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@@ -5,40 +5,37 @@ 2007-07-27 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * doc/Object.3 CONSTified 3 functions using - * doc/ObjectType.3 Tcl_ObjType which all are supposed - * generic/tcl.decls to be a constant, but this was not - * generic/tcl.h reflected in the API: - * generic/tclDecls.h Tcl_ConvertToType - * generic/tclObj.c Tcl_GetObjType - * generic/tclCompCmds.c Tcl_RegisterObjType - * generic/tclOOMethod.c Introduced a CONST86_RETURN, so extensions which - * generic/tclTestobj.c use Tcl_ObjType directly can be modified to compile - against both Tcl 8.5 and Tcl 8.6 - tclDecls.h is re-generated with "make genstubs" - This change complies with TIP #24 + * doc/Object.3: CONSTified 3 functions using Tcl_ObjType + * doc/ObjectType.3: which all are supposed to be a constant, but + * generic/tcl.decls: this was not reflected in the API: + * generic/tcl.h: Tcl_ConvertToType, Tcl_GetObjType, + * generic/tclDecls.h: Tcl_RegisterObjType + * generic/tclObj.c: Introduced a CONST86_RETURN, so extensions + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: which use Tcl_ObjType directly can be + * generic/tclOOMethod.c: modified to compile against both Tcl 8.5 and + * generic/tclTestobj.c: Tcl 8.6. tclDecls.h regenerated + This change complies with TIP #24. ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** 2008-07-25 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> - * test/info.test: More work on singleTestInterp usability. This - fixes bug [1605269]. + * test/info.test: More work on singleTestInterp usability. [1605269] - * tests/info.test: Tests 38.* added, exactly testing the tracking - of location for uplevel scripts. Resolved merge conflict on - info-37.0, switched !singleTestInterp constraint to glob matching - instead. Ditto info-22.8, removed constraint, more glob matching, - and reduced the depth of the stack we check. More is coming, right - now I want to commit the bug fixes. + * tests/info.test: Tests 38.* added, exactly testing the tracking of + location for uplevel scripts. Resolved merge conflict on info-37.0, + switched !singleTestInterp constraint to glob matching instead. Ditto + info-22.8, removed constraint, more glob matching, and reduced the + depth of the stack we check. More is coming, right now I want to + commit the bug fixes. * tests/oo.test: Updated oo-22.1 for expanded location tracking. * generic/tclCompile.c (TclInitCompileEnv): Reorganized the - initialization of the #280 location information to match the flow - in TclEvalObjEx to get more absolute contexts. + initialization of the #280 location information to match the flow in + TclEvalObjEx to get more absolute contexts. - * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjEx): Added missing cleanup of - extended location information. + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjEx): Added missing cleanup of extended + location information. 2008-07-25 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -49,41 +46,39 @@ 2007-07-24 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * doc/Notifier.3 CONSTified 4 functions in the - * doc/Thread.3 Notifier which all have a - * generic/tcl.decls Tcl_Time * in it which is supposed - * generic/tcl.h to be a constant, but this was not - * generic/tclDecls.h reflected in the API: - * generic/tclNotify.c Tcl_SetTimer - * generic/tclThread.c Tcl_WaitForEvent - * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c Tcl_ConditionWait - * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c Tcl_SetMaxBlockTime - * unix/tclUnixThrd.c Introduced a CONST86, so extensions which - * win/tclWinNotify.c have their own Notifier (are there any?) - * win/tclWinThrd.c can be modified to compile against both - Tcl 8.5 and Tcl 8.6 - tclDecls.h is re-generated with "make genstubs" + * doc/Notifier.3: CONSTified 4 functions in the Notifier which + * doc/Thread.3: all have a Tcl_Time* in it which is supposed + * generic/tcl.decls: to be a constant, but this was not reflected + * generic/tcl.h: reflected in the API: + * generic/tclDecls.h: Tcl_SetTimer, Tcl_WaitForEvent, + * generic/tclNotify.c: Tcl_ConditionWait, Tcl_SetMaxBlockTime + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: + * generic/tclThread.c: Introduced a CONST86, so extensions which have + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: have their own Notifier (are there any?) can + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: can be modified to compile against both Tcl + * win/tclWinNotify.c: Tcl 8.5 and Tcl 8.6 + * win/tclWinThrd.c: Regenerated tclDecls.h with "make stubs". This change complies with TIP #24 ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** -2008-07-23 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-07-23 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> * tests/lrange.test: Added relative speed test to check for lrange in-place optimization committed 2008-06-30. - * tests/binary.test: Added relative speed test to check for pure - byte array CONCAT1 optimization committed 2008-06-30. + * tests/binary.test: Added relative speed test to check for pure byte + array CONCAT1 optimization committed 2008-06-30. 2008-07-23 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> - * tests/info.test: Reordered the tests to have monotonously - increasing numbers. + * tests/info.test: Reordered the tests to have monotonously increasing + numbers. * generic/tclBasic.c: Modified TclArgumentGet to reject pure lists - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: immediately, without search. Reworked setup - * generic/tclCompile.c: of eoFramePtr, doesn't need the line - * tests/info.test: information, more sensible to have everything - on line 1 when eval'ing a pure list. Updated the users of the line - information to special case this based on the frame type (i.e. + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: immediately, without search. Reworked setup of + * generic/tclCompile.c: eoFramePtr, doesn't need the line information, + * tests/info.test: more sensible to have everything on line 1 when + eval'ing a pure list. Updated the users of the line information to + special case this based on the frame type (i.e. TCL_LOCATION_EVAL_LIST). Added a testcase demonstrating the new behaviour. @@ -94,37 +89,36 @@ 2008-07-22 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> - * generic/tclCompile.c: Made the new TclEnterCmdWordIndex - * generic/tclCompile.h: static, and ansified. + * generic/tclCompile.c: Made the new TclEnterCmdWordIndex static, and + * generic/tclCompile.h: ansified. * generic/tclBasic.c: Ansified the new functions. Added missing function comments. - * generic/tclBasic.c: Reworked the handling of bytecode literals - * generic/tclCompile.c: for #280 to fix the abysmal performance - * generic/tclCompile.h: for deep recursion, replaced the linear - * generic/tclExecute.c: search through the whole stack with - * generic/tclInt.h: another hashtable and simplified the data - structure used by the compiler (array instead of hashtable). - Incidentially this also fixes the memory leak reported via [Bug - 2024937]. + * generic/tclBasic.c: Reworked the handling of bytecode literals for + * generic/tclCompile.c: #280 to fix the abysmal performance for deep + * generic/tclCompile.h: recursion, replaced the linear search through + * generic/tclExecute.c: the whole stack with another hashtable and + * generic/tclInt.h: simplified the data structure used by the compiler + by using an array instead of a hashtable. Incidentially this also + fixes the memory leak reported via [Bug 2024937]. 2008-07-22 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclBasic.c: Added numLevels field to CommandFrame, - * generic/tclExecute.c: let GetCommandSource use it. This solves - * generic/tclInt.h: [Bug 2017146]. Thx dgp for the analysis. + * generic/tclBasic.c: Added numLevels field to CommandFrame, let + * generic/tclExecute.c: GetCommandSource use it. This solves [Bug + * generic/tclInt.h: 2017146]. Thx dgp for the analysis. 2008-07-21 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * generic/tclBasic.c: Extended the existing TIP #280 system (info - * generic/tclCmdAH.c: frame), added the ability to track the - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: absolute location of literal procedure - * generic/tclCompile.c: arguments, and making this information - * generic/tclCompile.h: available to uplevel, eval, and - * generic/tclInterp.c: siblings. This allows proper tracking of - * generic/tclInt.h: absolute location through custom (Tcl-coded) - * generic/tclNamesp.c: control structures based on uplevel, etc. + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: frame), added the ability to track the absolute + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: location of literal procedure arguments, and + * generic/tclCompile.c: making this information available to uplevel + * generic/tclCompile.h: eval, and siblings. This allows proper + * generic/tclInterp.c: tracking of absolute location through custom + * generic/tclInt.h: (Tcl-coded) control structures based on uplevel, + * generic/tclNamesp.c: etc. * generic/tclProc.c: * tests/info.test: @@ -135,7 +129,7 @@ * win/tclWinTest.c * tests/*.test -2008-07-21 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-07-21 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> TIP #304 IMPLEMENTATION @@ -147,33 +141,33 @@ * tests/ioCmd.test: modernized checks * tests/ioTrans.test: -2008-07-21 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-07-21 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclFCmd.c: Inodes on windows are unreliable [Bug 2015723] + * generic/tclFCmd.c: Inodes on windows are unreliable. [Bug 2015723] * tests/winFCmd.test: test rename with inode collision 2008-07-21 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> - * generic/tcl.decls: Changed the implementation of - * generic/tclBasic.c: [namespace import]; removed - * generic/tclDecls.h: Tcl_NRObjProc, replaced with - * generic/tclExecute.c: Tcl_NRCmdSwap (proposed public - * generic/tclInt.h: NRE API). This should fix - * generic/tclNRE.h: [Bug 582506]. + * generic/tcl.decls: Changed the implementation of + * generic/tclBasic.c: [namespace import]; removed + * generic/tclDecls.h: Tcl_NRObjProc, replaced with + * generic/tclExecute.c: Tcl_NRCmdSwap (proposed public + * generic/tclInt.h: NRE API). This should fix + * generic/tclNRE.h: [Bug 582506]. * generic/tclNamesp.c: * generic/tclStubInit.c: - * generic/tclBasic.c: NRE: enabled calling NR commands - * generic/tclExecute.c: from the callbacks. Completely - * generic/tclInt.h: redone tailcall implementation - * generic/tclNRE.h: using the new feature. [Bug 2021489] + * generic/tclBasic.c: NRE: enabled calling NR commands + * generic/tclExecute.c: from the callbacks. Completely + * generic/tclInt.h: redone tailcall implementation + * generic/tclNRE.h: using the new feature. [Bug 2021489] * generic/tclProc.c: * tests/NRE.test: 2008-07-20 Kevin B. Kenny <kenykb@acm.org> - * tests/fileName.test: Repaired the failing test fileName-15.7 - from dkf's commit earlier today. + * tests/fileName.test: Repaired the failing test fileName-15.7 from + dkf's commit earlier today. 2008-07-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -201,9 +195,9 @@ 2008-07-18 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclBasic.c: Optimization: replace calls to - * generic/tclDictObj.c: Tcl_NRAddCallback with the macro - * generic/tclExecute.c: TclNRAddCallback. + * generic/tclBasic.c: Optimization: replace calls to + * generic/tclDictObj.c: Tcl_NRAddCallback with the macro + * generic/tclExecute.c: TclNRAddCallback. * generic/tclInterp.c: * generic/tclNRE.h: * generic/tclNamesp.c: @@ -225,8 +219,8 @@ * tests/NRE.test: Added basic tests for deep TclOO calls - * generic/tcl.decls: Change the public api prefix from - * generic/tcl.h: TclNR_foo to Tcl_NRfoo + * generic/tcl.decls: Change the public api prefix from + * generic/tcl.h: TclNR_foo to Tcl_NRfoo * generic/tclBasic.c: * generic/tclDecls.h: * generic/tclDictObj.c: @@ -248,11 +242,11 @@ 2008-07-18 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictWithCmd, DictUpdateCmd): fix - refcounting bugs that caused crashes [Bug 2017857]. + * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictWithCmd, DictUpdateCmd): fix refcounting + bugs that caused crashes [Bug 2017857]. - * generic/tclBasic.c (TclNREvalObjEx): streamline the management - of the command frame (opt). + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclNREvalObjEx): streamline the management of + the command frame (opt). 2008-07-17 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -282,7 +276,7 @@ * tests/NRE.test: Better constraint for testing the existence of * tests/stack.test: teststacklimit, to insure that the test suite - runs under tclsh. + runs under tclsh. * generic/tclParse.c: fixing incomplete reversion of "fix" for [Bug 2017583], missing TclResetCancellation call. @@ -302,7 +296,7 @@ * generic/tclParse.c: Reverting the "fix" for [Bug 2017583], numLevel * tests/parse.test: management and TclInterpReady check seems to be - necessary after all. + necessary after all. 2008-07-14 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -314,11 +308,11 @@ 2008-07-14 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclExecute.c: Remove unneeded TclInterpReady calls + * generic/tclExecute.c: Remove unneeded TclInterpReady calls * generic/tclParse.c: - * generic/tclBasic.c.: Embedded Tcl_Canceled() calls into - * generic/tclExecute.c: TclInterpReady(). + * generic/tclBasic.c.: Embedded Tcl_Canceled() calls into + * generic/tclExecute.c: TclInterpReady(). * generic/tclParse.c: * generic/tclVar.c: fix error message @@ -326,10 +320,10 @@ * generic/tclParse.c: remove unnecessary numLevel management * tests/parse.test: [Bug 2017583] - * generic/tclBasic.c.: NRE left too many calls to - * generic/tclExecute.c: TclResetCancellation lying around: it - * generic/tclProc.c: only needs to be called prior to any - iPtr->numLevels++. Thanks mistachkin. + * generic/tclBasic.c.: NRE left too many calls to + * generic/tclExecute.c: TclResetCancellation lying around: it + * generic/tclProc.c: only needs to be called prior to any + iPtr->numLevels++. Thanks mistachkin. * generic/tclBasic.c: TclResetCancellation() calls were misplaced (merge mishap); stray //. Thanks patthoyts. @@ -341,7 +335,7 @@ NRE implementation [Patch 2017110] - * generic/tcl.decls: The NRE infrastructure + * generic/tcl.decls: The NRE infrastructure * generic/tcl.h: * generic/tclBasic.c: * generic/tclCmdAH.c: @@ -356,26 +350,26 @@ * generic/tclStubInit.c: * unix/Makefile.in: - * generic/tclInterp.c: NRE-enabling: procs, lambdas, uplevel, - * generic/tclNamesp.c: same-interp aliases, ensembles, imports - * generic/tclProc.c: and namespace_eval. + * generic/tclInterp.c: NRE-enabling: procs, lambdas, uplevel, + * generic/tclNamesp.c: same-interp aliases, ensembles, imports + * generic/tclProc.c: and namespace_eval. * generic/tclTestProcBodyObj.c: New NRE specific tests (few, but - * tests/NRE.test: note that the thing is actually - tested by the whole testsuite. + * tests/NRE.test: note that the thing is actually + tested by the whole testsuite. - * tests/interp.test: Fixed numLevel counting. + * tests/interp.test: Fixed numLevel counting. * tests/parse.test: * tests/stack.test: - * unix/configure: Removing support for the hacky nonportable - * unix/configure.in: stack check: it is not needed anymore, Tcl - * unix/tclConfig.h.in: is very thrifty on the C stack. + * unix/configure: Removing support for the hacky nonportable + * unix/configure.in: stack check: it is not needed anymore, Tcl + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: is very thrifty on the C stack. * unix/tclUnixInit.c: * unix/tclUnixTest.c: * win/tclWin32Dll.c: -2008-07-08 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-07-08 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclGet.c: Corrected out of date comments and removed * generic/tclInt.decls: internal routine TclGetLong() that's no @@ -411,9 +405,9 @@ reported in [Bug 1987821]. Thanks to Miguel for the report and Don Porter for tracking the cause down. -2008-07-03 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-07-03 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * library/package.tcl: Removed [file readable] testing from + * library/package.tcl: Removed [file readable] testing from [tclPkgUnknown] and friends. We find out soon enough whether a file is readable when we try to [source] it, and not testing before allows us to workaround the bugs on some common filesystems where [file @@ -433,12 +427,12 @@ * doc/ObjectType.3: Clean up typedef formatting. -2008-06-30 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-06-30 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * doc/ObjectType.3: Updated documentation of the Tcl_ObjType + * doc/ObjectType.3: Updated documentation of the Tcl_ObjType struct to match expectations of Tcl 8.5. [Bug 1917650] -2008-06-30 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-06-30 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Lrange cleanup and in-place optimization. [Patch 1890831] @@ -452,9 +446,9 @@ change bars and cleaning up the formatting of typedefs. Added a few missing bits of documentation in the process. -2008-06-29 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-06-29 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclPathObj.c: Plug memory leak in [Bug 1999176] fix. Thanks + * generic/tclPathObj.c: Plug memory leak in [Bug 1999176] fix. Thanks to Rolf Ade for detecting. 2008-06-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -465,9 +459,9 @@ * doc/object.n (EXAMPLES): Fix incorrect usage of oo::define to be done with oo::objdefine instead. [Bug 2004480] -2008-06-28 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-06-28 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclPathObj.c: Plug memory leak in [Bug 1972879] fix. Thanks + * generic/tclPathObj.c: Plug memory leak in [Bug 1972879] fix. Thanks to Rolf Ade for detecting and Dan Steffen for the fix. [Bug 2004654] 2008-06-26 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> @@ -477,7 +471,7 @@ conditional on interpreter safeness as well. Thanks to Daniel Steffen for reminding me of that code. -2008-06-25 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-06-25 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> *** 8.6a1 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** @@ -492,22 +486,22 @@ * library/init.tcl: enabling requiring Tcl Modules in safe * tests/safe.test: interpreters. [Bug 1999119] -2008-06-25 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-06-25 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * win/rules.vc: fix versions of dde and registry dlls * win/makefile.vc: fix problem building with staticpkg option -2008-06-24 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-06-24 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclPathObj.c: Fixed some internals management in the "path" Tcl_ObjType for the empty string value. Problem led to a crash in the command [glob -dir {} a]. [Bug 1999176]. -2008-06-24 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-06-24 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * doc/fileevent.n: Fix examples and comment on eof use. [Bug 1995063] -2008-06-23 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-06-23 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclPathObj.c: Fixed bug in Tcl_GetTranslatedPath() when operating on the "Special path" variant of the "path" Tcl_ObjType @@ -515,12 +509,12 @@ relative paths to absolute, contrary to what the function of producing the "translated path" is supposed to do. [Bug 1972879] -2008-06-20 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-06-20 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * changes: Updates for 8.6a1 release. - * generic/tclInterp.c: Fixed completely boneheaded mistake that - * tests/interp.test: [interp bgerror $slave] and [$slave bgerror] + * generic/tclInterp.c: Fixed completely boneheaded mistake that + * tests/interp.test: [interp bgerror $slave] and [$slave bgerror] would always act like [interp bgerror {}]. [Bug 1999035] * tests/chanio.test: Corrected flawed tests revealed by a -debug 1 @@ -543,7 +537,7 @@ * tests/oo.test (oo-14.8): that class mixins are processed in the documented order. [Bug 1998221] -2008-06-19 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-06-19 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * changes: Updates for 8.6a1 release. @@ -570,7 +564,7 @@ new (underscored) form of environment variable names, but make it the encouraged form as well. [Bug 1914604] -2006-06-17 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> +2006-06-17 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * generic/tclClock.c (ConvertLocalToUTC): * tests/clock.test (clock-63.1): Fixed a bug where the internal @@ -679,7 +673,7 @@ * generic/tclIORTrans.c: fix signed <-> unsigned cast warnings. * unix/Makefile.in: clean generated tclDTrace.h file. - * unix/configure.in (SunOS): fix static DTrace-enabled build. + * unix/configure.in (SunOS): fix static DTrace-enabled build. * unix/tcl.m4 (SunOS-5.11): fix 64bit amd64 support with gcc & Sun cc. * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 @@ -689,7 +683,7 @@ * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: sync Tcl.xcodeproj changes. * macosx/README: document new build configs. -2008-06-10 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-06-10 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclEncoding.c(UtfToUtfProc): Avoid unwanted sign extension when converting incomplete UTF-8 sequences. See [Bug 1908443] for @@ -721,11 +715,11 @@ 2008-06-08 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclBasic.c: Compilation of uplevel scripts, allow + * generic/tclBasic.c: Compilation of uplevel scripts, allow * generic/tclCompCmds.c: non-body compiled scripts to access the - * generic/tclCompile.c: LVT (but not to extend it) and enable the - * generic/tclCompile.h: canonical list opt to sidestep the - * generic/tclExecute.c: compiler. This is [Patch 1973096] + * generic/tclCompile.c: LVT (but not to extend it) and enable the + * generic/tclCompile.h: canonical list opt to sidestep the + * generic/tclExecute.c: compiler. This is [Patch 1973096] * generic/tclProc.c: * tests/uplevel.test: @@ -752,7 +746,7 @@ over both modules and see which of the common parts we can factor out and share. -2008-06-04 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-06-04 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclBinary.c: TIP #317 implementation * tests/binary.test: @@ -778,10 +772,10 @@ 2008-06-01 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> - * generic/tclOODecls.h: Added the swizzling of DLLEXPORT and + * generic/tclOODecls.h: Added the swizzling of DLLEXPORT and * generic/tclOOIntDecls.h: DLLIMPORT needed to make EXTERN work. - * generic/tclDictObj.c: Added missing initializers to the ensemble + * generic/tclDictObj.c: Added missing initializers to the ensemble map to silence a compiler warning. Thanks to George Peter Staplin for the report. @@ -844,7 +838,7 @@ TclOO to sit directly inside Tcl. Note that this is incomplete (e.g. no build support yet for Windows). -2008-05-26 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2008-05-26 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * tests/io.test (io-53.9): need to close chan before removing file. @@ -866,9 +860,9 @@ the supported range are now clipped to nearest boundary instead of ignored. -2008-05-22 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-05-22 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_LogCommandInfo): Restored ability to + * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_LogCommandInfo): Restored ability to handle the argument value length = -1. Thanks to Chris Darroch for discovering the bug and providing the fix. [Bug 1968245] @@ -891,13 +885,13 @@ * generic/tclCompile.c: fix crash with tcl_traceExec. Found and fixed by Alexander Pasadyn. [Bug 1964803] -2008-05-15 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-05-15 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * win/makefile.vc: We should use the thread allocator for threaded - * win/rules.vc: builds. Added 'tclalloc' option to disable. + * win/rules.vc: builds. Added 'tclalloc' option to disable. 2008-05-09 George Peter Staplin <georgeps@xmission.com> - * tools/tsdPerf.c A loadable Tcl extension for testing TSD + * tools/tsdPerf.c A loadable Tcl extension for testing TSD performance. * tools/tsdPerf.tcl A simplistic tool that uses the thread extension and tsdPerf.so to get some performance metrics by, @@ -905,10 +899,10 @@ 2008-05-09 George Peter Staplin <georgeps@xmission.com> - * generic/tcl.h: Make Tcl_ThreadDataKey a void *. + * generic/tcl.h: Make Tcl_ThreadDataKey a void *. * generic/tclInt.h: Change around some function names and add some new per-platform declarations for thread-specific data functions. - * generic/tclThread.c: Make use of of the new function names that no + * generic/tclThread.c: Make use of of the new function names that no longer have a Tclp prefix. * generic/tclThreadStorage.c: Replace the core thread-specific data (TSD) mechanism with an array offset solution that eliminates the hash @@ -916,7 +910,7 @@ Kenny for his help with this. * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: Add platform-specific TSD functions for use by - * win/tclWinThrd.c: tclThreadStorage.c. + * win/tclWinThrd.c: tclThreadStorage.c. 2008-05-09 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> @@ -930,12 +924,12 @@ one error that caused a crash every time a compiled 'dict append' with more than one argument was used. Found by Colin McCormack. -2008-05-02 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-05-02 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclBasic.c: Converted the [binary] command into an - * generic/tclBinary.c: ensemble. + * generic/tclBasic.c: Converted the [binary] command into an + * generic/tclBinary.c: ensemble. * generic/tclInt.h: - * test/binary.test: Updated the error tests for ensemble errors. + * test/binary.test: Updated the error tests for ensemble errors. * generic/tclFileName.c: Reverted accidental commit of TIP 316 APIs. @@ -1214,7 +1208,7 @@ * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: * generic/tclTomMathDecls.h: -2008-03-30 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> +2008-03-30 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * generic/tclInt.h (TclIsNaN): * unix/configure.in: Added code to the configurator to check for a @@ -1260,7 +1254,7 @@ * library/tztata/America/St_Barthelemy: * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/San_Luis: * library/tzdata/Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh: - * library/tzdata/Asia/Kolkata: (new files) + * library/tzdata/Asia/Kolkata: (new files) * library/tzdata/America/Caracas: * library/tzdata/America/Havana: * library/tzdata/America/Santiago: @@ -1291,7 +1285,7 @@ * changes: Updated for 8.5.2 release. -2008-03-24 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-03-24 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclBinary.c: [Bug 1923966] - crash in binary format * tests/binary.test: Added tests for the above crash condition. @@ -1394,7 +1388,7 @@ * doc/info.n: Replaced {expand} with {*}. -2008-03-12 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2008-03-12 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * unix/Makefile.in (install-libraries): Bump http to 2.7 * win/Makefile.in (install-libraries): Added -myaddr option to allow @@ -1407,7 +1401,7 @@ Added -strict option to control URL validation on per-call basis. [Bug 1560506] -2008-03-11 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2008-03-11 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl): Add -method option to support * tests/http.test (http-3.1): http PUT and DELETE requests. @@ -1470,7 +1464,7 @@ * doc/http.n: Revised to indicate that [package require http 2.5.5] is needed to get all the documented commands ([http::meta]). - * generic/tclEvent.c (TclDefaultBgErrorHandlerObjCmd): Added error + * generic/tclEvent.c (TclDefaultBgErrorHandlerObjCmd): Added error * tests/event.test (event-5.*): checking to protect against callers passing invalid return options dictionaries. [Bug 1901113] @@ -1548,12 +1542,12 @@ one caller within Tcl itself which passes a non-0-count value to Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo(). -2008-02-28 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-02-28 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> * unix/tclPort.h, unix/tclCompat.h, unix/tclUnixChan.h: Reduce scope of <sys/filio.h> and <sys/ioctl.h> #includes. [Patch 1903339] -2008-02-28 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-02-28 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> * unix/tclUnixChan.c, unix/tclUnixNotfy.c, unix/tclUnixPipe.c: Consolidate all code conditionalized on -DUSE_FIONBIO into one place. @@ -1577,7 +1571,7 @@ to optimize compiled [return -level 0 $x] [RFE 1794073] introduced a memory leak of the return options dictionary. Fixing that. -2008-02-27 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-02-27 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * library/http/http.tcl: [Bug 705956] - fix inverted logic when cleaning up socket error in geturl. @@ -1595,43 +1589,43 @@ * tests/clock.test (clock-61.*, clock-62.1): Regression tests for [Bug 1862555] and [Bug 1902423]. -2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclIOUtil.c, unix/tclUnixPort.h, unix/tclUnixChan.c: Remove dead/unused portability-related #defines and unused conditional code. See [Patch 1901828] for discussion. -2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclIORChan.c (enum MethodName), * generic/tclCompExpr.c (enum Marks): More stray trailing ","s -2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> * unix/configure.in(socklen_t test): Define socklen_t as "int" if missing, not "unsigned". Use AC_TRY_COMPILE instead of AC_EGREP_HEADER. * unix/configure: regenerated. -2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-02-26 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclCompile.h: Remove stray trailing "," from enum InstOperandType definition (C99ism). -2008-02-26 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2008-02-26 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): Fix the handling of the last star * tests/regexpComp.test: possibly being escaped in determining right anchor. [Bug 1902436] -2008-02-26 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-02-26 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: Set version 2.5.5 * library/http/http.tcl: It is better to do the [eof] check after trying to read from the socket. No clashes found in testing. Added http::meta command to access the http headers. [Bug 1868845] -2008-02-22 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2008-02-22 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: Set version 2.5.4 * library/http/http.tcl: Always check that the state array exists @@ -1751,7 +1745,7 @@ * tests/cmdIL.test (cmdIL-7.7): Fix crash on reversing an empty list. [Bug 1876793] -2008-01-20 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2008-01-20 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * unix/README: Minor typo fixes [Bug 1853072] @@ -1767,8 +1761,8 @@ 2008-01-15 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Add an 'optimize' argument to - * generic/tclCompile.c: TclCompileExpr() to profit from better - * generic/tclCompile.h: literal management according to usage. + * generic/tclCompile.c: TclCompileExpr() to profit from better + * generic/tclCompile.h: literal management according to usage. * generic/tclExecute.c: * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Fix literal leak in exprs [Bug 1869989] (dgp) @@ -1781,11 +1775,11 @@ 2008-01-15 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclBasic.c: Replacing 'operator' by 'op' in the def of + * generic/tclBasic.c: Replacing 'operator' by 'op' in the def of * generic/tclCompExpr.c: struct TclOpCmdClientData to accommodate C++ - * generic/tclCompile.h: compilers. [Bug 1855644] + * generic/tclCompile.h: compilers. [Bug 1855644] -2008-01-13 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2008-01-13 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * win/tclWinSerial.c (SerialCloseProc, TclWinOpenSerialChannel): Use critical section for read & write side. [Bug 1353846] (newman) @@ -1808,7 +1802,7 @@ * doc/vwait.n: Add a missing be to fix a typo. -2008-01-04 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2008-01-04 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (make-man-pages): Make man page title use more specific info on lhs to improve tabbed browser view titles. @@ -1851,9 +1845,9 @@ Improved -unique handling, now eliminating repeated elems immediately instead of marking them to avoid reinsertion at the end. -2007-12-23 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-12-23 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileRegexpCmd): TCL_REG_NOSUB cannot + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileRegexpCmd): TCL_REG_NOSUB cannot * tests/regexp.test (regexp-22.2): be used because it * tests/regexpComp.test: [Bug 1857126] disallows backrefs. @@ -1879,7 +1873,7 @@ * changes: Updated for 8.5.0 release. -2007-12-19 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-12-19 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileSwitchCmd): update switch -regexp * tests/switch.test-14.*: compilation to pass @@ -1912,14 +1906,14 @@ TclStackAlloc; insure that all memory allocators align to 16-byte boundaries on 64 bit platforms [Bug 1851832, 1851524] -2007-12-14 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-12-14 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclIOUtil.c (FsAddMountsToGlobResult): fix the tail conversion of vfs mounts. [Bug 1602539] * win/README: updated notes -2007-12-14 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2007-12-14 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * tests/winFile.test: Fixed tests for win2k with long machine name @@ -1941,15 +1935,15 @@ * changes: Updated for 8.5.0 release. -2007-12-10 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-12-10 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): reduce escapes in conversion when not necessary - * generic/tclInt.decls: move TclByteArrayMatch and TclReToGlob + * generic/tclInt.decls: move TclByteArrayMatch and TclReToGlob * generic/tclIntDecls.h: to tclInt.h from stubs. * generic/tclStubInit.c: Add flags var to TclByteArrayMatch for - * generic/tclInt.h: future extensibility + * generic/tclInt.h: future extensibility * generic/tcl.h: define TCL_MATCH_EXACT doc for Tcl_StringCaseMatch. * doc/StrMatch.3: It is compatible with existing usage. * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_STR_MATCH): flag for TclByteArrayMatch @@ -1958,7 +1952,7 @@ * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (StringMatchCmd): Use TclStringMatchObj * tests/string.test (11.9.* 11.10.*): more tests -2007-12-10 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> +2007-12-10 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> * doc/string.n, doc/UniCharIsAlpha.3: Fix markup errors. * doc/CrtCommand.3, doc/CrtMathFnc.3, doc/FileSystem.3, @@ -1985,10 +1979,10 @@ * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: * generic/tclStubInit.c: -2007-12-09 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-12-09 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * tests/io.test, tests/chanio.test (io-73.1): Make sure to invalidate - * generic/tclIO.c (SetChannelFromAny): internal rep only after + * generic/tclIO.c (SetChannelFromAny): internal rep only after validating channel rep. [Bug 1847044] 2007-12-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -2000,7 +1994,7 @@ * doc/interp.n (SAFE INTERPRETERS): exposed commands so that the documentation and reality now match. [Bug 1662436] -2007-12-07 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-12-07 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode INST_REGEXP): * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileRegexpCmd): Pass correct RE @@ -2016,7 +2010,7 @@ * unix/README: Mention the stub library created by `make` and warn about the effect of embedded paths in the installed binaries. - Thanks to Larry Virden. [Bug 1794084] + Thanks to Larry Virden. [Bug 1794084] * doc/AddErrInfo.3: Documentation for the new routines in TIP 270. * doc/Interp.3: @@ -2027,7 +2021,7 @@ * doc/namespace.n: Documentation for zero-argument form of [namespace import] (TIP 261) [Bug 1596416] -2007-12-06 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-12-06 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclInt.h: add TclGetChannelFromObj decl (TclMatchIsTrivial): simplify TclMatchIsTrivial to remove ] check. @@ -2046,7 +2040,7 @@ * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclMakeEnsemble): Added missing release of a DString. [Bug 1845397] -2007-12-05 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-12-05 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclIO.h: Create Tcl_Obj for Tcl channels to reduce * generic/tclIO.c: overhead in lookup by Tcl_GetChannel. New @@ -2060,7 +2054,7 @@ about which mechanism caused the error (interp's recursion limit or C-stack depth detector). -2007-12-05 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-12-05 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * win/configure, win/tcl.m4 (LIBS_GUI): mingw needs -lole32 -loleaut32 but not msvc for Tk's [send]. [Bug 1844749] @@ -2082,7 +2076,7 @@ * unix/Makefile.in: stable Tcl. * win/Makefile.in: -2007-12-03 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-12-03 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * win/configure, win/tcl.m4 (LIBS_GUI): remove ole32.lib oleaut32.lib @@ -2094,7 +2088,7 @@ since in the two-arg case, detecting an option would definitely lead to a syntax error. [Patch 1836519] -2007-11-29 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-11-29 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * win/makefile.vc: add ws2_32.lib to baselibs * win/configure, win/tcl.m4: add ws2_32.lib / -lws2_32 to build. @@ -2121,7 +2115,7 @@ * generic/tclIO.c: Simplify test and improve accuracy of error message in latest changes. -2007-11-28 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2007-11-28 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclIO.c: -eofchar must support no eofchar. @@ -2174,10 +2168,10 @@ * tests/ioCmd.test: Updated the testsuite. -2007-11-23 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-11-23 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_ArrayObjCmd): handle the right data for - * tests/var.test (var-14.2): [array names $var -glob $ptn] + * tests/var.test (var-14.2): [array names $var -glob $ptn] 2007-11-23 Donal K. Fellows <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> @@ -2248,7 +2242,7 @@ * changes: Updated for 8.5b3 release. -2007-11-19 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@users.sourceforge.net> +2007-11-19 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@users.sourceforge.net> * library/tzdata/Africa/Cairo: * library/tzdata/America/Campo_Grande: @@ -2301,7 +2295,7 @@ option to their linker if they so desire. This is a configuration only recommended for (some) vendors. Relates to [Patch 1231022]. -2007-11-15 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2007-11-15 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Prefer UINT_PTR to DWORD_PTR when casting pointers to integer types for greater portability. [Bug 1831253] @@ -2341,7 +2335,7 @@ completely. Simplifies the code quite a bit. If people still want the full code, it will remain on the 8.4 branch. [Bug 1831425] -2007-11-13 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-11-13 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileRegexpCmd): clean up comments, only free dstring on OK from TclReToGlob. @@ -2368,7 +2362,7 @@ undefined here; this should be set (or not) in the compile options, it is used elsewhere and needs to be consistent. -2007-11-13 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2007-11-13 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * unix/tcl.m4: Added autoconf goo to detect and make use of * unix/configure.in: getaddrinfo and friends. @@ -2393,7 +2387,7 @@ enabled by default, as no autoconf-ery written). Part of fix for [Bug 1618235]. -2007-11-12 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-11-12 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclGet.c (Tcl_Get, Tcl_GetInt): revert use of TclGet* macros due to compiler warning. These cases won't save time either. @@ -2415,7 +2409,7 @@ perfomance wins, which turn out to be tiny. Not worth the complication. -2007-11-11 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-11-11 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclCompCmds.c, generic/tclCompile.c, generic/tclCompile.h: * generic/tclExecute.c, generic/tclInt.decls, generic/tclIntDecls.h: @@ -2492,7 +2486,7 @@ is that "nobody does that", and so it is not worth the cost. Improved failure comments (mistachkin). -2007-11-10 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> +2007-11-10 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Rewrote the Windows stack checking algorithm to use information from VirtualQuery to determine the bound of the stack. @@ -2529,7 +2523,7 @@ replace Tcl_AsyncReady and TclpCheckStackSpace by much faster variants [Patch 1829248] -2007-11-09 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-11-09 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclInt.decls, generic/tclIntDecls.h: Use unsigned char for * generic/tclExecute.c, generic/tclUtil.c: TclByteArrayMatch and @@ -2539,7 +2533,7 @@ * generic/tclBinary.c (Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj): check type before func jump (perf). -2007-11-07 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-11-07 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclStubInit.c: Added TclByteArrayMatch * generic/tclInt.decls: for efficient glob @@ -2708,7 +2702,7 @@ 2007-10-20 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclCompile.c: Fix comments. + * generic/tclCompile.c: Fix comments. * generic/tclExecute.c: 2007-10-18 David Gravereaux <davygrvy@pobox.com> @@ -2801,12 +2795,12 @@ 2007-10-14 David Gravereaux <davygrvy@pobox.com> * tools/mkdepend.tcl (new): Initial stab at generating automatic - * win/makefile.vc: dependencies. + * win/makefile.vc: dependencies. -2007-10-12 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2007-10-12 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * win/makefile.vc: Mine all version information from headers. - * win/rules.vc: Sync tcl and tk and bring extension versions + * win/rules.vc: Sync tcl and tk and bring extension versions * win/nmakehlp.c: closer together. Try and avoid using tclsh to do substitutions as we may cross compile. * win/coffbase.txt: Added offsets for snack dlls. @@ -2844,7 +2838,7 @@ * doc/Hash.3: Correct the valid usage of the flags member for the Tcl_HashKeyType. It should be 0 or more of the flags mentioned. -2007-10-02 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2007-10-02 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tcl.h (Tcl_DecrRefCount): Update change from 2006-05-29 to make macro more warning-robust in unbraced if code. @@ -2853,7 +2847,7 @@ [core-stabilizer-branch] - * README: Bump version number to 8.5.0 + * README: Bump version number to 8.5.0 * generic/tcl.h: * library/init.tcl: * tools/tcl.wse.in: @@ -2895,7 +2889,7 @@ * unix/tcl.spec: * win/configure.in: -2007-09-19 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2007-09-19 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclStubLib.: Replaced isdigit with internal implementation. @@ -2905,7 +2899,7 @@ * win/makefile.vc: that we don't need the C library linked in to libtclStub. -2007-09-17 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2007-09-17 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * win/makefile.vc: Add crt flags for tclStubLib now it uses C-library functions. |