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@@ -1,5 +1,58 @@ 1999-05-03 <stanton@scriptics.com> + * tests/cmdIL.test: + * tests/cmdMZ.test: + * tests/error.test: + * tests/lindex.test: + * tests/linsert.test: + * tests/lrange.test: + * tests/lreplace.test: + * tests/string.test: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclGetIntForIndex): Applied Jeff Hobbs's + string patch which includes the following changes [Bug: 1845]: + + - string compare now takes optional length arg (for strncmp + behavior) + + - added string equal (just a few lines of code blended + in with string compare) + + - added string icompare/iequal for case-insensitive comparisons + + - string index's index can now be ?end[+-]?expression + I made this change in the private TclGetIntForIndex, + which means that the list commands also benefit, as + well as string range, et al. + + - added [string repeat string count] + Repeats given string number of times + + - added string replace, string equiv to lreplace + (quasi opposite of string range): + string replace first last ?string? + Example of use, replacing end of string with ... + should the string be more than 16 chars long: + string replace $string 16 end "..." + This just returns the string len < 16, so it + will only affect the long strings. + + - added optional first and last args to string to* + This allows you to just affect certain regions of + a string with the command (like just capping the + first letter). I found the original totitle to + be too draconian to be useful. + + - added [string map charMap string] + where charMap is a {from to from to} list that equates to + what one might get from [array get]. Each and + can be multiple chars (or none at all). For Tcl/CGI users, + this is a MAJOR speed booster. + + * generic/tclParse.c (Tcl_ParseCommand): Changed to avoid + modifying eval'ed strings that are already null terminated. + [Bug: 1793] + * tests/binary.test: * generic/tclBinary.c (DupByteArrayInternalRep): Fixed bug where type was not being set in duplicated object. |