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diff --git a/ChangeLog.1999 b/ChangeLog.1999 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a7483a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/ChangeLog.1999 @@ -0,0 +1,2698 @@ +1999-12-22 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * changes: updated changes file + * tools/tclSplash.bmp: updated to show 8.3 + +1999-12-21 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * README: + * generic/tcl.h: + * mac/README: + * unix/configure.in: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * win/README.binary: + * win/configure.in: updated to patch level 8.3b1 + + * unix/Makefile.in: added -srcdir=... for 'make html' + + * doc/Hash.3: fixed reference to ckfree [Bug: 3912] + * doc/RegExp.3: fixed calling params for Tcl_RegExecFromObj + * doc/open.n: fixed minor formatting errors + * doc/string.n: fixed minor formatting errors + + * doc/lsort.n: added -unique docs + * tests/cmdIL.test: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: added -unique option to lsort + + * generic/tclThreadTest.c: changed thread ids to longs [Bug: 3902] + + * mac/tclMacOSA.c: fixed applescript for I18N [Bug: 3644] + + * win/mkd.bat: + * win/rmd.bat: removed necessity of tag.txt [Bug: 3874] + + * win/tclWinThrd.c: changed CreateThread to _beginthreadex and + ExitThread to _endthreadex + +1999-12-12 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * doc/glob.n: + * tests/fileName.test: + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * generic/tclEncoding.c: + * generic/tclFileName.c: + * mac/tclMacFile.c: + * unix/tclUnixFile.c: + * win/tclWinFile.c: enhanced the glob command with the new options + -types -path -directory and -join. Deprecated TclpMatchFiles with + TclpMatchFilesTypes, extended TclGlob and TclDoGlob and added + GlobTypeData structure. [Bug: 2363] + +1999-12-10 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * tests/var.test: + * generic/tclCompile.c: fixed problem where setting to {} array + would intermittently not work. (Fontaine) [Bug: 3339] + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: optimized INST_TRY_CVT_TO_NUMERIC to + recognize boolean objects. (Spjuth) [Bug: 2815] + + * tests/info.test: + * tests/parseOld.test: + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: changed Tcl_UplevelObjCmd (uplevel) and + Tcl_EvalObjCmd (eval) to use TCL_EVAL_DIRECT in the single arg + case as well, to take advantage of potential pure list input + optimization. This means that it won't get byte compiled though, + which should be acceptable. + * generic/tclBasic.c: made Tcl_EvalObjEx pure list object aware in + the TCL_EVAL_DIRECT case for efficiency. + * generic/tclUtil.c: made Tcl_ConcatObj pure list object aware, + and return a list object in that case [Bug: 2098 2257] + + * generic/tclMain.c: changed Tcl_Main to not constantly reuse the + commandPtr object (interactive case) as it could be shared. (Fellows) + + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.m4: + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: removed checking for compatible vfork + function and use of the vfork function. Modern VM systems rarely + suffer any performance degradation when fork is used, and it + solves multiple problems with vfork. Users that still want vfork + can add -Dfork=vfork to the compile flags. [Bug: 942 2228 1312] + +1999-12-09 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * win/aclocal.m4: made it just include tcl.m4 + + * doc/exec.n: + * doc/open.n: + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: + * win/tclWinChan.c: + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: + * win/tclWinInit.c: + * win/tclWinPipe.c: + * win/tclWinSock.c: removed all code that supported Win32s. It + was no longer officially supported, and likely didn't work anyway. + * win/makefile.vc: removed 16 bit stuff, cleaned up. + + * win/tcl16.rc: + * win/tclWin16.c: + * win/winDumpExts.c: these files have been removed from the + source tree (no longer necessary to build) + +1999-12-07 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * tests/io.test: removed 'knownBug' tests that were for + unsupported0, which is now fcopy (that already has tests) + + * mac/tclMacPort.h: added utime.h include + + * generic/tclDate.c: + * unix/Makefile.in: fixed make gendate to swap const with CONST + so it uses the Tcl defined CONST type [Bug: 3521] + + * generic/tclIO.c: removed panic that could occur in FlushChannel + when a "blocking" channel would receive EAGAIN, instead treating + it the same as non-blocking. [Bug: 3773] + + * generic/tclUtil.c: fixed Tcl_ScanCountedElement to not step + beyond the end of the counted string [Bug: 3336] + +1999-12-03 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * doc/load.n: added note about NT's buggy handling of './' with + LoadLibrary + + * library/http2.1/http.tcl: fixed error handling in http::Event + [Bug: 3752] + + * tests/env.test: removed knownBug limitation from working test + * tests/all.tcl: ensured that ::tcltest::testsDirectory would be + set to an absolute path + + * tests/expr-old.test: + * tests/parseExpr.test: + * tests/string.test: + * generic/tclGet.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: added TclCheckBadOctal routine to enhance + error message checking for when users use invalid octal numbers + (like 08), as well as replumbed the Expr*Funcs with a new + VerifyExprObjType to simplify type handling. [Bug: 2467] + + * tests/expr.test: + * generic/tclCompile.c: fixed 'bad code length' error for + 'expr + {[incr]}' case, with new test case [Bug: 3736] + and seg fault on 'expr + {[error]}' (different cause) that + was caused by a correct optimization that didn't correctly + track how it was modifying the source string in the opt. + The optimization was removed, which means that: + expr 1 + {[string length abc]} + will be not be compiled inline as before, but this should be + written: + expr {1 + [string length abc]} + which will be compiled inline for speed. This prevents + expr 1 + {[mindless error]} + from seg faulting, and only affects optimizations for + degenerate cases [Bug: 3737] + +1999-12-01 Scott Redman <redman@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tcl.decls : + * generic/tclMain.c : + * unix/tclAppInit.c: + * win/tclAppInit.c: Added two new internal functions, + TclSetStartupScriptFileName() and TclGetStartupScriptFileName() + and added hooks into the main() code for supporting TclPro and + other "big" shells more easily without requiring a copy of the + main() code. + + * generic/tclEncoding.c: + * generic/tclEvent.c: Moved encoding-related startup code from + tclEvent.c into the more appropriate tclEncoding.c. + +1999-11-30 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclIO.c: fix from Kupries for Tcl_UnstackChannel that + correctly handles resetting translation and encoding. + + * generic/tclLoad.c: #def'd out the unloading of DLLs at finalize + time for Unix in TclFinalizeLoad. [Bug: 2560 3373] Should be + parametrized to allow for user to specify unload or not. + + * win/tclWinTime.c: fixed handling of %Z on NT for time zones + that don't have DST. + +1999-11-29 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * library/dde1.1/pkgIndex.tcl: + * library/reg1.0/pkgIndex.tcl: added supported for debugged + versions of the libraries + + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: fixed PipeBlockModeProc to properly set + isNonBlocking flag on pipe. [Bug: 1356 710] + removed spurious fcntl call from PipeBlockModeProc + + * tests/scan.test: + * generic/tclScan.c: fixed scan where %[..] didn't match anything + and added test case [Bug: 3700] + +1999-11-24 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * doc/open.n: + * win/tclWinSerial.c: adopted patch from Schroedter to handle + fconfigure $sock -lasterror on Windows. [RFE: 3368] + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: made SORTMODE_INTEGER work with Longs + [Bug: 3652] + +1999-11-23 Scott Stanton <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Fixed bug where tcltest output + went to stdout instead of the specified output file in some + cases. + +1999-11-19 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclProc.c: backed out change from 1999-11-18 as it + could affect return string from upvar as well. + + * tools/tcl.wse.in: added tcltest1.0 library to distribution list + + * doc/http.n: + * library/http2.1/http.tcl: + * library/http2.1/pkgIndex.tcl: updated http package to 2.2 + +1999-11-18 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * unix/tcl.m4: added defined for _THREAD_SAFE in --enable-threads + case; added check for pthread_mutex_init in libc; in AIX case, + with --enable-threads ${CC}_r is used; fixed flags when using gcc + on SCO + + * generic/tclProc.c: corrected error reporting for default case + at the global level for uplevel command. + + * generic/tclIOSock.c: changed int to size_t type for len + in TclSockMinimumBuffers. + + * generic/tclCkalloc.c: fixed Tcl_DbCkfree to return a value + on NULL input. [Bug: 3400] + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: fixed support for passing in negative + length to Tcl_SetUnicodeObj, et al handling routines. [Bug: 3380] + + * doc/scan.n: + * tests/scan.test: + * generic/tclScan.c: finished support for inline scan by + supporting XPG identifiers. + + * doc/http.n: + * library/http2.1/http.tcl: added register and unregister + commands to http:: package (better support for tls/SSL), + as well as -type argument to http::geturl. [RFE: 2617] + + * generic/tclBasic.c: removed extra decr of numLevels in + Tcl_EvalObjEx that could cause seg fault. (mjansen@wendt.de) + + * generic/tclEvent.c: fixed possible lack of MutexUnlock in + Tcl_DeleteExitHandler [Bug: 3545] + + * unix/tcl.m4: Added better pthreads library check and inclusion + of _THREAD_SAFE in --enable-threads case + Added support for gcc config on SCO + + * doc/glob.n: added note about ..../ glob behavior on Win9* + * doc/tcltest.n: fixed minor example errors [Bug: 3551] + +1999-11-17 Brent Welch <welch@scriptics.com> + * library/http2.1/http.tcl: Correctly fixed the -timeout + problem mentioned in the 10-29 change. Also added error + handling for failed writes on the socket during the protocol. + +1999-11-09 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * doc/open.n: corrected docs for 'a' open mode. + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: changed Tcl_Alloc to ckalloc + + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclObj.c: rolled back changes from 1999-10-29 + Purify noted new leaks with that code + + * generic/tclParse.c: added code in Tcl_ParseBraces to test for + possible unbalanced open brace in a comment + + * library/init.tcl: removed the installed binary directory from + the auto_path variable + + * tools/tcl.wse.in: updated to 8.3a1, fixed install of twind.tcl + and koi8-r.enc files + + * unix/tcl.m4: added recognition of pthreads library for AIX + +1999-10-29 Brent Welch <welch@scriptics.com> + * generic/tclInt.h: Modified the TclNewObj and TclDecrRefCount + in two ways. First, in the case of TCL_THREADS, we do not use + the special Tcl_Obj allocator because that is a source of + lock contention. Second, general code cleanup to eliminate + duplicated code. In particular, TclDecrRefCount now uses + TclFreeObj instead of duplicating that code, so it is now + identical to Tcl_DecrRefCount. + + * generic/tclObj.c: Changed Tcl_NewObj so it uses the + TclNewObj macro instead of duplicating the code. Adjusted + TclFreeObj so it understands the TCL_THREADS case described + above. + + * library/http2.1/http.tcl: Fixed a bug in the handling of + the state(status) variable when the -timeout flag is specified. + Previously it was possible to leave the status undefined + instead of empty, which caused errors in http::status + +1999-10-28 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * unix/aclocal.m4: made it just include tcl.m4 + + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: updated makeFile to return + full pathname of file created + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: fixed Tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA so it only + iterates once over the va_list (avoiding a memcpy of it, + which is not portable). + + * generic/tclEnv.c: fixed possible ABR error in environ array + + * tests/scan.test: + * generic/tclScan.c: added support for use of inline scan, + XPG3 currently not included + + * tests/incr.test: + * tests/set.test: + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: fixed improper bytecode handling of + 'eval {set array($unknownvar) 5}' (also for incr) [Bug: 3184] + + * win/tclWinTest.c: added testvolumetype command, as atime is + completely ignored for Windows FAT file systems + * win/tclWinPort.h: added sys/utime.h to includes + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: added utime.h to includes + * doc/file.n: + * tests/cmdAH.test: + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: added time arguments to atime and mtime + file command methods (support 'touch' functionality) + +1999-10-20 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: fixed event/io threading problems by + making triggerPipe non-blocking [Bug: 2792] + + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: + * generic/tclThreadTest.c: fixed mem leaks in threads + + * generic/tclResult.c: fixed Tcl_AppendResultVA so it only + iterates once over the va_list (avoiding a memcpy of it, + which is not portable). + + * generic/regc_color.c: fixed mem leak and assertion, from HS + + * generic/tclCompile.c: removed savedChar trick that appeared to + be causing a segv when the literal table was released + + * tests/string.test: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: fixed [string index] to return ByteArrayObj + when indexing into one (test case string-5.16) [Bug: 2871] + + * library/http2.1/http.tcl: protected gets with catch [Bug: 2665] + +1999-10-19 Jennifer Hom <jenn@scriptics.com> + + * tests/tcltest.test: + * doc/tcltest.n: + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Removed the extra return at the + end of the tcltest.tcl file, added version information about tcl. + + Applied patches sent in by Andreas Kupries to add helper procs for + debug output, add 3 new flags (-testsdir, -load, -loadfile), and + internally refactors common code for dealing with paths into + separate procedures. [Bug: 2838, 2842] + + Merged code from core-8-2-1 branch that changes the checks for the + value of tcl_interactive to also incorporate a check for the + existence of the variable. + + * tests/autoMkindex.test: + * tests/pkgMkIndex.test: Explicitly cd to + ::tcltest::testsDirectory at the beginning of the test run + + * tests/basic.test: Use version information defined in tcltest + instead of hardcoded version number + + * tests/socket.test: package require tcltest before attempting to + use variable defined in tcltest namespace + + * tests/unixInit.test: + * tests/unixNotfy.test: Added explicit exits needed to avoid + problems when the tests area run in wish. + +1999-10-12 Jim Ingham <jingham@scriptics.com> + + * mac/tclMacLoad.c: Stupid bug - we converted the filename to + external, but used the unconverted version. + * mac/tclMacFCmd.c: Fix a merge error in the bug fix for [Bug: 2869] + +1999-10-12 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * generic/regc_color.c: + * generic/regc_cvec.c: + * generic/regc_lex.c: + * generic/regc_locale.c: + * generic/regcomp.c: + * generic/regcustom.h: + * generic/regerrs.h: + * generic/regex.h: + * generic/regexec.c: + * generic/regguts.h: + * generic/tclRegexp.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: + * tests/reg.test: updated to Henry Spencer's new regexp engine + (mid-Sept 99). Should greatly reduce stack space reqs. + + * library/tcltest1.0/pkgIndex.tcl: fixed procs in pkgIndex.tcl file + + * generic/tclEnv.c: fixed mem leak with putenv and DStrings + * doc/Encoding.3: corrected docs + * tests/basic.test: updated test cases for 8.3 + * tests/encoding.test: fixed test case that change system + encoding to a double-byte one (this causes a bogus mem read + error for purify) + * unix/Makefile.in: purify has to use -best-effort to instrument + * unix/tclAppInit.c: identified potential mem leak when compiling + tcltest (not critical) + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: fixed mem leak in TclpCreateProcess when + doing alloc between vfork and execvp. + * unix/tclUnixTest.c: fixed mem leak in findexecutable test command + +1999-10-05 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * {win,mac,unix,tools,}/README: + * win/README.binary: + * win/makefile.vc: + * {win,unix}/configure.in: + * generic/tcl.h: + * library/init.tcl: updated to 8.3a1 from 8.2.0. + + * library/http2.1/http.tcl: fixed possible use of global c var. + + * win/tclWinReg.c: fixed registry command to properly 'get' + HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA root key data. Needs more work. + + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclVar.c: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: fixed comment typos + + * mac/tclMacFCmd.c: fixed filename stuff to support UTF-8 [Bug: 2869] + + * win/tclWinSerial.c: changed SerialSetOptionProc to return + TCL_OK by default. (patch from Rolf Schroedter) + +1999-09-21 Jennifer Hom <jenn@scriptics.com> + + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Applied patches sent in by + Andreas Kupries to fix typos in comments and ::tcltest::grep, + fix hook redefinition problems, and change "string compare" to + "string equal." [Bug: 2836, 2837, 2839, 2840] + +1999-09-20 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * tests/env.test: + * unix/Makefile.in: added support for AIX LIBPATH env var [Bug: 2793] + removed second definition of INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR (the one that + referenced @includedir@) [Bug: 2805] + * unix/dltest/Makefile.in: added -lc to LIBS [Bug: 2794] + +1999-09-16 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * tests/timer.test: changed after delay in timer test 6.29 from + 1 to 10. [Bug: 2796] + + * tests/pkg.test: + * generic/tclPkg.c: fixed package version check to disallow 1.2..3 + [Bug: 2539] + + * unix/Makefile.in: fixed gendate target - this never worked + since RCS was intro'd. + * generic/tclGetDate.y: updated to reflect previous changes + to tclDate.c (leap year calc) and added CEST and UCT time zone + recognition. Fixed 4 missing UCHAR() casts. [Bug: 2717, 954, + 1245, 1249] + + * generic/tclCkalloc.c: changed Tcl_DumpActiveMemory to really + dump to stderr and close it [Bug: 725] and changed Tcl_Ckrealloc + and Tcl_Ckfree to not bomb when NULL was passed in [Bug: 1719] + and changed Tcl_Alloc, et al to not panic when a alloc request + for zero came through and NULL was returned (valid on AIX, Tru64) + [Bug: 2795, etc] + + * tests/clock.test: + * doc/clock.n: + * generic/tclClock.c: added -milliseconds switch to clock clicks + to guarantee that the return value of clicks is in the millisecs + granularity [Bug: 2682, 1332] + +1999-09-15 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: fixed potential core dump in conjunction + with stacked channels with result obj manipulation in + Tcl_ReadChars [Bug: 2623] + + * tests/format.test: + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: fixed translation of %0#s in format [Bug: 2605] + + * doc/msgcat.n: fixed \\ bug in example [Bug: 2548] + + * unix/tcl.m4: + * unix/aclocal.m4: added fix for FreeBSD-[1-2] recognition + [Bug: 2070] and fix for IRIX SHLIB_LB_LIBS. [Bug: 2610] + + * doc/array.n: + * tests/var.test: + * tests/set.test: + * generic/tclVar.c: added an array unset operation, with docs + and tests. Variation of [Bug: 1775]. Added fix in TclArraySet + to check when trying to set in a non-existent namespace. [Bug: 2613] + +1999-09-14 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * tests/linsert.test: + * doc/linsert.n: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: fixed end-int interpretation of linsert + to correctly calculate value for end, added test and docs [Bug: 2693] + + * doc/regexp.n: + * doc/regsub.n: + * tests/regexp.test: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: add -start switch to regexp and regsub + with docs and tests + + * doc/switch.n: added proper use of comments to example. + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: changed switch to complain when an error + occurs that seems to be due to a misplaced comment. + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: fixed illegal ref for \[0-9] substitutions + in regsub [Bug: 2723] + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: changed [string equal] to return an Int + type object (was a Boolean) + +1999-09-01 Jennifer Hom <jenn@scriptics.com> + + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Process command-line arguments + only ::tcltest doesn't have a child namespace (requires that + command-line args are processed in that namespace) + +1999-09-01 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: changed '"' to '\"' to make FreeBSD + happy [Bug: 2625] + * generic/tclProc.c: moved static buf to better location and + changed static msg that would overflow in ProcessProcResultCode + [Bug: 2483] and added Tcl_DStringFree to Tcl_ProcObjCmd. + Also reworked size of static buffers. + * tests/stringObj.test: added test 9.11 + * generic/tclStringObj.c: changed Tcl_AppendObjToObj to + properly handle the 1-byte dest and mixed src case where + both had had Unicode string len checks made on them. [Bug: 2678] + * unix/aclocal.m4: + * unix/tcl.m4: adjusted fix from 8-21 to add -bnoentry to the + AIX-* case and readjusted the range + +1999-08-31 Jennifer Hom <jenn@scriptics.com> + + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: + * doc/tcltest.n: + * tests/README: Modified testConstraints variable so that it isn't + unset every time ::tcltest::initConstraints is called and cleaned up + documentation in the README file and the man page. + +1999-08-27 Jennifer Hom <jenn@scriptics.com> + + * tests/env.test: + * tests/exec.test: + * tests/io.test: + * tests/event.test: + * tests/tcltest.test: Added 'exit' calls to scripts that the tests + themselves write, and removed accidental checkin of knownBugThreaded + constraints for Solaris and Linux. + + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Modified tcltest so that + variables are only initialized to their default values if they did + not previously exist. + +1999-08-26 Jennifer Hom <jenn@scriptics.com> + + * tests/tcltest.test: + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Added a -args flag that sets a + variable named ::tcltest::parameters based on whatever's being + sent in as the argument to the -args flag. + +1999-08-23 Jennifer Hom <jenn@scriptics.com> + + * tests/tcltest.test: Added additional tests for -tmpdir, marked + all tests that use exec as unixOrPc. + + * tests/encoding.test: + * tests/interp.test: + * tests/macFCmd.test: + * tests/parseOld.test: + * tests/regexp.test: Applied patches from Jim Ingham to add + encoding to a Mac only interp test, change an error message in + macFCmd.tet, put a comment in parseOld.test, fix tests using the + testencoding path command, and put unixOrPc constraints on tests + that use exec. + +1999-08-21 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * unix/aclocal.m4: Changed AIX-4.[2-9] check to AIX-4.[1-9] + [Bug: 1909] + +1999-08-20 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclPosixStr.c: fixed typo [Bug: 2592] + + * doc/*: fixed various nroff bugs in man pages [Bug: 2503 2588] + +1999-08-19 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * win/README.binary: fixed version info and some typos [Bug: 2561] + + * doc/interp.n: updated list of commands available in a safe + interpreter [Bug: 2526] + + * generic/tclIO.c: changed Tcl_GetChannelNames* to use style guide + headers (pleases HP cc) + +1999-08-18 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * doc/Eval.3: fixed doc on input args [Bug: 2114] + + * doc/OpenFileChnl.3: + * doc/file.n: + * tests/cmdAH.test: + * tclIO.c: + * tclCmdAH.c: added "file channels ?pattern?" tcl command, with + associated Tcl_GetChannelNames and Tcl_GetChannelNamesEx public + C APIs (added to tcl.decls as well), with docs and tests. + + * tests/expr.test: + * generic/tclCompile.c: add TCL_TOKEN_VARIABLE to the part types + that cause differed compilation for exprs, to correct the expr + double-evaluation problem for vars. Added test cases. + Related to [Bug: 732] + + * unix/Makefile.in: changed the dependency structure so that + install-* is dependent on * (ie - install-binaries is dependent + on binaries). + + * library/auto.tcl: + * library/init.tcl: + * library/ldAout.tcl: + * library/package.tcl: + * library/safe.tcl: + * library/word.tcl: + * library/http2.1/http.tcl: + * library/msgcat1.0/msgcat.tcl: updated libraries to better + Tcl style guide (no more string comparisons with == or !=, spacing + changes). + +1999-08-05 Jim Ingham <jingham@cygnus.com> + + * mac/tclMacProjects.sea.hqx: Rearrange the projects so that the build + directory is separate from the sources. Much more convenient! + +1999-08-13 Scott Redman <redman@scriptics.com> + + * /: 8.2.0 tagged for final release + +1999-08-12 Scott Stanton <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * win/Makefile.in: Added COMPILE_DEBUG_FLAGS macro to make it + easier to turn on compiler tracing. + + * tests/parse.test: + * generic/tclParse.c: Fixed bug in Tcl_EvalEx where the termOffset + was not being updated in cases where the evaluation returned a non + TCL_OK error code. [Bug: 2535] + +1999-08-12 Scott Redman <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinSerial.c: Applied patch from Petteri Kettunen to + remove compiler warning. + +1999-08-10 Scott Redman <redman@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclAlloc.c: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclIO.c: + * generic/tclThread.c: + * win/tclWinThrd.c: + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: Fixed Brent's changes so that they work on + Windows (and he fixed the bug in the Unix thread implementation). + +1999-08-09 Brent Welch <welch@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tcl.decls: + * generic/tclAlloc.c: + * generic/tclCkalloc.c: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclIO.c: + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * generic/tclVar.c: + * mac/tclMacThrd.c: + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: + * win/tclWinThrd.c: Added use of Tcl_GetAllocMutex to tclAlloc.c + and tclCkalloc.c so they can be linked against alternate thread + packages. Added Tcl_GetChannelNames to tclIO.c. Added + TclVarTraceExists hook so "info exists" triggers read traces + exactly like it did in Tcl 7.6. Stubs table changes to reflect new + internal and external APIs. + +1999-08-09 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * tests/string.test: added largest_int proc to adapt for >32 bit + machines and int overflow testing. + * tests/tcltest.test: fixed minor error in 8.2 result (from dgp) + + * doc/Object.3: clarified Tcl_DecrRefCount docs [Bug: 1952] + * doc/array.n: clarified array pattern docs [Bug: 1330] + * doc/clock.n: fixed clock docs [Bug: 693] + * doc/lindex.n: clarified to account for new end-int behavior. + * doc/string.n: fixed formatting errors [Bug: 2188 2189] + * doc/tclvars.n: fixed doc error [Bug: 2042] + * library/init.tcl: fixed path handling in auto_execok (it could + miss including the normal path on some Windows machines) [Bug: 1276] + +1999-08-05 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * doc/tclvars.n: Made it clear that tcl_pkgPath was not set + for Windows (already mentioned in init.tcl) [Bug: 2455] + * generic/tclLiteral.c: fixed reference to bytes that might + not be null terminated (using objPtr->bytes, which is) [Bug: 2496] + * library/http2.1/http.tcl: Made use of "i" in init section use + local var and start at 0 (was 1). [Bug: 2502] + +1999-08-04 Scott Stanton <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/reg.test: Added test for REG_EXPECT bug fixed by Henry's + patch. + + * generic/regc_nfa.c: + * generic/regcomp.c: + * generic/rege_dfa.c: + * generic/regexec.c: + * generic/regguts.h: Applied patches supplied by Henry Spencer to + greatly enhance the performance of certain classes of regular + expressions. [Bug: 2440, 2447] + +1999-08-03 Scott Redman <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinInt.h: Remove function declarations in header that was + moved to tclInt.decls file in previous changes. + +1999-08-02 Scott Redman <redman@scriptics.com> + + * unix/configure.in: + * win/configure.in: Change beta level to b2. + + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tcl.decls: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclRegexp.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: Move some exported public and internal + functions to the stub tables. Removed functions that are in the + stub tables (from this and previous changes) from the original + header files. + +1999-08-01 Scott Redman <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinSock.c: Added comment block to SocketThread() + function. Added code to avoid calling TerminateThread(), but + instead to send a message to the socket event window to tell it to + terminate its thread. + +1999-07-30 Jennifer Hom <jenn@scriptics.com> + + * tests/tcltest.test: + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Exit with non-zero status if + there were problems with the way the test suite was started + (e.g. wrong # arguments). + +1999-07-30 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclInt.decls: added declaractions necessary for the + Tcl test code to work wth stubs [Bug: 2445] + +1999-07-30 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinPipe.c: + * win/Makefile.in: Fixing launching of 16-bit apps on Win9x from + wish. The command line was primed with tclpip82.dll, but it was + ignored. Fixed that, then fixed the gmake makefile to build + tclpip82.dll as an executable. + + * win/tclWinSock.c: Applied small patch to get thread-specific + data after initializing the socket driver. + + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: Applied patch to fix threads on Irix 6.5. + Patch from James Dennett. [Bug: 2450] + + * tests/info.test: Enable test for tclParse.c change (info + complete). + +1999-07-30 <hobbs@scriptics.com> + + * tclIO.c: added fix for Kupries' trf patch [Bug: 2386] + + * tclParse.c: fixed bug in info complete regarding nested square + brackets [Bug: 2382, 2466] + +1999-07-29 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinChan.c: Allow tcl to open CON and NUL, even for std + channels. Checking for bad/unusable std channels was moved to Tk + since its only purpose was to check whether to use the Tk Console + Window for the std channels. [Bug: 2393 2392 2209 2458] + + * unix/mkLinks.tcl: Applied patch to avoid linking pack.n to + pack-old.n. Patch from Don Porter. [Bug: 2469] + + * doc/Encoding.n: Applied patch to fix typo in .SH NAME line. + Patch from Don Porter. [Bug: 2451] + + * win/tclWinSock.c: Free Win32 Event handles when destroying + the socket helper thread. + +1999-07-28 <jenn@scriptics.com> + + * tests/tcltest.test: + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Fixed the condition under which + ::tcltest::PrintError had an infinite loop problem and added a + test case for it. Added an optional argument to + ::tcltest::getMatchingFiles telling it where to search for test + files. + +1999-07-27 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * tools/tclSplash.bmp: Updated Windows installer bitmap + to ready Tcl/Tk Version 8.2. + +1999-07-26 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * tests/tcltest.test: Need to close the new core file, there + seems to be a hang in threaded WinNT if the file isn't closed. + Open issue, need to fix that hang. + + * tests/httpold.test: Add time delay in response from Http server + so that test cases can properly detect timeout conditions with + threads enabled on multi-CPU WinNT. + + * tests/winFCmd.test: Test case winFcmd-1.33 was looking for + c:\windows, which may not exist. Instead, create a new directory + on c:\ and use it for the test. + + * win/tclWinConsole.c: + * win/tclWinPipe.c: + * win/tclWinSock.c: Fix terminating helper threads by holding any + mutexes from the primary thread while waiting for the helper + thread to terminate. Without these changes, the test suite hangs + on WinNT with 2 CPUs and threads enabled. Open issue, seems to be + a sporadic hang on dual CPU systems still (very rare). + +1999-07-26 Jennifer Hom <jenn@scriptics.com> + + * tests/tcltest.test: + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: + * doc/tcltest.n: Cleaned up code in ::tcltest::PrintError, revised + documentation, and added tests for the tcltest package. + +1999-07-23 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * tests/info.test: + * generic/tclParse.c: Removed patch for info command, breaks test + cases on Unix. Patch was bad and needs to be redone + properly. [Bug: 2382] + +1999-07-22 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * Changed version to 8.2b2. + + * win/tclWinSock.c: Fixed hang with threads enabled, fixed + semaphores with threads disabled. + + * win/safe.test: Fixed safe-6.3 with threads enabled. + + * win/Makefile.in: Fixed calling of tcltest to fix safe.test + failures due to path TCL_LIBRARY path. + + * win/tclWinPort.h: Block out include of sys/*.h in order to + build extensions with MetroWerks compiler for Win32. [Bug: 2385] + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * generic/tclIO.c: Fix ANSI-style prototypes based on patch from + Ulrich Ring. [Bug: 2391] + + * unix/Makefile.in: Need to make install-sh executable before + calling (with chmod +x). [Bug: 2413] + + * tests/var.test: + * generic/tclVar.c: Fixed bug that caused a seg. fault when using + "array set a(b) {}", which is a bad array name anyway. Now the + "array set" command will return an error in this case. Added test + case and fixed existing test. [Bug: 2427] + +1999-07-21 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * tests/info.test: + * generic/tclParse.c: Applied patch to fix "info complete" + for the string {[a [b]}. Patch from Peter Spjuth. [Bug: 2382] + + * doc/Utf.3: + * generic/tcl.decls: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclUtf.c: Changed function declarations in + non-platform-specific public APIs to use "unsigned long" instead of + "size_t", which may not be defined on certain compilers (rather + than include sys/types.h, which may not exist). + + * unix/Makefile.in: Added the Windows configure script to the + distribution file list, already shipping configure.in and the .m4 + files, but needed the configure script itself. + + * win/makefile.vc: Changed version number of DDE package in VC++ + makefile to use 1.1 instead of 1.0. + + * doc/open.n: Added documentation of \\.\comX notation for opening + serial ports on Windows (alternative to comX:). + + * tests/ioCmd.test: + * doc/open.n: + * win/tclWinSerial.c: Applied patch from Rolf Schroedter to add + -pollinterval option to fconfigure to modify the maxblocktime used + in the fileevent polling. Added documentation and fixed the test + case as well. + + * win/tclWinSock.c: Modified 8.1.0 version of the Win32 socket + driver to move the handling of the socket event window in a + separate thread. It also turned out that Win95 & Win98 were, in + some cases, getting multiple FD_ACCEPTs but only handling one. + Added a count for the FD_ACCEPT to take care of this. Tested on + NT4 SP3, NT4 SP4, Win95, and Win98. + [Bug: 2178 2256 2259 2329 2323 2355] + +1999-07-21 <jpeek@scriptics.com> + + * README: Small tweaks to clean up typos and wording. + +1999-07-20 Melissa Hirschl <hershey@matisse.scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclInitScript.h: + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: merged code with 8.0.5. We now use an + intermediate global tcl var "tclDefaultLibrary" to keep the + "tcl_library" var from being set by the default value in the + Makefile. Also fixed a bug in which caused the value of + TCL_LIBRARY env var to be ignored. + * unix/tclWinInit.c: just updated some comments. + +1999-07-19 Melissa Hirschl <hershey@matisse.scriptics.com> + + * library/http2.1/http.tcl: updated -useragent text to say version + 2.1. + +1999-07-16 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tcl.decls: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: Add Tcl_SetNotifier to stub table. + [Bug: 2364] + + * unix/aclocal.m4: + * unix/tcl.m4: Add check for Alpha/Linux to correct the IEEE + floating flag to the compiler, should be -mieee. Patch from Don + Porter. + + * tools/tcl.hpj.in: Change version number of .cnt file referenced + in .HPJ file. + +1999-07-15 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * tools/tcl.wse.in: Fixed naming of target files for Windows. + +1999-07-14 <jpeek@scriptics.com> + + * doc/re_syntax.n: Deleted sentence as suggested by Scott S. + +1999-07-12 <jpeek@scriptics.com> + + * doc/re_syntax.n: Removed two notes to myself (oops), cleaned + up wording, fixed changebars, made two examples easier to read. + +1999-07-11 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/makefile.vc: Since the makefile.vc should continue to work + while we're working out bugs/issues in the new TEA-style + autoconf/configure/gmake build mechanism for Windows, the version + numbers of the Tcl libraries need to remain in sync. Modified the + version numbers in the makefile to reflect the change to 8.2b1. + +1999-07-09 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/configure.in: Eval DLLSUFFIX, LIBSUFFIX, and EXESUFFIX in + the configure script so that substitutions get expanded before + being placed in the Makefile. The "d" portion for debug libraries + and DLLs was not being set properly. + +1999-07-08 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/string.test: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Fixed bug in string range bounds checking + code. + +1999-07-08 Jennifer Hom <jenn@scriptics.com> + + * doc/tcltest.n: + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Removed -asidefromdir and + -relateddir flags, removed unused ::tcltest::dotests proc, cleaned + up implementation of core file checking, and fixed the code that + checks for 1-letter flag abbreviations. + +1999-07-08 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * win/Makefile.in: Added tcltest target so runtest works + properly. Added missing names to the clean/distclean targets. + + * tests/reg.test: + * generic/rege_dfa.c: Applied fix supplied by Henry Spencer for + bug in DFA state caching under lookahead conditions. [Bug: 2318] + +1999-07-07 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * doc/fconfigure.n: Clarified default buffering behavior for the + standard channels. [Bug: 2335] + +1999-07-06 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinSerial.c: New implementation of serial port driver + from Rolf Shroedter (Rolf.Schroedter@dlr.de) that allows more than + one byte to be read from the port. Implemented using polling + instead of threads, there is a max. 10ms latency between checking the + port for file events. [Bug: 1980 2217] + +1999-07-06 <welch@scriptics.com> + + * library/http2.0/http.tcl: Fixed the -timeout option so it + handles timeouts that occur during connection attempts to + hosts that are down (the only case that really matters!) + +1999-07-03 <welch@scriptics.com> + + * doc/ChnlStack.3: + * generic/tcl.decls: + * generic/tclIO.c: Added a new variant of the "Trf patch" + from Andreas Kupres that adds new C APIs Tcl_StackChannel, + Tcl_UnstackChannel, and Tcl_GetStackedChannel. + +1999-07-03 <welch@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclNotify.c: + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: + * unix/tclXtTest.c: + * unix/tclXtNotify.c: + * win/tclWinNotify.c: + * mac/tclMacNotify.c: Added Tcl_SetNotifier and the associated + hook points in the notifiers to be able to replace the notifier + calls at runtime The Xt notifier and test program use this hook. + +1999-07-03 <welch@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclParse.c: Changed parsing of variable names to + allow empty array names. Now "$(foo)" is a variable reference! + Previous you had to use something like $::(foo), which is slower. + This change is requested by Jean-Luc Fontaine for his STOOOP + package. + +1999-07-01 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: + * generic/tclFCmd.c: Call TclStat instead of TclpStat in order to + allow Tcl_Stat hooks to work properly. + +1999-06-29 Jennifer Hom <jenn@scriptics.com> + + * library/tcltest1.0/pkgIndex.tcl: + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: + * doc/tcltest.n: + * tests/all.tcl: Added -preservecore, -limitconstraints, -help, + -file, -notfile, -relateddir and -asidefromdir flags to the + tcltest package along with exported proc + ::tcltest::getMatchingFiles. The documentation was modified to + match and all.tcl was modified to use the new functionality + instead of implementing -file itself. + +1999-06-28 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: + * doc/GetIndex.3: + * tests/binary.test: + * tests/winDde.test: Applied patch from Peter Hardie (with + changes) to fix problem with Tcl_GetIndexFromObj() when the key + being passed is the empty string. It used to match "" and return + TCL_OK, but it should have returned TCL_ERROR instead. Added test + case to "binary" and "dde" commands to check the behavior. Added + documentation note as well. + +1999-06-26 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinDde.c: Applied patch from Peter Hardie to add poke + command to dde. Also rev'd version of dde package to 1.1. + [Bug: 1738] + +1999-06-25 Jennifer Hom <jenn@scriptics.com> + + * unix/Makefile.in: + * win/Makefile.in: + * library/tcltest1.0/pkgIndex.tcl: + * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: + * library/tcltest1.0: Added initial implementation of the Tcl test + harness package. This package was based on the defs.tcl file that + was part of the tests directory. Reversed the way that tests were + evaluated to fix a problem with false passes. + + * doc/tcltest.n: Added documentation for the tcltest package. + + * tests/README: + * tests/defs.tcl: + * tests/all.tcl: Modified all test files (tests/*.test) and + all.tcl to use the new tcltest package and removed references to + the defs.tcl file. Modified the README file to point to the man + page for tcltest. + +1999-06-25 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/reg.test: + * generic/regexec.c: Fixed bugs in non-greedy quantifiers. + +1999-06-23 <jpeek@scriptics.com> + + * doc/re_syntax.n: + * doc/switch.n: + * doc/lsearch.n: + * doc/RegExp.3: + * doc/regexp.n: + * doc/regsub.n: Moved information about syntax of 8.1 regular + expressions from regexp(n) manpage into new re_syntax(n) page. + Added pointers from other manpages to new re_syntax(n) page. + +1999-06-23 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Changed install-doc to install-man. + + * tools/uniParse.tcl: + * tools/uniClass.tcl: + * tools/README: + * tests/string.test: + * generic/regc_locale.c: + * generic/tclUniData.c: + * generic/tclUtf.c: + * doc/string.n: Updated Unicode character tables to reflect latest + Unicode 2.1 data. Also rationalized "regexp" and "string is" + definitions of character classes. + +1999-06-21 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadCreate): Fixed memory leak where + thread attributes were not being released. [Bug: 2254] + +1999-06-17 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/regexp.test: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Changed to use new regexp interfaces. Added + -expanded, -line, -linestop, and -lineanchor switches to regsub. + + * doc/RegExp.3: Documented the new regexp interfaces and + the compile/execute flags. + + * generic/tclTest.c: + * generic/tclRegexp.h: + * generic/tclRegexp.c: + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tcl.decls: Renamed Tcl_RegExpMatchObj to + Tcl_RegExpExecObj and added a new Tcl_RegExpMatchObj that is + equivalent to Tcl_RegExpMatch. Added public macros for the regexp + compile/execute flags. Changed to store either an object pointer + or a string pointer in the TclRegexp structure. Changed to avoid + adding a reference to the object or copying the string. + + * generic/regcomp.c: lint + + * tests/reg.test: + * generic/regex.h: + * generic/regc_lex.c: Added REG_BOSONLY flag to allow Expect to + iterate through a string an only find matches that start at the + current position within the string. + +1999-06-16 <wart@scriptics.com> + + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/Makefile.in: + * unix/tcl.m4: + * unix/aclocal.m4: Numerous build changes to make Tcl conform to the + proposed TEA spec + +1999-06-16 Melissa Hirschl <hershey@matisse.scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_VariableObjCmd): fixed premature increment + in loop that was causing out-of-bounds reads on array "varName". + +1999-06-16 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/execute.test: + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Fixed crash caused by + a bug in INST_LOAD_SCALAR1 where the scalar index was read as + a signed 1 byte value instead of unsigned. [Bug: 2243] + +1999-06-14 Melissa Hirschl <hershey@matisse.scriptics.com> + + * doc/StringObj.3 + * test/stringObj.test + * unix/Makefile.in + * win/Makefile.in + * win/makefile.vc + * generic/tclStringObj.c: + Merged String and Unicode object types. Added new functions to + the puplic API: Tcl_NewUnicodeObj, Tcl_SetUnicodeObj, + Tcl_GetUnicode, Tcl_GetUniChar, Tcl_GetCharLength, Tcl_GetRange, + Tcl_AppendUnicodeToObj. + +1999-06-09 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclUnicodeObj.c: Lots of cleanup and simplification. + Fixed several memory bugs. Added TclAppendUnicodeToObj. + + * generic/tclInt.h: Added declarations for various Unicode string + functions. + + * generic/tclRegexp.c: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Changed to use new Unicode string interfaces + for better performance. + + * generic/tclRegexp.h: + * generic/tclRegexp.c: + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tcl.decls: Added Tcl_RegExpMatchObj and + Tcl_RegExpGetInfo calls to access lower level regexp API. These + features are needed by Expect. This is a preliminary + implementation pending final review and cleanup. + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * tests/string.test: Fixed bug where string map failed on null + strings. + + * generic/regexec.c: + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: lint + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: Changed to always write output in LF mode. + +1999-06-08 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinSock.c: Rolled back to the 8.1.0 implementation + because of serious problems with the new driver. Basically no + incoming socket connections would be reported to a server port. + The 8.1.1 code needs to be redesigned and fixed correctly. + +1999-06-07 Melissa Hirschl <hershey@matisse.scriptics.com> + + * tests/string.test: + * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_SetVar2Ex): + * generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendObjToObj): + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): optimized the string + index, string length, string range, and append command in cases + where the object's internal rep is a bytearray. Objects with + other internal reps are converted to have the new unicode internal + rep. + + * unix/Makefile.in: + * win/Makefile.in: + * win/Makefile.vc: + * tests/unicode.test: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclUnicodeObj.c: added a new object type to store the + unicode representation of a string. + + * generic/tclTestObj.c: added the objtype option to the testobj + command. This option returns the name of the type of internal rep + an object has. + +1999-06-04 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * win/configure.in: + * win/Makefile.in: Windows build now handles static/dynamic + debug/nodebug builds and supports the standard targets using + Cygwin user tools plus GNU make and autoconf. + +1999-06-03 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): + * tests/string.test: Fixed bug where string equal/compare -nocase + reported wrong result on null strings. [Bug: 2138] + +1999-06-02 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclUtf.c (Tcl_UtfNcasecmp): Fixed incorrect computation + of relative ordering. [Bug: 2135] + +1999-06-01 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * unix/configure.in: Fixed various small configure.in patches + submitted by Jan Nijtmans. [Bug: 2121] + + * tests/reg.test: + * generic/regc_color.c: + * generic/regc_cvec.c: + * generic/regc_lex.c: + * generic/regc_locale.c: + * generic/regc_nfa.c: + * generic/regcomp.c: + * generic/regcustom.h: + * generic/rege_dfa.c: + * generic/regerror.c: + * generic/regerrs.h: + * generic/regex.h: + * generic/regexec.c: + * generic/regfree.c: + * generic/regfronts.c: + * generic/regguts.h: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * generic/tclRegexp.c: + * generic/tclRegexp.h: + * generic/tclTest.c: Applied Henry Spencer's latest regexp patches + that fix an infinite loop bug and add support for testing whether + a string could match with additional input. [Bug: 2117] + +1999-05-28 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclObj.c: Changed to eliminate use of isupper/tolower in + favor of the Unicode versions. + + * win/Makefile.in: + * win/configure.in: Added preliminary TEA implementation. + + * win/tclWinDde.c: Fixed bug where dde calls were being passed an + invalid dde handle because Initialize had not been called. + [Bug: 2124] + +1999-05-26 <redman@scriptic.com> + + * generic/tclThreadTest.c: Fixed race condition in testthread + code that showed up in the WinNT test suite intermittently. + + * win/tclWinSock.c: Fixed a hang in the WinNT socket driver, wake + up the socket thread every 100ms to check for events on the + sockets that did not wake up the thread (race condition). + +1999-05-24 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: Changed to allow a list of platforms instead + of just one at a time. + + * generic/tcl.decls: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclPort.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * generic/tclStubLib.c: Various header file related changes and other + lint to try to get the Mac builds working. + +1999-05-21 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinPipe.c: Fix bug when launching command.com on + Win95/98. Need to wait for the procInfo.hProcess of the process that + was created, not the hProcess of the current process. [Bug: 2105] + +1999-05-20 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * library/init.tcl: Add the directory where the executable is, and + the ../lib directory relative to that, to the auto_path variable. + +1999-05-19 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + Merged in various changes submitted by Jeff Hobbs: + + * generic/tcl.decls: + * generic/tclUtf.c: Added Tcl_UniCharIs* functions for control, + graph, print, and punct classes. + + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * doc/StrMatch.3: Added Tcl_StringCaseMatch() implementation to + support case-insensitive globbing. + + * doc/string.n: + * unix/mkLinks: + * tests/string.test: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Added additional character class tests, + added -nocase switch to "string match", changed string first/last + to use offsets. + +1999-05-19 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tcl.h: Add extern "C" block around entire header file for + C++ compilers to fix linkage issues. Submitted by Don Porter and + Paul Duffin. + + * generic/tclRegexp.c: Fix bug when the regexp cache is empty + and an empty pattern is used in regexp ( such as {} or "" ). + +1999-05-18 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinChan.c: Modified initialization code to avoid + inherenting closed or invalid channels. If the standard input is + anything other than a console, file, serial port, or pipe, then we + fall back to the standard Tk window console. + +1999-05-14 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (Tcl_ForObjCmd): Fixed crash caused by + failure to reset the result before evaluating the test + expression. + +1999-05-14 <surles@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): Added introspection + variable for threaded interps. If the interp was compiled with + threads enabled, the tcl_platform(threaded) variable will exist. + +1999-05-14 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclDate.c: Applied patch to fix 100-year and 400-year + boundaries in leap year code, from Isaac Hollander. [Bug: 2066] + +1999-05-13 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * unix/Makefile.in: + * unix/tclAppInit.c: Minor cleanup related to Xt notifier. + + * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpSetInitialEncodings): Tcl now looks for + an encoding subfield in the LANG/LC_ALL variables in cases where + the locale is not found in the locale table. Ensure that + setlocale() is called at least once so X11 will initialize + properly. Also, forces the LC_NUMERIC locale to be "C" so numeric + processing in scripts is not affected by the current locale + setting. [Bug: 1989] + + * generic/tclRegexp.c: Increased per-thread regexp cache to 30 + slots. This seems to be about the right number for larger + applications like exmh. [Bug: 1063] + +1999-05-12 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * doc/tclsh.1: Updated references to rc script names to accurately + reflect the platform differences on Windows. + + * tests/regexp.test: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclRegexp.h: + * generic/tclRegexp.c: Replaced the per-interpreter regexp cache + with a per-thread cache. Changed the Regexp object to take + advantage of this extra cache. Added a reference count to the + TclRegexp type so regexps can be shared by multiple objects. + Removed the per-interp regexp cache from the interpreter. Now + regexps can be used with no need for an interpreter. [Bug: 1063] + + * win/tclWinInit.c (TclpSetVariables): Avoid calling GetUserName + if the value can be determined from the USERNAME environment + variable. GetUserName is very slow. + +1999-05-07 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * win/winDumpExts.c: + * win/makefile.vc: Removed incorrect patch. [Bug: 1998] + + * generic/tcl.decls: Replaced const with CONST. + + * generic/tclResult.c (Tcl_AppendResultVA): + * generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA): Fixed to copy + arglist using memcpy instead of assignment so it works properly on + OS/390. [Bug: 1997] + + * generic/tclLoadNone.c: Updated to use current interfaces, added + TclpUnloadFile. [Bug: 2003] + + * win/winDumpExts.c: + * win/makefile.vc: Changed to emit library name in defs + file. [Bug: 1998] + + * unix/configure.in: Added fix for OS/390. [Bug: 1976] + +1999-05-06 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/string.test: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * doc/string.n: Fixed bug in string equal/compare code when using + -length option. Cleaned up docs a bit more. + + * tests/http.test: Unset "data" array before running tests to + avoid failures due to previous tests. + + * doc/string.n: + * tests/cmdIL.test: + * tests/cmdMZ.test: + * tests/error.test: + * tests/ioCmd.test: + * tests/lindex.test: + * tests/linsert.test: + * tests/lrange.test: + * tests/lreplace.test: + * tests/string.test: + * tests/cmdIL.test: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Replaced "string icompare/iequal" with + -nocase and -length switches to "string compare/equal". Added a + -nocase option to "string map". Changed index syntax to allow + integer or end?-integer? instead of a full expression. This is + much simpler with safeTcl scripts since it avoids double + substitution issues. + + * doc/Utf.3: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclUtf.c: + * generic/tcl.decls: Added Tcl_UtfNcmp and Tcl_UtfNcasecmp. + +1999-05-05 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * win/makefile.vc: Added encoding directory to install-libraries + target. + +1999-05-03 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * doc/string.n: + * tests/cmdMZ.test: + * tests/string.test: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): Changed "string length" + to avoid regenerating the string rep of a ByteArray object. + + * 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. [Bug: 1975, 2047] + +1999-04-30 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * Changed version to 8.1.1. + +1999-04-30 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * Merged changes from 8.1.0 branch: + + * generic/tclParse.c: Fixed memory leak in CommandComplete. + + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * tools/genStubs.tcl: Added 'extern "C" {}' block around the stub + table pointer declaration so the stub library can be used from + C++. [Bug: 1934] + + * Lots of documentation and other release engineering fixes. + +1999-04-28 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * mac/tclMacResource.c: + * generic/tclListObj.c: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Changed to avoid freeing the string + representation before freeing the internal rep. This helps with + debugging since the string rep will still be valid when the free + proc is invoked. + +1999-04-27 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclLiteral.c (TclHideLiteral): Fixed so hidden literals + get duplicated to avoid accidental sharing in the global object + table. + +1999-04-23 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * tools/genStubs.tcl: Changed to avoid the need for forward + declarations in stub initializers. + +1999-04-23 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * library/encoding/koi8-r.enc: + * tools/encoding/koi8-r.txt: Added support for the koi8-r Cyrillic + encoding. [Bug: 1771] + +1999-04-22 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Changed uses of "try" to "__try", since that + is the actual keyword. This eliminates the need for some -D flags + from the makefile. + + * generic/tclPort.h: Added include of tcl.h since it defines + various Windows macros that are needed before deciding which + platform porting file to use. + + * generic/tclEvent.c: lint + + * win/tclWinInit.c (TclpInitPlatform): Added call to TclWinInit + when building a static library since DllMain will not be invoked. + This could break old code that explicitly called TclWinInit, but + should be simpler in the long run. + +1999-04-22 Scott Stanton <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tclCompile.c: Added TclSetByteCodeFromAny that takes a + hook procedure to invoke after compilation but before the byte + codes are emitted. This makes it possible to do postprocessing on + the compiled byte codes before the ByteCode is generated. + + * generic/tclLiteral.c: Added TclHideLiteral and TclAddLiteralObj + to make it possible to create local unshared literal objects. + + * win/tclWinInit.c: + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: Changed initial search path to match that + found used by tcl_findLibrary. + +1999-04-22 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinPort.h: + * win/tclWinSock.c: Added code to use WinSock 2.0 API on NT to + avoid creating a window to handle sockets. API not available on + Win95 and needs to be fixed on Win98, until then continue to use + the older (window-based) scheme on those two OSes. + +1999-04-15 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * Merged 8.1 back into the main trunk + +1999-04-13 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * library/encoding/gb2312.enc: + * library/encoding/euc-cn.enc: + * tools/encoding/gb2312.txt: + * tools/encoding/cp950.txt: + * tools/encoding/Makefile: Restored the double byte definition of + GB2312 and added the EUC-CN encoding. EUC-CN is a variant of + GB2312 that shifts the characters into bytes with the high bit set + and includes ASCII as a subset. [Bug: 632] + +1999-04-13 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinSock.c: Apply patch to allow write access to a socket + if FD_WRITE is sent but FD_CONNECT is not. Some strange problem + with either Win32 or a socket driver. [Bug: 1664 1776] + +1999-04-09 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: Fixed notifier deadlock situation when the + pipe used to talk back notifier thread is filled with data. When + calling the write() function to feed data down that pipe, unlock + the notifierMutex to allow the notifier to wake up again. Found + as a result of the focus.test for Tk hanging. [Bug: 1700] + +1999-04-06 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/unixNotfy.test: Fixed hang in tests when built with thread + support. + + * tests/httpold.test: Fixed broken test that didn't wait long + enough for events to arrive. + + * tests/unixInit.test: Fixed race condition in test. + + * tests/unixInit.test: + * tests/fileName.test: Minor test nits. + + * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpSetInitialEncodings): Fixed bad initial + encoding string. + +1999-04-06 <surles@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclVar.c: + * generic/tclEnv.c: Moved the "array set" C level code into a + common routine (TclArraySet). The TclSetupEnv routine now uses + this API to create an env array w/ no elements. + + * generic/tclEnv.c: + * generic/tclWinInit.h: + * generic/tclUnixInit.h: + * generic/tclInt.h: Made the Env module I18N compliant. Changed the + FindVariable routine to TclpFindVariable, that now does a case + insensitive string comparison on Windows, and not on UNIX. [Bug: + 1299, 1500] + +1999-04-05 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/io.test: Minor test cleanup. + + * generic/tclEncoding.c (Tcl_CreateEncoding): Minor lint to make + it easier to compile on Digital-unix. [Bug: 1659] + + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: Applied patch for OS/390 to handle lack of + sys/param.h. [Bug: 1725] + + * unix/configure.in: Fixed BSD/OS 4.* configuration to support + shared libraries properly. [Bug: 1730] + +1999-04-05 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinDde.c: decrease timeout value for DDE calls to 30k + [Bug: 1639] + + * generic/tcl.decls: + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: Added more functions to the Tcl stubs table, + including all Tcl_ functions not already in it (except Cmd + functions) and Tcl_GetCwd() and Tcl_Chdir() (new functions). + + * tests/safe.test: + * doc/safe.n: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * library/safe.tcl: The encoding command is not safe as-is, so + create a safe alias to mask out the "encoding system <name>" but + allow all other uses including "encoding system". Added test cases + and updated the man page for Safe Tcl. + +1999-04-05 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/winTime.test: + * win/tclWinTime.c: Fixed crash in clock command that occurred + when manipulating negative time values in timezones east of + GMT. [Bug: 1142, 1458] + + * tests/platform.test: + * tests/fileName.test: Fixed broken tests. + + * generic/tclFileName.c: Moved global regexps into thread local + storage. + + * tests/socket.test: Changed so tests don't reuse sockets, + since Windows is slow to release sockets. + + * win/tclWinConsole.c: + * win/tclWinPipe.c: + * win/tclWinSerial.c: Fixed race condition where background + threads were terminated while they still held a lock in the + notifier. + +1999-04-02 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/http.test: Fixed bad test initialization code. + + * generic/tclThreadTest.c (ThreadExitProc): Fixed bug where static + memory was being returned instead of a dynamically allocated + result in error cases. + +1999-04-02 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * doc/dde.n: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * win/makefile.vc: + * win/pkgIndex.tcl: + * win/tclWinDde.c: Add new DDE package, code removed from Tk now + separated into its own package. Changed DDE-based send code into + "dde eval" command. Can be loaded into tclsh (not just wish). + Windows only. + +1999-04-02 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/expr.test: + * tests/for-old.test: + * tests/for.test: + * tests/foreach.test: + * tests/format.test: + * tests/httpold.test: + * tests/if.test: + * tests/init.test: + * tests/interp.test: + * tests/while.test: Added some tests for known bugs (marked with + knownBug constraint), and cleaned up a few bad tests. + + * generic/regc_locale.c: + * generic/regcustom.h: + * generic/tcl.decls: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclRegexp.c: + * generic/tclScan.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: + * generic/tclUtf.c: + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: + * win/tclWinFile.c: Made various Unicode utility functions + public. The following functions were made public and added to the + stubs table: + Tcl_UtfToUniCharDString, Tcl_UniCharToUtfDString, + Tcl_UniCharLen, Tcl_UniCharNcmp, Tcl_UniCharIsAlnum, + Tcl_UniCharIsAlpha, Tcl_UniCharIsDigit, Tcl_UniCharIsLower, + Tcl_UniCharIsSpace, Tcl_UniCharIsUpper, Tcl_UniCharIsWordChar + +1999-04-01 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/registry.test: + * win/tclWinReg.c: Internationalized the registry code. It now + uses Unicode interfaces on NT. [Bug: 1197] + + * tests/parse.test: + * generic/tclParse.c: Fixed crash due to multiple frees in parser + during error cleanup when parsing commands with more tokens than + will fit in the static area of the parse structure. [Bug: 1681] + + * generic/tclInt.h: Removed duplicate declarations. + + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tcl.decls: Added Tcl_WinUtfToTChar and Tcl_WinTCharToUtf + to the tclPlat table. + +1999-04-01 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tcl.decls: + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/StubInit.c: + * tools/genStubs.tcl: + * unix/Makefile.in: + * win/makefile.vc: Applied patch from Jan Nijtmans to fix Ultrix + multiple symbol definition problem. Now, even Tcl includes a copy + of the Tcl stub library. Also fixed TCL_MEM_DEBUG mode (for Tk). + +1999-03-31 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinConsole.c: WinNT has a bug when reading a single + character from the console. Rewrote the code for the console to + read an entire line at a time using the reader thread. + +1999-03-30 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Removed trailing backslash that broke the + "depend" target. + + * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpSetInitialEncodings): Changed to avoid + calling setlocale(). We now look directly at env(LANG) and + env(LC_CTYPE) instead. [Bug: 1636] + + * generic/tclFileName.c: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tcl.decls: Removed CONST from Tcl_JoinPath and + Tcl_TranslateFileName because it changes the signature of + Tcl_JoinPath in an incompatible manner. + + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclLoad.c (TclFinalizeLoad): + * generic/tclEvent.c (Tcl_Finalize): Defer unloading of loadable + modules until all exit handlers have been invoked. + [Bug: 998, 1273, 1573, 1593] + +1999-03-29 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclFileName.c: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tcl.decls: Added CONST to Tcl_JoinPath and + Tcl_TranslateFileName. + +1999-03-29 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/Makefile.in: + * win/makefile.vc: + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: Removed the stub functions and + changed the stub macros to just use the name without params. Pass + &tclStubs into the interp (don't use tclStubsPtr because of + collisions with the stubs on Solaris). + +1999-03-27 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/makefile.bc: Removed makefile for Borland compiler, no + longer supported. + +1999-03-26 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinSerial.c: + * win/tclWinConsole.c: + * win/tclWinPipe.c: Don't close the Win32 handle for a channel if + it's a stdio handle (GetStdHandle()) during shutdown of a thread + to prevent it from destroying the stdio of other threads. + +1999-03-26 <suresh@scriptics.com> + + * unix/configure.in + --nameble-shared is now the default and build Tcl as a shared + library; specify --disable-shared to build a static Tcl library + and shell. + +1999-03-25 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/interp.test: + * generic/tclInterp.c (AliasObjCmd): Changed so aliases are + invoked at current scope in the target interpreter instead of at + the global scope. This was an incompatibility introduced in 8.1 + that is being removed. [Bug: 1153, 1556] + + * library/encoding/big5.enc: + * library/encoding/gb2312.enc: + * tools/encoding/big5.enc: + * tools/encoding/gb2312.enc: Added ASCII to big5 and gb2312 + encodings. [Bug: 632] + + * generic/tclPkg.c (Tcl_PkgRequireEx): Fixed broken clientData + initialization in package code. + + * unix/Makefile.in (dist): Added tcl.decls and tclInt.decls to + source distribution. [Bug: 1571] + + * doc/Thread.3: Updated documentation of Tcl_MutexLock to indicate + that the recursive locking behavior is undefined. On Windows, it + does not block, on Unix it deadlocks. [Bug: 1275] + +1999-03-24 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/execute.test: + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Fixed expression code + that incorrectly returned floating point values for integers if + the internal rep happened to be a double. Now we check to see if + the object has a string rep that looks like an integer before + using the double internal rep. [Bug: 1516] + +1999-03-24 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclAlloc.c: + * generic/tclEncoding.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * unix/tclUnixTime.c: + * win/tclWinSerial.c: Fixed compilation warnings/errors for VC++ + 5.0 and 6.0 and HP-UX native compiler without -Aa or -Ae. + [Bug: 1323 1518 1324 1583 1585 1586] + + * win/tclWinSock.c: Make sockets thread-safe on Windows. The + current implementation uses windows to handle events on the + socket, one for each thread (thread local storage). Previously, + there was only one window shared between threads, which didn't + work. [Bug: 1326] + +1999-03-23 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tools/tcl.wse: Fixed file association to look in the right place + for the wish icon. [Bug: 1544] + + * tests/winNotify.test: + * tests/ioCmd.test: + * tests/event.test: Changed to use new style conditionals. + + * tests/encoding.test: Fixed nonportable test. + + * unix/dltest/configure.in: + * unix/dltest/Makefile.in: Added missing DBGX macros. [Bug: 1564] + + * tests/winNotify.test: + * mac/tclMacNotify.c: + * win/tclWinNotify.c: + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: + * generic/tclNotify.c: Added a new Tcl_ServiceModeHook interface + that is invoked whenever the service mode changes. This is needed + to allow the Windows notifier to create a communication window the + first time Tcl is about to enter an external modal event loop + instead of at startup time. This will avoid the various problems + that people have been seeing where the system hangs when tclsh + is running outside of the event loop. [Bug: 783] + + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tcl.decls: Renamed TclpAlertNotifier back to + Tcl_AlertNotifier since it is part of the public notifier driver + API. + +1999-03-23 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinSerial.c: Fixed problem with fileevent on the serial + port and nonblocking mode. Gets no longer hangs, fileevents fire + whenever there is any character data on the port. + + * tests/winConsole.test: + * win/tclWinConsole.c: Fixed problem with fileevents and gets from + a console stdin. Previously, fileevents were firing before an + entire line was available for reading, which meant that when you + did a gets or read, it blocked (even in nonblocking mode). Now, it + should work the same as Unix: fileevents fire when an entire line + is ready, and gets and read do not block in non-blocking mode. + Added an interactive test case to check for this. + +1999-03-22 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * tests/reg.test: + * generic/regc_color.c: Applied regexp bug fix from Henry Spencer. + +1999-03-19 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Fixed the initialization of an array so that + the Sun 5.0 C compiler wouldn't complain. + + * unix/configure.in: Added support for --enable-64bit. For now, + this is only supported on Solaris 7 64bit (SunOS 5.7) using the Sun + compiler (not gcc). + +1999-03-18 <stanton@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWinChan.c (TclpOpenFileChannel, Tcl_MakeFileChannel): + Changed to only test for console or comm handles when the type is + FILE_TYPE_CHAR to avoid useless tests on simple files. Also + reordered tests so consoles are tested first as this is more + common. + + * win/makefile.vc: Regularized usage of mkd and rmd and rm. + + * library/encoding/shiftjis.enc: + * tools/encoding/shiftjis.txt: Missing/incorrect characters in + shift-jis table. [Bug: 1008, 1526] + + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tcl.decls: Eliminated use of "string" and "list" from + argument lists to avoid conflicts with C++ STL. [Bug: 1181] + + * win/tclWinFile.c (TclpMatchFiles): Changed to ignore the + FS_CASE_IS_PRESERVED bit and always return exactly what we get + from the system. + +1999-03-17 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * win/README.binary: + * win/README: + * unix/configure.in: + * generic/tcl.h: + * README: Updated version to 8.1b3. + +1999-03-14 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * win/tclWinConsole.c: + * win/tclWinPipe.c: + * win/tclWinSerial.c: Changed so channel drivers wait for the + reader/writer threads to exit before returning during a close + operation. This ensures that the main thread is the last thread + to exit, so the process return value is set properly. + + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclIntPlatStubs.c: + * generic/tclIntStubs.c: + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclPlatStubs.c: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * generic/tclStubs.c: Fixed bad eol characters. + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Changed "const" to "CONST" in + declarations for better portability. + + * generic/tcl.decls: Renamed panic and panicVA to Tcl_Panic and + Tcl_PanicVA in the stub files. + + * generic/tclInterp.c (Tcl_MakeSafe): Remove tcl_platform(user) + from safe interps. + +1999-03-11 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * unix/Makefile.in: + * unix/configure.in: Include compat files in the stub library in + addition to the main library. Compat files are now built for + dynamic use in all cases. + + * generic/tcl.h: Changed magic number so it doesn't match the plus + patch, at Jan's request. + + * unix/tclConfig.sh.in: + * unix/dltest/Makefile.in: + * unix/dltest/configure.in: + * unix/dltest/pkga.c: + * unix/dltest/pkgb.c: + * unix/dltest/pkgc.c: + * unix/dltest/pkgd.c: + * unix/dltest/pkge.c: + * unix/dltest/pkgf.c: Changed package tests to build against the + stubs library. + +1999-03-10 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tcl.decls: Changed Tcl_ReleaseType from an enum to + macros so it can be used in .rc files. + Added Tcl_GetString. + + * mac/tclMacNotify.c: + * generic/tclNotify.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * win/tclWinNotify.c: + * generic/tcl.h: Renamed Tcl_AlertNotifier to TclpAlertNotifier. + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Added TclWinAddProcess to make it possible + for expect to use Tcl_WaitForPid(). This patch is from Gordon + Chaffee. + + * mac/tclMacPort.h: + * win/tclWinInit.c: + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: + * generic/tclAsync.c: Added TclpAsyncMark to fix bug in async + handling on Windows where async events don't wake up the event + loop. This patch comes from Gordon Chaffee. + + * generic/tcl.decls: Fixed declarations of reserved slots. + +1999-03-10 <redman@scriptic.com> + + * generic/tclCompile.h: Ensure that the ByteCode struct is binary + compatible with the version in 8.0.6. + + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tclBasic.c: Add Tcl_GetVersion() function to the public + C API to allow programs to check the version number of the Tcl + library at runtime. Also added an enum to clarify the release + level (alpha, beta, final). + +1999-03-09 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * Integrated changes from Tcl 8.0 including: + stubs mechanism + configure patches from Jan Nijtmans + rename of panic to Tcl_Panic + +1999-03-08 <lfb@scriptics.com> + + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Removed Dll instance from thread-local + storage. + +1999-03-08 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * generic/tcl.h: Moved Tcl_Mutex, etc. macros above the inclusion + of tclDecls.h to avoid macro conflicts. + + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/regc_color.c: + * generic/regcomp.c: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: + * generic/tclParse.c: + * generic/tclStringObj.c: + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: Cleaned up various compiler warnings, + eliminated UCHAR bugs. + + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: + * generic/tclThreadTest.c: + * mac/tclMacThrd.c: Changed TclpCondition*() to Tcl_Condition*(). + + * INTEGRATED PATCHES FROM 8.0.6: + + * generic/tcl.decls: + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclIntPlatStubs.c: + * generic/tclIntStubs.c: + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclPlatStubs.c: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * generic/tclStubLib.c: + * generic/tclStubs.c: + * tools/genStubs.tcl: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/Makefile.in: + * unix/tclConfig.sh.in: + * win/makefile.vc: + * win/tclWinPort.h: Added Tcl stubs implementation. There are + now two new macros USE_TCL_STUBS and USE_TCL_STUB_PROCS that + enable use of stubs and disable stub macros respectively. All of + the public and private function declarations from tcl.h and + tclInt.h have moved into the *.decls files and the *Stubs.c and + *Decls.h files are generated using the genStubs.tcl script. + + * unix/Makefile.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/ldAix: Enhanced AIX shared library support. + + * win/tclWinSock.c: Removed a bunch of extraneous PASCAL FAR + attributes from internal functions. + + * win/tclWinReg.c: Changed registry package to use stubs mechanism + so it no longer depends on the specific version of Tcl. + + * doc/AddErrInfo.3: + * doc/Eval.3: + * doc/PkgRequire.3: + * doc/SetResult.3: + * doc/StringObj.3: + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclPanic.c: + * generic/tclStringObj.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * unix/mkLinks: Added va_list versions of all VARARGS + functions so they can be invoked from the stub functions. + + * doc/package.n: + * doc/PkgRequire.3: + * generic/tclPkg.c: Added Tcl_PkgProvideEx, Tcl_RequireEx, + Tcl_PresentEx, and Tcl_PkgPresent. Added "package present" + command. + + * generic/tclFileName.c: + * mac/tclMacFile.c: + * mac/tclMacShLib.exp: + * unix/tclUnixFile.c: + * win/tclWinFile.c: Changed so TclGetUserHome is defined on + all platforms, even though it is currently a noop on mac and + windows, and renamed it to TclpGetUserHome. + + * generic/tclPanic.c: + * generic/panic.c: Renamed panic to Tcl_Panic. + +1999-02-25 <redman@scriptics.com> + + * win/makefile.vc: Added tclWinConsole.c and tclWinSerial.c + + * win/tclWinConsole.c: New code to properly deal with fileevents + and nonblocking mode on consoles. + + * win/tclWinSerial.c: New code to properly deal with fileevents + and nonblocking mode on serial ports. + + * win/tclWinPipe.c: + * win/tclWinPort.h: Exported functions to allow creation of pipe + channels from tclWinChan.c + + * win/tclWinChan.c: Check the type of a channel, including for the + standard (stdin/stdout/stderr), and use the correct channel type + to create the channel (file, serial, console, or pipe). + +1999-02-11 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * README: + * generic/tcl.h: + * win/README.binary: + * win/README: + * unix/configure.in: + * mac/README: Updated version numbers to 8.1b2. + +1999-02-10 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * library/auto.tcl: Fixed auto_mkindex so it handles .tbc files. + Did some general cleanup to handle bad eval statements that didn't + use "list". + + * unix/mkLinks: + * doc/SetVar.3: + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tclVar.c: Restored Tcl_ObjGetVar2 and Tcl_ObjSetVar2 + from 8.0. Renamed Tcl_Get/SetObjVar2 to Tcl_GetVar2Ex and + Tcl_SetVar2Ex. + +1999-02-10 <stanton@GASPODE> + + INTEGRATED PATCHES FROM 8.0.5b2: + + * test/winPipe.test: Changed to remove echoArgs.tcl temporary file + when done. + + * tests/cmdAH.test: + * generic/tclFileName.c (TclGetExtension): Changed behavior so the + split happens at the last period in the name instead of the first + period of the last run of periods. So, "foo..o" is split into + "foo." and ".o" now. [Bug: 1126] + + * win/makefile.vc: Added better support for paths with spaces in + the name. Added .lib and support .dlls to the install-binaries + target. Added generate of a pkgIndex.tcl script to the + install-libraries target. + + * win/tclAppInit.c: + * unix/tclAppInit.c: + * mac/tclMacAppInit.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: Changed some EXTERN declarations to extern + since they are not defining exported interfaces. This avoids + generating useless declspec() attributes and makes the windows + makefile simpler. + + * generic/tcl.h: Moved Tcl_AppInit declaration to end and cleared + out TCL_STORAGE_CLASS so it is not declared with a declspec(). + + * tests/interp.test: + * generic/tclInterp.c (DeleteAlias): Changed to use + Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken so we handle renames properly. This + avoids senseless panic. [Bug: 736] + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: + * win/tclWinSock.c: + * doc/socket.n: Applied Gordon Chaffee's patch to handle failures + during asynchronous socket connection operations. This adds a new + "-error" fconfgure option to socket channels. [Bug: 893] + + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclVar.c: Applied patch from Viktor Dukhovni to + rationalize TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG behavior when creating variables. + + * generic/tclVar.c: Fixed bug in namespace tail computation. + Fixed bug where upvar could resurrect a namespace variable whose + namespace had been deleted. + + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileExprCmd): Eliminated yet another + bogus optimization in expression compilation. + + * unix/configure.in: Added branch for BSD/OS-4* to shared library + case statement. [Bug: 975] + Fixed to correctly handle IRIX 6.5 n32 library support. [Bug: 1117] + + * win/winDumpExts.c: Patched to be pickier about stripping + @'s. [Bug: 920] + + * library/http2.0/http.tcl: Added catch around eof test in + CopyDone since the user may have already called http::reset. + [Bug: 1108] + + * unix/configure.in: Changed Linux and IRIX to set SHLIB_LIBS to + LIBS so shared libraries are linked with the system + libraries. [Bug: 1018] + + * generic/tclCompile.c (CompileExprWord): Fixed exception stack + overflow bug caused by missing statement. [Bug: 928] + + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: + * generic/tclBasic.c: Objectified the "open" command. [Bug: 1113] + + * generic/tclPosixStr.c (Tcl_ErrnoId, Tcl_ErrnoMsg): When using + egcs, ENOTSUP and EOPNOTSUPP are the same, so now we handle that + case. [Bug: 1137] + + * library/init.tcl: Various small changes requested by Jan Nijtmans. + - If the variable $tcl_library contains the empty string, this + empty string will be put in $auto_path. This is not useful at all, + it only slows down later package processing. + - If the variable tcl_pkgPath is not set, the "unset __dir" + fails. Thich makes init.tcl totally unusable. Better put a "catch" + around it. + - In the function tcl_findLibraries, the "string match" function + only works correctly if $tcl_patchLevel is in one of the forms + "?.?a?", "?.?b?" or "?.?.?". Could a "regexp" be used instead, + then it allows anything to be appended to the patchLevel + string. And it is more efficient. + - The tclPkgSetup function assumes that if $type != "load" then + the type must be "source". This needn't be true. Some users want + to add their own setup types. + [RFE: 1138] [Bug: 978] + + * win/tclWinReg.c: + * doc/registry.n: Added support for HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA and + HKEY_DYN_DATA keys. [Bug: 1109] + + * win/tclWinInit.c (TclPlatformInit): Added code to ensure + tcl_pkgPath is set to "" when no registry entry is found. [Bug: 978] + +1999-02-01 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclHistory.c: + * generic/tclIO.c: + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclMain.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclParse.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: + * generic/tclTimer.c: + * generic/tcl.h: Made eval interfaces compatible with 8.0 by + renaming Tcl_EvalObj to Tcl_EvalObjEx, renaming Tcl_Eval2 to + Tcl_EvalEx and restoring Tcl_EvalObj and Tcl_GlobalEvalObj + interfaces so they match Tcl 8.0. + +1999-01-28 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * Merged Tcl 8.0.5b1 changes. + + * generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_DStringSetLength): Changed so the buffer + overallocates in a manner similar to Tcl_DStringAppend. This + should improve performance for TclUniCharToUtfDString. + +1998-12-11 === Tcl 8.1b1 Release === + +1998-12-10 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * Fixed lots of files that used TCL_THREAD instead of TCL_THREADS. + + * generic/tclEncoding.c (Tcl_FreeEncoding): Moved most of the code + into a static FreeEncoding routine that does not grab the + encodingMutex to avoid deadlocks/races when called from other + routines that already have the mutex. + +1998-12-09 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * library/msgcat1.0/msgcat.tcl: Fixed bad export list, fixed so + all locale strings are converted to lower case, including file + names. + + * generic/regcomp.c (makescan): Fixed bug in longest match case + that caused anchored patterns to fail. [Bug: 897] + +1998-12-08 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * library/msgcat1.0/msgcat.tcl: changed mc to invoke mcunknown in + the calling context, changed locale lookups to be case insensitive + +1998-12-07 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * generic/tclAlloc.c (TclpRealloc): Fixed a memory allocation bug + where big blocks that were reallocated into a different heap + location were not being placed into the bigBlocks list. [Bug: 933] + + * tests/msgcat.test: Added message catalog test suite. + + * library/msgcat1.0/msgcat.tcl: minor bug fixes, integrated latest + changes from Mark Harrison. + +1998-12-04 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * library/msgcat1.0/msgcat.tcl: Changed code to conform to Tcl + coding standards. Changed to use file join for portability. + + * library/msgcat1.0: Added initial implementaion of Tcl message + catalog package contributed by Mark Harrison. + +1998-12-03 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * win/tclWinPipe.c (BuildCommandLine): Fixed bug that kept + arguments containing spaces from being properly quoted. + + * tests/defs: Changed so auto_path is set to only contain the Tcl + library directory. This keeps the tests from accidentally picking + up stuff in installed packages. + + * generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_StringMatch): Changed to match 8.0 + behavior in corner case where there is no closing bracket. + +1998-12-02 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * win/tclWinPipe.c (TclpCreateCommandChannel): Changed + reader/writer threads to have THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST so they will + have a chance to run whenever there is something to do. + + * generic/tclIO.c (WriteBytes, WriteChars): Fixed so extraneous + flushes do not happen in line mode. + (TranslateOutputEOL): Made translation more efficient in line mode + and fixed a buffer overflow bug in CRLF translation. [Bug: 887] + +1998-12-02 <welch@SAGE> + + * Updated patchlevel to 8.1b1 + +1998-12-02 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * generic/regc_color.c (subcolor): Added check for error case to + avoid an out of bounds array reference. + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (Tcl_EncodingObjCmd): Changed to avoid using + Tcl_DStringResult because it is not binary clean. + + * generic/tclParse.c (Tcl_ParseCommand): Fixed bug in comment + parsing where a trailing comment looked like an incomplete + command. + +1998-12-02 <welch@SAGE> + + * Merged changes from 8.0.4, especially the new pkg_mkIndex + +1998-12-01 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_ReadChars): Added a call to UpdateInterest + so we don't block when there is data sitting in the buffers. + + * generic/tclTest.c (TestevalobjvObjCmd): Updated for EvalObjv + change. + + * tests/parse.test: Updated tests for EvalObjv change. + + * generic/tclParse.c (EvalObjv, Tcl_EvalObjv): Changed + Tcl_EvalObjv interface to remove string and length arguments, + preserved original interface as EvalObjv for internal use. + + * generic/tcl.h: Changed Tcl_EvalObjv interface to remove string + and length arguments. + + * doc/Eval.3: Updated documentation for Tcl_EvalObjv to remove + string and length arguments. + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileForeachCmd): Fixed code that + corrupted the exceptDepth value in the compile environment when + foreach failed to compile inline. [Bug: 884] + + * library/encoding/euc-kr.enc: + * library/encoding/ksc5601.enc: + * tools/encoding/ksc5601.txt: + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: Added support for Korean EUC. + + * win/tclWinChan.c (TclpGetDefaultStdChannel): added check for a + failure during Tcl_MakeFileChannel. + +1998-11-30 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c (Tcl_WaitForEvent): Fixed hang that occurs + when trying to close a pipe that is currently being waited on by + the notifier thread. [Bug: 607] + + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (GetPermissionsAttribute): Increase size of + returnString buffer to avoid overflow. [Bug: 584] + + * generic/tclThreadTest.c (TclThreadSend): Fixed memory leak due + to use of TCL_VOLATILE instead of TCL_DYNAMIC. + + * generic/tclThread.c (TclRememberSyncObject): Fixed memory leak + caused by failure to reuse condition variables. + + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: (Tcl_AlertNotifier, Tcl_WaitForEvent, + NotifierThreadProc, Tcl_InitNotifier): Fixed race condition caused + by incorrect use of condition variables when sending messages + between threads.. [Bug: 607] + + * generic/tclTestObj.c (TeststringobjCmd): MAX_STRINGS was off by one + so the strings array was too small. + + * generic/tclCkalloc.c (Tcl_DbCkfree): Moved mutex lock so + ValidateMemory is done inside the mutex to avoid a race condition + when validate_memory is enabled. [Bug: 880] + +1998-11-23 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * regexec.c: more performance tuning from Henry Spencer. + +1998-11-17 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * tclScan.c: moved "scan" implementation out of tclCmdMZ.c and + added Unicode support. This required a complete reimplementation + of the command to avoid using scanf(), which isn't Unicode aware. + Two new features were added in the process: %n to return the + current number of characters consumed, and XPG3-style %n$ argument + order specifiers similar to those provided by the "format" + command. [Bug: 833] + + * tclAlloc.c: changed so allocated memory is always 8-byte aligned + to improve memory performance and to ensure that it will work on + systems that don't like accessing 4-byte aligned values + (e.g. Solaris and HP-UX). [Bug: 834] + +1998-11-06 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * tclVar.c (TclGetIndexedScalar): Fixed bug 796, var name was + getting lost before being passed to CallTraces. + +1998-10-21 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * added "encoding" command + + * Moved internal regexp declarations from tclInt.h to tclRegexp.h + + * integrated regexp updates from Henry Spencer + +1998-10-15 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * tclUtf.c: added Unicode character table support + + * tclInt.h: added TclUniCharIsWordChar + + * tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): added "totitle" subcommand, + changed "wordend" and "wordstart" to properly handle Unicode word + characters and connector punctuation + +1998-10-05 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * auto.tcl, package.tcl: fixed SCCS strings + + * tclIndex: updated index to reflect 8.1 files + + * tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript): changed to avoid modifying the + input string in place because name lookup operations could have + arbitrary side effects + + * tclInterp.c: added guard against deleting current interpreter + + * tclMacFile.c, tclUnixFile.c, tclWinFile.c, tclFileName.c: added + warnings around code that modifies strings in place + + * tclExecute.c: fixed off-by-one copying error, fixed merge bugs + + * tclEvent.c: changed so USE_TCLALLOC is tested for value instead + of definition + + * tclCompCmds.c: replaced SCCS strings, added warnings around code + that modifies strings in place + + * interp.test: added test for interp deleting itself + +1998-09-30 <stanton@GASPODE> + + * makefile.vc: fixed so TCL_LIBRARY is set before running tcltest + + * tclWin32Dll.c: removed TclpFinalize, cleanup of merges + |