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-rw-r--r--generic/tcl.h4
-rw-r--r--generic/tclObj.c18
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/generic/tcl.h b/generic/tcl.h
index 759f824..a35dd5d 100644
--- a/generic/tcl.h
+++ b/generic/tcl.h
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ extern "C" {
#define TCL_MAJOR_VERSION 8
#define TCL_MINOR_VERSION 6
#define TCL_RELEASE_LEVEL TCL_FINAL_RELEASE
-#define TCL_RELEASE_SERIAL 6
+#define TCL_RELEASE_SERIAL 7
#define TCL_VERSION "8.6"
-#define TCL_PATCH_LEVEL "8.6.6"
+#define TCL_PATCH_LEVEL "8.6.7"
/*
*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/generic/tclObj.c b/generic/tclObj.c
index a346987..3bf5b8e 100644
--- a/generic/tclObj.c
+++ b/generic/tclObj.c
@@ -4488,6 +4488,24 @@ Tcl_RepresentationCmd(
objv[1]->typePtr ? objv[1]->typePtr->name : "pure string",
objv[1]->refCount, ptrBuffer);
+ /*
+ * This is a workaround to silence reports from `make valgrind`
+ * on 64-bit systems. The problem is that the test suite
+ * includes calling the [represenation] command on values of
+ * &tclDoubleType. When these values are created, the "doubleValue"
+ * is set, but when the "twoPtrValue" is examined, its "ptr2"
+ * field has never been initialized. Since [representation]
+ * presents the value of the ptr2 value in its output, valgrind
+ * alerts about the read of uninitialized memory.
+ *
+ * The general problem with [representation], that it can read
+ * and report uninitialized fields, is still present. This is
+ * just the minimal workaround to silence one particular test.
+ */
+
+ if ((sizeof(void *) > 4) && objv[1]->typePtr == &tclDoubleType) {
+ objv[1]->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr2 = NULL;
+ }
if (objv[1]->typePtr) {
sprintf(ptrBuffer, "%p:%p",
(void *) objv[1]->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr1,