj(valueObj, &valueInt)
-		    != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
-			TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-		return (char *) "variable must have unsigned wide int value";
-	    }
-	    linkPtr->lastValue.uw = (Tcl_WideUInt)valueInt;
-	} else {
-	    linkPtr->lastValue.uw = (Tcl_WideUInt)valueWide;
+	if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueWide) != TCL_OK
+		&& GetInvalidWideFromObj(valueObj, &valueWide) != TCL_OK) {
+	    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
+		    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+	    return (char *) "variable must have unsigned wide int value";
 	}
-	LinkedVar(Tcl_WideUInt) = linkPtr->lastValue.uw;
+	LinkedVar(Tcl_WideUInt) = linkPtr->lastValue.uw = (Tcl_WideUInt)valueWide;
 	break;
 
     case TCL_LINK_FLOAT:
-	if (Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueDouble) != TCL_OK
+	if ((Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj(NULL, valueObj, &valueDouble) != TCL_OK
+		&& GetInvalidDoubleFromObj(valueObj, &valueDouble) != TCL_OK)
 		|| valueDouble < -FLT_MAX || valueDouble > FLT_MAX) {
-	    if (GetInvalidDoubleFromObj(valueObj, &valueDouble)
-		    != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
-			TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-		return (char *) "variable must have float value";
-	    }
+	    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, linkPtr->varName, NULL, ObjValue(linkPtr),
+		    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+	    return (char *) "variable must have float value";
 	}
-	linkPtr->lastValue.f = (float)valueDouble;
-	LinkedVar(float) = linkPtr->lastValue.f;
+	LinkedVar(float) = linkPtr->lastValue.f = (float)valueDouble;
 	break;
 
     case TCL_LINK_STRING:
-	value = TclGetStringFromObj(valueObj, &valueLength);
-	valueLength++;
+	value = TclGetString(valueObj);
+	valueLength = valueObj->length + 1;
 	pp = (char **) linkPtr->addr;
 
 	*pp = ckrealloc(*pp, valueLength);
-	memcpy(*pp, value, (unsigned) valueLength);
+	memcpy(*pp, value, valueLength);
 	break;
 
     default:
@@ -642,12 +611,14 @@ ObjValue(
     case TCL_LINK_UINT:
 	linkPtr->lastValue.ui = LinkedVar(unsigned int);
 	return Tcl_NewWideIntObj((Tcl_WideInt) linkPtr->lastValue.ui);
+#if !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG) && !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
     case TCL_LINK_LONG:
 	linkPtr->lastValue.l = LinkedVar(long);
 	return Tcl_NewWideIntObj((Tcl_WideInt) linkPtr->lastValue.l);
     case TCL_LINK_ULONG:
 	linkPtr->lastValue.ul = LinkedVar(unsigned long);
 	return Tcl_NewWideIntObj((Tcl_WideInt) linkPtr->lastValue.ul);
+#endif
     case TCL_LINK_FLOAT:
 	linkPtr->lastValue.f = LinkedVar(float);
 	return Tcl_NewDoubleObj(linkPtr->lastValue.f);
@@ -688,17 +659,16 @@ static Tcl_ObjType invalidRealType = {
 
 static int
 SetInvalidRealFromAny(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr) {
-    int length;
     const char *str;
     const char *endPtr;
 
-    str = TclGetStringFromObj(objPtr, &length);
-    if ((length == 1) && (str[0] == '.')){
+    str = TclGetString(objPtr);
+    if ((objPtr->length == 1) && (str[0] == '.')){
 	objPtr->typePtr = &invalidRealType;
 	objPtr->internalRep.doubleValue = 0.0;
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
-    if (TclParseNumber(NULL, objPtr, NULL, str, length, &endPtr,
+    if (TclParseNumber(NULL, objPtr, NULL, str, objPtr->length, &endPtr,
 	    TCL_PARSE_DECIMAL_ONLY) == TCL_OK) {
 	/* If number is followed by [eE][+-]?, then it is an invalid
 	 * double, but it could be the start of a valid double. */
@@ -708,7 +678,7 @@ SetInvalidRealFromAny(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr) {
 	    if (*endPtr == 0) {
 		double doubleValue = 0.0;
 		Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj(NULL, objPtr, &doubleValue);
-		if (objPtr->typePtr->freeIntRepProc) objPtr->typePtr->freeIntRepProc(objPtr);
+		TclFreeIntRep(objPtr);
 		objPtr->typePtr = &invalidRealType;
 		objPtr->internalRep.doubleValue = doubleValue;
 		return TCL_OK;
@@ -722,48 +692,61 @@ SetInvalidRealFromAny(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr) {
 /*
  * This function checks for integer representations, which are valid
  * when linking with C variables, but which are invalid in other
- * contexts in Tcl. Handled are "+", "-", "0x", "0b" and "0o" (upper-
- * and lowercase). See bug [39f6304c2e].
+ * contexts in Tcl. Handled are "+", "-", "", "0x", "0b" and "0o"
+ * (upperand lowercase). See bug [39f6304c2e].
  */
 int
-GetInvalidIntFromObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
-				int *intPtr)
+GetInvalidIntFromObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int *intPtr)
 {
-    int length;
-    const char *str = TclGetStringFromObj(objPtr, &length);
+    const char *str = TclGetString(objPtr);
 
-    if ((length == 1) && strchr("+-", str[0])) {
-	*intPtr = (str[0] == '+');
-	return TCL_OK;
-    } else if ((length == 2) && (str[0] == '0') && strchr("xXbBoO", str[1])) {
+    if ((objPtr->length == 0) ||
+	    ((objPtr->length == 2) && (str[0] == '0') && strchr("xXbBoO", str[1]))) {
 	*intPtr = 0;
 	return TCL_OK;
+    } else if ((objPtr->length == 1) && strchr("+-", str[0])) {
+	*intPtr = (str[0] == '+');
+	return TCL_OK;
     }
     return TCL_ERROR;
 }
 
+int
+GetInvalidWideFromObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, Tcl_WideInt *widePtr)
+{
+    int intValue;
+
+    if (GetInvalidIntFromObj(objPtr, &intValue) != TCL_OK) {
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+    *widePtr = intValue;
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
 /*
  * This function checks for double representations, which are valid
  * when linking with C variables, but which are invalid in other
- * contexts in Tcl. Handled are ".", "+", "-", "0x", "0b" and "0o"
+ * contexts in Tcl. Handled are "+", "-", "", ".", "0x", "0b" and "0o"
  * (upper- and lowercase) and sequences like "1e-". See bug [39f6304c2e].
  */
 int
-GetInvalidDoubleFromObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
-				double *doublePtr)
+GetInvalidDoubleFromObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, double *doublePtr)
 {
-    int intValue, result;
+    int intValue;
 
-    if ((objPtr->typePtr == &invalidRealType) ||
-	    (SetInvalidRealFromAny(NULL, objPtr) == TCL_OK)) {
-	*doublePtr = objPtr->internalRep.doubleValue;
-	return TCL_OK;
+    if (objPtr->typePtr == &invalidRealType) {
+	goto gotdouble;
     }
-    result = GetInvalidIntFromObj(objPtr, &intValue);
-    if (result == TCL_OK) {
+    if (GetInvalidIntFromObj(objPtr, &intValue) == TCL_OK) {
 	*doublePtr = (double) intValue;
+	return TCL_OK;
     }
-    return result;
+    if (SetInvalidRealFromAny(NULL, objPtr) == TCL_OK) {
+    gotdouble:
+	*doublePtr = objPtr->internalRep.doubleValue;
+	return TCL_OK;
+    }
+    return TCL_ERROR;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/generic/tclListObj.c b/generic/tclListObj.c
index c9fd333..11374cc 100644
--- a/generic/tclListObj.c
+++ b/generic/tclListObj.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ Tcl_SetListObj(
 	listRepPtr = NewListIntRep(objc, objv, 1);
 	ListSetIntRep(objPtr, listRepPtr);
     } else {
-	objPtr->bytes = tclEmptyStringRep;
+	objPtr->bytes = &tclEmptyString;
 	objPtr->length = 0;
     }
 }
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ Tcl_ListObjGetElements(
     if (listPtr->typePtr != &tclListType) {
 	int result;
 
-	if (listPtr->bytes == tclEmptyStringRep) {
+	if (listPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString) {
 	    *objcPtr = 0;
 	    *objvPtr = NULL;
 	    return TCL_OK;
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(
     if (listPtr->typePtr != &tclListType) {
 	int result;
 
-	if (listPtr->bytes == tclEmptyStringRep) {
+	if (listPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString) {
 	    Tcl_SetListObj(listPtr, 1, &objPtr);
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ Tcl_ListObjIndex(
     if (listPtr->typePtr != &tclListType) {
 	int result;
 
-	if (listPtr->bytes == tclEmptyStringRep) {
+	if (listPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString) {
 	    *objPtrPtr = NULL;
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ Tcl_ListObjLength(
     if (listPtr->typePtr != &tclListType) {
 	int result;
 
-	if (listPtr->bytes == tclEmptyStringRep) {
+	if (listPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString) {
 	    *intPtr = 0;
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ Tcl_ListObjReplace(
 	Tcl_Panic("%s called with shared object", "Tcl_ListObjReplace");
     }
     if (listPtr->typePtr != &tclListType) {
-	if (listPtr->bytes == tclEmptyStringRep) {
+	if (listPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString) {
 	    if (!objc) {
 		return TCL_OK;
 	    }
@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ TclListObjSetElement(
     if (listPtr->typePtr != &tclListType) {
 	int result;
 
-	if (listPtr->bytes == tclEmptyStringRep) {
+	if (listPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString) {
 	    if (interp != NULL) {
 		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp,
 			Tcl_NewStringObj("list index out of range", -1));
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ UpdateStringOfList(
      */
 
     if (numElems == 0) {
-	listPtr->bytes = tclEmptyStringRep;
+	listPtr->bytes = &tclEmptyString;
 	listPtr->length = 0;
 	return;
     }
diff --git a/generic/tclObj.c b/generic/tclObj.c
index df900ce..7ec259f 100644
--- a/generic/tclObj.c
+++ b/generic/tclObj.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ Tcl_Mutex tclObjMutex;
  */
 
 char tclEmptyString = '\0';
-char *tclEmptyStringRep = &tclEmptyString;
 
 #if defined(TCL_MEM_DEBUG) && defined(TCL_THREADS)
 /*
@@ -345,17 +344,17 @@ typedef struct ResolvedCmdName {
 				 * reference (not the namespace that contains
 				 * the referenced command). NULL if the name
 				 * is fully qualified.*/
-    long refNsId;		/* refNsPtr's unique namespace id. Used to
+    size_t refNsId;		/* refNsPtr's unique namespace id. Used to
 				 * verify that refNsPtr is still valid (e.g.,
 				 * it's possible that the cmd's containing
 				 * namespace was deleted and a new one created
 				 * at the same address). */
-    int refNsCmdEpoch;		/* Value of the referencing namespace's
+    size_t refNsCmdEpoch;	/* Value of the referencing namespace's
 				 * cmdRefEpoch when the pointer was cached.
 				 * Before using the cached pointer, we check
 				 * if the namespace's epoch was incremented;
 				 * if so, this cached pointer is invalid. */
-    int cmdEpoch;		/* Value of the command's cmdEpoch when this
+    size_t cmdEpoch;		/* Value of the command's cmdEpoch when this
 				 * pointer was cached. Before using the cached
 				 * pointer, we check if the cmd's epoch was
 				 * incremented; if so, the cmd was renamed,
@@ -1060,7 +1059,7 @@ TclDbInitNewObj(
 				 * debugging. */
 {
     objPtr->refCount = 0;
-    objPtr->bytes = tclEmptyStringRep;
+    objPtr->bytes = &tclEmptyString;
     objPtr->length = 0;
     objPtr->typePtr = NULL;
 
@@ -2004,9 +2003,10 @@ static int
 ParseBoolean(
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr)	/* The object to parse/convert. */
 {
-    int i, length, newBool;
+    int newBool;
     char lowerCase[6];
-    const char *str = TclGetStringFromObj(objPtr, &length);
+    const char *str = TclGetString(objPtr);
+    size_t i, length = objPtr->length;
 
     if ((length == 0) || (length > 5)) {
 	/*
@@ -2058,25 +2058,25 @@ ParseBoolean(
 	/*
 	 * Checking the 'y' is redundant, but makes the code clearer.
 	 */
-	if (strncmp(lowerCase, "yes", (size_t) length) == 0) {
+	if (strncmp(lowerCase, "yes", length) == 0) {
 	    newBool = 1;
 	    goto goodBoolean;
 	}
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     case 'n':
-	if (strncmp(lowerCase, "no", (size_t) length) == 0) {
+	if (strncmp(lowerCase, "no", length) == 0) {
 	    newBool = 0;
 	    goto goodBoolean;
 	}
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     case 't':
-	if (strncmp(lowerCase, "true", (size_t) length) == 0) {
+	if (strncmp(lowerCase, "true", length) == 0) {
 	    newBool = 1;
 	    goto goodBoolean;
 	}
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     case 'f':
-	if (strncmp(lowerCase, "false", (size_t) length) == 0) {
+	if (strncmp(lowerCase, "false", length) == 0) {
 	    newBool = 0;
 	    goto goodBoolean;
 	}
@@ -2085,10 +2085,10 @@ ParseBoolean(
 	if (length < 2) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
-	if (strncmp(lowerCase, "on", (size_t) length) == 0) {
+	if (strncmp(lowerCase, "on", length) == 0) {
 	    newBool = 1;
 	    goto goodBoolean;
-	} else if (strncmp(lowerCase, "off", (size_t) length) == 0) {
+	} else if (strncmp(lowerCase, "off", length) == 0) {
 	    newBool = 0;
 	    goto goodBoolean;
 	}
@@ -2784,7 +2784,7 @@ Tcl_GetLongFromObj(
 	    if (interp != NULL) {
                 Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
                         "expected integer but got \"%s\"",
-                        Tcl_GetString(objPtr)));
+                        TclGetString(objPtr)));
 		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "INTEGER", NULL);
 	    }
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -3085,7 +3085,7 @@ Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(
 	    if (interp != NULL) {
                 Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
                         "expected integer but got \"%s\"",
-                        Tcl_GetString(objPtr)));
+                        TclGetString(objPtr)));
 		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "INTEGER", NULL);
 	    }
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -3394,7 +3394,7 @@ GetBignumFromObj(
 		objPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr2 = NULL;
 		objPtr->typePtr = NULL;
 		if (objPtr->bytes == NULL) {
-		    TclInitStringRep(objPtr, tclEmptyStringRep, 0);
+		    TclInitStringRep(objPtr, &tclEmptyString, 0);
 		}
 	    }
 	    return TCL_OK;
@@ -3414,7 +3414,7 @@ GetBignumFromObj(
 	    if (interp != NULL) {
                 Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
                         "expected integer but got \"%s\"",
-                        Tcl_GetString(objPtr)));
+                        TclGetString(objPtr)));
 		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "INTEGER", NULL);
 	    }
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -3964,7 +3964,7 @@ TclCompareObjKeys(
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr1 = keyPtr;
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr2 = (Tcl_Obj *) hPtr->key.oneWordValue;
     register const char *p1, *p2;
-    register int l1, l2;
+    register size_t l1, l2;
 
     /*
      * If the object pointers are the same then they match.
diff --git a/generic/tclParse.c b/generic/tclParse.c
index 3a04df4..9b801a3 100644
--- a/generic/tclParse.c
+++ b/generic/tclParse.c
@@ -1169,6 +1169,8 @@ ParseTokens(
 	    numBytes--;
 	    nestedPtr = TclStackAlloc(parsePtr->interp, sizeof(Tcl_Parse));
 	    while (1) {
+		const char *curEnd;
+		
 		if (Tcl_ParseCommand(parsePtr->interp, src, numBytes, 1,
 			nestedPtr) != TCL_OK) {
 		    parsePtr->errorType = nestedPtr->errorType;
@@ -1177,8 +1179,9 @@ ParseTokens(
 		    TclStackFree(parsePtr->interp, nestedPtr);
 		    return TCL_ERROR;
 		}
+		curEnd = src + numBytes;
 		src = nestedPtr->commandStart + nestedPtr->commandSize;
-		numBytes = parsePtr->end - src;
+		numBytes = curEnd - src;
 		Tcl_FreeParse(nestedPtr);
 
 		/*
diff --git a/generic/tclPathObj.c b/generic/tclPathObj.c
index 68ec2c4..0053041 100644
--- a/generic/tclPathObj.c
+++ b/generic/tclPathObj.c
@@ -2608,7 +2608,7 @@ UpdateStringOfFsPath(
 
     pathPtr->bytes = TclGetStringFromObj(copy, &cwdLen);
     pathPtr->length = cwdLen;
-    copy->bytes = tclEmptyStringRep;
+    copy->bytes = &tclEmptyString;
     copy->length = 0;
     TclDecrRefCount(copy);
 }
diff --git a/generic/tclPkg.c b/generic/tclPkg.c
index 42dd08d..9ad3cb7 100644
--- a/generic/tclPkg.c
+++ b/generic/tclPkg.c
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 
 #include "tclInt.h"
 
+MODULE_SCOPE char *tclEmptyStringRep;
+
+char *tclEmptyStringRep = &tclEmptyString;
+
 /*
  * Each invocation of the "package ifneeded" command creates a structure of
  * the following type, which is used to load the package into the interpreter
@@ -28,6 +32,7 @@ typedef struct PkgAvail {
     char *script;		/* Script to invoke to provide this version of
 				 * the package. Malloc'ed and protected by
 				 * Tcl_Preserve and Tcl_Release. */
+    char *pkgIndex;		/* Full file name of pkgIndex file */
     struct PkgAvail *nextPtr;	/* Next in list of available versions of the
 				 * same package. */
 } PkgAvail;
@@ -569,6 +574,9 @@ PkgRequireCore(
 	    pkgName->nextPtr = pkgFiles->names;
 	    strcpy(pkgName->name, name);
 	    pkgFiles->names = pkgName;
+	    if (bestPtr->pkgIndex) {
+		TclPkgFileSeen(interp, bestPtr->pkgIndex);
+	    }
 	    code = Tcl_EvalEx(interp, script, -1, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
 	    /* Pop the "ifneeded" package name from "tclPkgFiles" assocdata*/
 	    pkgFiles->names = pkgName->nextPtr;
@@ -917,6 +925,9 @@ Tcl_PackageObjCmd(
 		pkgPtr->availPtr = availPtr->nextPtr;
 		Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->version, TCL_DYNAMIC);
 		Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->script, TCL_DYNAMIC);
+		if (availPtr->pkgIndex) {
+		    Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->pkgIndex, TCL_DYNAMIC);
+		}
 		ckfree(availPtr);
 	    }
 	    ckfree(pkgPtr);
@@ -967,6 +978,9 @@ Tcl_PackageObjCmd(
 		    return TCL_OK;
 		}
 		Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->script, TCL_DYNAMIC);
+		if (availPtr->pkgIndex) {
+		    Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->pkgIndex, TCL_DYNAMIC);
+		}
 		break;
 	    }
 	}
@@ -977,6 +991,7 @@ Tcl_PackageObjCmd(
 	}
 	if (availPtr == NULL) {
 	    availPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(PkgAvail));
+	    availPtr->pkgIndex = 0;
 	    DupBlock(availPtr->version, argv3, (unsigned) length + 1);
 
 	    if (prevPtr == NULL) {
@@ -987,6 +1002,10 @@ Tcl_PackageObjCmd(
 		prevPtr->nextPtr = availPtr;
 	    }
 	}
+	if (iPtr->scriptFile) {
+	    argv4 = TclGetStringFromObj(iPtr->scriptFile, &length);
+	    DupBlock(availPtr->pkgIndex, argv4, (unsigned) length + 1);
+	}
 	argv4 = TclGetStringFromObj(objv[4], &length);
 	DupBlock(availPtr->script, argv4, (unsigned) length + 1);
 	break;
@@ -1342,6 +1361,9 @@ TclFreePackageInfo(
 	    pkgPtr->availPtr = availPtr->nextPtr;
 	    Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->version, TCL_DYNAMIC);
 	    Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->script, TCL_DYNAMIC);
+	    if (availPtr->pkgIndex) {
+		Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->pkgIndex, TCL_DYNAMIC);
+	    }
 	    ckfree(availPtr);
 	}
 	ckfree(pkgPtr);
diff --git a/generic/tclProc.c b/generic/tclProc.c
index bed520a..373192c 100644
--- a/generic/tclProc.c
+++ b/generic/tclProc.c
@@ -500,7 +500,8 @@ TclCreateProc(
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < numArgs; i++) {
-	int fieldCount, nameLength, valueLength;
+	int fieldCount, nameLength;
+	size_t valueLength;
 	const char **fieldValues;
 
 	/*
@@ -602,12 +603,11 @@ TclCreateProc(
 	     */
 
 	    if (localPtr->defValuePtr != NULL) {
-		int tmpLength;
-		const char *tmpPtr = TclGetStringFromObj(localPtr->defValuePtr,
-			&tmpLength);
+		const char *tmpPtr = TclGetString(localPtr->defValuePtr);
+		size_t tmpLength = localPtr->defValuePtr->length;
 
 		if ((valueLength != tmpLength) ||
-			strncmp(fieldValues[1], tmpPtr, (size_t) tmpLength)) {
+			strncmp(fieldValues[1], tmpPtr, tmpLength)) {
 		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 			    "procedure \"%s\": formal parameter \"%s\" has "
 			    "default value inconsistent with precompiled body",
diff --git a/generic/tclResult.c b/generic/tclResult.c
index 9d0714c..ddf764b 100644
--- a/generic/tclResult.c
+++ b/generic/tclResult.c
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ enum returnKeys {
 static Tcl_Obj **	GetKeys(void);
 static void		ReleaseKeys(ClientData clientData);
 static void		ResetObjResult(Interp *iPtr);
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 static void		SetupAppendBuffer(Interp *iPtr, int newSpace);
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  * This structure is used to take a snapshot of the interpreter state in
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ static void		SetupAppendBuffer(Interp *iPtr, int newSpace);
  * then back up to the result or the error that was previously in progress.
  */
 
-typedef struct InterpState {
+typedef struct {
     int status;			/* return code status */
     int flags;			/* Each remaining field saves the */
     int returnLevel;		/* corresponding field of the Interp */
@@ -407,6 +409,7 @@ Tcl_DiscardResult(
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 void
 Tcl_SetResult(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Interpreter with which to associate the
@@ -461,6 +464,7 @@ Tcl_SetResult(
 
     ResetObjResult(iPtr);
 }
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -483,18 +487,21 @@ const char *
 Tcl_GetStringResult(
     register Tcl_Interp *interp)/* Interpreter whose result to return. */
 {
+    Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
+#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+    return Tcl_GetString(iPtr->objResultPtr);
+#else
     /*
      * If the string result is empty, move the object result to the string
      * result, then reset the object result.
      */
 
-    Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
-
     if (*(iPtr->result) == 0) {
 	Tcl_SetResult(interp, TclGetString(Tcl_GetObjResult(interp)),
 		TCL_VOLATILE);
     }
     return iPtr->result;
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -536,6 +543,7 @@ Tcl_SetObjResult(
 
     TclDecrRefCount(oldObjResult);
 
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
     /*
      * Reset the string result since we just set the result object.
      */
@@ -550,6 +558,7 @@ Tcl_SetObjResult(
     }
     iPtr->result = iPtr->resultSpace;
     iPtr->resultSpace[0] = 0;
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -578,6 +587,7 @@ Tcl_GetObjResult(
     Tcl_Interp *interp)		/* Interpreter whose result to return. */
 {
     register Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
     Tcl_Obj *objResultPtr;
     int length;
 
@@ -604,6 +614,7 @@ Tcl_GetObjResult(
 	iPtr->result = iPtr->resultSpace;
 	iPtr->result[0] = 0;
     }
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
     return iPtr->objResultPtr;
 }
 
@@ -722,6 +733,21 @@ Tcl_AppendElement(
 				 * to result. */
 {
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
+#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+    Tcl_Obj *elementPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(element, -1);
+    Tcl_Obj *listPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(1, &elementPtr);
+    const char *bytes;
+
+    if (Tcl_IsShared(iPtr->objResultPtr)) {
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_DuplicateObj(iPtr->objResultPtr));
+    }
+    bytes = TclGetString(iPtr->objResultPtr);
+    if (TclNeedSpace(bytes, bytes+iPtr->objResultPtr->length)) {
+	Tcl_AppendToObj(iPtr->objResultPtr, " ", 1);
+    }
+    Tcl_AppendObjToObj(iPtr->objResultPtr, listPtr);
+    Tcl_DecrRefCount(listPtr);
+#else
     char *dst;
     int size;
     int flags;
@@ -765,6 +791,7 @@ Tcl_AppendElement(
 	flags |= TCL_DONT_QUOTE_HASH;
     }
     iPtr->appendUsed += Tcl_ConvertElement(element, dst, flags);
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -786,6 +813,7 @@ Tcl_AppendElement(
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 static void
 SetupAppendBuffer(
     Interp *iPtr,		/* Interpreter whose result is being set up. */
@@ -846,6 +874,7 @@ SetupAppendBuffer(
     Tcl_FreeResult((Tcl_Interp *) iPtr);
     iPtr->result = iPtr->appendResult;
 }
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -875,6 +904,7 @@ Tcl_FreeResult(
 {
     register Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
 
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
     if (iPtr->freeProc != NULL) {
 	if (iPtr->freeProc == TCL_DYNAMIC) {
 	    ckfree(iPtr->result);
@@ -884,6 +914,7 @@ Tcl_FreeResult(
 	iPtr->freeProc = 0;
     }
 
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
     ResetObjResult(iPtr);
 }
 
@@ -913,6 +944,7 @@ Tcl_ResetResult(
     register Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
 
     ResetObjResult(iPtr);
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
     if (iPtr->freeProc != NULL) {
 	if (iPtr->freeProc == TCL_DYNAMIC) {
 	    ckfree(iPtr->result);
@@ -923,6 +955,7 @@ Tcl_ResetResult(
     }
     iPtr->result = iPtr->resultSpace;
     iPtr->resultSpace[0] = 0;
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
     if (iPtr->errorCode) {
 	/* Legacy support */
 	if (iPtr->flags & ERR_LEGACY_COPY) {
@@ -982,11 +1015,11 @@ ResetObjResult(
 	Tcl_IncrRefCount(objResultPtr);
 	iPtr->objResultPtr = objResultPtr;
     } else {
-	if (objResultPtr->bytes != tclEmptyStringRep) {
+	if (objResultPtr->bytes != &tclEmptyString) {
 	    if (objResultPtr->bytes) {
 		ckfree(objResultPtr->bytes);
 	    }
-	    objResultPtr->bytes = tclEmptyStringRep;
+	    objResultPtr->bytes = &tclEmptyString;
 	    objResultPtr->length = 0;
 	}
 	TclFreeIntRep(objResultPtr);
@@ -1276,10 +1309,8 @@ TclProcessReturn(
 	Tcl_DictObjGet(NULL, iPtr->returnOpts, keys[KEY_ERRORINFO],
                 &valuePtr);
 	if (valuePtr != NULL) {
-	    int infoLen;
-
-	    (void) TclGetStringFromObj(valuePtr, &infoLen);
-	    if (infoLen) {
+	    (void) TclGetString(valuePtr);
+	    if (valuePtr->length) {
 		iPtr->errorInfo = valuePtr;
 		Tcl_IncrRefCount(iPtr->errorInfo);
 		iPtr->flags |= ERR_ALREADY_LOGGED;
@@ -1382,13 +1413,11 @@ TclMergeReturnOptions(
     Tcl_Obj **keys = GetKeys();
 
     for (;  objc > 1;  objv += 2, objc -= 2) {
-	int optLen;
-	const char *opt = TclGetStringFromObj(objv[0], &optLen);
-	int compareLen;
-	const char *compare =
-		TclGetStringFromObj(keys[KEY_OPTIONS], &compareLen);
+	const char *opt = TclGetString(objv[0]);
+	const char *compare = TclGetString(keys[KEY_OPTIONS]);
 
-	if ((optLen == compareLen) && (memcmp(opt, compare, optLen) == 0)) {
+	if ((objv[0]->length == keys[KEY_OPTIONS]->length)
+		&& (memcmp(opt, compare, objv[0]->length) == 0)) {
 	    Tcl_DictSearch search;
 	    int done = 0;
 	    Tcl_Obj *keyPtr;
diff --git a/generic/tclStrToD.c b/generic/tclStrToD.c
index 6da6df3..224ab45 100644
--- a/generic/tclStrToD.c
+++ b/generic/tclStrToD.c
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@
 #include <math.h>
 
 /*
- * Define KILL_OCTAL to suppress interpretation of numbers with leading zero
- * as octal. (Ceterum censeo: numeros octonarios delendos esse.)
- */
-
-#undef	KILL_OCTAL
-
-/*
  * This code supports (at least hypothetically), IBM, Cray, VAX and IEEE-754
  * floating point; of these, only IEEE-754 can represent NaN. IEEE-754 can be
  * uniquely determined by radix and by the widths of significand and exponent.
@@ -546,6 +539,20 @@ TclParseNumber(
      */
 
     if (bytes == NULL) {
+	if (interp == NULL && endPtrPtr == NULL) {
+	    if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclDictType) {
+		/* A dict can never be a (single) number */
+		return TCL_ERROR;
+	    }
+	    if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclListType) {
+		int length;
+		/* A list can only be a (single) number if its length == 1 */
+		TclListObjLength(NULL, objPtr, &length);
+		if (length != 1) {
+		    return TCL_ERROR;
+		}
+	    }
+	}
 	bytes = TclGetString(objPtr);
     }
 
@@ -657,7 +664,7 @@ TclParseNumber(
 		state = ZERO_O;
 		break;
 	    }
-#ifdef KILL_OCTAL
+#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 	    goto decimal;
 #endif
 	    /* FALLTHROUGH */
@@ -740,7 +747,7 @@ TclParseNumber(
 
 		goto endgame;
 	    }
-#ifndef KILL_OCTAL
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 
 	    /*
 	     * Scanned a number with a leading zero that contains an 8, 9,
@@ -879,7 +886,7 @@ TclParseNumber(
 	     * digits.
 	     */
 
-#ifdef KILL_OCTAL
+#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 	decimal:
 #endif
 	    acceptState = state;
diff --git a/generic/tclStringObj.c b/generic/tclStringObj.c
index db233b3..c45baa1 100644
--- a/generic/tclStringObj.c
+++ b/generic/tclStringObj.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ GrowStringBuffer(
     char *ptr = NULL;
     int attempt;
 
-    if (objPtr->bytes == tclEmptyStringRep) {
+    if (objPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString) {
 	objPtr->bytes = NULL;
     }
     if (flag == 0 || stringPtr->allocated > 0) {
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ Tcl_SetObjLength(
 	    /*
 	     * Need to enlarge the buffer.
 	     */
-	    if (objPtr->bytes == tclEmptyStringRep) {
+	    if (objPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString) {
 		objPtr->bytes = ckalloc(length + 1);
 	    } else {
 		objPtr->bytes = ckrealloc(objPtr->bytes, length + 1);
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ Tcl_AttemptSetObjLength(
 
 	    char *newBytes;
 
-	    if (objPtr->bytes == tclEmptyStringRep) {
+	    if (objPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString) {
 		newBytes = attemptckalloc(length + 1);
 	    } else {
 		newBytes = attemptckrealloc(objPtr->bytes, length + 1);
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ Tcl_AppendObjToObj(
      * that appending nothing to anything leaves that starting anything...
      */
 
-    if (appendObjPtr->bytes == tclEmptyStringRep) {
+    if (appendObjPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString) {
 	return;
     }
 
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ Tcl_AppendObjToObj(
      * information; this is a special-case optimization only.
      */
 
-    if ((TclIsPureByteArray(objPtr) || objPtr->bytes == tclEmptyStringRep)
+    if ((TclIsPureByteArray(objPtr) || objPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString)
 	    && TclIsPureByteArray(appendObjPtr)) {
 
 	/*
@@ -3603,7 +3603,7 @@ UpdateStringOfString(
     stringPtr->allocated = 0;
 
     if (stringPtr->numChars == 0) {
-	TclInitStringRep(objPtr, tclEmptyStringRep, 0);
+	TclInitStringRep(objPtr, &tclEmptyString, 0);
     } else {
 	(void) ExtendStringRepWithUnicode(objPtr, stringPtr->unicode,
 		stringPtr->numChars);
diff --git a/generic/tclStubInit.c b/generic/tclStubInit.c
index 23da6dc..561b9dd 100644
--- a/generic/tclStubInit.c
+++ b/generic/tclStubInit.c
@@ -290,10 +290,47 @@ static int formatInt(char *buffer, int n){
 #endif
 
 #else /* UNIX and MAC */
-#   define TclpLocaltime_unix TclpLocaltime
-#   define TclpGmtime_unix TclpGmtime
+#   ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+#	define TclpLocaltime_unix 0
+#	define TclpGmtime_unix 0
+#   else
+#	define TclpLocaltime_unix TclpLocaltime
+#	define TclpGmtime_unix TclpGmtime
+#   endif
 #endif
 
+#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+#   define Tcl_SeekOld 0
+#   define Tcl_TellOld 0
+#   undef Tcl_SetResult
+#   define Tcl_SetResult 0
+#else /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
+#   define Tcl_SeekOld seekOld
+#   define Tcl_TellOld tellOld
+
+static int
+seekOld(
+    Tcl_Channel chan,		/* The channel on which to seek. */
+    int offset,			/* Offset to seek to. */
+    int mode)			/* Relative to which location to seek? */
+{
+    Tcl_WideInt wOffset, wResult;
+
+    wOffset = Tcl_LongAsWide((long) offset);
+    wResult = Tcl_Seek(chan, wOffset, mode);
+    return (int) Tcl_WideAsLong(wResult);
+}
+
+static int
+tellOld(
+    Tcl_Channel chan)		/* The channel to return pos for. */
+{
+    Tcl_WideInt wResult = Tcl_Tell(chan);
+
+    return (int) Tcl_WideAsLong(wResult);
+}
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
+
 /*
  * WARNING: The contents of this file is automatically generated by the
  * tools/genStubs.tcl script. Any modifications to the function declarations
diff --git a/generic/tclTest.c b/generic/tclTest.c
index b92c72e..a9dc1ca 100644
--- a/generic/tclTest.c
+++ b/generic/tclTest.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static Tcl_Trace cmdTrace;
  * TestdelCmd:
  */
 
-typedef struct DelCmd {
+typedef struct {
     Tcl_Interp *interp;		/* Interpreter in which command exists. */
     char *deleteCmd;		/* Script to execute when command is deleted.
 				 * Malloc'ed. */
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ typedef struct DelCmd {
  * command.
  */
 
-typedef struct TclEncoding {
+typedef struct {
     Tcl_Interp *interp;
     char *toUtfCmd;
     char *fromUtfCmd;
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static int exitMainLoop = 0;
  * Event structure used in testing the event queue management procedures.
  */
 
-typedef struct TestEvent {
+typedef struct {
     Tcl_Event header;		/* Header common to all events */
     Tcl_Interp *interp;		/* Interpreter that will handle the event */
     Tcl_Obj *command;		/* Command to evaluate when the event occurs */
@@ -290,12 +290,14 @@ static int		TestlinkCmd(ClientData dummy,
 static int		TestlocaleCmd(ClientData dummy,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 static int		TestMathFunc(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Value *args,
 			    Tcl_Value *resultPtr);
 static int		TestMathFunc2(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Value *args,
 			    Tcl_Value *resultPtr);
+#endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 static int		TestmainthreadCmd(ClientData dummy,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char **argv);
 static int		TestsetmainloopCmd(ClientData dummy,
@@ -329,12 +331,10 @@ static int		TestreturnObjCmd(ClientData dummy,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
 static void		TestregexpXflags(const char *string,
 			    int length, int *cflagsPtr, int *eflagsPtr);
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 static int		TestsaveresultCmd(ClientData dummy,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
 static void		TestsaveresultFree(char *blockPtr);
-#endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 static int		TestsetassocdataCmd(ClientData dummy,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char **argv);
 static int		TestsetCmd(ClientData dummy,
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ Tcltest_Init(
     }
     /* TIP #268: Full patchlevel instead of just major.minor */
 
-    if (Tcl_PkgProvide(interp, "Tcltest", TCL_PATCH_LEVEL) == TCL_ERROR) {
+    if (Tcl_PkgProvideEx(interp, "Tcltest", TCL_PATCH_LEVEL, NULL) == TCL_ERROR) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
@@ -658,10 +658,8 @@ Tcltest_Init(
 	    NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testreturn", TestreturnObjCmd,
 	    NULL, NULL);
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testsaveresult", TestsaveresultCmd,
 	    NULL, NULL);
-#endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testsetassocdata", TestsetassocdataCmd,
 	    NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testsetnoerr", TestsetCmd,
@@ -823,7 +821,7 @@ TestasyncCmd(
 
     if (argc < 2) {
 	wrongNumArgs:
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "wrong # args", TCL_STATIC);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "wrong # args", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
     if (strcmp(argv[1], "create") == 0) {
@@ -913,7 +911,7 @@ TestasyncCmd(
 		if (Tcl_CreateThread(&threadID, AsyncThreadProc,
 			INT2PTR(id), TCL_THREAD_STACK_DEFAULT,
 			TCL_THREAD_NOFLAGS) != TCL_OK) {
-		    Tcl_SetResult(interp, "can't create thread", TCL_STATIC);
+		    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "can't create thread", NULL);
 		    Tcl_MutexUnlock(&asyncTestMutex);
 		    return TCL_ERROR;
 		}
@@ -1060,7 +1058,7 @@ TestcmdinfoCmd(
 	Tcl_DStringResult(interp, &delString);
     } else if (strcmp(argv[1], "get") == 0) {
 	if (Tcl_GetCommandInfo(interp, argv[2], &info) ==0) {
-	    Tcl_SetResult(interp, "??", TCL_STATIC);
+	    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "??", NULL);
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
 	if (info.proc == CmdProc1) {
@@ -1187,7 +1185,7 @@ TestcmdtokenCmd(
 	token = Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, argv[2], CmdProc1,
 		(ClientData) "original", NULL);
 	sprintf(buf, "%p", (void *)token);
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, buf, TCL_VOLATILE);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, buf, NULL);
     } else if (strcmp(argv[1], "name") == 0) {
 	Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
 
@@ -1293,7 +1291,7 @@ TestcmdtraceCmd(
 	result = Tcl_EvalEx(interp, argv[2], -1, 0);
 	Tcl_DeleteTrace(interp, cmdTrace);
 	if (!deleteCalled) {
-	    Tcl_SetResult(interp, "Delete wasn't called", TCL_STATIC);
+	    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "Delete wasn't called", NULL);
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	} else {
 	    return result;
@@ -1593,7 +1591,7 @@ TestdelCmd(
     Tcl_Interp *slave;
 
     if (argc != 4) {
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "wrong # args", TCL_STATIC);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "wrong # args", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
@@ -1798,7 +1796,7 @@ TestdstringCmd(
 
     if (argc < 2) {
 	wrongNumArgs:
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "wrong # args", TCL_STATIC);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "wrong # args", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
     if (strcmp(argv[1], "append") == 0) {
@@ -1834,9 +1832,9 @@ TestdstringCmd(
 	    goto wrongNumArgs;
 	}
 	if (strcmp(argv[2], "staticsmall") == 0) {
-	    Tcl_SetResult(interp, "short", TCL_STATIC);
+	    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "short", NULL);
 	} else if (strcmp(argv[2], "staticlarge") == 0) {
-	    Tcl_SetResult(interp, "first0 first1 first2 first3 first4 first5 first6 first7 first8 first9\nsecond0 second1 second2 second3 second4 second5 second6 second7 second8 second9\nthird0 third1 third2 third3 third4 third5 third6 third7 third8 third9\nfourth0 fourth1 fourth2 fourth3 fourth4 fourth5 fourth6 fourth7 fourth8 fourth9\nfifth0 fifth1 fifth2 fifth3 fifth4 fifth5 fifth6 fifth7 fifth8 fifth9\nsixth0 sixth1 sixth2 sixth3 sixth4 sixth5 sixth6 sixth7 sixth8 sixth9\nseventh0 seventh1 seventh2 seventh3 seventh4 seventh5 seventh6 seventh7 seventh8 seventh9\n", TCL_STATIC);
+	    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "first0 first1 first2 first3 first4 first5 first6 first7 first8 first9\nsecond0 second1 second2 second3 second4 second5 second6 second7 second8 second9\nthird0 third1 third2 third3 third4 third5 third6 third7 third8 third9\nfourth0 fourth1 fourth2 fourth3 fourth4 fourth5 fourth6 fourth7 fourth8 fourth9\nfifth0 fifth1 fifth2 fifth3 fifth4 fifth5 fifth6 fifth7 fifth8 fifth9\nsixth0 sixth1 sixth2 sixth3 sixth4 sixth5 sixth6 sixth7 sixth8 sixth9\nseventh0 seventh1 seventh2 seventh3 seventh4 seventh5 seventh6 seventh7 seventh8 seventh9\n", NULL);
 	} else if (strcmp(argv[2], "free") == 0) {
 	    char *s = ckalloc(100);
 	    strcpy(s, "This is a malloc-ed string");
@@ -1996,7 +1994,7 @@ EncodingToUtfProc(
     TclEncoding *encodingPtr;
 
     encodingPtr = (TclEncoding *) clientData;
-    Tcl_EvalEx(encodingPtr->interp,encodingPtr->toUtfCmd,-1,TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
+    Tcl_EvalEx(encodingPtr->interp, encodingPtr->toUtfCmd, -1, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
 
     len = strlen(Tcl_GetStringResult(encodingPtr->interp));
     if (len > dstLen) {
@@ -2028,7 +2026,7 @@ EncodingFromUtfProc(
     TclEncoding *encodingPtr;
 
     encodingPtr = (TclEncoding *) clientData;
-    Tcl_EvalEx(encodingPtr->interp, encodingPtr->fromUtfCmd,-1,TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
+    Tcl_EvalEx(encodingPtr->interp, encodingPtr->fromUtfCmd, -1, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
 
     len = strlen(Tcl_GetStringResult(encodingPtr->interp));
     if (len > dstLen) {
@@ -2436,7 +2434,7 @@ TestexprlongCmd(
 		" expression\"", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
-    Tcl_SetResult(interp, "This is a result", TCL_STATIC);
+    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "This is a result", NULL);
     result = Tcl_ExprLong(interp, argv[1], &exprResult);
     if (result != TCL_OK) {
 	return result;
@@ -2478,7 +2476,7 @@ TestexprlongobjCmd(
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "expression");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
-    Tcl_SetResult(interp, "This is a result", TCL_STATIC);
+    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "This is a result", NULL);
     result = Tcl_ExprLongObj(interp, objv[1], &exprResult);
     if (result != TCL_OK) {
 	return result;
@@ -2521,7 +2519,7 @@ TestexprdoubleCmd(
 		" expression\"", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
-    Tcl_SetResult(interp, "This is a result", TCL_STATIC);
+    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "This is a result", NULL);
     result = Tcl_ExprDouble(interp, argv[1], &exprResult);
     if (result != TCL_OK) {
 	return result;
@@ -2564,7 +2562,7 @@ TestexprdoubleobjCmd(
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "expression");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
-    Tcl_SetResult(interp, "This is a result", TCL_STATIC);
+    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "This is a result", NULL);
     result = Tcl_ExprDoubleObj(interp, objv[1], &exprResult);
     if (result != TCL_OK) {
 	return result;
@@ -3341,6 +3339,7 @@ TestlocaleCmd(
  */
 
 	/* ARGSUSED */
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 static int
 TestMathFunc(
     ClientData clientData,	/* Integer value to return. */
@@ -3406,7 +3405,7 @@ TestMathFunc2(
 	    resultPtr->type = TCL_WIDE_INT;
 	    resultPtr->wideValue = ((w0 > w1)? w0 : w1);
 	} else {
-	    Tcl_SetResult(interp, "T3: wrong type for arg 2", TCL_STATIC);
+	    Tcl_SetResult(interp, (char *)"T3: wrong type for arg 2", TCL_STATIC);
 	    result = TCL_ERROR;
 	}
     } else if (args[0].type == TCL_DOUBLE) {
@@ -3428,7 +3427,7 @@ TestMathFunc2(
 	    resultPtr->type = TCL_DOUBLE;
 	    resultPtr->doubleValue = ((d0 > d1)? d0 : d1);
 	} else {
-	    Tcl_SetResult(interp, "T3: wrong type for arg 2", TCL_STATIC);
+	    Tcl_SetResult(interp, (char *)"T3: wrong type for arg 2", TCL_STATIC);
 	    result = TCL_ERROR;
 	}
     } else if (args[0].type == TCL_WIDE_INT) {
@@ -3451,15 +3450,16 @@ TestMathFunc2(
 	    resultPtr->type = TCL_WIDE_INT;
 	    resultPtr->wideValue = ((w0 > w1)? w0 : w1);
 	} else {
-	    Tcl_SetResult(interp, "T3: wrong type for arg 2", TCL_STATIC);
+	    Tcl_SetResult(interp, (char *)"T3: wrong type for arg 2", TCL_STATIC);
 	    result = TCL_ERROR;
 	}
     } else {
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "T3: wrong type for arg 1", TCL_STATIC);
+	Tcl_SetResult(interp, (char *)"T3: wrong type for arg 1", TCL_STATIC);
 	result = TCL_ERROR;
     }
     return result;
 }
+#endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -4486,7 +4486,7 @@ TestseterrorcodeCmd(
     const char **argv)		/* Argument strings. */
 {
     if (argc > 6) {
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "too many args", TCL_STATIC);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "too many args", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
     switch (argc) {
@@ -5090,7 +5090,7 @@ TestsetCmd(
     const char *value;
 
     if (argc == 2) {
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "before get", TCL_STATIC);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "before get", NULL);
 	value = Tcl_GetVar2(interp, argv[1], NULL, flags);
 	if (value == NULL) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -5098,7 +5098,7 @@ TestsetCmd(
 	Tcl_AppendElement(interp, value);
 	return TCL_OK;
     } else if (argc == 3) {
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "before set", TCL_STATIC);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "before set", NULL);
 	value = Tcl_SetVar2(interp, argv[1], NULL, argv[2], flags);
 	if (value == NULL) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -5122,7 +5122,7 @@ Testset2Cmd(
     const char *value;
 
     if (argc == 3) {
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "before get", TCL_STATIC);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "before get", NULL);
 	value = Tcl_GetVar2(interp, argv[1], argv[2], flags);
 	if (value == NULL) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -5130,7 +5130,7 @@ Testset2Cmd(
 	Tcl_AppendElement(interp, value);
 	return TCL_OK;
     } else if (argc == 4) {
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "before set", TCL_STATIC);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "before set", NULL);
 	value = Tcl_SetVar2(interp, argv[1], argv[2], argv[3], flags);
 	if (value == NULL) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -5144,7 +5144,6 @@ Testset2Cmd(
     }
 }
 
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -5197,10 +5196,11 @@ TestsaveresultCmd(
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
+    freeCount = 0;
     objPtr = NULL;		/* Lint. */
     switch ((enum options) index) {
     case RESULT_SMALL:
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "small result", TCL_VOLATILE);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "small result", NULL);
 	break;
     case RESULT_APPEND:
 	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "append result", NULL);
@@ -5221,7 +5221,6 @@ TestsaveresultCmd(
 	break;
     }
 
-    freeCount = 0;
     Tcl_SaveResult(interp, &state);
 
     if (((enum options) index) == RESULT_OBJECT) {
@@ -5239,11 +5238,9 @@ TestsaveresultCmd(
 
     switch ((enum options) index) {
     case RESULT_DYNAMIC: {
-	int present = iPtr->freeProc == TestsaveresultFree;
-	int called = freeCount;
+	int presentOrFreed = (iPtr->freeProc == TestsaveresultFree) ^ freeCount;
 
-	Tcl_AppendElement(interp, called ? "called" : "notCalled");
-	Tcl_AppendElement(interp, present ? "present" : "missing");
+	Tcl_AppendElement(interp, presentOrFreed ? "presentOrFreed" : "missingOrLeak");
 	break;
     }
     case RESULT_OBJECT:
@@ -5278,7 +5275,6 @@ TestsaveresultFree(
 {
     freeCount++;
 }
-#endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -5310,7 +5306,7 @@ TestmainthreadCmd(
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, idObj);
 	return TCL_OK;
     } else {
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "wrong # args", TCL_STATIC);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "wrong # args", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 }
@@ -6111,7 +6107,7 @@ TestWrongNumArgsObjCmd(
 	 * Don't use Tcl_WrongNumArgs here, as that is the function
 	 * we want to test!
 	 */
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "insufficient arguments", TCL_STATIC);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "insufficient arguments", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
@@ -6128,7 +6124,7 @@ TestWrongNumArgsObjCmd(
 	/*
 	 * Asked for more arguments than were given.
 	 */
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "insufficient arguments", TCL_STATIC);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "insufficient arguments", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
@@ -6905,7 +6901,7 @@ TestgetintCmd(
     const char **argv)
 {
     if (argc < 2) {
-	Tcl_SetResult(interp, "wrong # args", TCL_STATIC);
+	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "wrong # args", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     } else {
 	int val, i, total=0;
@@ -7429,7 +7425,7 @@ InterpCmdResolver(
              */
 
             CallFrame *parentFramePtr = varFramePtr->callerPtr;
-            char *context = parentFramePtr != NULL ? parentFramePtr->nsPtr->name : "(NULL)";
+            const char *context = parentFramePtr != NULL ? parentFramePtr->nsPtr->name : "(NULL)";
 
             if (strcmp(context, "ctx1") == 0 && (name[0] == 'z') && (name[1] == '\0')) {
                 resolvedCmdPtr = Tcl_FindCommand(interp, "y", NULL, TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
diff --git a/generic/tclThreadAlloc.c b/generic/tclThreadAlloc.c
index 2ee758e..8077de4 100644
--- a/generic/tclThreadAlloc.c
+++ b/generic/tclThreadAlloc.c
@@ -196,20 +196,11 @@ GetCache(void)
 
     if (listLockPtr == NULL) {
 	Tcl_Mutex *initLockPtr;
-	unsigned int i;
 
 	initLockPtr = Tcl_GetAllocMutex();
 	Tcl_MutexLock(initLockPtr);
 	if (listLockPtr == NULL) {
-	    listLockPtr = TclpNewAllocMutex();
-	    objLockPtr = TclpNewAllocMutex();
-	    for (i = 0; i < NBUCKETS; ++i) {
-		bucketInfo[i].blockSize = MINALLOC << i;
-		bucketInfo[i].maxBlocks = 1 << (NBUCKETS - 1 - i);
-		bucketInfo[i].numMove = i < NBUCKETS - 1 ?
-			1 << (NBUCKETS - 2 - i) : 1;
-		bucketInfo[i].lockPtr = TclpNewAllocMutex();
-	    }
+	    TclInitThreadAlloc();
 	}
 	Tcl_MutexUnlock(initLockPtr);
     }
@@ -1064,6 +1055,40 @@ GetBlocks(
     }
     return 1;
 }
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * TclInitThreadAlloc --
+ *
+ *	Initializes the allocator cache-maintenance structures.
+ *      It is done early and protected during the TclInitSubsystems().
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+void
+TclInitThreadAlloc(void)
+{
+    unsigned int i;
+
+    listLockPtr = TclpNewAllocMutex();
+    objLockPtr = TclpNewAllocMutex();
+    for (i = 0; i < NBUCKETS; ++i) {
+	bucketInfo[i].blockSize = MINALLOC << i;
+	bucketInfo[i].maxBlocks = 1 << (NBUCKETS - 1 - i);
+	bucketInfo[i].numMove = i < NBUCKETS - 1 ?
+		1 << (NBUCKETS - 2 - i) : 1;
+	bucketInfo[i].lockPtr = TclpNewAllocMutex();
+    }
+    TclpInitAllocCache();
+}
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/generic/tclUtil.c b/generic/tclUtil.c
index 531f386..a4d523a 100644
--- a/generic/tclUtil.c
+++ b/generic/tclUtil.c
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ TclConvertElement(
      */
 
     if ((src == NULL) || (length == 0) || (*src == '\0' && length == -1)) {
-	src = tclEmptyStringRep;
+	src = &tclEmptyString;
 	length = 0;
 	conversion = CONVERT_BRACE;
     }
@@ -2894,7 +2894,6 @@ Tcl_DStringResult(
     Tcl_DString *dsPtr)		/* Dynamic string that is to become the
 				 * result of interp. */
 {
-    Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
     Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, TclDStringToObj(dsPtr));
 }
 
@@ -2924,6 +2923,14 @@ Tcl_DStringGetResult(
     Tcl_DString *dsPtr)		/* Dynamic string that is to become the result
 				 * of interp. */
 {
+#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+    Tcl_Obj *obj = Tcl_GetObjResult(interp);
+    const char *bytes = TclGetString(obj);
+
+    Tcl_DStringFree(dsPtr);
+    Tcl_DStringAppend(dsPtr, bytes, obj->length);
+    Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
+#else
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
 
     if (dsPtr->string != dsPtr->staticSpace) {
@@ -2932,7 +2939,7 @@ Tcl_DStringGetResult(
 
     /*
      * Do more efficient transfer when we know the result is a Tcl_Obj. When
-     * there's no st`ring result, we only have to deal with two cases:
+     * there's no string result, we only have to deal with two cases:
      *
      *  1. When the string rep is the empty string, when we don't copy but
      *     instead use the staticSpace in the DString to hold an empty string.
@@ -2947,7 +2954,7 @@ Tcl_DStringGetResult(
 
     if (!iPtr->result[0] && iPtr->objResultPtr
 	    && !Tcl_IsShared(iPtr->objResultPtr)) {
-	if (iPtr->objResultPtr->bytes == tclEmptyStringRep) {
+	if (iPtr->objResultPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString) {
 	    dsPtr->string = dsPtr->staticSpace;
 	    dsPtr->string[0] = 0;
 	    dsPtr->length = 0;
@@ -2957,7 +2964,7 @@ Tcl_DStringGetResult(
 	    dsPtr->length = iPtr->objResultPtr->length;
 	    dsPtr->spaceAvl = dsPtr->length + 1;
 	    TclFreeIntRep(iPtr->objResultPtr);
-	    iPtr->objResultPtr->bytes = tclEmptyStringRep;
+	    iPtr->objResultPtr->bytes = &tclEmptyString;
 	    iPtr->objResultPtr->length = 0;
 	}
 	return;
@@ -2995,6 +3002,7 @@ Tcl_DStringGetResult(
 
     iPtr->result = iPtr->resultSpace;
     iPtr->resultSpace[0] = 0;
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3576,7 +3584,7 @@ TclGetIntForIndex(
     int *indexPtr)		/* Location filled in with an integer
 				 * representing an index. */
 {
-    int length;
+    size_t length;
     char *opPtr;
     const char *bytes;
 
@@ -3594,7 +3602,8 @@ TclGetIntForIndex(
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
 
-    bytes = TclGetStringFromObj(objPtr, &length);
+    bytes = TclGetString(objPtr);
+    length = objPtr->length;
 
     /*
      * Leading whitespace is acceptable in an index.
diff --git a/generic/tclZlib.c b/generic/tclZlib.c
index c231f44..96b8318 100644
--- a/generic/tclZlib.c
+++ b/generic/tclZlib.c
@@ -1204,10 +1204,10 @@ Tcl_ZlibStreamPut(
 	zshPtr->stream.avail_in = size;
 
 	/*
-	 * Must not do a zero-length compress. [Bug 25842c161]
+	 * Must not do a zero-length compress unless finalizing. [Bug 25842c161]
 	 */
 
-	if (size == 0) {
+	if (size == 0 && flush != Z_FINISH) {
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}