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@@ -17,36 +17,106 @@ * generic/regc_locale.c: Bug [a876646efe]: re_expr character class [:cntrl:] should contain \u0000 - \u001f +2013-06-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c (TclCompileTryCmd): [Bug 779d38b996]: + Rewrote the [try] compiler to generate better code in some cases and + to behave correctly in others; when an error happens during the + processing of an exception-trap clause or a finally clause, the + *original* return options are now captured in a -during option, even + when fully compiled. + +2013-06-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_EXPAND_DROP): [Bugs 2835313, 3614226]: + New opcode to allow resetting the stack to get rid of an expansion, + restoring the stack to a known state in the process. + * generic/tclCompile.c, generic/tclCompCmds.c: Adjusted the compilers + for [break] and [continue] to get stack cleanup right in the majority + of cases. + * tests/for.test (for-7.*): Set of tests for these evil cases. + +2013-06-04 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4: Eliminate NO_VIZ macro as current zlib uses HAVE_HIDDEN + instead. One more last-moment fix for FreeBSD by Pietro Cerutti + 2013-06-03 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> * generic/tclExecute.c: fix for perf bug detected by Kieran (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/comp.lang.tcl/vfpI3bc-DkQ), diagnosed by dgp to be a close relative of [Bug 781585], which was fixed by commit [f46fb50cb3]. This bug was introduced by myself in - commit [cbfe055d8c]. + commit [cbfe055d8c]. + +2013-06-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileBreakCmd, TclCompileContinueCmd): + Added code to allow [break] and [continue] to be issued as a jump (in + the most common cases) rather than using the more expensive exception + processing path in the bytecode engine. [Bug 3614226]: Partial fix for + the issues relating to cleaning up the stack when dealing with [break] + and [continue]. -2013-05-28 Harald Oehlmann <oehhar@users.sf.net> +2013-05-27 Harald Oehlmann <oehhar@users.sf.net> * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: [Bug 3036566]: Also get locale from - registry key HCU\Control Panel\Desktop : PreferredUILanguages to - honor installed language packs on Vista+. + registry key HCU\Control Panel\Desktop : PreferredUILanguages to honor + installed language packs on Vista+. Bumped msgcat version to 1.5.2 +2013-05-22 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * tclCompile.c: Removed duplicate const qualifier causing the HP + native cc to error out. + 2013-05-22 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * generic/tclUtf.c (TclUtfCasecmp): [Bug 3613609]: Replace problematic uses of strcasecmp with a proper UTF-8-aware version. Affects both [lsearch -nocase] and [lsort -nocase]. +2013-05-22 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/file.n: [Bug 3613671]: Added note to portability section on the + fact that [file owned] does not produce useful results on Windows. + +2013-05-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (DefaultTempDir): [Bug 3613567]: Corrected logic + for checking return code of access() system call, which was inverted. + 2013-05-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * unix/tcl.m4: Fix for FreeBSD, and remove support for older * unix/configure: FreeBSD versions. Patch by Pietro Cerutti. +2013-05-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmdsGR.c: Split tclCompCmds.c again to keep size of + code down. + 2013-05-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclBasic.c: Add panic in order to detect - incompatible mingw32 sys/stat.h and sys/time.h headers, + * generic/tclBasic.c: Add panic in order to detect incompatible + mingw32 sys/stat.h and sys/time.h headers. + +2013-05-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * compat/zlib/*: Upgrade to zlib 1.2.8 + +2013-05-10 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + Optimizations and general bytecode generation improvements. + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileAppendCmd, TclCompileLappendCmd): + (TclCompileReturnCmd): Make these generate bytecode in more cases. + (TclCompileListCmd): Make this able to push a literal when it can. + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclSetByteCodeFromAny, PeepholeOptimize): + Added checks to see if we can apply some simple cross-command-boundary + optimizations, and defined a small number of such optimizations. + (TclCompileScript): Added the special ability to compile the list + command with expansion ([list {*}blah]) into bytecode that does not + call an external command. 2013-05-06 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -60,10 +130,14 @@ 2013-04-30 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * library/platform/platform.tcl (::platform::LibcVersion): - * library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: Followup to the 2013-01-30 - change. The RE become too restrictive again. SuSe added a - timestamp after the version. Loosened up a bit. Bumped package - to version 1.0.12. + * library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: Followup to the 2013-01-30 change. + The RE become too restrictive again. SuSe added a timestamp after the + version. Loosened up a bit. Bumped package to version 1.0.12. + +2013-04-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileArraySetCmd): Generate better code + when the list of things to set is a literal. 2013-04-25 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -71,12 +145,14 @@ and Tcl_SetBooleanObj as macros using Tcl_NewIntObj, Tcl_DbNewLongObj and Tcl_SetIntObj. Starting with Tcl 8.5, this is exactly the same, it only eliminates code duplication. + * generic/tclInt.h: Eliminate use of NO_WIDE_TYPE everywhere: It's + exactly the same as TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG 2013-04-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclDecls.h: Implement many Tcl_*Var* functions and - Tcl_GetIndexFromObj as (faster/stack-saving) macros around resp - their Tcl_*Var*2 equivalent and Tcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct. + Tcl_GetIndexFromObj as (faster/stack-saving) macros around resp their + Tcl_*Var*2 equivalent and Tcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct. 2013-04-12 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -85,38 +161,17 @@ 2013-04-08 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/regc_color.c: [Bug 3610026] Stop crash when the number of - * generic/regerrs.h: "colors" in a regular expression overflows - * generic/regex.h: a short int. Thanks to Heikki Linnakangas - * generic/regguts.h: for the report and the patch. + * generic/regc_color.c: [Bug 3610026]: Stop crash when the number of + * generic/regerrs.h: "colors" in a regular expression overflows a + * generic/regex.h: short int. Thanks to Heikki Linnakangas for + * generic/regguts.h: the report and the patch. * tests/regexp.test: 2013-04-04 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> - * library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl): Allow URLs that don't have - a path, but a query query, e.g. http://example.com?foo=bar . - * Bump the http package to 2.7.12. - -2013-04-03 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - - * unix/tclUnixInit.c: [Bug 3205320]: stack space detection - defeated by inlining. Now fixed in the cross-compile - case as well. - -2013-04-03 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - - *** 8.5.14 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** - - * generic/tcl.h: Bump to 8.5.14 for release. - * library/init.tcl: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/configure.in: - * README: - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * win/configure: + * library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl): Allow URLs that don't have a + path, but a query query, e.g. http://example.com?foo=bar + * Bump the http package to 2.8.7. 2013-03-22 Venkat Iyer <venkat@comit.com> * library/tzdata/Africa/Cairo: Update to tzdata2013b. @@ -147,18 +202,18 @@ 2013-03-21 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * library/auto.tcl: [Bug 2102614] Add ensemble indexing support - * tests/autoMkindex.test: to [auto_mkindex]. Thanks Brian Griffin. + * library/auto.tcl: [Bug 2102614]: Add ensemble indexing support to + * tests/autoMkindex.test: [auto_mkindex]. Thanks Brian Griffin. 2013-03-19 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclFCmd.c: [Bug 3597000] Consistent [file copy] result. + * generic/tclFCmd.c: [Bug 3597000]: Consistent [file copy] result. * tests/fileSystem.test: 2013-03-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * win/tclWinFile.c: [Bug 2893771]: file stat fails on locked files - on win32. + * win/tclWinFile.c: [Bug 3608360]: Incompatible behaviour of "file + exists". 2013-03-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -170,12 +225,25 @@ * unix/tcl.m4: Patch by Andrew Shadura, providing better support for three architectures they have in Debian. +2013-03-11 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCompile.c: [Bugs 3607246,3607372]: Unbalanced refcounts + * generic/tclLiteral.c: of literals in the global literal table. + 2013-03-06 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/regc_nfa.c: [Bugs 3604074,3606683] Rewrite of the - * generic/regcomp.c: fixempties() routine (and supporting - routines) to completely eliminate the infinite loop hazard. - Thanks to Tom Lane for the much improved solution. + * generic/regc_nfa.c: [Bugs 3604074,3606683]: Rewrite of the + * generic/regcomp.c: fixempties() routine (and supporting routines) + to completely eliminate the infinite loop hazard. Thanks to Tom Lane + for the much improved solution. + +2013-02-28 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclLiteral.c: Revise TclReleaseLiteral() to tolerate a NULL + interp argument. + + * generic/tclCompile.c: Update callers and revise mistaken comments. + * generic/tclProc.c: 2013-02-27 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -183,21 +251,36 @@ * tests/regexp.test: regexp to crash Tcl. Thanks to Tom Lane for providing the test-case and the patch. +2013-02-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/chanio.test (chan-io-28.7): [Bug 3605120]: Stop test from + hanging when run standalone. + 2013-02-26 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclObj.c: Don't panic if Tcl_ConvertToType is called for a type that doesn't have a setFromAnyProc, create a proper error message. +2013-02-25 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/binary.test (binary-41.*): [Bug 3605721]: Test independence + fixes. Thanks to Rolf Ade for pointing out the problem. + 2013-02-25 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * tests/assocd.test: [Bugs 3605719,3605720]: Test independence. * tests/basic.test: Thanks Rolf Ade for patches. +2013-02-23 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * compat/fake-rfc2553.c: [Bug 3599194]: compat/fake-rfc2553.c is + broken. + 2013-02-22 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclCompile.c: Shift more burden of smart cleanup onto the - TclFreeCompileEnv() routine. Stop crashes when the hookProc raises - an error. + * generic/tclAssembly.c: Shift more burden of smart cleanup + * generic/tclCompile.c: onto the TclFreeCompileEnv() routine. + Stop crashes when the hookProc raises an error. 2013-02-20 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -205,6 +288,11 @@ * tests/namespace.test: to [namespace export] always clears, whether or not new export patterns are specified. +2013-02-20 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinDde.c: [Bug 3605401]: Compiler error with latest mingw-w64 + headers. + 2013-02-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclTrace.c: [Bug 2438181]: Incorrect error reporting in @@ -223,9 +311,33 @@ entry "HCU\Control Panel\International". Bumped msgcat version to 1.5.1 +2013-02-11 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (ZlibTransformOutput): [Bug 3603553]: Ensure that + data gets written to the underlying stream by compressing transforms + when the amount of data to be written is one buffer's-worth; problem + was particularly likely to occur when compressing large quantities of + not-very-compressible data. Many thanks to Piera Poggio (vampiera) for + reporting. + +2013-02-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOO_Object_VarName): [Bug 3603695]: Change + the way that the 'varname' method is implemented so that there are no + longer problems with interactions due to the resolver. Thanks to + Taylor Venable <tcvena@gmail.com> for identifying the problem. + +2013-02-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/regc_nfa.c (duptraverse): [Bug 3603557]: Increase the + maximum depth of recursion used when duplicating an automaton in + response to encountering a "wild" RE that hit the previous limit. + Allow the limit (DUPTRAVERSE_MAX_DEPTH) to be set by defining its + value in the Makefile. Problem reported by Jonathan Mills. + 2013-02-05 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * win/tclWinFile.c: [Bug 3603434]: Make sure TclpObjNormalizePath() + * win/tclWinFile.c: [Bug 3603434]: Make sure TclpObjNormalizePath() properly declares "a:/" to be normalized, even when no "A:" drive is present on the system. @@ -236,6 +348,13 @@ can load from memory but cannot actually do so due to it being disabled at configuration time. +2013-02-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileArraySetCmd): [Bug 3603163]: Stop + crash in weird case where [eval] is used to make [array set] get + confused about whether there is a local variable table or not. Thanks + to Poor Yorick for identifying a reproducible crashing case. + 2013-01-30 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * library/platform/platform.tcl (::platform::LibcVersion): See @@ -244,6 +363,19 @@ * win/Makefile.in: recent changes to the glibc banner. Now targeting a less variable part of the string. Bumped package to version 1.0.11. +2013-01-28 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileArraySetCmd) + (TclCompileArrayUnsetCmd, TclCompileDictAppendCmd) + (TclCompileDictCreateCmd, CompileDictEachCmd, TclCompileDictIncrCmd) + (TclCompileDictLappendCmd, TclCompileDictMergeCmd) + (TclCompileDictUnsetCmd, TclCompileDictUpdateCmd) + (TclCompileDictWithCmd, TclCompileInfoCommandsCmd): + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c (TclCompileStringMatchCmd) + (TclCompileStringMapCmd): Improve the code generation in cases where + full compilation is impossible but a full ensemble invoke is provably + not necessary. + 2013-01-26 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: [Bug 3601804]: platformCPUID segmentation @@ -257,11 +389,31 @@ created by the http package will always be operated in asynchronous mode. +2013-01-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Put back Tcl[GS]etStartupScript(Path|FileName) + in private stub table, so extensions using this (like Tk 8.4) will + continue to work in all Tcl 8.x versions. Extensions using this + still cannot be compiled against Tcl 8.6 headers. + 2013-01-18 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclPort.h: [Bug 3598300]: unix: tcl.h does not include sys/stat.h +2013-01-17 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (PushVarName): [Bug 3600328]: Added mechanism + for suppressing compilation of variables when we couldn't cope with + the results. Useful for some [array] subcommands. + * generic/tclEnsemble.c (CompileToCompiledCommand): Must restore the + compilation environment when a command compiler fails. + +2013-01-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (TclZlibInit): [Bug 3601086]: Register the config + info in the iso8859-1 encoding as that is guaranteed to be present. + 2013-01-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * Makefile.in: Allow win32 build with -DTCL_NO_DEPRECATED, just as @@ -275,17 +427,33 @@ * win/tcl.m4: More flexible search for win32 tclConfig.sh, backported from TEA (not actually used in Tcl, only for Tk) +2013-01-14 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Put back Tcl_[GS]etStartupScript in internal + stub table, so extensions using this, compiled against 8.5 headers + still run in Tcl 8.6. + +2013-01-13 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * doc/fileevent.n: [Bug 3436609]: Clarify readable fileevent "false + positives" in the case of multibyte encodings/transforms. + 2013-01-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclIntDecls.h: If TCL_NO_DEPRECATED is defined, make sure that TIP #139 functions all are taken from the public stub table, even if the inclusion is through tclInt.h. +2013-01-12 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Put back TclBackgroundException in internal + stub table, so extensions using this, compiled against 8.5 headers + still run in Tcl 8.6. + 2013-01-09 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * library/http/http.tcl: [Bug 3599395]: http assumes status line is a proper Tcl list. - Bump http package to 2.7.11. 2013-01-08 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -295,10 +463,45 @@ 2013-01-07 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tcl.decls: Extend the public stub table with dummy NULL - entries, up to the size of the Tcl 8.6 stub tables. This makes it - easier to debug extensions which use Tcl 8.6 features but (erroneously) - are attempted to be loaded in Tcl 8.5. + * generic/tclOOStubLib.c: Restrict the stub library to only use + * generic/tclTomMathStubLib.c: Tcl_PkgRequireEx, Tcl_ResetResult and + Tcl_AppendResult, not any other function. This puts least restrictions + on eventual Tcl 9 stubs re-organization, and it works on the widest + range of Tcl versions. + +2013-01-06 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * library/http/http.tcl: Don't depend on Spencer-specific regexp + * tests/env.test: syntax (/u and /U) any more in unrelated places. + * tests/exec.test: + Bump http package to 2.8.6. + +2013-01-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclEnsemble.c (CompileBasicNArgCommand): Added very simple + compiler (which just compiles to a normal invoke of the implementation + command) for many ensemble subcommands where we can prove that there + is no way for scripts to detect the difference even through error + handling or [info level]/[info frame]. This improves the code produced + from some ensembles (e.g., [info], [string]) to the point where the + ensemble is now not normally seen at the bytecode level at all. + +2013-01-04 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: Insure that PURIFY builds cannot exploit the + * generic/tclExecute.c: Tcl stack to hide mem defects. + +2013-01-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/fconfigure.n, doc/CrtChannel.3: Updated to reflect the fact that + the minimum buffer size is one byte, not ten. Identified by Schelte + Bron on the Tcler's Chat. + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBCresume:INST_INVOKE_REPLACE): + * generic/tclEnsemble.c (TclCompileEnsemble): Added new mechanism to + allow for more efficient dispatch of non-bytecode-compiled subcommands + of bytecode-compiled ensembles. This can provide substantial speed + benefits in some cases. 2013-01-02 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> @@ -318,16 +521,80 @@ * generic/tclListObj.c: [Bug 3598580]: Tcl_ListObjReplace may release deleted elements too early. +2012-12-22 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclUtil.c: [Bug 3598150]: Stop leaking allocated space when + objifying a zero-length DString. Spotted by afredd. + 2012-12-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * unix/dltest/pkgb.c: Make pkgb.so loadable in Tcl 8.4 as well. + * unix/dltest/pkgb.c: Inline compat Tcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir. * generic/tclStubLib.c: Eliminate unnecessary static HasStubSupport() and isDigit() functions, just do the same inline. +2012-12-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c (TclSubstCompile): Improved the sequence of + instructions issued for [subst] when dealing with simple variable + references. + +2012-12-14 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + *** 8.6.0 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * changes: updates for 8.6.0 + +2012-12-13 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c: Repair same issue with misusing the + * tests/zlib.test: 'fire and forget' nature of Tcl_ObjSetVar2 + in the new TIP 400 implementation. + +2012-12-13 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: (CatchObjCmdCallback): do not decrRefCount + * tests/cmdAH.test: the newValuePtr sent to Tcl_ObjSetVar2: + TOSV2 is 'fire and forget', it decrs on its own. + Fix for [Bug 3595576], found by andrewsh. + 2012-12-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tcl.h: Fix Tcl_DecrRefCount macro such that it - doesn't access its objPtr parameter twice any more. + * generic/tcl.h: Fix Tcl_DecrRefCount macro such that it doesn't + access its objPtr parameter twice any more. + +2012-12-11 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: Bump version number to 8.6.0. + * library/init.tcl: + * unix/configure.in: + * win/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * README: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + +2012-12-10 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (plus-pkgs): Increased robustness of + version number detection code to deal with packages whose names are + prefixes of other packages. + * unix/Makefile.in (dist): Added pkgs/package.list.txt to distribution + builds to ensure that 'make html' will work better. + +2012-12-09 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/chan.test: Clean up unwanted eofchar side-effect of chan-4.6 + leading to a spurious "'" at end of chan.test under certain conditions + (see [Bug 3389289] and [Bug 3389251]). + + * doc/expr.n: [Bug 3594188]: Clarifications about commas. + +2012-12-08 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIO.c: Fix busyloop at exit under TCL_FINALIZE_ON_EXIT + when there are unflushed nonblocking channels. Thanks Miguel for + spotting. 2012-12-07 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -335,13 +602,54 @@ library: Whatever Tcl9 looks like, loading pkgb.so in Tcl 9 should either result in an error-message, either succeed, but never crash. +2012-11-28 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (ZlibStreamSubcmd): [Bug 3590483]: Use a mechanism + for complex option resolution that has fewer problems with more + finicky compilers. + +2012-11-26 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: Factor out creation of the -sockname and + -peername lists from TcpGetOptionProc() to TcpHostPortList(). Make it + robust against implementations of getnameinfo() that error out if + reverse mapping fails instead of falling back to the numeric + representation. + +2012-11-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c (BinaryDecode64): [Bug 3033307]: Corrected + handling of trailing whitespace when decoding base64. Thanks to Anton + Kovalenko for reporting, and Andy Goth for the fix and tests. + +2012-11-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_STR_RANGE_IMM): [Bug 3588366]: Corrected + implementation of bounds restriction for end-indexed compiled [string + range]. Thanks to Emiliano Gavilan for diagnosis and fix. + +2012-11-15 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP#416 + + New Options for 'load': -global and -lazy + + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tclLoad.c + * unix/tclLoadDl.c + * unix/tclLoadDyld.c + * tests/load.test + * doc/Load.3 + * doc/load.n + 2012-11-14 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * unix/tclUnixPipe.c (DefaultTempDir): [Bug 2933003]: Allow overriding - of the back-stop default temporary file location at compile time by - setting the TCL_TEMPORARY_FILE_DIRECTORY #def to a string containing - the directory name (defaults to "/tmp" as that is the most common - default). + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (TclUnixOpenTemporaryFile): [Bug 2933003]: Factor + out all the code to do temporary file creation so that it is possible + to make it correct in one place. Allow overriding of the back-stop + default temporary file location at compile time by setting the + TCL_TEMPORARY_FILE_DIRECTORY #def to a string containing the directory + name (defaults to "/tmp" as that is the most common default). 2012-11-13 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> @@ -349,20 +657,11 @@ encodings, etc) relative to the build directory associated with the source checkout. -2012-11-09 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2012-11-10 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> - *** 8.5.13 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + * generic/tclBasic.c: re-enable bcc-tailcall, after fixing an + * generic/tclExecute.c: infinite loop in the TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG mode - * generic/tcl.h: Bump to 8.5.13 for release. - * library/init.tcl: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * win/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * README: - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * win/configure: 2012-11-07 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> @@ -378,11 +677,6 @@ * library/tzdata/Pacific/Fakaofo: * library/tzdata/Pacific/Fiji: Import tzdata2012i. -2012-11-07 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - - * win/tclWinSock.c: [Bug 3574493] Avoid hanging on exit due to - use of synchronization calls in routines called by DllMain(). - 2012-11-06 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * library/http/http.tcl (http::Finish): [Bug 3581754]: Ensure that @@ -390,44 +684,158 @@ keep-alive connection (combined with reentrant http package use) causing excessive stack growth. Not a fix for the underlying problem, but ensures that pain will be mostly kept away from users. - Bump http package to 2.7.10. + Bump http package to 2.8.5. + +2012-11-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + Added bytecode compilation of many Tcl commands. Some of these are + total compilations and some are only partial (i.e., only compile in + some cases). The (sub-)commands affected are: + * array: exists, set, unset + * dict: create, exists, merge + * format: (simple cases only) + * info: commands, coroutine, level, object + * info object: class, isa object, namespace + * namespace: current, code, qualifiers, tail, which + * regsub: (only cases convertable to simple [string map]) + * self: (only no-argument and [self object] cases) + * string: first, last, map, range + * tailcall: + * yield: + + [This was work originally done on the 'dkf-compile-misc-info' branch.] + +2012-11-05 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP#413 + + Align the [string trim] and [string is space] commands, such that + [string trim] by default trims all characters for which [string is + space] returns 1, augmented with the NUL character. + + * generic/tclUtf.c: Add NEL, BOM and two more characters to [string is + space] + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Modify [string trim] for Unicode modifications. + * generic/regc_locale.c: Regexp engine must match [string is space] + * doc/string.n + * tests/string.test + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + Code that relied on characters not previously trimmed being not + removed will notice a difference; it is believed that this is rare, + but a workaround to get the behavior in Tcl 8.5 is to use " \t\n\r" as + an explicit trim set. + +2012-10-31 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/Makefile.in: Dde version number to 1.4.0, ready for Tcl 8.6.0rc1 + * win/makefile.vc + * win/tclWinDde.c + * library/dde/pkgIndex.tcl + * tests/winDde.test + +2012-10-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictUnsetCmd): Added compilation of + the [dict unset] command (for scalar var in LVT only). 2012-10-23 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclInt.h: Remove unused TclpLoadFile function. - * generic/tclIOUtil.c + * generic/tclInt.h: Add "flags" parameter from Tcl_LoadFile to + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: to various internal functions, so these + * generic/tclLoadNone.c: flags are available through the whole + * unix/tclLoad*.c: filesystem for (future) internal use. + * win/tclWinLoad.c: + +2012-10-17 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclNRCoroutineObjCmd): insure that numlevels + are properly set, fix bug discovered by dkf and reported at + http://code.activestate.com/lists/tcl-core/12213/ + +2012-10-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP#405 + + New commands for applying a transformation to the elements of a list + to produce another list (the [lmap] command) and to the mappings of a + dictionary to produce another dictionary (the [dict map] command). In + both cases, a [continue] will cause the skipping of an element/pair, + and a [break] will terminate the construction early and successfully. + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (Tcl_LmapObjCmd, TclNRLmapCmd): Implementation of + the new [lmap] command, based on (and sharing much of) [foreach]. + * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictMapNRCmd): Implementation of the new [dict + map] subcommand, based on (and sharing much of) [dict for]. + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileLmapCmd, TclCompileDictMapCmd): + Compilation engines for [lmap] and [dict map]. + + IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP#400 + + * generic/tclZlib.c: Allow the specification of a compression + dictionary (a binary blob used to seed the compression engine) in both + streams and channel transformations. Also some reorganization to allow + for getting gzip header dictionaries and controlling buffering levels + in channel transformations (allowing a trade-off between formal + correctness and speed). + (Tcl_ZlibStreamSetCompressionDictionary): New C API to allow setting + the compression dictionary without using a Tcl script. 2012-10-14 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclDictObj.c: [Bug 3576509]: tcl::Bgerror crashes with invalid - * generic/tclEvent.c: arguments. Better fix, which helps for all - Tcl_DictObjGet() calls in Tcl's source code. + * generic/tclDictObj.c: [Bug 3576509]: ::tcl::Bgerror crashes with + * generic/tclEvent.c: invalid arguments. Better fix, which helps + for all Tcl_DictObjGet() calls in Tcl's source code. 2012-10-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclEvent.c: [Bug 3576509]: tcl::Bgerror crashes with invalid arguments +2012-10-06 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/Makefile.in: [Bug 2459774]: tcl/win/Makefile.in not compatible + with msys 0.8. + 2012-10-03 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclIO.c: When checking for std channels being closed, compare the channel state, not the channel itself so that stacked channels do not cause trouble. -2012-09-07 Harald Oehlmann <oehhar@users.sf.net> +2012-09-26 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> - IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP#404. + * generic/tclIOSock.c (TclCreateSocketAddress): Work around a bug in + getaddrinfo() on OSX that caused name resolution to fail for [socket + -server foo -myaddr localhost 0]. - * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: [FRQ 3544988]: (Backport from Tcl 8.6) - * library/msgcat/pkgIndex.tcl: New commands [mcflset] and [mcflmset] - * unix/Makefile.in: to set mc entries with implicit message - * win/Makefile.in: file locale. Bump to 1.5.0. - * tests/msgcat.test: +2012-09-20 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> -2012-09-07 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + * win/configure.in: New import libraries for zlib 1.2.7, usable for + * win/configure: all win32/win64 compilers + * compat/zlib/win32/zdll.lib: + * compat/zlib/win64/zdll.lib: - * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c Backport of 2008-12-12 8.6 commit: Fix - missing CLOEXEC on internal pipes [2417695] + * win/tclWinDde.c: [FRQ 3527238]: Full unicode support for dde. Dde + version is now 1.4.0b2. + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + +2012-09-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: Make Tcl_Interp a fully opaque structure if + TCL_NO_DEPRECATED is set (TIP 330 and 336). + * win/nmakehlp.c: Let "nmakehlp -V" start searching digits after the + found match (suggested by Harald Oehlmann). + +2012-09-07 Harald Oehlmann <oehhar@users.sf.net> + + *** 8.6b3 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP#404. + + * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: [FRQ 3544988]: New commands [mcflset] + * library/msgcat/pkgIndex.tcl: and [mcflmset] to set mc entries with + * unix/Makefile.in: implicit message file locale. + * win/Makefile.in: Bump to 1.5.0. 2012-08-25 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -436,8 +844,8 @@ 2012-08-23 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclBinary.c: [Bug 3496014]: (Backport from Tcl 8.6) Protect - Tcl_SetByteArrayObj for invalid values. + * generic/tclBinary.c: [Bug 3496014]: Unecessary memset() in + Tcl_SetByteArrayObj(). 2012-08-20 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -460,14 +868,30 @@ 2012-08-15 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * win/buildall.vc.bat: Only build the threaded builds by default - * win/rules.vc: Backport some improvements from Tcl 8.6 - * win/makefile.vc: + * win/rules.vc: Some code cleanup 2010-08-13 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sourceforge.net> * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: [Bug 3555454]: Rearrange a bit to quash 'declared but never defined' compiler warnings. +2012-08-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * compat/zlib/win64/zlib1.dll: Add 64-bit build of zlib1.dll, and use + * compat/zlib/win64/zdll.lib: it for the dynamic mingw-w64 build. + * win/Makefile.in: + * win/configure.in: + * win/configure: + +2012-08-09 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * tests/http.test: Fix http-3.29 for machines without IPv6 support. + +2010-08-08 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: Change one '#ifdef' to '#if defined()' for + improved consistency within the file. + 2012-08-08 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclfileName.c: [Bug #1536227]: Cygwin network pathname @@ -478,10 +902,25 @@ * generic/tclIOUtil.c: [Bug 3554250]: Overlooked one field of cleanup in the thread exit handler for the filesystem subsystem. +2012-07-31 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInterp.c (Tcl_GetInterpPath): + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c (TclGetAndDetachPids, Tcl_PidObjCmd): + * win/tclWinPipe.c (TclGetAndDetachPids, Tcl_PidObjCmd): + Purge use of Tcl_AppendElement, and corrected conversion of PIDs to + integer objects. + 2012-07-31 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * win/nmakehlp.c: Backport from Tcl 8.6, but add -Q option from - sampleextension. + * win/nmakehlp.c: Add -Q option from sampleextension. + * win/Makefile.in: [FRQ 3544967]: Missing objectfiles in static lib + * win/makefile.vc: (Thanks to Jos Decoster). + +2012-07-29 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/Makefile.in: No longer build tcltest.exe to run the tests, + but use tclsh86.exe in combination with tcltest86.dll to do that. + * tests/*.test: load tcltest86.dll if necessary. 2012-07-28 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -494,22 +933,30 @@ * generic/tclUniData.c: Support Unicode 6.2 (Add Turkish lira sign) * generic/regc_locale.c: -2012-07-24 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2012-07-25 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> - *** 8.5.12 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + * win/tclWinPipe.c: [Bug 3547994]: Abandon the synchronous Windows + pipe driver to its fate when needed to honour TIP#398. - * generic/tcl.h: Bump to 8.5.12 for release. - * library/init.tcl: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/configure.in: - * README: +2012-07-24 Trevor Davel <twylite@crypt.co.za> - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * win/configure: + * win/tclWinSock.c: [Bug: 3545363]: Loop over multiple underlying file + descriptors for a socket where required (TcpCloseProc, SocketProc). + Refactor socket/descriptor setup to manage linked list operations in + one place. Fix memory leak in socket close (TcpCloseProc) and related + dangling pointers in SocketEventProc. + +2012-07-19 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * win/tclWinSock.c (TcpAccept): [Bug: 3545363]: Use a large enough + buffer for accept()ing IPv6 connections. Fix conversion of host and + port for passing to the accept proc to be independent of the IP + version. - * changes: Update for 8.5.12 release. +2012-07-23 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIO.c: [Bug 3545365]: Never try a bg-flush on a dead + channel, just like before 2011-08-17. 2012-07-19 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> @@ -528,12 +975,14 @@ 2012-07-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * unix/tclUnixCompat.c (TclpGetPwNam, TclpGetPwUid, TclpGetGrNam) - (TclpGetGrGid): [Bug 3544683]: Use the elaborate memory management - scheme outlined on http://www.opengroup.org/austin/docs/austin_328.txt - to handle Tcl's use of standard reentrant versions of the passwd/group - access functions so that everything can work on all BSDs. Problem - identified by Stuart Cassoff. + * generic/tclUtil.c (UpdateStringOfEndOffset): [Bug 3544658]: Stop + 1-byte overrun in memcpy, that object placement rules made harmless + but which still caused compiler complaints. + +2012-07-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * library/reg/pkgIndex.tcl: Make registry 1.3 package dynamically + loadable when ::tcl::pkgconfig is available. 2012-07-11 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -553,11 +1002,25 @@ it would use the name on success, not failure. Also ensured that the buffer size is exactly that recommended by Microsoft. +2012-07-08 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * library/http/http.tcl: [Bug 3531209]: Add fix and test for URLs that + * tests/http.test: contain literal IPv6 addresses. + 2012-07-05 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: [Bug 1189293]: Make "<<" binary safe. * win/tclWinPipe.c: +2012-07-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclDStringAppendObj, TclDStringAppendDString): + * generic/tclInt.h (TclDStringAppendLiteral, TclDStringClear): + * generic/tclCompile.h (TclDStringAppendToken): Added wrappers to make + common cases of appending to Tcl_DStrings simpler to write. Prompted + by looking at [FRQ 1357401] (these are an _internal_ implementation of + that FRQ). + 2012-06-29 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: Add tn, ro_MO and ru_MO to msgcat. @@ -577,6 +1040,18 @@ this rule correctly. This does not represent a functionality change, merely a clearer documentation of a long-standing constraint. +2012-06-26 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4: Let Cygwin shared build link with + * unix/configure.in: zlib1.dll, not cygz.dll (two less + * unix/configure: dependencies on cygwin-specific dll's) + * unix/Makefile.in: + +2012-06-26 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * generic/tclIOSock.c: Use EAI_SYSTEM only if it exists. + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: + 2012-06-25 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclFileSystem.h: [Bug 3024359]: Make sure that the @@ -593,18 +1068,23 @@ 2012-06-25 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclfileName.c: [Patch 1536227]: Cygwin network pathname - * tests/fileName.test: support + * tests/fileName.test: support. 2012-06-23 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: [Bug 3508771]: Cygwin notifier for handling win32 events. +2012-06-22 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * generic/tclIOSock.c: Rework the error message generation of [socket], + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: so that the error code of getaddrinfo is used + * win/tclWinSock.c: instead of errno unless it is EAI_SYSTEM. + 2012-06-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * win/tclWinReg.c: [Bug 3362446]: registry keys command fails * tests/registry.test: with 8.5/8.6 - * library/reg/pkgIndex.tcl: registry version to 1.2.2 2012-06-11 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -623,27 +1103,70 @@ * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: in the tclUnixPort.h header so that old unix systems that need inclusion in all compilation units are supported. +2012-06-08 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinDde.c: Revise the "null data" check: null strings are + possible, but empty binary arrays are not. + * tests/winDde.test: Add test-case (winDde-9.4) for transferring + null-strings with dde. Convert tests to tcltest-2 syntax. + +2012-06-06 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (TclZlibInit): Declare that Tcl is publishing the + zlib package (version 2.0) as part of its bootstrap process. This will + have an impact on tclkit (which includes zlib 1.1) but otherwise be + very low impact. + 2012-06-06 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * unix/tclUnixInit.c: On Cygwin, use win32 API in stead of uname() to determine the tcl_platform variables. +2012-05-31 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c: [Bug 3530536]: zlib-7.4 fails on IRIX64 + * tests/zlib.test: + * doc/zlib.n: Document that [stream checksum] doesn't do + what's expected for "inflate" and "deflate" formats + 2012-05-31 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + * library/safe.tcl (safe::AliasFileSubcommand): Don't assume that + slaves have corresponding commands, as that is not true for + sub-subinterpreters (used in Tk's test suite). + * doc/safe.n: [Bug 1997845]: Corrected formatting so that generated - * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (cross-reference): HTML can link properly. + HTML can link properly. + + * tests/socket.test (socket*-13.1): Prevented intermittent test + failure due to race condition. 2012-05-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * doc/expr.n, doc/mathop.n: [Bug 2931407]: Clarified semantics of division and remainder operators. +2012-05-29 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinDde.c: [Bug 3525762]: Encoding handling in dde. + * win/Makefile.in: Fix "make genstubs" when cross-compiling on UNIX + +2012-05-28 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * library/safe.tcl (safe::AliasFileSubcommand): [Bug 3529949]: Made a + more sophisticated method for preventing information leakage; it + changes references to "~user" into "./~user", which is safe. + 2012-05-25 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * doc/namespace.n, doc/Ensemble.3: [Bug 3528418]: Document what is going on with respect to qualification of command prefixes in ensemble subcommand maps. + * generic/tclIO.h (SYNTHETIC_EVENT_TIME): Factored out the definition + of the amount of time that should be waited before firing a synthetic + event on a channel. + 2012-05-25 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * win/tclWinDde.c: [Bug 473946]: Special characters were not correctly @@ -658,22 +1181,45 @@ * doc/dde.n: Doc fix: "dde execute iexplore" doesn't work without -async, because iexplore doesn't return a value -2012-05-22 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2012-05-24 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * tools/genStubs.tcl: Let cygwin share stub table with win32 - * win/Makefile.in: Don't hardcode dde and reg dll version numbers * win/tclWinSock.c: implement TclpInetNtoa for win32 - * generic/tclInt.decls: Revert most of [fcc5957e59], since when + * generic/tclInt.decls: Revert most of [3caedf05df], since when we let cygwin share the win32 stub table this is no longer necessary * generic/tcl*Decls.h: re-generated + * doc/dde.n: 1.3 -> 1.4 + +2012-05-23 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (ZlibTransformInput): [Bug 3525907]: Ensure that + decompressed input is flushed through the transform correctly when the + input stream gets to the end. Thanks to Alexandre Ferrieux and Andreas + Kupries for their work on this. 2012-05-21 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclFileName.c: When using Tcl_SetObjLength() calls to grow - * generic/tclIOUtil.c: and shrink the objPtr->bytes buffer, care must - be taken that the value cannot possibly become pure Unicode. Calling - Tcl_AppendToObj() has the possibility of making such a conversion. Bug - found while valgrinding the trunk. + * generic/tclFileName.c: When using Tcl_SetObjLength() calls to + * generic/tclPathObj.c: grow and shrink the objPtr->bytes + buffer, care must be taken that the value cannot possibly become pure + Unicode. Calling Tcl_AppendToObj() has the possibility of making such + a conversion. Bug found while valgrinding the trunk. + +2012-05-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP#106 + + * win/tclWinDde.c: Added encoding-related abilities to + * library/dde/pkgIndex.tcl: the [dde] command. The dde package's + * tests/winDde.test: version is now 1.4.0. + * doc/dde.n: + +2012-05-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOO_Class_Constructor): [Bug 2023112]: Cut + the amount of hackiness in class constructors, and refactor some of + the error message handling from [oo::define] to be saner in the face + of odd happenings. 2012-05-17 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -695,6 +1241,14 @@ when comparing "0y" and "0x12"; the previously documented behavior was actually a subtle bug (now long-corrected). +2012-05-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (TclMakeFileCommandSafe): [Bug 3445787]: Improve + the compatibility of safe interpreters' version of 'file' with that of + unsafe interpreters. + * library/safe.tcl (::safe::InterpInit): Teach the safe-interp scripts + about how to expose 'file' properly. + 2012-05-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * win/tclWinDde.c: Protect against receiving strings without ending @@ -706,14 +1260,65 @@ * win/tclWinDde.c: [Bug 473946]: Special characters not correctly sent * library/dde/pkgIndex.tcl: Increase version to 1.3.3 +2012-05-10 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * {win,unix}/configure{,.in}: [Bug 2812981]: Clean up bundled + packages' build directory from within Tcl's ./configure, to avoid + stale configuration. + +2012-05-09 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIORChan.c: [Bug 3522560]: Fixed the crash, enabled the + test case. Modified [chan postevent] to properly inject the event(s) + into the owner thread's event queue for execution in the correct + context. Renamed the ForwardOpTo...Thread() function to match with our + terminology. + + * tests/ioCmd.test: [Bug 3522560]: Added a test which crashes the core + if it were not disabled as knownBug. For a reflected channel + transfered to a different thread the [chan postevent] run in the + handler thread tries to execute the owner threads's fileevent scripts + by itself, wrongly reaching across thread boundaries. + +2012-04-28 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIO.c: Properly close nonblocking channels even when + not flushing them. + +2012-05-03 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * compat/zlib/*: Upgrade to zlib 1.2.7 (pre-built dll is still 1.2.5, + will be upgraded as soon as the official build is available) + +2012-05-03 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/socket.test: [Bug 3428754]: Test socket-14.2 tolerate + [socket -async] connection that connects synchronously. + + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: [Bug 3428753]: Fix [socket -async] connections + that manage to connect synchronously. + 2012-05-02 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/configure.in: Better detection and implementation for - * generic/configure: cpuid instruction on Intel-derived - * generic/tclUnixCompat.c: processors, both 32-bit and 64-bit. - * generic/tclTest.c: Move cpuid testcase from win-specific - * win/tclWinTest.c: to generic tests, as it should work on - * tests/platform.test: all Intel-related platforms now + * generic/configure.in: Better detection and implementation for + * generic/configure: cpuid instruction on Intel-derived + * generic/tclUnixCompat.c: processors, both 32-bit and 64-bit. + * generic/tclTest.c: Move cpuid testcase from win-specific to + * win/tclWinTest.c: generic tests, as it should work on all + * tests/platform.test: Intel-related platforms now. + +2012-04-30 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/ioCmd.test: [Bug 3522560]: Tame deadlocks in broken refchan + tests. + +2012-04-28 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP#398 + + * generic/tclIO.c: Quickly Exit with Non-Blocking Blocked Channels + * tests/io.test : *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** + * doc/close.n : (compat flag available) 2012-04-27 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -729,18 +1334,30 @@ 2012-04-26 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclStubInit.c: get rid of _ANSI_ARGS_ - * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h - * unix/tclUnixPort.h - * unix/tclAppInit.c - * win/tclAppInit.c + * generic/tclStubInit.c: Get rid of _ANSI_ARGS_ and CONST + * generic/tclIO.c: + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: + +2012-04-25 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclDStringToObj): Added internal function to make + the fairly-common operation of converting a DString into an Obj a more + efficient one; for long strings, it can just transfer the ownership of + the buffer directly. Replaces this: + obj=Tcl_NewStringObj(Tcl_DStringValue(&ds),Tcl_DStringLength(&ds)); + Tcl_DStringFree(&ds); + with this: + obj=TclDStringToObj(&ds); 2012-04-24 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclInt.decls: [Bug 3508771]: load tclreg.dll in - * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: cygwin tclsh. Implement - * generic/tclStubInit.c: TclWinGetSockOpt, TclWinGetServByName - * generic/tclUnixCompat.c: and TclWinCPUID for Cygwin. + * generic/tclInt.decls: [Bug 3508771]: load tclreg.dll in cygwin + tclsh + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: Implement TclWinGetSockOpt, + * generic/tclStubInit.c: TclWinGetServByName and TclWinCPUID for + * generic/tclUnixCompat.c: Cygwin. * unix/configure.in: * unix/configure: * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: @@ -760,6 +1377,24 @@ register its created channel - that's the responsibility of the caller of Tcl_FSOpenFileChannel - as that leads to reference leaks. +2012-04-15 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclEnsemble.c (NsEnsembleImplementationCmdNR): + * generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_FSEvalFileEx): Cut out levels of the C + stack by going direct to the relevant internal evaluation function. + + * generic/tclZlib.c (ZlibTransformSetOption): [Bug 3517696]: Make + flushing work correctly in a pushed compressing channel transform. + +2012-04-12 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.decls: [Bug 3514475]: Remove TclpGetTimeZone and + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: TclpGetTZName + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * unix/tclUnixTime.c: + * unix/tclWinTilemc: + 2012-04-11 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * win/tclWinInit.c: [Bug 3448512]: clock scan "1958-01-01" fails @@ -767,6 +1402,38 @@ * win/configure: * unix/tcl.m4: Use NDEBUG consistantly meaning: no debugging. * unix/configure: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * library/dde/pkgIndex.tcl: Use [::tcl::pkgconfig get debug] instead + * library/reg/pkgIndex.tcl: of [info exists ::tcl_platform(debug)] + +2012-04-10 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h (TCL_DEPRECATED_API): [Bug 2458976]: Added macro that + can be used to mark parts of Tcl's API as deprecated. Currently only + used for fields of Tcl_Interp, which TIPs 330 and 336 have deprecated + with a migration strategy; we want to encourage people to move away + from those fields. + +2012-04-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOODefineCmds.c (ClassVarsSet, ObjVarsSet): [Bug 3396896]: + Ensure that the lists of variable names used to drive variable + resolution will never have the same name twice. + + * generic/tclVar.c (AppendLocals): [Bug 2712377]: Fix problem with + reporting of declared variables in methods. It's really a problem with + how [info vars] interacts with variable resolvers; this is just a bit + of a hack so it is no longer a big problem. + +2012-04-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c (Tcl_NewObjectInstance, TclNRNewObjectInstance): + [Bug 3514761]: Fixed bogosity with automated argument description + handling when constructing an instance of a class that is itself a + member of an ensemble. Thanks to Andreas Kupries for identifying that + this was a problem case at all! + (Tcl_CopyObjectInstance): Fix potential bleed-over of ensemble + information into [oo::copy]. 2012-04-04 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -781,9 +1448,15 @@ * generic/tclStubInit.c: Remove the TclpGetTZName implementation for * generic/tclIntDecls.h: Cygwin (from 2012-04-02 commit), re-generated * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: - * generic/tcl.decls: cleanup unnecessary "generic" argument -2012-03-30 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2012-04-02 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP#396. + + * generic/tclBasic.c (builtInCmds, TclNRYieldToObjCmd): Convert the + formerly-unsupported yieldm and yieldTo commands into [yieldto]. + +2012-04-02 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclInt.decls: [Bug 3508771]: load tclreg.dll in cygwin tclsh * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: Implement TclWinGetTclInstance, @@ -799,12 +1472,64 @@ * win/tcl.m4: using a native or cross-compiler. * win/configure.in: * win/tclWinPort.h: + * win/README Document how to build win32 or win64 executables + with Linux, Cygwin or Darwin. + +2012-03-29 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (StringIsCmd): Faster mem-leak free + implementation of [string is entier]. + +2012-03-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP#395. + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (StringIsCmd): Implementation of the [string is + entier] check. Code by Jos Decoster. 2012-03-27 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tcl.h: [Bug 3508771]: Wrong Tcl_StatBuf used on MinGW. * generic/tclFCmd.c: [Bug 2015723]: Duplicate inodes from file stat - on windows (but now for cygwin as well) + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: on windows (but now for cygwin as well). + * generic/tclOODefineCmds.c: minor gcc warning + * win/tclWinPort.h: Use lower numbers, preventing integer overflow. + Remove the workaround for mingw-w64 [Bug 3407992]. It's long fixed. + +2012-03-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP#397. + + * generic/tclOO.c (Tcl_CopyObjectInstance): [Bug 3474460]: Make the + target object name optional when copying classes. [RFE 3485060]: Add + callback method ("<cloned>") so that scripted control over copying is + easier. + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + If you'd previously been using the "<cloned>" method name, this now + has a standard semantics and call interface. Only a problem if you are + also using [oo::copy]. + +2012-03-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP#380. + + * doc/define.n, doc/object.n, generic/tclOO.c, generic/tclOOBasic.c: + * generic/tclOOCall.c, generic/tclOODefineCmds.c, generic/tclOOInt.h: + * tests/oo.test: Switch definitions of lists of things in objects and + classes to a slot-based approach, which gives a lot more flexibility + and programmability at the script-level. Introduce new [::oo::Slot] + class which is the implementation of these things. + + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + The unknown method handler now may be asked to deal with the case + where no method name is provided at all. The default implementation + generates a compatible error message, and any override that forces the + presence of a first argument (i.e., a method name) will continue to + function as at present as well, so this is a pretty small change. + + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOO_Object_Destroy): Made it easier to do a + tailcall inside a normally-invoked destructor; prevented leakage out + to calling command. 2012-03-25 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -871,6 +1596,14 @@ * library/tzdata/Pacific/Fakaofo: * library/tzdata/America/Creston: (new) +2012-03-19 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * unix/tclUnixSock.c (Tcl_OpenTcpServer): Use the values returned + by getaddrinfo() for all three arguments to socket() instead of + only using ai_family. Try to keep the most meaningful error while + iterating over the result list, because using the last error can + be misleading. + 2012-03-15 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tcl.h: [Bug 3288345]: Wrong Tcl_StatBuf used on Cygwin @@ -884,11 +1617,20 @@ * win/tclWinFile.c: [Bug 3388350]: mingw64 compiler warnings +2012-03-11 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/*.n, doc/*.3: A number of small spelling and wording fixes. + +2012-03-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/info.n: Various minor fixes (prompted by Andreas Kupries + * doc/socket.n: detecting a spelling mistake). + 2012-03-07 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * library/http/http.tcl: [Bug 3498327]: Generate upper-case * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: hexadecimal output for compliance - * tests/http.test: with RFC 3986. Bumped version to 2.7.9. + * tests/http.test: with RFC 3986. Bumped version to 2.8.4. * unix/Makefile.in: * win/Makefile.in: @@ -902,6 +1644,13 @@ * unix/tcl.m4: * unix/configure: (re-generated) +2012-03-02 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c (Tcl_SetByteArrayObj): [Bug 3496014]: Only zero + out the memory block if it is not being immediately overwritten. (Our + caller might still overwrite, but we should at least avoid + known-useless work.) + 2012-02-29 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclIOUtil.c: [Bug 3466099]: BOM in Unicode @@ -910,7 +1659,7 @@ 2012-02-23 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * tests/reg.test (14.21-23): Add tests relating to bug 1115587. Actual + * tests/reg.test (14.21-23): Add tests relating to Bug 1115587. Actual bug is characterised by test marked with 'knownBug'. 2012-02-17 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -918,21 +1667,35 @@ * generic/tclIOUtil.c: [Bug 2233954]: AIX: compile error * unix/tclUnixPort.h: +2012-02-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM): Enhance implementation + so that shortening a (not multiply-referenced) list by lopping the end + off with [lrange] or [lreplace] is efficient. + 2012-02-15 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictForCmd): [Bug 3487626]: Fix - crash in compilation of [dict for] when its implementation command is - used directly rather than through the ensemble. + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileLreplaceCmd): Added a compilation + strategy for [lreplace] that tackles the cases which are equivalent to + a static [lrange]. + (TclCompileLrangeCmd): Add compiler for [lrange] with constant indices + so we can take advantage of existing TCL_LIST_RANGE_IMM opcode. + (TclCompileLindexCmd): Improve coverage of constant-index-style + compliation using technique developed for [lrange] above. + + (TclCompileDictForCmd): [Bug 3487626]: Fix crash in compilation of + [dict for] when its implementation command is used directly rather + than through the ensemble. 2012-02-09 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclStringObj.c: [Bug 3484402]: Correct Off-By-One - error appending unicode. Thanks to Poor Yorick. Also corrected test - for when growth is needed. + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Converted the memcpy() calls in append + operations to memmove() calls. This adds safety in the case of + overlapping copies, and improves performance on some benchmarks. 2012-02-06 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: [Bug 3485022]: TclCompileEnsemble() avoid + * generic/tclEnsemble.c: [Bug 3485022]: TclCompileEnsemble() avoid * tests/trace.test: compile when exec traces set. 2012-02-06 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> @@ -959,12 +1722,32 @@ * doc/AddErrInfo.3: [Bug 3482614]: Documentation nit. +2012-01-30 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileCatchCmd): Added a more efficient + bytecode generator for the case where 'catch' is used without any + variable arguments; don't capture the result just to discard it. + +2012-01-26 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: [Bug 3479689]: New internal routine + * generic/tclFCmd.c: TclJoinPath(). Refactor all the + * generic/tclFileName.c: *Join*Path* routines to give them more + * generic/tclInt.h: useful interfaces that are easier to + * generic/tclPathObj.c: manage getting the refcounts right. + 2012-01-26 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclPathObj.c: [Bug 3475569]: Add checks for unshared values before calls demanding them. [Bug 3479689]: Stop memory corruption when shimmering 0-refCount value to "path" type. +2012-01-25 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c (Tcl_CopyObjectInstance): [Bug 3474460]: When + copying an object, make sure that the configuration of the variable + resolver is also duplicated. + 2012-01-22 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * tools/uniClass.tcl: [FRQ 3473670]: Various Unicode-related @@ -999,18 +1782,15 @@ * doc/dict.n (dict with): [Bug 3474512]: Explain better what is going on when a dictionary key and the dictionary variable collide. -2012-01-17 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - - * library/http/http.tcl: Bump to version 2.7.8 - * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: - * unix/Makefile.in: - * win/Makefile.in: - 2012-01-13 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * library/http/http.tcl (http::Connect): [Bug 3472316]: Ensure that we only try to read the socket error exactly once. +2012-01-12 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/tclvars.n: [Bug 3466506]: Document more environment variables. + 2012-01-09 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclUtf.c: [Bug 3464428]: [string is graph \u0120] was @@ -1046,6 +1826,12 @@ * tools/uniParse.tcl: Clean up some unused stuff, and be more robust against changes in UnicodeData.txt syntax +2011-12-13 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclInitAuxDataTypeTable): Extended to register + the DictUpdateInfo structure as an AuxData type. For use by tbcload, + tclcompiler. + 2011-12-11 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/regc_locale.c: [Bug 3457031]: Some Unicode 6.0 chars not @@ -1064,11 +1850,20 @@ 2011-11-29 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * doc/tclsh.1: Use the same shebang comment everywhere. - * tools/str2c - * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl * win/Makefile.in: don't install tommath_(super)?class.h * unix/Makefile.in: don't install directories like 8.2 and 8.3 + * generic/tclTomMath.h: [Bug 2991415]: move include tclInt.h from + * generic/tclTomMathInt.h: tclTomMath.h to tclTomMathInt.h + +2011-11-25 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * library/history.tcl (history): Simplify the dance of variable + management used when chaining to the implementation command. + +2011-11-22 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclCompileObj): Simplify and de-indent the + logic so that it is easier to comprehend. 2011-11-22 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -1076,31 +1871,79 @@ * win/tclWinFile.c: time (VS2005+ only). * generic/tclTest.c: -2011-11-04 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2011-11-20 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> - *** 8.5.11 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + * tests/thread.test: Remove unnecessary [after] calls from the thread + tests. Make error message matching more robust for tests that may + have built-in race conditions. Test thread-7.26 must first unset all + thread testing related variables. Revise results of the thread-7.28 + through thread-7.31 tests to account for the fact they are canceled + via a script sent to the thread asynchronously, which then impacts the + error message handling. Attempt to manually drain the event queue for + the main thread after joining the test thread to make sure no stray + events are processed at the wrong time on the main thread. Revise all + the synchronization and comparison semantics related to the thread id + and error message. - * generic/tcl.h: Bump to 8.5.11 for release. - * library/init.tcl: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/configure.in: - * README: +2011-11-18 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * win/configure: + * tests/thread.test: Remove all use of thread::release from the thread + 7.x tests, replacing it with a script that can easily cause "stuck" + threads to self-destruct for those test cases that require it. Also, + make the error message handling far more robust by keeping track of + every asynchronous error. + +2011-11-17 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> + + * tests/thread.test: Refactor all the remaining thread-7.x tests that + were using [testthread]. Note that this test file now requires the + very latest version of the Thread package to pass all tests. In + addition, the thread-7.18 and thread-7.19 tests have been flagged as + knownBug because they cannot pass without modifications to the [expr] + command, persuant to TIP #392. + +2011-11-17 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> + + * generic/tclThreadTest.c: For [testthread cancel], avoid creating a + new Tcl_Obj when the default script cancellation result is desired. + +2011-11-11 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinConsole.c: Refactor common thread handling patterns. + +2011-11-11 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/zlib.test: [Bug 3428756]: Use nonblocking writes in + single-threaded IO tests to avoid deadlocks when going beyond OS + buffers. Tidy up [chan configure] flags across zlib.test. - * changes: Update for 8.5.11 release. +2011-11-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclUnixCompat.c (TclpGetPwNam, TclpGetPwUid, TclpGetGrNam) + (TclpGetGrGid): Use the elaborate memory management scheme outlined on + http://www.opengroup.org/austin/docs/austin_328.txt to handle Tcl's + use of standard reentrant versions of the passwd/group access + functions so that everything can work on all BSDs. Problem identified + by Stuart Cassoff. 2011-10-20 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * library/http/http.tcl: Bump to version 2.7.7 + * library/http/http.tcl: Bump to version 2.8.3 * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: * unix/Makefile.in: * win/Makefile.in: - * changes: Updates for 8.5.11 release. + * changes: Updates toward 8.6b3 release. + +2011-10-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclLiteral.c (TclInvalidateCmdLiteral): [Bug 3418547]: + Additional code for handling the invalidation of literals. + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateObjCommand, Tcl_CreateCommand) + (TclRenameCommand, Tcl_ExposeCommand): The four additional places that + need extra care when dealing with literals. + * generic/tclTest.c (TestInterpResolverCmd): Additional test machinery + for interpreter resolvers. 2011-10-18 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> @@ -1120,12 +1963,29 @@ * win/tclWinFile.c: [Bug 2935503]: Incorrect mode field returned by [file stat] command. +2011-10-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictWithCmd): Corrected handling of + qualified names, and added spacial cases for empty bodies (used when + [dict with] is just used for extracting variables). + 2011-10-07 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclIORChan.c: Fix gcc warning (discovered with latest - mingw, based on gcc 4.6.1) - * tests/env.test: Fix env.test running under wine 1.3 (partly - backported from Tcl 8.6) + * generic/tcl.h: Fix gcc warnings (discovered with latest + * generic/tclIORChan.c: mingw, based on gcc 4.6.1) + * tests/env.test: Fix env.test, when running under wine 1.3. + +2011-10-06 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclDictObj.c (TclDictWithInit, TclDictWithFinish): + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictWithCmd): Experimental + compilation for the [dict with] subcommand, using parts factored out + from the interpreted version of the command. + +2011-10-05 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinInt.h: Remove tclWinProcs, as it is no longer + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: being used. 2011-10-03 Venkat Iyer <venkat@comit.com> @@ -1141,6 +2001,113 @@ * library/tzdata/Europe/Zaporozhye: * library/tzdata/Pacific/Apia: +2011-09-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl, tools/tcltk-man2html-utils.tcl: More + refactoring so that more of the utility code is decently out of the + way. Adjusted the header-material generator so that version numbers + are only included in locations where there is room. + +2011-09-28 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.h: [RFE 3010352]: make all TclOO API functions + * generic/tclOODecls.h: MODULE_SCOPE + * generic/tclOOIntDecls.h: + +2011-09-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclIndexObj.c (Tcl_ParseArgsObjv): [Bug 3413857]: Corrected + the memory management for the code parsing arguments when returning + "large" numbers of arguments. Also unbroke the TCL_ARGV_AUTO_REST + macro in passing. + +2011-09-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (TclMakeFileCommandSafe): [Bug 3211758]: Also + make the main [file] command hidden by default in safe interpreters, + because that's what existing code expects. This will reduce the amount + which the code breaks, but not necessarily eliminate it... + +2011-09-23 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIORTrans.c: More revisions to get finalization of + ReflectedTransforms correct, including adopting a "dead" field as was + done in tclIORChan.c. + + * tests/thread.test: Stop using the deprecated thread management + commands of the tcltest package. The test suite ought to provide + these tools for itself. They do not belong in a testing harness. + +2011-09-22 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Revise [info frame] so that it stops creating + cycles in the iPtr->cmdFramePtr stack. + +2011-09-22 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/re_syntax.n: [Bug 2903743]: Add more magic so that we can do at + least something sane on Solaris. + * tools/tcltk-man2html-utils.tcl (process-text): Teach the HTML + generator how to handle this magic. + +2011-09-21 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclThreadTest.c: Revise the thread exit handling of the + [testthread] command so that it properly maintains the per-process + data structures even when the thread exits for reasons other than the + [testthread exit] command. + +2011-09-21 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/tclIO.c: [Bug 3412487]: Now short reads are allowed in + synchronous fcopy, avoid mistaking them as nonblocking ones. + +2011-09-21 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIORTrans.c (ForwardOpToOwnerThread): Fixed the missing + initialization of the 'dsti' field. Reported by Don Porter, on chat. + +2011-09-20 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIORChan.c: Re-using the "interp" field to signal a dead + channel (via NULL value) interfered with conditional cleanup tasks + testing for "the right interp". Added a new field "dead" to perform + the dead channel signalling task so the corrupted logic is avoided. + + * generic/tclIORTrans.c: Revised ReflectClose() and + FreeReflectedTransform() so that we stop leaking ReflectedTransforms, + yet free all Tcl_Obj values in the same thread that alloced them. + +2011-09-19 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/ioTrans.test: Conversion from [testthread] to Thread package + stops most memory leaks. + + * tests/thread.test: Plug most memory leaks in thread.test. + Constrain the rest to be skipped during `make valgrind'. Tests using + the [testthread cancel] testing command are leaky. Corrections wait + for either addition of [thread::cancel] to the Thread package, or + improvements to the [testthread] testing command to make leak-free + versions of these tests possible. + + * generic/tclIORChan.c: Plug all memory leaks in ioCmd.test exposed + * tests/ioCmd.test: by `make valgrind'. + * unix/Makefile.in: + +2011-09-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP #388 + + * doc/Tcl.n: + * doc/re_syntax.n: + * generic/regc_lex.c: + * generic/regcomp.c: + * generic/regcustom.h: + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tclParse.c: + * tests/reg.test: + * tests/utf.test: + 2011-09-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * generic/tclProc.c (ProcWrongNumArgs): [Bugs 3400658,3408830]: @@ -1153,11 +2120,21 @@ 2011-09-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + * generic/tclProc.c (ProcWrongNumArgs): [Bugs 3400658,3408830]: + Ensemble-like rewriting of error messages is complex, and TclOO (in + combination with iTcl) hits the most tricky cases. + * library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl): [Bug 3391977]: Ensure that the -headers option overrides the -type option (important because -type has a default that is not always appropriate, and the header must not be duplicated). +2011-09-15 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: [Bug 3408408]: Partial improvement by sharing + as literals the computed values of constant subexpressions when we can + do so without incurring the cost of string rep generation. + 2011-09-13 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclUtil.c: [Bug 3390638]: Workaround broken Solaris @@ -1171,6 +2148,21 @@ * win/tclWinPort.h: [Bug 3407070]: tclPosixStr.c won't build with EOVERFLOW==E2BIG +2011-09-11 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/thread.test: Convert [testthread] use to Thread package use + in thread-6.1. Eliminates a memory leak in `make valgrind`. + + * tests/socket.test: [Bug 3390699]: Convert [testthread] use to + Thread package use in socket_*-13.1. Eliminates a memory leak in + `make valgrind`. + +2011-09-09 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/chanio.test: [Bug 3389733]: Convert [testthread] use to + * tests/io.test: Thread package use in *io-70.1. Eliminates a + memory leak in `make valgrind`. + 2011-09-07 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclCompExpr.c: [Bug 3401704]: Allow function names like @@ -1190,6 +2182,23 @@ * library/tzdata/Pacific/Honolulu: * library/tzdata/Africa/Juba: (new) +2011-09-06 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: [RFE 1711975]: Tcl_MainEx() (like Tk_MainEx()) + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclMain.c: + +2011-09-02 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/http.test: Convert [testthread] use to Thread package use. + Eliminates memory leak seen in `make valgrind`. + +2011-09-01 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: [Bug 3401422]: Cache script-level changes to the + nonblocking flag of an async client socket in progress, and commit + them on completion. + 2011-09-01 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclStrToD.c: [Bug 3402540]: Corrections to TclParseNumber() @@ -1205,40 +2214,78 @@ means that interpreters cannot read their own limits (writing already did not work). +2011-08-30 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * unix/tclUnixSock.c (TcpWatchProc): [Bug 3394732]: Put back the check + for server sockets. + +2011-08-29 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIORTrans.c: Leak of ReflectedTransformMap. + +2011-08-27 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: [RFE 3396731]: Revise the [string reverse] + * tests/string.test: implementation to operate on the representation + that comes in, avoid conversion to other reps. + +2011-08-23 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIORChan.c: [Bug 3396948]: Leak of ReflectedChannelMap. + +2011-08-19 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIORTrans.c: [Bugs 3393279, 3393280]: ReflectClose(.) is + missing Tcl_EventuallyFree() calls at some of its exits. + + * generic/tclIO.c: [Bugs 3394654, 3393276]: Revise FlushChannel() to + account for the possibility that the ChanWrite() call might recycle + the buffer out from under us. + + * generic/tclIO.c: Preserve the chanPtr during FlushChannel so that + channel drivers don't yank it away before we're done with it. + 2011-08-19 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclTest.c: [Bug 2981154]: async-4.3 segfault. * tests/async.test: [Bug 1774689]: async-4.3 sometimes fails. +2011-08-18 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIO.c: [Bug 3096275]: Sync fcopy buffers input. + 2011-08-18 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclUniData.c: [Bug 3393714]: Overflow in toupper delta * tools/uniParse.tcl: * tests/utf.test: +2011-08-17 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclIO.c: [Bug 2946474]: Consistently resume backgrounded + * tests/ioCmd.test: flushes+closes when exiting. + +2011-08-17 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * doc/interp.n: Document TIP 378's one-way-ness. + 2011-08-17 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclGet.c: [Bug 3393150]: Overlooked free of intreps. (It matters for bignums!) -2011-08-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2011-08-16 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclCmdAH.c: [Bug 3388350]: mingw64 compiler warnings - * generic/tclFCmd.c In mingw, sys/stat.h must be included - * generic/tclFileName.c before winsock2.h, so make sure of that. - * generic/tclIOUtil.c - * generic/tclBasic.c - * generic/tclBinary.c - * generic/tclHash.c - * generic/tclTest.c - * win/tclWinChan.c - * win/tclWinConsole.c - * win/tclWinDde.c - * win/tclWinFile.c - * win/tclWinReg.c - * win/tclWinSerial.c - * win/tclWinSock.c - * win/tclWinThrd.c + * generic/tclCompile.c: [Bug 3392070]: More complete prevention of + Tcl_Obj reference cycles when producing an intrep of ByteCode. + +2011-08-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclListObj.c (TclLindexList, TclLsetFlat): Silence warnings + about (unreachable) cases of uninitialized variables. + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (SelectObjFromSublist): Improve the generation of + * generic/tclIndexObj.c (Tcl_ParseArgsObjv): messages through the use + * generic/tclVar.c (ArrayStartSearchCmd): of Tcl_ObjPrintf. 2011-08-15 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -1247,18 +2294,43 @@ 2011-08-15 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclPosixStr.c: [Bug 3388350]: mingw64 compiler warnings - * generic/tclStrToD.c * win/tclWinPort.h: - * win/tclWinPipe.c: - * win/tclWinSock.c: * win/configure.in: * win/configure: +2011-08-14 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * doc/FindExec.3: [Patch 3124554]: Move WishPanic from Tk to Tcl + * doc/Panic.3 Added Documentation + 2011-08-12 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclPathObj.c: [Bug 3389764]: Eliminate possibility that dup of a "path" value can create reference cycle. +2011-08-12 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (ZlibTransformOutput): [Bug 3390073]: Return the + correct length of written data for a compressing transform. + +2011-08-10 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclTestObj.c: [Bug 3386721]: Allow multiple [load]ing of the + Tcltest package. + +2011-08-09 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: [Bug 2919042]: Restore "valgrindability" of Tcl + * generic/tclEvent.c: that was lost by the streamlining of [exit], by + * generic/tclExecute.c: conditionally forcing a full Finalize: + * generic/tclInt.h: use -DPURIFY or ::env(TCL_FINALIZE_ON_EXIT) + +2011-08-09 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: [Bug 3386417]: Avoid a reference loop between + * generic/tclInt.h: the bytecode and its companion errostack + * generic/tclResult.c: when compiling a syntax error. + 2011-08-09 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * win/tclWinConsole.c: [Bug 3388350]: mingw64 compiler warnings @@ -1266,13 +2338,120 @@ * win/tclWinPipe.c: * win/tclWinSerial.c: +2011-08-09 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: Change the signature of TclParseHex(), such that + * generic/tclParse.c: it can now parse up to 8 hex characters. + +2011-08-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (ZlibStreamCmd): Make the -buffersize option to + '$zstream add' function correctly instead of having its value just be + discarded unceremoniously. Also generate error codes from more of the + code, not just the low-level code but also the Tcl infrastructure. + +2011-08-07 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOInfo.c (InfoClassCallCmd): [Bug 3387082]: Plug memory + leak in call chain introspection. + +2011-08-06 Kevin B, Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * generic/tclAssemnbly.c: [Bug 3384840]: Plug another memory leak. + * generic/tclStrToD.c: [Bug 3386975]: Plug another memory leak. + 2011-08-05 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * generic/tclStrToD.c: [Bug 3386975]: Plugged a memory leak in double->string conversion. +2011-08-05 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + *** 8.6b2 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * changes: Updates for 8.6b2 release. + +2011-08-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclAssembly.c (AssembleOneLine): Ensure that memory isn't + leaked when an unknown instruction is encountered. Also simplify code + through use of Tcl_ObjPrintf in error message generation. + + * generic/tclZlib.c (ZlibTransformClose): [Bug 3386197]: Plug a memory + leak found by Miguel with valgrind, and ensure that the correct + direction's buffers are released. + +2011-08-04 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclVar.c (TclPtrSetVar): Fix valgrind-detected error when + newValuePtr is the interp's result obj. + +2011-08-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclAssembly.c (FreeAssemblyEnv): [Bug 3384840]: Plug another + possible memory leak due to over-complex code for freeing the table of + labels. + +2011-08-04 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * generic/tclIOSock.c (TclCreateSocketAddress): Don't bother using + AI_ADDRCONFIG for now, as it was causing problems in various + situations. + +2011-08-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclAssembly.c (AssembleOneLine, GetBooleanOperand) + (GetIntegerOperand, GetListIndexOperand, FindLocalVar): [Bug 3384840]: + A Tcl_Obj is allocated by GetNextOperand, so callers of it must not + hold a reference to one in the 'out' parameter when calling it. This + was causing a great many memory leaks. + * tests/assemble.test (assemble-51.*): Added group of memory leak + tests. + +2011-08-02 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * changes: Updates for 8.6b2 release. + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: Variable substitution botch. + +2011-08-02 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_DbIncrRefCount, Tcl_DbDecrRefCount) + (Tcl_DbIsShared): [Bug 3384007]: Fix the panic messages so they share + what should be shared and have the right number of spaces. + +2011-08-01 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclProc.c (TclProcCompileProc): [Bug 3383616]: Fix for leak + of resolveInfo when recompiling procs. Thanks go to Gustaf Neumann for + detecting the bug and providing the fix. + +2011-08-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/tclvars.n (EXAMPLES): Added some examples of how some of the + standard global variables can be used, following prompting by a + request by Robert Hicks. + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (plus-pkgs): [Bug 3382474]: Added code to + determine the version number of contributed packages from their + directory names so that HTML documentation builds are less confusing. + +2011-07-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (ensemble_commands, remap_link_target): + Small enhancements to improve cross-linking with contributed packages. + * tools/tcltk-man2html-utils.tcl (insert-cross-references): Enhance to + cope with contributed packages' C API. + +2011-07-28 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * unix/tcl.m4 (SC_TCL_IPV6): Fix AC_DEFINE invocation for + NEED_FAKE_RFC2553. + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + 2011-07-28 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + * changes: Updates for 8.6b2 release. + * library/tzdata/Asia/Anadyr: Update to Olson's tzdata2011h * library/tzdata/Asia/Irkutsk: * library/tzdata/Asia/Kamchatka: @@ -1292,6 +2471,12 @@ * library/tzdata/America/Kralendijk: (new) * library/tzdata/America/Lower_Princes: (new) +2011-07-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c (initScript): Ensure that TclOO is properly found by + all the various package mechanisms (by adding a dummy ifneeded script) + and not just some of them. + 2011-07-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * win/tclWinPort.h: [Bug 3372130]: Fix hypot math function with MSVC10 @@ -1302,15 +2487,66 @@ * tests/util.test: (length == -1) scanning in TclConvertElement(). Thanks to Thomas Sader and Alexandre Ferrieux. +2011-07-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/*.3, doc/*.n: Many small fixes to documentation as part of + project to improve quality of generated HTML docs. + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (remap_link_target): More complete set of + definitions of link targets, especially for major C API types. + * tools/tcltk-man2html-utils.tcl (output-IP-list, cross-reference): + Update to generation to produce proper HTML bulleted and enumerated + lists. + +2011-07-19 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * doc/upvar.n: Undocument long gone limitation of [upvar]. + +2011-07-18 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: Bump version number to 8.6b2. + * library/init.tcl: + * unix/configure.in: + * win/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * README: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + 2011-07-15 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclCompile.c: Avoid segfaults when RecordByteCodeStats() - is called in a deleted interp. + * generic/tclCompile.c: Avoid segfaults when RecordByteCodeStats() is + called in a deleted interp. + + * generic/tclCompile.c: [Bug 467523, 3357771]: Prevent circular + references in values with ByteCode intreps. They can lead to memory + leaks. + +2011-07-14 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOCall.c (TclOORenderCallChain): [Bug 3365156]: Remove + stray refcount bump that caused a memory leak. + +2011-07-12 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclUnixSock.c: [Bug 3364777]: Stop segfault caused by + reading from struct after it had been freed. + +2011-07-11 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: [Bug 3339502]: Correct cast for CURR_DEPTH to + silence compiler warning. 2011-07-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * doc/http.n: [FRQ 3358415]: State what RFC defines HTTP/1.1. +2011-07-07 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Add missing INT2PTR + 2011-07-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * doc/FileSystem.3: Corrected statements about ctime field of 'struct @@ -1332,17 +2568,15 @@ and not "round to nearest" (causing expr double(1[string repeat 0 23]) not to be 1e+23). -2011-06-30 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> +2011-06-28 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> - * unix/configure.in: Add a volatile declaration to the test for - TCL_STACK_GROWS_UP to prevent gcc 4.6 from producing invalid - results due to aggressive optimisation. + * unix/tclUnixSock.c (CreateClientSocket): [Bug 3325339]: Fix and + simplify posting of the writable fileevent at the end of an + asynchronous connection attempt. Improve comments for some of the + trickery around [socket -async]. -2011-06-23 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - - *** 8.5.10 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** - - * changes: Update for 8.5.10 release. + * tests/socket.test: Adjust tests to the async code changes. Add more + tests for corner cases of async sockets. 2011-06-22 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> @@ -1354,17 +2588,18 @@ * generic/tclInt.h: Fixed the inadvertently committed disabling of stack checks, see my 2010-11-15 commit. -2011-06-21 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2011-06-22 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> - * changes: Update for 8.5.10 release. + Merge from rmax-ipv6-branch: + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: Fix [socket -async], so that all addresses + returned by getaddrinfo() are tried, not just the first one. This + requires the event loop to be running while the async connection is in + progress. ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + * tests/socket.test: Add a test for the above. + * doc/socket: Document the fact that -async needs the event loop + * generic/tclIOSock.c: AI_ADDRCONFIG is broken on HP-UX - * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl (loadIntoSlaveInterpreter): - * library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl: Backport tcltest 2.3.3 for release - * unix/Makefile.in: with Tcl 8.5.*. - * win/Makefile.in: - - * tests/init.test: Update test files to use new command. - * tests/pkg.test: +2011-06-21 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclLink.c: [Bug 3317466]: Prevent multiple links to a single Tcl variable when calling Tcl_LinkVar(). @@ -1374,6 +2609,24 @@ * generic/tclStrToD.c: [Bug 3315098]: Mem leak fix from Gustaf Neumann. +2011-06-08 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Reverted the fix for [Bug 3274728] committed + on 2011-04-06 and replaced with one which is 64bit-safe. The existing + fix crashed tclsh on Windows 64bit. + +2011-06-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/fileSystem.test: Reduce the amount of use of duplication of + complex code to perform common tests, and convert others to do the + test result check directly using Tcltest's own primitives. + +2011-06-06 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * tests/socket.test: Add test constraint, so 6.2 and 6.3 don't fail + when the machine does not have support for ip6. Follow-up to checkin + from 2011-05-11 by rmax. + 2011-06-02 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclBasic.c: Removed TclCleanupLiteralTable(), and old @@ -1387,22 +2640,52 @@ created, for a slight performance drop (in some circumstances) and improved semantics. +2011-06-01 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Using the two free data elements in NRCommand to + store objc and objv - useful for debugging. + 2011-06-01 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclUtil.c: Fix for [Bug 3309871]: Valgrind finds: invalid read in TclMaxListLength(). +2011-05-31 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: Use a complete growth algorithm for lists so + * generic/tclListObj.c: that length limits do not overconstrain by a + * generic/tclStringObj.c: factor of 2. [Bug 3293874]: Fix includes + * generic/tclUtil.c: rooting all growth routines by default on a + common tunable parameter TCL_MIN_GROWTH. + 2011-05-25 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: Backport improvements to msgcat - * library/msgcat/pkgIndex.tcl: package. Bump to 1.4.4 - * unix/Makefile.in - * win/Makefile.in + * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: Bump to msgcat 1.4.4. + * library/msgcat/pkgIndex.tcl: + * unix/Makefile.in: + * win/Makefile.in: + +2011-05-25 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.h (TCLOO_VERSION): Bump version. + + IMPLEMENTATION OF TIP#381. + + * doc/next.n, doc/ooInfo.n, doc/self.n, generic/tclOO.c, + * generic/tclOOBasic.c, generic/tclOOCall.c, generic/tclOOInfo.c, + * generic/tclOOInt.h, tests/oo.test, tests/ooNext2.test: Added + introspection of call chains ([self call], [info object call], [info + class call]) and ability to skip ahead in chain ([nextto]). 2011-05-24 Venkat Iyer <venkat@comit.com> * library/tzdata/Africa/Cairo: Update to Olson tzdata2011g +2011-05-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl (msgcat::mcset, msgcat::mcmset): Remove + some useless code; [dict set] builds dictionary levels for us. + 2011-05-17 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * generic/tclCompile.c (TclFixupForwardJump): Tracked down and fixed @@ -1413,6 +2696,13 @@ direct command A to the data for command B, with a different number of arguments. +2011-05-11 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * unix/tclUnixSock.c (TcpWatchProc): No need to check for server + sockets here, as the generic server code already takes care of that. + * tests/socket.test (accept): Add tests to make sure that this remains + so. + 2011-05-10 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclInt.h: New internal routines TclScanElement() and @@ -1426,11 +2716,23 @@ * generic/tclUtil.c: * tests/list.test: +2011-05-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (NamespacePathCmd): Convert to use Tcl_Obj API + * generic/tclPkg.c (Tcl_PackageObjCmd): for result generation in + * generic/tclTimer.c (Tcl_AfterObjCmd): [after info], [namespace + path] and [package versions]. + 2011-05-09 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclListObj.c: Revise empty string tests so that we avoid potentially expensive string rep generations, especially for dicts. +2011-05-07 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclLoad.c (TclGetLoadedPackages): Convert to use Tcl_Obj API + for result generation. + 2011-05-07 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> * generic/tclInt.h: Fix USE_TCLALLOC so that it can be enabled without @@ -1446,6 +2748,8 @@ * generic/tclUtil.c: Tighten Tcl_SplitList(). * generic/tclListObj.c: Tighten SetListFromAny(). * generic/tclDictObj.c: Tighten SetDictFromAny(). + * tests/join.test: + * tests/mathop.test: 2011-05-02 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -1469,17 +2773,17 @@ * tests/parse.test: Tests for expanded literals quoting detection. - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: New TclFindElement() is also a better + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c: New TclFindElement() is also a better fit for the [switch] compiler. * generic/tclInt.h: Replace TclCountSpaceRuns() with * generic/tclListObj.c: TclMaxListLength() which is the function we * generic/tclUtil.c: actually want. - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c: - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: Rewrite of parts of the switch compiler to - better use the powers of TclFindElement() and do less parsing on - its own. + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c: Rewrite of parts of the switch compiler to + better use the powers of TclFindElement() and do less parsing on its + own. 2011-04-28 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -1493,23 +2797,22 @@ * generic/tclUtf.c: * unix/tclUnixFile.c: -2011-04-27 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Improved reaction to out of memory. - * generic/tclListObj.c: FreeListInternalRep() cleanup. +2011-04-27 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclBinary.c: Backport fix for [Bug 2857044]. - * generic/tclDictObj.c: All freeIntRepProcs set typePtr to NULL. - * generic/tclEncoding.c: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: TclFreeIntRep() correction & cleanup. + * generic/tclExecute.c: * generic/tclIndexObj.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: * generic/tclListObj.c: * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * generic/tclObj.c: - * generic/tclPathObj.c: - * generic/tclProc.c: - * generic/tclRegexp.c: + * generic/tclResult.c: * generic/tclStringObj.c: * generic/tclVar.c: + * generic/tclListObj.c: FreeListInternalRep() cleanup. + 2011-04-21 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclInt.h: Use macro to set List intreps. @@ -1518,6 +2821,7 @@ * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Limits on list length were too strict. * generic/tclInt.h: Revised panics to errors where possible. * generic/tclListObj.c: + * tests/lrepeat.test: * generic/tclCompile.c: Make sure SetFooFromAny routines react * generic/tclIO.c: reasonably when passed a NULL interp. @@ -1536,14 +2840,6 @@ * win/configure.in: for Tcl_StatBuf - the one used by MSVC6 - * win/configure: in all situations. -2011-04-20 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> - - * generic/tclFCmd.c (TclFileAttrsCmd): Added commands to reset the - typePtr of the Tcl_Obj* whose int-rep was just purged. Required to - prevent a dangling IndexRep* to reused, smashing the heap. See - also the entries at 2011-04-16 and 2011-03-24 for the history of - the problem. - 2011-04-19 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclConfig.c: Reduce internals access in the implementation @@ -1559,12 +2855,16 @@ * generic/tclBasic.c: list value is canonical. * generic/tclUtil.c: +2011-04-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/dict.n: [Bug 3288696]: Command summary was confusingly wrong + when it came to [dict filter] with a 'value' filter. + 2011-04-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclFCmd.c (TclFileAttrsCmd): Tidied up the memory management - a bit to try to ensure that the dynamic and static cases don't get - confused while still promoting caching where possible. Added a panic - to trap problems in the case where an extension is misusing the API. + * generic/tclFCmd.c (TclFileAttrsCmd): Add comments to make this code + easier to understand. Added a panic to handle the case where the VFS + layer does something odd. 2011-04-13 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -1582,21 +2882,66 @@ * generic/tclVar.c: [Bug 2662380]: Fix crash caused by appending to a variable with a write trace that unsets it. +2011-04-13 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_ConcatObj): [Bug 3285375]: Make the crash + less mysterious through the judicious use of a panic. Not yet properly + fixed, but at least now clearer what the failure mode is. + 2011-04-12 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclStringObj.c: [Bug 3285472]: Repair corruption in - * tests/string.test: [string reverse] when string rep invalidation - failed to also reset the bytes allocated for string rep to zero. + * tests/string.test: Test for [Bug 3285472]. Not buggy in trunk. 2011-04-12 Venkat Iyer <venkat@comit.com> * library/tzdata/Atlantic/Stanley: Update to Olson tzdata2011f +2011-04-12 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Fix for [Bug 2440625], kbk's patch + +2011-04-11 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * tests/coroutine.test: [Bug 3282869]: Ensure that 'coroutine eval' + runs the initial command in the proper context. + +2011-04-11 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: Fix for [Bug 3281728]: Tcl sources from 2011-04-06 + * unix/tcl.m4: do not build on GCC9 (RH9) + * unix/configure: + +2011-04-08 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinPort.h: Fix for [Bug 3280043]: win2k: unresolved DLL + * win/configure.in: imports. + * win/configure + 2011-04-06 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclCompEvalObj): Earlier return if Tip280 + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclCompileObj): Earlier return if Tip280 gymnastics not needed. + * generic/tclExecute.c: Fix for [Bug 3274728]: making *catchTop an + unsigned long. + +2011-04-06 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclAppInit.c: Make symbols "main" and "Tcl_AppInit" + MODULE_SCOPE: there is absolutely no reason for exporting them. + * unix/tcl.m4: Don't use -fvisibility=hidden with static + * unix/configure libraries (--disable-shared) + +2011-04-06 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclFCmd.c, macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c, unix/tclUnixChan.c, + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c, win/tclWinChan.c, win/tclWinDde.c, + * win/tclWinFCmd.c, win/tclWinLoad.c, win/tclWinPipe.c, + * win/tclWinReg.c, win/tclWinSerial.c, win/tclWinSock.c: More + generation of error codes (most platform-specific parts not already + using Tcl_PosixError). + 2011-04-05 Venkat Iyer <venkat@comit.com> * library/tzdata/Africa/Casablanca: Update to Olson's tzdata2011e @@ -1606,6 +2951,15 @@ * library/tzdata/America/North_Dakota/Beulah: (new) * library/tzdata/America/Sitka: (new) +2011-04-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c, generic/tclOOBasic.c, generic/tclOODefineCmds.c + * generic/tclOOInfo.c, generic/tclOOMethod.c: More generation of + error codes (TclOO miscellany). + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c, generic/tclCmdIL.c: More generation of error + codes (miscellaneous commands mostly already handled). + 2011-04-04 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * README: [Bug 3202030]: Updated README files, repairing broken @@ -1613,18 +2967,106 @@ * unix/README: Still could use more eyeballs on the detailed build * win/README: advice on various plaforms. +2011-04-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * library/init.tcl (tcl::mathfunc::rmmadwiw): Disable by default to + make test suite work. + + * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tclStringObj.c, generic/tclTimer.c, + * generic/tclTrace.c, generic/tclUtil.c: More generation of error + codes ([format], [after], [trace], RE optimizer). + +2011-04-04 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: Better error-message in case of errors + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: related to setting a variable. This fixes + * generic/tclDictObj.c: a warning: "Why make your own error + * generic/tclScan.c: message? Why?" + * generic/tclTest.c: + * test/error.test: + * test/info.test: + * test/scan.test: + * unix/tclUnixThrd.h: Remove this unused header file. + +2011-04-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclNamesp.c, generic/tclObj.c, generic/tclPathObj.c: + * generic/tclPipe.c, generic/tclPkg.c, generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclScan.c: More generation of error codes (namespace + creation, path normalization, pipeline creation, package handling, + procedures, [scan] formats) + 2011-04-02 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * generic/tclStrToD.c (QuickConversion): Replaced another couple of 'double' declarations with 'volatile double' to work around misrounding issues in mingw-gcc 3.4.5. +2011-04-02 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInterp.c, generic/tclListObj.c, generic/tclLoad.c: + More generation of errorCodes ([interp], [lset], [load], [unload]). + + * generic/tclEvent.c, generic/tclFileName.c: More generation of + errorCode information (default [bgerror] and [glob]). + +2011-04-01 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * library/init.tcl: TIP#131 implementation. + +2011-03-31 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclGetDate.y, generic/tclDate.c (TclClockOldscanObjCmd): + More generation of errorCode information. + +2011-03-28 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c, generic/tclConfig.c, generic/tclUtil.c: More + generation of errorCode information, notably when lists are mis-parsed + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_RegexpObjCmd, Tcl_RegsubObjCmd): Use the + error messages generated by the variable management code rather than + creating our own. + +2011-03-27 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclNREvalObjEx): fix performance issue, notably + apparent in tclbench's "LIST lset foreach". Many thanks to Twylite for + patiently researching the issue and explaining it to me: a missing + Tcl_ResetObjResult that causes unwanted sharing of the current result + Tcl_Obj. + +2011-03-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_Export, Tcl_Import, DoImport): More + generation of errorCode information. + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c, generic/tclCompile.c, generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclListObj.c, generic/tclNamesp.c, generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclStringObj.c, generic/tclUtil.c: Reduce the number of + casts used to manage Tcl_Obj internal representations. + +2011-03-24 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tcl.h (ckfree,etc.): Restored C++ usability to the memory + allocation and free macros. + 2011-03-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * generic/tclFCmd.c (TclFileAttrsCmd): Ensure that any reference to temporary index tables is squelched immediately rather than hanging around to trip us up in the future. +2011-03-23 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclObj.c: Exploit HAVE_FAST_TSD for the deletion context in + TclFreeObj() + +2011-03-22 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclThreadAlloc.c: Simpler initialization of Cache under + HAVE_FAST_TSD, from mig-alloc-reform. + 2011-03-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * unix/tclLoadDl.c: [Bug 3216070]: Loading extension libraries @@ -1634,10 +3076,33 @@ present in the global symbol table. For an example and some discussion of workarounds, see http://stackoverflow.com/q/8330614/301832 +2011-03-21 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCkAlloc.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: Remove one level of allocator indirection in + non-memdebug builds, imported from mig-alloc-reform. + +2011-03-20 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclThreadAlloc.c: Imported HAVE_FAST_TSD support from + mig-alloc-reform. The feature has to be enabled by hand: no autoconf + support has been added. It is not clear how universal a build using + this will be: it also requires some loader support. + +2011-03-17 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c (ParseExpr): Generate errorCode information on + failure to parse expressions. + +2011-03-17 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclMain.c: [Patch 3124683]: Reorganize the platform-specific + stuff in (tcl|tk)Main.c. + 2011-03-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclCkalloc.c: [Bug 3197864]: Pointer truncation on Win64 - TCL_MEM_DEBUG builds + TCL_MEM_DEBUG builds. 2011-03-16 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -1664,9 +3129,66 @@ * library/tzdata/Pacific/Easter: * library/tzdata/Pacific/Honolulu: tzdata2011d + * generic/tclAssembly.c (BBEmitInstInt1): Changed parameter data types + in an effort to silence a MSVC warning reported by Ashok P. Nadkarni. + Unable to test, since both forms work on my machine in VC2005, 2008, + 2010, in both release and debug builds. + * tests/tclTest.c (TestdstringCmd): Restored MSVC buildability broken + by [5574bdd262], which changed the effective return type of 'ckalloc' + from 'char*' to 'void*'. + +2011-03-13 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: remove TEBCreturn() - * unix/configure.in: [Bug 3205320]: stack space detection defeated by inlining - * unix/configure: (autoconf-2.59) +2011-03-12 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h (ckalloc,ckfree,ckrealloc): Moved casts into these + macro so that they work with VOID* (which is a void* on all platforms + which Tcl actually builds on) and unsigned int for the length + parameters, removing the need for MANY casts across the rest of Tcl. + Note that this is a strict source-level-only change, so size_t cannot + be used (would break binary compatibility on 64-bit platforms). + +2011-03-12 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinFile.c: [Bug 3185609]: File normalization corner case + of ... broken with -DUNICODE + +2011-03-11 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/unixInit.test: Make better use of tcltest2. + +2011-03-10 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tclCompCmds.c, generic/tclEnsemble.c: + * generic/tclInt.h, generic/tclNamesp.c, library/auto.tcl: + * tests/interp.test, tests/namespace.test, tests/nre.test: + Converted the [namespace] command into an ensemble. This has the + consequence of making it vital for Tcl code that wishes to work with + namespaces to _not_ delete the ::tcl namespace. + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + + * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl (loadIntoSlaveInterpreter): Added this + command to handle connecting tcltest to a slave interpreter. This adds + in the hook (inside the tcltest namespace) that allows the tests run + in the child interpreter to be reported as part of the main sequence + of test results. Bumped version of tcltest to 2.3.3. + * tests/init.test, tests/package.test: Adapted these test files to use + the new feature. + + * generic/tclAlloc.c, generic/tclCmdMZ.c, generic/tclCompExpr.c: + * generic/tclCompile.c, generic/tclEnv.c, generic/tclEvent.c: + * generic/tclIO.c, generic/tclIOCmd.c, generic/tclIORChan.c: + * generic/tclIORTrans.c, generic/tclLiteral.c, generic/tclNotify.c: + * generic/tclParse.c, generic/tclStringObj.c, generic/tclUtil.c: + * generic/tclZlib.c, unix/tclUnixFCmd.c, unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: + * unix/tclUnixPort.h, unix/tclXtNotify.c: Formatting fixes, mainly to + comments, so code better fits the style in the Engineering Manual. + +2011-03-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/incr.test: Update more of the test suite to use Tcltest 2. 2011-03-09 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -1677,9 +3199,19 @@ * doc/tclvars.n: Formatting fix. Thanks to Pat Thotys. +2011-03-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/dstring.test, tests/init.test, tests/link.test: Update more of + the test suite to use Tcltest 2. + 2011-03-08 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclBasic.c: Fix gcc warnings: variable set but not used + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclIORChan.c: + * generic/tclIORTrans.c: + * generic/tclAssembly.c: Fix gcc warning: comparison between signed + and unsigned integer expressions 2011-03-08 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -1689,10 +3221,16 @@ * generic/tclResult.c (ResetObjResult): [Bug 3202905]: Correct failure to clear invalid intrep. Thanks to Colin McDonald. +2011-03-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclAssembly.c, tests/assemble.test: Migrate to use a style + more consistent with the rest of Tcl. + 2011-03-06 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclBasic.c: More replacements of Tcl_UtfBackslash() calls * generic/tclCompile.c: with TclParseBackslash() where possible. + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c: * generic/tclParse.c: * generic/tclUtil.c: @@ -1704,6 +3242,98 @@ * generic/tclParse.c (TclParseBackslash): [Bug 3200987]: Correct * tests/parse.test: trunction checks in \x and \u substitutions. +2011-03-05 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclStackFree): insure that the execStack + satisfies "at most one free stack after the current one" when + consecutive reallocs caused the creation of intervening stacks. + +2011-03-05 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * generic/tclAssembly.c (new file): + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): + * generic/tclInt.h: + * tests/assemble.test (new file): + * unix/Makefile.in: + * win/Makefile.in: + * win/makefile.vc: Merged dogeen-assembler-branch into HEAD. Since + all functional changes are in the tcl::unsupported namespace, there's + no reason to sequester this code on a separate branch. + +2011-03-05 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Cleaner mem management for TEBCdata + + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * tests/nre.test: Renamed BottomData to TEBCdata, so that the name + refers to what it is rather than to its storage location. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Renamed struct TEOV_callback to the more + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: descriptive NRE_callback. + * generic/tclCompile.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclTest.c: + +2011-03-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (ProcedureMethodCompiledVarConnect) + (ProcedureMethodCompiledVarDelete): [Bug 3185009]: Keep references to + resolved object variables so that an unset doesn't leave any dangling + pointers for code to trip over. + +2011-03-01 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclNREvalObjv): Missing a variable declaration + in commented out non-optimised code, left for ref in checkin + [b97b771b6d] + +2011-03-03 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclResult.c (Tcl_AppendResultVA): Use the directive + USE_INTERP_RESULT [TIP 330] to force compat with interp->result + access, instead of the improvised hack USE_DIRECT_INTERP_RESULT_ACCESS + from releases past. + +2011-03-01 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c (TclCompileThrowCmd, TclCompileUnsetCmd): + fix leaks + + * generic/tclBasic.c: This is [Patch 3168398], + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c: Joe Mistachkin's optimisation + * generic/tclExecute.c: of Tip #285 + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclOODecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * win/makefile.vc: + + * generic/tclExecute.c (ExprObjCallback): Fix object leak + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBCresume): Store local var array and + constants in automatic vars to reduce indirection, slight perf + increase + + * generic/tclOOCall.c (TclOODeleteContext): Added missing '*' so that + trunk compiles. + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclNRRunCallbacks): [Patch 3168229]: Don't do + the trampoline dance for commands that do not have an nreProc. + +2011-03-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c (Tcl_NewObjectInstance, TclNRNewObjectInstance) + (TclOOObjectCmdCore, FinalizeObjectCall): + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOO_Object_Destroy, AfterNRDestructor): + * generic/tclOOCall.c (TclOODeleteContext, TclOOGetCallContext): + Reorganization of call context reference count management so that code + is (mostly) simpler. + 2011-01-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * doc/RegExp.3: [Bug 3165108]: Corrected documentation of description @@ -1711,37 +3341,44 @@ 2011-01-25 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclCkalloc.c: [Bug 3129448]: Possible over-allocation on - * generic/tclHash.c: 64-bit platforms, part 2, backported - * generic/tclProc.c: strcpy->memcpy change but not change in any - struct. + * generic/tclPreserve.c: Don't miss 64-bit address bits in panic + message. + * win/tclWinChan.c: Fix various gcc-4.5.2 64-bit warning + * win/tclWinConsole.c: messages, e.g. by using full 64-bits for + * win/tclWinDde.c: socket fd's + * win/tclWinPipe.c: + * win/tclWinReg.c: + * win/tclWinSerial.c: + * win/tclWinSock.c: + * win/tclWinThrd.c: -2011-01-19 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> +2011-01-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclExecute.c: [Bug 3138178]: Backport of Miguel's 2010-09-22 - fix on 8.6 branch (decache stack info wherever ::errorInfo may be - updated, for trace sanity). + * tools/genStubs.tcl: [FRQ 3159920]: Tcl_ObjPrintf() crashes with + * generic/tcl.decls bad format specifier. + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tclDecls.h: -2011-01-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2011-01-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * tools/genStubs.tcl: Make sure to use CONST/VOID in stead of - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: const/void when appropriate. This allows to - * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h:use const/void in the *.decls file always, - * generic/tclTomMathDecls.h:genStubs will do the right thing. + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (PushMethodCallFrame): [Bug 3001438]: Make + sure that the cmdPtr field of the procPtr is correct and relevant at + all times so that [info frame] can report sensible information about a + frame after a return to it from a recursive call, instead of probably + crashing (depending on what else has overwritten the Tcl stack!) 2011-01-18 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclBasic.c: Various mismatches between Tcl_Panic * generic/tclCompCmds.c: format string and its arguments, - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: discovered thanks to [Bug 3159920] - * generic/tclPreserve.c: (Backported) + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c: discovered thanks to [Bug 3159920] + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: + * generic/tclEnsemble.c: + * generic/tclPreserve.c: * generic/tclTest.c: 2011-01-17 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * win/tcl.m4: handle --enable-64bit=ia64 for gcc. BACKPORT. - * win/configure: (autoconf-2.59) - * win/tclWin32Dll.c: [Patch 3059922]: fixes for mingw64 - gcc4.5.1 * generic/tclIOCmd.c: [Bug 3148192]: Commands "read/puts" incorrectly * tests/chanio.test: interpret parameters. Improved error-message * tests/io.test regarding legacy form. @@ -1758,26 +3395,86 @@ that excess trailing zeroes are suppressed for all eight major code paths. -2011-01-13 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> +2011-01-12 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinFile.c: Use _vsnprintf in stead of vsnprintf, because + MSVC 6 doesn't have it. Reported by andreask. + * win/tcl.m4: handle --enable-64bit=ia64 for gcc + * win/configure.in: more accurate test for correct <intrin.h> + * win/configure: (autoconf-2.59) + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: VS 2005 64-bit does not have intrin.h, and + * generic/tclPanic.c: does not need it. + +2011-01-07 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * tests/util.test (util-15.*): Added test cases for floating point + conversion of the largest denormal and the smallest normal number, to + avoid any possibility of the failure suffered by PHP in the last + couple of days. (They didn't fail, so no actual functional change.) + +2011-01-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/package.test, tests/pkg.test: Coalesce these tests into one + file that is concerned with the package system. Convert to use + tcltest2 properly. + * tests/autoMkindex.test, tests/pkgMkIndex.test: Convert to use + tcltest2 properly. + +2011-01-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/cmdAH.test, tests/cmdMZ.test, tests/compExpr.test, + * tests/compile.test, tests/concat.test, tests/eval.test, + * tests/fileName.test, tests/fileSystem.test, tests/interp.test, + * tests/lsearch.test, tests/namespace-old.test, tests/namespace.test, + * tests/oo.test, tests/proc.test, tests/security.test, + * tests/switch.test, tests/unixInit.test, tests/var.test, + * tests/winDde.test, tests/winPipe.test: Clean up of tests and + conversion to tcltest 2. Target has been to get init and cleanup code + out of the test body and into the -setup/-cleanup stanzas. + + * tests/execute.test (execute-11.1): [Bug 3142026]: Added test that + fails (with a crash) in an unfixed memdebug build on 64-bit systems. + +2010-12-31 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (SortElement): Use unions properly in the + definition of this structure so that there is no need to use nasty + int/pointer type punning. Made it clearer what the purposes of the + various parts of the structure are. + +2010-12-31 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/dltest/*.c: [Bug 3148192]: Fix broken [load] tests by ensuring + that the affected files are never compiled with -DSTATIC_BUILD. + +2010-12-30 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> * generic/tclExecute.c (GrowEvaluationStack): Off-by-one error in sizing the new allocation - was ok in comment but wrong in the code. Triggered by [Bug 3142026] which happened to require exactly one more - than what was in existence. BACKPORT. + than what was in existence. -2011-01-03 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2010-12-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * tools/genStubs.tcl: Fix "make genstubs", which was broken - since 2010-11-30, the TclDoubleDigits backport. + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Fix crash when multiple -index + options are used. Simplified memory handling logic. -2010-12-31 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2010-12-20 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: [Patch 3059922]: fixes for mingw64 - gcc4.5.1 + tdm64-1: completed for all environments. - * generic/tclHash.c: [Bug 3007895]: Tcl_(Find|Create)HashEntry - stub entries can never be called. They still cannot be called - (no change in functionality), but at least they now do - exactly the same as the Tcl_(Find|Create)HashEntry macro's, - so the confusion addressed in this Bug report is gone. - (Backported from Tcl 8.6) +2010-12-20 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/configure.in: Explicitely test for intrinsics support in + compiler, before assuming only MSVC has it. + * win/configure: (autoconf-2.59) + * generic/tclPanic.c: + +2010-12-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: [Patch 3059922]: fixes for mingw64 - gcc4.5.1 + tdm64-1: Fixed for gcc, not yet for MSVC 64-bit. 2010-12-17 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -1785,29 +3482,148 @@ 2010-12-17 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sourceforge.net> + * unix/Makefile.in: Clean up '.PHONY:' targets: Arrange those + common to Tcl and Tk as in Tk's Makefile.in, + add any missing ones and remove duplicates. + +2010-12-17 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sourceforge.net> + * unix/Makefile.in: [Bug 2446711]: Remove 'allpatch' target. 2010-12-17 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sourceforge.net> * unix/Makefile.in: [Bug 2537626]: Use 'rpmbuild', not 'rpm'. +2010-12-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclPanic.c: [Patch 3124554]: Move WishPanic from Tk to Tcl + * win/tclWinFile.c: Better communication with debugger, if present. + +2010-12-15 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [dogeen-assembler-branch] + + * tclAssembly.c: + * assemble.test: Reworked beginCatch/endCatch handling to + enforce the more severe (but more correct) restrictions on catch + handling that appeared in the discussion of [Bug 3098302] and in + tcl-core traffic beginning about 2010-10-29. + +2010-12-15 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclPanic.c: Restore abort() as it was before. + * win/tclWinFile.c: [Patch 3124554]: Use ExitProcess() here, like + in wish. + +2010-12-14 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: [Bug 3137454]: Tcl CVS HEAD does not build on GCC 3. + +2010-12-14 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * win/tclWinSock.c (CreateSocket): Swap the loops over + * unix/tclUnixSock.c (CreateClientSocket): local and remote addresses, + so that the system's address preference for the remote side decides + which family gets tried first. Cleanup and clarify some of the + comments. + 2010-12-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * unix/tcl.m4: Cross-compile support for Win and UNIX (backported) - * unix/configure: (autoconf-2.59) - * win/tcl.m4: - * win/configure.in: - * win/configure: (autoconf-2.59) + * generic/tcl.h: [Bug 3135271]: Link error due to hidden + * unix/tcl.m4: symbols (CentOS 4.2) + * unix/configure: (autoconf-2.59) + * win/tclWinFile.c: Undocumented feature, only meant to be used by + Tk_Main. See [Patch 3124554]: Move WishPanic from Tk to Tcl 2010-12-12 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sourceforge.net> * unix/tcl.m4: Better building on OpenBSD. * unix/configure: (autoconf-2.59) +2010-12-10 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: [Bug 3129448]: Possible over-allocation on + * generic/tclCkalloc.c: 64-bit platforms, part 2 + * generic/tclCompile.c: + * generic/tclHash.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclIO.h: + * generic/tclProc.c: + 2010-12-10 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclIO.c: [backport] Make sure [fcopy -size ... -command ...] always - * tests/io.test: calls the callback asynchronously, even for size zero. + * generic/tclIO.c: Make sure [fcopy -size ... -command ...] always + * tests/io.test: calls the callback asynchronously, even for size + zero. + +2010-12-10 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c: Fix gcc -Wextra warning: missing initializer + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * generic/tclDictObj.c: + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: + * generic/tclVar.c: + * win/tcl.m4: Fix manifest-generation for 64-bit gcc + (mingw-w64) + * win/configure.in: Check for availability of intptr_t and + uintptr_t + * win/configure: (autoconf-2.59) + * generic/tclInt.decls: Change 1st param of TclSockMinimumBuffers + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: to ClientData, and TclWin(Get|Set)SockOpt + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h:to SOCKET, because on Win64 those are + * generic/tclIOSock.c: 64-bit, which does not fit. + * win/tclWinSock.c: + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: + +2010-12-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/fCmd.test: Improve sanity of constraints now that we don't + support anything before Windows 2000. + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (TclInitFileCmd, TclMakeFileCommandSafe, ...): + Break up [file] into an ensemble. Note that the ensemble is safe in + itself, but the majority of its subcommands are not. + * generic/tclFCmd.c (FileCopyRename,TclFileDeleteCmd,TclFileAttrsCmd) + (TclFileMakeDirsCmd): Adjust these subcommand implementations to work + inside an ensemble. + (TclFileLinkCmd, TclFileReadLinkCmd, TclFileTemporaryCmd): Move these + subcommand implementations from tclCmdAH.c, where they didn't really + belong. + * generic/tclIOCmd.c (TclChannelNamesCmd): Move to more appropriate + source file. + * generic/tclEnsemble.c (TclMakeEnsemble): Start of code to make + partially-safe ensembles. Currently does not function as expected due + to various shortcomings in how safe interpreters are constructed. + * tests/cmdAH.test, tests/fCmd.test, tests/interp.test: Test updates + to take into account systematization of error messages. + + * tests/append.test, tests/appendComp.test: Clean up tests so that + they don't leave things in the global environment (detected when doing + -singleproc testing). + +2010-12-07 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/fCmd.test, tests/safe.test, tests/uplevel.test, + * tests/upvar.test, tests/var.test: Convert more tests to tcltest2 and + factor them to be easier to understand. + + * generic/tclStrToD.c: Tidy up code so that more #ifdef-fery is + quarantined at the front of the file and function headers follow the + modern Tcl style. + +2010-12-06 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c: [Bug 3129448]: Possible over-allocation on + * generic/tclCkalloc.c: 64-bit platforms. + * generic/tclTrace.c: + +2010-12-05 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4: [Patch 3116490]: Cross-compile support for unix + * unix/configure: (autoconf-2.59) 2010-12-03 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> @@ -1815,6 +3631,16 @@ *s that leads to poor recursive glob matching, defer to original RE instead. tclbench RE var backtrack. +2010-12-03 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclUtil.c: Silence gcc warning when using -Wwrite-strings + * generic/tclStrToD.c: Silence gcc warning for non-IEEE platforms + * win/Makefile.in: [Patch 3116490]: Cross-compile Tcl mingw32 on unix + * win/tcl.m4: This makes it possible to cross-compile Tcl/Tk for + * win/configure.in: Windows (either 32-bit or 64-bit) out-of-the-box + * win/configure: on UNIX, using mingw-w64 build tools (If Itcl, + tdbc and Thread take over the latest tcl.m4, they can do that too). + 2010-12-01 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * generic/tclStrToD.c (SetPrecisionLimits, TclDoubleDigits): @@ -1823,10 +3649,37 @@ uninitialized variables, Added a panic to the 'switch' that assigns them, to assert that the 'default' case is impossible. -2010-11-30 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> +2010-12-01 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Fix gcc 64-bit warnings: cast from pointer to + * generic/tclHash.c: integer of different size. + * generic/tclTest.c: + * generic/tclThreadTest.c: + * generic/tclStrToD.c: Fix gcc(-4.5.2) warning: 'static' is not at + beginning of declaration. + * generic/tclPanic.c: Allow Tcl_Panic() to enter the debugger on win32 + * generic/tclCkalloc.c: Use Tcl_Panic() in stead of duplicating the + code. + +2010-11-30 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> - * generic/tclInt.decls: Backport of Kevin B. Kenny's work on - * generic/tclInt.h: the Tcl Head, with help from Jeff Hobbs. + * generic/tclInt.decls, generic/tclInt.h, generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: TclFormatInt restored at slot 24 + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclFormatInt): restore TclFormatInt func from + 2005-07-05 macro-ization. Benchmarks indicate it is faster, as a key + int->string routine (e.g. int-indexed arrays). + +2010-11-29 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Patch by Miguel, providing a + [::tcl::unsupported::inject coroname command args], which prepends + ("injects") arbitrary code to a suspended coro's future resumption. + Neat for debugging complex coros without heavy instrumentation. + +2010-11-29 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tclInt.h: * generic/tclStrToD.c: * generic/tclTest.c: * generic/tclTomMath.decls: @@ -1834,63 +3687,79 @@ * tests/util.test: * unix/Makefile.in: * win/Makefile.in: - * win/makefile.vc: Rewrite of Tcl_PrintDouble and TclDoubleDigits - that (a) fixes a severe performance problem with floating point - shimmering reported by Karl Lehenbauer, (b) allows TclDoubleDigits - to generate the digit strings for 'e' and 'f' format, so that it - can be used for tcl_precision != 0 (and possibly later for [format]), - (c) fixes [Bug 3120139] by making TclPrintDouble inherently - locale-independent, (d) adds test cases to util.test for - correct rounding in difficult cases of TclDoubleDigits where fixed- - precision results are requested. (e) adds test cases to util.test for - the controversial aspects of [Bug 3105247]. As a side effect, two - more modules from libtommath (bn_mp_set_int.c and bn_mp_init_set_int.c) - are brought into the build, since the new code uses them. + * win/makefile.vc: Rewrite of Tcl_PrintDouble and TclDoubleDigits that + (a) fixes a severe performance problem with floating point shimmering + reported by Karl Lehenbauer, (b) allows TclDoubleDigits to generate + the digit strings for 'e' and 'f' format, so that it can be used for + tcl_precision != 0 (and possibly later for [format]), (c) fixes [Bug + 3120139] by making TclPrintDouble inherently locale-independent, (d) + adds test cases to util.test for correct rounding in difficult cases + of TclDoubleDigits where fixed- precision results are requested. (e) + adds test cases to util.test for the controversial aspects of [Bug + 3105247]. As a side effect, two more modules from libtommath + (bn_mp_set_int.c and bn_mp_init_set_int.c) are brought into the build, + since the new code uses them. * generic/tclIntDecls.h: * generic/tclStubInit.c: * generic/tclTomMathDecls.h: Regenerated. -2010-11-30 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> +2010-11-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclInt.decls, generic/tclInt.h, generic/tclIntDecls.h: - * generic/tclStubInit.c: TclFormatInt restored at slot 24 - * generic/tclUtil.c (TclFormatInt): restore TclFormatInt func from - 2005-07-05 macro-ization. Benchmarks indicate it is faster, as a - key int->string routine (e.g. int-indexed arrays). + * tests/chanio.test, tests/iogt.test, tests/ioTrans.test: Convert more + tests to tcltest2 and factor them to be easier to understand. -2010-11-23 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> +2010-11-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclVar.c (VarHashInvalidateEntry): Removed obsolete - patch for AIX defining this macro as function. This is not - necessary anymore. See ChangeLog entry 2010-07-28 (Bug 3037525) - for the actual bug and fix the patch was a workaround for. + * tests/chanio.test: Converted many tests to tcltest2 by marking the + setup and cleanup parts as such. 2010-11-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclInterp.c: fix gcc warning: passing argument 3 of - 'Tcl_GetIndexFromObj' discards qualifiers from pointer target type - * generic/tclWinInit.c: fix gcc warning: dereferencing pointer - 'oemId' does break strict-aliasing rules - * win/tclWin32Dll.c: fix gcc warnings: unused variable 'registration' + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Fix gcc warnings: unused variable 'registration' * win/tclWinChan.c: * win/tclWinFCmd.c: - * win/configure.in: Allow cross-compilation by default. (backported) - * win/tcl.m4: Use -pipe for gcc on win32 (backported) - * win/configure: (regenerated) + +2010-11-18 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclAppInit.c: [FRQ 491789]: "setargv() doesn't support a unicode + cmdline" now implemented for cygwin and mingw32 too. + * tests/main.test: No longer disable tests Tcl_Main-1.4 and 1.6 on + Windows, because those now work on all supported platforms. + * win/configure.in: Set NO_VIZ=1 when zlib is compiled in libtcl, + this resolves compiler warnings in 64-bit and static builds. + * win/configure (regenerated) 2010-11-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * doc/file.n: [Bug 3111298]: Typofix. + * tests/oo.test: [Bug 3111059]: Added testing that neatly trapped this + issue. + +2010-11-18 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclNamesp.c: [Bug 3111059]: Fix leak due to bad looping + construct. + +2010-11-17 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tcl.m4: [FRQ 491789]: "setargv() doesn't support a unicode + cmdline" now implemented for mingw-w64 + * win/configure (re-generated) + 2010-11-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: [Bug 3110161]: Extensions using TCHAR don't + * win/tclAppInit.c:Bring compilation under mingw-w64 a bit closer + * win/cat.c: to reality. See for what's missing: + * win/tcl.m4: <https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mingw-w64/wiki/Unicode%20apps> + * win/configure: (re-generated) + * win/tclWinPort.h: [Bug 3110161]: Extensions using TCHAR don't compile on VS2005 SP1 2010-11-15 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> - * doc/interp.n: [Bug 3081184]: TIP #378 backport. + * doc/interp.n: [Bug 3081184]: TIP #378. * doc/tclvars.n: Performance fix for TIP #280. * generic/tclBasic.c: * generic/tclExecute.c: @@ -1899,6 +3768,81 @@ * tests/info.test: * tests/interp.test: +2010-11-10 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * changes: Updates for 8.6b2 release. + +2010-11-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (ProcedureMethodVarResolver): [Bug 3105999]: + * tests/oo.test: Make sure that resolver structures that are + only temporarily needed get squelched. + +2010-11-05 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclMain.c: Thanks, Kevin, for the fix, but this how it was + supposed to be (TCL_ASCII_MAIN is only supposed to be defined on + WIN32). + +2010-11-05 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * generic/tclMain.c: Added missing conditional on _WIN32 around code + that messes around with the definition of _UNICODE, to correct a badly + broken Unix build from Jan's last commit. + +2010-11-04 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclDecls.h: [FRQ 491789]: "setargv() doesn't support a + * generic/tclMain.c: unicode cmdline" implemented for Tcl on MSVC++ + * doc/Tcl_Main.3: + * win/tclAppInit.c: + * win/makefile.vc: + * win/Makefile.in: + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Eliminate minor MSVC warning TCHAR -> char + conversion + +2010-11-04 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * tests/socket.test: Run the socket tests three times with the address + family set to any, inet, and inet6 respectively. Use constraints to + skip the tests if a family is found to be unsupported or not + configured on the local machine. Adjust the tests to dynamically adapt + to the address family that is being tested. + + Rework some of the tests to speed them up by avoiding (supposedly) + unneeded [after]s. + +2010-11-04 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: [Patch 3101127]: Installer Improvements. + * unix/install-sh: + +2010-11-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/error.test (error-19.13): Another variation on testing for + issues in [try] compilation. + + * doc/Tcl.n (Variable substitution): [Bug 3099086]: Increase clarity + of explanation of what characters are actually permitted in variable + substitutions. Note that this does not constitute a change of + behavior; it is just an improvement of explanation. + +2010-11-04 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * changes: Updates for 8.6b2 release. (Thanks Andreas Kupries) + +2010-11-03 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinFcmd.c: [FRQ 2965056]: Windows build with -DUNICODE + * win/tclWinFile.c: (more clean-ups for pre-win2000 stuff) + * win/tclWinReg.c: + +2010-11-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (TryPostBody): Ensure that errors when setting + * tests/error.test (error-19.1[12]): message/opt capture variables get + reflected properly to the caller. + 2010-11-03 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileCatchCmd): [Bug 3098302]: @@ -1920,21 +3864,199 @@ * library/tzdata/Pacific/Apia: * library/tzdata/Pacific/Fiji: Olson's tzdata2010o. -2010-10-23 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2010-10-29 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclTimer.c: [Bug 2905784]: Stop small [after]s from + wasting CPU while keeping accuracy. + +2010-10-28 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [dogeen-assembler-branch] + * generic/tclAssembly.c: + * tests/assembly.test (assemble-31.*): Added jump tables. + +2010-10-28 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/http.test: [Bug 3097490]: Make http-4.15 pass in + isolation. + + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: [Bug 3093120]: Prevent calls of + freeaddrinfo(NULL) which can crash some + systems. Thanks Larry Virden. + +2010-10-26 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * Changelog.2008: Split off from Changelog. + * generic/tclIOSock.c (TclCreateSocketAddress): The interp != NULL + check is needed for ::tcl::unsupported::socketAF as well. + +2010-10-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclUnixSock.c (TcpGetOptionProc): Prevent crash if interp is + * win/tclWinSock.c (TcpGetOptionProc): NULL (a legal situation). + +2010-10-26 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * unix/tclUnixSock.c (TcpGetOptionProc): Added support for + ::tcl::unsupported::noReverseDNS, which if set to any value, prevents + [fconfigure -sockname] and [fconfigure -peername] from doing + reverse DNS queries. + +2010-10-24 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [dogeen-assembler-branch] + * generic/tclAssembly.c: + * tests/assembly.test (assemble-17.15): Reworked branch handling so + that forward branches can use jump1 (jumpTrue1, jumpFalse1). Added + test cases that the forward branches will expand to jump4, jumpTrue4, + jumpFalse4 when needed. + +2010-10-23 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [dogeen-assembler-branch] + * generic/tclAssembly.h (removed): + Removed file that was included in only one + source file. + * generictclAssembly.c: Inlined tclAssembly.h. + +2010-10-17 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * doc/info.n: [Patch 2995655]: + * generic/tclBasic.c: Report inner contexts in [info errorstack] + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: + * generic/tclCompile.c: + * generic/tclCompile.h: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * tests/error.test: + * tests/result.test: + +2010-10-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictForCmd): Update the compilation + * generic/tclCompile.c (tclInstructionTable): of [dict for] so that + * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBCresume): it no longer makes any + use of INST_DICT_DONE now that's not needed, and make it clearer in + the implementation of the instruction that it's just a deprecated form + of unset operation. Followup to my commit of 2010-10-16. - * tools/uniParse.tcl: [Bug 3085863]: tclUniData 9 years old - * tools/uniClass.tcl: Upgrade everything to Unicode 6.0, except - * tests/utf.test: non-BMP characters > 0xFFFF - * generic/tclUniData.c: (re-generated) - * generic/regc_locale.c:(re-generated) - * generic/regcomp.c: fix comment - * win/rules.vc Update for VS10 +2010-10-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (Tcl_ZlibStreamGet): [Bug 3081008]: Ensure that + when a bytearray gets its internals entangled with zlib for more than + a passing moment, that bytearray will never be shimmered away. This + increases the amount of copying but is simple to get right, which is a + reasonable trade-off. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendObjToObj): Added some special + cases so that most of the time when you build up a bytearray by + appending, it actually ends up being a bytearray rather than + shimmering back and forth to string. + + * tests/http11.test (check_crc): Use a simpler way to express the + functionality of this procedure. + + * generic/tclZlib.c: Purge code that wrote to the object returned by + Tcl_GetObjResult, as we don't want to do that anti-pattern no more. + +2010-10-18 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * tools/uniParse.tcl: [Bug 3085863]: tclUniData was 9 years old; + Ignore non-BMP characters and fix comment about UnicodeData.txt file. + * generic/regcomp.c: Fix comment + * tests/utf.test: Add some Unicode 6 testcases + +2010-10-17 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * doc/info.n: Document [info errorstack] faithfully. + +2010-10-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (ReleaseDictIterator): Factored out the release + of the bytecode-level dictionary iterator information so that the + side-conditions on instruction issuing are simpler. + +2010-10-15 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/reg_locale.c: [Bug 3085863]: tclUniData 9 years old: Updated + * generic/tclUniData.c: Unicode tables to latest UnicodeData.txt, + * tools/uniParse.tcl: corresponding with Unicode 6.0 (except for + out-of-range chars > 0xFFFF) + +2010-10-13 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCompile.c: Alternative fix for [Bugs 467523,983660] where + * generic/tclExecute.c: sharing of empty scripts is allowed again. + +2010-10-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinThrd.h: (removed) because it is just empty en used nowhere + * win/tcl.dsp + +2010-10-12 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * tools/uniClass.tcl: Spacing and comments: let uniClass.tcl + * generic/regc_locale.c: generation match better the current + (hand-modified) regc_locale.c + * tools/uniParse.tcl: Generate proper const qualifiers for + * generic/tclUniData.c: tclUniData.c + +2010-10-12 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * unix/tclUnixSock.c (CreateClientSocket): [Bug 3084338]: Fix a + memleak and refactor the calls to freeaddrinfo(). + +2010-10-11 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinDde.c: [FRQ 2965056]: Windows build with -DUNICODE + * win/tclWinReg.c: + * win/tclWinTest.c: More cleanups + * win/tclWinFile.c: Add netapi32 to the link line, so we no longer + * win/tcl.m4: have to use LoadLibrary to access those + functions. + * win/makefile.vc: + * win/configure: (Re-generate with autoconf-2.59) + * win/rules.vc Update for VS10 2010-10-09 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> * generic/tclExecute.c: Fix overallocation of exec stack in TEBC (due to mixing numwords and numbytes) +2010-10-08 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclIOSock.c: On Windows, use gai_strerrorA + +2010-10-06 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/winPipe.test: Test hygiene with makeFile and removeFile. + + * generic/tclCompile.c: [Bug 3081065]: Prevent writing to the intrep + * tests/subst.test: fields of a freed Tcl_Obj. + +2010-10-06 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [dogeen-assembler-branch] + + * generic/tclAssembly.c: + * generic/tclAssembly.h: + * tests/assemble.test: Added catches. Still needs a lot of testing. + +2010-10-02 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [dogeen-assembler-branch] + + * generic/tclAssembly.c: + * generic/tclAssembly.h: + * tests/assemble.test: Added dictAppend, dictIncrImm, dictLappend, + dictSet, dictUnset, nop, regexp, nsupvar, upvar, and variable. + +2010-10-02 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBCresume): [Bug 3079830]: Added invalidation + of string representations of dictionaries in some cases. + 2010-10-01 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclExecute.c (EvalStatsCmd): change 'evalstats' to return @@ -1945,6 +4067,159 @@ * generic/tclInt.decls: as well as FILE* as output. * generic/tclIntDecls.h: +2010-10-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tclClock.c, generic/tclEncoding.c, + * generic/tclEnv.c, generic/tclLoad.c, generic/tclNamesp.c, + * generic/tclObj.c, generic/tclRegexp.c, generic/tclResolve.c, + * generic/tclResult.c, generic/tclUtil.c, macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c: + More purging of strcpy() from locations where we already know the + length of the data being copied. + +2010-10-01 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [dogeen-assembler-branch] + + * tests/assemble.test: + * generic/tclAssemble.h: + * generic/tclAssemble.c: Added listIn, listNotIn, and dictGet. + +2010-09-30 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [dogeen-assembler-branch] + + * tests/assemble.test: Added tryCvtToNumeric and several more list + * generic/tclAssemble.c: operations. + * generic/tclAssemble.h: + +2010-09-29 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [dogeen-assembler-branch] + + * tests/assemble.test: Completed conversion of tests to a + * generic/tclAssemble.c: "white box" structure that follows the + C code. Added missing safety checks on the operands of 'over' and + 'reverse' so that negative operand counts don't smash the stack. + +2010-09-29 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/configure: Re-generate with autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + * generic/tclMain.c: Make compilable with -DUNICODE as well + +2010-09-28 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + TIP #162 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/socket.n: Document the changes to the [socket] and + [fconfigure] commands. + + * generic/tclInt.h: Introduce TclCreateSocketAddress() as a + * generic/tclIOSock.c: replacement for the platform-dependent + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: TclpCreateSocketAddress() functions. Extend + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: the [socket] and [fconfigure] commands to + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: behave as proposed in TIP #162. This is the + * win/tclWinSock.c: core of what is required to support the use of + * win/tclWinPort.h: IPv6 sockets in Tcl. + + * compat/fake-rfc2553.c: A compat implementation of the APIs defined + * compat/fake-rfc2553.h: in RFC-2553 (getaddrinfo() and friends) on + top of the existing gethostbyname() etc. + * unix/configure.in: Test whether the fake-implementation is + * unix/tcl.m4: needed. + * unix/Makefile.in: Add a compile target for fake-rfc2553. + + * win/configure.in: Allow cross-compilation by default. + + * tests/socket.test: Improve the test suite to make more use of + * tests/remote.tcl: randomized ports to reduce interference with + tests running in parallel or other services on + the machine. + +2010-09-28 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [dogeen-assembler-branch] + + * tests/assemble.test: Added more "white box" tests. + * generic/tclAssembly.c: Added the error checking and reporting + for undefined labels. Revised code so that no pointers into the + bytecode sequence are held (because the sequence can move!), + that no Tcl_HashEntry pointers are held (because the hash table + doesn't guarantee their stability!) and to eliminate the BBHash + table, which is merely additional information indexed by jump + labels and can just as easily be held in the 'label' structure. + Renamed shared structures to CamelCase, and renamed 'label' to + JumpLabel because other types of labels may eventually be possible. + +2010-09-27 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [dogeen-assembler-branch] + + * tests/assemble.test: Added more "white box" tests. + * generic/tclAssembly.c: Fixed bugs exposed by the new tests. + (a) [eval] and [expr] had incorrect stack balance computed if + the arg was not a simple word. (b) [concat] accepted a negative + operand count. (c) [invoke] accepted a zero or negative operand + count. (d) more misspelt error messages. + Also replaced a funky NRCallTEBC with the new call + TclNRExecuteByteCode, necessitated by a merge with changes on the + HEAD. + +2010-09-26 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: [Patch 3072080] (minus the itcl + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: update): a saner NRE. + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: + * generic/tclCompile.c: This makes TclNRExecuteByteCode (ex TEBC) + * generic/tclCompile.h: to be a normal NRE citizen: it loses its + * generic/tclExecute.c: special status. + * generic/tclInt.decls: The logic flow within the BC engine is + * generic/tclInt.h: simplified considerably. + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: + + * generic/tclVar.c: Use the macro HasLocalVars everywhere + +2010-09-26 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (ProcedureMethodVarResolver): avoid code + duplication, let the runtime var resolver call the compiled var + resolver. + +2010-09-26 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [dogeen-assembler-branch] + + * tests/assemble.test: Added many new tests moving toward a more + comprehensive test suite for the assembler. + * generic/tclAssembly.c: Fixed bugs exposed by the new tests: + (a) [bitnot] and [not] had incorrect operand counts. (b) + INST_CONCAT cannot concatenate zero objects. (c) misspelt error + messages. (d) the "assembly code" internal representation lacked + a duplicator, which caused double-frees of the Bytecode object + if assembly code ever was duplicated. + +2010-09-25 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [dogeen-assembler-branch] + + * generic/tclAssembly.c: Massive refactoring of the assembler + * generic/tclAssembly.h: to use a Tcl-like syntax (and use + * tests/assemble.test: Tcl_ParseCommand to parse it). The + * tests/assemble1.bench: refactoring also ensures that + Tcl_Tokens in the assembler have string ranges inside the source + code, which allows for [eval] and [expr] assembler directives + that simply call TclCompileScript and TclCompileExpr recursively. + +2010-09-24 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * tests/stringComp.test: improved string eq/cmp test coverage + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): merge INST_STR_CMP and + INST_STR_EQ/INST_STR_NEQ paths. Speeds up eq/ne/[string eq] with + obj-aware comparisons and eq/==/ne/!= with length equality check. + 2010-09-24 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * tclWinsock.c: [Bug 3056775]: Fixed race condition between thread and @@ -1952,6 +4227,12 @@ thread not using the socketListLock in TcpAccept(). Added documentation on how the module works to the top. +2010-09-23 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclDecls.h: Make Tcl_SetPanicProc and Tcl_GetStringResult + * unix/tclAppInit.c: callable without stubs, just as Tcl_SetVar. + * win/tclAppInit.c: + 2010-09-23 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclCmdAH.c: Fix cases where value returned by @@ -1959,38 +4240,176 @@ * generic/tclMain.c: Thanks to Jeff Hobbs for discovery of the anti-pattern to seek and destroy. +2010-09-23 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclAppInit.c: Make compilable with -DUNICODE (not activated + * win/tclAppInit.c: yet), many clean-ups in comments. + +2010-09-22 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute: [Bug 3072640]: One more DECACHE_STACK_INFO() was + missing. + + * tests/execute.test: Added execute-10.3 for [Bug 3072640]. The test + causes a mem failure. + + * generic/tclExecute: Protect all possible writes to ::errorInfo or + ::errorCode with DECACHE_STACK_INFO(), as they could run traces. The + new calls to be protected are Tcl_ResetResult(), Tcl_SetErrorCode(), + IllegalExprOperandType(), TclExprFloatError(). The error was triggered + by [Patch 3072080]. + +2010-09-22 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tcl.m4: Add kernel32 to LIBS, so the link line for + * win/configure: mingw is exactly the same as for MSVC++. + +2010-09-21 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (ProcedureMethodCompiledVarConnect): + * generic/tclVar.c (TclLookupSimpleVar, CompareVarKeys): + * generic/tclPathObj.c (Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath, Tcl_FSEqualPaths): + * generic/tclIOUtil.c (TclFSCwdPointerEquals): peephole opt + * generic/tclResult.c (TclMergeReturnOptions): Use memcmp where + applicable as possible speedup on some libc variants. + +2010-09-21 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + [BRANCH: dogeen-assembler-branch] + + * generic/tclAssembly.c (new file): + * generic/tclAssembly.h: + * generic/tclBasic.c (builtInCmds, Tcl_CreateInterp): + * generic/tclInt.h: + * tests/assemble.test (new file): + * tests/assemble1.bench (new file): + * unix/Makefile.in: + * win/Makefile.in: + * win/Makefile.vc: + Initial commit of Ozgur Dogan Ugurlu's (SF user: dogeen) + assembler for the Tcl bytecode language. + +2010-09-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinFile.c: Fix declaration after statement. + * win/tcl.m4: Add -Wdeclaration-after-statement, so this + * win/configure: mistake cannot happen again. + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: [Bug 3069278]: Breakage on head Windows + * win/tclWinPipe.c: triggered by install-tzdata, final fix + +2010-09-20 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: Eliminate tclWinProcs->useWide everywhere, since + * win/tclWinFile.c: the value is always "1" on platforms >win95 + * win/tclWinPipe.c: + 2010-09-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * doc/file.n (file readlink): [Bug 3070580]: Typofix. +2010-09-18 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinFCmd.c [Bug 3069278]: Breakage on head Windows triggered + by install-tzdata. Temporary don't compile this with -DUNICODE, while + investigating this bug. + +2010-09-16 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * win/tclWinFile.c: Remove define of FINDEX_INFO_LEVELS as all + supported versions of compilers should now have it. + + * unix/Makefile.in: Do not pass current build env vars when using + NATIVE_TCLSH in targets. + +2010-09-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclDecls.h: Make Tcl_FindExecutable() work in UNICODE + * generic/tclEncoding.c: compiles (windows-only) as well as ASCII. + * generic/tclStubInit.c: Needed for [FRQ 491789]: setargv() doesn't + support a unicode cmdline. + +2010-09-15 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c (TclAppendBytesToByteArray): [Bug 3067036]: Make + sure we never try to double zero repeatedly to get a buffer size. Also + added a check for sanity on the size of buffer being appended. + +2010-09-15 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Revise `make dist` target to tolerate the + case of zero bundled packages. + +2010-09-15 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: [Patch 3034251]: Backport ttkGenStubs.tcl + * generic/tcl.decls: features to genStubs.tcl. Make the "generic" + * generic/tclInt.decls: argument in the *.decls files optional + * generic/tclOO.decls: (no change to any tcl*Decls.h files) + * generic/tclTomMath.decls: + This allows genStubs.tcl to generate the ttk stub files as well, while + keeping full compatibility with existing *.decls files. + +2010-09-14 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinPort.h: Allow all Win2000+ API entries in Tcl + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Eliminate dynamical loading of advapi23 and + kernel32 symbols. + +2010-09-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinChan.c: Various clean-ups, converting from + * win/tclWinConsole.c: tclWinProc->xxxProc directly to Xxx + * win/tclWinInit.c: (no change in functionality) + * win/tclWinLoad.c: + * win/tclWinSerial.c: + * win/tclWinSock.c: + * tools/genStubs.tcl: Add scspec feature from ttkGenStubs.tcl + (no change in output for *Decls.h files) + +2010-09-10 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Partly revert yesterday's change, to make it work + on VC++ 6.0 again. + 2010-09-10 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * doc/regsub.n: [Bug 3063568]: Fix for gotcha in example due to Tcl's special handling of backslash-newline. Makes example slightly less pure, but more useful. -2010-09-08 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> - - *** 8.5.9 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** +2010-09-09 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * doc/tm.n: Added underscore to the set of characters accepted in - module names. This is true for quite some time in the code, this - change catches up the documentation. + * win/makefile.vc: Mingw should always link with -ladvapi32. + * win/tcl.m4: + * win/configure: (regenerated) + * win/tclWinInt.h: Remove ascii variant of tkWinPocs table, it is + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: no longer necessary. Fix CreateProcess signature + * win/tclWinPipe.c: and remove unused GetModuleFileName and lstrcpy. + * win/tclWinPort.h: Mingw/cygwin fixes: <tchar.h> should always be + included, and fix conflict in various macro values: Always force the + same values as in VC++. 2010-09-08 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * changes: Update for 8.5.9 release. + * win/tclWinChan.c: [Bug 3059922]: #ifdef protections to permit + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: builds with mingw on amd64 systems. Thanks to + "mescalinum" for reporting and testing. - * win/tclWin32Dll.c: #ifdef protections to permit builds with - * win/tclWinChan.c: mingw on amd64 systems. Thanks to "mescalinum" - * win/tclWinFCmd.c: for reporting and testing. +2010-09-08 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> -2010-09-06 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sourceforge.net> + * doc/tm.n: Added underscore to the set of characters accepted in + module names. This is true for quite some time in the code, this + change catches up the documentation. - * unix/configure.in, generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_Stat): Updated so that - we do not assume that all unix systems have the POSIX blkcnt_t type, - since OpenBSD apparently does not. Backported from HEAD (2010-02-16). - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 +2010-09-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (plus-pkgs): Improve the package + documentation search pattern to support the doctoos-generated + directory structure. + * tools/tcltk-man2html-utils.tcl (output-name): Made this more + resilient against misformatted NAME sections, induced by import of + Thread package documentation into Tcl doc tree. 2010-09-02 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> @@ -2007,10 +4426,6 @@ actual glob command with a -directory flag to when we actually have a proper untranslated path, -2010-09-01 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - - * changes: Update for 8.5.9 release. - 2010-09-01 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * generic/tclExecute.c: [Bug 3057639]: Applied patch by Jeff to make @@ -2018,14 +4433,19 @@ * tests/append.test: consistent with direct-eval and 'append' * tests/appendComp.test: generally. Added tests (append*-9.*) showing the difference. - ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** -2010-09-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> +2010-08-31 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: Improve handling of cross-links for - options between Ttk manual pages. - - * doc/Tcl.n: Avoid nroff hazards when generating documentation. + * win/rules.vc: Typo (thanks to Twylite discovering + this) + * generic/tclStubLib.c: Revert to previous version: MSVC++ 6.0 + * generic/tclTomMathStubLib.c:cannot handle the new construct. + * generic/tcl.decls [Patch 2997642]: Many type casts needed + * generic/tclDecls.h: when using Tcl_Pkg* API. Remaining part. + * generic/tclPkg.c: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclTomMathInterface.c: + * doc/PkgRequire.3 2010-08-31 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> @@ -2033,6 +4453,35 @@ handling on Win64. * win/configure: Regenerated. +2010-08-30 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: [Bugs 3046594,3047235,3048771]: New + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: implementation for [tailcall] command: it now + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: schedules the command and returns TCL_RETURN. + * generic/tclExecute.c: This fixes all issues with [catch] and [try]. + * generic/tclInt.h: Thanks dgp for exploring the dark corners. + * generic/tclNamesp.c: More thorough testing is required. + * tests/tailcall.test: + +2010-08-30 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/Makefile.in: [FRQ 2965056]: Windows build with -DUNICODE + * win/rules.vc: + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: Make sure that allocated TCHAR arrays are + * win/tclWinFile.c: always properly aligned as wchar_t, and + * win/tclWinPipe.c: not bigger than necessary. + * win/tclWinSock.c: + * win/tclWinDde.c: Those 3 files are not converted yet to be + * win/tclWinReg.c: built with -DUNICODE, so add a TODO. + * win/tclWinTest.c: + * generic/tcl.decls: [Patch 2997642]: Many type casts needed when + * generic/tclDecls.h: using Tcl_Pkg* API. Partly. + * generic/tclPkg.c: + * generic/tclStubLib.c: Demonstration how this change can benefit + code. + * generic/tclTomMathStubLib.c: + * doc/PkgRequire.3: + 2010-08-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * doc/dict.n: [Bug 3046999]: Corrected cross reference to array @@ -2050,15 +4499,56 @@ manifest embedding where we know the magic. Help prevents DLL hell with MSVC8+. -2010-08-24 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2010-08-24 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * changes: Update for 8.5.9 release. + * generic/tcl.decls: [Bug 3007895]: Tcl_(Find|Create)HashEntry + * generic/tclHash.c: stub entries can never be called. + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: [Patch 2994165]: Change signature of + Tcl_FSGetNativePath and TclpDeleteFile follow-up: move stub entry back + to original location. 2010-08-23 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * library/tzdata/Africa/Cairo: * library/tzdata/Asia/Gaza: Olson's tzdata2010l. +2010-08-22 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: [Patch 3009403]: Signature of Tcl_GetHashKey, + * generic/tclBinary.c: Tcl_(Create|Find)HashEntry follow-up: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Remove many type casts which are no longer + * generic/tclCompile.c:necessary as a result of this signature change. + * generic/tclDictObj.c: + * generic/tclEncoding.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: + * generic/tclTrace.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * generic/tclVar.c: + +2010-08-21 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/linsert.n: [Bug 3045123]: Make description of what is actually + happening more accurate. + +2010-08-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: [Patch 3034251]: Backport ttkGenStubs.tcl + features to genStubs.tcl, partly: Use void (*reserved$i)(void) = 0 + instead of void *reserved$i = NULL for unused stub entries, in case + pointer-to-function and pointer-to-object are different sizes. + * generic/tcl*Decls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tcl*StubInit.c:(regenerated) + +2010-08-20 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * doc/Method.3: Fix definition of Tcl_MethodType. + 2010-08-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * generic/tclTrace.c (TraceExecutionObjCmd, TraceCommandObjCmd) @@ -2066,16 +4556,55 @@ strcpy() to avoid buffer overflow; we have the correct length of data to copy anyway since we've just allocated the target buffer. +2010-08-18 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: [Patch 3034251]: Backport ttkGenStubs.tcl + features to genStubs.tcl, partly: remove unneeded ifdeffery and put + C++ guard around stubs pointer definition. + * generic/*Decls.h: (regenerated) + +2010-08-18 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: New redesign of [tailcall]: find + * generic/tclExecute.c: errors early on, so that errorInfo + * generic/tclInt.h: contains the proper info [Bug 3047235] + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (TclNRTryObjCmd): [Bug 3046594]: Block + tailcalling out of the body of a non-bc'ed [try]. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Redesign of [tailcall] to + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: (a) fix [Bug 3047235] + * generic/tclCompile.h: (b) enable fix for [Bug 3046594] + * generic/tclExecute.c: (c) enable recursive tailcalls + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * tests/tailcall.test: + +2010-08-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * library/safe.tcl (AliasGlob): [Bug 3004191]: Restore safe [glob] to + working condition. + 2010-08-15 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * generic/tclProc.c (ProcWrongNumArgs): [Bug 3045010]: Make the handling of passing the wrong number of arguments to [apply] somewhat less verbose when a lambda term is present. -2010-08-12 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> +2010-08-14 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_RegexpObjCmd): [Bug 2826551, Patch 2948425]: - Backport of updates to make handling of RE line anchors correct. + * compat/unicows: Remove completely, see [FRQ 2819611]. + * doc/FileSystem.3: [Patch 2994165]: Change signature of + * generic/tcl.decls Tcl_FSGetNativePath and TclpDeleteFile + * generic/tclDecls.h: + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: + * doc/Hash.3: [Patch 3009403]: Signature of Tcl_GetHashKey, + * generic/tcl.h: Tcl_(Create|Find)HashEntry 2010-08-11 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> @@ -2086,17 +4615,33 @@ -bexpall/-brtl. Remove TCL_EXP_FILE (export file) and other baggage that went with it. Remove pre-4 AIX build support. +2010-08-11 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclNRYieldToObjCmd): + * tests/coroutine.test: Fixed bad copypasta snafu. Thanks to Andy Goth + for finding the bug. + 2010-08-10 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * generic/tclUtil.c (TclByteArrayMatch): Patterns may not be null-terminated, so account for that. -2010-08-05 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2010-08-09 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * changes: Update for 8.5.9 release. + * changes: Updates for 8.6b2 release. 2010-08-04 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + * win/Makefile.in, win/makefile.bc, win/makefile.vc, win/tcl.dsp: + * win/tclWinPipe.c (TclpCreateProcess): + * win/stub16.c (removed): Removed Win9x tclpip8x.dll build and 16-bit + application loader stub support. Win9x is no longer supported. + + * win/tclWin32Dll.c (TclWinInit): Hard-enforce Windows 9x as an + unsupported platform with a panic. Code to support it still exists in + other files (to go away in time), but new APIs are being used that + don't exist on Win9x. + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: Adjust license header as per ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change @@ -2106,44 +4651,23 @@ * win/tclWinLoad.c (TclpDlopen): 'load' use LoadLibraryEx with * win/tclWinInt.h (TclWinProcs): LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH to prefer dependent DLLs in same dir as loaded DLL. - ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** * win/Makefile.in (%.${OBJEXT}): better implicit rules support -2010-08-04 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - - * generic/tcl.h: Bump to 8.5.9 for release. - * library/init.tcl: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/configure.in: - * README: - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * win/configure: - - * changes: Update for 8.5.9 release. - 2010-08-04 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> - * generic/tclIORChan.c: [Bug 3034840]: Fixed reference counting - * tests/ioCmd.test: in InvokeTclMethod and callers. + * generic/tclIORChan.c: [Bug 3034840]: Fixed reference counting in + * generic/tclIORTrans.c: InvokeTclMethod and callers. + * tests/ioTrans.test: 2010-08-03 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * tests/var.test (var-19.1): [Bug 3037525]: Added test demonstrating the local hashtable deletion crash and fix. - * tests/info.test (info-39.1, test_info_frame): Changed absolute to - relative frame adressing to handle difference between testing with - -singleproc 1 vs. the default -singleproc 0. Plus comment fix. The - test and issue are not relevant to the trunk, forward porting is not - required. - -2010-08-03 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - - * changes: Update for 8.5.9 release. + * tests/info.test (info-39.1): Added forward copy of test in 8.5 + branch about [Bug 2933089]. Should not fail, and doesn't, after + updating the line numbers to the changed position. 2010-08-02 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@users.sf.net> @@ -2156,21 +4680,65 @@ * library/tzdata/Pacific/Truk: * library/tzdata/Pacific/Yap: Olson's tzdata2010k. +2010-08-02 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclVar.c: Correcting bad port of [Bug 3037525] fix + 2010-07-28 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> * generic/tclVar.c: [Bug 3037525]: Lose fickle optimisation in TclDeleteVars (used for runtime-created locals) that caused crash. -2010-07-25 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2010-07-29 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * compat/zlib/win32/README.txt: Official build of zlib1.dll 1.2.5 is + * compat/zlib/win32/USAGE.txt: finally available, so put it in. + * compat/zlib/win32/zlib1.dll: + +2010-07-25 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/http.n: Corrected description of location of one of the entries + in the state array. + +2010-07-24 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclDecls.h: [Bug 3029891]: Functions that don't belong in + * generic/tclTest.c: the stub table. + * generic/tclBasic.c: From [Bug 3030870] make itcl 3.x built with + pre-8.6 work in 8.6: Relax the relation between Tcl_CallFrame and + CallFrame. + +2010-07-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Added more errorCode setting. + +2010-07-15 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Ensure that [dict get] + * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictGetCmd): always generates an errorCode on + a failure to look up an entry. + +2010-07-11 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclInt.h: [Bug 3030870]: Make itcl 3.x built with pre-8.6 - * generic/tclBasic.c: work in 8.6 revert tclInt.h to what it was - before, and relax the relation between Tcl_CallFrame and CallFrame. + * unix/configure: (regenerated) + * unix/configure.in: For the NATIVE_TCLSH variable use the autoconf + * unix/Makefile.in: SC_PROG_TCLSH to try and find a locally installed + native binary. This avoids manually fixing up when cross compiling. If + there is not one, revert to using the build product. + +2010-07-02 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclInt.decs: Reverted to the original TIP 337 + implementation on what to do with the obsolete internal stub for + TclBackgroundException() (eliminate it!) + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: -2010-07-17 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2010-07-02 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tcl.h: [Bug 3030870]: Make itcl 3.x built with pre-8.6 - * generic/tclInt.h: work in 8.6 + * generic/tclInt.decls: [Bug 803489]: Tcl_FindNamespace problem in + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: the Stubs table + * generic/tclStubInit.c: 2010-07-02 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -2179,10 +4747,19 @@ the domain of the operator all result in ::errorCode being ARITH DOMAIN and not NONE. -2010-07-02 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: [Bug 803489]: Tcl_FindNamespace problem in - the Stubs table. +2010-07-01 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/rules.vc: [Bug 3020677]: wish can't link reg1.2 + * tools/checkLibraryDoc.tcl: formatting, spacing, cleanup unused + * tools/eolFix.tcl: variables; no change in generated output + * tools/fix_tommath_h.tcl: + * tools/genStubs.tcl: + * tools/index.tcl: + * tools/man2help2.tcl: + * tools/regexpTestLib.tcl: + * tools/tsdPerf.tcl: + * tools/uniClass.tcl: + * tools/uniParse.tcl: 2010-07-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -2192,13 +4769,43 @@ 2010-06-28 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclPosixStr.c: [Bug 3019634]: errno.h and tclWinPort.h have + conflicting definitions. Added messages for ENOTRECOVERABLE, EOTHER, + ECANCELED and EOWNERDEAD, and fixed various typing mistakes in other + messages. + +2010-06-25 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * tests/socket.test: Prevent a race condition during shutdown of the + remote test server that can cause a hang when the server is being run + in verbose mode. + +2010-06-24 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinPort.h: [Bug 3019634]: errno.h and tclWinPort.h have conflicting definitions. + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + On win32, the correspondence between errno and the related error + message, as handled by Tcl_ErrnoMsg() changes. The error message is + kept the same, but the corresponding errno value might change. + 2010-06-22 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsetObjCmd): [Bug 3019351]: Corrected wrong args message. +2010-06-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclLoadDl.c: Eliminate various unnecessary type casts, use + * unix/tclLoadNext.c: function typedefs whenever possible + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: + * unix/tclUnixFile.c: + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: + * unix/tclUnixTest.c: + * unix/tclXtTest.c: + * generic/tclZlib.c: Remove hack needed for zlib 1.2.3 on win32 + 2010-06-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * library/init.tcl (auto_execok): [Bug 3017997]: Add .cmd to the @@ -2209,6 +4816,38 @@ * tools/loadICU.tcl: [Bug 3016135]: Traceback using clock format * library/msgs/he.msg: with locale of he_IL. + * generic/tcl.h: Simplify Tcl_AppInit and *_Init definitions, + * generic/tclInt.h: spacing. Change TclpThreadCreate and + * generic/tcl.decls: Tcl_CreateThread signature, making clear that + * generic/tclDecls.h: "proc" is a function pointer, as in all other + * generic/tclEvent.c: "proc" function parameters. + * generic/tclTestProcBodyObj.c: + * win/tclWinThrd.c: + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: + * doc/Thread.3: + * doc/Class.3: Fix Tcl_ObjectMetadataType definition. + +2010-06-14 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Fix compilation of xttest with 8.6 changes + * unix/tclXtNotify.c: + * unix/tclXtTest.c: + * generic/tclPipe.c: Fix gcc warning (with -fstrict-aliasing=2) + * library/auto.tcl: Spacing and style fixes. + * library/history.tcl: + * library/init.tcl: + * library/package.tcl: + * library/safe.tcl: + * library/tm.tcl: + +2010-06-13 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (make-man-pages): [Bug 3015327]: Make the + title of a manual page be stored relative to its resulting directory + name as well as its source filename. This was caused by both Tcl and a + contributed package ([incr Tcl]) defining an Object.3. Also corrected + the joining of strings in titles to avoid extra braces. + 2010-06-09 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * library/platform/platform.tcl: Added OSX Intel 64bit @@ -2216,38 +4855,115 @@ * unix/Makefile.in: * win/Makefile.in: -2010-05-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> +2010-06-09 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * doc/socket.n: [Bug 3007442]: Server sockets never took a host - argument, so the list of options must precede the port argument. + * tools/tsdPerf.c: Fix export of symbol Tsdperf_Init, when using + -fvisibility=hidden. Make two functions static, eliminate some + unnecessary type casts. + * tools/configure.in: Update to Tcl 8.6 + * tools/configure: (regenerated) + * tools/.cvsignore new file -2010-05-25 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2010-06-07 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> - * unix/tclUnixPort.h: [Bug 2991415]: tclport.h #included before - * win/tclWinPort.h: limits.h - * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclExecute.c: Ensure proper reset of [info errorstack] even + * generic/tclNamesp.c: when compiling constant expr's with errors. + +2010-06-05 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: [Bug 3008307]: make callerPtr chains be + * generic/tclExecute.c: traversable accross coro boundaries. Add the + special coroutine CallFrame (partially reverting commit of + 2009-12-10), as it is needed for coroutines that do not push a CF, eg, + those with [eval] as command. Thanks to Colin McCormack (coldstore) + and Alexandre Ferrieux for the hard work on this. + +2010-06-03 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclNamesp.c: Safer (and faster) computation of [uplevel] + * tests/error.test: offsets in TIP 348. Toplevel offsets no longer + * tests/result.test: overestimated. + +2010-06-02 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.h: BUILD_tcloo is never defined (leftover) + * win/makefile.bc: Don't set BUILD_tcloo (leftover) + See also entry below: 2008-06-01 Joe Mistachkin + +2010-06-01 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclNamesp.c: Fix computation of [uplevel] offsets in TIP 348 + * tests/error.test: Only depend on callerPtr chaining now. + * tests/result.test: Needed for upcoming coro patch. + +2010-05-31 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclVar.c: Eliminate some casts to (Tcl_HashTable *) + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * tests/fileSystem.test: Fix filesystem-5.1 test failure on CYGWIN + +2010-05-28 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: [Patch 3008541]: Order of TIP #348 fields in + Interp structure + +2010-05-28 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c (IssueTryFinallyInstructions): [3007374]: + Corrected error in handling of catch contexts to prevent crash with + chained handlers. + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Restore correct operation + of instruction-level execution tracing (had been broken by NRE). + +2010-05-27 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * library/opt/optParse.tcl: Don't generate spaces at the end of a + * library/opt/pkgIndex.tcl: line, eliminate ';' at line end, bump to + * tools/uniParse.tcl: v0.4.6 + * generic/tclUniData.c: + * tests/opt.test: + * tests/safe.test: 2010-05-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * tools/installData.tcl: Make sure that copyDir only receives - normalized paths. Backported from trunk. - * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: Fix <tchar.h> inclusion for CYGWIN. - Backported from trunk (although for trunk this was moved to - tclWinPort.h) - * generic/tclPathObj.c: Fix Tcl_SetStringObj usage for CYGWIN. This - function can only be used with unshared objects. This causes a crash - on CYGWIN. (backported from trunk) - * generic/tclFileName.c: Don't declare cygwin_conv_to_win32_path here - * win/tclWinChan.c: Fix various minor other gcc warnings, like - * win/tclWinConsole.c: signed<->unsigned mismatch. Backported from - * win/tclWinDde.c: trunk. - * win/tclWinNotify.c: - * generic/tclStrToD.c: [Bug 3005233]: fix for build on OpenBSD vax + * tools/installData.tcl: Make sure that copyDir only receives + normalized paths, otherwise it might result in a crash on CYGWIN. + Restyle according to the Tcl style guide. + * generic/tclStrToD.c: [Bug 3005233]: Fix for build on OpenBSD vax + +2010-05-19 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/dict.test: Add missing tests for [Bug 3004007], fixed under + the radar on 2010-02-24 (dkf): EIAS violation in list-dict conversions + +2010-05-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/regcomp.c: Don't use arrays of length 1, just use a + * generic/tclFileName.c: single element then, it makes code more + * generic/tclLoad.c: readable. (Here it even prevents a type cast) + +2010-05-17 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclStrToD.c: [Bug 2996549]: Failure in expr.test on Win32 -2010-05-19 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> +2010-05-17 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclDictObj.c: Backport of fix for [Bug 3004007], EIAS - * tests/dict.test: violation in list-dict conversions. + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclInfoFrame): Change this code to use + Tcl_GetCommandFullName rather than rolling its own. Discovered during + the hunting of [Bug 3001438] but unlikely to be a fix. + +2010-05-11 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinConsole.c: [Patch 2997087]: Unnecessary type casts. + * win/tclWinDde.c: + * win/tclWinLoad.c: + * win/tclWinNotify.c: + * win/tclWinSerial.c: + * win/tclWinSock.c: + * win/tclWinTime.c: + * win/tclWinPort.h: Don't duplicate CYGWIN timezone #define from + tclPort.h 2010-05-07 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> @@ -2256,12 +4972,109 @@ * unix/Makefile.in: * win/Makefile.in: +2010-05-06 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclPkg.c: Unnecessary type casts, see [Patch 2997087] + +2010-05-04 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinNotify.c: TCHAR-related fixes, making those two files + * win/tclWinSock.c: compile fine when TCHAR != char. Please see + comments in [FRQ 2965056] (2965056-1.patch). + +2010-05-03 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclIORChan.c: Use "tclIO.h" and "tclTomMathDecls.h" + * generic/tclIORTrans.c: everywhere + * generic/tclTomMath.h: + * tools/fix_tommath_h.tcl: + * libtommath/tommath.h: Formatting (# should always be first char on + line) + * win/tclAppInit.c: For MINGW/CYGWIN, use GetCommandLineA + explicitly. + * unix/.cvsignore: Add pkg, *.dll + + * libtommath/tommath.h: CONSTify various useful internal + * libtommath/bn_mp_cmp_d.c: functions (TclBignumToDouble, TclCeil, + * libtommath/bn_mp_cmp_mag.c: TclFloor), and related tommath functions + * libtommath/bn_mp_cmp.c: + * libtommath/bn_mp_copy.c: + * libtommath/bn_mp_count_bits.c: + * libtommath/bn_mp_div_2d.c: + * libtommath/bn_mp_mod_2d.c: + * libtommath/bn_mp_mul_2d.c: + * libtommath/bn_mp_neg.c: + * generic/tclBasic.c: Handle TODO: const correctness ? + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclStrToD.c: + * generic/tclTomMath.decls: + * generic/tclTomMath.h: + * generic/tclTomMathDecls.h: + 2010-04-30 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclBinary.c (UpdateStringOfByteArray): [Bug 2994924]: Add + * generic/tcl.h: Bump patchlevel to 8.6b1.2 to distinguish + * library/init.tcl: CVS snapshots from earlier snapshots as well + * unix/configure.in: as the 8.6b1 and 8.6b2 releases. + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + + * generic/tclBinary.c (TclAppendBytesToByteArray): Add comments + * generic/tclInt.h (TclAppendBytesToByteArray): placing overflow + protection responsibility on caller. Convert "len" argument to signed + int which any value already vetted for overflow issues will fit into. + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Update caller; standardize panic msg. + + * generic/tclBinary.c (UpdateStringOfByteArray): [Bug 2994924]: Add panic when the generated string representation would grow beyond Tcl's size limits. +2010-04-30 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c (TclAppendBytesToByteArray): Add extra armour + against buffer overflows. + + * generic/tclBasic.c (NRInterpCoroutine): Corrected handling of + * tests/coroutine.test (coroutine-6.4): arguments to deal with + trickier cases. + +2010-04-30 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * tests/coroutine.test: testing coroutine arguments after [yield]: + check that only 0/1 allowed + +2010-04-30 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (NRInterpCoroutine): Corrected handling of + arguments to deal with trickier cases. + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileVariableCmd): Slightly tighter + issuing of instructions. + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Add peephole optimization + of the fact that INST_DICT_FIRST and INST_DICT_NEXT always have a + conditional jump afterwards. + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclNRYieldObjCmd, TclNRYieldmObjCmd) + (NRInterpCoroutine): Replace magic values for formal argument counts + for coroutine command implementations with #defines, for an increase + in readability. + +2010-04-30 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclMain.c: Unnecessary TCL_STORAGE_CLASS re-definition. It + was used for an ancient dummy reference to Tcl_LinkVar(), but that's + already gone since 2002-05-29. + +2010-04-29 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Slight change in the literal sharing + * generic/tclCompile.c: mechanism to avoid shimmering of + * generic/tclCompile.h: command names. + * generic/tclLiteral.c: + 2010-04-29 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * library/platform/platform.tcl: Another stab at getting the /lib, @@ -2290,15 +5103,143 @@ * library/tzdata/Pacific/Easter: * library/tzdata/Pacific/Fiji: Olson's tzdata2010i. -2010-04-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2010-04-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c (TclAppendBytesToByteArray): [Bug 2992970]: Make + * generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendObjToObj): an append of a byte + array to another into an efficent operation. The problem was the (lack + of) a proper growth management strategy for the byte array. + +2010-04-29 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * compat/dirent2.h: Include "tcl.h", not <tcl.h>, like everywhere + * compat/dlfcn.h: else, to ensure that the version in the Tcl + * compat/stdlib.h: distribution is used, not some version from + * compat/string.h: somewhere else. + * compat/unistd.h: + +2010-04-28 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/Makefile.in: Remove unused @MAN2TCLFLAGS@ + * win/tclWinPort.h: Move <limits.h> include from tclInt.h to + * generic/tclInt.h: tclWinPort.h, and eliminate unneeded + * generic/tclEnv.c: <stdlib.h>, <stdio.h> and <string.h>, which + are already in tclInt.h + * generic/regcustom.h: Move "tclInt.h" from regcustom.h up to + * generic/regex.h: regex.h. + * generic/tclAlloc.c: Unneeded <stdio.h> include. + * generic/tclExecute.c: Fix gcc warning: comparison between signed and + unsigned. + +2010-04-28 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h (TclIsVarDirectUnsettable): Corrected flags so that + deletion of traces is not optimized out... + + * generic/tclExecute.c (ExecuteExtendedBinaryMathOp) + (TclCompareTwoNumbers,ExecuteExtendedUnaryMathOp,TclExecuteByteCode): + [Patch 2981677]: Move the less common arithmetic operations (i.e., + exponentiation and operations on non-longs) out of TEBC for a big drop + in the overall size of the stack frame for most code. Net effect on + speed is minimal (slightly faster overall in tclbench). Also extended + the number of places where TRESULT handling is replaced with a jump to + dedicated code. + +2010-04-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Rearrange location of an + assignment to shorten the object code. + +2010-04-27 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_FSGetNativePath): [Bug 2992292]: + tclIOUtil.c assignment type mismatch compiler warning + * generic/regguts.h: If tclInt.h or tclPort.h is already + * generic/tclBasic.c: included, don't include <limits.h> + * generic/tclExecute.c: again. Follow-up to [Bug 2991415]: + * generic/tclIORChan.c: tclport.h #included before limits.h + * generic/tclIORTrans.c: See comments in [Bug 2991415] + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclOOInt.h: + * generic/tclStrToD.c: + * generic/tclTomMath.h: + * generic/tclTomMathInterface.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * compat/strtod.c: + * compat/strtol.c: - * win/tclWinPort.h: [Patch 2986105]: Conditionally defining - * win/tclWinFile.c: strcasecmp/strncasecmp +2010-04-27 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * unix/tclLoadDl.c (FindSymbol): [Bug 2992295]: Simplified the logic + so that the casts added in Donal Fellows's change for the same bug are + no longer necessary. + +2010-04-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclLoadDl.c (FindSymbol): [Bug 2992295]: Added an explicit cast + because auto-casting between function and non-function types is never + naturally warning-free. + + * generic/tclStubInit.c: Add a small amount of gcc-isms (with #ifdef + * generic/tclOOStubInit.c: guards) to ensure that warnings are issued + when these files are older than the various *.decls files. + +2010-04-25 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Add unsupported [yieldm] command. Credit + * generic/tclInt.h: Lars Hellstrom for the basic idea. + +2010-04-24 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Modify api of TclSpliceTailcall() to fix + * generic/tclExecute.c: [yieldTo], which had not survived the latest + * generic/tclInt.h: mods to tailcall. Thanks kbk for detecting + the problem. + +2010-04-23 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: [Bug 2991415]: tclport.h #included before + limits.h + +2010-04-22 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: Move TCHAR fallback typedef from tcl.h to + * generic/tcl.h: tclPlatDecls.h (as suggested by dgp) + * generic/tclInt.h: fix typo + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: Eliminate various unnecessary + * unix/tclUnixFile.c: type casts. + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: + * win/tclWinChan.c: + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: + * win/tclWinFile.c: + * win/tclWinLoad.c: + * win/tclWinPipe.c: + +2010-04-20 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclTest.c: Use function prototypes from the FS API. + * compat/zlib/*: Upgrade to zlib 1.2.5 + +2010-04-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Improve commenting and + reduce indentation for the Invocation Block. 2010-04-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * doc/unset.n: [Bug 2988940]: Fix typo. +2010-04-15 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinPort.h: Move inclusion of <tchar.h> from + * generic/tcl.h: tclPlatDecls.h to tclWinPort.h, where it + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: belongs. Add fallback in tcl.h, so TCHAR is + available in win32 always. + +2010-04-15 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/try.n: [Bug 2987551]: Fix typo. + 2010-04-14 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * library/platform/platform.tcl: Linux platform identification: @@ -2308,24 +5249,139 @@ 32bit systems which have an empty or partially filled /lib64 without an actual libc. Bumped to version 1.0.6. -2010-04-03 Zoran Vasiljevic <vasiljevic@users.sourceforge.net> +2010-04-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinPort.h: Fix [Patch 2986105]: conditionally defining + * win/tclWinFile.c: strcasecmp/strncasecmp + * win/tclWinLoad.c: Fix gcc warning: comparison of unsigned expression + >= 0 is always true + +2010-04-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclStringObj.c: (SetStringFromAny): avoid trampling - over the tclEmptyStringRep as it is thread-shared. + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c (TclSubstCompile): If the first token does + not result in a *guaranteed* push of a Tcl_Obj on the stack, we must + push an empty object. Otherwise it is possible to get to a 'concat1' + or 'done' without enough values on the stack, resulting in a crash. + Thanks to Joe Mistachkin for identifying a script that could trigger + this case. - * generic/tclThreadStorage.c (ThreadStorageGetHashTable): - avoid accessing shared table index w/o mutex protection - if VALGRIND defined on compilation time. This rules out - helgrind complains about potential race-conditions at - that place. +2010-04-07 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - Thanks to Gustaf Neumann for the (hard) work. + * doc/catch.n, doc/info.n, doc/return.n: Formatting. + +2010-04-06 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/Load.3: Minor corrections of formatting and cross links. + +2010-04-06 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/configure: (regenerate with autoconf-2.59) + * unix/configure: + * unix/installManPage: [Bug 2982540]: configure and install* script + * unix/install-sh: files should always have LF line ending. + * doc/Load.3: Fix signature of Tcl_LoadFile in documentation. + +2010-04-05 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + TIP #348 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclBasic.c: [Patch 2868499]: Substituted error stack + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclResult.c: + * doc/catch.n: + * doc/info.n: + * doc/return.n: + * tests/cmdMZ.test: + * tests/error.test: + * tests/execute.test: + * tests/info.test: + * tests/init.test: + * tests/result.test: + +2010-04-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4 (SC_ENABLE_THREADS): Flip the default for whether to + * win/tcl.m4 (SC_ENABLE_THREADS): build in threaded mode. Part of + * win/rules.vc: TIP #364. + + * unix/tclLoadDyld.c (FindSymbol): Better human-readable error message + generation to match code in tclLoadDl.c. + +2010-04-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c, unix/tclLoadDl.c: Minor changes to enforce + Engineering Manual style rules. + + * doc/FileSystem.3, doc/Load.3: Documentation for TIP#357. + + * macosx/tclMacOSXBundle.c (OpenResourceMap): [Bug 2981528]: Only + define this function when HAVE_COREFOUNDATION is defined. + +2010-04-02 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.decls (Tcl_LoadFile): Add missing "const" in signature, + * generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_LoadFile): and some formatting fixes + * generic/tclDecls.h: (regenerated) + +2010-04-02 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_LoadFile): Corrections to previous commit + * unix/tclLoadDyld.c (TclpDlopen): to make it build on OSX. + +2010-04-02 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + TIP #357 IMPLEMENTATION + TIP #362 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclStrToD.c: [Bug 2952904]: Defer creation of the smallest + floating point number until it is actually used. (This change avoids a + bogus syslog message regarding a 'floating point software assist + fault' on SGI systems.) + + * library/reg/pkgIndex.tcl: [TIP #362]: Fixed first round of bugs + * tests/registry.test: resulting from the recent commits of + * win/tclWinReg.c: changes in support of the referenced + TIP. + + * generic/tcl.decls: [TIP #357]: First round of changes + * generic/tclDecls.h: to export Tcl_LoadFile, + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: Tcl_FindSymbol, and Tcl_FSUnloadFile + * generic/tclInt.h: to the public API. + * generic/tclLoad.c: + * generic/tclLoadNone.c: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * tests/fileSystem.test: + * tests/load.test: + * tests/unload.test: + * unix/tclLoadDl.c: + * unix/tclLoadDyld.c: + * unix/tclLoadNext.c: + * unix/tclLoadOSF.c: + * unix/tclLoadShl.c: + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: + * win/Makefile.in: + * win/tclWinLoad.c: 2010-03-31 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + * doc/registry.n: Added missing documentation of TIP#362 flags. + * doc/package.n: [Bug 2980210]: Document the arguments taken by the [package present] command correctly. + * doc/Thread.3: Added some better documentation of how to create and + use a thread using the C-level thread API, based on realization that + no such tutorial appeared to exist. + +2010-03-31 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * test/cmdMZ.test: [FRQ 2974744]: share exception codes (ObjType?): + * test/error.test: Revised test cases, making sure that abbreviated + * test/proc-old.test: codes are checked resulting in an error, and + checking for the exact error message. + 2010-03-30 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * generic/tclIORChan.c (ReflectClose, ReflectInput, ReflectOutput, @@ -2341,25 +5397,119 @@ the validity tests on internal rep of a "cmdName" value to avoid invalid reads reported by valgrind. +2010-03-30 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclIndexObj: [FRQ 2974744]: share exception codes + * generic/tclResult.c: further optimization, making use of indexType. + * generic/tclZlib.c: [Bug 2979399]: uninitialized value troubles + +2010-03-30 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + TIP #362 IMPLEMENTATION + + * win/tclWinReg.c: [Patch 2960976]: Apply patch from Damon Courtney to + * tests/registry.test: allow the registry command to be told to work + * win/Makefile.in: with both 32-bit and 64-bit registries. Bump + * win/configure.in: version of registry package to 1.3. + * win/makefile.bc: + * win/makefile.vc: + * win/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2010-03-29 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4: Only test for -visibility=hidden with gcc + (Second remark in [Bug 2976508]) + * unix/configure: regen + 2010-03-29 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclStringObj.c: Fix array overrun in test format-1.12 caught by valgrind testing. +2010-03-27 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: [FRQ 2974744]: share exception codes + * generic/tclResult.c: (ObjType?) + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c: + +2010-03-26 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: [Bug 2976508]: Tcl HEAD fails on HP-UX + 2010-03-25 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (TclUnixCopyFile): [Bug 2976504]: Corrected number of arguments to fstatfs() call. + * macosx/tclMacOSXBundle.c, macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c: + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: Reduce the level of ifdeffery in the + functions of these files to improve readability. They need to be + audited for whether complexity can be removed based on the minimum + supported version of OSX, but that requires a real expert. + 2010-03-24 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclResult.c: [Bug 2383005]: Revise [return -errorcode] so * tests/result.test: that it rejects illegal non-list values. +2010-03-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOInfo.c (InfoObjectMethodTypeCmd) + (InfoClassMethodTypeCmd): Added introspection of method types so that + it is possible to find this info out without using errors. + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (procMethodType): Now that introspection can + reveal the name of method types, regularize the name of normal methods + to be the name of the definition type used to create them. + + * tests/async.test (async-4.*): Reduce obscurity of these tests by + putting the bulk of the code for them inside the test body with the + help of [apply]. + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (TryPostBody, TryPostHandler): Make sure that the + [try] command does not trap unwinding due to limits. + +2010-03-23 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: [Bug 2973361]: Revised fix for computing + indices of script arguments to [try]. + +2010-03-23 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Make error message in "try" implementation + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c: exactly the same as the one in "return" + * tests/error.test: + * libtommath/mtests/mpi.c: Single "const" addition + +2010-03-22 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: [Bug 2973361]: Compute the correct integer + values to identify the argument indices of the various script + arguments to [try]. Passing in -1 led to invalid memory reads. + 2010-03-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclIO.c (CopyData): Allow the total number of bytes copied - by [fcopy] to exceed 2GB. Can happen when no -size parameter given. + * doc/exec.n: Make it a bit clearer that there is an option to run a + pipeline in the background. + + * generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_FcopyObjCmd): Lift the restriction + * generic/tclIO.c (TclCopyChannel, CopyData): on the [fcopy] command + * generic/tclIO.h (CopyState): that forced it to only + copy up to 2GB per script-level callback. Now it is anything that can + fit in a (signed) 64-bit integer. Problem identified by Frederic + Bonnet on comp.lang.tcl. Note that individual low-level reads and + writes are still smaller as the optimal buffer size is smaller. + +2010-03-20 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/stub16.c: Don't hide that we use the ASCII API here. + (does someone still use that?) + * win/tclWinPipe.c: 2 unnecessary type casts. + +2010-03-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c (TclCompileThrowCmd): Added compilation for + the [throw] command. 2010-03-18 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -2367,11 +5517,48 @@ * generic/tclTestObj.c: ListObjReplace operations. Thanks to kbk for * tests/listObj.test: fix and test. +2010-03-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c (IssueTryFinallyInstructions): + [Bug 2971921]: Corrected jump so that it doesn't skip into the middle + of an instruction! Tightened the instruction issuing. Moved endCatch + calls closer to their point that they guard, ensuring correct ordering + of result values. + +2010-03-17 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIORTrans.c (ReflectInput, ReflectOutput) + (ReflectSeekWide): [Bug 2921116]: Added missing TclEventuallyFree + calls for preserved ReflectedTransform* structures. Reworked + ReflectInput to preserve the structure for its whole life, not only in + InvokeTclMethod. + + * generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_GetsObj): [Bug 2921116]: Regenerate topChan, + may have been changed by a self-modifying transformation. + + * tests/ioTrans/test (iortrans-4.8, iortrans-4.9, iortrans-5.11) + (iortrans-7.4, iortrans-8.3): New test cases. + +2010-03-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * compat/zlib/*: Upgrade zlib to version 1.2.4. + * win/makefile.vc: + * unix/Makefile.in: + * win/tclWinChan.c: Don't cast away "const" without reason. + 2010-03-12 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * win/makefile.vc: [Bug 2967340]: Static build was failing. * win/.cvsignore: +2010-03-10 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclTest.c: Remove unnecessary '&' decoration for + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: function pointers + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Double declaration of TclNativeDupInternalRep + * unix/tclIOUtil.c: + * unix/dltest/.cvsignore: Ignore *.so here + 2010-03-09 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * generic/tclIORChan.c: [Bug 2936225]: Thanks to Alexandre Ferrieux @@ -2393,11 +5580,106 @@ * library/tzdata/Pacific/Fiji: Olson tzdata2010c. +2010-03-07 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclTest.c: Test that tclOO stubs are present in stub + library + * generic/tclOOMethod.c: Applied missing part of [Patch 2961556] + * win/tclWinInt.h: Change all tclWinProcs signatures to use + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: TCHAR* in stead of WCHAR*. This is meant + * win/tclWinDde.c: as preparation to make [Enh 2965056] + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: possible at all. + * win/tclWinFile.c: + * win/tclWinPipe.c: + * win/tclWinSock.c: + +2010-03-06 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclStubLib.c: Remove presence of tclTomMathStubsPtr here. + * generic/tclTest.c: Test that tommath stubs are present in stub + library. + +2010-03-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclIORTrans.c (ForwardProc): [Bug 2964425]: When cleaning + the stables, it is sometimes necessary to do more than the minimum. In + this case, rationalizing the variables for a forwarded limit? method + required removing an extra Tcl_DecrRefCount too. + + * generic/tclOO.h, generic/tclOOInt.h: [Patch 2961556]: Change TclOO + to use the same style of function typedefs as Tcl, as this is about + the last chance to get this right. + + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + Source code that uses function typedefs from TclOO will need to update + variables and argument definitions so that pointers to the function + values are used instead. Binary compatibility is not affected. + + * generic/*.c, generic/tclInt.h, unix/*.c, macosx/*.c: Applied results + of doing a Code Audit. Principal changes: + * Use do { ... } while (0) in macros + * Avoid shadowing one local variable with another + * Use clearer 'foo.bar++;' instead of '++foo.bar;' where result not + required (i.e., semantically equivalent); clarity is increased + because it is bar that is incremented, not foo. + * Follow Engineering Manual rules on spacing and declarations + +2010-03-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c (ObjectRenamedTrace): [Bug 2962664]: Add special + handling so that when the class of classes is deleted, so is the class + of objects. Immediately. + + * generic/tclOOInt.h (ROOT_CLASS): Add new flag for specially marking + the root class. Simpler and more robust than the previous technique. + +2010-03-04 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclGetDate.y: 3 unnecessary MODULE_SCOPE + * generic/tclDate.c: symbols + * generic/tclStubLib.c: Split tommath stub lib + * generic/tclTomMathStubLib.c: in separate file. + * win/makefile.bc: + * win/Makefile.in: + * win/makefile.vc: + * win/tcl.dsp: + * unix/Makefile.in: + * unix/tcl.m4: Cygwin only gives warning + * unix/configure: using -fvisibility=hidden + * compat/strncasecmp.c: A few more const's + * compat/strtod.c: + * compat/strtoul.c: + +2010-03-03 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * doc/refchan.n: Followup to ChangeLog entry 2009-10-07 + (generic/tclIORChan.c). Fixed the documentation to explain that errno + numbers are operating system dependent, and reworked the associated + example. + +2010-03-02 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4: [FRQ 2959069]: Support for -fvisibility=hidden + * unix/configure (regenerated with autoconf-2.59) + 2010-03-01 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> - * unix/tclUnixChan.c: [backported] Refrain from a possibly lengthy - reverse-DNS lookup on 0.0.0.0 when calling [fconfigure -sockname] - on an universally-bound (default) server socket. + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: Refrain from a possibly lengthy reverse-DNS + lookup on 0.0.0.0 when calling [fconfigure -sockname] on an + universally-bound (default) server socket. + + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: fix [AT 86258]: special-casing of empty + tables when generating error messages for [::tcl::prefix match]. + +2010-02-28 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: More additions of {TCL LOOKUP} error-code + generation to various subcommands of [info] as part of long-term + project to classify all Tcl's generated errors. + +2010-02-28 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclStubInit.c: [Bug 2959713]: Link error with gcc 4.1 2010-02-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -2406,11 +5688,112 @@ larger than the haystack. Prevents an odd crash from sometimes happening when things get mixed up (a common programming error). + * generic/tclMain.c (Tcl_Main): [Bug 801429]: Factor out the holding + of the client-installed main loop function into thread-specific data. + + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + Code that previously tried to set the main loop from another thread + will now fail. On the other hand, there is a fairly high probability + that such programs would have been failing before due to the lack of + any kind of inter-thread memory barriers guarding accesses to this + part of Tcl's state. + +2010-02-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: Split this file into two pieces to make it + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c: easier to work with. It's still two very + long files even after the split. + +2010-02-26 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * doc/safe.n: Name the installed file after the command it documents. + Use "Safe Tcl" instead of the "Safe Base", "Safe Tcl" mixture. + +2010-02-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in (NATIVE_TCLSH): Added this variable to allow for + better control of what tclsh to use for various scripts when doing + cross compiling. An imperfect solution, but works. + + * unix/installManPage: Remap non-alphanumeric sequences in filenames + to single underscores (especially colons). + +2010-02-26 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/zlib.test: Add tests for [Bug 2818131] which was crashing with + mismatched zlib algorithms used in combination with gets. This issue + has been fixed by Andreas's last commit. + +2010-02-25 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclHash.c: [FRQ 2958832]: Further speed-up of the + * generic/tclLiteral.c: ouster-hash function. + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclCkalloc.c: Eliminate various unnecessary (ClientData) + * generic/tclTest.c: type casts. + * generic/tclTestObj.c: + * generic/tclTestProcBodyObj.c: + * unix/tclUnixTest.c: + * unix/tclUnixTime.c: + * unix/tclXtTest.c: + +2010-02-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclDictObj.c (SetDictFromAny): Prevent the list<->dict + * generic/tclListObj.c (SetListFromAny): conversion code from taking + too many liberties. Stops loss of duplicate keys in some scenarios. + Many thanks to Jean-Claude Wippler for finding this. + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Reduce ifdef-fery and + size of activation record. More variables shared across instructions + than before. + + * doc/socket.n: [Bug 2957688]: Clarified that [socket -server] works + with a command prefix. Extended example to show this in action. + +2010-02-22 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (ZlibTransformInput): [Bug 2762041]: Added a hack + to work around the general problem, early EOF recognition based on the + base-channel, instead of the data we have ready for reading in the + transform. Long-term we need a proper general fix (likely tracking EOF + on each level of the channel stack), with attendant complexity. + Furthermore, Z_BUF_ERROR can be ignored, and must be when feeding the + zlib code with single characters. + +2010-02-22 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: Remove unnecessary EXTERN's, which already are + in the global stub table. + * unix/configure.in: Use @EXEEXT@ in stead of @EXT_SUFFIX@ + * unix/tcl.m4: + * unix/Makefile.in: Use -DBUILD_tcl for CYGWIN + * unix/configure: (regenerated) + * unix/dltest/pkg*.c: Use EXTERN to control CYGWIN exported symbols + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Remove some unnecessary type casts. + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + +2010-02-21 Mo DeJong <mdejong@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/regexp.test: Add test cases back ported from Jacl regexp work. + 2010-02-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + * generic/tclDate.c: Some more const tables. + * generic/tclGetDate.y: + * generic/regc_lex.c: + * generic/regerror.c: + * generic/tclStubLib.c: * generic/tclBasic.c: Fix [Bug 2954959] expr abs(0.0) is -0.0 * tests/expr.test: +2010-02-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileStringLenCmd): Make [string length] + of a constant string be handled better (i.e., handle backslashes too). + 2010-02-19 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sourceforge.net> * tcl.m4: Correct compiler/linker flags for threaded builds on @@ -2423,73 +5806,326 @@ installer. Also added armouring to check that assumptions about the initial state are actually valid (e.g., look for existing input file). +2010-02-17 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclHash.c (HashStringKey): Restore these hash functions + * generic/tclLiteral.c (HashString): to use the classic algorithm. + * generic/tclObj.c (TclHashObjKey): Community felt normal case + speed to be more important than resistance to malicious cases. For + now, hashes that need to deal with the malicious case can use a custom + hash table and install their own hash function, though that is not + functionality exposed to the script level. + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictUpdateCmd): Stack depth must be + correctly described when compiling a body to prevent crashes in some + debugging modes. + +2010-02-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: Change order of various struct members, + fixing potential binary incompatibility with Tcl 8.5 + +2010-02-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/configure.in, generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_Stat): Updated so that + we do not assume that all unix systems have the POSIX blkcnt_t type, + since OpenBSD apparently does not. + + * generic/tclLiteral.c (HashString): Missed updating to FNV in one + place; the literal table (a copy of the hash table code...) + +2010-02-15 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: Reverted earlier rename from tcl*Stubs to + * generic/tclBasic.c: tcl*ConstStubs, it's not necessary at all. + * generic/tclOO.c: + * generic/tclTomMathInterface.c: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: (regenerated) + * generic/tclOOStubInit.c: (regenerated) + * generic/tclEnsemble.c:Fix signed-unsigned mismatch + * win/tclWinInt.h: make tclWinProcs "const" + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: Eliminate all internal Tcl_WinUtfToTChar + * win/tclWinFile.c: and Tcl_WinTCharToUtf calls, needed + * win/tclWinInit.c: for mslu support. + * win/tclWinLoad.c: + * win/tclWinPipe.c: + * win/tclWinSerial.c: + * win/.cvsignore: + * compat/unicows/readme.txt: [FRQ 2819611]: Add first part of MSLU + * compat/unicows/license.txt: support. + * compat/unicows/unicows.lib: + +2010-02-15 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c (AllocObject, SquelchedNsFirst, ObjectRenamedTrace): + * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_DeleteNamespace): [Bug 2950259]: Revised + the namespace deletion code to provide an additional internal callback + that gets triggered early enough in namespace deletion to allow TclOO + destructors to run sanely. Adjusted TclOO to take advantage of this, + so making tearing down an object by killing its namespace appear to + work seamlessly, which is needed for Itcl. (Note that this is not a + feature that will ever be backported to 8.5, and it remains not a + recommended way of deleting an object.) + +2010-02-13 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileSwitchCmd): Divided the [switch] + compiler into three pieces (after the model of [try]): a parser, an + instruction-issuer for chained tests, and an instruction-issuer for + jump tables. + + * generic/tclEnsemble.c: Split the ensemble engine out into its own + file rather than keeping it mashed together with the namespace code. + +2010-02-12 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tcl.m4: Use -pipe for gcc on win32 + * win/configure: (mingw/cygwin) (regenerated) + * win/.cvsignore: Add .lib, .exp and .res here + +2010-02-11 Mo DeJong <mdejong@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/list.test: Add tests for explicit \0 in a string argument to + the list command. + 2010-02-11 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_OpenObjCmd): [Bug 2949740]: Make sure that we do not try to put a NULL pipeline channel into binary mode. -2010-02-07 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2010-02-11 Mo DeJong <mdejong@users.sourceforge.net> - * tools/genStubs.tcl Backport various formatting (spacing) - * generic/tcl*.decls changes from HEAD, so diffing - * generic/tcl*Decls.h between 8.5.x and 8.6 shows the - * generic/tclStubInit.c real structural differences again. - (any signature change not backported!) + [Bug 2826551, Patch 2948425]: Assorted regexp bugs related to -all, + -line and -start options and newlines. + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_RegexpObjCmd): If -offset is given, treat it + as the start of the line if the previous character was a newline. Fix + nasty edge case where a zero length match would not advance the index. + * tests/regexp.test: Add regression tests back ported from Jacl. + Checks for a number of issues related to -line and newline handling. A + few of tests were broken before the patch and continue to be broken, + marked as knownBug. -2010-02-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> +2010-02-11 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_ArrayObjCmd): More corrections for the 'unset' - subcommand. + * generic/tclOO.c (ObjectRenamedTrace): [Bug 2949397]: Prevent + destructors from running on the two core class objects when the whole + interpreter is being destroyed. + +2010-02-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileTryCmd, IssueTryInstructions) + (IssueTryFinallyInstructions): Added compiler for the [try] command. + It is split into three pieces that handle the parsing of the tokens, + the issuing of instructions for finally-free [try], and the issuing of + instructions for [try] with finally; there are enough differences + between the all cases that it was easier to split the code rather than + have a single function do the whole thing. + +2010-02-09 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: Remove dependency on 8.5+ idiom "in" in + expressions. + +2010-02-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (Tcl_ZlibDeflate, Tcl_ZlibInflate): [Bug 2947783]: + Make sure that the result is an unshared object before appending to it + so that nothing crashes if it is shared (use in Tcl code was not + affected by this, but use from C was an issue). + +2010-02-06 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclHash.c (HashStringKey): Replace Tcl's crusty old hash + * generic/tclObj.c (TclHashObjKey): function with the algorithm + due to Fowler, Noll and Vo. This is slightly faster (assuming the + presence of hardware multiply) and has somewhat better distribution + properties of the resulting hash values. Note that we only ever used + the 32-bit version of the FNV algorithm; Tcl's core hash engine + assumes that hash values are simple unsigned ints. + + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + Code that depends on hash iteration order (especially tests) may well + be disrupted by this. Where a definite order is required, the fix is + usually to just sort the results after extracting them from the hash. + Where this is insufficient, the code that has ceased working was + always wrong and was only working by chance. -2010-02-02 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> +2010-02-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclCompile.c: [Bug 2933089]: A literal sharing problem with - * generic/tclCompile.h: 'info frame' affects not only 8.6 but 8.5 as - * generic/tclExecute.h: well. Backported the fix done in 8.6, without - * tests/info.test: changes. New testcase info-39.1. + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileErrorCmd): Added compilation of the + [error] command. No new bytecodes. + +2010-02-05 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: Follow-up to earlier commit today: + Eliminate the need for an extra Stubs Pointer for adressing + a static stub table: Just change the exported table from + static to MODULE_SCOPE. + * generic/tclBasic.c + * generic/tclOO.c + * generic/tclTomMathInterface.c + * generic/tcl*Decls.h (regenerated) + * generic/tclStubInit.c (regenerated) + * generic/tclOOStubInit.c (regenerated) + * generic/tclTest.c (minor formatting) + +2010-02-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclVar.c: More consistency in errorcode generation. + + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOO_Object_Destroy): Rewrote to be NRE-aware + when calling destructors. Note that there is no guarantee that + destructors will always be called in an NRE context; that's a feature + of the 'destroy' method only. + + * generic/tclEncoding.c: Add 'const' to many function-internal vars + that are never pointing to things that are written to. + +2010-02-05 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: Follow-up to [2010-01-29] commit: + prevent space within stub table function parameters if the + parameter type is a pointer. + * win/tclWinInt.h: Minor Formatting + * generic/tcl.h: VOID -> void and other formatting + * generic/tclInt.h: Minor formatting + * generic/tclInt.decls: Change signature of TclNRInterpProcCore, + * generic/tclOO.decls: and TclOONewProc(Instance|)MethodEx, + * generic/tclProc.c: indicating that errorProc is a function, + * generic/tclOOMethod.c:pointer, and other formatting + * generic/tcl*Decls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tclVar.c: gcc warning(line 3703): 'pattern' may be used + uninitialized in this function + gcc warning(line 3788): 'matched' may be used + uninitialized in this function + +2010-02-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclVar.c: Added more use of error-codes and reduced the + stack overhead of older interfaces. + (ArrayGetCmd): Stop silly crash when using a trivial pattern due to + error in conversion to ensemble. + (ArrayNamesCmd): Use the object RE interface for faster matching. + +2010-02-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclVar.c (ArrayUnsetCmd): More corrections. 2010-02-02 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + * generic/tclVar.c: Turned the [array] command into a true ensemble. + + * generic/tclOO.c (AllocObject, MyDeleted): A slightly faster way to + handle the deletion of [my] is with a standard delete callback. This + is because it doesn't require an additional memory allocation during + object creation. Also reduced the amount of string manipulation + performed during object creation to further streamline memory + handling; this is not backported to the 8.5 package as it breaks a + number of abstractions. + + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOO_Object_Destroy): [Bug 2944404]: Do not + crash when a destructor deletes the object that is executing that + destructor. + +2010-02-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_ArrayObjCmd): [Bug 2939073]: Stop the [array unset] command from having dangling pointer problems when an unset trace deletes the element that is going to be processed next. Many thanks to Alexandre Ferrieux for the bulk of this fix. -2010-02-01 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/regexec.c (ccondissect, crevdissect): [Bug 2942697]: Rework these functions so that certain pathological patterns are matched much more rapidly. Many thanks to Tom Lane for dianosing this issue and providing an initial patch. -2010-02-01 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2010-01-30 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclInt.decls: Various CYGWIN-related fixes - * generic/tclInt.h: backported from HEAD. Still - * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: configure script not modified, - * generic/tclPort.h: so CYGWIN build is still - * generic/tclTest.c: disabled. Reason: although the - * win/cat.c: build succeeds with those changes, - * win/tclWinDde.c: many tests still fail. - * win/tclWinError.c: - * win/tclWinFile.c: - * win/tclWinPipe.c: - * win/tclWinPort.h: - * win/tclWinReg.c: - * win/tclWinSerial.c: - * win/tclWinSock.c: - * win/tclWinTest.c: - * win/tclWinThrd.c: + * generic/tclCompile.c (tclInstructionTable): Bytecode instructions + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileUnsetCmd): to allow the [unset] + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): command to be compiled + with the compiler being a complete compilation for all compile-time + decidable uses. + + * generic/tclVar.c (TclPtrUnsetVar): Var reference version of the code + to unset a variable. Required for INST_UNSET bytecodes. 2010-01-29 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tcl.h: Use correct TCL_LL_MODIFIER for CYGWIN. - Formatting (all backported from HEAD) - * generic/rege_dfa.c: Fix macro conflict on CYGWIN: don't use - "small". - * generic/tclTest.c: Fix gcc 4.4 warning: ignoring return value of - * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: 'write' - * unix/tclUnixNotify.c: + * generic/tcl.h: [Bug 2942081]: Reverted Tcl_ThreadDataKey type change + Changed some Tcl_CallFrame fields from "char *" + to "void *". This saves unnecessary space on + Cray's (and it's simply more correct). + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: No longer generate a space after "*" and + immediately after a function name, so the + format of function definitions in tcl*Decls.h + match all other tcl*.h header files. + * doc/ParseArgs.3: Change Tcl_ArgvFuncProc, Tcl_ArgvGenFuncProc + * generic/tcl.h: and GetFrameInfoValueProc to be function + * generic/tclInt.h: definitions, not pointers, for consistency + * generic/tclOOInt.h: with all other Tcl function definitions. + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: + * generic/regguts.h: CONST -> const + * generic/tcl.decls: Formatting + * generic/tclTomMath.decls: Formatting + * generic/tclDecls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclOODecls.h: + * generic/tclOOIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclTomMathDecls.h: + +2010-01-28 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOO_Object_Destroy): Move the execution of + destructors to a point where they can produce an error. This will not + work for all destructors, but it does mean that more failing calls of + them will be caught. + * generic/tclOO.c (AllocObject, MyDeletedTrace, ObjectRenamedTrace): + (ObjectNamespaceDeleted): Stop various ways of getting at commands + with dangling pointers to the object. Also increases the reliability + of calling of destructors (though most destructors won't benefit; when + an object is deleted namespace-first, its destructors are not run in a + nice state as the namespace is partially gone). + +2010-01-25 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOStubInit.c: Remove double includes (which causes a + * generic/tclOOStubLib.c: warning in CYGWIN compiles) + * unix/.cvsignore: add confdefs.h + +2010-01-22 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/proc.n: [Bug 1970629]: Define a bit better what the current + namespace of a procedure is. + +2010-01-22 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Don't use DWORD and HANDLE here. + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tcl.h: Revert [2009-12-21] change, instead + * generic/tclPort.h: resolve the CYGWIN inclusion problems by + * win/tclWinPort.h: re-arranging the inclusions at other + places. + * win/tclWinError.c + * win/tclWinPipe.c + * win/tcl.m4: Make cygwin configuration error into + * win/configure.in: a warning: CYGWIN compilation works + * win/configure: although there still are test failures. + +2010-01-22 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Improve error code + generation from some of the tailcall-related bits of TEBC. + +2010-01-21 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompile.h: [Bug 2910748]: NRE-enable direct eval on BC + * generic/tclExecute.c: spoilage. + * tests/nre.test: 2010-01-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -2512,22 +6148,73 @@ internal representation when not needed. Thanks to Alexandre Ferrieux for this fix. -2010-01-06 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> +2010-01-13 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Warning: array subscript has type 'char' - * generic/tclPkg.c: - * libtommath/bn_mp_read_radix.c: - * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: Fix gcc warning: signed and unsigned type - in conditional expression. - * unix/tcl.m4: Add support for Haiku and CYGWIN dynamical loading - * unix/configure: (regenerated) - * unix/Makefile.in: - * unix/.cvsignore: - * tests/stack.test: Reduced minimum required C-stack size to 2034: - CYGWIN has this stack size and the test runs fine! - * generic/tclEnv.c: Fix environment tests under CYGWIN - * generic/tclPort.h: - * tests/env.test: + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: More factoring out of special cases + * tools/tcltk-man2html-utils.tcl: so that they are described outside + the engine file. Now there is only one real set of special cases in + there, to handle the .SO/.OP/.SE directives. + +2010-01-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: Fix TCL_LL_MODIFIER for Cygwin + * generic/tclEnv.c: Fix CYGWIN compilation problems, + * generic/tclInt.h: and remove some unnecessary + * generic/tclPort.h: double includes. + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: + * win/cat.c: + * win/tclWinConsole.c: + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: + * win/tclWinFile.c: + * win/tclWinPipe.c: + * win/tclWinSerial.c: + * win/tclWinThrd.c: + * win/tclWinPort.h: Put win32 includes first + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: Forgot one CONST change + +2010-01-12 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: Make the generation of the list of things + to process the docs from simpler and more flexible. Also factored out + the lists of special cases. + +2010-01-10 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinDde.c: VC++ 6.0 doesn't have + * win/tclWinReg.c: PDWORD_PTR + * win/tclWinThrd.c: Fix various minor gcc warnings. + * win/tclWinTime.c: + * win/tclWinConsole.c: Put channel type definitions + * win/tclWinChan.c: in static const memory + * win/tclWinPipe.c: + * win/tclWinSerial.c: + * win/tclWinSock.c: + * generic/tclIOGT.c: + * generic/tclIORChan.c: + * generic/tclIORTrans.c: + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: + * unix/configure: (regenerated with autoconf 2.59) + * tests/info.test: Make test independant from + tcltest implementation. + +2010-01-10 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/namespace.test (namespace-51.17): [Bug 2898722]: Demonstrate + that there are still bugs in the handling of resolution epochs. This + bug is not yet fixed. + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: Split the man->html converter into + * tools/tcltk-man2html-utils.tcl: two pieces for easier maintenance. + Also made it much less verbose in its printed messages by default. + +2010-01-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: Added basic support for building the docs + for contributed packages into the HTML versions. Prompted by question + on Tcler's Chat by Tom Krehbiel. Note that there remain problems in + the documentation generated due to errors in the contributed docs. 2010-01-05 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> @@ -2541,23 +6228,52 @@ * unix/tcl.m4 (SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS): [Bug 1636685]: Use the configuration for modern FreeBSD suggested by the FreeBSD porter. +2010-01-03 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: [Bug 2724403]: Fix leak of coroutines on + * generic/tclCompile.h: namespace deletion. Added a test for this + * generic/tclNamesp.c: leak, and also a test for leaks on namespace + * tests/coroutine.test: deletion. + * tests/namespace.test: + 2009-12-30 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * library/safe.tcl (AliasSource): [Bug 2923613]: Make the safer * tests/safe.test (safe-8.9): [source] handle a [return] at the end of the file correctly. +2009-12-30 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * library/init.tcl (unknown): [Bug 2824981]: Fix infinite recursion of + ::unknown when [set] is undefined. + 2009-12-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + * generic/tclHistory.c (Tcl_RecordAndEvalObj): Reduce the amount of + allocation and deallocation of memory by caching objects in the + interpreter assocData table. + + * generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_GetCommandFromObj): Rewrite the logic so that + it does not require making assignments part way through an 'if' + condition, which was deeply unclear. + * generic/tclInterp.c (Tcl_MakeSafe): [Bug 2895741]: Make sure that the min() and max() functions are supported in safe interpreters. +2009-12-29 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c: [Bug 2922555]: Handle completely invalid input + * tests/binary.test: to the decode methods. + 2009-12-28 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + * unix/Makefile.in (trace-shell, trace-test): [FRQ 1083288]: Added + targets to allow easier tracing of shell and test invokations. + * unix/configure.in: [Bug 942170]: Detect the st_blocks field of * generic/tclCmdAH.c (StoreStatData): 'struct stat' correctly. - * generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_Stat, Tcl_FSStat): - * generic/tclTest.c (PretendTclpStat): + * generic/tclFileName.c (Tcl_GetBlocksFromStat): + * generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_Stat): * generic/tclInterp.c (TimeLimitCallback): [Bug 2891362]: Ensure that * tests/interp.test (interp-34.13): the granularity ticker is @@ -2568,30 +6284,129 @@ * doc/namespace.n (SCOPED SCRIPTS): [Bug 2921538]: Updated example to not be quite so ancient. +2009-12-25 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: CONST -> const + * generic/tclParse.c + 2009-12-23 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * library/safe.tcl (AliasSource, AliasExeName): [Bug 2913625]: Stop information about paths from leaking through [info script] and [info nameofexecutable]. +2009-12-23 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4: Install libtcl8.6.dll in bin directory + * unix/Makefile.in: + * unix/configure: (regenerated) + +2009-12-22 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): [Bug 2918962]: Stop crash when + -index and -stride are used together. + +2009-12-21 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclThreadStorage.c: Fix gcc warning, using gcc-4.3.4 on + cygwin: missing initializer + * generic/tclOOInt.h: Prevent conflict with DUPLICATE + definition in WINAPI's nb30.h + * generic/rege_dfa.c: Fix macro conflict on CYGWIN: don't use + "small". + * generic/tcl.h: Include <winsock2.h> before <stdio.h> on + CYGWIN + * generic/tclPathObj.c + * generic/tclPort.h + * tests/env.test: Don't unset WINDIR and TERM, it has a + special meaning on CYGWIN (both in UNIX + and WIN32 mode!) + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: Include <tchar.h> through tclPlatDecls.h + * win/tclWinPort.h: stricmp -> strcasecmp + * win/tclWinDde.c: _wcsicmp -> wcscasecmp + * win/tclWinFile.c + * win/tclWinPipe.c + * win/tclWinSock.c + * unix/tcl.m4: Add dynamic loading support to CYGWIN + * unix/configure (regenerated) + * unix/Makefile.in + +2009-12-19 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: [Bug 2917627]: Fix for bad cmd resolution by + * tests/coroutine.test: coroutines. Thanks to schelte for finding it. + 2009-12-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * library/safe.tcl (::safe::AliasGlob): Upgrade to correctly support a larger fraction of [glob] functionality, while being stricter about directory management. +2009-12-11 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclTest.c: Fix gcc warning: ignoring return value of + * unix/tclUnixNotify.c: "write", declared with attribute + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: warn_unused_result. + * generic/tclInt.decls: CONSTify functions TclpGetUserHome and + * generic/tclIntDecls.h:TclSetPreInitScript (TIP #27) + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * win/tclWinFile.c: + * unix/tclUnixFile.c: + +2009-12-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + * doc/tm.n: [Bug 1911342]: Formatting rewrite to avoid bogus crosslink to the list manpage when generating HTML. * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl (Init): [Bug 2913616]: Do not use platform tests that are not needed and which don't work in safe interpreters. +2009-12-14 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/file.n (file tempfile): [Bug 2388866]: Note that this only ever + creates files on the native filesystem. This is a design feature. + +2009-12-13 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Release TclPopCallFrame() from its + * generic/tclExecute.c: tailcall-management duties + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Moving TclBCArgumentRelease call from + * generic/tclExecute.c: TclNRTailcallObjCmd to TEBC, so that the + pairing of the Enter and Release calls is clearer. + 2009-12-12 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * generic/tclTest.c (TestconcatobjCmd): [Bug 2895367]: Stop memory leak when testing. We don't need extra noise of this sort when tracking down real problems! +2009-12-11 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c: Fix gcc warning, using gcc-4.3.4 on cygwin + * generic/tclCompExpr.c:warning: array subscript has type 'char' + * generic/tclPkg.c: + * libtommath/bn_mp_read_radix.c: + * win/makefile.vc: [Bug 2912773]: Revert to version 1.203 + * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: Fix gcc warning: signed and unsigned type + in conditional expression. + +2009-12-11 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (long-toc, cross-reference): [FRQ 2897296]: + Added cross links to sections within manual pages. + +2009-12-11 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: [Bug 2806407]: Full nre-enabling of coroutines + * generic/tclExecute.c: + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Small cleanup + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Fix panic in http11.test caused by buggy + earlier commits in coroutine management. + 2009-12-10 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * generic/tclObj.c (TclContinuationsEnter): [Bug 2895323]: Updated @@ -2601,37 +6416,172 @@ just a band-aid to paper over some other error. It isn't, this is a legal situation. +2009-12-10 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Reducing the # of moving parts for coroutines + * generic/tclExecute.c: by delegating more to tebc; eliminate the + special coroutine CallFrame. + 2009-12-09 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> - * library/safe.tcl: Backport of the streamlined safe base from - * tests/safe.test: head to the 8.5 branch (See head changelog entries - 2009-11-05, 2009-11-06, 2009-12-03). + * generic/tclIO.c: [Bug 2901998]: Applied Alexandre Ferrieux's patch + fixing the inconsistent buffered I/O. Tcl's I/O now flushes buffered + output before reading, discards buffered input before writing, etc. + +2009-12-09 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Ensure right lifetime of varFrame's (objc,objv) + for coroutines. + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Code regrouping + +2009-12-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Added some of the missing setting of errorcode + values. + +2009-12-08 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclStackFree): Improved panic msg. + +2009-12-08 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Partial nre-enabling of coroutines. The + * generic/tclExecute.c: initial call still requires its own + * generic/tclInt.h: instance of tebc, but on resume coros can + execute in the caller's tebc. + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): Silence warning about pcAdjustment. + +2009-12-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Make the dict opcodes + more sparing in their use of C variables, to reduce size of TEBC + activiation record a little bit. + +2009-12-07 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): Grouping "slow" variables into structs, + to reduce register pressure and help the compiler with variable + allocation. + +2009-12-07 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Start cleaning the TEBC stables + * generic/tclInt.h: + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: [Bug 2910094]: Fix by aku + * tests/coroutine.test: + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Arrange for [tailcall] to be created with the + other builtins: was being created in a separate call, leftover from + pre-tip days. 2009-12-07 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclStrToD.c: [Bug 2902010]: Correct conditional compile + * generic/tclStrToD.c: [Bug 2902010]: Correct conditional compile directives to better detect the toolchain that needs extra work for proper underflow treatment instead of merely detecting the MIPS platform. +2009-12-07 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: [Patch 2910056]: Add ::tcl::unsupported::yieldTo + * generic/tclInt.h: + +2009-12-07 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (TryPostBody): [Bug 2910044]: Close off memory + leak in [try] when a variable-free handler clause is present. + +2009-12-05 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Small changes for clarity in tailcall + * generic/tclExecute.c: and coroutine code. + * tests/coroutine.test: + + * tests/tailcall.test: Remove some old unused crud; improved the + stack depth tests. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Fixed things so that you can tailcall + * generic/tclNamesp.c: properly out of a coroutine. + * tests/tailcall.test: + + * generic/tclInterp.c: Fixed tailcalls for same-interp aliases (no + test) + +2009-12-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * library/safe.tcl (::safe::AliasEncoding): Make the safe encoding + command behave more closely like the unsafe one (for safe ops). + (::safe::AliasGlob): [Bug 2906841]: Clamp down on evil use of [glob] + in safe interpreters. + * tests/safe.test: Rewrite to use tcltest2 better. + 2009-12-02 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * tools/genStubs.tcl: Add support for win32 CALLBACK functions (needed - for Tk bugfix). + * tools/genStubs.tcl: Add support for win32 CALLBACK functions and + remove obsolete "emitStubs" and "genStubs" functions. + * win/Makefile.in: Use tcltest86.dll for all tests, and add + .PHONY rules to preemptively stop trouble that plagued Tk from hitting + Tcl too. + +2009-11-30 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: Don't use EXPORT for Tcl_InitStubs + * win/Makefile.in: Better dependancies in case of static build. 2009-11-30 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * doc/Tcl.n: [Bug 2901433]: Improved description of expansion to mention that it is using list syntax. +2009-11-27 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * win/tclAppInit.c (Tcl_AppInit): [Bug 2902965]: Reverted Jan's change + that added a call to Tcl_InitStubs. The 'tclsh' and 'tcltest' programs + are providers, not consumers of the Stubs table, and should not link + with the Stubs library, but only with the main Tcl library. (In any + case, the presence of Tcl_InitStubs broke the build.) + 2009-11-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * doc/BoolObj.3, doc/CrtChannel.3, doc/DictObj.3, doc/DoubleObj.3: - * doc/Ensemble.3, doc/Environment.3, doc/FileSystem.3, doc/Hash.3: - * doc/IntObj.3, doc/Limit.3, doc/ObjectType.3, doc/PkgRequire.3: + * doc/BoolObj.3, doc/Class.3, doc/CrtChannel.3, doc/DictObj.3: + * doc/DoubleObj.3, doc/Ensemble.3, doc/Environment.3: + * doc/FileSystem.3, doc/Hash.3, doc/IntObj.3, doc/Limit.3: + * doc/Method.3, doc/NRE.3, doc/ObjectType.3, doc/PkgRequire.3: * doc/SetChanErr.3, doc/SetResult.3: [Patch 2903921]: Many small spelling fixes from Larry Virden. + BUMP VERSION OF TCLOO TO 0.6.2. Too many people need accumulated small + versions and bugfixes, so the version-bump removes confusion. + + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOO_Object_LinkVar): [Bug 2903811]: Remove + unneeded restrictions on who can usefully call this method. + +2009-11-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Add .PHONY rules and documentation to preemptively + stop trouble that plagued Tk from hitting Tcl too, and to make the + overall makefile easier to understand. Some reorganization too to move + related rules closer together. + +2009-11-26 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/Makefile.in: [Bug 2902965]: Fix stub related changes that + * win/makefile.vc: caused tclkit build to break. + * win/tclAppInit.c + * unix/tcl.m4 + * unix/Makefile.in + * unix/tclAppInit.c + * unix/configure: (regenerated) + +2009-11-25 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * win/Makefile.in: Added a 'test-tcl' rule that is identical to + 'test' except that it does not go spelunking in 'pkgs/'. (This rule + has existed in unix/Makefile.in for some time.) + 2009-11-25 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sf.net> * unix/configure.in: [Patch 2892871]: Remove unneeded @@ -2640,94 +6590,296 @@ * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: instead of AC_STRUCT_ST_BLKSIZE. * unix/configure: Regenerated with autoconf-2.59. -2009-11-16 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> +2009-11-24 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * library/tclIndex: Manually redone the part of tclIndex dealing with + safe.tcl and tm.tcl. This part passes the testsuite. Note that + automatic regeneration of this part is not possible because it wrongly + puts 'safe::Setup' on the list, and wrongly leaves out 'safe::Log' + which is more dynamically created than the generator expects. + + Further note that the file "clock.tcl" is explicitly loaded by + "init.tcl", the first time the clock command is invoked. The relevant + code can be found at line 172ff, roughly, the definition of the + procedure 'clock'. This means none of the procedures of this file + belong in the tclIndex. Another indicator that automatic regeneration + of tclIndex is ill-advised. + +2009-11-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c (FinalizeAlloc, Tcl_NewObjectInstance): + [Bug 2903011]: Make it an error to destroy an object in a constructor, + and also make sure that an object is not deleted twice in the error + case. + +2009-11-24 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/fCmd.test: [Bug 2893771]: Teach [file stat] to handle locked + * win/tclWinFile.c: files so that [file exists] no longer lies. + +2009-11-23 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * tests/fCmd.test (fCmd-30.1): Changed registry location of the 'My + Documents' folder to the one that's correct for Windows 2000, XP, + Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and Windows 7. (See + http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310746) + +2009-11-23 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWinDde.c: #undef STATIC_BUILD, in order to make sure + * win/tclWinReg.c: that Xxxxx_Init is always exported even when + * generic/tclTest.c: Tcl is built static (otherwise we cannot + create a DLL). + * generic/tclThreadTest.c: Make all functions static, except + TclThread_Init. + * tests/fCmd.test: Enable fCmd-30.1 when registry is available. + * win/tcl.m4: Fix ${SHLIB_LD_LIBS} definition, fix conflicts + * win/Makefile.in: Simplifications related to tcl.m4 changes. + * win/configure.in: Between static libraries and import library on + windows. + * win/configure: (regenerated) + * win/makefile.vc: Add stub library to necessary link lines. + +2009-11-23 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * generic/tclThreadTest.c (NewTestThread): [Bug 2901803]: Further + machinations to get NewTestThread actually to launch the thread, not + just compile. + +2009-11-22 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclThreadTest.c (NewTestThread): [Bug 2901803]: Fix small + error in function naming which blocked a threaded test build. + +2009-11-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/Makefile.in: Create tcltest86.dll as dynamic Tcltest + package. + * generic/tclTest.c: Remove extraneous prototypes, follow-up to + * generic/tclTestObj.c: [Bug 2883850] + * tests/chanio.test: Test-cases for fixed [Bug 2849797] + * tests/io.test: + * tests/safe.test: Fix safe-10.1 and safe-10.4 test cases, making + the wrong assumption that Tcltest is a static + package. + * generic/tclEncoding.c:[Bug 2857044]: Updated freeIntRepProc routines + * generic/tclVar.c: so that they set the typePtr field to NULL so + that the Tcl_Obj is not left in an + inconsistent state. + * unix/tcl.m4: [Patch 2883533]: tcl.m4 support for Haiku OS + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * generic/tclEncoding.c: Fix [Bug 2891556] and improve test to detect - * tests/decoding.test: similar manifestations in the future. +2009-11-19 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> -2009-11-12 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + * unix/tclAppInit.c: [Bug 2883850, 2900542]: Repair broken build of + * win/tclAppInit.c: the tcltest executable. - *** 8.5.8 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** +2009-11-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * changes: Update for 8.5.8 release. + * library/auto.tcl (tcl_findLibrary): + * library/clock.tcl (MakeUniquePrefixRegexp, MakeParseCodeFromFields) + (SetupTimeZone, ProcessPosixTimeZone): Restored the use of a literal + * library/history.tcl (HistAdd): 'then' when following a multi- + * library/safe.tcl (interpConfigure): line test expresssion. It's an + * library/tm.tcl (UnknownHandler): aid to readability then. - * generic/tclClock.c (TclClockInit): Do not create [clock] support - commands in safe interps. +2009-11-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * tests/io.test: New test io-53.11 to test for [Bug 2895565]. + * generic/tclInt.h: Make all internal initialization + * generic/tclTest.c: routines MODULE_SCOPE + * generic/tclTestObj.c: + * generic/tclTestProcBodyObj.c: + * generic/tclThreadTest.c: + * unix/Makefile.in: Fix [Bug 2883850]: pkgIndex.tcl doesn't + * unix/tclAppInit.c: get created with static Tcl build + * unix/tclXtTest.c: + * unix/tclXtNotify.c: + * unix/tclUnixTest.c: + * win/Makefile.in: + * win/tcl.m4: + * win/configure: (regenerated) + * win/tclAppInit.c: + * win/tclWinDde.c: Always compile with Stubs. + * win/tclWinReg.c: + * win/tclWinTest.c: -2009-11-12 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> +2009-11-18 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclIO.c (CopyData): [Bug 2895565]: Dropped bogosity which - used the number of _written_ bytes or character to update the counters - for the read bytes/characters. See last entry for the test case. + * doc/CrtChannel.3: [Bug 2849797]: Fix channel name inconsistences + * generic/tclIORChan.c: as suggested by DKF. + * generic/tclIO.c: Minor *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** + because Tcl_CreateChannel() and derivatives + now sometimes ignore their "chanName" + argument. -2009-11-11 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + * generic/tclAsync.c: Eliminate various gcc warnings (with -Wextra) + * generic/tclBasic.c + * generic/tclBinary.c + * generic/tclCmdAH.c + * generic/tclCmdIL.c + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c + * generic/tclCompile.c + * generic/tclDate.c + * generic/tclExecute.c + * generic/tclDictObj.c + * generic/tclIndexObj.c + * generic/tclIOCmd.c + * generic/tclIOUtil.c + * generic/tclIORTrans.c + * generic/tclOO.c + * generic/tclZlib.c + * generic/tclGetDate.y + * win/tclWinInit.c + * win/tclWinChan.c + * win/tclWinConsole.c + * win/tclWinNotify.c + * win/tclWinReg.c + * library/auto.tcl: Eliminate "then" keyword + * library/clock.tcl + * library/history.tcl + * library/safe.tcl + * library/tm.tcl + * library/http/http.tcl: Eliminate unnecessary spaces + * library/http1.0/http.tcl + * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl + * library/opt/optparse.tcl + * library/platform/platform.tcl + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl + * tools/tclZIC.tcl + * tools/tsdPerf.c - * tests/fCmd.test: Fixed a number of issues for Vista and Win7 - * tests/registry.test: that are due to restricted permissions. - * tests/winFCmd.test: +2009-11-17 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> -2009-11-11 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + * unix/tclUnixChan.c (TtyParseMode): Partial undo of Donal's tidy-up + from a few days ago (2009-11-9, not in ChangeLog). It seems that + strchr is apparently a macro on AIX and reacts badly to pre-processor + directives in its arguments. - * library/http/http.tcl: [Bug 2891171]: Update the URL syntax - check to RFC 3986 compliance on the subject of non-encoded question - mark characters. +2009-11-16 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> - * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: Bump to http 2.7.5 to avoid any - * unix/Makefile.in: confusion with snapshot "releases" - * win/Makefile.in: that might be in ActiveTcl, etc. + * generic/tclEncoding.c: [Bug 2891556]: Fix and improve test to + * generic/tclTest.c: detect similar manifestations in the future. + * tests/encoding.test: Add tcltest support for finalization. -2009-11-11 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> +2009-11-15 Mo DeJong <mdejong@users.sourceforge.net> + + * win/tclWinDde.c: Avoid gcc compiler warning by explicitly casting + DdeCreateStringHandle argument. - * generic/tclIO.c: Fix [Bug 2888099] (close discards ENOSPC error) - by saving the errno from the first of two - FlushChannel()s. Uneasy to test; might need - specific channel drivers. Four-hands with aku. +2009-11-12 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> -2009-11-10 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + * generic/tclIO.c (CopyData): [Bug 2895565]: Dropped bogosity which + * tests/io.test: used the number of _written_ bytes or character to + update the counters for the read bytes/characters. New test io-53.11. + This is a forward port from the 8.5 branch. - * generic/tclBasic.c: Plug another leak in TCL_EVAL_DIRECT - evaluation. +2009-11-11 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclObj.c: Plug memory leak in TclContinuationsEnter(). - [Bug 2895323] + * generic/tclClock.c (TclClockInit): Do not create [clock] support + commands in safe interps. -2009-11-09 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sf.net> +2009-11-11 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * win/README: [bug 2459744]: Removed outdated Msys + Mingw info. + * library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl): [Bug 2891171]: URL checking + too strict when using multiple question marks. + * tests/http.test + * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: Bump to http 2.8.2 + * unix/Makefile.in: + * win/Makefile.in: -2009-11-09 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2009-11-11 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjEx): Plug memory leak in - TCL_EVAL_DIRECT evaluation. + * generic/tclIO.c: Fix [Bug 2888099] (close discards ENOSPC error) by + saving the errno from the first of two FlushChannel()s. Uneasy to + test; might need specific channel drivers. Four-hands with aku. - * tests/info.test: Resolve ambiguous resolution of variable "res". +2009-11-10 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> -2009-11-03 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + * tests/winFCmd.test: Cleanup directories that have been set chmod + 000. On Windows7 and Vista we really have no access and these were + getting left behind. + A few tests were changed to reflect the intent of the test where + setting a directory chmod 000 should prevent any modification. This + restriction was ignored on XP but is honoured on Vista - * generic/tcl.h: Bump to 8.5.8 for release. - * library/init.tcl: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/configure.in: - * README: +2009-11-10 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * win/configure: + * generic/tclBasic.c: Plug another leak in TCL_EVAL_DIRECT evaluation. + Forward port from Tcl 8.5 branch, change by Don Porter. - * changes: Update for 8.5.8 release. + * generic/tclObj.c: [Bug 2895323]: Plug memory leak in + TclContinuationsEnter(). Forward port from Tcl 8.5 branch, change by + Don Porter. -2009-11-03 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> +2009-11-09 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sf.net> - * library/safe.tcl (::safe::InterpSetConfig): [Bug 2854929]: Added - code to recursively find deeper paths which may contain modules. - Required to handle modules with names like 'platform::shell', which - translate into 'platform/shell-X.tm', i.e arbitrarily deep - subdirectories. + * win/README: [bug 2459744]: Removed outdated Msys + Mingw info. -2009-11-03 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> +2009-11-09 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjEx): Moved the #280 decrement of + refCount for the file path out of the branch after the whole + conditional, closing a memory leak. Added clause on structure type to + prevent seg.faulting. Forward port from valgrinding the Tcl 8.5 + branch. + + * tests/info.test: Resolve ambiguous resolution of variable "res". + Forward port from 8.5 + +2009-11-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/string.n (bytelength): Noted that this command is not a good + thing to use, and suggested a better alternatve. Also factored out the + description of the indices into its own section. + +2009-11-07 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/fCmd.test: [Bug 2891026]: Exclude tests using chmod 555 + directories on vista and win7. The current user has access denied and + so cannot rename the directory without admin privileges. + +2009-11-06 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * library/safe.tcl (::safe::Setup): Added documentation of the + contents of the state array. Also killed the 'InterpState' procedure + with its upleveled variable/upvar combination, and replaced all uses + with 'namespace upvar'. + +2009-11-05 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * library/safe.tcl: A series of patches which bring the SafeBase up to + date with code guidelines, Tcl's features, also eliminating a number + of inefficiencies along the way. + (1) Changed all procedure names to be fully qualified. + (2) Moved the procedures out of the namespace eval. Kept their + locations. IOW, broke the namespace eval apart into small sections not + covering the procedure definitions. + (3) Reindented the code. Just lots of whitespace changes. + Functionality unchanged. + (4) Moved the multiple namespace eval's around. Command export at the + top, everything else (var decls, argument parsing setup) at the + bottom. + (5) Moved the argument parsing setup into a procedure called when the + code is loaded. Easier management of temporary data. + (6) Replaced several uses of 'Set' with calls to the new procedure + 'InterpState' and direct access to the per-slave state array. + (7) Replaced the remaining uses of 'Set' and others outside of the + path/token handling, and deleted a number of procedures related to + state array access which are not used any longer. + (8) Converted the path token system to cache normalized paths and path + <-> token conversions. Removed more procedures not used any longer. + Removed the test cases 4.3 and 4.4 from safe.test. They were testing + the now deleted command "InterpStateName". + (9) Changed the log command setup so that logging is compiled out + completely when disabled (default). + (10) Misc. cleanup. Inlined IsInterp into CheckInterp, its only user. + Consistent 'return -code error' for error reporting. Updated to use + modern features (lassign, in/ni, dicts). The latter are used to keep a + reverse path -> token map and quicker check of existence. + (11) Fixed [Bug 2854929]: Recurse into all subdirs under all TM root + dirs and put them on the access path. + +2009-11-02 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * library/tzdata/Asia/Novokuznetsk: New tzdata locale for Kemerovo oblast', which now keeps Novosibirsk time and not Kranoyarsk time. @@ -2735,15 +6887,45 @@ * library/tzdata/Asia/Hong_Kong: Hong Kong historic DST corrections. Olson tzdata2009q. -2009-11-03 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> +2009-11-02 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/object.n (DESCRIPTION): Substantive revision to make it clearer + what the fundamental semantics of an object actually are. + +2009-11-01 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> - * tests/tcltest.test: Backport permissions fix for Win7. + * doc/Cancel.3: Minor cosmetic fixes. + * win/makefile.vc: Make htmlhelp target work again. An extra set of + double quotes around the definition of the HTML help compiler tool + appears to be required. Previously, there was one set of double + quotes around the definition of the tool and one around the actual + invocation. This led to confusion because it was the only such tool + path to include double quotes around its invocation. Also, it was + somewhat inflexible in the event that somebody needed to override the + tool command to include arguments. Therefore, even though it may look + "wrong", there are now two double quotes on either side of the tool + path definition. This fixes the problem that currently prevents the + htmlhelp target from building and maintains flexibility in case + somebody needs to override it via the command line or an environment + variable. + +2009-11-01 Joe English <jenglish@users.sourceforge.net> + + * doc/Eval.3, doc/Cancel.3: Move TIP#285 routines out of Eval.3 into + their own manpage. 2009-10-31 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * generic/tclBasic.c (ExprRoundFunc): [Bug 2889593]: Correctly report the expected number of arguments when generating an error for round(). +2009-10-30 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/tcltest.test: When creating the notwritabledir we deny the + current user access to delete the file. We must grant this right when + we cleanup. Required on Windows 7 when the user does not automatically + have administrator rights. + 2009-10-29 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tcl.h: Changed the typedef for the mp_digit type @@ -2769,6 +6951,14 @@ on the Tcl release should be put in place to keep such built code [load]-ing only in Tcl interps that are compatible. +2009-10-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/dict.test: Make variable-clean and simplify tests by utilizing + the fact that dictionaries have defined orders. + + * generic/tclZlib.c (TclZlibCmd): Remove accidental C99-ism which + reportedly makes the AIX native compiler choke. + 2009-10-29 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * library/clock.tcl (LocalizeFormat): @@ -2778,7 +6968,15 @@ 2009-10-28 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclLiteral.c: Backport fix for [Bug 2888044]. + * generic/tclLiteral.c: [Bug 2888044]: Fixed 2 bugs. + * tests/info.test: First, as noted in the comments of the + TclCleanupLiteralTable routine, since the teardown of the intrep of + one Tcl_Obj can cause the teardown of others in the same table, the + full table cleanup must be done with care, but the code did not + contain the same care demanded in the comment. Second, recent + additions to the info.test file had poor hygiene, leaving an array + variable ::a lying around, which breaks later interp.test tests during + a -singleproc 1 run of the test suite. 2009-10-28 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> @@ -2805,6 +7003,11 @@ * library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Tucuman: New DST rules for Argentina. (Olson's tzdata2009p.) +2009-10-26 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Remove $(PACKAGE).* and prototype from the + `make distclean` target. Completes 2009-10-20 commit. + 2009-10-24 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * library/clock.tcl (ProcessPosixTimeZone): @@ -2824,11 +7027,27 @@ not skipping leads to spurious SIG_PIPE signals. Reported by Mikhail Teterin <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com>. +2009-10-22 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOO_Object_VarName): [Bug 2883857]: Allow + the passing of array element names through this method. + 2009-10-21 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * generic/tclPosixStr.c: [Bug 2882561]: Work around oddity on Haiku OS where SIGSEGV and SIGBUS are the same value. + * generic/tclTrace.c (StringTraceProc): [Bug 2881259]: Added back cast + to work around silly bug in MSVC's handling of auto-casting. + +2009-10-20 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Removed the long outdated and broken targets + package-* that were for building Solaris packages. Appears that the + pieces needed for these targets to function have never been present in + the current era of Tcl development and belong completely to Tcl + pre-history. + 2009-10-19 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclIO.c: [Patch 2107634]: Revised ReadChars and @@ -2839,24 +7058,23 @@ 2009-10-18 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> + * generic/tclObj.c (TclDbDumpActiveObjects, TclDbInitNewObj) + (Tcl_DbIncrRefCount, Tcl_DbDecrRefCount, Tcl_DbIsShared): + [Bug 2871908]: Enforce separation of concerns between the lineCLPtr + and objThreadMap thread specific data members. + +2009-10-18 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> + * tests/thread.test (thread-4.[345]): [Bug 1565466]: Correct tests to save their error state before the final call to threadReap just in case it triggers an "invalid thread id" error. This error can occur if one or more of the target threads has exited prior to the attempt to send it an asynchronous exit command. - * doc/memory.n: [Bug 988703]: Add mechanism for finding what Tcl_Objs - * generic/tclCkalloc.c (MemoryCmd): are allocated when built for - * generic/tclInt.decls: memory debugging. This was previously - * generic/tclInt.h: backported from Tcl 8.6 with the corrections to - * generic/tclObj.c (ObjData, TclFinalizeThreadObjects): fix [Bug - 2871908]. However, there were key elements missing. These changes make - things consistent between branches. - 2009-10-17 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclVar.c (TclDeleteCompiledLocalVars, UnsetVarStruct) - (TclDeleteNamespaceVars): + * generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct, TclDeleteNamespaceVars) + (TclDeleteCompiledLocalVars, DeleteArray): * generic/tclTrace.c (Tcl_UntraceVar2): [Bug 2629338]: Stop traces that are deleted part way through (a feature used by tdom) from causing freed memory to be accessed. @@ -2881,18 +7099,28 @@ 2009-10-06 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + * generic/tclInterp.c (SlaveEval): Agressive stomping of internal reps + was added as part of the NRE patch of 2008-07-13. This doesn't appear + to actually be needed, and it hurts quite a bit when large lists lose + their intreps and require reparsing. Thanks to Ashok Nadkarni for + reporting the problem. + * generic/tclTomMathInt.h (new): Public header tclTomMath.h had * generic/tclTomMath.h: dependence on private headers, breaking use * generic/tommath.h: by extensions [Bug 1941434]. -2009-10-05 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2009-10-05 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> - * changes: Update for 8.5.8 release. + * library/safe.tcl (AliasGlob): Fixed conversion of catch to + try/finally, it had an 'on ok msg' branch missing, causing a silent + error immediately, and bogus glob results, breaking search for Tcl + modules. 2009-10-04 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> - * macosx/tclMacOSXBundle.c: Workaround CF memory managment bug in - * unix/tclUnixInit.c: Mac OS X 10.4 & earlier. [Bug 2569449] + * macosx/tclMacOSXBundle.c: [Bug 2569449]: Workaround CF memory + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: managment bug in Mac OS X 10.4 & + earlier. 2009-10-02 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> @@ -2903,24 +7131,152 @@ 2009-09-29 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + * generic/tclDictObj.c: [Bug 2857044]: Updated freeIntRepProc + * generic/tclExecute.c: routines so that they set the typePtr + * generic/tclIO.c: field to NULL so that the Tcl_Obj is + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: not left in an inconsistent state. + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclListObj.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclOOCall.c: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclPathObj.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclRegexp.c: + * generic/tclStringObj.c: + * generic/tclAlloc.c: Cleaned up various routines in the * generic/tclCkalloc.c: call stacks for memory allocation to * generic/tclInt.h: guarantee that any size values computed * generic/tclThreadAlloc.c: are within the domains of the routines they get passed to. [Bugs 2557696 and 2557796]. +2009-09-28 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Replaced TclProcessReturn() calls with + * tests/error.test: Tcl_SetReturnOptions() calls as a simple fix + for [Bug 2855247]. Thanks to Anton Kovalenko for the report and fix. + Additional fixes for other failures demonstrated by new tests. + +2009-09-27 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/error.test (error-15.8.*): Coverage tests illustrating + flaws in the propagation of return options by [try]. + +2009-09-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclooConfig.sh, win/tclooConfig.sh: [Bug 2026844]: Added dummy + versions of tclooConfig.sh that make it easier to build extensions + against both Tcl8.5+TclOO-standalone and Tcl8.6. + +2009-09-24 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + TIP #356 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tcl.decls: Promote internal routine TclNRSubstObj() + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: to public Tcl_NRSubstObj(). Still needs docs. + * generic/tclCompile.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + +2009-09-23 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * doc/namespace.n: the description of [namespace unknown] failed + to mention [namespace path]: fixed. Thx emiliano. + +2009-09-21 Mo DeJong <mdejong@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/regexp.test: Added check for error message from + unbalanced [] in regexp. Added additional simple test cases + of basic regsub command. + +2009-09-21 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCompile.c: Correct botch in the conversion of + Tcl_SubstObj(). Thanks to Kevin Kenny for detection and report. + +2009-09-17 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCompile.c: Re-implement Tcl_SubstObj() as a simple + * generic/tclParse.c: wrapper around TclNRSubstObj(). This has + * tests/basic.test: the effect of caching compiled bytecode in + * tests/parse.test: the value to be substituted. Note that + Tcl_SubstObj() now exists only for extensions. Tcl itself no longer + makes any use of it. Note also that TclSubstTokens() is now reachable + only by Tcl_EvalEx() and Tcl_ParseVar() so tests aiming to test its + functioning needed adjustment to still have the intended effect. + +2009-09-16 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclObj.c: Extended ::tcl::unsupported::representation. + 2009-09-11 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * library/http/http.tcl: Bump to http 2.7.4 to account for - * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: [Bug 2849860] fix. - * unix/Makefile.in: - * win/Makefile.in: + * generic/tclBasic.c: Completed the NR-enabling of [subst]. + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: [Bug 2314561]. + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: + * generic/tclCompile.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * tests/coroutine.test: + * tests/parse.test: + +2009-09-11 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/http.test: Added in cleaning up of http tokens for each test + to reduce amount of global-variable pollution. 2009-09-10 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * library/http/http.tcl (http::Event): [Bug 2849860]: Handle charset names in double quotes; some servers like generating them like that. +2009-09-07 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclParse.c: [Bug 2850901]: Corrected line counting error + * tests/into.test: in multi-command script substitutions. + +2009-09-07 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Fix potential uninitialized variable use and + * generic/tclFCmd.c: null dereference flagged by clang static + * generic/tclProc.c: analyzer. + * generic/tclTimer.c: + * generic/tclUtf.c: + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Silence false positives from clang static + * generic/tclIO.c: analyzer about potential null dereference. + * generic/tclScan.c: + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: + +2009-09-04 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileSubstCmd): [Bug 2314561]: + * generic/tclBasic.c: Added a bytecode compiler routine for the + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: [subst] command. This is a partial solution to + * generic/tclCompile.c: the need to NR-enable [subst] since bytecode + * generic/tclCompile.h: execution is already NR-enabled. Two new + * generic/tclExecute.c: bytecode instructions, INST_NOP and + * generic/tclInt.h: INST_RETURN_CODE_BRANCH were added to support + * generic/tclParse.c: the new routine. INST_RETURN_CODE_BRANCH is + * tests/basic.test: likely to be useful in any future effort to + * tests/info.test: add a bytecode compiler routine for [try]. + * tests/parse.test: + +2009-09-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/LinkVar.3: [Bug 2844962]: Added documentation of issues relating + to use of this API in a multi-threaded environment. + +2009-09-01 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclIORTrans.c (ReflectInput): Remove error response to + 0-result from method 'limit?' of transformations. Return the number of + copied bytes instead, which is possibly nothing. The latter then + triggers EOF handling in the higher layers, making the 0-result of + limit? the way to inject artificial EOF's into the data stream. + 2009-09-01 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: Bump to tcltest 2.3.2 after revision @@ -2936,30 +7292,32 @@ 2009-08-25 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp, Tcl_EvalTokensStandard) - (EvalTokensStandard, Tcl_EvalEx, EvalEx, TclAdvanceContinuations) - (TclEvalObjEx): + (Tcl_EvalEx, TclEvalEx, TclAdvanceContinuations, TclNREvalObjEx): * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_SwitchObjCmd, TclListLines): * generic/tclCompCmds.c (*): * generic/tclCompile.c (TclSetByteCodeFromAny, TclInitCompileEnv) - (TclFreeCompileEnv, TclCompileScript): + (TclFreeCompileEnv, TclCompileScript, TclCompileTokens): * generic/tclCompile.h (CompileEnv): * generic/tclInt.h (ContLineLoc, Interp): * generic/tclObj.c (ThreadSpecificData, ContLineLocFree) - (TclThreadFinalizeObjects, TclInitObjSubsystem, TclContinuationsEnter) - (TclContinuationsEnterDerived, TclContinuationsCopy) - (TclContinuationsGet, TclFreeObj): + (TclThreadFinalizeObjects, TclInitObjSubsystem, TclContinuationsEnter, + (TclContinuationsEnterDerived, TclContinuationsCopy, TclFreeObj) + (TclContinuationsGet): * generic/tclParse.c (TclSubstTokens, Tcl_SubstObj): * generic/tclProc.c (TclCreateProc): * generic/tclVar.c (TclPtrSetVar): * tests/info.test (info-30.0-24): - Extended parser, compiler, and execution with code and attendant data - structures tracking the positions of continuation lines which are not - visible in script Tcl_Obj*'s, to properly account for them while - counting lines for #280. + Extended the parser, compiler, and execution engine with code and + attendant data structures tracking the position of continuation lines + which are not visible in the resulting script Tcl_Obj*'s, to properly + account for them while counting lines for #280. 2009-08-24 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + * generic/tclInt.h: Annotate Tcl_Panic as noreturn for clang static + analyzer in PURIFY builds, replacing preprocessor/assert technique. + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: Fix multiple issues with nested event loops when CoreFoundation notifier is running in embedded mode. (Fixes problems in TkAqua Cocoa reported by Youness Alaoui on tcl-mac) @@ -2983,13 +7341,45 @@ 2009-08-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Plug memory leak. + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclNRIfObjCmd): [Bug 2823276]: Make [if] + NRE-safe on all arguments when interpreted. + (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Close off memory leak. + +2009-08-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (TclNRForObjCmd, etc.): [Bug 2823276]: Make [for] + and [while] into NRE-safe commands, even when interpreted. 2009-08-18 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclPathObj.c: [Bug 2837800]: Added NULL check to prevent * tests/fileName.test: crashes during [glob]. +2009-08-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/dltest/pkge.c: const addition + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: Use <pthread.h> in stead of "pthread.h" + * win/tclWinDde.c: Eliminate some more gcc warnings + * win/tclWinReg.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: Change ForIterData, make it const-safe. + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: + +2009-08-12 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + TIP #353 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/NRE.3: New public routine Tcl_NRExprObj() permits + * generic/tcl.decls: extension commands to evaluate Tcl expressions + * generic/tclBasic.c: in NR-enabled command procedures. + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * tests/expr.test: + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + 2009-08-06 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * doc/refchan.n [Bug 2827000]: Extended the implementation of @@ -2999,33 +7389,98 @@ errors. Updated documentation, extended testsuite (New test cases iocmd*-23.{9,10}). +2009-08-02 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * tests/coroutine.test: fix testfile cleanup + 2009-08-02 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + * generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_RepresentationCmd): Added an unsupported + command for reporting the representation of an object. Result string + is deliberately a bit obstructive so that people are not encouraged to + make code that depends on it; it's a debugging tool only! + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (GetOwnerAttribute, SetOwnerAttribute) (GetGroupAttribute, SetGroupAttribute): [Bug 1942222]: Stop calling * unix/tclUnixFile.c (TclpGetUserHome): endpwent() and endgrent(); they've been unnecessary for ages. +2009-08-02 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Eliminate TclWinResetInterfaceEncodings, since it + * win/tclWinInit.c: does exactly the same as TclWinEncodingsCleanup, + * win/tclWinInt.h: make sure that tclWinProcs and + tclWinTCharEncoding are always set and reset + concurrently. + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: Correct check for win95 + 2009-07-31 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclStringObj.c: [Bug 2830354]: Corrected failure to * tests/format.test: grow buffer when format spec request large width floating point values. Thanks to Clemens Misch. -2009-07-24 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> +2009-07-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * library/auto.tcl (tcl_findLibrary, auto_mkindex): + * library/package.tcl (pkg_mkIndex, tclPkgUnknown, MacOSXPkgUnknown): + * library/safe.tcl (interpAddToAccessPath, interpDelete, AliasGlob): + (AliasSource, AliasLoad, AliasEncoding): + * library/tm.tcl (UnknownHandler): Simplify by swapping some [catch] + gymnastics for use of [try]. + +2009-07-26 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: Forced LF translation when generating .h's to + avoid spurious diffs when regenerating on a Windows box. + +2009-07-26 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/Makefile.in: [Bug 2827066]: msys build --enable-symbols broken + * win/tcl.m4: And modified the same for unicows.dll, as a + * win/configure: preparation for [Enh 2819611]. + +2009-07-25 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * library/history.tcl (history): Reworked the history mechanism in + terms of ensembles, rather than the ad hoc ensemble-lite mechanism + used previously. + +2009-07-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/self.n (self class): [Bug 2704302]: Add some text to make it + clearer how to get the name of the current object's class. + +2009-07-23 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_GetChannelHandle): [Bug 2826248]: Do not crash * generic/tclPipe.c (FileForRedirect): for getHandleProc == NULL, this is allowed. Provide a nice error message in the bypass area. Updated caller to check the bypass for a mesage. Bug reported by Andy - Sonnenburg <andy22286@users.sourceforge.net>. Backported from CVS - head. + Sonnenburg <andy22286@users.sourceforge.net> 2009-07-23 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> * generic/tclNotify.c: [Bug 2820349]: Ensure that queued events are freed once processed. +2009-07-22 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c: CONST -> const + * generic/tclGetDate.y: + * generic/tclDate.c: + * generic/tclLiteral.c: (char *) cast in ckfree call + * generic/tclPanic.c: [Feature Request 2814786]: remove TclpPanic + * generic/tclInt.h + * unix/tclUnixPort.h + * win/tclWinPort.h + +2009-07-22 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclEvent.c: [Bug 2001201 again]: Refined the 20090617 patch + on [exit] streamlining, so that it now correctly calls thread exit + handlers for the calling thread, including <Destroy> bindings in Tk. + 2009-07-21 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * library/tzdata/Asia/Dhaka: @@ -3039,34 +7494,78 @@ of doing [string is integer -strict $x] matches [catch {expr {$x+0}}] in the successful case, and greatly outstrips it in the failing case. +2009-07-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.decls, generic/tclOO.c (Tcl_GetObjectName): Expose a + function for efficiently returning the current name of an object. + +2009-07-18 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unix/Makefile.in: Define NDEBUG in optimized (non-symbols) build to + disable NRE assert()s and threaded allocator range checks. + 2009-07-16 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Removed unused variables. + * generic/tclBinary.c: Removed unused variables. + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: * generic/tclCompile.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclHash.c: + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: * generic/tclVar.c: - * unix/tclUnixChan.c: - * generic/tclScan.c: Typo in ACCEPT_NAN configuration. + * generic/tclBasic.c: Silence compiler warnings about ClientData. + * generic/tclProc.c: + + * generic/tclScan.c: Typo in ACCEPT_NAN configuration. - * generic/tclStrToD.c: [Bug 2819200]: Set floating point control + * generic/tclStrToD.c: [Bug 2819200]: Set floating point control register on MIPS systems so that the gradual underflow expected by Tcl is in effect. -2009-07-14 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> - - * generic/tclBasic.c (DeleteInterpProc,TclArgumentBCEnter, - (TclArgumentBCRelease, TclArgumentGet): - * generic/tclCompile.c (EnterCmdWordIndex, TclCleanupByteCode, - (TclInitCompileEnv, TclCompileScript): - * generic/tclCompile.h (ExtCmdLoc): - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): - * generic/tclInt.h (ExtIndex, CFWordBC): - * tests/info.test (info-39.0): - - Backport of some changes made to the Tcl head, to handle literal - sharing better. The code here is much simpler (trimmed down) compared - to the head as the 8.5 branch is not bytecode compiling whole files, - and doesn't compile eval'd code either. +2009-07-15 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h (Namespace): Added machinery to allow + * generic/tclNamesp.c (many functions): reduction of memory used + * generic/tclResolve.c (BumpCmdRefEpochs): by namespaces. Currently + #ifdef'ed out because of compatibility concerns. + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Added four functions for better integration + with itcl-ng. + +2009-07-14 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * generic/tclInt.h (TclNRSwitchObjCmd): + * generic/tclBasic.c (builtInCmds): + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_SwitchObjCmd): + * tests/switch.test (switch-15.1): + [Bug 2821401]: Make non-bytecoded [switch] command aware of NRE. + +2009-07-13 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclInitCompileEnv, EnterCmdWordIndex) + (TclCleanupByteCode, TclCompileScript): + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclCompileObj, TclExecuteByteCode): + * tclCompile.h (ExtCmdLoc): + * tclInt.h (ExtIndex, CFWordBC, CmdFrame): + * tclBasic.c (DeleteInterpProc, TclArgumentBCEnter) + (TclArgumentBCRelease, TclArgumentGet, SAVE_CONTEXT) + (RESTORE_CONTEXT, NRCoroutineExitCallback, TclNRCoroutineObjCmd): + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (TclNRForObjCmd, TclNRForIterCallback, + (ForNextCallback): + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (TclNRWhileObjCmd): + + Extended the bytecode compiler initialization to recognize the + compilation of whole files (NRE enabled 'source' command) and switch + to the counting of absolute lines in that case. + + Further extended the bytecode compiler to track the start line in the + generated information, and modified the bytecode execution to + recompile an object if the location as per the calling context doesn't + match the location saved in the bytecode. This part could be optimized + more by using more memory to keep all possibilities which occur + around, or by just adjusting the location information instead of a + total recompile. Reworked the handling of literal command arguments in bytecode to be saved (compiler) and used (execution) per command (See the @@ -3076,6 +7575,64 @@ Simplified the associated datastructures (ExtIndex is gone, as is the function EnterCmdWordIndex). + The last change causes the hashtable 'lineLABCPtr' to be state which + has to be kept per coroutine, like the CmdFrame stack. Reworked the + coroutine support code to create, delete and switch the information as + needed. Further reworked the tailcall command as well, it has to pop + its own arguments when run in a bytecode context to keep a proper + stack in 'lineLABCPtr'. + + Fixed the mishandling of line information in the NRE-enabled 'for' and + 'while' commands introduced when both were made to share their + iteration callbacks without taking into account that the loop body is + found in different words of the command. Introduced a separate data + structure to hold all the callback information, as we went over the + limit of 4 direct client-data values for NRE callbacks. + + The above fixes [Bug 1605269]. + +2009-07-12 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (StringIndexCmd, StringEqualCmd, StringCmpCmd): + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): [Bug 2637173]: Factor out + * generic/tclInt.h (TclIsPureByteArray): the code to determine if + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclStringMatchObj): it is safe to work with + byte arrays directly, so that we get the check correct _once_. + + * generic/tclOOCall.c (TclOOGetCallContext): [Bug 1895546]: Changed + * generic/tclOO.c (TclOOObjectCmdCore): the way that the cache is + managed so that when itcl does cunning things, those cunning things + can be cached properly. + +2009-07-11 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/vwait.n: Substantially increased the discussion of issues and + work-arounds relating to nested vwaits, following discussion on the + tcl-core mailing list on the topic. + +2009-07-10 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/zlib.test: ZlibTransformClose may be called with a NULL + * generic/tclZlib.c: interpreter during finalization and + Tcl_SetChannelError requires a list. Added some tests to ensure error + propagation from the zlib library to the interp. + +2009-07-09 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/zlib.test: [Bug 2818131]: Added tests and fixed a typo that + broke [zlib push] for deflate format. + +2009-07-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * compat/mkstemp.c (mkstemp): [Bug 2819227]: Use rand() for random + numbers as it is more portable. + +2009-07-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (ZlibTransformWatch): Correct the handling of + events so that channel transforms work with things like an asynch + [chan copy]. Problem reported by Pat Thoyts. + 2009-07-01 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> * win/tclWinInt.h: [Bug 2806622]: Handle the GetUserName API call @@ -3083,10 +7640,66 @@ * win/tclWinInit.c: fixes a problem obtaining the username when the USERNAME environment variable is unset. +2009-06-30 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: Add assert macros for clang static + * generic/tclPanic.c: analyzer and redefine Tcl_Panic to + * generic/tclStubInit.c: assert after panic in clang PURIFY + builds. + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Add clang assert for false positive + from static analyzer. + +2009-06-26 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> + + * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: Update projects for Xcode 3.1 and + * macosx/Tcl.xcode/*: 3.2, standardize on gcc 4.2, remove + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/*: obsolete configurations and pre-Xcode + * macosx/Tcl.pbproj/* (removed): project. + + * macosx/README: Update project docs, cleanup. + + * unix/Makefile.in: Update dist target for project + changes. + +2009-06-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/oo.test (oo-19.1): [Bug 2811598]: Make more resilient. + +2009-06-24 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/http11.test: [Bug 2811492]: Clean up procs after testing. + +2009-06-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCkalloc.c (MemoryCmd): [Bug 988703]: + * generic/tclObj.c (ObjData, TclFinalizeThreadObjects): Add mechanism + for discovering what Tcl_Objs are allocated when built for memory + debugging. Developed by Joe Mistachkin. + +2009-06-17 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclEvent.c: Applied a patch by George Peter Staplin + drastically reducing the ambition of [exit] wrt finalization, and + thus solving many multi-thread teardown issues. [Bugs 2001201, + 486399, and possibly 597575, 990457, 1437595, 2750491] + 2009-06-15 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclStringObj.c: sprintf() -> Tcl_ObjPrintf() conversion. +2009-06-15 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> + + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: Move all socket-related code from tclUnixChan.c + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: to tclUnixSock.c. + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: + +2009-06-15 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (make-man-pages): [Patch 557486]: Apply + last remaining meaningful part of this patch, a clean up of some + closing tags. + 2009-06-13 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclCompile.c: [Bug 2802881]: The value stashed in @@ -3109,6 +7722,10 @@ [format]s that would produce results overflowing the maximum string length of Tcl values throw a normal Tcl error instead of a panic. + * generic/tclStringObj.c: [Bug 2803109]: Corrected failures to + deal with the "pure unicode" representation of an empty string. + Thanks to Julian Noble for reporting the problem. + 2006-06-09 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * generic/tclGetDate.y: Fixed a thread safety bug in the generated @@ -3125,6 +7742,10 @@ * library/tzdata/Asia/Dhaka: New DST rule for Bangladesh. (Olson's tzdata2009i.) +2009-06-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/copy.n: Fix error in example spotted by Venkat Iyer. + 2009-06-02 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclExecute.c: Replace dynamically-initialized table with a @@ -3139,7 +7760,7 @@ * tests/expr.test: [Bug 2798543]: Added many tests demonstrating the broken cases. -2009-05-30 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> +009-05-30 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * library/tzdata/Africa/Cairo: * library/tzdata/Asia/Amman: Olson's tzdata2009h. @@ -3151,31 +7772,86 @@ * unix/Makefile.in: now. Bumped version to 1.0.5. Updated the * win/Makefile.in: installation commands. +2009-05-26 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * doc/expr.n: Fixed documentation of the right-associativity of + the ** operator. (spotted by kbk) + +2009-05-14 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOInfo.c (InfoObjectNsCmd): Added introspection mechanism + for finding out what an object's namespace is. Experience suggests + that it is just too useful to be able to do without it. + +2009-05-12 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/vwait.n: Added more words to make it clear just how bad it is to + nest [vwait]s. + + * compat/mkstemp.c: Add more headers to make this file build on IRIX + 6.5. Thanks to Larry McVoy for this. + +2009-05-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOO.c (TclNRNewObjectInstance): [Bug 2414858]: Add a + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclPushTailcallPoint): marker to the stack of + NRE callbacks at the right point so that tailcall works correctly in a + constructor. + + * tests/exec.test (cat): [Bug 2788468]: Adjust the scripted version of + cat so that it does not perform transformations on the data it is + working with, making it more like the standard Unix 'cat' program. + 2009-05-07 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> * generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_GetCommandFromObj): [Bug 2785893]: Ensure that a command in a deleted namespace can't be found through a cached name. + * generic/tclBasic.c: Let coroutines start with a much smaller + * generic/tclCompile.h: stack: 200 words (previously was 2000, the + * generic/tclExecute.c: same as interps). + +2009-05-07 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * tests/env.test (printenvScript, env-4.3, env-4.5): [Bug 1513659]: + * tests/exec.test (exec-2.6): These tests had subtle dependencies on + being on platforms that were either ISO 8859-1 or UTF-8. Stabilized + the results by forcing the encoding. + 2009-05-06 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: [Bug 2582327]: Improve overflow error message from [string repeat]. -2009-04-28 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + * tests/interp.test: interp-20.50 test for Bug 2486550. - * unix/tcl.m4, unix/configure (SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS): harden the check - to add _r to CC on AIX with threads. +2009-05-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> -2009-04-27 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + * generic/tclOO.c (InitFoundation, AllocObject, AllocClass): + * generic/tclOODefineCmds.c (InitDefineContext): Make sure that when + support namespaces are deleted, nothing bad can subsequently happen. + Issue spotted by Don Porter. - * generic/tclInt.h: Backport fix for [Bug 1028264]: WSACleanup() too early. - * generic/tclEvent.c: The fix introduces "late exit handlers" - * win/tclWinSock.c: for similar late process-wide cleanups. +2009-05-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> -2009-04-27 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + * doc/Tcl.n: [Bug 2538432]: Clarified exact treatment of ${arr(idx)} + form of variable substitution. This is not a change of behavior, just + an improved description of the current situation. - * win/tclWinSock.c: Backport fix for [Bug 2446662]: resync Win - behavior on RST with that of unix (EOF). +2009-04-30 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclObjInvoke): [Bug 2486550]: Make sure that a + null objProc is not used, use Tcl_NRCallObjProc instead. + +2009-05-01 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * win/configure.in Fix 64-bit detection for zlib on Win64 + * win/configure (regenerated) + +2009-04-28 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> + + * unix/tcl.m4, unix/configure (SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS): harden the check to + add _r to CC on AIX with threads. 2009-04-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -3184,56 +7860,56 @@ different when rendered through groff or as HTML, but it was still wrong both ways.) -2009-04-24 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sf.net> +2009-04-27 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * unix/Makefile.in: [Patch 2769530]: Don't chmod/exec installManPage. + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: Reset internal INTERP_ALTERNATE_WRONG_ARGS + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: flag inside the Tcl_WrongNumArgs function, + so the caller no longer has to do the reset. -2009-04-15 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2009-04-24 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sf.net> - *** 8.5.7 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + * unix/Makefile.in: [Patch 2769530]: Don't chmod/exec installManPage. - * generic/tclStringObj.c: AppendUnicodeToUnicodeRep failed - to set stringPtr->allocated to 0, leading to crashes. +2009-04-19 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> - * changes: Update for 8.5.7 release. + * library/http/http.tcl: [Bug 2715421]: Removed spurious newline added + * tests/http11.test: after POST and added tests to detect excess + * tests/httpd11.tcl: bytes being POSTed. + * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: + * makefiles: package version now 2.8.1 -2009-04-14 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sourceforge.net> +2009-04-15 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * unix/tcl.m4: Removed -Wno-implicit-int from CFLAGS_WARNING. + * doc/chan.n, doc/close.n: Tidy up documentation of TIP #332. -2008-04-14 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> +2009-04-14 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * library/tzdata/Asia/Karachi: Updated rules for Pakistan Summer Time (Olson's tzdata2009f) -2009-04-10 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - - * changes: Update for 8.5.7 release. - - * generic/tcl.h: Bump to 8.5.7 for release. - * library/init.tcl: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/configure.in: - * README: +2009-04-11 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * win/configure: + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (InvokeForwardMethod): Clarify the resolution + behaviour of the name of the command that is forwarded to: it's now + resolved using the object's namespace as context, which is much more + useful than the previous (somewhat random) behaviour of using the + caller's current namespace. - * generic/tclStringObj.c (UpdateStringOfString): Fix bug detected - by compiler warning about undefined "dst". +2009-04-10 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> - * tests/httpd: Backport new tests for http 2.7.3. - * tests/http.tcl: + * library/http/http.tcl: Improved HTTP/1.1 support and added + * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: specific HTTP/1.1 testing to ensure + * tests/http11.test: we handle chunked+gzip for the various + * tests/httpd11.test: modes (normal, -channel and -handler) + * makefiles: package version set to 2.8.0 2009-04-10 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> * unix/tclUnixChan.c: TclUnixWaitForFile(): use FD_* macros * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: to manipulate select masks (Cassoff). - [Freq 1960647] [Bug 3486554] + [FRQ 1960647] [Bug 3486554] - * unix/tclLoadDyld.c: use RTLD_GLOBAL instead of RTLD_LOCAL. + * unix/tclLoadDyld.c: Use RTLD_GLOBAL instead of RTLD_LOCAL. [Bug 1961211] * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: revise CoreFoundation notifier to allow @@ -3263,17 +7939,25 @@ * macosx/tclMacOSXBundle.c: on Mac OS X 10.4 and later, replace deprecated NSModule API by dlfcn API. -2009-04-09 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> +2009-04-10 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/StringObj.3: [Bug 2089279]: Corrected example so that it works + on 64-bit machines as well. + +2009-04-10 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/http.test: [Bug 26245326]: Added specific check for problem + * tests/httpd: (return incomplete HTTP response header). + +2009-04-08 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * tools/tclZIC.tcl: Always emit files with Unix line termination. * library/tzdata: Olson's tzdata2009e 2009-04-09 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * library/http/http.tcl: Backport http 2.7.3 from HEAD for - * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: bundling with the Tcl 8.5.7 release. - * unix/Makefile.in: - * win/Makefile.in: + * library/http/http.tcl: [Bug 26245326]: Handle incomplete + lines in the "connecting" state. Thanks to Sergei Golovan. 2009-04-08 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> @@ -3294,19 +7978,19 @@ 2009-04-07 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclStringObj.c: Completed backports of fixes for - [Bug 2494093] and [Bug 2553906]. + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Correction so that value of + TCL_GROWTH_MIN_ALLOC is everywhere expressed in bytes as comment + claims. + +2009-04-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/vwait.n: [Bug 1910136]: Extend description and examples to make + it clearer just how this command interprets variable names. 2009-03-30 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * doc/Alloc.3: [Bug 2556263]: Size argument is "unsigned int". - * generic/tclStringObj.c: Added protections from invalid memory - * generic/tclTestObj.c: accesses when we append (some part of) - * tests/stringObj.test: a Tcl_Obj to itself. Added the - appendself and appendself2 subcommands to the [teststringobj] testing - command and added tests to the test suite. [Bug 2603158] - 2009-03-27 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclPathObj.c (TclPathPart): [Bug 2710920]: TclPathPart() @@ -3314,6 +7998,67 @@ dirname] and [file tail] on "path" arguments with the PATHFLAGS != 0 intrep and with an empty string for the "joined-on" part. +2009-03-25 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * doc/tclsh.1: Bring doc and tools in line with + * tools/installData.tcl: http://wiki.tcl.tk/812 + * tools/str2c + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl + +2009-03-25 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/coroutine.n: [Bug 2152285]: Added basic documentation for the + coroutine and yield commands. + +2009-03-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOBasic.c (TclOOSelfObjCmd): [Bug 2704302]: Make 'self + class' better defined in the context of objects that change class. + + * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_UpvarObjCmd): [Bug 2673163] (ferrieux) + * generic/tclProc.c (TclObjGetFrame): Make the upvar command more able + to handle its officially documented syntax. + +2009-03-22 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: [Bug 2502037]: NR-enable the handling of unknown + commands. + +2009-03-21 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Fixed "leaks" in aliases, imports and + * generic/tclInt.h: ensembles. Only remaining known leak is in + * generic/tclInterp.c: ensemble unknown dispatch (as it not + * generic/tclNamesp.c: NR-enabled) + * tests/tailcall.test: + + * tclInt.h: comments + + * tests/tailcall.test: Added tests to show that [tailcall] does not + currently always execute in constant space: interp-alias, ns-imports + and ensembles "leak" as of this commit. + + * tests/nre.test: [foreach] has been NR-enabled for a while, the test + was marked 'knownBug': unmark it. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Fix for (among others) [Bug 2699087] + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: Tailcalls now perform properly even from + * generic/tclExecute.c: within [eval]ed scripts. + * generic/tclInt.h: More tests missing, as well as proper + exploration and testing of the interaction with "redirectors" like + interp-alias (suspect that it does not happen in constant space) + and pure-eval commands. + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Proper fix for [Bug 2415422]. Reenabled + * tests/nre.test: the failing assertion that was disabled on + 2008-12-18: the assertion is correct, the fault was in the + management of expansions. + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Fix both test and code for tailcall + * tests/tailcall.test: from within a compiled [eval] body. + + * tests/tailcall.test: Slightly improved tests + 2009-03-20 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * tests/stringObj.test: [Bug 2597185]: Test stringObj-6.9 @@ -3323,17 +8068,130 @@ * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_CONCAT1): [Bug 2669109]: Panic when appends overflow the max length of a Tcl value. +2009-03-19 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_PopCallFrame): Rewritten tailcall + implementation, ::unsupported::atProcExit is (temporarily?) gone. The + new approach is much simpler, and also closer to being correct. This + commit fixes [Bug 2649975] and [Bug 2695587]. + + * tests/coroutine.test: Moved the tests to their own files, + * tests/tailcall.test: removed the unsupported.test. Added + * tests/unsupported.test: tests for the fixed bugs. + +2009-03-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/tailcall.n: Added documentation for tailcall command. + 2009-03-18 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * win/tclWinFile.c (TclpObjNormalizePath): [Bug 2688184]: Corrected Tcl_Obj leak. Thanks to Joe Mistachkin for detection and patch. + * generic/tclVar.c (TclLookupSimpleVar): [Bug 2689307]: Shift + all calls to Tcl_SetErrorCode() out of TclLookupSimpleVar and onto its + callers, where control with TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG flag is more easily + handled. + +2009-03-16 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (TryPostBody): [Bug 2688063]: Extract information + from list before getting rid of last reference to it. + +2009-03-15 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> + + * generic/tclThread.c: [Bug 2687952]: Modify fix for TSD leak to match + * generic/tclThreadStorage.c: Tcl 8.5 (and prior) allocation semantics + 2009-03-15 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + * generic/tclThreadStorage.c (TSDTableDelete): [Bug 2687952]: Ensure + * generic/tclThread.c (Tcl_GetThreadData): that structures in + Tcl's TSD system are all freed. Use the correct matching allocator. + * generic/tclPosixStr.c (Tcl_SignalId,Tcl_SignalMsg): [Patch 1513655]: Added support for SIGINFO, which is present on BSD platforms. +2009-03-14 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.pc.in (new file): [Patch 2243948] (hat0) + * unix/configure.in, unix/Makefile.in: Added support for reporting + Tcl's public build configuration via the pkg-config system. TEA is + still the official mechanism though, in part because pkg-config is not + universally supported across all Tcl's supported platforms. + +2009-03-11 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclNRCoroutineObjCmd): fix Tcl_Obj leak. + Diagnosis and fix thanks to GPS. + +2009-03-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_TryObjCmd, TclNRTryObjCmd): Moved the + implementation of [try] from Tcl code into C. Still lacks a bytecode + version, but should be better than what was before. + +2009-03-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (TclZlibCmd): Checksums are defined to be unsigned + 32-bit integers, use Tcl_WideInt to pass to scripts. [Bug 2662434] + (ZlibStreamCmd, ChanGetOption): A few other related corrections. + +2009-02-27 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tcl.decls: [Bug 218977]: Tcl_DbCkfree needs return value + * generic/tclCkalloc.c + * generic/tclDecls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tclInt.decls: don't use CONST84/CONST86 here + * generic/tclCompile.h: don't use CONST86 here, comment fixing. + * generic/tclIO.h: don't use CONST86 here, comment fixing. + * generic/tclIntDecls.h (regenerated) + +2009-02-25 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclStringMatchObj): [Bug 2637173]: Revised + the branching on the strObj->typePtr so that untyped values get + converted to the "string" type and pass through the Unicode matcher. + [Bug 2613766]: Also added checks to only perform "bytearray" + optimization on pure bytearray values. + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Since Tcl_GetCharLength() has its own + * generic/tclExecute.c: optimizations for the tclByteArrayType, stop + having the callers do them. + +2009-02-24 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/clock.n, doc/fblocked.n, doc/format.n, doc/lsort.n, + * doc/pkgMkIndex.n, doc/regsub.n, doc/scan.n, doc/tclvars.n: + General minor documentation improvements. + + * library/http/http.tcl (geturl, Eof): Added support for 8.6's built + in zlib routines. + +2009-02-22 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/lrange.test: Revert commits of 2008-07-23. Those were speed + * tests/binary.test: tests, that are inherently brittle. + +2009-02-21 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Several revisions to the shimmering + patterns between Unicode and UTF string reps. Most notably the + call: objPtr = Tcl_NewUnicodeObj(...,0); followed by a loop of calls: + Tcl_AppendUnicodeToObj(objPtr, u, n); will now grow and append to + the Unicode representation. Before this commit, the sequence would + convert each append to UTF and perform the append to the UTF rep. + This is puzzling and likely a bug. The performance of [string map] + is significantly improved by this change (according to the MAP + collection of benchmarks in tclbench). Just in case there was some + wisdom in the old ways that I missed, I left in the ability to restore + the old patterns with a #define COMPAT 1 at the top of the file. + 2009-02-20 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclPathObj.c: [Bug 2571597]: Fixed mistaken logic in @@ -3341,32 +8199,390 @@ "absolute") => "relative". This is a false assumption on Windows, where "volumerelative" is another possibility. +2009-02-18 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Simplify the logic of the + Tcl_*SetObjLength() routines. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Rewrite GrowStringBuffer() so that it + has parallel structure with GrowUnicodeBuffer(). The revision permits + allocation attempts to continue all the way up to failure, with no + gap. It also directly manipulates the String and Tcl_Obj internals + instead of inefficiently operating via Tcl_*SetObjLength() with all of + its extra protections and underdocumented special cases. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Another round of simplification on + the allocation macros. + 2009-02-17 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com> * win/tcl.m4, win/configure: Check if cl groks _WIN64 already to avoid CC manipulation that can screw up later configure checks. Use 'd'ebug runtime in 64-bit builds. -2009-02-05 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> +2009-02-17 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Pare back the length of the unicode + array in a non-extended String struct to one Tcl_UniChar, meant to + hold the terminating NUL character. Non-empty unicode strings are + then stored by extending the String struct by stringPtr->maxChars + additional slots in that array with sizeof(Tcl_UniChar) bytes per + slot. This revision makes the allocation macros much simpler. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Factor out common GrowUnicodeBuffer() + and solve overflow and growth algorithm fallbacks in it. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Factor out common GrowStringBuffer(). + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Convert Tcl_AppendStringsToObj into + * tests/stringObj.test: a radically simpler implementation + where we just loop over calls to Tcl_AppendToObj. This fixes [Bug + 2597185]. It also creates a *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** in + that T_ASTO can now allocate more space than is strictly required, + like all the other Tcl_Append* routines. The incompatibility was + detected by test stringObj-6.5, which I've updated to reflect the + new behavior. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Revise buffer growth implementation + in ExtendStringRepWithUnicode. Use cheap checks to determine that + no reallocation is necessary without cost of computing the precise + number of bytes needed. Also make use of the string growth algortihm + in the case of repeated appends. + +2009-02-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c: Hack needed for official zlib1.dll build. + * win/configure.in: fix [Feature Request 2605263] use official + * win/Makefile.in: zlib build. + * win/configure: (regenerated) + * compat/zlib/zdll.lib: new files + * compat/zlib/zlib1.dll: + + * win/Makefile.in: [Bug 2605232]: tdbc doesn't build when Tcl is + compiled with --disable-shared. + +2009-02-15 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: [Bug 2603158]: Added protections from + * generic/tclTestObj.c: invalid memory accesses when we append + * tests/stringObj.test: (some part of) a Tcl_Obj to itself. + Added the appendself and appendself2 subcommands to the + [teststringobj] testing command and added tests to the test suite. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Factor out duplicate code from + Tcl_AppendObjToObj. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Replace the 'size_t uallocated' field + of the String struct, storing the number of bytes allocated to store + the Tcl_UniChar array, with an 'int maxChars' field, storing the + number of Tcl_UniChars that may be stored in the allocated space. + This reduces memory requirement a small bit, and makes some range + checks simpler to code. + * generic/tclTestObj.c: Replace the [teststringobj ualloc] testing + * tests/stringObj.test: command with [teststringobj maxchars] and + update the tests. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Removed limitation in + Tcl_AppendObjToObj where the char length of the result was only + computed if the appended string was all single byte characters. + This limitation was in place to dodge a bug in Tcl_GetUniChar. + With that bug gone, we can take advantage of always recording the + length of append results when we know it. + +2009-02-14 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Revisions so that we avoid creating + the strange representation of an empty string with + objPtr->bytes == NULL and stringPtr->hasUnicode == 0. Instead in + the situations where that was being created, create a traditional + two-legged stork representation (objPtr->bytes = tclEmptyStringRep + and stringPtr->hasUnicode = 1). In the situations where the strange + rep was treated differently, continue to do so by testing + stringPtr->numChars == 0 to detect it. These changes make the code + more conventional so easier for new maintainers to pick up. Also + sets up further simplifications. + + * generic/tclTestObj.c: Revise updates to [teststringobj] so we don't + get blocked by MODULE_SCOPE limits. + +2009-02-12 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Rewrites of the routines + Tcl_GetCharLength, Tcl_GetUniChar, Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj, + Tcl_GetRange, and TclStringObjReverse to use the new macro, and + to more simply and clearly split the cases depending on whether + a valid unicode rep is present or needs to be created. + New utility routine UnicodeLength(), to compute the length of unicode + buffer arguments when no length is passed in, with built-in + overflow protection included. Update three callers to use it. + + * generic/tclInt.h: New macro TclNumUtfChars meant to be a faster + replacement for a full Tcl_NumUtfChars() call when the string has all + single-byte characters. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Simplified Tcl_GetCharLength by + * generic/tclTestObj.c: removing code that did nothing. + Added early returns from Tcl_*SetObjLength when the desired length + is already present; adapted test command to the change. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Re-implemented AppendUtfToUnicodeRep + so that we no longer pass through Tcl_DStrings which have their own + sets of problems when lengths overflow the int range. Now AUTUR and + FillUnicodeRep share a common core routine. + +2009-02-12 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOODefineCmds.c (TclOOGetDefineCmdContext): Use the + correct field in the Interp structure for retrieving the frame to get + the context object so that people can extend [oo::define] without deep + shenanigans. Bug found by Federico Ferri. + +2009-02-11 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Re-implemented AppendUnicodeToUtfRep + so that we no longer pass through Tcl_DStrings which have their own + sets of problems when lengths overflow the int range. Now AUTUR and + UpdateStringOfString share a common core routine. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Changed type of the 'allocated' field + * generic/tclTestObj.c: of the String struct (and the + TestString counterpart) from size_t to int since only int values are + ever stored in it. + +2009-02-10 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclEncoding.c: Eliminate some unnessary type casts + * generic/tclEvent.c: some internal const decorations + * generic/tclExecute.c: spacing + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclIO.c: + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: + * generic/tclIORChan.c: + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: + * generic/tclListObj.c: + * generic/tclLiteral.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclOOBasic.c: + * generic/tclPathObj.c: + * generic/tclPkg.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclRegexp.c: + * generic/tclScan.c: + * generic/tclStringObj.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: + * generic/tclTestProcBodyObj.c: + * generic/tclThread.c: + * generic/tclThreadTest.c: + * generic/tclTimer.c: + * generic/tclTrace.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * generic/tclVar.c: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: (regenerated) + +2009-02-10 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4: [Bug 2502365]: Building of head on HPUX is broken when + using the native CC. + * unix/configure: (autoconf-2.59) + +2009-02-10 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_GetString): Added comments and validity + checks following the call to an UpdateStringProc. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Reduce code duplication in Tcl_GetUnicode*. + Restrict AppendUtfToUtfRep to non-negative length appends. + Convert all Tcl_InvalidateStringRep() calls into macros. + Simplify Tcl_AttemptSetObjLength by removing unreachable code. + Simplify SetStringFromAny() by removing unreachable and duplicate code. + Simplify Tcl_SetObjLength by removing unreachable code. + Removed handling of (objPtr->bytes != NULL) from UpdateStringOfString, + which is only called when objPtr->bytes is NULL. + +2009-02-09 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompile.c: [Bug 2555129]: const compiler warning (as + error) in tclCompile.c + +2009-02-07 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (TclZlibCmd): [Bug 2573172]: Ensure that when + invalid subcommand name is given, the list of valid subcommands is + produced. This gives a better experience when using the command + interactively. + +2009-02-05 Joe Mistachkin <joe@mistachkin.com> + + * generic/tclInterp.c: [Bug 2544618]: Fix argument checking for + [interp cancel]. + * unix/Makefile.in: Fix build issue with zlib on FreeBSD (and possibly + other platforms). + +2009-02-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (StringIndexCmd, StringRangeCmd, StringLenCmd): + Simplify the implementation of some commands now that the underlying + string API knows more about bytearrays. + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): [Bug 2568434]: Make sure + that INST_CONCAT1 will not lose string reps wrongly. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendObjToObj): Special-case the + appending of one bytearray to another, which can be extremely rapid. + Part of scheme to address [Bug 1665628] by making the basic string + operations more efficient on byte arrays. + (Tcl_GetCharLength, Tcl_GetUniChar, Tcl_GetRange): More special casing + work for bytearrays. + +2009-02-04 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclStringObj.c: [Bug 2561794]: Added overflow protections to the AppendUtfToUtfRep routine to either avoid invalid arguments and crashes, or to replace them with controlled panics. -2009-02-04 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: [Bug 2561746]: Prevent crashes due to int + overflow of the length of the result of [string repeat]. + +2009-02-03 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c: Eliminate some unnessary type casts + * unix/tclLoadDyld.c: some internal const decorations + * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: spacing + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c + * unix/tclUnixFile.c + * win/tclWinDde.c + * win/tclWinFCmd.c + * win/tclWinInit.c + * win/tclWinLoad.c + * win/tclWinPipe.c + * win/tclWinReg.c + * win/tclWinTest.c + * generic/tclBasic.c + * generic/tclBinary.c + * generic/tclCmdAH.c + * generic/tclCmdIL.c + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c + * generic/tclCompCmds.c + * generic/tclDictObj.c + +2009-02-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclObj.c (tclCmdNameType): [Bug 2558422]: Corrected the type + of this structure so that extensions that write it (yuk!) will still + be able to function correctly. + +2009-02-03 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclStringObj.c (SetUnicodeObj): [Bug 2561488]: Corrected failure of Tcl_SetUnicodeObj() to panic on a shared object. Also factored out common code to reduce duplication. - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Prevent crashes due to int overflow of the - length of the result of [string repeat]. [Bug 2561746] + * generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_GetStringFromObj): Reduce code duplication. + +2009-02-02 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclInterp.c: Reverted the conversion of [interp] into an + * tests/interp.test: ensemble. Such conversion is not necessary + * tests/nre.test: (or even all that helpful) in the NRE-enabling + of [interp invokehidden], and it has other implications -- including + significant forkage of the 8.5 and 8.6 implementations -- that are + better off avoided if there's no gain. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c (STRING_NOMEM): [Bug 2494093]: Add missing + cast of NULL to (char *) that upsets some compilers. + + * generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_(Attempt)SetObjLength): [Bug 2553906]: + Added protections against callers asking for negative lengths. It is + likely when this happens that an integer overflow is to blame. + +2009-02-01 David Gravereaux <davygrvy@pobox.com> + + * win/makefile.vc: Allow nmake flags such as -a (rebuild all) to pass + down to the pkgs targets, too. + +2009-01-30 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/chan.n: [Bug 1216074]: Added another extended example. + + * doc/refchan.n: Added an example of how to build a scripted channel. 2009-01-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + * tests/stringObj.test: [Bug 2006888]: Remove non-ASCII chars from + non-comment locations in the file, making it work more reliably in + locales with a non-Latin-1 default encoding. + * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_FindCommand): [Bug 2519474]: Ensure that the path is not searched when the TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY flag is given. + * generic/tclOODecls.h (Tcl_OOInitStubs): [Bug 2537839]: Make the + declaration of this macro work correctly in the non-stub case. + +2009-01-29 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclInterp.c: Convert the [interp] command into a + * tests/interp.test: [namespace ensemble]. Work in progress + * tests/nre.test: to NRE-enable the [interp invokehidden] + subcommand. + +2009-01-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclMakeEnsemble): [Bug 2529117]: Make this + function behave more sensibly when presented with a fully-qualified + name, rather than doing strange stuff. + +2009-01-28 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclInvokeObjectCommand): Made this understand + what to do if it ends up being used on a command with no objProc; that + shouldn't happen, but... + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclMakeEnsemble): [Bug 2529157]: Made this + understand NRE command implementations better. + * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictForCmd): Eliminate unnecessary command + implementation. + +2009-01-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOODefineCmds.c (Tcl_ClassSetConstructor): + [Bug 2531577]: Ensure that caches of constructor chains are cleared + when the constructor is changed. + +2009-01-26 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclInt.h: [Bug 1028264]: WSACleanup() too early. + * generic/tclEvent.c: The fix introduces "late exit handlers" for + * win/tclWinSock.c: similar late process-wide cleanups. + +2009-01-26 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> + + * win/tclWinSock.c: [Bug 2446662]: Resync Win behavior on RST with + that of unix (EOF). + +2009-01-26 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclZlib.c (ChanClose): [Bug 2536400]: Only generate error + messages in the interpreter when the thread is not being closed down. + +2009-01-23 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/zlib.n: Added a note that 'zlib push' is reversed by 'chan pop'. + +2009-01-22 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompile.h: CONSTify TclPrintInstruction (TIP #27) + * generic/tclCompile.c + * generic/tclInt.h: CONSTify TclpNativeJoinPath (TIP #27) + * generic/tclFileName.c + * generic/tcl.decls: {unix win} is equivalent to {generic} + * generic/tclInt.decls + * generic/tclDecls.h: (regenerated) + * generic/tclIntDecls.h + * generic/tclGetDate.y: Single internal const decoration. + * generic/tclDate.c: + 2009-01-22 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * unix/tcl.m4: Corrected a typo ($(SHLIB_VERSION) should be @@ -3375,10 +8591,15 @@ 2009-01-21 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> - * generic/tclIORChan.c (ReflectClose): Fix for [Bug 2458202]. - Closing a channel may supply NULL for the 'interp'. Test for - finalization needs to be different, and one place has to pull the - interp out of the channel instead. + * generic/tclIORChan.c (ReflectClose): [Bug 2458202]: + * generic/tclIORTrans.c (ReflectClose): Closing a channel may supply + NULL for the 'interp'. Test for finalization needs to be different, + and one place has to pull the interp out of the channel instead. + +2009-01-21 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: New fix for [Bug 2494093] replaces the + flawed attempt committed 2009-01-09. 2009-01-19 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> @@ -3390,33 +8611,143 @@ Cassoff for his help. * unix/configure: Autoconf 2.59 +2009-01-19 David Gravereaux <davygrvy@pobox.com> + + * win/build.vc.bat: Improved tools detection and error message + * win/makefile.vc: Reorganized the $(TCLOBJ) file list into seperate + parts for easier maintenance. Matched all sources built using -GL to + both $(lib) and $(link) to use -LTCG and avoid a warning message. + Addressed the over-building nature of the htmlhelp target by moving + from a pseudo target to a real target dependent on the entire docs/ + directory contents. + * win/nmakehlp.c: Removed -g option and GrepForDefine() func as it + isn't being used anymore. The -V option method is much better. + +2009-01-16 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tcl.h: Bump patchlevel to 8.6b1.1 to distinguish + * library/init.tcl: CVS snapshots from the 8.6b1 and 8.6b2 releases + * unix/configure.in: and to deal with the fact that the 8.6b1 + * win/configure.in: version of init.tcl will not [source] in the + HEAD version of Tcl. + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + +2009-01-14 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken): Reverted most + of the substance of my 2009-01-12 commit. NULLing the objProc field of + a Command when deleting it is important so that tests for certain + classes of commands don't return false positives when applied to + deleted command tokens. Overall change is now just replacement of a + false comment with a true one. + +2009-01-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4: [Bug 2502365]: Building of head on HPUX is broken when + using the native CC. + * unix/configure (autoconf-2.59) + +2009-01-13 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_ThrowObjCmd): Move implementation of [throw] + * library/init.tcl (throw): to C from Tcl. + +2009-01-12 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken): One consequence of + the NRE rewrite is that there are now situations where a NULL objProc + field in a Command struct is perfectly normal. Removed an outdated + comment in Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken that claimed we use + cmdPtr->objPtr==NULL as a test of command validity. In fact we use + cmdPtr->flags&CMD_IS_DELETED to perform that test. Also removed the + setting to NULL, since any extension following the advice of the old + comment is going to be broken by NRE anyway, and needs to shift to + flag-based testing (or stop intruding into such internal matters). + Part of [Bug 2486550]. + 2009-01-09 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclStringObj.c (STRING_SIZE): [Bug 2494093]: Corrected failure to limit memory allocation requests to the sizes that can be supported by Tcl's memory allocation routines. +2009-01-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (NamespaceEnsembleCmd): [Bug 1558654]: Error out + when someone gives wrong # of args to [namespace ensemble create]. + 2009-01-08 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclStringObj.c (STRING_UALLOC): [Bug 2494093]: Added missing parens required to get correct results out of things like STRING_UALLOC(num + append). +2009-01-08 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclDictObj.c, generic/tclIndexObj.c, generic/tclListObj.c, + * generic/tclObj.c, generic/tclStrToD.c, generic/tclUtil.c, + * generic/tclVar.c: Generate errorcodes for the error cases which + approximate to "I can't interpret that string as one of those" and + "You gave me the wrong number of arguments". + +2009-01-07 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/dict.n: [Tk Bug 2491235]: Added more examples. + + * tests/oo.test (oo-22.1): Adjusted test to be less dependent on the + specifics of how [info frame] reports general frame information, and + instead to focus on what methods add to it; that's really what the + test is about anyway. + +2009-01-06 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + * tests/stringObj.test: Revise tests that demand a NULL Tcl_ObjType + in certain values to construct those values with [testdstring] so + there's no lack of robustness depending on the shimmer history of + shared literals. + 2009-01-06 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictIncrCmd): Corrected twiddling in internals of dictionaries so that literals can't get destroyed. - * tests/expr.test, tests/string.test: Eliminate non-ASCII characters. - [Bugs 2006884, 2006879] + * tests/expr.test: [Bug 2006879]: Eliminate non-ASCII char. + + * generic/tclOOInfo.c (InfoObjectMethodsCmd,InfoClassMethodsCmd): + [Bug 2489836]: Only delete pointers that were actually allocated! -2009-01-03 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org>: + * generic/tclOO.c (TclNRNewObjectInstance, Tcl_NewObjectInstance): + [Bug 2481109]: Perform search for existing commands in right context. + +2009-01-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (TclNRSourceObjCmd): [Bug 2412068]: Make + * generic/tclIOUtil.c (TclNREvalFile): implementation of the + [source] command be NRE enabled so that [yield] inside a script + sourced in a coroutine can work. + +2009-01-04 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: Tidy up spacing and code style. + +2009-01-03 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * library/clock.tcl (tcl::clock::add): Fixed error message formatting in the case where [clock add] is presented with a bad switch. * tests/clock.test (clock-65.1) Added a test case for the above problem [Bug 2481670]. +2009-01-02 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4 (SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS): [Bug 878333]: Force the use of the + compatibility version of mkstemp() on IRIX. + * unix/configure.in, unix/Makefile.in (mkstemp.o): + * compat/mkstemp.c (new file): [Bug 741967]: Added a compatibility + implementation of the mkstemp() function, which is apparently needed + on some platforms. + ****************************************************************** *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2008 IN "ChangeLog.2008" *** *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2006-2007 IN "ChangeLog.2007" *** |