From 8b5d2c8a36daec851bfbc261d55c672a7afbc9bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dkf Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:42:41 +0000 Subject: Split off the ChangeLog entries for 2006-2007 into their own file. --- ChangeLog | 5921 +------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog.2007 | 5921 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 5926 insertions(+), 5916 deletions(-) create mode 100644 ChangeLog.2007 diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index bdbda13..dd14c5e 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ * generic/tclProc.c: Uninit'd var warnings in TEBC with -O2, no * generic/tclTest.c: warnings otherwise. -2007-07-28 Jan Nijtmans +2008-07-28 Jan Nijtmans * doc/FileSystem.3: CONSTified many functions using * generic/tcl.decls: Tcl_FileSystem which all are supposed to be @@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ * generic/tclOOMethod.c (PushMethodCallFrame): Remove hack that should have gone when this code was merged into Tcl. -2007-07-27 Jan Nijtmans +2008-07-27 Jan Nijtmans * doc/Object.3: CONSTified 3 functions using Tcl_ObjType * doc/ObjectType.3: which all are supposed to be a constant, but @@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ to tcltest.tcl line number changes, remove knownBug constraint, fix expected result. [Bug 1605269] -2007-07-24 Jan Nijtmans +2008-07-24 Jan Nijtmans * doc/Notifier.3: CONSTified 4 functions in the Notifier which * doc/Thread.3: all have a Tcl_Time* in it which is supposed @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ * generic/tclProc.c: * tests/info.test: -2007-07-21 Jan Nijtmans +2008-07-21 Jan Nijtmans * generic/*.c: fix [2021443] inconsistant "wrong # args" messages * win/tclWinReg.c @@ -2298,5919 +2298,8 @@ * unix/configure: autoconf (2.59) * win/configure: -2007-12-31 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/dict.n: Clarified meaning of dictionary values following - discussion on comp.lang.tcl. - -2007-12-26 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: More [lsort] data handling streamlines. The - function MergeSort is gone, essentially inlined into Tcl_LsortObjCmd. - It is not a straight inlining, two loops over all lists elements where - merged in the process: the linked list elements are now built and - merged into the temporary sublists in the same pass. - -2007-12-25 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: More [lsort] data handling streamlines. Extra - mem reqs of latest patches removed, restored to previous mem profile. - Improved -unique handling, now eliminating repeated elems immediately - instead of marking them to avoid reinsertion at the end. - -2007-12-23 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileRegexpCmd): TCL_REG_NOSUB cannot - * tests/regexp.test (regexp-22.2): be used because it - * tests/regexpComp.test: [Bug 1857126] disallows backrefs. - -2007-12-21 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Speed patch for lsort. [Patch 1856994] - -2007-12-21 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd, Tcl_LsearchObjCmd): Avoid - calling SelectObjFromSublist when there are no sublists. - -2007-12-21 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Preallocate a listObj of - sufficient length for the sorted list instead of growing it. Second - commit replaces calls to Tcl_ListObjAppenElement with direct access to - the internal rep. - -2007-12-19 Don Porter - - *** 8.5.0 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** - - * changes: Updated for 8.5.0 release. - -2007-12-19 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileSwitchCmd): update switch -regexp - * tests/switch.test-14.*: compilation to pass - the cflags to INST_REGEXP (changed on 12-07). Added tests for switch - -regexp compilation (need more). [Bug 1854399] - -2007-12-18 Don Porter - - * changes: Updated for 8.5.0 release. - -2007-12-18 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/regguts.h, generic/regc_color.c, generic/regc_nfa.c: - Fixes for problems created when processing regular expressions that - generate very large automata. An enormous number of thanks to Will - Drewry , Tavis Ormandy , - and Tom Lane from the Postgresql crowd for - their help in tracking these problems down. [Bug 1810264] - -2007-12-17 Don Porter - - * changes: Updated for 8.5.0 release. - -2007-12-17 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclAlloc.c: - * generic/tclExecute.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclThreadAlloc.c: Fix alignment for memory returned by - TclStackAlloc; insure that all memory allocators align to 16-byte - boundaries on 64 bit platforms [Bug 1851832, 1851524] - -2007-12-14 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclIOUtil.c (FsAddMountsToGlobResult): fix the tail - conversion of vfs mounts. [Bug 1602539] - - * win/README: updated notes - -2007-12-14 Pat Thoyts - - * tests/winFile.test: Fixed tests for win2k with long machine name - -2007-12-14 Pat Thoyts - - * win/nmakehlp.c: Support compilation with MSVC9 for AMD64. - * win/makefile.vc: - -2007-12-13 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/trace.n: Clarified documentation of enterstep and leavestep - traces, including adding example. [Bug 614282, 1701540, 1755984] - -2007-12-12 Don Porter - - * doc/IntObj.3: Update docs for the Tcl_GetBignumAndClearObj() -> - Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj() revision [TIP 298]. Added docs for the - Tcl_InitBignumFromDouble() routine. [Bug 1446971] - - * changes: Updated for 8.5.0 release. - -2007-12-10 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): reduce escapes in conversion - when not necessary - - * generic/tclInt.decls: move TclByteArrayMatch and TclReToGlob - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: to tclInt.h from stubs. - * generic/tclStubInit.c: Add flags var to TclByteArrayMatch for - * generic/tclInt.h: future extensibility - * generic/tcl.h: define TCL_MATCH_EXACT doc for Tcl_StringCaseMatch. - * doc/StrMatch.3: It is compatible with existing usage. - * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_STR_MATCH): flag for TclByteArrayMatch - * generic/tclUtil.c (TclByteArrayMatch, TclStringMatchObj): - * generic/tclRegexp.c (Tcl_RegExpExecObj): - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (StringMatchCmd): Use TclStringMatchObj - * tests/string.test (11.9.* 11.10.*): more tests - -2007-12-10 Joe English - - * doc/string.n, doc/UniCharIsAlpha.3: Fix markup errors. - * doc/CrtCommand.3, doc/CrtMathFnc.3, doc/FileSystem.3, - * doc/GetStdChan.3, doc/OpenFileChnl.3, doc/SetChanErr.3, - * doc/eval.n, doc/filename.n: Consistency: Move "KEYWORDS" section - after "SEE ALSO". - -2007-12-10 Daniel Steffen - - * tools/genStubs.tcl: fix numerous issues handling 'macosx', - 'aqua' or 'x11' entries interleaved - with 'unix' entries [Bug 1834288]; add - genStubs::export command - [Tk FR 1716117]; cleanup formatting. - - * generic/tcl.decls: use new genstubs 'export' command to - * generic/tclInt.decls: mark exported symbols not in stubs - * generic/tclTomMath.decls: table [Tk FR 1716117]; cleanup - formatting. - - * generic/tclDecls.h: regen with new genStubs.tcl. - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: [Bug 1834288] - * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: - * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: - * generic/tclStubInit.c: - -2007-12-09 Jeff Hobbs - - * tests/io.test, tests/chanio.test (io-73.1): Make sure to invalidate - * generic/tclIO.c (SetChannelFromAny): internal rep only after - validating channel rep. [Bug 1847044] - -2007-12-08 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/expr.n, doc/mathop.n: Improved the documentation of the - operators. [Bug 1823622] - - * generic/tclBasic.c (builtInCmds): Corrected list of hidden and - * doc/interp.n (SAFE INTERPRETERS): exposed commands so that the - documentation and reality now match. [Bug 1662436] - -2007-12-07 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode INST_REGEXP): - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileRegexpCmd): Pass correct RE - compile flags at compile time, and use TCL_REG_NOSUB. - - * generic/tclIOCmd.c (FinalizeIOCmdTSD, Tcl_PutsObjCmd): cache - stdout channel object for [puts $str] calls. - -2007-12-06 Don Porter - - * README: Remove mention of dead comp.lang.tcl.announce - newsgroup. [Bug 1846433] - - * unix/README: Mention the stub library created by `make` and warn - about the effect of embedded paths in the installed binaries. - Thanks to Larry Virden. [Bug 1794084] - - * doc/AddErrInfo.3: Documentation for the new routines in TIP 270. - * doc/Interp.3: - * doc/StringObj.3: - -2007-12-06 Don Porter - - * doc/namespace.n: Documentation for zero-argument form of - [namespace import] (TIP 261) [Bug 1596416] - -2007-12-06 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclInt.h: add TclGetChannelFromObj decl - (TclMatchIsTrivial): simplify TclMatchIsTrivial to remove ] check. - -2007-12-06 Donal K. Fellows - - - * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): Simplify the setting up of - * generic/tclIOCmd.c (TclInitChanCmd): the [chan] ensemble. This - * library/init.tcl: gets rid of quite a bit of - code and makes it possible to understand the whole with less effort. - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileEnsemble): Ensure that the right - number of tokens are copied. [Bug 1845320] - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclMakeEnsemble): Added missing release of a - DString. [Bug 1845397] - -2007-12-05 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclIO.h: Create Tcl_Obj for Tcl channels to reduce - * generic/tclIO.c: overhead in lookup by Tcl_GetChannel. New - * generic/tclIOCmd.c: TclGetChannelFromObj for internal use. - * generic/tclIO.c (WriteBytes, WriteChars): add opt check to avoid - EOL translation when not linebuffered or using lf. [Bug 1845092] - -2007-12-05 Miguel Sofer - - * tests/stack.test: made the tests for stack overflow not care - about which mechanism caused the error (interp's recursion limit - or C-stack depth detector). - -2007-12-05 Jeff Hobbs - - * win/configure, win/tcl.m4 (LIBS_GUI): mingw needs -lole32 - -loleaut32 but not msvc for Tk's [send]. [Bug 1844749] - -2007-12-05 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsearchObjCmd): Prevent shimmering crash - when -exact and -integer/-real are mixed. [Bug 1844789] - -2007-12-03 Donal K. Fellows - - * unix/tclUnixChan.c (CreateSocketAddress): Add extra #ifdef-fery to - make code compile on BSD 5. [Bug 1618235, again] - -2007-12-03 Don Porter - - * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: Bump tcltest to version 2.3.0 so that - * library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl: we release a stable tcltest with a - * unix/Makefile.in: stable Tcl. - * win/Makefile.in: - -2007-12-03 Jeff Hobbs - - * win/configure, win/tcl.m4 (LIBS_GUI): remove ole32.lib oleaut32.lib - -2007-12-03 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileSwitchCmd): Adjusted the [switch] - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_SwitchObjCmd): command so that when - passed two arguments, no check for options are performed. This is OK - since in the two-arg case, detecting an option would definitely lead - to a syntax error. [Patch 1836519] - -2007-11-29 Jeff Hobbs - - * win/makefile.vc: add ws2_32.lib to baselibs - * win/configure, win/tcl.m4: add ws2_32.lib / -lws2_32 to build. - * win/tclWinSock.c: remove dyn loading of winsock, assume that it is - always available now. - -2007-11-29 Don Porter - - * generic/tclWinSock.c (InitializeHostName): Correct error in - buffer length tracking. After gethostname() writes into a buffer, - convert only the written string to internal encoding, not the whole - buffer. - -2007-11-28 Don Porter - - * generic/tclConfig.c: Corrected failure of the [::foo::pkgconfig] - command to clean up registered configuration data when the query - command is deleted from the interp. [Bug 983501] - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict): Added checks - that the dict value passed in is in the format required to make the - internals of ensembles work. [Bug 1436096] - - * generic/tclIO.c: Simplify test and improve accuracy of error - message in latest changes. - -2007-11-28 Pat Thoyts - - * generic/tclIO.c: -eofchar must support no eofchar. - -2007-11-27 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclBasic.c: remove unneeded call in Tcl_CreateInterp, add - comments. - -2007-11-27 Don Porter - - * win/tclWinSock.c: Add mising encoding conversion of the [info - hostname] value from the system encoding to Tcl's internal encoding. - - * doc/chan.n: "Fix" the limitation on channel -eofchar - * doc/fconfigure.n: values to single byte characters by - * generic/tclIO.c: documenting it and making it fail loudly. - * tests/chan.test: Thanks to Stuart Cassoff for contributing the - fix. [Bug 800753] - -2007-11-26 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclBasic.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * unix/tclUnixInit.c: - * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: Fix stack checking via workaround for bug in - glibc's pthread_attr_get_np, patch from [Bug 1815573]. Many thanks to - Sergei Golovan (aka Teo) for detecting the bug and helping diagnose - and develop the fix. - -2007-11-24 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictAppendCmd): Fix bug in [dict - append] compiler which caused strange stack corruption. [Bug 1837392] - -2007-11-23 Andreas Kupries - - * generic/tclIORChan.c: Fixed a problem with reflected channels. 'chan - postevent' is defined to work only from within the interpreter - containing the handler command. Sensible, we want only handler - commands to use it. It identifies the channel by handle. The channel - moves to a different interpreter or thread. The interpreter containing - the handler command doesn't know the channel any longer. 'chan - postevent' fails, not finding the channel any longer. Uhm. - - Fixed by creating a second per-interpreter channel table, just for - reflected channels, where each interpreter remembers for which - reflected channels it has the handler command. This info does not move - with the channel itself. The table is updated by 'chan create', and - used by 'chan postevent'. - - * tests/ioCmd.test: Updated the testsuite. - -2007-11-23 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_ArrayObjCmd): handle the right data for - * tests/var.test (var-14.2): [array names $var -glob $ptn] - -2007-11-23 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (String*Cmd, TclInitStringCmd): Rebuilt [string] - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileString*Cmd): as an ensemble. - -2007-11-22 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclDictObj.c (Dict*Cmd,TclInitDictCmd): Rebuilt the [dict] - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDict*Cmd): command as an ensemble. - -2007-11-22 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): Rewrote the [string] and - * generic/tclDictObj.c (Tcl_DictObjCmd): [dict] implementations to be - ready for conversion to ensembles. - - * tests/string.test (string-12.22): Flag shimmering bug found in - [string range]. - -2007-11-21 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileEnsemble): Rewrote the ensemble - compiler to remove many of the limitations. Can now compile scripts - that use unique prefixes of subcommands, and which have mappings of a - command to multiple words (provided the first is a compilable command - of course). - -2007-11-21 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclMakeEnsemble): Factor out the code to set up - a core ensemble from a table of information about subcommands, ready - for reuse within the core. - - * generic/various: Start to return more useful Error codes, currently - mainly on assorted lookup failures. - -2007-11-20 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclDictObj.c: Changed the underlying implementation of the - hash table used in dictionaries to additionally keep all entries in - the hash table in a linked list, which is only ever added to at the - end. This makes iteration over all entries in the dictionary in - key insertion order a trivial operation, and so cleans up a great deal - of complexity relating to dictionary representation and stability of - iteration order. - - ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** - For any code that depended on the (strange) old iteration order. - - * generic/tclConfig.c (QueryConfigObjCmd): Correct usage of - Tcl_WrongNumArgs. - -2007-11-19 Don Porter - - *** 8.5b3 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** - - * README: Bump version number to 8.5b3. - * generic/tcl.h: - * library/init.tcl: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/configure.in: - - * unix/configure: autoconf (2.59) - * win/configure: - - * changes: Updated for 8.5b3 release. - -2007-11-19 Kevin Kenny - - * library/tzdata/Africa/Cairo: - * library/tzdata/America/Campo_Grande: - * library/tzdata/America/Caracas: - * library/tzdata/America/Cuiaba: - * library/tzdata/America/Havana: - * library/tzdata/America/Sao_Paulo: - * library/tzdata/Asia/Damascus: - * library/tzdata/Asia/Gaza: - * library/tzdata/Asia/Tehran: Olson's tzdata2007i imported. - -2007-11-18 Daniel Steffen - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode:INST_EXIST_*): Fix read - traces not firing on non-existent array elements. [Bug 1833522] - -2007-11-16 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclInitInfoCmd): Rename the implementation - commands for [info] to be something more "expected". - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileInfoExistsCmd): Compiler for the - [info exists] subcommand. - (TclCompileEnsemble): Cleaned up version of ensemble compiler that was - in TclCompileInfoCmd, but which is now much more generally applicable. - - * generic/tclInt.h (ENSEMBLE_COMPILE): Added flag to allow for cleaner - turning on and off of ensemble bytecode compilation. - - * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript): Add the cmdPtr to the list - of arguments passed to command compilers. - -2007-11-15 Don Porter - - * generic/regc_nfa.c: Fixed infinite loop in the regexp compiler. - [Bug 1810038] - - * generic/regc_nfa.c: Corrected looping logic in fixempties() to - avoid wasting time walking a list of dead states. [Bug 1832612] - -2007-11-15 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (NamespaceEnsembleCmd): Must pass a non-NULL - interp to Tcl_SetEnsemble* functions. - - * doc/re_syntax.n: Try to make this easier to read. It's still a very - difficult manual page! - - * unix/tcl.m4 (SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS): Allow people to turn off the -rpath - option to their linker if they so desire. This is a configuration only - recommended for (some) vendors. Relates to [Patch 1231022]. - -2007-11-15 Pat Thoyts - - * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Prefer UINT_PTR to DWORD_PTR when casting - pointers to integer types for greater portability. [Bug 1831253] - -2007-11-15 Daniel Steffen - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add new chanio.test. - * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: - -2007-11-14 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript): Ensure that we get our - count in our INST_START_CMD calls right, even when there's a failure - to compile a command directly. - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_SetEnsembleSubcommandList) - (Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict): Special code to make sure that - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclInitInfoCmd): [info exists] is compiled - right while not allowing changes to the ensemble to cause havok. - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileInfoCmd): Simple compiler for the - [info] command that only handles [info exists]. - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode:INST_EXIST_*): New - instructions to allow the testing of whether a variable exists. - -2007-11-14 Andreas Kupries - - * tests/chanio.test: New file. This is essentially a duplicate of - 'io.test', with all channel commands converted to their 'chan xxx' - notation. - * tests/io.test: Fixed typo in test description. - -2007-11-14 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/regc*.c: Eliminate multi-char collating element code - completely. Simplifies the code quite a bit. If people still want the - full code, it will remain on the 8.4 branch. [Bug 1831425] - -2007-11-13 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileRegexpCmd): clean up comments, only - free dstring on OK from TclReToGlob. - (TclCompileSwitchCmd): simplify TclReToGlob usage. - -2007-11-14 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/regc*.c: #ifdef/comment out the code that deals with - multi-character collating elements, which have never been supported. - Cuts the memory consumption of the RE compiler. [Bug 1831425] - -2007-11-13 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileSwitchCmd, TclCompileRegexpCmd): - Extend [switch] compiler to handle regular expressions as long as - things are not too complex. Fix [regexp] compiler so that non-trivial - literal regexps get fed to INST_REGEXP. - - * doc/mathop.n: Clarify definitions of some operations. - -2007-11-13 Miguel Sofer - - * unix/tclUnixInit.c: the TCL_NO_STACK_CHECK was being incorrectly - undefined here; this should be set (or not) in the compile options, it - is used elsewhere and needs to be consistent. - -2007-11-13 Pat Thoyts - - * unix/tcl.m4: Added autoconf goo to detect and make use of - * unix/configure.in: getaddrinfo and friends. - * unix/configure: (regenerated) - -2007-11-13 Donal K. Fellows - - * unix/tclUnixCompat.c (TclpGetHostByName): The six-argument form of - getaddressbyname_r() uses the fifth argument to indicate whether the - lookup succeeded or not on at least one platform. [Bug 1618235] - -2007-11-13 Don Porter - - * generic/regcomp.c: Convert optst() from expensive no-op to a - cheap no-op. - -2007-11-13 Donal K. Fellows - - * unix/tclUnixChan.c (CreateSocketAddress): Rewrote to use the - thread-safe version of gethostbyname() by forward-porting the code - used in 8.4, and added rudimentary support for getaddrinfo() (not - enabled by default, as no autoconf-ery written). Part of fix for [Bug - 1618235]. - -2007-11-12 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclGet.c (Tcl_Get, Tcl_GetInt): revert use of TclGet* macros - due to compiler warning. These cases won't save time either. - - * generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): add more comments, set interp - result if specified on error. - -2007-11-12 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclBasic.c: New macro TclResetResult, new iPtr - * generic/tclExecute.c: flag bit INTERP_RESULT_UNCLEAN: - * generic/tclInt.h: shortcut for Tcl_ResetResult for the - * generic/tclProc.c: "normal" case: TCL_OK, no return - * generic/tclResult.c: options, no errorCode nor errorInfo, - * generic/tclStubLib.c: return at normal level. [Patch - * generic/tclUtil.c: 1830184] - - THIS PATCH WAS REVERTED: initial (mis)measurements overstated the - perfomance wins, which turn out to be tiny. Not worth the - complication. - -2007-11-11 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c, generic/tclCompile.c, generic/tclCompile.h: - * generic/tclExecute.c, generic/tclInt.decls, generic/tclIntDecls.h: - * generic/tclRegexp.c, generic/tclRegexp.h: Add INST_REGEXP and fully - * generic/tclStubInit.c, generic/tclUtil.c: compiled [regexp] for the - * tests/regexpComp.test: [Bug 1830166] simple cases. Also added - TclReToGlob function to convert RE to glob patterns and use these in - the possible cases. - -2007-11-11 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclResult.c (ResetObjResult): clarify the logic. - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Increased usage of macros to detect - * generic/tclBinary.c: and take advantage of objTypes. Added - * generic/tclClock.c: macros TclGet(Int|Long)FromObj, - * generic/tclCmdAH.c: TclGetIntForIndexM & TclListObjLength, - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: modified TclListObjGetElements. - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: The TclGetInt* macros are only a - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: shortcut on platforms where 'long' is - * generic/tclCompile.c: 'int'; it may be worthwhile to extend - * generic/tclDictObj.c: their functionality to other cases. - * generic/tclExecute.c: - * generic/tclGet.c: As this patch touches many files it - * generic/tclIO.c: has been recorded as [Patch 1830038] - * generic/tclIOCmd.c: in order to facilitate reviewing. - * generic/tclIOGT.c: - * generic/tclIndexObj.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclInterp.c: - * generic/tclListObj.c: - * generic/tclLiteral.c: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * generic/tclObj.c: - * generic/tclParse.c: - * generic/tclProc.c: - * generic/tclRegexp.c: - * generic/tclResult.c: - * generic/tclScan.c: - * generic/tclStringObj.c: - * generic/tclUtil.c: - * generic/tclVar.c: - -2007-11-11 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tclUnixTime.c (TclpWideClicksToNanoseconds): Fix issues with - * generic/tclInt.h: int64_t overflow. - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Fix stack check failure case if stack grows up - * unix/tclUnixInit.c: Simplify non-crosscompiled case. - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 - -2007-11-10 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Fast path for INST_LIST_INDEX when the index - is not a list. - - * generic/tclBasic.c: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tclUnixInit.c: Detect stack grwoth direction at compile time, - only fall to runtime detection when crosscompiling. - - * unix/configure: autoconf 2.61 - - * generic/tclBasic.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * tests/interp.test: - * unix/tclUnixInit.c: - * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Restore simpler behaviour for stack checking, not - adaptive to stack size changes after a thread is launched. Consensus - is that "nobody does that", and so it is not worth the cost. Improved - failure comments (mistachkin). - -2007-11-10 Kevin Kenny - - * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Rewrote the Windows stack checking algorithm to - use information from VirtualQuery to determine the bound of the stack. - This change fixes a bug where the guard page of the stack was never - restored after an overflow. It also eliminates a nasty piece of - assembly code for structured exception handling on mingw. It - introduces an assumption that the stack is a single memory arena - returned from VirtualAlloc, but the code in MSVCRT makes the same - assumption, so it should be fairly safe. - -2007-11-10 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclBasic.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * unix/tclUnixInit.c: - * unix/tclUnixPort.h: - * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Modify the stack checking algorithm to recheck in - case of failure. The working assumptions are now that (a) a thread's - stack is never moved, and (b) a thread's stack can grow but not - shrink. Port to windows - could be more efficient, but is already - cheaper than it was. - -2007-11-09 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclResult.c (ResetObjResult): new shortcut. - - * generic/tclAsync.c: - * generic/tclBasic.c: - * generic/tclExecute.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclUnixInit.c: - * generic/tclUnixPort.h: New fields in interp (ekeko!) to cache TSD - data that is accessed at each command invocation, access macros to - replace Tcl_AsyncReady and TclpCheckStackSpace by much faster variants - [Patch 1829248] - -2007-11-09 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclInt.decls, generic/tclIntDecls.h: Use unsigned char for - * generic/tclExecute.c, generic/tclUtil.c: TclByteArrayMatch and - don't allow a nocase option. [Bug 1828296] - For INST_STR_MATCH, ignore pattern type for TclByteArrayMatch case. - - * generic/tclBinary.c (Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj): check type before - func jump (perf). - -2007-11-07 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclStubInit.c: Added TclByteArrayMatch - * generic/tclInt.decls: for efficient glob - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: matching of ByteArray - * generic/tclUtil.c (TclByteArrayMatch): Tcl_Objs, used in - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): INST_STR_MATCH. [Bug - 1827996] - - * generic/tclIO.c (TclGetsObjBinary): Add an efficient binary path for - [gets]. - (DoWriteChars): Special case for 1-byte channel write. - -2007-11-06 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclEncoding.c: Version of the embedded iso8859-1 encoding - handler that is faster (functions to do the encoding know exactly what - they're doing instead of pulling it from a table, though the table - itself has to be retained for use by shift encodings that depend on - iso8859-1). [Patch 1826906], committing for dkf. - -2007-11-05 Andreas Kupries - - * generic/tclConfig.c (Tcl_RegisterConfig): Modified to not extend the - config database if the encoding provided by the user is not found - (venc == NULL). Scripts expecting the data will error out, however we - neither crash nor provide bogus information. See [Bug 983509] for more - discussion. - - * unix/tclUnixChan.c (TtyGetOptionProc): Accepted [Patch 1823576] - provided by Stuart Cassof . The patch adds - the necessary utf/external conversions to the handling of the - arguments of option -xchar which will allow the use of \0 and similar - characters. - -2007-11-03 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclTest.c (TestSetCmd2): - * generic/tclVar.c (TclObjLookupVarEx): - * tests/set.test (set-5.1): Fix error branch when array name looks - like array element (code not normally exercised). - -2007-11-01 Donal K. Fellows - - * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (output-directive): Convert .DS/.DE pairs - into tables since that is now all that they are used for. - - * doc/RegExp.3: Clarified documentation of RE flags. [Bug 1167840] - - * doc/refchan.n: Adjust internal name to be consistent with the file - name for reduced user confusion. After comment by Dan Steffen. - - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd, UniCharIsAscii): Remember, the - NUL character is in ASCII too. [Bug 1808258] - - * doc/file.n: Clarified use of [file normalize]. [Bug 1185154] - -2007-10-30 Don Porter - - * generic/tcl.h: Bump version number to 8.5b2.1 to distinguish - * library/init.tcl: CVS development snapshots from the 8.5b2 - * unix/configure.in: release. - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/configure.in: - - * unix/configure: autoconf (2.59) - * win/configure: - -2007-10-30 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/expr.n, doc/mathfunc.n: Improve documentation to try to make - clearer what is going on. - - * doc/interp.n: Shorten the basic descriptive text for some interp - subcommands so Solaris nroff doesn't truncate them. [Bug 1822268] - -2007-10-30 Donal K. Fellows - - * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (output-widget-options): Enhance the HTML - generator so that it can produce multi-line option descriptions. - -2007-10-28 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_ConcatObj): optimise for some of the - concatenees being empty objs. [Bug 1447328] - -2007-10-28 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclEncoding.c (TclInitEncodingSubsystem): Hard code the - iso8859-1 encoding, as it's needed for more than just text (especially - binary encodings...) Note that other encodings rely on the encoding - being a table encoding (!) so we can't use more efficient encoding - mapping functions. - -2007-10-27 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/regc_lex.c (lexescape): Close off one of the problems - mentioned in [Bug 1810264]. - -2007-10-27 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_FindCommand): insure that FQ command names - are searched from the global namespace, ie, bypassing resolvers of the - current namespace. [Bug 1114355] - - * doc/apply.n: fixed example [Bug 1811791] - * doc/namespace.n: improved example [Bug 1788984] - * doc/AddErrInfo.3: typo [Bug 1715087] - * doc/CrtMathFnc.3: fixed Tcl_ListMathFuncs entry [Bug 1672219] - - * generic/tclCompile.h: - * generic/tclInt.h: moved declaration of TclSetCmdNameObj from - tclCompile.h to tclInt.h, reverting linker [Bug 1821159] caused by - commit of 2007-10-11 (both I and gcc missed one dep). - - * generic/tclVar.c: try to preserve Tcl_Objs when doing variable - lookups by name, partially addressing [Bug 1793601]. - -2007-10-27 Donal K. Fellows - - * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (make-man-pages, htmlize-text) - (process-text): Make the man->HTML scraper work better. - -2007-10-26 Don Porter - - *** 8.5b2 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** - - * changes: Updated for 8.5b2 release. - - * doc/*.1: Revert doc changes that broke - * doc/*.3: `make html` so we can get the release - * doc/*.n: out the door. - - * README: Bump version number to 8.5b2. - * generic/tcl.h: - * library/init.tcl: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/configure.in: - - * unix/configure: autoconf (2.59) - * win/configure: - -2007-10-26 Donal K. Fellows - - * tools/man2help2.tcl, tools/man2tcl.c: Made some of the tooling code - to do man->other formats work better with current manpage set. Long - way still to go. - -2007-10-25 Zoran Vasiljevic - - * generic/tclThread.c: Added TclpMasterLock/Unlock arround calls to - ForgetSyncObject in Tcl_MutexFinalize and Tcl_ConditionFinalize to - prevent from garbling the internal lists that track sync objects. [Bug - 1726873] - -2007-10-24 Donal K. Fellows - - * tools/man2html2.tcl (macro): Added support for converting the new - macros into HTML. - - * doc/man.macros (QW,PQ,QR,MT): New macros that hide the ugly mess - needed to get proper GOOBE quoting in the manual pages. - * doc/*.n, doc/*.3, doc/*.1: Lots of changes to take advantage of the - new macros. - -2007-10-20 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCompile.c: Fix comments. - * generic/tclExecute.c: - -2007-10-18 David Gravereaux - - * tools/mkdepend.tcl: sort the dep list for a more humanly readable - output. - -2007-10-18 Don Porter - - * generic/tclResult.c (TclMergeReturnOptions): Make sure any -code - values get pulled out of the dictionary, even if they are integer - valued. - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileReturnCmd): Added code to more - optimally compile [return -level 0 $x] to "push $x". [RFE 1794073] - - * compat/tmpnam.c (removed): The routine tmpnam() is no longer - * unix/Makefile.in: called by Tcl source code. Remove autogoo the - * unix/configure.in: supplied a replacement version on systems - * win/tcl.dsp: where the routine was not available. [RFE - 1811848] - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - - * generic/tcl.h: Remove TCL_LL_MODIFIER_SIZE. [RFE 1811837] - -2007-10-17 David Gravereaux - - * tools/mkdepend.tcl: Improved defense from malformed object list - infile. - -2007-10-17 Donal K. Fellows - - * tools/man2html2.tcl: Convert .DS/.DE into HTML tables, not - preformatted text. - -2007-10-17 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Moved a misplaced declaration that blocked - compilation on VC++. - * generic/tclExecute.c: Silenced several VC++ compiler warnings about - converting 'long' to 'unsigned short'. - -2007-10-16 David Gravereaux - - * win/makefile.vc: removed old dependency cruft that is no longer - needed. - -2007-10-15 Don Porter - - * generic/tclIOCmd.c: Revise [open] so that it interprets leading - zero strings passed as the "permissions" argument as octal numbers, - even if Tcl itself no longer parses integers in that way. - - * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: Revise the "-permissions" [file attribute] so - that it interprets leading zero strings as octal numbers, even if Tcl - itself no longer parses integers in that way. - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Corrections to code that produces - * generic/tclUtil.c: extended "bad octal" error messages. - - * tests/cmdAH.test: Test revisions so that tests pass whether or - * tests/cmdIL.test: not Tcl parses leading zero strings as octal. - * tests/compExpr-old.test: - * tests/compExpr.test: - * tests/compile.test: - * tests/expr-old.test: - * tests/expr.test: - * tests/incr.test: - * tests/io.test: - * tests/lindex.test: - * tests/link.test: - * tests/mathop.test: - * tests/parseExpr.test: - * tests/set.test: - * tests/string.test: - * tests/stringComp.test: - -2007-10-15 David Gravereaux - - * tools/mkdepend.tcl: Produces usable output. Include path problem - * win/makefile.vc: fixed. Never fight city hall when it comes to - levels of quoting issues. - -2007-10-15 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclParse.c (Tcl_ParseBraces): fix for possible read after - the end of buffer. [Bug 1813528] (Joe Mistachkin) - -2007-10-14 David Gravereaux - - * tools/mkdepend.tcl (new): Initial stab at generating automatic - * win/makefile.vc: dependencies. - -2007-10-12 Pat Thoyts - - * win/makefile.vc: Mine all version information from headers. - * win/rules.vc: Sync tcl and tk and bring extension versions - * win/nmakehlp.c: closer together. Try and avoid using tclsh to do - substitutions as we may cross compile. - * win/coffbase.txt: Added offsets for snack dlls. - -2007-10-11 David Gravereaux - - * win/makefile.vc: Fixed my bad spelling mistakes from years back. - Dedependency, duh! Rather funny. - -2007-10-11 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Correct [string is (wide)integer] failure - * tests/string.test: to report correct failindex values for - non-decimal integer strings. [Bug 1805887] - - * compat/strtoll.c (removed): The routines strtoll() and strtoull() - * compat/strtoull.c (removed): are no longer called by the Tcl source - * generic/tcl.h: code. (Their functionality has been replaced - * unix/Makefile.in: by TclParseNumber().) Remove outdated comments - * unix/configure.in: and mountains of configury autogoo that - * unix/tclUnixPort.h: allegedly support the mythical systems where - * win/Makefile.in: these routines might not have been available. - * win/makefile.bc: - * win/makefile.vc: - * win/tclWinPort.h: - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - -2007-10-11 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclObj.c: remove superfluous #include of tclCompile.h - -2007-10-08 George Peter Staplin - - * doc/Hash.3: Correct the valid usage of the flags member for the - Tcl_HashKeyType. It should be 0 or more of the flags mentioned. - -2007-10-02 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tcl.h (Tcl_DecrRefCount): Update change from 2006-05-29 to - make macro more warning-robust in unbraced if code. - -2007-10-02 Don Porter - - [core-stabilizer-branch] - - * README: Bump version number to 8.5.0 - * generic/tcl.h: - * library/init.tcl: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/configure.in: - - * unix/configure: autoconf (2.59) - * win/configure: - -2007-10-02 Andreas Kupries - - * library/tclIndex: Added 'tcl::tm::path' to the tclIndex. This fixes - [Bug 1806422] reported by Don Porter. - -2007-09-25 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_DisassembleObjCmd): Define a command, - ::tcl::unsupported::disassemble, which can disassemble procedures, - lambdas and general scripts. - * generic/tclCompile.c (TclDisassembleByteCodeObj): Split apart the - code to print disassemblies of bytecode so that there is reusable code - that spits it out in a Tcl_Obj and then that code is used when doing - tracing. - -2007-09-20 Don Porter - - *** 8.5b1 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** - - * changes: updates for 8.5b1 release. - -2007-09-19 Don Porter - - * README: Bump version number to 8.5b1 - * generic/tcl.h: Merge from core-stabilizer-branch. - * library/init.tcl: Stabilizing toward 8.5b1 release now done on - * tools/tcl.wse.in: the HEAD. core-stabilizer-branch is now - * unix/configure.in: suspended. - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/configure.in: - -2007-09-19 Pat Thoyts - - * generic/tclStubLib.: Replaced isdigit with internal implementation. - -2007-09-18 Don Porter - - * generic/tclStubLib.c: Remove C library calls from Tcl_InitStubs() so - * win/makefile.vc: that we don't need the C library linked in to - libtclStub. - -2007-09-17 Pat Thoyts - - * win/makefile.vc: Add crt flags for tclStubLib now it uses C-library - functions. - -2007-09-17 Joe English - - * tcl.m4: use '${CC} -shared' instead of 'ld -Bshareable' to build - shared libraries on current NetBSDs. [Bug 1749251] - * unix/configure: regenerated (autoconf-2.59). - -2007-09-17 Don Porter - - * unix/Makefile.in: Update `make dist` so that tclDTrace.d is - included in the source code distribution. - - * generic/tcl.h: Revised Tcl_InitStubs() to restore Tcl 8.4 - * generic/tclPkg.c: source compatibility with callers of - * generic/tclStubLib.c: Tcl_InitStubs(interp, TCL_VERSION, 1). [Bug - 1578344] - -2007-09-17 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclTrace.c (Tcl_TraceObjCmd, TraceExecutionObjCmd) - (TraceCommandObjCmd, TraceVariableObjCmd): Generate literal values - * generic/tclNamesp.c (NamespaceCodeCmd): more efficiently using - * generic/tclFCmd.c (CopyRenameOneFile): TclNewLiteralStringObj - * generic/tclEvent.c (TclSetBgErrorHandler): macro. - -2007-09-15 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tcl.m4: replace all direct references to compiler by ${CC} to - enable CC overriding at configure & make time; run - check for visibility "hidden" with all compilers; - quoting fixes from TEA tcl.m4. - (SunOS-5.1x): replace direct use of '/usr/ccs/bin/ld' in SHLIB_LD by - 'cc' compiler driver. - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - -2007-09-14 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateObjCommand): Only invalidate along the - namespace path once; that is enough. [Bug 1519940] - -2007-09-14 Daniel Steffen - - * generic/tclDTrace.d (new file): Add DTrace provider for Tcl; allows - * generic/tclCompile.h: tracing of proc and command entry & - * generic/tclBasic.c: return, bytecode execution, object - * generic/tclExecute.c: allocation and more; with - * generic/tclInt.h: essentially zero cost when tracing - * generic/tclObj.c: is inactive; enable with - * generic/tclProc.c: --enable-dtrace configure arg - * unix/Makefile.in: (disabled by default, will only - * unix/configure.in: enable if DTrace is present). [Patch - 1793984] - - * macosx/GNUmakefile: Enable DTrace support. - * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Factor out core of InfoFrameCmd() into - internal TclInfoFrame() for use by DTrace - probes. - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 - -2007-09-12 Don Porter - - * unix/Makefile.in: Perform missing updates of the tcltest Tcl - * win/Makefile.in: Module installed filename that should have - been part of the bump to tcltest 2.3b1. Thanks Larry Virden. - -2007-09-12 Pat Thoyts - - * win/makefile.vc, win/rules.vc, win/nmakehlp.c: Use nmakehlp to - substitute values for tclConfig.sh (helps cross-compiling). - -2007-09-11 Don Porter - - * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: Accept underscores and colons in - * library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl: constraint names. Properly handle - constraint expressions that return non-numeric boolean results like - "false". Bump to tcltest 2.3b1. [Bug 1772989; RFE 1071322] - * tests/info.test: Disable fragile tests. - - * doc/package.n: Restored the functioning of [package require - * generic/tclPkg.c: -exact] to be compatible with Tcl 8.4. [Bug - * tests/pkg.test: 1578344] - -2007-09-11 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictCmd-update): - * generic/tclCompile.c (tclInstructionTable): - * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_DICT_UPDATE_END): fix stack management in - compiled [dict update]. [Bug 1786481] - - ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** - Scripts that were precompiled on earlier versions of 8.5 and use [dict - update] will crash. Workaround: recompile. - -2007-09-11 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrected an off-by-one error in the setting - of MaxBaseWide for certain powers. [Bug 1767293 - problem reported in - comments when bug was reopened] - -2007-09-10 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclLink.c (Tcl_UpdateLinkedVar): guard against var being - unlinked. [Bug 1740631] (maros) - -2007-09-10 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCompile.c: fix tclInstructionTable entry for - dictUpdateEnd - - * generic/tclExecute.c: remove unneeded setting of 'cleanup' variable - before jumping to checkForCatch. - -2007-09-10 Don Porter - - * doc/package.n: Restored the document parallel syntax of the - * generic/tclPkg.c: [package present] and [package require] - * tests/pkg.test: commands. [Bug 1723675] - -2007-09-09 Don Porter - - * generic/tclInt.h: Removed the "nsName" Tcl_ObjType from the - * generic/tclNamesp.c: registered set. Revised the management of the - * generic/tclObj.c: intrep of that Tcl_ObjType. Revised the - * tests/obj.test: TclGetNamespaceFromObj() routine to return - TCL_ERROR and write a consistent error message when a namespace is not - found. [Bug 1588842. Patch 1686862] - - ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** - For callers of Tcl_GetObjType() on the name "nsName". - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Update TclGetNamespaceFromObj() callers. - * generic/tclProc.c: - - * tests/apply.test: Updated tests to expect new consistent - * tests/namespace-old.test: error message when a namespace is not - * tests/namespace.test: found. - * tests/upvar.test: - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: Use the new INST_REVERSE instruction - * tests/mathop.test: to correct the compiled versions of math - operator commands. [Bug 1724437] - - * generic/tclCompile.c: New bytecode instruction INST_REVERSE to - * generic/tclCompile.h: reverse the order of N items at the top of - * generic/tclExecute.c: stack. - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompilePowOpCmd): Make a separate - routine to compile ** to account for its different associativity. - -2007-09-08 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_SetVar2, TclPtrSetVar): [Bug 1710710] fixed - correctly, reverted fix of 2007-05-01. - -2007-09-08 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictUpdateCmd, DictWithCmd): Plug a hole that - * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC,INST_DICT_UPDATE_END): allowed a careful - * tests/dict.test (dict-21.16,21.17,22.11): attacker to craft a dict - containing a recursive link to itself, violating one of Tcl's - fundamental datatype assumptions and causing a stack crash when the - dict was converted to a string. [Bug 1786481] - -2007-09-07 Don Porter - - * generic/tclEvent.c ([::tcl::Bgerror]): Corrections to Tcl's - * tests/event.test: default [interp bgerror] handler so that when - it falls back to a hidden [bgerror] in a safe interp, it gets the - right error context data. [Bug 1790274] - -2007-09-07 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclProc.c (TclInitCompiledLocals): the refCount of resolved - variables was being managed without checking if they were Var or - VarInHash: itcl [Bug 1790184] - -2007-09-06 Don Porter - - * generic/tclResult.c (Tcl_GetReturnOptions): Take care that a - * tests/init.test: non-TCL_ERROR code doesn't cause existing - -errorinfo, -errorcode, and -errorline entries to be omitted. - * generic/tclEvent.c: With -errorInfo no longer lost, generate more - complete ::errorInfo when calling [bgerror] after a non-TCL_ERROR - background exception. - -2007-09-06 Don Porter - - * generic/tclInterp.c (Tcl_Init): Removed constraint on ability - to define a custom [tclInit] before calling Tcl_Init(). Until now the - custom command had to be a proc. Now it can be any command. - - * generic/tclInt.decls: New internal routine TclBackgroundException() - * generic/tclEvent.c: that for the first time permits non-TCL_ERROR - exceptions to trigger [interp bgerror] handling. Closes a gap in TIP - 221. When falling back to [bgerror] (which is designed only to handle - TCL_ERROR), convert exceptions into errors complaining about the - exception. - - * generic/tclInterp.c: Convert Tcl_BackgroundError() callers to call - * generic/tclIO.c: TclBackgroundException(). - * generic/tclIOCmd.c: - * generic/tclTimer.c: - - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: make genstubs - * generic/tclStubInit.c: - -2007-09-06 Daniel Steffen - - * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: discontinue unmaintained support - * macosx/Tcl.xcode/default.pbxuser: for Xcode 1.5; replace by Xcode2 - project for use on Tiger (with Tcl.xcodeproj to be used on Leopard). - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: updates for Xcode 2.5 and 3.0. - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: - * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: - * macosx/Tcl.xcode/default.pbxuser: - * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: - - * macosx/README: document project changes. - -2007-09-05 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Removed support for the unmaintained - * generic/tclExecute.c: -DTCL_GENERIC_ONLY configuration. [Bug - * unix/Makefile.in: 1264623] - -2007-09-04 Don Porter - - * unix/Makefile.in: It's unreliable to count on the release - manager to remember to `make genstubs` before `make dist`. Let the - Makefile remember the dependency for us. - - * unix/Makefile.in: Corrections to `make dist` dependencies to be - sure that macosx/configure gets generated whenever it does not exist. - -2007-09-03 Kevin B, Kenny - - * library/tzdata/Africa/Cairo: - * library/tzdata/America/Grand_Turk: - * library/tzdata/America/Port-au-Prince: - * library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Petersburg: - * library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Tell_City: - * library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Vincennes: - * library/tzdata/Antarctica/McMurdo: - * library/tzdata/Australia/Adelaide: - * library/tzdata/Australia/Broken_Hill: - * library/tzdata/Australia/Currie: - * library/tzdata/Australia/Hobart: - * library/tzdata/Australia/Lord_Howe: - * library/tzdata/Australia/Melbourne: - * library/tzdata/Australia/Sydney: - * library/tzdata/Pacific/Auckland: - * library/tzdata/Pacific/Chatham: Olson's tzdata2007g. - - * generic/tclListObj.c (TclLindexFlat): - * tests/lindex.test (lindex-17.[01]): Added code to detect the error - when a script does [lindex {} end foo]; an overaggressive optimisation - caused this call to return an empty object rather than an error. - -2007-09-03 Daniel Steffen - - * generic/tclObj.c (TclInitObjSubsystem): restore registration of the - "wideInt" Tcl_ObjType for compatibility with 8.4 extensions that - access the tclWideIntType Tcl_ObjType; add setFromAnyProc for - tclWideIntType. - -2007-09-02 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/lsearch.n: Added note that order of results with the -all option - is that of the input list. It always was, but this makes it crystal. - -2007-08-30 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompile.c: Added fflush() calls following all callers of - * generic/tclExecute.c: TclPrintByteCodeObj() so that tcl_traceCompile - output is less likely to get mangled when writes to stdout interleave - with other code. - -2007-08-28 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Use a table lookup in ParseLexeme() to - determine lexemes with single-byte representations. - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Used unions to better clarify overloading of - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: the fields of the OpCmdInfo and - * generic/tclCompile.h: TclOpCmdClientData structs. - -2007-08-27 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Call TclCompileSyntaxError() when - expression syntax errors are found when compiling expressions. With - this in place, convert TclCompileExpr to return void, since there's no - longer any need to report TCL_ERROR. - * generic/tclCompile.c: Update callers. - * generic/tclExecute.c: - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: New routine TclCompileSyntaxError() - * generic/tclCompile.h: to directly compile bytecodes that report a - * generic/tclCompile.c: syntax error, rather than (ab)use a call to - TclCompileReturnCmd. Also, undo the most recent commit that papered - over some issues with that (ab)use. New routine produces a new opcode - INST_SYNTAX, which is a minor variation of INST_RETURN_IMM. Also a bit - of constification. - - * generic/tclCompile.c: Move the deallocation of local LiteralTable - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: entries into TclFreeCompileEnv(). - * generic/tclExecute.c: Update callers. - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Force numeric and boolean literals in - expressions to register with their intreps intact, even if that means - overwriting existing intreps in already registered literals. - -2007-08-25 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Added code to handle - * tests/expr.test (expr-23.48-53) integer exponentiation - that results in 32- and 64-bit integer results, avoiding calls to wide - integer exponentiation routines in this common case. [Bug 1767293] - - * library/clock.tcl (ParseClockScanFormat): Modified code to allow - * tests/clock.test (clock-60.*): case-insensitive matching - of time zone and month names. [Bug 1781282] - -2007-08-24 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Register literals found in expressions - * tests/compExpr.test: to restore literal sharing. Preserve numeric - intreps when literals are created for the first time. Correct memleak - in ExecConstantExprTree() and add test for the leak. - -2007-08-24 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCompile.c: replaced copy loop that tripped some compilers - with memmove. [Bug 1780870] - -2007-08-23 Don Porter - - * library/init.tcl ([auto_load_index]): Delete stray "]" that created - an expr syntax error (masked by a [catch]). - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileReturnCmd): Added crash protection - to handle callers other than TclCompileScript() failing to meet the - initialization assumptions of the TIP 280 code in CompileWord(). - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Suppress the attempt to convert to - numeric when pre-compiling a constant expresion indicates an error. - -2007-08-22 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): disable the new shortcut to frequent - INSTs for debug builds. REVERTED (collision with alternative fix) - -2007-08-21 Don Porter - - * generic/tclMain.c: Corrected the logic of dropping the last - * tests/main.test: newline from an interactively typed command. - [Bug 1775878] - -2007-08-21 Pat Thoyts - - * tests/thread.test: thread-4.4: clear ::errorInfo in the thread as a - message is left here from init.tcl on windows due to no tcl_pkgPath. - -2007-08-20 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_SUB): fix usage of the new macro for - overflow detection in sums, adapt to subtraction. Lengthy comment - added. - -2007-08-19 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclExecute.c (Overflowing, TclIncrObj, TclExecuteByteCode): - Encapsulate Miguel's last change in a more mnemonic macro. - -2007-08-19 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c: changed the check for overflow in sums, - reducing objsize, number of branches and cache misses (according to - cachegrind). Non-overflow for s=a+b: - previous - ((a >= 0 || b >= 0 || s < 0) && (s >= 0 || b < 0 || a < 0)) - now - (((a^s) >= 0) || ((a^b) < 0)) - This expresses: "a and s have the same sign or else a and b have - different sign". - -2007-08-19 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/interp.n (RESOURCE LIMITS): Added text to better explain why - time limits are described using absolute times. [Bug 1752148] - -2007-08-16 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclVar.c: improved localVarNameType caching to leverage - the new availability of Tcl_Obj in variable names, avoiding string - comparisons to verify that the cached value is usable. - - * generic/tclExecute.c: check the two most frequent instructions - before the switch. Reduces both runtime and obj size a tiny bit. - -2007-08-16 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added a "constant" field to the OpNode - struct (again "free" due to alignment requirements) to mark those - subexpressions that are completely known at compile time. Enhanced - CompileExprTree() and its callers to precompute these constant - subexpressions at compile time. This resolves the issue raised in [Bug - 1564517]. - -2007-08-15 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclIOUtil.c (TclGetOpenModeEx): Only set the O_APPEND flag - * tests/ioUtil.test (ioUtil-4.1): on a channel for the 'a' - mode and not for 'a+'. [Bug 1773127] - -2007-08-14 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_INVOKE*): peephole opt, do not get the - interp's result if it will be pushed/popped. - -2007-08-14 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Use fully qualified variable names for - * tests/thread.test: ::errorInfo and ::errorCode so that string - * tests/trace.test: reported to variable traces are fully - qualified in agreement with Tcl 8.4 operations. - -2007-08-14 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tclLoadDyld.c: use dlfcn API on Mac OS X 10.4 and later; fix - issues with loading from memory on intel and 64bit; add debug messages - - * tests/load.test: add test load-10.1 for loading from vfs. - - * unix/dltest/pkga.c: whitespace & comment cleanup, remove - * unix/dltest/pkgb.c: unused pkgf.c. - * unix/dltest/pkgc.c: - * unix/dltest/pkge.c: - * unix/dltest/pkgf.c (removed): - * unix/dltest/pkgua.c: - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: - -2007-08-13 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Provide DECACHE/CACHE protection to the - * tests/trace.test: Tcl_LogCommandInfo() call. [Bug 1773040] - -2007-08-12 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_SplitObjCmd): use TclNewStringObj macro - instead of calling the function. - - * generic/tcl_Obj.c (TclAllocateFreeObjects): remove unneeded memset - to 0 of all allocated objects. - -2007-08-10 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclInt.h: remove redundant ops in TclNewStringObj macro. - -2007-08-10 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclInt.h: fix the TclSetVarNamespaceVar macro, was causing a - leak. - -2007-08-10 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Revise CompileExprTree() to use the - OpNode mark field scheme of tree traversal. This eliminates the need - to use magic values in the left and right fields for that purpose. - Also stop abusing the left field within ParseExpr() to store the - number of arguments in a parsed function call. CompileExprTree() now - determines that for itself at compile time. Then reorder code to - eliminate duplication. - -2007-08-09 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclProc.c (TclCreateProc): better comments on the required - varflag values when loading precompiled procs. - - * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_STORE_ARRAY): - * tests/trace.test (trace-2.6): whole array write traces on compiled - local variables were not firing. [Bug 1770591] - -2007-08-08 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclProc.c (InitLocalCache): reference firstLocalPtr via - procPtr. codePtr->procPtr == NULL exposed by tbcload. - -2007-08-08 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrected failure to compile/link in the - -DNO_WIDE_TYPE configuration. - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrected improper use of bignum arguments to - * tests/expr.test: *SHIFT operations. [Bug 1770224] - -2007-08-07 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclInt.h: remove comments refering to VAR_SCALAR, as that - flag bit does not exist any longer. - * generic/tclProc.c (InitCompiledLocals): removed optimisation for - non-resolved case, as the function is never called in that case. - Renamed the function to InitResolvedLocals to calrify the point. - - * generic/tclInt.decls: Exporting via stubs to help xotcl adapt to - * generic/tclInt.h: VarReform. - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: - * generic/tclStubInit.c: - -2007-08-07 Daniel Steffen - - * generic/tclEnv.c: improve environ handling on Mac OS X (adapted - * unix/tclUnixPort.h: from Apple changes in Darwin tcl-64). - - * unix/Makefile.in: add support for compile flags specific to - object files linked directly into executables. - - * unix/configure.in (Darwin): only use -seg1addr flag when prebinding; - use -mdynamic-no-pic flag for object files linked directly into exes; - support overriding TCL_PACKAGE_PATH/TCL_MODULE_PATH in environment. - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - -2007-08-06 Don Porter - - * tests/parseExpr.test: Update source file name of expr parser code. - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added a "mark" field to the OpNode - struct, which is used to guide tree traversal. This field costs - nothing since alignement requirements used the memory already. - Rewrote ConvertTreeToTokens() to use the new field, which permitted - consolidation of utility routines CopyTokens() and - GenerateTokensForLiteral(). - -2007-08-06 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclGetDate.y: Added a cast to the definition of YYFREE to - silence compiler warnings. - * generic/tclDate.c: Regenerated - * win/tclWinTest.c: Added a cast to GetSecurityDescriptorDacl call - to silence compiler warnings. - -2007-08-04 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclInt.decls: Exporting via stubs to help itcl adapt to - * generic/tclInt.h: VarReform. Added localCache initialization - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: to TclInitCompiledLocals (which only exists - * generic/tclProc.c: for itcl). - * generic/tclStubInit.c: - * generic/tclVar.c: - -2007-08-01 Donal K. Fellows - - * library/word.tcl: Rewrote for greater efficiency. [Bug 1764318] - -2007-08-01 Pat Thoyts - - * generic/tclInt.h: Added a TclOffset macro ala Tk_Offset to - * generic/tclVar.c: abstract out 'offsetof' which may not be - * generic/tclExceute.c: defined (eg: msvc6). - -2007-08-01 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclVar.c (TclCleanupVar): fix [Bug 1765225], thx Larry - Virden. - -2007-07-31 Miguel Sofer - - * doc/Hash.3: - * generic/tclHash.c: - * generic/tclObj.c: - * generic/tclThreadStorage.c: (changes part of the patch below) - Stop Tcl_CreateHashVar from resetting hPtr->clientData to NULL after - calling the allocEntryProc for a custom table. - - * generic/tcl.h: - * generic/tclBasic.c: - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: - * generic/tclCompile.c: - * generic/tclCompile.h: - * generic/tclExecute.c: - * generic/tclHash.c: - * generic/tclInt.decls: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: - * generic/tclLiteral.c: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * generic/tclObj.c: - * generic/tclProc.c: - * generic/tclThreadStorage.c: - * generic/tclTrace.c: - * generic/tclVar.c: VarReform [Patch 1750051] - - *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** (tclInt.h and tclCompile.h) - Extensions that access internals defined in tclInt.h and/or - tclCompile.h may lose both binary and source compatibility. The - relevant changes are: - 1. 'struct Var' is completely changed, all acceses to its internals - (either direct or via the TclSetVar* and TclIsVar* macros) will - malfunction. Var flag values and semantics changed too. - 2. 'struct Bytecode' has an additional field that has to be - initialised to NULL - 3. 'struct Namespace' is larger, as the varTable is now one pointer - larger than a Tcl_HashTable. Direct access to its fields will - malfunction. - 4. 'struct CallFrame' grew one more field (the second such growth with - respect to Tcl8.4). - 5. API change for the functions TclFindCompiledLocal, TclDeleteVars - and many internal functions in tclVar.c - - Additionally, direct access to variable hash tables via the standard - Tcl_Hash* interface is to be considered as deprecated. It still works - in the present version, but will be broken by further specialisation - of these hash tables. This concerns especially the table of array - elements in an array, as well as the varTable field in the Namespace - struct. - -2007-07-31 Miguel Sofer - - * unix/configure.in: allow use of 'inline' in Tcl sources. [Patch - * win/configure.in: 1754128] - * win/makefile.vc: Regen with autoconf 2.61 - -2007-07-31 Donal K. Fellows - - * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpSetVariables): Use the thread-safe getpwuid - replacement to fill the tcl_platform(user) field as it is not subject - to spoofing. [Bug 681877] - - * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: Simplify the #ifdef logic. - - * unix/tclUnixChan.c (FileWatchProc): Fix test failures. - -2007-07-30 Donal K. Fellows - - * unix/tclUnixChan.c (SET_BITS, CLEAR_BITS): Added macros to make this - file clearer. - -2007-07-24 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclBasic.c (TEOvI, GetCommandSource): - * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC, TclGetSrcInfoForCmd): - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclTrace.c (TclCheck(Interp|Execution)Traces): - Removed the need for TEBC to inspect the command before calling TEOvI, - leveraging the TIP 280 infrastructure. Moved the generation of a - correct nul-terminated command string away from the trace code, back - into TEOvI/GetCommandSource. - -2007-07-20 Andreas Kupries - - * library/platform/platform.tcl: Fixed bug in 'platform::patterns' - * library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: where identifiers not matching - * unix/Makefile.in: the special linux and solaris forms would not - * win/Makefile.in: get 'tcl' as an acceptable platform added to - * doc/platform.n: the result. Bumped package to version 1.0.3 and - * doc/platform_shell.n: updated documentation and Makefiles. Also - fixed bad version info in the documentation of platform::shell. - -2007-07-19 Don Porter - - * generic/tclParse.c: In contexts where interp and parsePtr->interp - might be different, be sure to use the latter for error reporting. - Also pulled the interp argument back out of ParseTokens() since we - already had a parsePtr->interp to work with. - -2007-07-18 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Removed unused arguments and variables - -2007-07-17 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c (ParseExpr): While adding comments to - explain the operations of ParseExpr(), made significant revisions to - the code so it would be easier to explain, and in the process made the - code simpler and clearer as well. - -2007-07-15 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: More commentary. - * tests/parseExpr.test: Several tests of syntax error messages - to check that when expression substrings are truncated they leave - visible the context relevant to the reported error. - -2007-07-12 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Factored out, corrected, and commented - common code for reporting syntax errors in LEAF elements. - -2007-07-11 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileWhileCmd): - * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript): - Corrected faulty avoidance of INST_START_CMD when the first opcode in - a script is within a loop (as produced by 'while 1'), so that the - corresponding command is properly counted. [Bug 1752146] - -2007-07-11 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added a "parseOnly" flag argument to - ParseExpr() to indicate whether the caller is Tcl_ParseExpr(), with an - end goal of filling a Tcl_Parse with Tcl_Tokens representing the - parsed expression, or TclCompileExpr() with the goal of compiling and - executing the expression. In the latter case, more aggressive - conversion of QUOTED and BRACED lexeme to literals is done. In the - former case, all such conversion is avoided, since Tcl_Token - production would revert it anyway. This enables simplifications to the - GenerateTokensForLiteral() routine as well. - -2007-07-10 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added a field for operator precedence - to be stored directly in the parse tree. There's no memory cost to - this addition, since that memory would have been lost to alignment - issues anyway. Also, converted precedence definitions and lookup - tables to use symbolic constants instead of raw number for improved - readability, and continued extending/improving/correcting comments. - Removed some unused counter variables. Renamed some variables for - clarity and replaced some cryptic logic with more readable macros. - -2007-07-09 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Revision so that the END lexeme never - gets inserted into the parse tree. Later tree traversal never reaches - it since its location in the tree is not variable. Starting and - stopping with the START lexeme (node 0) is sufficient. Also finished - lexeme code commentary. - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added missing creation and return of - the Tcl_Parse fields that indicate error conditions. [Bug 1749987] - -2007-07-05 Don Porter - - * library/init.tcl (unknown): Corrected inconsistent error message - in interactive [unknown] when empty command is invoked. [Bug 1743676] - -2007-07-05 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (SetNsNameFromAny): - * generic/tclObj.c (SetCmdNameFromAny): Avoid unnecessary - ckfree/ckalloc when the old structs can be reused. - -2007-07-04 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclNamesp.c: Fix case where a FQ cmd or ns was being cached - * generic/tclObj.c: in a different interp, tkcon. [Bug 1747512] - -2007-07-03 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Revised #define values so that there - is now more expansion room to define more BINARY operators. - -2007-07-02 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclHash.c (CompareStringKeys): Always use the strcmp() - version; the operation is functionally equivalent, the speed is - identical (up to measurement limitations), and yet the code is - simpler. [FRQ 951168] - -2007-07-02 Don Porter - - * generic/tcl.h: Removed TCL_PRESERVE_BINARY_COMPATIBILITY and - * generic/tclHash.c: any code enabled when it is set to 0. We will - * generic/tclStubInit.c: always want to preserve binary compat - of the structs that appear in the interface through the 8.* series of - releases, so it's pointless to drag around this never-enabled - alternative. - - * generic/tclIO.c: Removed dead code. - * unix/tclUnixChan.c: - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Removed dead code, old implementations - * generic/tclEvent.c: of expr parsing and compiling, including the - * generic/tclInt.h: routine TclFinalizeCompilation(). - -2007-06-30 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Plug a memory leak caused by a - missing Tcl_DecrRefCount on an error path. [Bug 1717186] - -2007-06-30 Zoran Vasiljevic - - * generic/tclThread.c: Prevent RemeberSyncObj() from growing the sync - object lists by reusing already free'd slots, if possible. See - discussion on Bug 1726873 for more information. - -2007-06-29 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/DictObj.3 (Tcl_DictObjDone): Improved documentation of this - function to make it clearer how to use it. [Bug 1710795] - -2007-06-29 Daniel Steffen - - * generic/tclAlloc.c: on Darwin, ensure memory allocated by - * generic/tclThreadAlloc.c: the custom TclpAlloc()s is aligned to - 16 byte boundaries (as is the case with the Darwin system malloc). - - * generic/tclGetDate.y: use ckalloc/ckfree instead of malloc/free. - * generic/tclDate.c: bison 1.875e - - * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalEx): fix warnings. - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: better support for renamed tcl - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: source dir; add 10.5 SDK build - * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: config; remove tclMathOp.c. - - * macosx/README: document Tcl.xcodeproj changes. - -2007-06-28 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Removed dead code, including the - * generic/tclExecute.c: entire file tclMathOp.c. - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclMathOp.c (removed): - * generic/tclTestObj.c: - * win/tclWinFile.c: - - * unix/Makefile.in: Updated to reflect deletion of tclMathOp.c. - * win/Makefile.in: - * win/makefile.bc: - * win/makefile.vc: - -2007-06-28 Pat Thoyts - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Silence constness warnings for TclStackFree - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: when building with msvc. - * generic/tclFCmd.c: - * generic/tclIOCmd.c: - * generic/tclTrace.c: - -2007-06-28 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): fix possible segfault. - -2007-06-27 Don Porter - - * generic/tclTrace.c: Corrected broken trace reversal logic in - * generic/tclTest.c: TclCheckInterpTraces that led to infinite loop - * tests/trace.test: when multiple Tcl_CreateTrace traces were set - and one of them did not fire due to level restrictions. [Bug 1743931] - -2007-06-26 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalEx): Moved some arrays from the C - stack to the Tcl stack. - -2007-06-26 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): more streamlining. - -2007-06-25 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Safety checks to avoid crashes in the - TclStack* routines when called with an incompletely initialized - interp. [Bug 1743302] - -2007-06-25 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): fixing incomplete change, more - streamlining. - -2007-06-24 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclVar.c (TclDeleteCompiledLocalVars): removed inlining that - ended up not really optimising (limited benchmarks). Now calling - UnsetVarStruct (streamlined old code is #ifdef'ed out, in case better - benchmarks do show a difference). - - * generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): fixed a leak introduced in last - commit. - -2007-06-23 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct, TclDeleteVars): made the logic - slightly clearer, eliminated some duplicated code. - - *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** (tclInt.h and Var struct users) - The core never builds VAR_LINK variable to have traces. Such a - "monster", should one exist, will now have its unset traces called - *before* it is unlinked. - -2007-06-23 Daniel Steffen - - * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c (AtForkChild): don't call CoreFoundation - APIs after fork() on systems where that would lead to an abort(). - -2007-06-22 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Revised TclStackRealloc() signature to better - * generic/tclInt.h: parallel (and fall back on) Tcl_Realloc. - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclResetShadowesCmdRefs): Replaced - ckrealloc based allocations with TclStackRealloc allocations. - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: More conversions to use TclStackAlloc. - * generic/tclScan.c: - -2007-06-21 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Move most instances of the Tcl_Parse struct - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: off the C stack and onto the Tcl stack. This - * generic/tclCompile.c: is a rather large struct (> 3kB). - * generic/tclParse.c: - -2007-06-21 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclBasic.c (TEOvI): Made sure that leave traces - * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_INVOKE): that were created during - * tests/trace.test (trace-36.2): execution of an originally - untraced command do not fire [Bug 1740962], partial fix. - -2007-06-21 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tcl.h, generic/tclCompile.h, generic/tclCompile.c: Remove - references in comments to obsolete {expand} notation. [Bug 1740859] - -2007-06-20 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclVar.c: streamline namespace vars deletion: only compute - the variable's full name if the variable is traced. - -2007-06-20 Don Porter - - * generic/tclInt.decls: Revised the interfaces of the routines - * generic/tclExecute.c: TclStackAlloc and TclStackFree to make them - easier for callers to use (or more precisely, harder to misuse). - TclStackFree now takes a (void *) argument which is the pointer - intended to be freed. TclStackFree will panic if that's not actually - the memory the call will free. TSA/TSF also now tolerate receiving - (interp == NULL), in which case they simply fall back to be calls to - Tcl_Alloc/Tcl_Free. - - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: make genstubs - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Updated callers - * generic/tclCmdAH.c: - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: - * generic/tclCompile.c: - * generic/tclFCmd.c: - * generic/tclFileName.c: - * generic/tclIOCmd.c: - * generic/tclIndexObj.c: - * generic/tclInterp.c: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * generic/tclProc.c: - * generic/tclTrace.c: - * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: - -2007-06-20 Jeff Hobbs - - * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: revamp of html doc output to use CSS, - standardized headers, subheaders, dictionary sorting of names. - -2007-06-18 Jeff Hobbs - - * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: clean up copyright merging and output. - clean up coding constructs. - -2007-06-18 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (InfoFrameCmd): - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_SwitchObjCmd): - * generic/tclCompile.c (TclInitCompileEnv): - * generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_ProcObjCmd, SetLambdaFromAny): Moved the - CmdFrame off the C stack and onto the Tcl stack. - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): Moved the CmdFrame off the C stack and - onto the Tcl stack, between the catch and the execution stacks - -2007-06-18 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalEx,TclEvalObjEx): Moved the CmdFrame off - the C stack and onto the Tcl stack. - -2007-06-17 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclProc.c (TclObjInterpProcCore): Minor fixes to make - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): compilation debugging - builds work again. [Bug 1738542] - -2007-06-16 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclProc.c (TclObjInterpProcCore): Use switch instead of a - chain of if's for a modest performance gain and a little more clarity. - -2007-06-15 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: Simplified [variable] compiler and executor. - * generic/tclExecute.c: Missed updates to "there is always a valid - frame". - - * generic/tclCompile.c: reverted TclEvalObjvInternal and INST_INVOKE - * generic/tclExecute.c: to essentially what they were previous to the - * generic/tclBasic.c: commit of 2007-04-03 [Patch 1693802] and the - subsequent optimisations, as they break the new trace tests described - below. - - * generic/trace.test: added tests 36 to 38 for dynamic trace creation - and addition. These tests expose a change in dynamics due to a recent - round of optimisations. The "correct" behaviour is not described in - docs nor TIP 62. - -2007-06-14 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclInt.decls: Modif to the internals of TclObjInterpProc - * generic/tclInt.h: to reduce stack consumption and improve task - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: separation. Changes the interface of - * generic/tclProc.c: TclObjInterpProcCore (patching TclOO - simultaneously). - - * generic/tclProc.c (TclObjInterpProcCore): simplified obj management - in wrongNumArgs calls. - -2007-06-14 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompile.c: SetByteCodeFromAny() can no longer return any - * generic/tclExecute.c: code other than TCL_OK, so remove code that - * generic/tclProc.c: formerly handled exceptional codes. - -2007-06-13 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclCompEvalObj): missed update to "there is - always a valid frame". - - * generic/tclProc.c (TclObjInterpProcCore): call TEBC directly instead - of going through TclCompEvalObj - no need to check the compilation's - freshness, this has already been done. This improves speed and should - also provide some relief to [Bug 1066755]. - -2007-06-12 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): Turn the [info] command into - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclInitInfoCmd): an ensemble, making it easier - for third-party code to plug into. - - * generic/tclIndexObj.c (Tcl_WrongNumArgs): - * generic/tclNamesp.c, generic/tclInt.h (tclEnsembleCmdType): Make - Tcl_WrongNumArgs do replacement correctly with ensembles and other - sorts of complex replacement strategies. - -2007-06-11 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c: comments added to explain iPtr->numLevels - management. - - * generic/tclNamesp.c: tweaks to Tcl_GetCommandFromObj and - * generic/tclObj.c: TclGetNamespaceFromObj; modified the usage of - structs ResolvedCmdName and ResolvedNsname so that the field refNsPtr - is NULL for fully qualified names. - -2007-06-10 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Further TEOvI split, creating a new - * generic/tclCompile.h: TclEvalObjvKnownCommand() function to handle - * generic/tclExecute.c: commands that are already known and are not - traced. INST_INVOKE now calls into this function instead of inlining - parts of TEOvI. Same perf, better isolation. - - ***POTENTIAL INCOMPAT*** There is a subtle issue with the timing of - execution traces that is changed here - first change appeared in my - commit of 2007-04-03 [Patch 1693802], which caused some divergence - between compiled and non-compiled code. - ***THIS CHANGE IS UNDER REVIEW*** - -2007-06-10 Jeff Hobbs - - * README: updated links. [Bug 1715081] - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): restore support for - INST_CALL_BUILTIN_FUNC1 and INST_CALL_FUNC1 bytecodes to support 8.4- - precompiled sources (math functions). [Bug 1720895] - -2007-06-10 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * generic/tclObj.c: - * generic/tclvar.c: new macros TclGetCurrentNamespace() and - TclGetGlobalNamespace(); Tcl_GetCommandFromObj and - TclGetNamespaceFromObj rewritten to make the logic clearer; slightly - faster too. - -2007-06-09 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_INVOKE): isolated two vars to the small - block where they are actually used. - - * generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_GetCommandFromObj): rewritten to make the - logic clearer; slightly faster too. - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Split TEOv in two, by separating a processor - for non-TCL_OK returns. Also split TEOvI in a full version that - handles non-existing and traced commands, and a separate shorter - version for the regular case. - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Moved the generation of command strings for - * generic/tclTrace.c: traces: previously in Tcl_EvalObjv(), now in - TclCheck[Interp|Execution]Traces(). Also insured that the strings are - properly NUL terminated at the correct length. [Bug 1693986] - - ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY in internal API*** - The functions TclCheckInterpTraces() and TclCheckExecutionTraces() (in - internal stubs) used to be noops if the command string was NULL, this - is not true anymore: if the command string is NULL, they generate an - appropriate string from (objc,objv) and use it to call the traces. The - caller might as well not call them with a NULL string if he was - expecting a noop. - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Extend usage of TclLimitReady() and - * generic/tclExecute.c: (new) TclLimitExceeded() macros. - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclInterp.c: - - * generic/tclInt.h: New TclCleanupCommandMacro for core usage. - * generic/tclBasic.c: - * generic/tclExecute.c: - * generic/tclObj.c: - -2007-06-09 Daniel Steffen - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add new Tclsh-Info.plist.in. - -2007-06-08 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): Changed [string first] and - * doc/string.n: [string last] so that they have clearer descriptions - for those people who know the adage about needles and haystacks. This - follows suggestions on comp.lang.tcl... - -2007-06-06 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclParse.c: fix for uninit read. [Bug 1732414] - -2007-06-06 Daniel Steffen - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add settings for Fix&Continue. - - * unix/configure.in (Darwin): add plist for tclsh; link the - * unix/Makefile.in (Darwin): Tcl and tclsh plists into - * macosx/Tclsh-Info.plist.in (new): their binaries in all cases. - * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: - - * unix/tcl.m4 (Darwin): fix CF checks in fat 32&64bit builds. - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - -2007-06-05 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Added interp flag value ERR_LEGACY_COPY to - * generic/tclInt.h: control the timing with which the global - * generic/tclNamesp.c: variables ::errorCode and ::errorInfo get - * generic/tclProc.c: updated after an error. This keeps more - * generic/tclResult.c: precise compatibility with Tcl 8.4. - * tests/result.test (result-6.2): [Bug 1649062] - -2007-06-05 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclExecute.c: Tcl-stack reform, [Patch 1701202] - -2007-06-03 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/Makefile.in: add datarootdir to silence autoconf-2.6x warning. - -2007-05-30 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Removed code that dealt with - * generic/tclCompile.c: TCL_TOKEN_EXPAND_WORD tokens representing - * generic/tclCompile.h: expanded literal words. These sections were - mostly in place to enable [info frame] to discover line information in - expanded literals. Since the parser now generates a token for each - post-expansion word referring to the right location in the original - script string, [info frame] gets all the data it needs. - - * generic/tclInt.h: Revised the parser so that it never produces - * generic/tclParse.c: TCL_TOKEN_EXPAND_WORD tokens when parsing an - * tests/parse.test: expanded literal word; that is, something like - {*}{x y z}. Instead, generate the series of TCL_TOKEN_SIMPLE_WORD - tokens to represent the words that expansion of the literal string - produces. [RFE 1725186] - -2007-05-29 Jeff Hobbs - - * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (Tcl_JoinThread): fix for 64-bit handling of - pthread_join exit return code storage. [Bug 1712723] - -2007-05-22 Don Porter - - [core-stabilizer-branch] - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 (FC6 fork) - * win/configure: - - * README: Bump version number to 8.5b1 - * generic/tcl.h: - * library/init.tcl: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/configure.in: - -2007-05-18 Don Porter - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 (FC6 fork) - * win/configure: - - * README: Bump version number to 8.5a7 - * generic/tcl.h: - * library/init.tcl: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/configure.in: - - * generic/tclParse.c: Disable and remove the ALLOW_EXPAND sections - * tests/info.test: that continued to support the deprecated - * tests/mathop.test: {expand} syntax. Updated the few remaining - users of that syntax in the test suite. - -2007-05-17 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclLimitReady): Created a macro version of - Tcl_LimitReady just for TEBC, to reduce the amount of times that the - bytecode engine calls out to external functions on the critical path. - * generic/tclInterp.c (Tcl_LimitReady): Added note to remind anyone - doing maintenance that there is a macro version to update. - -2007-05-17 Daniel Steffen - - * generic/tcl.decls: workaround 'make checkstubs' failures from - tclStubLib.c MODULE_SCOPE revert. [Bug 1716117] - -2007-05-16 Joe English - - * generic/tclStubLib.c: Change Tcl_InitStubs(), tclStubsPtr, and the - auxilliary stubs table pointers back to public visibility. - - These symbols need to be exported so that stub-enabled extensions may - be statically linked into an extended tclsh or Big Wish with a - dynamically-linked libtcl. [Bug 1716117] - -2007-05-15 Don Porter - - * win/configure: autoconf-2.59 (FC6 fork) - - * library/reg/pkgIndex.tcl: Bump to registry 1.2.1 to account for - * win/configure.in: [Bug 1682211] fix. - * win/makefile.bc: - * win/tclWinReg.c: - -2007-05-11 Pat Thoyts - - * generic/tclInt.h: Removed TclEvalObjEx and TclGetSrcInfoForPc from - tclInt.h now they are in the internal stubs table. - -2007-05-09 Don Porter - - * generic/tclInt.h: TclFinalizeThreadAlloc() is always defined, so - make sure it is also always declared (with MODULE_SCOPE). - -2007-05-09 Daniel Steffen - - * generic/tclInt.h: fix warning when building threaded with -DPURIFY. - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add 'DebugUnthreaded' & - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: 'DebugLeaks' configs and env - var settings needed to run the 'leaks' tool. - -2007-05-07 Don Porter - - [Tcl Bug 1706140] - - * generic/tclLink.c (LinkTraceProc): Update Tcl_VarTraceProcs so - * generic/tclNamesp.c (Error*Read): they call Tcl_InterpDeleted() - * generic/tclTrace.c (Trace*Proc): for themselves, and do not - * generic/tclUtil.c (TclPrecTraceProc): rely on (frequently buggy) - setting of the TCL_INTERP_DESTROYED flag by the trace core. - - * generic/tclVar.c: Update callers of TclCallVarTraces to not pass - in the TCL_INTERP_DESTROYED flag. Also apply filters so that public - routines only pass documented flag values down to lower level routines - - * generic/tclTrace.c (TclCallVarTraces): The setting of the - TCL_INTERP_DESTROYED flag is now done entirely within the - TclCallVarTraces routine, the only place it can be done right. - -2007-05-06 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclInt.h (ExtraFrameInfo): Create a new mechanism for - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (InfoFrameCmd): conveying what information needs - to be added to the results of [info frame] to replace the hack that - was there before. - * generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_ApplyObjCmd): Use the new mechanism for the - [apply] command, the only part of Tcl itself that needs it (so far). - - * generic/tclInt.decls (TclEvalObjEx, TclGetSrcInfoForPc): Expose - these two functions through the internal stubs table, necessary for - extensions that need to integrate deeply with TIP#280. - -2007-05-05 Donal K. Fellows - - * win/tclWinFile.c (TclpGetUserHome): Squelch type-pun warnings in - * win/tclWinInit.c (TclpSetVariables): Win-specific code not found - * win/tclWinReg.c (AppendSystemError): during earlier work on Unix. - -2007-05-04 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclIO.c (TclFinalizeIOSubsystem): Added an initializer to - silence a spurious gcc warning about use of an uninitialized - variable. - * tests/encoding.test: Modified so that encoding tests happen in a - private namespace, to avoid polluting the global one. This problem was - discovered when running the test suite '-singleproc 1 -skip exec.test' - because the 'path' variable in encoding.test conflicted with the one - in io.test. - * tests/io.test: Made more of the working variables private to the - namespace. - -2007-05-02 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclTest.c (SimpleMatchInDirectory): Corrected a refcount - imbalance that affected the filesystem-[147]* tests in the test suite. - Thanks to Don Porter for the patch. [Bug 1710707] - * generic/tclPathObj.c (Tcl_FSJoinPath, Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath): - Corrected several memory leaks that caused refcount imbalances - resulting in memory leaks on Windows. Thanks to Joe Mistachkin for the - patch. - -2007-05-01 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclVar.c (TclPtrSetVar): fixed leak whenever newvaluePtr had - refCount 0 and was used for appending (but not lappending). Thanks to - mistachkin and kbk. [Bug 1710710] - -2007-05-01 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclIO.c (DeleteChannelTable): Made changes so that - DeleteChannelTable tries to close all open channels, not just the - first. [Bug 1710285] - * generic/tclThread.c (TclFinalizeSynchronization): Make sure that TSD - blocks get freed on non-threaded builds. [Bug 1710825] - * tests/utf.test (utf-25.1--utf-25.4): Modified tests to clean up - after the 'testobj' extension to avoid spurious reports of memory - leaks. - -2007-05-01 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (STR_MAP): When [string map] has a pure dict map, - a missing Tcl_DictObjDone() call led to a memleak. [Bug 1710709] - -2007-04-30 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/Makefile.in: add 'tclsh' dependency to install targets that - rely on tclsh, fixes parallel 'make install' from empty build dir. - -2007-04-30 Andreas Kupries - - * generic/tclIO.c (FixLevelCode): Corrected reference count - mismanagement of newlevel, newcode. Changed to allocate the Tcl_Obj's - as late as possible, and only when actually needed. [Bug 1705778, leak - K29] - -2007-04-30 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_ProcObjCmd, SetLambdaFromAny): Corrected - reference count mismanagement on the name of the source file in the - TIP 280 code. [Bug 1705778, leak K02 among other manifestations] - -2007-04-25 Donal K. Fellows - - *** 8.5a6 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** - - * generic/tclProc.c (TclObjInterpProcCore): Only allocate objects for - error message generation when associated with argument names that are - really used. [Bug 1705778, leak K15] - -2007-04-25 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_FSChdir): Changed the memory management so - that the path returned from Tcl_FSGetNativePath is not duplicated - before being stored as the current directory, to avoid a memory leak. - [Bug 1705778, leak K01 among other manifestations] - -2007-04-25 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c (ParseExpr): Revised to be sure that an - error return doesn't prevent all literals getting placed on the - litList to be returned to the caller for freeing. Corrects some - memleaks. [Bug 1705778, leak K23] - -2007-04-25 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/Makefile.in (dist): add macosx/*.xcconfig files to src dist; - copy license.terms to dist macosx dir; fix autoheader bits. - -2007-04-24 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclListObj.c: reverting [Patch 738900] (committed on - 2007-04-20). Causes some Tk test breakage of unknown importance, but - the impact of the patch itself is likely to be so small that it does - not warrant investigation at this time. - -2007-04-24 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictKeysCmd): Rewrote so that the lock on the - internal representation of a dict is only set when necessary. [Bug - 1705778, leak K04] - (DictFilterCmd): Added code to drop the lock in the trivial match - case. [Bug 1705778, leak K05] - -2007-04-24 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclBinary.c: Addressed several code paths where the error - return from the 'binary format' command leaked the result buffer. - * generic/tclListObj.c (TclLsetFlat): Fixed a bug where the new list - under construction was leaked in the error case. [Bug 1705778, leaks - K13 and K14] - -2007-04-24 Jeff Hobbs - - * unix/Makefile.in (dist): add platform library package to src dist - -2007-04-24 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c (ParseExpr): Memory leak in error case; the - literal Tcl_Obj was not getting freed. [Bug 1705778, leak #1 (new)] - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_DeleteNamespace): Corrected flaw in the - flag marking scheme to be sure that global namespaces are freed when - their interp is deleted. [Bug 1705778] - -2007-04-24 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Plugged six memory leaks - in bignum arithmetic. - * generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_ReadObjCmd): Plugged a leak of the buffer - object if the physical read returned an error and the bypass area had - no message. - * generic/tclIORChan.c (TclChanCreateObjCmd): Plugged a leak of the - return value from the "initialize" method of a channel handler. - (All of the above under [Bug 1705778]) - -2007-04-23 Daniel Steffen - - * generic/tclCkalloc.c: fix warnings from gcc build configured with - * generic/tclCompile.c: --enable-64bit --enable-symbols=all. - * generic/tclExecute.c: - - * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: add workaround for crashing bug in fts_open() - * unix/tclUnixInit.c: without FTS_NOSTAT on 64bit Darwin 8 or earlier. - - * unix/tclLoadDyld.c (TclpLoadMemory): fix (void*) arithmetic. - - * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: enable more warnings. - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add 'DebugMemCompile' build - configuration that calls configure with --enable-symbols=all; override - configure check for __attribute__((__visibility__("hidden"))) in Debug - configuration to restore availability of ZeroLink. - - * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: fix warnings. - - * macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c: const fixes. - - * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: fix whitespace. - * macosx/Tcl-Debug.xcconfig: - * macosx/Tcl-Release.xcconfig: - * macosx/README: - - * macosx/GNUmakefile: fix/add copyright and license refs. - * macosx/tclMacOSXBundle.c: - * macosx/Tcl-Info.plist.in: - * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: - - * unix/configure.in: install license.terms into Tcl.framework. - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - -2007-04-23 Don Porter - - * generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): Make sure the - TCL_INTERP_DESTROYED flags gets passed to unset trace routines so they - can respond appropriately. [Bug 1705778, leak #9] - -2007-04-23 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCompile.c (TclFreeCompileEnv): Tip 280's new field - extCmdMapPtr was not being freed. [Bug 1705778, leak #1] - -2007-04-23 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileUpvarCmd): Plugged a memory leak in - 'upvar' when compiling (a) upvar outside a proc, (b) upvar with a - syntax error, or (c) upvar where the frame index is not known at - compile time. - * generic/tclCompExpr.c (ParseExpr): Plugged a memory leak when - parsing expressions that contain syntax errors. - * generic/tclEnv.c (ReplaceString): Clear memory correctly when - growing the cache to avoid reads of uninitialised data. - * generic/tclIORChan.c (TclChanCreateObjCmd, FreeReflectedChannel): - Plugged two memory leaks. - * generic/tclStrToD.c (AccumulateDecimalDigit): Fixed a mistake where - we'd run beyond the end of the 'pow10_wide' array if a number begins - with a string of more than 'maxpow10_wide' zeroes. - * generic/tclTest.c (Testregexpobjcmd): Removed an invalid access - beyond the end of 'objv' in 'testregexp -about'. - All of these issues reported under [Bug 1705778] - detected with the - existing test suite, no new regression tests required. - -2007-04-22 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclVar.c (TclDeleteNamespaceVars): fixed access to freed - memory detected by valgrind: Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace was being - called after freeing root CallFrame (on interp deletion). - -2007-04-20 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclListObj.c (SetListFromAny): avoid discarding internal - reps of objects converted to singleton lists. [Patch 738900] - -2007-04-20 Kevin B. Kenny - - * doc/clock.n: Corrected a silly error (transposed 'uppercase' and - 'lowercase' in clock.n. [Bug 1656002] - Clarified that [clock scan] does not recognize a locale's alternative - calendar. - Deleted an entirely superfluous (and also incorrect) remark about the - effect of Daylight Saving Time on relative times in [clock scan]. [Bug - 1582951] - * library/clock.tcl: Corrected an error in skipping over the %Ey field - on input. - * library/msgs/ja.msg: - * tools/loadICU.tcl: Corrected several localisation faults in the - Japanese locale (most notably, incorrect dates for the Emperors' - eras). Many thanks to SourceForge user 'nyademo' for pointing this out - and developing a fix. [Bug 1637471] - * generic/tclPathObj.c: Corrected a 'const'ness fault that caused - bitter complaints from MSVC. - * tests/clock.test (clock-40.1, clock-58.1, clock-59.1): Corrected a - test case that depended on ":localtime" being able to handle dates - prior to the Posix epoch. [Bug 1618445] Added a test case for the - dates of the Japanese emperors. [Bug 1637471] Added a regression test - for military time zone input conversion. [Bug 1586828] - * generic/tclGetDate.y (MilitaryTable): Fixed an ancient bug where the - military NZA time zones had the signs reversed. [Bug 1586828] - * generic/tclDate.c: Regenerated. - * doc/Notifier.3: Documented Tcl_SetNotifier and Tcl_ServiceModeHook. - Quite against my better judgment. [Bug 414933] - * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tclCkalloc.c, generic/tclClock.c: - * generic/tclCmdIL.c, generic/tclCmdMZ.c, generic/tclFCmd.c: - * generic/tclFileName.c, generic/tclInterp.c, generic/tclIO.c: - * generic/tclIOUtil.c, generic/tclNamesp.c, generic/tclObj.c: - * generic/tclPathObj.c, generic/tclPipe.c, generic/tclPkg.c: - * generic/tclResult.c, generic/tclTest.c, generic/tclTestObj.c: - * generic/tclVar.c, unix/tclUnixChan.c, unix/tclUnixTest.c: - * win/tclWinLoad.c, win/tclWinSerial.c: Replaced commas in varargs - with string concatenation where possible. [Patch 1515234] - * library/tzdata/America/Tegucigalpa: - * library/tzdata/Asia/Damascus: Olson's tzdata 2007e. - -2007-04-19 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/regcomp.c, generic/regc_cvec.c, generic/regc_lex.c, - * generic/regc_locale.c: Improve the const-correctness of the RE - compiler. - -2007-04-18 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_LSHIFT): fixed a mistake introduced in - version 1.266 ('=' became '=='), which effectively turned the block - that handles native shifts into dead code. This explains why the - testsuite did not pick this mistake. Rewrote to make the intention - clear. - - * generic/tclInt.h (TclDecrRefCount): change the order of the - branches, use empty 'if ; else' to handle use in unbraced outer - if/else conditions (as already done in tcl.h) - - * generic/tclExecute.c: slight changes in Tcl_Obj management. - -2007-04-17 Kevin B. Kenny - - * library/clock.tcl: Fixed the naming of - ::tcl::clock::ReadZoneinfoFile because (yoicks!) it was in the global - namespace. - * doc/clock.n: Clarified the cases in which legacy time zone is - recognized. [Bug 1656002] - -2007-04-17 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c: fixed checkInterp logic [Bug 1702212] - -2007-04-16 Donal K. Fellows - - * various (including generic/tclTest.c): Complete the purge of K&R - function definitions from manually-written code. - -2007-04-15 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: added a cast to silence a compiler error on - VC2005. - * library/clock.tcl: Restored unique-prefix matching of keywords on - the [clock] command. [Bug 1690041] - * tests/clock.test: Added rudimentary test cases for unique-prefix - matching of keywords. - -2007-04-14 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c: removed some code at INST_EXPAND_SKTOP that - duplicates functionality already present at checkForCatch. - -2007-04-12 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c: new macros OBJ_AT_TOS, OBJ_UNDER_TOS, - OBJ_AT_DEPTH(n) and CURR_DEPTH that remove all direct references to - tosPtr from TEBC (after initialisation and the code at the label - cleanupV_pushObjResultPtr). - -2007-04-11 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: moved all exceptDepth management to the - macros - the decreasing half was managed by hand. - -2007-04-10 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclInt.h (TclNewLiteralStringObj): New macro to make - allocating literal string objects (i.e. objects whose value is a - constant string) easier and more efficient, by allowing the omission - of the length argument. Based on [Patch 1529526] (afredd) - * generic/*.c: Make use of this (in many files). - -2007-04-08 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCompile (tclInstructionTable): Fixed bugs in description - of dict instructions. - -2007-04-07 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCompile (tclInstructionTable): Fixed bug in description - of INST_START_COMMAND. - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): Small code reduction. - -2007-04-06 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): - * generic/tclNamespace.c (NsEnsembleImplementationCmd): - * generic/tclProc.c (InitCompiledLocals, ObjInterpProcEx) - (TclObjInterpProcCore, ProcCompileProc): Code reordering to reduce - branching and improve branch prediction (assume that forward branches - are typically not taken). - -2007-04-03 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c: INST_INVOKE optimisation. [Patch 1693802] - -2007-04-03 Don Porter - - * generic/tclNamesp.c: Revised ErrorCodeRead and ErrorInfoRead trace - routines so they guarantee the ::errorCode and ::errorInfo variable - always appear to exist. [Bug 1693252] - -2007-04-03 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclInt.decls: Moved TclGetNamespaceFromObj() to the - * generic/tclInt.h: internal stubs table; regen. - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: - * generic/tclStubInit.c: - -2007-04-02 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Added bytecode compilers for the variable - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: linking commands: 'global', 'variable', - * generic/tclCompile.h: 'upvar', 'namespace upvar' [Patch 1688593] - * generic/tclExecute.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclVar.c: - -2007-04-02 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Replace arrays on the C stack and ckalloc - * generic/tclExecute.c: calls with TclStackAlloc calls to use memory - * generic/tclFCmd.c: on Tcl's evaluation stack. - * generic/tclFileName.c: - * generic/tclIOCmd.c: - * generic/tclIndexObj.c: - * generic/tclInterp.c: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * generic/tclTrace.c: - * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: - -2007-04-01 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript, TclPrintInstruction): - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Changed the definition of - INST_START_CMD so that it knows how many commands start at the current - location. This makes the interpreter command counter correct without - requiring a large number of instructions to be issued. (See my change - from 2007-01-19 for what triggered this.) - -2007-03-30 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompile.c: - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: Replace arrays on the C stack and - ckalloc calls with TclStackAlloc calls to use memory on Tcl's - evaluation stack. - - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Revised [string to* $s $first $last] - implementation to reduce number of allocs/copies. - - * tests/string.test: More [string reverse] tests. - -2007-03-30 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c: optimise the lookup of elements of indexed - arrays. - -2007-03-29 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_ApplyObjCmd): - * tests/apply.test (9.3): Fixed Tcl_Obj leak on error return; an - unneeded ref to lambdaPtr was being set and not released on an error - return path. - -2007-03-28 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (STR_REVERSE): Implement the actual [string - reverse] command in terms of the new TclStringObjReverse() routine. - - * generic/tclInt.h (TclStringObjReverse): New internal routine - * generic/tclStringObj.c (TclStringObjReverse): that implements the - [string reverse] operation, making use of knowledge/surgery of the - String intrep to minimize the number of allocs and copies needed to do - the job. - -2007-03-27 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (STR_MAP): Replace ckalloc calls with - TclStackAlloc calls. - -2007-03-24 Zoran Vasiljevic - - * win/tclWinThrd.c: Thread exit handler marks the current thread as - un-initialized. This allows exit handlers that are registered later to - re-initialize this subsystem in case they need to use some sync - primitives (cond variables) from this file again. - -2007-03-23 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclBasic.c (DeleteInterpProc): pop the root frame pointer - before deleting the global namespace [Bug 1658572] - -2007-03-23 Kevin B. Kenny - - * win/Makefile.in: Added code to keep a Cygwin path name from leaking - into LIBRARY_DIR when doing 'make test' or 'make runtest'. - -2007-03-22 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCmdAH.c (Tcl_ForeachObjCmd): Replaced arrays on the - C stack and ckalloc calls with TclStackAlloc calls to use memory on - Tcl's evaluation stack. - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Revised GrowEvaluationStack to take an - argument specifying the growth required by the caller, so that a - single reallocation / copy is the most that will ever be needed even - when required growth is large. - -2007-03-21 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c: More ckalloc -> ckrealloc conversions. - * generic/tclLiteral.c: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * generic/tclParse.c: - * generic/tclPreserve.c: - * generic/tclStringObj.c: - * generic/tclUtil.c: - -2007-03-20 Don Porter - - * generic/tclEnv.c: Some more ckalloc -> ckrealloc replacements. - * generic/tclLink.c: - -2007-03-20 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclDate.c: Rebuilt, despite Donal Fellows's comment when - committing it that no rebuild was required. - * generic/tclGetDate.y: According to Donal Fellows, "Introduce modern - formatting standards; no need for rebuild of tclDate.c." - - * library/tzdata/America/Cambridge_Bay: - * library/tzdata/America/Havana: - * library/tzdata/America/Inuvik: - * library/tzdata/America/Iqaluit: - * library/tzdata/America/Pangnirtung: - * library/tzdata/America/Rankin_Inlet: - * library/tzdata/America/Resolute: - * library/tzdata/America/Yellowknife: - * library/tzdata/Asia/Choibalsan: - * library/tzdata/Asia/Dili: - * library/tzdata/Asia/Hovd: - * library/tzdata/Asia/Jakarta: - * library/tzdata/Asia/Jayapura: - * library/tzdata/Asia/Makassar: - * library/tzdata/Asia/Pontianak: - * library/tzdata/Asia/Ulaanbaatar: - * library/tzdata/Europe/Istanbul: Upgraded to Olson's tzdata2007d. - - * generic/tclListObj.c (TclLsetList, TclLsetFlat): - * tests/lset.test: Changes to deal with shared internal representation - for lists passed to the [lset] command. Thanks to Don Porter for - fixing this issue. [Bug 1677512] - -2007-03-19 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompile.c: Revise the various expansion routines for - CompileEnv fields to use ckrealloc() where appropriate. - - * generic/tclBinary.c (Tcl_SetByteArrayLength): Replaced ckalloc() / - memcpy() sequence with ckrealloc() call. - - * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateMathFunc): Replaced some calls to - * generic/tclEvent.c (Tcl_CreateThread): Tcl_Alloc() with calls - * generic/tclObj.c (UpdateStringOfBignum): to ckalloc(), which - * unix/tclUnixTime.c (SetTZIfNecessary): better supports memory - * win/tclAppInit.c (setargv): debugging. - -2007-03-19 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/regsub.n: Corrected example so that it doesn't recommend - potentially unsafe practice. Many thanks to Konstantin Kushnir - for reporting this. - -2007-03-17 Kevin B. Kenny - - * win/tclWinReg.c (GetKeyNames): Size the buffer for enumerating key - names correctly, so that Unicode names exceeding 127 chars can be - retrieved without crashing. [Bug 1682211] - * tests/registry.test (registry-4.9): Added test case for the above - bug. - -2007-03-15 Mo DeJong - - * generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_Stat): Reimplement workaround to avoid gcc - warning by using local variables. When the macro argument is of type - long long instead of long, the incorrect warning is not generated. - -2007-03-15 Mo DeJong - - * win/Makefile.in: Fully qualify LIBRARY_DIR so that `make test` does - not depend on working dir. - -2007-03-15 Mo DeJong - - * tests/parse.test: Add two backslash newline parse tests. - -2007-03-12 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_FOREACH_STEP4): Make private copy of - * tests/foreach.test (foreach-10.1): value list to be assigned to - variables so that shimmering of that list doesn't lead to invalid - pointers. [Bug 1671087] - - * generic/tclEvent.c (HandleBgErrors): Make efficient private copy - * tests/event.test (event-5.3): of the command prefix for the interp's - background error handling command to avoid panics due to pointers to - memory invalid after shimmering. [Bug 1670155] - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (NsEnsembleImplementationCmd): Make efficient - * tests/namespace.test (namespace-42.8): private copy of the - command prefix as we invoke the command appropriate to a particular - subcommand of a particular ensemble to avoid panic due to shimmering - of the List intrep. [Bug 1670091] - - * generic/tclVar.c (TclArraySet): Make efficient private copy of - * tests/var.test (var-17.1): the "list" argument to [array set] to - avoid crash due to shimmering invalidating pointers. [Bug 1669489] - -2007-03-12 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Fix problems with declaration - positioning and memory leaks. [Bug 1679072] - -2007-03-11 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LreverseObjCmd): Ensure that a list is - correctly reversed even if its internal representation is shared - without the object itself being shared. [Bug 1675044] - -2007-03-10 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclCmdIL (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): changed fix to [Bug 1675116] to - use the cheaper TclListObjCopy() instead of Tcl_DuplicateObj(). - -2007-03-09 Andreas Kupries - - * library/platform/shell.tcl: Made more robust if an older platform - * library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: package is present in the inspected - * unix/Makefile.in: shell. Package forget it to prevent errors. Bumped - * win/Makefile.in: package version to 1.1.3, and updated the Makefiles - installing it as Tcl Module. - -2007-03-09 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Handle tricky case with loss - * tests/cmdIL.test (cmdIL-1.29): of list rep during sorting due - to shimmering. [Bug 1675116] - -2007-03-09 Kevin B. Kenny - - * library/clock.tcl (ReadZoneinfoFile): Added Y2038 compliance to the - code for version-2 'zoneinfo' files. - * tests/clock.test (clock-56.3): Added a test case for Y2038 and - 'zoneinfo'. Modified test initialisation to use the - 'loadTestedCommands' function of tcltest to bring in the correct path - for the registry library. - -2007-03-08 Don Porter - - * generic/tclListObj.c (TclLsetList): Rewrite so that the routine - itself does not do any direct intrep surgery. Better isolates those - things into the implementation of the "list" Tcl_ObjType. - -2007-03-08 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclListObj.c (TclLindexList, TclLindexFlat): Moved these - functions to tclListObj.c from tclCmdIL.c to mirror the way that the - equivalent functions for [lset]'s guts are arranged. - -2007-03-08 Kevin B. Kenny - - * library/clock.tcl: Further tweaks to the Windows time zone table - (restoring missing Mexican time zones). Added rudimentary handling of - version-2 'zoneinfo' files. Update US DST rules so that zones such as - 'EST5EDT' get the correct transition dates. - * tests/clock.test: Added rudimentary test cases for 'zoneinfo' - parsing. Adjusted several tests that depended on obsolete US DST - transition rules. - -2007-03-07 Daniel Steffen - - * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: add spinlock debugging and sanity checks. - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: ensure gcc version used by - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: Xcode and configure/make are - * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: consistent and independent of - gcc_select default and CC env var; fixes for Xcode 3.0. - - * unix/tcl.m4 (Darwin): s/CFLAGS/CPPFLAGS/ in macosx-version-min check - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - -2007-03-07 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclLindex*): Rewrites to make efficient - private copies of the list and indexlist arguments, so we can operate - on the list elements directly with no fear of shimmering effects. - Replaces defensive coding schemes that are otherwise required. End - result is that TclLindexList is entirely a wrapper around - TclLindexFlat, which is now the core engine of all [lindex] - operations. - - * generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_AppendAllObjTypes): Converted to simpler - list validity test. - -2007-03-07 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclRegexp.c (TclRegAbout): Generate information about a - regexp as a Tcl_Obj instead of as a string, which is more efficient. - -2007-03-07 Kevin B. Kenny - - * library/clock.tcl: Adjusted Windows time zone table to handle new US - DST rules by locale rather than as Posix time zone spec. - * tests/clock.test (clock-39.6, clock-49.2, testclock::registry): - Adjusted tests to simulate new US rules. - * library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Winamac: - * library/tzdata/Europe/Istanbul: - * library/tzdata/Pacific/Easter: - Olson's tzdata2007c. - -2007-03-05 Andreas Kupries - - * library/platform/shell.tcl (::platform::shell::RUN): In the case of - * library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: a failure put the captured stderr - * unix/Makefile.in: into the error message to aid in debugging. Bumped - * win/Makefile.in: package version to 1.1.2, and updated the makefiles - installing it as Tcl Module. - -2007-03-03 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclLink.c (LinkedVar): Added macro to conceal at least some - of the pointer hackery. - -2007-03-02 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LreverseObjCmd): Added missing - TclInvalidateStringRep() call when we directly manipulate the intrep - of an unshared "list" Tcl_Obj. [Bug 1672585] - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_JoinObjCmd): Revised [join] implementation - to append Tcl_Obj's instead of strings. [RFE 1669420] - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Info*Cmd): Code simplifications and - optimizations. - -2007-03-02 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCompile.c (TclPrintInstruction): Added a scheme to allow - * generic/tclCompile.h (AuxDataPrintProc): aux-data to be printed - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (Print*Info): out for debugging. For - this to work, immediate operands referring to aux-data must be - identified as such in the instruction descriptor table using - OPERAND_AUX4 (all are always 4 bytes). - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Rewrote the compiled - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictCmd): [dict update] so that it - * generic/tclCompile.h (DictUpdateInfo): stores critical - * tests/dict.test (dict-21.{14,15}): non-varying data in an - aux-data value instead of a (shimmerable) literal. [Bug 1671001] - -2007-03-01 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LinsertObjCmd): Code simplifications - and optimizations. - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LreplaceObjCmd): Code simplifications - and optimizations. - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LrangeObjCmd): Rewrite in the same - spirit; avoid shimmer effects rather than react to them. - - * generic/tclCmdAH.c (Tcl_ForeachObjCmd): Stop throwing away - * tests/foreach.test (foreach-1.14): useful error information when - loop variable sets fail. - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LassignObjCmd): Rewrite to make an - efficient private copy of the list argument, so we can operate on the - list elements directly with no fear of shimmering effects. Replaces - defensive coding schemes that are otherwise required. - - * generic/tclCmdAH.c (Tcl_ForeachObjCmd): Rewrite to make - efficient private copies of the variable and value lists, so we can - operate on them without any special shimmer defense coding schemes. - -2007-03-01 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileForeachCmd): Prevent an unexpected - * tests/foreach.test (foreach-9.1): infinite loop when the - variable list is empty and the foreach is compiled. [Bug 1671138] - -2007-02-26 Andreas Kupries - - * generic/tclIORChan.c (FreeReflectedChannel): Added the missing - refcount release between NewRC and FreeRC for the channel handle - object, spotted by Don Porter. [Bug 1667990] - -2007-02-26 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCmdAH.c (Tcl_ForeachObjCmd): Removed surplus - copying of the objv array that used to be a workaround for [Bug - 404865]. That bug is long fixed. - -2007-02-24 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Use new interface in Tcl_EvalObjEx so that the - recounting logic of the List internal rep need not be repeated there. - Better encapsulation of internal details. - - * generic/tclInt.h: New internal routine TclListObjCopy() used - * generic/tclListObj.c: to efficiently do the equivalent of [lrange - $list 0 end]. After some experience with this, might be a good - candidate for exposure as a public interface. It's useful for callers - of Tcl_ListObjGetElements() who want to control the ongoing validity - of the returned objv pointer. - -2007-02-22 Andreas Kupries - - * tests/pkg.test: Added tests for the case of an alpha package - satisfying a require for the regular package, demonstrating a corner - case specified in TIP#280. More notes in the comments to the test. - -2007-02-20 Jan Nijtmans - - * generic/tclInt.decls: Added "const" specifiers in TclSockGetPort - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: regenerated - * generic/*.c: - * unix/tclUnixChan.c - * unix/tclUnixPipe.c - * win/tclWinPipe.c - * win/tclWinSock.c: Added many "const" specifiers in implementation. - -2007-02-20 Don Porter - - * doc/tcltest.n: Typo fix. [Bug 1663539] - -2007-02-20 Pat Thoyts - - * generic/tclFileName.c: Handle extended paths on Windows NT and - * generic/tclPathObj.c: above. These have a \\?\ prefix. [Bug - * win/tclWinFile.c: 1479814] - * tests/winFCmd.test: Tests for extended path handling. - -2007-02-19 Jeff Hobbs - - * unix/tcl.m4: use SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so" on HP-UX ia64 arch. - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - - * generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_FSEvalFileEx): safe incr of objPtr ref. - -2007-02-18 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/chan.n, doc/clock.n, doc/eval.n, doc/exit.n, doc/expr.n: - * doc/interp.n, doc/open.n, doc/platform_shell.n, doc/pwd.n: - * doc/refchan.n, doc/regsub.n, doc/scan.n, doc/tclvars.n, doc/tm.n: - * doc/unload.n: Apply [Bug 1610310] to fix typos. Thanks to Larry - Virden for spotting them. - - * doc/interp.n: Partial fix of [Bug 1662436]; rest requires some - policy decisions on what should and shouldn't be safe commands from - the "new in 8.5" set. - -2007-02-13 Kevin B. Kenny - - * tools/fix_tommath_h.tcl: Further tweaking for the x86-64. The change - is to make 'mp_digit' be an 'unsigned int' on that platform; since - we're using only 32 bits of it, there's no reason to make it a 64-bit - 'unsigned long.' - * generic/tclTomMath.h: Regenerated. - -2007-02-13 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/re_syntax.n: Corrected description of 'print' class [Bug - 1614687] and enhanced description of 'graph' class. - -2007-02-12 Kevin B. Kenny - - * tools/fix_tommath_h.tcl: Added code to patch out a check for - __x86_64__ that caused Tommath to use __attributes(TI)__ for the - mp_word type. Tetra-int's simply fail on too many gcc-glibc-OS - combinations to be ready for shipment today, even if they work for - some of us. This change allows reversion of das's change of 2006-08-18 - that accomplised the same thing on Darwin. [Bugs 1601380, 1603737, - 1609936, 1656265] - * generic/tclTomMath.h: Regenerated. - * library/tzdata/Africa/Asmara: - * library/tzdata/Africa/Asmera: - * library/tzdata/America/Nassau: - * library/tzdata/Atlantic/Faeroe: - * library/tzdata/Atlantic/Faroe: - * library/tzdata/Australia/Eucla: - * library/tzdata/Pacific/Easter: Rebuilt from Olson's tzdata2007b. - -2007-02-09 Joe Mistachkin - - * win/nmakehlp.c: Properly cleanup after nmakehlp, including the - * win/makefile.vc: vcX0.pch file. - -2007-02-08 Jeff Hobbs - - * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpCheckStackSpace): do stack size checks with - unsigned size_t to correctly validate stackSize in the 2^31+ range. - [Bug 1654104] - -2007-02-08 Don Porter - - * generic/tclNamesp.c: Corrected broken logic in Tcl_DeleteNamespace - * tests/namespace.test: introduced in Patch 1577278 that caused - [namespace delete ::] to be effective only at level #0. New test - namespace-7.7 should prevent similar error in the future [Bug 1655305] - -2007-02-06 Don Porter - - * generic/tclNamesp.c: Corrected broken implementation of the - * tests/namespace.test: TclMatchIsTrivial optimization on [namespace - children $namespace $pattern]. - -2007-02-04 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tcl.m4: use gcc4's __attribute__((__visibility__("hidden"))) if - available to define MODULE_SCOPE effective on all platforms. - * unix/configure.in: add caching to -pipe and zoneinfo checks. - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 - -2007-02-03 Joe Mistachkin - - * win/rules.vc: Fix platform specific file copy macros for downlevel - Windows. - -2007-01-29 Don Porter - - * generic/tclResult.c: Added optimization case to TclTransferResult to - cover common case where there's big savings over the fully general - path. Thanks to Peter MacDonald. [Bug 1626518] - - * generic/tclLink.c: Broken linked float logic corrected. Thanks to - Andy Goth. [Bug 1602538] - - * doc/fcopy.n: Typo fix. [Bug 1630627] - -2007-01-28 Daniel Steffen - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: extract build settings that - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: were common to multiple - * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig (new file): configurations into external - * macosx/Tcl-Debug.xcconfig (new file): xcconfig files; add extra - * macosx/Tcl-Release.xcconfig (new file): configurations for building - with SDKs and 64bit; convert legacy jam-based 'Tcl' target to native - target with single script phase; correct syntax of build setting - references to use $() throughout. - - * macosx/README: document new Tcl.xcodeproj configurations; other - minor updates/corrections. - - * generic/tcl.h: update location of version numbers in macosx files. - - * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: restore 'tcltest' target to - * macosx/Tcl.xcode/default.pbxuser: working order by replicating - applicable changes to Tcl.xcodeproj since 2006-07-20. - -2007-01-25 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tcl.m4: integrate CPPFLAGS into CFLAGS as late as possible and - move (rather than duplicate) -isysroot flags from CFLAGS to CPPFLAGS - to avoid errors about multiple -isysroot flags from some older gcc - builds. - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - -2007-01-22 Donal K. Fellows - - * compat/memcmp.c (memcmp): Reworked so that arithmetic is never - performed upon void pointers, since that is illegal. [Bug 1631017] - -2007-01-19 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript): Reduce the frequency with - which we issue INST_START_CMD, making bytecode both more compact and - somewhat faster. The optimized case is where we would otherwise be - issuing a sequence of those instructions; in those cases, it is only - ever the first one encountered that could possibly trigger. - -2007-01-19 Joe Mistachkin - - * tools/man2tcl.c: Include stdlib.h for exit() and improve comment - detection. - * win/nmakehlp.c: Update usage. - * win/makefile.vc: Properly build man2tcl.c for MSVC8. - -2007-01-19 Daniel Steffen - - * macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c (TclMacOSXSetFileAttribute): on some versions - of Mac OS X, truncate() fails on resource forks, in that case use - open() with O_TRUNC instead. - - * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: accommodate changes to prototypes of - OSSpinLock(Un)Lock API. - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: ensure HOME and USER env vars - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: are defined when running - testsuite from Xcode. - - * tests/env.test: add extra system env vars that need to be preserved - on some Mac OS X versions for testsuite to work. - - * unix/Makefile.in: Move libtommath defines into configure.in to - * unix/configure.in: avoid replicating them across multiple - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: buildsystems. - - * unix/tcl.m4: ensure CPPFLAGS env var is used when set. [Bug 1586861] - (Darwin): add -isysroot and -mmacosx-version-min flags to CPPFLAGS - when present in CFLAGS to avoid discrepancies between what headers - configure sees during preprocessing tests and compiling tests. - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 - -2007-01-18 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript): Make sure that when parsing - an expanded literal fails, a correct bytecode sequence is still - issued. [Bug 1638414]. Also make sure that the start of the expansion - bytecode sequence falls inside the span of bytecodes for a command. - * tests/compile.test (compile-16.24): Added test for [Bug 1638414] - -2007-01-17 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclIO.c: Added macros to make usage of ChannelBuffers - clearer. - -2007-01-11 Joe English - - * win/tcl.m4(CFLAGS_WARNING): Remove "-Wconversion". This was removed - from unix/tcl.m4 2004-07-16 but not from here. - * win/configure: Regenerated. - -2007-01-11 Pat Thoyts - - * win/makefile.vc: Fixes to work better on Win98. Read version numbers - * win/nmakehlp.c: from package index file to avoid keeping numbers in - * win/rules.vc: the makefile where they may become de-synchronized. - -2007-01-10 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/regcomp.c (compile, freev): Define a strategy for - * generic/regexec.c (exec): managing the internal - * generic/regguts.h (AllocVars, FreeVars): vars of the RE engine to - * generic/regcustom.h (AllocVars, FreeVars): reduce C stack usage. - This will make Tcl as a whole much less likely to run out of stack - space... - -2007-01-09 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileLindexCmd): - * tests/lindex.test (lindex-9.2): Fix silly bug that ended up - sometimes compiling list arguments in the wrong order. [Bug 1631364] - -2007-01-03 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclDate.c: Regenerated to recover a lost fix from patthoyts. - [Bug 1618523] - -2006-12-26 Mo DeJong - - * generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_GetsObj): Avoid checking for for the LF in a - possible CRLF sequence when EOF has already been found. - -2006-12-26 Mo DeJong - - * generic/tclEncoding.c (EscapeFromUtfProc): Clear the - TCL_ENCODING_END flag when end bytes are written. This fix keep this - method from writing escape bytes for an encoding like iso2022-jp - multiple times when the escape byte overlap with the end of the IO - buffer. - * tests/io.test: Add test for escape byte overlap issue. - -2006-12-19 Donal K. Fellows - - * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (Tcl_GetAllocMutex, TclpNewAllocMutex): Add - intermediate variables to shut up unwanted warnings. [Bug 1618838] - -2006-12-19 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpInetNtoa): fix for 64 bit. - - * unix/tcl.m4 (Darwin): --enable-64bit: verify linking with 64bit - -arch flag succeeds before enabling 64bit build. - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - -2006-12-17 Daniel Steffen - - * tests/macOSXLoad.test (new file): add testing of .bundle loading and - * tests/load.test: unloading on Darwin (in addition - * tests/unload.test: to existing tests of .dylib - loading). - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add building of dltest - binaries so that testsuite run from Xcode can use them; fix testsuite - run script - * unix/configure.in: add support for building dltest binaries as - * unix/dltest/Makefile.in: .bundle (in addition to .dylib) on Darwin. - * unix/Makefile.in: add stub lib dependency to dltest target. - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - - * tests/append.test: fix cleanup failure when all tests are skipped. - - * tests/chan.test (chan-16.9): cleanup chan event handler to avoid - causing error in event.test when running testsuite with -singleproc 1. - - * tests/info.test: add !singleTestInterp constraint to tests that fail - when running testsuite with -singleproc 1. [Bug 1605269] - -2006-12-14 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/string.n: Fix example. [Bug 1615277] - -2006-12-12 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Now that the new internal structs are - in use to support operator commands, might as well make them the - default for [expr] as well and avoid passing every parsed expression - through the inefficient Tcl_Token array format. This addresses most - issues in [RFE 1517602]. Assuming no performance disasters result from - this, much dead code supporting the other implementation might now be - removed. - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Final step routing all direct evaluation forms - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: of the operator commands through TEBC, - * generic/tclCompile.h: dropping all the routines in tclMathOp.c. - * generic/tclMathOp.c: Still needs Engineering Manual attention. - -2006-12-11 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Another step with all sorting operator - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: commands now routing through TEBC via - * generic/tclCompile.h: TclSortingOpCmd(). - -2006-12-08 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Another step down the path of re-using - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: TclExecuteByteCode to implement the TIP 174 - * generic/tclCompile.h: commands instead of using a mass of code - * generic/tclMathOp.c: duplication. Now all operator commands that - * tests/mathop.test: demand exactly one operation are implemented - via TclSingleOpCmd and a call to TEBC. - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Revised implementation of TclInvertOpCmd to - * generic/tclMathOp.c: perform a bytecode compile / execute sequence. - This demonstrates a path toward avoiding mountains of code duplication - in tclMathOp.c and tclExecute.c. - - * generic/tclCompile.h: Change TclExecuteByteCode() from static to - * generic/tclExecute.c: MODULE_SCOPE so all files including - tclCompile.h may call it. - - * generic/tclMathOp.c: More revisions to make tests pass. - * tests/mathop.test: - -2006-12-08 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclTeardownNamespace): Ensure that dying - namespaces unstitch themselves from their referents. [Bug 1571056] - (NsEnsembleImplementationCmd): Silence GCC warning. - - * tests/mathop.test: Full tests for & | and ^ operators - -2006-12-08 Daniel Steffen - - * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: use [info frame] for "-verbose line". - -2006-12-07 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: Additional commits correct most - * generic/tclExecute.c: failing tests illustrating bugs - * generic/tclMathOp.c: uncovered in [Patch 1578137]. - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Biggest source of TIP 174 failures was that - the commands were not [namespace export]ed from the ::tcl::mathop - namespace. More bits from [Patch 1578137] correct that. - - * tests/mathop.test: Commmitted several new tests from Peter Spjuth - found in [Patch 1578137]. Many failures now demonstrate issues to fix - in the TIP 174 implementation. - -2006-12-07 Donal K. Fellows - - * tests/mathop.test: Added tests for ! ~ eq operators. - * generic/tclMathOp.c (TclInvertOpCmd): Add in check for non-integral - numeric values. - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (CompileCompareOpCmd): Factor out the code - generation for the chained comparison operators. - -2006-12-07 Pat Thoyts - - * tests/exec.test: Fixed line endings (caused win32 problems). - -2006-12-06 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: Revised and consolidated into utility - * tests/mathop.test: routines some of routines that compile - the new TIP 174 commands. This corrects some known bugs. More to come. - -2006-12-06 Kevin B. Kenny - - * tests/expr.test (expr-47.12): Improved error reporting in hopes of - having more information to pursue [Bug 1609936]. - -2006-12-05 Andreas Kupries - - TIP#291 IMPLEMENTATION - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Define tcl_platform element for pointerSize. - * doc/tclvars.n: - - * win/Makefile.in: Added installation instructions for the platform - * win/makefile.vc: package. Added the platform package. - * win/makefile.bc: - * unix/Makefile.in: - - * tests/platform.test: - * tests/safe.test: - - * library/platform/platform.tcl: - * library/platform/shell.tcl: - * library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: - - * doc/platform.n: - * doc/platform_shell.n: - -2006-12-05 Don Porter - - * generic/tclPkg.c: When no requirements are supplied to a - * tests/pkg.test: [package require $pkg] and [package unknown] - is invoked to find a satisfying package, pass the requirement argument - "0-" (which means all versions are acceptable). This permits a - registered [package unknown] command to call [package vsatisfies - $testVersion {*}$args] without any special handling of the empty $args - case. This fixes/avoids a bug in [::tcl::tm::UnknownHandler] that was - causing old TM versions to be provided in preference to newer TM - versions. Thanks to Julian Noble for discovering the issue. - -2006-12-04 Donal K. Fellows - - TIP#267 IMPLEMENTATION - - * generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_ExecObjCmd): Added -ignorestderr option, - * tests/exec.test, doc/exec.n: loosely from [Patch 1476191] - -2006-12-04 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added implementation for the - CompileExprTree() routine that can produce expression bytecode - directly from internal structures with no need to pass through the - Tcl_Token array representation. Still disabled by default. #undef - USE_EXPR_TOKENS to try it out. - -2006-12-03 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added expr parsing routines that - produce a different set of internal structures representing the parsed - expression, as well as routines that go on to convert those structures - into the traditional Tcl_Token array format. Use of these routines is - currently disabled. #undef PARSE_DIRECT_EXPR_TOKENS to enable them. - These routines will only become really useful when more routines that - compile directly from the new internal structures are completed. - -2006-12-02 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/file.n: Clarification of [file pathtype] docs. [Bug 1606454] - -2006-12-01 Kevin B. Kenny - - * libtommath/bn_mp_add.c: Corrected the effects of a - * libtommath/bn_mp_div.c: bollixed 'cvs merge' operation - * libtommath/bncore.c: that inadvertently committed some - * libtommath/tommath_class.h: half-developed code. - - TIP#299 IMPLEMENTATION - - * doc/mathfunc.n: Added isqrt() function to docs - * generic/tclBasic.c: Added isqrt() math function (ExprIsqrtFunc) - * tests/expr.test (expr-47.*): Added tests for isqrt() - * tests/info.test (info-20.2): Added isqrt() to expected math funcs. - -2006-12-01 Don Porter - - * tests/chan.test: Correct timing sensitivity in new test. [Bug - 1606860] - - TIP#287 IMPLEMENTATION - - * doc/chan.n: New subcommand [chan pending]. - * generic/tclBasic.c: Thanks to Michael Cleverly for proposal - * generic/tclInt.h: and implementation. - * generic/tclIOCmd.c: - * library/init.tcl: - * tests/chan.test: - * tests/ioCmd.test: - - TIP#298 IMPLEMENTATION - - * generic/tcl.decls: Tcl_GetBignumAndClearObj -> Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj - * generic/tclObj.c: - - * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs - * generic/tclStubInit.c: - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Update callers. - * generic/tclMathOp.c: - -2006-11-30 Kevin B. Kenny - - * library/tzdata: Olson's tzdata2006p. - * libtommath/bn_mp_sqrt.c: Fixed a bug where the initial approximation - to the square root could be on the wrong side, causing failure of - convergence. - -2006-11-29 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo): Added - Tcl_DecrRefCount() on the objPtr argument to plug memory leaks. This - makes the routine a consumer, which makes it easiest to use. - -2006-11-28 Andreas Kupries - - * generic/tclBasic.c: TIP #280 implementation. - * generic/tclCmdAH.c: - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: - * generic/tclCompCmds.c: - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: - * generic/tclCompile.c: - * generic/tclCompile.h: - * generic/tclExecute.c: - * generic/tclIOUtil.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclInterp.c: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * generic/tclObj.c: - * generic/tclProc.c: - * tests/compile.test: - * tests/info.test: - * tests/platform.test: - * tests/safe.test: - -2006-11-27 Kevin B. Kenny - - * unix/tclUnixChan.c (TclUnixWaitForFile): - * tests/event.test (event-14.*): Corrected a bug where - TclUnixWaitForFile would present select() with the wrong mask on an - LP64 machine if a fd number exceeds 32. Thanks to Jean-Luc Fontaine - for reporting and diagnosing. [Bug 1602208] - -2006-11-27 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclIncrObj): Correct failure to detect - floating-point increment values. Thanks to William Coleda [Bug - 1602991] - -2006-11-26 Donal K. Fellows - - * tests/mathop.test, doc/mathop.n: More bits and pieces of the TIP#174 - implementation. Note that the test suite is not yet complete. - -2006-11-26 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tcl.m4 (Linux): --enable-64bit support. [Patch 1597389] - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 [Bug 1230558] - -2006-11-25 Donal K. Fellows - - TIP#174 IMPLEMENTATION - - * generic/tclMathOp.c (new file): Completed the implementation of the - interpreted versions of all the tcl::mathop commands. Moved to a new - file to make tclCompCmds.c more focused in purpose. - -2006-11-23 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCompCmds.c (Tcl*OpCmd, TclCompile*OpCmd): - * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): Partial implementation of - TIP#174; the commands are compiled, but (mostly) not interpreted yet. - -2006-11-22 Donal K. Fellows - - TIP#269 IMPLEMENTATION - - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): Implementation of the [string - * tests/string.test (string-25.*): is list] command, based on - * doc/string.n: work by Joe Mistachkin, with - enhancements by Donal Fellows for better failindex behaviour. - -2006-11-22 Don Porter - - * tools/genWinImage.tcl (removed): Removed two files used in - * win/README.binary (removed): production of binary distributions - for Windows, a task we no longer perform. [Bug 1476980] - * generic/tcl.h: Remove mention of win/README.binary in comment - - * generic/tcl.h: Moved TCL_REG_BOSONLY #define from tcl.h to - * generic/tclInt.h: tclInt.h. Only know user is Expect, which - already #include's tclInt.h. No need to continue greater exposure. - [Bug 926500] - -2006-11-20 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp, TclHideUnsafeCommands): - * library/init.tcl: Refactored the [chan] command's guts so that it - does not use aliases to global commands, making the code more robust. - -2006-11-17 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_EXPON): Corrected crash on - [expr 2**(1<<63)]. Was operating on cleared bignum Tcl_Obj. - -2006-11-16 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/apply.n, doc/chan.n: Added examples. - -2006-11-15 Don Porter - - TIP#270 IMPLEMENTATION - - * generic/tcl.decls: New public routines Tcl_ObjPrintf, - * generic/tclStringObj.c: Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo, Tcl_Format, - * generic/tclInt.h: Tcl_AppendLimitedToObj, - Tcl_AppendFormatToObj and Tcl_AppendPrintfToObj. Former internal - versions removed. - - * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs - * generic/tclStubInit.c: - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Updated callers. - * generic/tclCkalloc.c: - * generic/tclCmdAH.c: - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: - * generic/tclCompile.c: - * generic/tclDictObj.c: - * generic/tclExecute.c: - * generic/tclIORChan.c: - * generic/tclIOUtil.c: - * generic/tclMain.c: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * generic/tclObj.c: - * generic/tclPkg.c: - * generic/tclProc.c: - * generic/tclStrToD.c: - * generic/tclTimer.c: - * generic/tclUtil.c: - * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: - - * tools/genStubs.tcl: Updated script to no longer produce the - _ANSI_ARGS_ wrapper in generated declarations. Also revised to accept - variadic prototypes with more than one fixed argument. (This is - possible since TCL_VARARGS and its limitations are no longer in use). - * generic/tcl.h: Some reordering so that macro definitions do - not interfere with the now _ANSI_ARGS_-less stub declarations. - - * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: - * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: - * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: - * generic/tclTomMathDecls.h: - -2006-11-15 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/ChnlStack.3, doc/CrtObjCmd.3, doc/GetIndex.3, doc/OpenTcp.3: - * doc/chan.n, doc/fconfigure.n, doc/fcopy.n, doc/foreach.n: - * doc/history.n, doc/http.n, doc/library.n, doc/lindex.n: - * doc/lrepeat.n, doc/lreverse.n, doc/pkgMkIndex.n, doc/re_syntax.n: - Convert \fP to \fR so that man-page scrapers have an easier time. - -2006-11-14 Don Porter - - TIP#261 IMPLEMENTATION - - * generic/tclNamesp.c: [namespace import] with 0 arguments - introspects the list of imported commands. - -2006-11-13 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclThreadStorage.c (Tcl_InitThreadStorage): - (Tcl_FinalizeThreadStorage): Silence a compiler warning about - presenting a volatile pointer to 'memset'. - -2006-11-13 Don Porter - - * generic/tclIO.c: When [gets] on a binary channel needs to use - the "iso8859-1" encoding, save a copy of that encoding per-thread to - avoid repeated freeing and re-loading of it from the file system. This - replaces the cached copy of this encoding that the platform - initialization code used to keep in pre-8.5 releases. - -2006-11-13 Daniel Steffen - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Fix gcc warnings about 'cast to/from - * generic/tclEncoding.c: pointer from/to integer of different - * generic/tclEvent.c: size' on 64-bit platforms by casting - * generic/tclExecute.c: to intermediate types - * generic/tclHash.c: intptr_t/uintptr_t via new PTR2INT(), - * generic/tclIO.c: INT2PTR(), PTR2UINT() and UINT2PTR() - * generic/tclInt.h: macros. [Patch 1592791] - * generic/tclProc.c: - * generic/tclTest.c: - * generic/tclThreadStorage.c: - * generic/tclTimer.c: - * generic/tclUtil.c: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tclUnixChan.c: - * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: - * unix/tclUnixPort.h: - * unix/tclUnixTest.c: - * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 - -2006-11-12 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclInt.h, generic/tclInt.decls: Transfer TclPtrMakeUpvar and - TclObjLookupVar to the internal stubs table. - -2006-11-10 Daniel Steffen - - * tests/fCmd.test (fCmd-6.26): fix failure when env(HOME) path - contains symlinks. - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: remove tclParseExpr.c; when - running testsuite from inside Xcdoe, skip stack-3.1 (it only fails - under those circumstances). - - * unix/tcl.m4 (Darwin): suppress linker arch warnings when building - universal for both 32 & 64 bit and no 64bit CoreFoundation is - available; sync with tk tcl.m4 change. - * unix/configure.in: whitespace. - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - -2006-11-09 Don Porter - - * generic/tclParseExpr.c (removed): Moved all the code of - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: tclParseExpr.c into tclCompExpr.c. - * unix/Makefile.in: This sets the stage for expr compiling to work - * win/Makefile.in: directly with the full parse tree structures, - * win/makefile.bc: and not have to pass through the information - * win/makefile.vc: lossy format of an array of Tcl_Tokens. - * win/tcl.dsp: - -2006-11-09 Donal K. Fellows - - TIP#272 IMPLEMENTATION - - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): Implementation of the - * tests/string.test, tests/stringComp.test: [string reverse] command - * doc/string.n: from TIP#272. - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LreverseObjCmd): Implementation of the - * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tclInt.h: [lreverse] command from - * tests/cmdIL.test (cmdIL-7.*): TIP#272. - * doc/lreverse.n: - -2006-11-08 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclIO.c, generic/tclPkg.c: Style & clarity rewrites. - -2006-11-07 Andreas Kupries - - * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (CopyFile): Added code to fall back to a - hardwired default block size should the filesystem report a bogus - value. [Bug 1586470] - -2006-11-04 Don Porter - - * generic/tclStringObj.c: Changed Tcl_ObjPrintf() response to an - invalid format specifier string. No longer panics; now produces an - error message as output. - - TIP#274 IMPLEMENTATION - - * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Exponentiation operator is now right - * tests/expr.test: associative. [Patch 1556802] - -2006-11-03 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclBasic.c (TEOVI): fix por possible leak of a Command in - the presence of execution traces that delete it. - - * generic/tclBasic.c (TEOVI): - * tests/trace.test (trace-21.11): fix for [Bug 1590232], execution - traces may cause a second command resolution in the wrong namespace. - -2006-11-03 Donal K. Fellows - - * tests/event.test (event-11.5): Rewrote tests to stop Tcl from - * tests/io.test (multiple tests): opening sockets that are - * tests/ioCmd.test (iocmd-15.1,16,17): reachable from outside hosts - * tests/iogt.test (__echo_srv__.tcl): where not necessary. This is - * tests/socket.test (multiple tests): noticably annoying on some - * tests/unixInit.test (unixInit-1.2): systems (e.g., Windows). - -2006-11-02 Daniel Steffen - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: check autoconf/autoheader exit - status and stop build if they fail. - -2006-11-02 Jeff Hobbs - - * doc/ParseCmd.3, doc/Tcl.n, doc/eval.n, doc/exec.n: - * doc/fconfigure.n, doc/interp.n, doc/unknown.n: - * library/auto.tcl, library/init.tcl, library/package.tcl: - * library/safe.tcl, library/tm.tcl, library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: - * tests/all.tcl, tests/basic.test, tests/cmdInfo.test: - * tests/compile.test, tests/encoding.test, tests/execute.test: - * tests/fCmd.test, tests/http.test, tests/init.test: - * tests/interp.test, tests/io.test, tests/ioUtil.test: - * tests/iogt.test, tests/namespace-old.test, tests/namespace.test: - * tests/parse.test, tests/pkg.test, tests/pkgMkIndex.test: - * tests/proc.test, tests/reg.test, tests/trace.test: - * tests/upvar.test, tests/winConsole.test, tests/winFCmd.test: - * tools/tclZIC.tcl: - * generic/tclParse.c (Tcl_ParseCommand): Replace {expand} with {*} - officially (TIP #293). Leave -DALLOW_EXPAND=0|1 option to keep - {expand} syntax for transition users. [Bug 1589629] - -2006-11-02 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tclInterp.c, generic/tclProc.c: Silence - warnings from gcc over signed/unsigned and TclStackAlloc(). - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Update to more compact and clearer coding style. - -2006-11-02 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCmdAH.c: Further revisions to produce the routines - * generic/tclInt.h: TclFormat() and TclAppendFormatToObj() that - * generic/tclNamesp.c: accept (objc, objv) arguments rather than - * generic/tclStringObj.c: any varargs stuff. - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Further revised TclAppendPrintToObj() and - * generic/tclCkalloc.c: TclObjPrintf() routines to panic when unable - * generic/tclCmdAH.c: to complete their formatting operations, - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: rather than report an error message. This - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: means an interp argument for error message - * generic/tclDictObj.c: recording is no longer needed, further - * generic/tclExecute.c: simplifying the interface for callers. - * generic/tclIORChan.c: - * generic/tclIOUtil.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclMain.c: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * generic/tclParseExpr.c: - * generic/tclPkg.c: - * generic/tclProc.c: - * generic/tclStringObj.c: - * generic/tclTimer.c: - * generic/tclUtil.c: - * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: - -2006-11-02 Donal K. Fellows - - * tests/winPipe.test (winpipe-4.[2345]): Made robust when run in - directory with spaces in its name. - - * generic/tclCmdAH.c: Clean up uses of cast NULLs. - - * generic/tclInterp.c (AliasObjCmd): Added more explanatory comments. - - * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjvInternal): Rewrote so that comments - are relevant and informative once more. Also made the unknown handler - processing use the Tcl execution stack for working space, and not the - general heap. - -2006-11-01 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tclUnixPort.h: ensure MODULE_SCOPE is defined before use, so - that tclPort.h can once again be included without tclInt.h. - - * generic/tclEnv.c (Darwin): mark _environ symbol as unexported even - when MODULE_SCOPE != __private_extern__. - -2006-10-31 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Refactored and renamed the routines - * generic/tclCkalloc.c: TclObjPrintf, TclFormatObj, and - * generic/tclCmdAH.c: TclFormatToErrorInfo to a new set of routines - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: TclAppendPrintfToObj, TclAppendFormatToObj, - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: TclObjPrintf, and TclObjFormat, with the - * generic/tclDictObj.c: intent of making the latter list, plus - * generic/tclExecute.c: TclAppendLimitedToObj and - * generic/tclIORChan.c: TclAppendObjToErrorInfo, public via a revised - * generic/tclIOUtil.c: TIP 270. - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclMain.c: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * generic/tclParseExpr.c: - * generic/tclPkg.c: - * generic/tclProc.c: - * generic/tclStringObj.c: - * generic/tclTimer.c: - * generic/tclUtil.c: - * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: - -2006-10-31 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tcl.h, generic/tclInterp.c: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: removing the flag bit TCL_EVAL_NOREWRITE, the - last remnant of the callObjc/v fiasco. It is not needed, as it is now - always set and checked or'ed with TCL_EVAL_INVOKE. - -2006-10-31 Pat Thoyts - - * win/rules.vc: Fix for [Bug 1582769] - options conflict with VC2003. - -2006-10-31 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tclNamesp.c, generic/tclProc.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: Removed the callObjc and callObjv fields from the - Interp structure. They did not function correctly and made other parts - of the core amazingly complex, resulting in a substantive change to - [info level] behaviour. [Bug 1587618] - * library/clock.tcl: Removed use of [info level 0] for calculating the - command name as used by the user and replace with a literal. What's - there now is sucky, but at least appears to be right to most users. - * tests/namespace.test (namespace-42.7,namespace-47.1): Reverted - changes to these tests. - * tests/info.test (info-9.11,info-9.12): Added knownBug constraint - since these tests require a different behaviour of [info level] than - is possible because of other dependencies. - -2006-10-30 Jeff Hobbs - - * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (option-toc): handle any kind of options - defined toc section (needed for ttk docs) - -2006-10-30 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclBasic.c (TEOVI): insured that the interp's callObjc/v - fields are restored after traces run, as they be spoiled. This was - causing a segfault in tcllib's profiler tests. - -2006-10-30 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_MOD): Corrected improper testing of the - * tests/expr.test: sign of bignums when applying Tcl's - division rules. Thanks to Peter Spjuth. [Bug 1585704] - -2006-10-29 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (EnsembleImplementationCmd): - * tests/namespace.test (47.7-8): reverted a wrong "optimisation" that - completely broke snit; added two tests. - -2006-10-28 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclProc.c (ObjInterpProcEx, TclObjInterpProcCore): Split the - core of procedures to make it easier to build procedure-like code - without going through horrible contortions. This is the last critical - component to make advanced OO systems workable as simple loadable - extensions. TOIPC is now in the internal stub table. - (MakeProcError, MakeLambdaError): Refactored ProcessProcResultCode to - be simpler, some of which goes to TclObjInterpProcCore, and the rest - of which is now in these far simpler routines which just do errorInfo - stack generation for different types of procedure-like entity. - * tests/apply.test (apply-5.1): Updated to expect the more informative - form of message. - -2006-10-27 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclVar.c (HasLocalVars): New macro to make various bits and - pieces cleaner. - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclSetNsPath): Expose SetNsPath() through - internal stubs table with semi-external name. - - * generic/tclInt.h (CallFrame): Add a field for handling context data - for extensions (like object systems) that should be tied to a call - frame (and not a command or interpreter). - - * generic/tclBasic.c (TclRenameCommand): Change to take CONST args; - they were only ever used in a constant way anyway, so this appears to - be a spot that was missed during TIP#27 work. - -2006-10-26 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclProc.c (SetLambdaFromAny): minor change, eliminate - redundant call to Tcl_GetString (thanks aku). - - * generic/tclInterp.c (ApplyObjCmd): - * generic/tclNamesp.c (EnsembleImplementationCmd): replaced ckalloc - (heap) with TclStackAlloc (execution stack). - -2006-10-24 Miguel Sofer - - * tests/info.test (info-9.11-12): tests for [Bug 1577492] - * tests/apply.test (apply-4.3-5): tests for [Bug 1574835] - - * generic/tclProc.c (ObjInterpProcEx): disable itcl hacks for calls - from ApplyObjCmd (islambda==1), as they mess apply's error messages - [Bug 1583266] - -2006-10-23 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclProc.c (ApplyObjCmd): fix wrong#args for apply by using - the ensemble rewrite engine. [Bug 1574835] - * generic/tclInterp.c (AliasObjCmd): previous commit missed usage of - TCL_EVAL_NOREWRITE for aliases. - - * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjvInternal): removed redundant check - for ensembles. [Bug 1577628] - - * library/clock.tcl (format, scan): corrected wrong # args messages to - * tests/clock.test (3.1, 34.1): make use of the new rewrite - capabilities of [info level] - - * generic/tcl.h: Lets TEOV update the iPtr->callObj[cv] new - * generic/tclBasic.c: fields, except when the flag bit - * generic/tclInt.h: TCL_EVAL_NOREWRITE is present. These values - * generic/tclNamesp.c: are used by Tcl_PushCallFrame to initialise - * generic/tclProc.c: the frame's obj[cv] fields, and allows - * tests/namespace.test: [info level] to know and use ensemble - rewrites. [Bug 1577492] - - ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** - The return value from [info level 0] on interp alias calls is changed: - previously returned the target command (including curried values), now - returns the source - what was actually called. - -2006-10-23 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tcl.h: Modified the Tcl call stack so there is - * generic/tclBasic.c: always a valid CallFrame, even at level 0 - * generic/tclCmdIL.c: [Patch 1577278]. Most of the changes - * generic/tclInt.h: involve removing tests for a NULL - * generic/tclNamesp.c: iPtr->(var)framePtr. There is now a - * generic/tclObj.c: CallFrame pushed at interp creation with a - * generic/tclProc.c: pointer to it stored in iPtr->rootFramePtr. - * generic/tclTrace.c: A second unused field in Interp is - * generic/tclVar.c: hijacked to enable further functionality, - currently unused (but with several FRQs depending on it). - - ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** - Any user that includes tclInt.h and needs to determine if it is - running at level 0 should change (iPtr->varFramePtr == NULL) to - (iPtr->varFramePtr == iPtr->rootFramePtr). - -2006-10-23 Don Porter - - * README: Bump version number to 8.5a6 - * generic/tcl.h: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/README.binary: - * win/configure.in: - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * win/configure: - -2006-10-21 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tcl.h, generic/tclHash.c: Tcl_FindHashEntry now calls - Tcl_CreateHashEntry with a newPtr set to NULL: this would have caused - a segfault previously and eliminates duplicated code. A macro has been - added to tcl.h (only used when TCL_PRESERVE_BINARY_COMPATABALITY is - not set - i.e., not by default). - -2006-10-20 Reinhard Max - - * unix/configure.in: Added autodetection for OS-supplied timezone - * unix/Makefile.in: files and configure switches to override the - * unix/configure: detected default. - -2006-10-20 Daniel Steffen - - *** 8.5a5 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** - - * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: add support for alpha & beta versions to - useversion glob pattern. [Bug 1579941] - -2006-10-18 Don Porter - - * changes: 8.5a5 release date set - - * doc/Encoding.3: Missing doc updates (mostly Table of - * doc/Ensemble.3: Contents) exposed by `make checkdoc` - * doc/FileSystem.3: - * doc/GetTime.3: - * doc/PkgRequire.3: - -2006-10-17 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclInterp.c (ApplyObjCmd): fixed bad error in 2006-10-12 - commit: interp released too early. Spotted by mistachkin. - -2006-10-16 Miguel Sofer - - * tclProc.c (SetLambdaFromAny): - * tests/apply.test (9.1-9.2): plugged intrep leak [Bug 1578454], - found by mjanssen. - -2006-10-16 Andreas Kupries - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Moved TIP#219 cleanup to DeleteInterpProc. - -2006-10-16 Daniel Steffen - - * changes: updates for 8.5a5 release. - - * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadGetStackSize): Darwin: fix for main - thread, where pthread_get_stacksize_np() returns incorrect info. - - * macosx/GNUmakefile: don't redo prebinding of non-prebound binaires. - -2006-10-16 Don Porter - - * generic/tclPkg.c (ExactRequirement): Plugged memory leak. Also - changed Tcl_Alloc()/Tcl_Free() calls to ckalloc()/ckfree() for easier - memory debugging in the future. [Bug 1568373] - - * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: Revise tcltest bump to 2.3a1. - * library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl: This permits more features to be - * unix/Makefile.in: added to tcltest before we reach version 2.3.0 - * win/Makefile.in: best timed to match the release of Tcl 8.5.0. - * win/makefile.vc: This also serves as a demo of TIP 268 features - -2006-10-13 Colin McCormack - - * win/tclWinFile.c: corrected erroneous attempt to protect against - NULL return from Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath per [Bug 1548263] causing - [Bug 1575837]. - * win/tclWinFile.c: alfredd supplied patch to fix [Bug 1575837] - -2006-10-13 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadGetStackSize): on Darwin, use - * unix/tcl.m4: pthread_get_stacksize_np() API to get thread stack size - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 - -2006-10-12 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclInterp.c (ApplyObjCmd): - * tests/interp.test (interp-14.5-10): made [interp alias] use the - ensemble rewrite machinery to produce better error messages [Bug - 1576006] - -2006-10-12 David Gravereaux - - * win/nmakehlp.c: Replaced all wnsprintf() calls with snprintf(). - wnsprintf was not in my shwlapi header file (VC++6) - -2006-10-11 Don Porter - - * generic/tclPkg.c (Tcl_PackageRequireEx): Corrected crash when - argument version=NULL passed in. - -2006-10-10 Don Porter - - * changes: Updates for 8.5a5 release. - - * generic/tclNamespace.c (TclTeardownNamespace): After the - commandPathSourceList of a namespace is cleared, set the - commandPathSourceList to NULL so we don't try to walk the list a - second time, possibly after it is freed. [Bug 1566526] - * tests/namespace.test (namespace-51.16): Added test. - -2006-10-09 Miguel Sofer - - * doc/UpVar.3: brough the docs in accordance to the code. Ever since - 8.0, Tcl_UpVar(2)? accepts TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY as a flag value, and - var-3.4 tests for proper behaviour. The docs only allowed 0 and - TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY. [Bug 1574099] - -2006-10-09 Miguel Sofer - - * tests/*.test: updated all tests to refer explicitly to the global - variables ::errorInfo, ::errorCode, ::env and ::tcl_platform: many - were relying on the alternative lookup in the global namespace, that - feature is tested specifically in namespace and variable tests. - - The modified testfiles are: apply.test, basic.test, case.test, - cmdIL.test, cmdMZ.test, compExpr-old.test, error.test, eval.test, - event.test, expr.test, fileSystem.test, for.test, http.test, if.test, - incr-old.test, incr.test, interp.test, io.test, ioCmd.test, load.test, - misc.test, namespace.test, parse.test, parseOld.test, pkg.test, - proc-old.test, set.test, switch.test, tcltest.test, thread.test, - var.test, while-old.test, while.test. - -2006-10-06 Pat Thoyts - - * win/rules.vc: [Bug 1571954] avoid /RTCc flag with MSVC8 - -2006-10-06 Pat Thoyts - - * doc/binary.n: TIP #275: Support unsigned values in binary - * generic/tclBinary.c: command. Tests and documentation updated. - * tests/binary.test: - -2006-10-05 Andreas Kupries - - * library/tm.tcl: Fixed bug in TIP #189 implementation, now allowing - '_' in module names. - -2006-10-05 Jeff Hobbs - - * library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl): only do geturl url rfc 3986 - validity checking if $::http::strict is true (default true for 8.5). - [Bug 1560506] - - * generic/tcl.h: note limitation on changing Tcl_UniChar size - * generic/tclEncoding.c (UtfToUnicodeProc, UnicodeToUtfProc): - * tests/encoding.test (encoding-16.1): fix alignment issues in - unicode <> utf conversion procs. [Bug 1122671] - -2006-10-05 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_LappendObjCmd): - * tests/append.test(4.21-22): fix for longstanding [Bug 1570718], - lappending nothing to non-list. Reported by lvirden - -2006-10-04 Kevin B. Kenny - - * tzdata/: Olson's tzdata2006m. - -2006-10-01 Kevin B. Kenny - - * tests/clock.test (clock-49.2): Removed a locale dependency that - caused a spurious failure in the German locale. [Bug 1567956] - -2006-10-01 Miguel Sofer - - * doc/Eval.3 (TclEvalObjv): added note on refCount management for the - elements of objv. [Bug 730244] - -2006-10-01 Pat Thoyts - - * win/tclWinFile.c: Handle possible missing define. - - * win/tclWinFile.c (TclpUtime): [Bug 1420432] file mtime fails for - * tests/cmdAH.test: directories on windows - - * tests/winFile.test: Handle Msys environment a little differently in - getuser function. [Bug 1567956] - -2006-09-30 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_SplitList): optimisation, [Patch 1344747] by - dgp. - - * generic/tclInt.decls: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: - * generic/tclObj.c: - * generic/tclStubInit.c: added an internal function TclObjBeingDeleted - to provide info as to the reason for the loss of an internal rep. [FR - 1512138] - - * generic/tclCompile.c: - * generic/tclHistory.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclProc.c: made Tcl_RecordAndEvalObj not call "history" if - it has been redefined to an empty proc, in order to reduce the noise - when debugging [FR 1190441]. Moved TclCompileNoOp from tclProc.c to - tclCompile.c - -2006-09-28 Andreas Kupries - - * generic/tclPkg.c (CompareVersions): Bugfix. Check string lengths - * tests/pkg.test: before comparison. The shorter string is the smaller - number. Added testcases as well. Interestingly all existing test cases - for vcompare compared numbers of the same length with each other. [Bug - 1563836] - -2006-09-28 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_GetsObj): added two test'n'panic guards for - possible NULL derefs, [Bug 1566382] and coverity #33. - -2006-09-27 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrected error in INST_LSHIFT in the - * tests/expr.test: calculation done to determine whether a shift - in the (long int) type is possible. The calculation had literal value - "1" where it needed a value "1L" to compute the correct result. Error - detected via testing with the math::bigfloat package [Bug 1567222] - - * generic/tclPkg.c (CompareVersion): Flatten strcmp() results to - {-1, 0, 1} to match expectations of CompareVersion() callers. - -2006-09-27 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/regc_color.c (singleton): - * generic/regc_cvec.c (addmcce): - * generic/regcomp.c (compile, dovec): the static function addmcce does - nothing when called with two NULL pointers; the only call is by - compile with two NULL pointers (regcomp.c #includes regc_cvec.c). - Large parts (all?) the code for mcce (multi character collating - element) that we do not use is ifdef'ed out with the macro - REGEXP_MCCE_ENABLE. - This silences coverity bugs 7, 16, 80 - - * generic/regc_color.c (uncolorchain): - * generic/regc_nfa.c (freearc): changed tests and asserts to - equivalent formulation, designed to avoid an explicit comparison to - NULL and satisfy coverity that 6 and 9 are not bugs. - -2006-09-27 Andreas Kupries - - * tests/pkg.test: Added test for version comparison at the 32bit - boundary. [Bug 1563836] - - * generic/tclPkg.c: Rewrote CompareVersion to perform string - comparison instead of numeric. This breaks through the 32bit limit on - version numbers. See code for details (handling of leading zeros, - signs, etc.). un-CONSTed some arguments of CompareVersions, - RequirementSatisfied, and AllRequirementsSatisfied. The new compare - modifies the string (temporary string terminators). All callers use - heap-allocated ver-intreps, so we are good with that. [Bug 1563836] - -2006-09-27 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclFileName.c (TclGlob): added a panic for a call with - TCL_GLOBMODE_TAILS and pathPrefix==NULL. This would cause a segfault, - as found by coverity #26. - -2006-09-26 Kevin B. Kenny - - * doc/Encoding.3: Added covariant 'const' qualifier for the - * generic/tcl.decls: Tcl_EncodingType argument to - * generic/tclEncoding.c: Tcl_CreateEncoding. [Further TIP#27 work.] - * generic/tclDecls.h: Reran 'make genstubs'. - -2006-09-26 Pat Thoyts - - * win/makefile.vc: Additional compiler flags and amd64 support. - * win/nmakehlp.c: - * win/rules.vc: - -2006-09-26 Don Porter - - * generic/tcl.h: As 2006-09-22 commit from Donal K. Fellows - demonstrates, "#define NULL 0" is just wrong, and as a quotable chat - figure observed, "If NULL isn't defined, we're not using a C compiler" - Improper fallback definition of NULL removed. - -2006-09-25 Pat Thoyts - - * generic/tcl.h: More fixing which struct stat to refer to. - * generic/tclGetDate.y: Some casts from time_t to int required. - * generic/tclTimer.c: Tcl_Time structure members are longs. - * win/makefile.vc: Support for varying compiler options - * win/rules.vc: and build to platform-specific subdirs. - -2006-09-25 Andreas Kupries - - * generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_StackChannel): Fixed [Bug 1564642], aka - coverity #51. Extended loop condition, added checking for NULL to - prevent seg.fault. - -2006-09-25 Andreas Kupries - - * doc/package.n: Fixed nits reported by Daniel Steffen in the TIP#268 - changes. - -2006-09-25 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclNotify.c (Tcl_DeleteEvents): Simplified the code in hopes - of making the invariants clearer and proving to Coverity that the - event queue memory is managed correctly. - -2006-09-25 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclNotify.c (Tcl_DeleteEvents): Make it clear what happens - when the event queue is mismanaged. [Bug 1564677], coverity bug #10. - -2006-09-24 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclParse.c (Tcl_ParseCommand): also return an error if - start==NULL and numBytes<0. This is coverity's bug #20 - - * generic/tclStringObj.c (STRING_SIZE): fix allocation for 0-length - strings. This is coverity's bugs #54-5 - -2006-09-22 Andreas Kupries - - * generic/tclInt.h: Moved TIP#268's field 'packagePrefer' to the end - of the structure, for better backward compatibility. - -2006-09-22 Andreas Kupries - - TIP#268 IMPLEMENTATION - - * generic/tclDecls.h: Regenerated from tcl.decls. - * generic/tclStubInit.c: - - * doc/PkgRequire.3: Documentation of extended API, extended testsuite. - * doc/package.n: - * tests/pkg.test: - - * generic/tcl.decls: Implementation. - * generic/tclBasic.c: - * generic/tclConfig.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclPkg.c: - * generic/tclTest.c: - * generic/tclTomMathInterface.c: - * library/init.tcl: - * library/package.tcl: - * library/tm.tcl: - -2006-09-22 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclThreadTest.c (TclCreateThread): Use NULL instead of 0 as - end-of-strings marker to Tcl_AppendResult; the difference matters on - 64-bit machines. [Bug 1562528] - -2006-09-21 Don Porter - - * generic/tclUtil.c: Dropped ParseInteger() routine. TclParseNumber - covers the task just fine. - -2006-09-19 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclEvent.c (Tcl_VwaitObjCmd): Rewrite so that an exceeded - limit trapped in a vwait cannot cause a dangerous dangling trace. - -2006-09-19 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_EXPON): Native type overflow detection - * tests/expr.test: was completely broken. Falling back on use of - bignums for all non-trivial ** calculations until - native-type-constrained special cases can be done carefully and - correctly. [Bug 1561260] - -2006-09-15 Jeff Hobbs - - * library/http/http.tcl: Change " " -> "+" url encoding mapping - * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: to " " -> "%20" as per RFC 3986. - * tests/http.test (http-5.1): bump http to 2.5.3 - * unix/Makefile.in: - * win/Makefile.in: - -2006-09-12 Andreas Kupries - - * unix/configure.in (HAVE_MTSAFE_GETHOST*): Modified to recognize - HP-UX 11.00 and beyond as having mt-safe implementations of the - gethost functions. - * unix/configure: Regenerated, using autoconf 2.59 - - * unix/tclUnixCompat.c (PadBuffer): Fixed bug in calculation of the - increment needed to align the pointer, and added documentation - explaining why the macro is implemented as it is. - -2006-09-11 Pat Thoyts - - * win/rules.vc: Updated to install http, tcltest and msgcat as - * win/makefile.vc: Tcl Modules (as per Makefile.in). - * win/makefile.vc: Added tommath_(super)class headers. - -2006-09-11 Andreas Kupries - - * unix/Makefile.in (install-libraries): Fixed typo tcltest 2.3.9 -> - 2.3.0. - -2006-09-11 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: make compatLock static and only declare it - when it will actually be used; #ifdef parts of TSD that are not always - needed; adjust #ifdefs to cover all possible cases; fix whitespace. - -2006-09-11 Andreas Kupries - - * tests/msgcat.test: Bumped version in auxiliary files as well. - * doc/msgcat.n: - -2006-09-11 Kevin B. Kenny - - * unix/Makefile.in: Bumped msgcat version to 1.4.2 to be - * win/Makefile.in: consistent with dgp's commits of 2006-09-10. - -2006-09-11 Don Porter - - * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: Removed some unneeded [uplevel]s. - -2006-09-10 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrected INST_EXPON flaw that treated - * tests/expr.test: $x**1 as $x**3. [Bug 1555371] - - * doc/tcltest.n: Bump to version tcltest 2.3.0 to - * library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl: account for new "-verbose line" - * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: feature. - * unix/Makefile.in: - * win/Makefile.in: - * win/makefile.bc: - * win/makefile.vc: - - * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: Bump to version msgcat 1.4.2 to - * library/msgcat/pkgIndex.tcl: account for modifications. - -2006-09-10 Daniel Steffen - - * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl (msgcat::Init): on Darwin, add fallback of - * tests/msgcat.test: default msgcat locale to - * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpSetVariables): current CFLocale - identifier if available (via private ::tcl::mac::locale global, set at - interp init when on Mac OS X 10.3 or later with CoreFoundation). - - * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: add 'line' verbose level: prints source - * doc/tcltest.n: file line information of failing tests. - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add new tclUnixCompat.c file; - revise tests target to use new tcltest 'line' verbose level. - - * unix/configure.in: add descriptions to new AC_DEFINEs for MT-safe. - * unix/tcl.m4: add caching to new SC_TCL_* macros for MT-safe wrappers - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 - -2006-09-08 Zoran Vasiljevic - - * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: Added fallback to gethostbyname() and - gethostbyaddr() if the implementation is known to be MT-safe - (currently for Darwin 6 or later only). - - * unix/configure.in: Assume gethostbyname() and gethostbyaddr() are - MT-safe starting with Darwin 6 (Mac OSX 10.2). - - * unix/configure: Regenerated with autoconf V2.59 - -2006-09-08 Andreas Kupries - - * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: Fixed conditions for CopyArray/CopyString, and - CopyHostent. Also fixed bad var names in TclpGetHostByName. - -2006-09-07 Zoran Vasiljevic - - * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: Added fallback to MT-unsafe library calls if - TCL_THREADS is not defined. - Fixed alignment of arrays copied by CopyArray() to be on the - sizeof(char *) boundary. - -2006-09-07 Zoran Vasiljevic - - * unix/tclUnixChan.c: Rewritten MT-safe wrappers to return ptrs to - * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: TSD storage making them all look like their - * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: MT-unsafe pendants API-wise. - * unix/tclUnixPort.h: - * unix/tclUnixSock.c: - -2006-09-06 Zoran Vasiljevic - - * unix/tclUnixChan.c: Added TCL_THREADS ifdef'ed usage of MT-safe - * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: calls like: getpwuid, getpwnam, getgrgid, - * unix/tclUnixSock.c: getgrnam, gethostbyname and gethostbyaddr. - * unix/tclUnixPort.h: See [Bug 999544] - * unix/Makefile.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.m4: - * unix/configure: Regenerated. - - * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: New file containing MT-safe implementation of - some library calls. - -2006-09-04 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Removed much complexity that is no - longer needed. - - * tests/main.text (Tcl_Main-4.4): Test corrected to not be - timing sensitive to the Bug 1481986 fix. [Bug 1550858] - -2006-09-04 Jeff Hobbs - - * doc/package.n: correct package example - -2006-08-31 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Corrected flawed logic for disabling - the INST_TRY_CVT_TO_NUMERIC instruction at the end of an expression - when function arguments contain operators. [Bug 1541274] - - * tests/expr-old.test: The remaining failing tests reported in - * tests/expr.test: [Bug 1381715] are all new in Tcl 8.5, so - there's really no issue of compatibility with Tcl 8.4 result to deal - with. Fixed by updating tests to expect 8.5 results. - -2006-08-29 Don Porter - - * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Dropped the old expr parser. - -2006-08-30 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): init iPtr->threadId - - * win/tclWinChan.c [Bug 819667] Improve logic for identifying COM - ports. - - * generic/tclIOGT.c (ExecuteCallback): - * generic/tclPkg.c (Tcl_PkgRequireEx): replace Tcl_GlobalEval(Obj) - with more efficient Tcl_Eval(Obj)Ex - - * unix/Makefile.in (valgrindshell): add valgrindshell target and - update default VALGRINDARGS. User can override, or add to it with - VALGRIND_OPTS env var. - - * generic/tclFileName.c (DoGlob): match incrs with decrs. - -2006-08-29 Don Porter - - * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Use the "parent" field of orphan - ExprNodes to store the closure of left pointers. This lets us avoid - repeated re-scanning leftward for the left boundary of subexpressions, - which in worst case led to near O(N^2) runtime. - -2006-08-29 Joe Mistachkin - - * unix/tclUnixInit.c: Fixed the issue (typo) that was causing - * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadGetStackSize): stack.test to fail on - FreeBSD (and possibly other Unix platforms). - -2006-08-29 Colin McCormack - - * generic/tclIOUtil.c: Added test for NULL return from - * generic/tclPathObj.c: Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath which was causing - * unix/tclUnixFile.c: segv's per [Bug 1548263] - * win/tclWinFCmd.c: - * win/tclWinFile.c: - -2006-08-28 Kevin B. Kenny - - * library/tzdata/America/Havana: Regenerated from Olson's - * library/tzdata/America/Tegucigalpa: tzdata2006k. - * library/tzdata/Asia/Gaza: - -2006-08-28 Don Porter - - * generic/tclStringObj.c: Revised ObjPrintfVA to take care to - * generic/tclParseExpr.c: copy only whole characters when doing - %s formatting. This relieves callers of TclObjPrintf() and - TclFormatToErrorInfo() from needing to fix arguments to character - boundaries. Tcl_ParseExpr() simplified by taking advantage. [Bug - 1547786] - - * generic/tclStringObj.c: Corrected TclFormatObj's failure to - count up the number of arguments required by examining the format - string. [Bug 1547681] - -2006-08-27 Joe Mistachkin - - * generic/tclClock.c (ClockClicksObjCmd): Fix nested macro breakage - with TCL_MEM_DEBUG enabled. [Bug 1547662] - -2006-08-26 Miguel Sofer - - * doc/namespace.n: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * tests/upvar.test: bugfix, docs clarification and new tests for - [namespace upvar] as follow up to [Bug 1546833], reported by Will - Duquette. - -2006-08-24 Kevin B. Kenny - - * library/tzdata: Regenerated, including several new files, from - Olson's tzdata2006j. - * library/clock.tcl: - * tests/clock.test: Removed an early testing hack that allowed loading - 'registry' from the build tree rather than an installed one. This is a - workaround for [Bug 15232730], which remains open because it's a - symptom of a deeper underlying problem. - -2006-08-23 Don Porter - - * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Minimal collection of new tests - * tests/parseExpr.test: testing the error messages of the new - expr parser. Several bug fixes and code simplifications that appeared - during that effort. - -2006-08-21 Don Porter - - * generic/tclIOUtil.c: Revisions to complete the thread finalization - of the cwdPathPtr. [Bug 1536142] - - * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Revised mistaken call to - TclCheckBadOctal(), so both [expr 08] and [expr 08z] have same - additional info in error message. - - * tests/compExpr-old.test: Update existing tests to not fail with - * tests/compExpr.test: the new expr parser. - * tests/compile.test: - * tests/expr-old.test: - * tests/expr.test: - * tests/for.test: - * tests/if.test: - * tests/parseExpr.test: - * tests/while.test: - -2006-08-21 Donal K. Fellows - - * win/Makefile.in (gdb): Make this target work so that debugging an - msys build is possible. - -2006-08-21 Daniel Steffen - - * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c (Tcl_WaitForEvent): if the run loop is - already running (e.g. if Tcl_WaitForEvent was called recursively), - re-run it in a custom run loop mode containing only the source for the - notifier thread, otherwise wakeups from other sources added to the - common run loop modes might get lost. - - * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c (Tcl_WaitForEvent): on 64-bit Darwin, - pthread_cond_timedwait() appears to have a bug that causes it to wait - forever when passed an absolute time which has already been exceeded - by the system time; as a workaround, when given a very brief timeout, - just do a poll on that platform. [Bug 1457797] - - * generic/tclClock.c (ClockClicksObjCmd): add support for Darwin - * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_TimeObjCmd): nanosecond resolution timer - * generic/tclInt.h: to [clock clicks] and [time] - * unix/configure.in (Darwin): when TCL_WIDE_CLICKS defined - * unix/tclUnixTime.c (TclpGetWideClicks, TclpWideClicksToNanoseconds): - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 - - * unix/tclUnixPort.h (Darwin): override potentially faulty configure - detection of termios availability in all cases, since termios is known - to be present on all Mac OS X releases since 10.0. [Bug 497147] - -2006-08-18 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tcl.m4 (Darwin): add support for --enable-64bit on x86_64, for - universal builds including x86_64, for 64-bit CoreFoundation on - Leopard and for use of -mmacosx-version-min instead of - MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 - - * generic/tcl.h: add fixes for building on Leopard and - * unix/tclUnixPort.h: support for 64-bit CoreFoundation on Leopard - * macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c: - - * unix/tclUnixPort.h: on Darwin x86_64, disable use of vfork as it - causes execve to fail intermittently. (rdar://4685553) - - * generic/tclTomMath.h: on Darwin 64-bit, for now disable use of - 128-bit arithmetic through __attribute__ ((mode(TI))), as it leads to - link errors due to missing fallbacks. (rdar://4685527) - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add x86_64 to universal build, - switch native release targets to use DWARF with dSYM, Xcode 3.0 - changes - * macosx/README: updates for x86_64 and Xcode 2.4. - - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: add test suite target that - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: runs the tcl test suite at - build time and shows clickable test suite errors in the GUI build - window. - - * tests/macOSXFCmd.test: fix use of deprecated resource fork paths. - - * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpInitLibraryPath): move code that is only - needed when TCL_LIBRARY is defined to run only in that case. - - * generic/tclLink.c (LinkTraceProc): fix 64-bit signed-with-unsigned - comparison warning from gcc4 -Wextra. - - * unix/tclUnixChan.c (TclUnixWaitForFile): with timeout < 0, if - select() returns early (e.g. due to a signal), call it again instead - of returning a timeout result. Fixes intermittent event-13.8 failures. - -2006-08-17 Don Porter - - * generic/tclCompile.c: Revised the new set of expression - * generic/tclParseExpr.c: parse error messages. - -2006-08-16 Don Porter - - * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Replace PrecedenceOf() function with - prec[] static array. - -2006-08-14 Donal K. Fellows - - * library/clock.tcl (::tcl::clock::add): Added missing braces to - clockval validation code. Pointed out on comp.lang.tcl. - -2006-08-11 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclNamesp.c: Improvements in buffer management to make - namespace creation faster. Plus selected other minor improvements to - code quality. [Patch 1352382] - -2006-08-10 Donal K. Fellows - - Misc patches to make code more efficient. [Bug 1530474] (afredd) - * generic/*.c, macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c, unix/tclUnixNotfy.c, - * win/tclWinThrd.c: Tidy up invokations of Tcl_Panic() to promote - string constant sharing and consistent style. - * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): More efficient handling of - * generic/tclClock.c (TclClockInit): registration of commands not - in global namespace. - * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_UnsetObjCmd): Remove unreachable clause. - -2006-08-09 Don Porter - - * generic/tclEncoding.c: Replace buffer copy in for loop with - call to memcpy(). Thanks to afredd. [Patch 1530262] - -2006-08-09 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LassignObjCmd): Make the wrong#args message - a bit more consistent with those used elsewhere. [Bug 1534628] - - * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictForCmd): Stop crash when attempting to - iterate over an invalid dictionary. [Bug 1531184] - - * doc/ParseCmd.3, doc/expr.n, doc/set.n, doc/subst.n, doc/switch.n: - * doc/tclvars.n: Ensure that uses of [expr] in documentation examples - are also good style (with braces) unless otherwise necessary. [Bug - 1526581] - -2006-08-03 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tclUnixPipe.c (TclpCreateProcess): for USE_VFORK: ensure - standard channels are initialized before vfork() so that the child - doesn't potentially corrupt global state in the parent's address space - - * tests/compExpr-old.test: add 'oldExprParser' constraint to all tests - * tests/compExpr.test: that depend on the exact format of the - * tests/compile.test: error messages of the pre-2006-07-05 - * tests/expr-old.test: expression parser. The constraint is on by - * tests/expr.test: default (i.e those tests still fail), but - * tests/for.test: can be turned off by passing '-constraints - * tests/if.test: newExprParser' to tcltest, which will skip - * tests/parseExpr.test: the 196 failing tests in the testsuite that - * tests/while.test: are caused by the new expression parser - error messages. - -2006-07-31 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclClock.c (ConvertLocalToUTCUsingC): Corrected a regression - that caused dates before 1969 to be one day off in the :localtime time - zone if TZ is not set. [Bug 1531530] - -2006-07-30 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclClock.c (GetJulianDayFromEraYearMonthDay): Corrected - several errors in converting dates before the Common Era [Bug 1426279] - * library/clock.tcl: Corrected syntax errors in generated code for %EC - %Ey, and %W format groups [Bug 1505383]. Corrected a bug in cache - management for format strings containing [glob] metacharacters [Bug - 1494664]. Corrected several errors in formatting/scanning of years - prior to the Common Era, and added the missing %EE format group to - indicate the era. - * tools/makeTestCases.tcl: Added code to make sure that %U and %V - format groups are included in the tests. (The code depends on %U and - %V formatting working correctly when 'makeTestCases.tcl' is run, - rather than making a completely independent check.) Added tests for - [glob] metacharacters in strings. Added tests for years prior to the - Common Era. - * tests/clock.test: Rebuilt with new test cases for all the above. - -2006-07-30 Joe English - - * doc/AppInit.3: Fix typo [Bug 1496886] - -2006-07-26 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrected flawed overflow detection in - * tests/expr.test: INST_EXPON that caused [expr 2**64] to return - 0 instead of the same value as [expr 1<<64]. - -2006-07-24 Don Porter - - * win/tclWinSock.c: Correct un-initialized Tcl_DString. Thanks to - afredd. [Bug 1518166] - -2006-07-21 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c: - * tests/execute.test (execute-9.1): dgp's fix for [Bug 1522803]. - -2006-07-20 Daniel Steffen - - * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c (Tcl_InitNotifier, Tcl_WaitForEvent): - create notifier thread lazily upon first call to Tcl_WaitForEvent() - rather than in Tcl_InitNotifier(). Allows calling exeve() in processes - where the event loop has not yet been run (Darwin's execve() fails in - processes with more than one thread), in particular allows embedders - to call fork() followed by execve(), previously the pthread_atfork() - child handler's call to Tcl_InitNotifier() would immediately recreate - the notifier thread in the child after a fork. - - * macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c (TclMacOSXCopyFileAttributes): add support - * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c (Tcl_InitNotifier): for weakly - * unix/tclUnixInit.c (Tcl_GetEncodingNameFromEnvironment): importing - symbols not available on OSX 10.2 or 10.3, enables binaires built on - later OSX versions to run on earlier ones. - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: enable weak-linking; turn on - extra warnings. - * macosx/README: document how to enable weak-linking; cleanup. - * unix/tclUnixPort.h: add support for weak-linking; conditionalize - AvailabilityMacros.h inclusion; only disable realpath on 10.2 or - earlier when threads are enabled. - * unix/tclLoadDyld.c (TclpLoadMemoryGetBuffer): change runtime Darwin - * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpInitPlatform): release check to use - global initialized - once - * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (DoRenameFile, TclpObjNormalizePath): add runtime - Darwin release check to determine if realpath is threadsafe. - * unix/configure.in: add check on Darwin for compiler support of weak - * unix/tcl.m4: import and for AvailabilityMacros.h header; move - Darwin specific checks & defines that are only relevant to the tcl - build out of tcl.m4; restrict framework option to Darwin; clean up - quoting and help messages. - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 - - * generic/regc_locale.c (cclass): - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): - * generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_ExecObjCmd): - * generic/tclListObj.c (NewListIntRep): - * generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_GetLongFromObj, Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj) - (FreeBignum, Tcl_SetBignumObj): - * generic/tclParseExpr.c (Tcl_ParseExpr): - * generic/tclStrToD.c (TclParseNumber): - * generic/tclStringObj.c (TclAppendFormattedObjs): - * unix/tclLoadDyld.c (TclpLoadMemory): - * unix/tclUnixPipe.c (TclpCreateProcess): fix signed-with-unsigned - comparison and other warnings from gcc4 -Wextra. - -2006-07-13 Andreas Kupries - - * unix/tclUnixPort.h: Added the inclusion of . - The missing header caused the upcoming #if conditions to wrongly - exclude realpath, causing file normalize to ignore symbolic links in - the path. - -2006-07-11 Zoran Vasiljevic - - * generic/tclAsync.c: Made Tcl_AsyncDelete() more tolerant when called - after all thread TSD has been garbage-collected. - -2006-07-05 Don Porter - - * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Completely new expression parser that - builds a parse tree instead of operating with deep recursion. This - corrects reports of stack-blowing crashes parsing long expressions - [Bug 906201] and replaces a fundamentally O(N^2) algorithm with an - O(N) one [RFE 903765]. The new parser is better able to generate error - messages that clearly report both the nature and context of the syntax - error [Bugs 1029267, 1381715]. For now, the code for the old parser is - still present and can be activated with a "#define OLD_EXPR_PARSER - 1". This is for the sake of a clean implementation patch, and for ease - of benchmarking. The new parser is non-recursive, so much lighter in - stack consumption, but it does use more heap, so there may be cases - where parsing of long expressions that succeeded with the old parser - will lead to out of memory panics with the new one. There are still - more improvements possible on that point, though significant progress - may require changes to the Tcl_Token specifications documented for the - public Tcl_Parse*() routines. - ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** for any callers that rely on the exact - (usually terrible) error messages generated by the old parser. This - includes a large number of tests in the test suite. - - * generic/tclInt.h: Replaced TclParseWhiteSpace() with - * generic/tclParse.c: TclParseAllWhiteSpace() which is what - * generic/tclParseExpr.c: all the callers really needed. - Breaking whitespace runs at newlines is useful only to the command - parsing function, and it can call the file scoped routine - ParseWhiteSpace() to do that. - - * tests/expr-old.test: Removed knownBug constraints that masked - * tests/expr.test: failures due to revised error messages. - * tests/parseExpr.test: - -2006-06-20 Don Porter - - * generic/tclIOUtil.c: Changed default configuration to - * generic/tclInt.decls: #undef USE_OBSOLETE_FS_HOOKS which disables - * generic/tclTest.c: access to the Tcl 8.3 internal routines for - hooking into filesystem operations. Everyone ought to have migrated to - Tcl_Filesystems by now. - ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** for any code still stuck in the - pre-Tcl_Filesystem era. - - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: make genstubs - * generic/tclStubInit.c: - - * generic/tclStrToD.c: Removed dead code that permitted disabling of - recognition of the new 0b and 0o numeric formats. - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Removed dead code that implemented alternative - * generic/tclObj.c: design where numeric values did not - automatically narrow to the smallest Tcl_ObjType required to hold them - - * generic/tclCmdAH.c: Removed dead code that was old implementation - of [format]. - -2006-06-14 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tclUnixPort.h (Darwin): support MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED - define from AvailabilityMacros.h: override configure detection and - only use API available in the indicated OS version or earlier. - -2006-06-14 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/format.n, doc/scan.n: Added examples for converting between - characters and their numeric interpretations following user prompting. - -2006-06-13 Donal K. Fellows - - * unix/tclLoadDl.c (TclpDlopen): Workaround for a compiler bug in Sun - Forte 6. [Bug 1503729] - -2006-06-06 Don Porter - - * doc/GetStdChan.3: Added recommendation that each call to - Tcl_SetStdChannel() be accompanied by a call to Tcl_RegisterChannel(). - -2006-06-05 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/Alloc.3: Added documentation of promise that Tcl_Realloc(NULL,x) - is the same as Tcl_Alloc(x), as discussed in comp.lang.tcl. Also fixed - nonsense sentence to say something meaningful. - -2006-05-29 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tcl.h (Tcl_DecrRefCount): use if/else construct to allow - placement in unbraced outer if/else conditions. (jcw) - -2006-05-27 Daniel Steffen - - * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: implemented pthread_atfork() handler that - * unix/tcl.m4 (Darwin): recreates CoreFoundation state and - notifier thread in the child after a fork(). Note that pthread_atfork - is available starting with Tiger only. Because vfork() is used by the - core on Darwin, [exec]/[open] are not affected by this fix, only - extensions or embedders that call fork() directly (such as TclX). - However, this only makes fork() safe from corefoundation tcl with - --disable-threads; as on all platforms, forked children may deadlock - in threaded tcl due to the potential for stale locked mutexes in the - child. [Patch 923072] - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 - -2006-05-24 Donal K. Fellows - - * unix/tcl.m4 (SC_CONFIG_SYSTEM): Fixed quoting of command script to - awk; it was a rarely used branch, but it was wrong. [Bug 1494160] - -2006-05-23 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/chan.n, doc/refchan.n: Tighten up the documentation to follow a - slightly more consistent style with regard to argument capitalization. - -2006-05-13 Don Porter - - * generic/tclProc.c (ProcCompileProc): When a bump of the compile - epoch forces the re-compile of a proc body, take care not to overwrite - any Proc struct that may be referred to on the active call stack. Note - that the fix will not be effective for code that calls the private - routine TclProcCompileProc() directly. [Bug 1482718] - -2006-05-13 Daniel Steffen - - * generic/tclEvent.c (HandleBgErrors): fix leak. [Coverity issue 86] - -2006-05-05 Don Porter - - * generic/tclMain.c (Tcl_Main): Corrected flaw that required - * tests/main.test: (Tcl_Main-4.5): processing of one interactive - command before passing control to the loop routine registered with - Tcl_SetMainLoop(). [Bug 1481986] - -2006-05-04 Don Porter - - * README: Bump version number to 8.5a5 - * generic/tcl.h: - * tools/tcl.wse.in: - * unix/configure.in: - * unix/tcl.spec: - * win/README.binary: - * win/configure.in: - - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * win/configure: - - * generic/tclBasic.c (ExprSrandFunc): Restore acceptance of wide/big - * doc/mathfunc.n: integer values by srand(). [Bug 1480509] - -2006-04-26 Don Porter - - *** 8.5a4 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** - - * changes: Updates for another RC. - - * generic/tclBinary.c: Revised the handling of the Q and q format - * generic/tclInt.h: specifiers for [binary] to account for the - * generic/tclStrToD.c: "middle endian" floating point format used in - Nokia N770. - -2006-04-25 Don Porter - - * doc/DoubleObj.3: More doc updates for TIP 237. - * doc/expr.n: - * doc/format.n: - * doc/mathfunc.n: - * doc/scan.n: - * doc/string.n: - - * generic/tclScan.c: [scan $s %u] is documented to accept only - * tests/scan.test: decimal formatted integers. Fixed to match. - -2006-04-19 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclStrToD.c: Added code to support the "middle endian" - floating point format used in the Nokia N770's software-based floating - point. Thanks to Bruce Johnson for reporting this bug, originally on - http://wiki.tcl.tk/15408. - * library/clock.tcl: Fixed a bug with Daylight Saving Time and Posix - time zone specifiers reported by Martin Lemburg in - http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/9a8b15a4dfc0b7a0 - (and not at SourceForge). - * tests/clock.test: Added test case for the above bug. - -2006-04-18 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/IntObj.3: Minor review fixes, including better documentation of - the behaviour of Tcl_GetBignumAndClearObj. - -2006-04-17 Don Porter - - * doc/IntObj.3: Documentation changes to account for TIP 237 changes. - * doc/Object.3: [Bug 1446971] - -2006-04-12 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/regc_locale.c (cclass): Redefined the meaning of [:print:] - to be exactly UNICODE letters, numbers, punctuation, symbols and - spaces (*not* whitespace). [Bug 1376892] - -2006-04-11 Don Porter - - * generic/tclTrace.c: Stop some interference between enter traces - * tests/trace.test: and enterstep traces. [Bug 1458266] - -2006-04-07 Don Porter - - * generic/tclPathObj.c: Yet another revised fix for the [Bug 1379287] - * tests/fileSystem.test: family of path normalization bugs. - -2006-04-06 Jeff Hobbs - - * generic/tclRegexp.c (FinalizeRegexp): full reset data to indicate - readiness for reinitialization. - -2006-04-06 Don Porter - - * generic/tclIndexObj.c (Tcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct): It seems there - * tests/indexObj.test: are extensions that rely on the prior behavior - * doc/GetIndex.3: that the empty string cannot succeed as a - unique prefix matcher, so I'm restoring Donal Fellows's solution. - Added mention of this detail to the documentation. [Bug 1464039] - - * tests/compExpr-old.test: Updated testmathfunctions constraint - * tests/compExpr.test: to post-TIP-232 world. - * tests/expr-old.test: - * tests/expr.test: - * tests/info.test: - - * tests/indexObj.test: Corrected other test errors revealed by - * tests/upvar.test: testing outside the tcltest application. - - * generic/tclPathObj.c: Revised fix for the [Bug 1379287] family of - path normalization bugs. - -2006-04-06 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/tcl.m4: removed TCL_IO_TRACK_OS_FOR_DRIVER_WITH_BAD_BLOCKING - define on Darwin. [Bug 1457515] - * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 - * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 - -2006-04-05 Don Porter - - * win/tclWinInit.c: More careful calls to Tcl_DStringSetLength() - * win/tclWinSock.c: to avoid creating invalid DString states. Bump - * win/tclWinDde.c: to version 1.3.2. [RFE 1366195] - * library/dde/pkgIndex.tcl: - - * library/reg/pkgIndex.tcl: Bump to registry 1.2 because - * win/tclWinReg.c: Registry_Unload() is a new public routine - * win/Makefile.in: compared to the 1.1.* releases. - - * win/configure.in: Bump package version numbers. - * win/configure: autoconf 2.59 - -2006-04-05 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclIndexObj.c (Tcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct): Allow empty - strings to be matched by the Tcl_GetIndexFromObj machinery, in the - same manner as any other key. [Bug 1464039] - -2006-04-03 Andreas Kupries - - * generic/tclIO.c (ReadChars): Added check, panic and commentary to a - piece of code which relies on BUFFER_PADDING to create enough space at - the beginning of each buffer for the insertion of partial multibyte - data at the beginning of a buffer. Commentary explains why this code - is OK, and the panic is as a precaution if someone twiddled the - BUFFER_PADDING into uselessness. - - * generic/tclIO.c (ReadChars): Temporarily suppress the use of - TCL_ENCODING_END set when EOF was reached while the buffer we are - converting is not truly the last buffer in the queue. Together with - the Utf bug below it was possible to completely wreck the buffer data - structures, eventually crashing Tcl. [Bug 1462248] - - * generic/tclEncoding.c (UtfToUtfProc): Stop accessing memory beyond - the end of the input buffer when TCL_ENCODING_END is set and the last - bytes of the buffer start a multi-byte sequence. This bug contributed - to [Bug 1462248]. - -2006-03-30 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclExecute.c: remove unused var and silence gcc warning - -2006-03-29 Jeff Hobbs - - * win/Makefile.in: convert _NATIVE paths to use / to avoid ".\" - path-as-escape issue. - -2006-03-29 Don Porter - - * changes: Updates for another RC. - - * generic/tclPathObj.c: More fixes for path normalization when /../ - * tests/fileSystem.test: tries to go beyond root.[Bug 1379287] - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Revised INST_MOD implementation to do - calculations in native types as much as possible, moving to mp_ints - only when necessary. - -2006-03-28 Jeff Hobbs - - * win/tclWinPipe.c (TclpCreateProcess): change panics to Tcl errors - and do proper refcounting of noe objPtr. [Bug 1194429] - - * unix/tcl.m4, win/tcl.m4: []-quote AC_DEFUN functions. - -2006-03-28 Daniel Steffen - - * macosx/Tcl.xcode/default.pbxuser: add '-singleproc 1' cli arg to - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: tcltest to ease test debugging - - * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: removed $prefix/share from - * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: TCL_PACKAGE_PATH as per change - to unix/configure.in of 2006-03-13. - - * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (TclpObjNormalizePath): deal with *BSD/Darwin - realpath() converting relative paths into absolute paths [Bug 1064247] - -2006-03-28 Vince Darley - - * generic/tclIOUtil.c: fix to nativeFilesystemRecord comparisons - (lesser part of [Bug 1064247]) - -2006-03-27 Pat Thoyts - - * win/tclWinTest.c: Fixes for [Bug 1456373] (mingw-gcc issue) - -2006-03-27 Andreas Kupries - - * doc/CrtChannel.3: Added TCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_5, made it the - * generic/tcl.h: version where the "truncateProc" is defined at, - * generic/tclIO.c: and moved all channel drivers of Tcl to v5. - * generic/tclIOGT.c, generic/tclIORChan.c, unix/tclUnixChan.c: - * unix/tclUnixPipe.c, win/tclWinChan.c, win/tclWinConsole.c: - * win/tclWinPipe.c, win/tclWinSerial.c, win/tclWinSock.c: - -2006-03-27 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Merge INST_MOD computation in with the - INST_?SHIFT instructions, which also operate only on two integral - values. Also corrected flaw that made INST_BITNOT of wide values - require mp_int calculations. Also corrected type that missed optimized - handling of the tclBooleanType by the TclGetBooleanFromObj macro. - - * changes: Updates for another RC. - -2006-03-25 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrections to INST_EXPON detection of - overflow to use mp_int calculations. - -2006-03-24 Kevin B. Kenny - - * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Added a couple of missing - casts to 'int' that were affecting compilablity on VC6. - -2006-03-24 Don Porter - - * generic/tclEncoding.c: Reverted latest change [Bug 506653] since it - reportedly killed test performance on Windows. - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Revised INST_EXPON implementation to do - calculations in native types as much as possible, moving to mp_ints - only when necessary. - -2006-03-23 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Merged INST_EXPON handling in with the other - binary operators that operate on all number types (INST_ADD, etc.). - - * tests/env.test: With case preserved (see 2006-03-21 commit) be sure - to do case-insensitive filtering. [Bug 1457065] - -2006-03-23 Reinhard Max - - * unix/tcl.spec: Cleaned up and completed the spec file. An RPM can - now be built from the tcl source distribution with "rpmbuild -tb - " - -2006-03-22 Reinhard Max - - * tests/stack.test: Run the stack tests in subshells, so that they are - reported as failed tests rather than bugs in the test suite if the - recursion causes a segfault. - -2006-03-21 Don Porter - - * changes: Updates for another RC. - - * generic/tclStrToD.c: One of the branches of AccumulateDecimalDigit - * tests/parseExpr.test: did not. [Bug 1451233] - - * tests/env.test: Preserve case of saved env vars. [Bug 1409272] - -2006-03-21 Daniel Steffen - - * generic/tclInt.decls: implement globbing for HFS creator & type - * macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c:codes and 'hidden' flag, as documented in - * tests/macOSXFCmd.test: glob.n; objectified OSType handling in [glob] - * unix/tclUnixFile.c: and [file attributes]; fix globbing for - hidden files with pattern==NULL arg. [Bug 823329] - * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: - * generic/tclStubInit.c: make genstubs - -2006-03-20 Andreas Kupries - - * win/Makefile.in (install-libraries): Generate tcl8/8.4 directory - under Windows as well (cygwin Makefile). Related entry: 2006-03-07, - dgp. This moved the installation of http from 8.2 to 8.4, partially. A - fix of the required directory creation was done for unix on Mar 10, - without entry in the Changelog. This entry is for the fix of the - directory creation under Windows. - - * unix/installManPage: There is always one even more broken "sed". - Moved the # comment starting character in the sed script to the - beginning of their respective lines. The AIX sed will not recognize - them as comments otherwise :( The actual text stays indented for - better association with the commands they belong to. - -2006-03-20 Donal K. Fellows - - * tests/cmdAH.test, tests/fCmd.test, tests/unixFCmd.test: - * tests/winFCmd.test: Cleanup of some test constraint handling, and a - few other minor issues. - -2006-03-18 Vince Darley - - * generic/tclFileName.c: - * doc/FileSystem.3: - * tests/fileName.test: Fix to [Bug 1084705] so that 'glob -nocomplain' - finally agrees with its documentation and doesn't swallow genuine - errors. - - ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** for scripts that assumed '-nocomplain' - removes the need for 'catch' to deal with non-understood path names. - - Small optimisation to implementation of pattern==NULL case of TclGlob, - and clarification to the documentation. [Tclvfs bug 1405317] - -2006-03-18 Vince Darley - - * tests/fCmd.test: added knownBug test case for [Bug 1394972] - - * tests/winFCmd.test: - * tests/tcltest.test: corrected tests to better account for behaviour - of writable/non-writable directories on Windows 2000/XP. This, with - the previous patches, closes [Bug 1193497] - -2006-03-17 Andreas Kupries - - * doc/chan.n: Updated with documentation for the commands 'chan - create' and 'chan postevent' (TIP #219). - - * doc/refchan.n: New file. Documentation of the command handler API - for reflected channels (TIP #219). - -2006-03-17 Joe Mistachkin - - * unix/tclUnixPort.h: Include pthread.h prior to pthread_np.h [Bug - 1444692] - - * win/tclWinTest.c: Corrected typo of 'initializeMutex' that prevented - successful compilation. - -2006-03-16 Andreas Kupries - - * doc/open.n: Documented the changed behaviour of 'a'ppend mode. - - * tests/io.test (io-43.1 io-44.[1234]): Rewritten to be self-contained - with regard to setup and cleanup. [Bug 681793] - - * generic/tclIOUtil.c (TclGetOpenMode): Added the flag O_APPEND to the - list of POSIX modes used when opening a file for 'a'ppend. This - enables the proper automatic seek-to-end-on-write by the OS. See [Bug - 680143] for longer discussion. - - * tests/ioCmd.test (iocmd-13.7.*): Extended the testsuite to check the - new handling of 'a'. - -2006-03-15 Andreas Kupries - - * tests/socket.test: Extended the timeout in socket-11.11 from 10 to - 40 seconds to allow for really slow machines. Also extended - actual/expected results with value of variable 'done' to make it - clearer when a test fails due to a timeout. [Bug 792159] - -2006-03-15 Vince Darley - - * win/fCmd.test: add proper test constraints so the new tests don't - run on Unix. - -2006-03-14 Andreas Kupries - - * generic/tclPipe.c (TclCreatePipeline): Modified the processing of - pipebars to fail if the last bar is followed only by redirections. - [Bug 768659] - -2006-03-14 Andreas Kupries - - * doc/fconfigure.n: Clarified that -translation is binary is reported - as lf when queried, because it is identical to lf, except for the - special additional behaviour when setting it. [Bug 666770] - -2006-03-14 Andreas Kupries - - * doc/clock.n: Removed double-quotes around section title NAME; not - needed. - * unix/installManpage: Reverted part to handle double-quotes in - section NAME, chokes older sed installations. - -2006-03-14 Andreas Kupries - - * library/tm.tcl (::tcl::tm::Defaults): Fixed handling of environment - variable TCLX.y_TM_PATH, bad variable reference. Thanks to Julian - Noble. [Bug 1448251] - -2006-03-14 Vince Darley - - * win/tclWinFile.c: updated patch to deal with 'file writable' issues - on Windows XP/2000. - * generic/tclTest.c: - * unix/tclUnixTest.c: - * win/tclWinTest.c: - * tests/fCmd.test: updated test suite to deal with correct permissions - setting and differences between XP/2000 and 95/98 3 tests still fail; - to be dealt with shortly - -2006-03-13 Don Porter - - * generic/tclEncoding.c: Report error when an escape encoding is - missing one of its sub-encodings. [Bug 506653] - - * unix/configure.in: Revert change from 2005-07-26 that sometimes - * unix/configure: added $prefix/share to the tcl_pkgPath. See - [Patch 1231015]. autoconf-2.59. - -2006-03-10 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclProc.c (ObjInterpProcEx): - * tests/apply.test (apply-5.1): Fix [apply] error messages so that - they quote the lambda expression. [Bug 1447355] - -2006-03-10 Zoran Vasiljevic - - -- Summary of changes fixing [Bug 1437595] -- - - * generic/tclEvent.c: Cosmetic touches and identation - * generic/tclInt.h: Added TclpFinalizeSockets() call. - - * generic/tclIO.c: Calls TclpFinalizeSockets() as part of the - TclFinalizeIOSubsystem(). - - * unix/tclUnixSock.c: Added no-op TclpFinalizeSockets(). - - * win/tclWinPipe.c, win/tclWinSock.c: Finalization of sockets/pipes is - now solely done in TclpFinalizeSockets() and TclpFinalizePipes() and - not over the thread-exit handler, because the order of actions the Tcl - generic core will impose may result in cores/hangs if the thread exit - handler tears down corresponding subsystem(s) too early. - -2006-03-10 Vince Darley - - * win/tclWinFile.c: previous patch breaks tests, so removed. - -2006-03-09 Vince Darley - - * win/tclWinFile.c: fix to 'file writable' in certain XP directories. - Thanks to fvogel and jfg. [Patch 1344540] Modified patch to make use - of existing use of getSecurityProc. - -2006-03-08 Don Porter - - * generic/tclExecute.c: Complete missing bit of TIP 215 implementation - * tests/incr.test: - -2006-03-07 Joe English - - * unix/tcl.m4: Set SHLIB_LD_FLAGS='${LIBS}' on NetBSD, as per the - other *BSD variants. [Bug 1334613] - * unix/configure: Regenerated. - -2006-03-07 Don Porter - - * changes: Update in prep. for 8.5a4 release. - - * unix/Makefile.in: Package http 2.5.2 requires Tcl 8.4, so the - * win/Makefile.in: *.tm installation has to be placed in an "8.4" - directory, not an "8.2" directory. - -2006-03-06 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Revised handling of TCL_EVAL_* flags to - * tests/parse.test: simplify TclEvalObjvInternal and to correct - the auto-loading of alias targets (parse-8.12). [Bug 1444291] - -2006-03-03 Don Porter - - * generic/tclPathObj.c: Revised yesterday's fix for [Bug 1379287] to - work on Windows. - - * generic/tclObj.c: Compatibility support for existing code that - calls Tcl_GetObjType("boolean"). - -2006-03-02 Don Porter - - * generic/tclPathObj.c: Fix for failed normalization of paths - * tests/fileSystem.test: with /../ that lead back to the root - of the filesystem, like /foo/.. [Bug 1379287] - -2006-03-01 Reinhard Max - - * unix/installManPage: Fix the script for manpages that have quotes - around the .SH arguments, as doctools produces them. [Bug 1292145] - Some minor cleanups and improvements. - -2006-02-28 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Corrections to be sure that TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL - * tests/namespace.test: evaluations act the same as [uplevel #0] - * tests/parse.test: evaluations, even when execution traces or - * tests/trace.test: invocations of [::unknown] are present. [Bug - 1439836] - -2006-02-22 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Corrected a few bugs in how [namespace - * tests/namespace.test: unknown] interacts with TCL_EVAL_* flags. - [Patch 958222] - -2006-02-17 Don Porter - - * generic/tclIORChan.c: Revised error message generation and handling - * tests/ioCmd.test: of exceptional return codes in the channel - reflection layer. [Bug 1372348] - -2006-02-16 Don Porter - - * generic/tclIndexObj.c: Disallow the "ambiguous" error message - * tests/indexObj.test: when TCL_EXACT matching is requested. - * tests/ioCmd.test: - -2006-02-15 Don Porter - - * generic/tclIO.c: Made several routines tolerant of - * generic/tclIORChan.c: interp == NULL arguments. [Bug 1380662] - * generic/tclIOUtil.c: - -2006-02-09 Don Porter - - TIP#215 IMPLEMENTATION - - * doc/incr.n: Revised [incr] to auto-initialize when varName - * generic/tclExecute.c: argument is unset. [Patch 1413115] - * generic/tclVar.c: - * tests/compile.test: - * tests/incr-old.test: - * tests/incr.test: - * tests/set.test: - - * tests/main.test (Tcl_Main-6.7): Improved robustness of - command auto-completion test. [Bug 1422736] - -2006-02-08 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/Encoding.3, doc/encoding.n: Updates due to review at request of - Don Porter. Mostly minor changes. - -2006-02-08 Don Porter - - TIP#258 IMPLEMENTATION - - * doc/Encoding.3: New subcommand [encoding dirs]. - * doc/encoding.n: New routine Tcl_GetEncodingNameFromEnvironment - * generic/tcl.decls: Made public: - * generic/tclBasic.c: TclGetEncodingFromObj - * generic/tclCmdAH.c: -> Tcl_GetEncodingFromObj - * generic/tclEncoding.c:TclGetEncodingSearchPath - * generic/tclInt.decls: -> Tcl_GetEncodingSearchPath - * generic/tclInt.h: TclSetEncodingSearchPath - * generic/tclTest.c: -> Tcl_SetEncodingSearchPath - * library/init.tcl: Removed commands: - * tests/cmdAH.test: [tcl::unsupported::EncodingDirs] - * tests/encoding.test: [testencoding path] (Tcltest) - * unix/tclUnixInit.c: [Patch 1413934] - * win/tclWinInit.c: - - * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs - * generic/tclIntDecls.h: - * generic/tclStubInit.c: - -2006-02-01 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclProc.c: minor improvements to [apply] - * tests/apply.test: new tests; apply-5.1 currently fails to indicate - missing work in error reporting - -2006-02-01 Don Porter - - TIP#194 IMPLEMENTATION - - * doc/apply.n: (New file) New command [apply]. [Patch 944803] - * doc/uplevel.n: - * generic/tclBasic.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclProc.c: - * tests/apply.test: (New file) - * tests/proc-old.test: - * tests/proc.test: - - TIP#181 IMPLEMENTATION - - * doc/Namespace.3: New command [namespace unknown]. New public C - * doc/namespace.n: routines Tcl_(Get|Set)NamespaceUnknownHandler. - * doc/unknown.n: [Patch 958222] - * generic/tcl.decls: - * generic/tclBasic.c: - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * tests/namespace.test: - - * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs - * generic/tclStubInit.c: - - TIP#250 IMPLEMENTATION - - * doc/namespace.n: New command [namespace upvar]. [Patch 1275435] - * generic/tclInt.h: - * generic/tclNamesp.c: - * generic/tclVar.c: - * tests/namespace.test: - * tests/upvar.test: - -2006-01-26 Donal K. Fellows - - * doc/dict.n: Fixed silly bug in example. Thanks to Heiner Marxen - for catching this! [Bug 1415725] - -2006-01-26 Donal K. Fellows - - * unix/tclUnixChan.c (TclpOpenFileChannel): Tidy up and comment the - mess to do with setting up serial channels. This (deliberately) breaks - a broken FreeBSD port, indicates what we're really doing, and reduces - the amount of conditional compilation sections for better maintenance. - -2006-01-25 Donal K. Fellows - - * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpInitPlatform): Improved conditions on when - to update the FP rounding mode on FreeBSD, taken from FreeBSD port. - -2006-01-23 Donal K. Fellows - - * tests/string.test (string-12.21): Added test for [Bug 1410553] based - on original bug report. - -2006-01-23 Miguel Sofer - - * generic/tclStringObj.c: fixed incorrect handling of internal rep in - Tcl_GetRange. Thanks to twylite and Peter Spjuth. [Bug 1410553] - - * generic/tclProc.c: fixed args handling for precompiled bodies [Bug - 1412695]; thanks to Uwe Traum. - -2006-01-16 Reinhard Max - - * generic/tclPipe.c (FileForRedirect): Prevent nameString from being - freed without having been initialized. - * tests/exec.test: Added a test for the above. - -2006-01-12 Zoran Vasiljevic - - * generic/tclPathObj.c (Tcl_FSGetInternalRep): backported patch from - core-8-4-branch. A freed pointer has been overwritten causing all - sorts of coredumps. - -2006-01-12 Vince Darley - - * win/tclWinFile.c: fix to sharing violation [Bug 1366227] - -2006-01-11 Don Porter - - * generic/tclBasic.c: Moved Tcl_LogCommandInfo from tclBasic.c to - * generic/tclNamesp.c: tclNamesp.c to get access to identifier with - * tests/error.test (error-7.0): file scope. Added check for traces on - ::errorInfo, and when present fall back to contruction of the stack - trace in the variable so that write trace notification timings are - compatible with earlier Tcl releases. This reduces, but does not - completely eliminate the ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** created by - the 2004-10-15 commit. [Bug 1397843] - -2006-01-10 Daniel Steffen - - * unix/configure: add caching, use AC_CACHE_CHECK instead of - * unix/configure.in: AC_CACHE_VAL where possible, consistent message - * unix/tcl.m4: quoting, sync relevant tclconfig/tcl.m4 changes - and gratuitous formatting differences, fix SC_CONFIG_MANPAGES with - default argument, Darwin improvements to SC_LOAD_*CONFIG. - -2006-01-09 Don Porter - - * generic/tclNamesp.c (NamespaceInscopeCmd): [namespace inscope] - * tests/namespace.test: commands were not reported by [info level]. - [Bug 1400572] - -2006-01-09 Donal K. Fellows - - * generic/tclTrace.c: Stop exporting the guts of the trace command; - nothing outside this file needs to see it. [Bug 971336] - -2006-01-05 Donal K. Fellows - - * unix/tcl.m4 (TCL_CONFIG_SYSTEM): Factor out the code to determine - the operating system version number, as it was replicated in several - places. - -2006-01-04 David Gravereaux - - * win/tclAppInit.c: WIN32 native console signal handler removed. This - was found to be interfering with TWAPI extension one. IMO, special - services such as signal handlers should best be done with extensions - to the core after discussions on c.l.t. about Roy Terry's tclsh - children of a real windows service shell. - ****************************************************************** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2006-2007 IN "ChangeLog.2007" *** *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2005 IN "ChangeLog.2005" *** *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2004 IN "ChangeLog.2004" *** *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2003 IN "ChangeLog.2003" *** diff --git a/ChangeLog.2007 b/ChangeLog.2007 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5995956 --- /dev/null +++ b/ChangeLog.2007 @@ -0,0 +1,5921 @@ +2007-12-31 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/dict.n: Clarified meaning of dictionary values following + discussion on comp.lang.tcl. + +2007-12-26 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: More [lsort] data handling streamlines. The + function MergeSort is gone, essentially inlined into Tcl_LsortObjCmd. + It is not a straight inlining, two loops over all lists elements where + merged in the process: the linked list elements are now built and + merged into the temporary sublists in the same pass. + +2007-12-25 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: More [lsort] data handling streamlines. Extra + mem reqs of latest patches removed, restored to previous mem profile. + Improved -unique handling, now eliminating repeated elems immediately + instead of marking them to avoid reinsertion at the end. + +2007-12-23 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileRegexpCmd): TCL_REG_NOSUB cannot + * tests/regexp.test (regexp-22.2): be used because it + * tests/regexpComp.test: [Bug 1857126] disallows backrefs. + +2007-12-21 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Speed patch for lsort. [Patch 1856994] + +2007-12-21 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd, Tcl_LsearchObjCmd): Avoid + calling SelectObjFromSublist when there are no sublists. + +2007-12-21 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Preallocate a listObj of + sufficient length for the sorted list instead of growing it. Second + commit replaces calls to Tcl_ListObjAppenElement with direct access to + the internal rep. + +2007-12-19 Don Porter + + *** 8.5.0 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * changes: Updated for 8.5.0 release. + +2007-12-19 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileSwitchCmd): update switch -regexp + * tests/switch.test-14.*: compilation to pass + the cflags to INST_REGEXP (changed on 12-07). Added tests for switch + -regexp compilation (need more). [Bug 1854399] + +2007-12-18 Don Porter + + * changes: Updated for 8.5.0 release. + +2007-12-18 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/regguts.h, generic/regc_color.c, generic/regc_nfa.c: + Fixes for problems created when processing regular expressions that + generate very large automata. An enormous number of thanks to Will + Drewry , Tavis Ormandy , + and Tom Lane from the Postgresql crowd for + their help in tracking these problems down. [Bug 1810264] + +2007-12-17 Don Porter + + * changes: Updated for 8.5.0 release. + +2007-12-17 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclAlloc.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclThreadAlloc.c: Fix alignment for memory returned by + TclStackAlloc; insure that all memory allocators align to 16-byte + boundaries on 64 bit platforms [Bug 1851832, 1851524] + +2007-12-14 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c (FsAddMountsToGlobResult): fix the tail + conversion of vfs mounts. [Bug 1602539] + + * win/README: updated notes + +2007-12-14 Pat Thoyts + + * tests/winFile.test: Fixed tests for win2k with long machine name + +2007-12-14 Pat Thoyts + + * win/nmakehlp.c: Support compilation with MSVC9 for AMD64. + * win/makefile.vc: + +2007-12-13 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/trace.n: Clarified documentation of enterstep and leavestep + traces, including adding example. [Bug 614282, 1701540, 1755984] + +2007-12-12 Don Porter + + * doc/IntObj.3: Update docs for the Tcl_GetBignumAndClearObj() -> + Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj() revision [TIP 298]. Added docs for the + Tcl_InitBignumFromDouble() routine. [Bug 1446971] + + * changes: Updated for 8.5.0 release. + +2007-12-10 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): reduce escapes in conversion + when not necessary + + * generic/tclInt.decls: move TclByteArrayMatch and TclReToGlob + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: to tclInt.h from stubs. + * generic/tclStubInit.c: Add flags var to TclByteArrayMatch for + * generic/tclInt.h: future extensibility + * generic/tcl.h: define TCL_MATCH_EXACT doc for Tcl_StringCaseMatch. + * doc/StrMatch.3: It is compatible with existing usage. + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_STR_MATCH): flag for TclByteArrayMatch + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclByteArrayMatch, TclStringMatchObj): + * generic/tclRegexp.c (Tcl_RegExpExecObj): + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (StringMatchCmd): Use TclStringMatchObj + * tests/string.test (11.9.* 11.10.*): more tests + +2007-12-10 Joe English + + * doc/string.n, doc/UniCharIsAlpha.3: Fix markup errors. + * doc/CrtCommand.3, doc/CrtMathFnc.3, doc/FileSystem.3, + * doc/GetStdChan.3, doc/OpenFileChnl.3, doc/SetChanErr.3, + * doc/eval.n, doc/filename.n: Consistency: Move "KEYWORDS" section + after "SEE ALSO". + +2007-12-10 Daniel Steffen + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: fix numerous issues handling 'macosx', + 'aqua' or 'x11' entries interleaved + with 'unix' entries [Bug 1834288]; add + genStubs::export command + [Tk FR 1716117]; cleanup formatting. + + * generic/tcl.decls: use new genstubs 'export' command to + * generic/tclInt.decls: mark exported symbols not in stubs + * generic/tclTomMath.decls: table [Tk FR 1716117]; cleanup + formatting. + + * generic/tclDecls.h: regen with new genStubs.tcl. + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: [Bug 1834288] + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + +2007-12-09 Jeff Hobbs + + * tests/io.test, tests/chanio.test (io-73.1): Make sure to invalidate + * generic/tclIO.c (SetChannelFromAny): internal rep only after + validating channel rep. [Bug 1847044] + +2007-12-08 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/expr.n, doc/mathop.n: Improved the documentation of the + operators. [Bug 1823622] + + * generic/tclBasic.c (builtInCmds): Corrected list of hidden and + * doc/interp.n (SAFE INTERPRETERS): exposed commands so that the + documentation and reality now match. [Bug 1662436] + +2007-12-07 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode INST_REGEXP): + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileRegexpCmd): Pass correct RE + compile flags at compile time, and use TCL_REG_NOSUB. + + * generic/tclIOCmd.c (FinalizeIOCmdTSD, Tcl_PutsObjCmd): cache + stdout channel object for [puts $str] calls. + +2007-12-06 Don Porter + + * README: Remove mention of dead comp.lang.tcl.announce + newsgroup. [Bug 1846433] + + * unix/README: Mention the stub library created by `make` and warn + about the effect of embedded paths in the installed binaries. + Thanks to Larry Virden. [Bug 1794084] + + * doc/AddErrInfo.3: Documentation for the new routines in TIP 270. + * doc/Interp.3: + * doc/StringObj.3: + +2007-12-06 Don Porter + + * doc/namespace.n: Documentation for zero-argument form of + [namespace import] (TIP 261) [Bug 1596416] + +2007-12-06 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclInt.h: add TclGetChannelFromObj decl + (TclMatchIsTrivial): simplify TclMatchIsTrivial to remove ] check. + +2007-12-06 Donal K. Fellows + + + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): Simplify the setting up of + * generic/tclIOCmd.c (TclInitChanCmd): the [chan] ensemble. This + * library/init.tcl: gets rid of quite a bit of + code and makes it possible to understand the whole with less effort. + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileEnsemble): Ensure that the right + number of tokens are copied. [Bug 1845320] + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclMakeEnsemble): Added missing release of a + DString. [Bug 1845397] + +2007-12-05 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclIO.h: Create Tcl_Obj for Tcl channels to reduce + * generic/tclIO.c: overhead in lookup by Tcl_GetChannel. New + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: TclGetChannelFromObj for internal use. + * generic/tclIO.c (WriteBytes, WriteChars): add opt check to avoid + EOL translation when not linebuffered or using lf. [Bug 1845092] + +2007-12-05 Miguel Sofer + + * tests/stack.test: made the tests for stack overflow not care + about which mechanism caused the error (interp's recursion limit + or C-stack depth detector). + +2007-12-05 Jeff Hobbs + + * win/configure, win/tcl.m4 (LIBS_GUI): mingw needs -lole32 + -loleaut32 but not msvc for Tk's [send]. [Bug 1844749] + +2007-12-05 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsearchObjCmd): Prevent shimmering crash + when -exact and -integer/-real are mixed. [Bug 1844789] + +2007-12-03 Donal K. Fellows + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c (CreateSocketAddress): Add extra #ifdef-fery to + make code compile on BSD 5. [Bug 1618235, again] + +2007-12-03 Don Porter + + * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: Bump tcltest to version 2.3.0 so that + * library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl: we release a stable tcltest with a + * unix/Makefile.in: stable Tcl. + * win/Makefile.in: + +2007-12-03 Jeff Hobbs + + * win/configure, win/tcl.m4 (LIBS_GUI): remove ole32.lib oleaut32.lib + +2007-12-03 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileSwitchCmd): Adjusted the [switch] + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_SwitchObjCmd): command so that when + passed two arguments, no check for options are performed. This is OK + since in the two-arg case, detecting an option would definitely lead + to a syntax error. [Patch 1836519] + +2007-11-29 Jeff Hobbs + + * win/makefile.vc: add ws2_32.lib to baselibs + * win/configure, win/tcl.m4: add ws2_32.lib / -lws2_32 to build. + * win/tclWinSock.c: remove dyn loading of winsock, assume that it is + always available now. + +2007-11-29 Don Porter + + * generic/tclWinSock.c (InitializeHostName): Correct error in + buffer length tracking. After gethostname() writes into a buffer, + convert only the written string to internal encoding, not the whole + buffer. + +2007-11-28 Don Porter + + * generic/tclConfig.c: Corrected failure of the [::foo::pkgconfig] + command to clean up registered configuration data when the query + command is deleted from the interp. [Bug 983501] + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict): Added checks + that the dict value passed in is in the format required to make the + internals of ensembles work. [Bug 1436096] + + * generic/tclIO.c: Simplify test and improve accuracy of error + message in latest changes. + +2007-11-28 Pat Thoyts + + * generic/tclIO.c: -eofchar must support no eofchar. + +2007-11-27 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclBasic.c: remove unneeded call in Tcl_CreateInterp, add + comments. + +2007-11-27 Don Porter + + * win/tclWinSock.c: Add mising encoding conversion of the [info + hostname] value from the system encoding to Tcl's internal encoding. + + * doc/chan.n: "Fix" the limitation on channel -eofchar + * doc/fconfigure.n: values to single byte characters by + * generic/tclIO.c: documenting it and making it fail loudly. + * tests/chan.test: Thanks to Stuart Cassoff for contributing the + fix. [Bug 800753] + +2007-11-26 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: Fix stack checking via workaround for bug in + glibc's pthread_attr_get_np, patch from [Bug 1815573]. Many thanks to + Sergei Golovan (aka Teo) for detecting the bug and helping diagnose + and develop the fix. + +2007-11-24 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictAppendCmd): Fix bug in [dict + append] compiler which caused strange stack corruption. [Bug 1837392] + +2007-11-23 Andreas Kupries + + * generic/tclIORChan.c: Fixed a problem with reflected channels. 'chan + postevent' is defined to work only from within the interpreter + containing the handler command. Sensible, we want only handler + commands to use it. It identifies the channel by handle. The channel + moves to a different interpreter or thread. The interpreter containing + the handler command doesn't know the channel any longer. 'chan + postevent' fails, not finding the channel any longer. Uhm. + + Fixed by creating a second per-interpreter channel table, just for + reflected channels, where each interpreter remembers for which + reflected channels it has the handler command. This info does not move + with the channel itself. The table is updated by 'chan create', and + used by 'chan postevent'. + + * tests/ioCmd.test: Updated the testsuite. + +2007-11-23 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_ArrayObjCmd): handle the right data for + * tests/var.test (var-14.2): [array names $var -glob $ptn] + +2007-11-23 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (String*Cmd, TclInitStringCmd): Rebuilt [string] + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileString*Cmd): as an ensemble. + +2007-11-22 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclDictObj.c (Dict*Cmd,TclInitDictCmd): Rebuilt the [dict] + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDict*Cmd): command as an ensemble. + +2007-11-22 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): Rewrote the [string] and + * generic/tclDictObj.c (Tcl_DictObjCmd): [dict] implementations to be + ready for conversion to ensembles. + + * tests/string.test (string-12.22): Flag shimmering bug found in + [string range]. + +2007-11-21 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileEnsemble): Rewrote the ensemble + compiler to remove many of the limitations. Can now compile scripts + that use unique prefixes of subcommands, and which have mappings of a + command to multiple words (provided the first is a compilable command + of course). + +2007-11-21 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclMakeEnsemble): Factor out the code to set up + a core ensemble from a table of information about subcommands, ready + for reuse within the core. + + * generic/various: Start to return more useful Error codes, currently + mainly on assorted lookup failures. + +2007-11-20 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclDictObj.c: Changed the underlying implementation of the + hash table used in dictionaries to additionally keep all entries in + the hash table in a linked list, which is only ever added to at the + end. This makes iteration over all entries in the dictionary in + key insertion order a trivial operation, and so cleans up a great deal + of complexity relating to dictionary representation and stability of + iteration order. + + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + For any code that depended on the (strange) old iteration order. + + * generic/tclConfig.c (QueryConfigObjCmd): Correct usage of + Tcl_WrongNumArgs. + +2007-11-19 Don Porter + + *** 8.5b3 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * README: Bump version number to 8.5b3. + * generic/tcl.h: + * library/init.tcl: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf (2.59) + * win/configure: + + * changes: Updated for 8.5b3 release. + +2007-11-19 Kevin Kenny + + * library/tzdata/Africa/Cairo: + * library/tzdata/America/Campo_Grande: + * library/tzdata/America/Caracas: + * library/tzdata/America/Cuiaba: + * library/tzdata/America/Havana: + * library/tzdata/America/Sao_Paulo: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Damascus: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Gaza: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Tehran: Olson's tzdata2007i imported. + +2007-11-18 Daniel Steffen + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode:INST_EXIST_*): Fix read + traces not firing on non-existent array elements. [Bug 1833522] + +2007-11-16 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclInitInfoCmd): Rename the implementation + commands for [info] to be something more "expected". + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileInfoExistsCmd): Compiler for the + [info exists] subcommand. + (TclCompileEnsemble): Cleaned up version of ensemble compiler that was + in TclCompileInfoCmd, but which is now much more generally applicable. + + * generic/tclInt.h (ENSEMBLE_COMPILE): Added flag to allow for cleaner + turning on and off of ensemble bytecode compilation. + + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript): Add the cmdPtr to the list + of arguments passed to command compilers. + +2007-11-15 Don Porter + + * generic/regc_nfa.c: Fixed infinite loop in the regexp compiler. + [Bug 1810038] + + * generic/regc_nfa.c: Corrected looping logic in fixempties() to + avoid wasting time walking a list of dead states. [Bug 1832612] + +2007-11-15 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (NamespaceEnsembleCmd): Must pass a non-NULL + interp to Tcl_SetEnsemble* functions. + + * doc/re_syntax.n: Try to make this easier to read. It's still a very + difficult manual page! + + * unix/tcl.m4 (SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS): Allow people to turn off the -rpath + option to their linker if they so desire. This is a configuration only + recommended for (some) vendors. Relates to [Patch 1231022]. + +2007-11-15 Pat Thoyts + + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Prefer UINT_PTR to DWORD_PTR when casting + pointers to integer types for greater portability. [Bug 1831253] + +2007-11-15 Daniel Steffen + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add new chanio.test. + * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: + +2007-11-14 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript): Ensure that we get our + count in our INST_START_CMD calls right, even when there's a failure + to compile a command directly. + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_SetEnsembleSubcommandList) + (Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict): Special code to make sure that + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclInitInfoCmd): [info exists] is compiled + right while not allowing changes to the ensemble to cause havok. + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileInfoCmd): Simple compiler for the + [info] command that only handles [info exists]. + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode:INST_EXIST_*): New + instructions to allow the testing of whether a variable exists. + +2007-11-14 Andreas Kupries + + * tests/chanio.test: New file. This is essentially a duplicate of + 'io.test', with all channel commands converted to their 'chan xxx' + notation. + * tests/io.test: Fixed typo in test description. + +2007-11-14 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/regc*.c: Eliminate multi-char collating element code + completely. Simplifies the code quite a bit. If people still want the + full code, it will remain on the 8.4 branch. [Bug 1831425] + +2007-11-13 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileRegexpCmd): clean up comments, only + free dstring on OK from TclReToGlob. + (TclCompileSwitchCmd): simplify TclReToGlob usage. + +2007-11-14 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/regc*.c: #ifdef/comment out the code that deals with + multi-character collating elements, which have never been supported. + Cuts the memory consumption of the RE compiler. [Bug 1831425] + +2007-11-13 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileSwitchCmd, TclCompileRegexpCmd): + Extend [switch] compiler to handle regular expressions as long as + things are not too complex. Fix [regexp] compiler so that non-trivial + literal regexps get fed to INST_REGEXP. + + * doc/mathop.n: Clarify definitions of some operations. + +2007-11-13 Miguel Sofer + + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: the TCL_NO_STACK_CHECK was being incorrectly + undefined here; this should be set (or not) in the compile options, it + is used elsewhere and needs to be consistent. + +2007-11-13 Pat Thoyts + + * unix/tcl.m4: Added autoconf goo to detect and make use of + * unix/configure.in: getaddrinfo and friends. + * unix/configure: (regenerated) + +2007-11-13 Donal K. Fellows + + * unix/tclUnixCompat.c (TclpGetHostByName): The six-argument form of + getaddressbyname_r() uses the fifth argument to indicate whether the + lookup succeeded or not on at least one platform. [Bug 1618235] + +2007-11-13 Don Porter + + * generic/regcomp.c: Convert optst() from expensive no-op to a + cheap no-op. + +2007-11-13 Donal K. Fellows + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c (CreateSocketAddress): Rewrote to use the + thread-safe version of gethostbyname() by forward-porting the code + used in 8.4, and added rudimentary support for getaddrinfo() (not + enabled by default, as no autoconf-ery written). Part of fix for [Bug + 1618235]. + +2007-11-12 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclGet.c (Tcl_Get, Tcl_GetInt): revert use of TclGet* macros + due to compiler warning. These cases won't save time either. + + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): add more comments, set interp + result if specified on error. + +2007-11-12 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclBasic.c: New macro TclResetResult, new iPtr + * generic/tclExecute.c: flag bit INTERP_RESULT_UNCLEAN: + * generic/tclInt.h: shortcut for Tcl_ResetResult for the + * generic/tclProc.c: "normal" case: TCL_OK, no return + * generic/tclResult.c: options, no errorCode nor errorInfo, + * generic/tclStubLib.c: return at normal level. [Patch + * generic/tclUtil.c: 1830184] + + THIS PATCH WAS REVERTED: initial (mis)measurements overstated the + perfomance wins, which turn out to be tiny. Not worth the + complication. + +2007-11-11 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c, generic/tclCompile.c, generic/tclCompile.h: + * generic/tclExecute.c, generic/tclInt.decls, generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclRegexp.c, generic/tclRegexp.h: Add INST_REGEXP and fully + * generic/tclStubInit.c, generic/tclUtil.c: compiled [regexp] for the + * tests/regexpComp.test: [Bug 1830166] simple cases. Also added + TclReToGlob function to convert RE to glob patterns and use these in + the possible cases. + +2007-11-11 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclResult.c (ResetObjResult): clarify the logic. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Increased usage of macros to detect + * generic/tclBinary.c: and take advantage of objTypes. Added + * generic/tclClock.c: macros TclGet(Int|Long)FromObj, + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: TclGetIntForIndexM & TclListObjLength, + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: modified TclListObjGetElements. + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: The TclGetInt* macros are only a + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: shortcut on platforms where 'long' is + * generic/tclCompile.c: 'int'; it may be worthwhile to extend + * generic/tclDictObj.c: their functionality to other cases. + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclGet.c: As this patch touches many files it + * generic/tclIO.c: has been recorded as [Patch 1830038] + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: in order to facilitate reviewing. + * generic/tclIOGT.c: + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclListObj.c: + * generic/tclLiteral.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclParse.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclRegexp.c: + * generic/tclResult.c: + * generic/tclScan.c: + * generic/tclStringObj.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * generic/tclVar.c: + +2007-11-11 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tclUnixTime.c (TclpWideClicksToNanoseconds): Fix issues with + * generic/tclInt.h: int64_t overflow. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Fix stack check failure case if stack grows up + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: Simplify non-crosscompiled case. + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + +2007-11-10 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Fast path for INST_LIST_INDEX when the index + is not a list. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: Detect stack grwoth direction at compile time, + only fall to runtime detection when crosscompiling. + + * unix/configure: autoconf 2.61 + + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * tests/interp.test: + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Restore simpler behaviour for stack checking, not + adaptive to stack size changes after a thread is launched. Consensus + is that "nobody does that", and so it is not worth the cost. Improved + failure comments (mistachkin). + +2007-11-10 Kevin Kenny + + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Rewrote the Windows stack checking algorithm to + use information from VirtualQuery to determine the bound of the stack. + This change fixes a bug where the guard page of the stack was never + restored after an overflow. It also eliminates a nasty piece of + assembly code for structured exception handling on mingw. It + introduces an assumption that the stack is a single memory arena + returned from VirtualAlloc, but the code in MSVCRT makes the same + assumption, so it should be fairly safe. + +2007-11-10 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: + * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Modify the stack checking algorithm to recheck in + case of failure. The working assumptions are now that (a) a thread's + stack is never moved, and (b) a thread's stack can grow but not + shrink. Port to windows - could be more efficient, but is already + cheaper than it was. + +2007-11-09 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclResult.c (ResetObjResult): new shortcut. + + * generic/tclAsync.c: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclUnixInit.c: + * generic/tclUnixPort.h: New fields in interp (ekeko!) to cache TSD + data that is accessed at each command invocation, access macros to + replace Tcl_AsyncReady and TclpCheckStackSpace by much faster variants + [Patch 1829248] + +2007-11-09 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclInt.decls, generic/tclIntDecls.h: Use unsigned char for + * generic/tclExecute.c, generic/tclUtil.c: TclByteArrayMatch and + don't allow a nocase option. [Bug 1828296] + For INST_STR_MATCH, ignore pattern type for TclByteArrayMatch case. + + * generic/tclBinary.c (Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj): check type before + func jump (perf). + +2007-11-07 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclStubInit.c: Added TclByteArrayMatch + * generic/tclInt.decls: for efficient glob + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: matching of ByteArray + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclByteArrayMatch): Tcl_Objs, used in + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): INST_STR_MATCH. [Bug + 1827996] + + * generic/tclIO.c (TclGetsObjBinary): Add an efficient binary path for + [gets]. + (DoWriteChars): Special case for 1-byte channel write. + +2007-11-06 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclEncoding.c: Version of the embedded iso8859-1 encoding + handler that is faster (functions to do the encoding know exactly what + they're doing instead of pulling it from a table, though the table + itself has to be retained for use by shift encodings that depend on + iso8859-1). [Patch 1826906], committing for dkf. + +2007-11-05 Andreas Kupries + + * generic/tclConfig.c (Tcl_RegisterConfig): Modified to not extend the + config database if the encoding provided by the user is not found + (venc == NULL). Scripts expecting the data will error out, however we + neither crash nor provide bogus information. See [Bug 983509] for more + discussion. + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c (TtyGetOptionProc): Accepted [Patch 1823576] + provided by Stuart Cassof . The patch adds + the necessary utf/external conversions to the handling of the + arguments of option -xchar which will allow the use of \0 and similar + characters. + +2007-11-03 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclTest.c (TestSetCmd2): + * generic/tclVar.c (TclObjLookupVarEx): + * tests/set.test (set-5.1): Fix error branch when array name looks + like array element (code not normally exercised). + +2007-11-01 Donal K. Fellows + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (output-directive): Convert .DS/.DE pairs + into tables since that is now all that they are used for. + + * doc/RegExp.3: Clarified documentation of RE flags. [Bug 1167840] + + * doc/refchan.n: Adjust internal name to be consistent with the file + name for reduced user confusion. After comment by Dan Steffen. + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd, UniCharIsAscii): Remember, the + NUL character is in ASCII too. [Bug 1808258] + + * doc/file.n: Clarified use of [file normalize]. [Bug 1185154] + +2007-10-30 Don Porter + + * generic/tcl.h: Bump version number to 8.5b2.1 to distinguish + * library/init.tcl: CVS development snapshots from the 8.5b2 + * unix/configure.in: release. + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf (2.59) + * win/configure: + +2007-10-30 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/expr.n, doc/mathfunc.n: Improve documentation to try to make + clearer what is going on. + + * doc/interp.n: Shorten the basic descriptive text for some interp + subcommands so Solaris nroff doesn't truncate them. [Bug 1822268] + +2007-10-30 Donal K. Fellows + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (output-widget-options): Enhance the HTML + generator so that it can produce multi-line option descriptions. + +2007-10-28 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_ConcatObj): optimise for some of the + concatenees being empty objs. [Bug 1447328] + +2007-10-28 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclEncoding.c (TclInitEncodingSubsystem): Hard code the + iso8859-1 encoding, as it's needed for more than just text (especially + binary encodings...) Note that other encodings rely on the encoding + being a table encoding (!) so we can't use more efficient encoding + mapping functions. + +2007-10-27 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/regc_lex.c (lexescape): Close off one of the problems + mentioned in [Bug 1810264]. + +2007-10-27 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_FindCommand): insure that FQ command names + are searched from the global namespace, ie, bypassing resolvers of the + current namespace. [Bug 1114355] + + * doc/apply.n: fixed example [Bug 1811791] + * doc/namespace.n: improved example [Bug 1788984] + * doc/AddErrInfo.3: typo [Bug 1715087] + * doc/CrtMathFnc.3: fixed Tcl_ListMathFuncs entry [Bug 1672219] + + * generic/tclCompile.h: + * generic/tclInt.h: moved declaration of TclSetCmdNameObj from + tclCompile.h to tclInt.h, reverting linker [Bug 1821159] caused by + commit of 2007-10-11 (both I and gcc missed one dep). + + * generic/tclVar.c: try to preserve Tcl_Objs when doing variable + lookups by name, partially addressing [Bug 1793601]. + +2007-10-27 Donal K. Fellows + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (make-man-pages, htmlize-text) + (process-text): Make the man->HTML scraper work better. + +2007-10-26 Don Porter + + *** 8.5b2 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * changes: Updated for 8.5b2 release. + + * doc/*.1: Revert doc changes that broke + * doc/*.3: `make html` so we can get the release + * doc/*.n: out the door. + + * README: Bump version number to 8.5b2. + * generic/tcl.h: + * library/init.tcl: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf (2.59) + * win/configure: + +2007-10-26 Donal K. Fellows + + * tools/man2help2.tcl, tools/man2tcl.c: Made some of the tooling code + to do man->other formats work better with current manpage set. Long + way still to go. + +2007-10-25 Zoran Vasiljevic + + * generic/tclThread.c: Added TclpMasterLock/Unlock arround calls to + ForgetSyncObject in Tcl_MutexFinalize and Tcl_ConditionFinalize to + prevent from garbling the internal lists that track sync objects. [Bug + 1726873] + +2007-10-24 Donal K. Fellows + + * tools/man2html2.tcl (macro): Added support for converting the new + macros into HTML. + + * doc/man.macros (QW,PQ,QR,MT): New macros that hide the ugly mess + needed to get proper GOOBE quoting in the manual pages. + * doc/*.n, doc/*.3, doc/*.1: Lots of changes to take advantage of the + new macros. + +2007-10-20 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCompile.c: Fix comments. + * generic/tclExecute.c: + +2007-10-18 David Gravereaux + + * tools/mkdepend.tcl: sort the dep list for a more humanly readable + output. + +2007-10-18 Don Porter + + * generic/tclResult.c (TclMergeReturnOptions): Make sure any -code + values get pulled out of the dictionary, even if they are integer + valued. + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileReturnCmd): Added code to more + optimally compile [return -level 0 $x] to "push $x". [RFE 1794073] + + * compat/tmpnam.c (removed): The routine tmpnam() is no longer + * unix/Makefile.in: called by Tcl source code. Remove autogoo the + * unix/configure.in: supplied a replacement version on systems + * win/tcl.dsp: where the routine was not available. [RFE + 1811848] + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + + * generic/tcl.h: Remove TCL_LL_MODIFIER_SIZE. [RFE 1811837] + +2007-10-17 David Gravereaux + + * tools/mkdepend.tcl: Improved defense from malformed object list + infile. + +2007-10-17 Donal K. Fellows + + * tools/man2html2.tcl: Convert .DS/.DE into HTML tables, not + preformatted text. + +2007-10-17 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Moved a misplaced declaration that blocked + compilation on VC++. + * generic/tclExecute.c: Silenced several VC++ compiler warnings about + converting 'long' to 'unsigned short'. + +2007-10-16 David Gravereaux + + * win/makefile.vc: removed old dependency cruft that is no longer + needed. + +2007-10-15 Don Porter + + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: Revise [open] so that it interprets leading + zero strings passed as the "permissions" argument as octal numbers, + even if Tcl itself no longer parses integers in that way. + + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: Revise the "-permissions" [file attribute] so + that it interprets leading zero strings as octal numbers, even if Tcl + itself no longer parses integers in that way. + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Corrections to code that produces + * generic/tclUtil.c: extended "bad octal" error messages. + + * tests/cmdAH.test: Test revisions so that tests pass whether or + * tests/cmdIL.test: not Tcl parses leading zero strings as octal. + * tests/compExpr-old.test: + * tests/compExpr.test: + * tests/compile.test: + * tests/expr-old.test: + * tests/expr.test: + * tests/incr.test: + * tests/io.test: + * tests/lindex.test: + * tests/link.test: + * tests/mathop.test: + * tests/parseExpr.test: + * tests/set.test: + * tests/string.test: + * tests/stringComp.test: + +2007-10-15 David Gravereaux + + * tools/mkdepend.tcl: Produces usable output. Include path problem + * win/makefile.vc: fixed. Never fight city hall when it comes to + levels of quoting issues. + +2007-10-15 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclParse.c (Tcl_ParseBraces): fix for possible read after + the end of buffer. [Bug 1813528] (Joe Mistachkin) + +2007-10-14 David Gravereaux + + * tools/mkdepend.tcl (new): Initial stab at generating automatic + * win/makefile.vc: dependencies. + +2007-10-12 Pat Thoyts + + * win/makefile.vc: Mine all version information from headers. + * win/rules.vc: Sync tcl and tk and bring extension versions + * win/nmakehlp.c: closer together. Try and avoid using tclsh to do + substitutions as we may cross compile. + * win/coffbase.txt: Added offsets for snack dlls. + +2007-10-11 David Gravereaux + + * win/makefile.vc: Fixed my bad spelling mistakes from years back. + Dedependency, duh! Rather funny. + +2007-10-11 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Correct [string is (wide)integer] failure + * tests/string.test: to report correct failindex values for + non-decimal integer strings. [Bug 1805887] + + * compat/strtoll.c (removed): The routines strtoll() and strtoull() + * compat/strtoull.c (removed): are no longer called by the Tcl source + * generic/tcl.h: code. (Their functionality has been replaced + * unix/Makefile.in: by TclParseNumber().) Remove outdated comments + * unix/configure.in: and mountains of configury autogoo that + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: allegedly support the mythical systems where + * win/Makefile.in: these routines might not have been available. + * win/makefile.bc: + * win/makefile.vc: + * win/tclWinPort.h: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2007-10-11 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclObj.c: remove superfluous #include of tclCompile.h + +2007-10-08 George Peter Staplin + + * doc/Hash.3: Correct the valid usage of the flags member for the + Tcl_HashKeyType. It should be 0 or more of the flags mentioned. + +2007-10-02 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tcl.h (Tcl_DecrRefCount): Update change from 2006-05-29 to + make macro more warning-robust in unbraced if code. + +2007-10-02 Don Porter + + [core-stabilizer-branch] + + * README: Bump version number to 8.5.0 + * generic/tcl.h: + * library/init.tcl: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf (2.59) + * win/configure: + +2007-10-02 Andreas Kupries + + * library/tclIndex: Added 'tcl::tm::path' to the tclIndex. This fixes + [Bug 1806422] reported by Don Porter. + +2007-09-25 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_DisassembleObjCmd): Define a command, + ::tcl::unsupported::disassemble, which can disassemble procedures, + lambdas and general scripts. + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclDisassembleByteCodeObj): Split apart the + code to print disassemblies of bytecode so that there is reusable code + that spits it out in a Tcl_Obj and then that code is used when doing + tracing. + +2007-09-20 Don Porter + + *** 8.5b1 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * changes: updates for 8.5b1 release. + +2007-09-19 Don Porter + + * README: Bump version number to 8.5b1 + * generic/tcl.h: Merge from core-stabilizer-branch. + * library/init.tcl: Stabilizing toward 8.5b1 release now done on + * tools/tcl.wse.in: the HEAD. core-stabilizer-branch is now + * unix/configure.in: suspended. + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + +2007-09-19 Pat Thoyts + + * generic/tclStubLib.: Replaced isdigit with internal implementation. + +2007-09-18 Don Porter + + * generic/tclStubLib.c: Remove C library calls from Tcl_InitStubs() so + * win/makefile.vc: that we don't need the C library linked in to + libtclStub. + +2007-09-17 Pat Thoyts + + * win/makefile.vc: Add crt flags for tclStubLib now it uses C-library + functions. + +2007-09-17 Joe English + + * tcl.m4: use '${CC} -shared' instead of 'ld -Bshareable' to build + shared libraries on current NetBSDs. [Bug 1749251] + * unix/configure: regenerated (autoconf-2.59). + +2007-09-17 Don Porter + + * unix/Makefile.in: Update `make dist` so that tclDTrace.d is + included in the source code distribution. + + * generic/tcl.h: Revised Tcl_InitStubs() to restore Tcl 8.4 + * generic/tclPkg.c: source compatibility with callers of + * generic/tclStubLib.c: Tcl_InitStubs(interp, TCL_VERSION, 1). [Bug + 1578344] + +2007-09-17 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclTrace.c (Tcl_TraceObjCmd, TraceExecutionObjCmd) + (TraceCommandObjCmd, TraceVariableObjCmd): Generate literal values + * generic/tclNamesp.c (NamespaceCodeCmd): more efficiently using + * generic/tclFCmd.c (CopyRenameOneFile): TclNewLiteralStringObj + * generic/tclEvent.c (TclSetBgErrorHandler): macro. + +2007-09-15 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tcl.m4: replace all direct references to compiler by ${CC} to + enable CC overriding at configure & make time; run + check for visibility "hidden" with all compilers; + quoting fixes from TEA tcl.m4. + (SunOS-5.1x): replace direct use of '/usr/ccs/bin/ld' in SHLIB_LD by + 'cc' compiler driver. + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2007-09-14 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateObjCommand): Only invalidate along the + namespace path once; that is enough. [Bug 1519940] + +2007-09-14 Daniel Steffen + + * generic/tclDTrace.d (new file): Add DTrace provider for Tcl; allows + * generic/tclCompile.h: tracing of proc and command entry & + * generic/tclBasic.c: return, bytecode execution, object + * generic/tclExecute.c: allocation and more; with + * generic/tclInt.h: essentially zero cost when tracing + * generic/tclObj.c: is inactive; enable with + * generic/tclProc.c: --enable-dtrace configure arg + * unix/Makefile.in: (disabled by default, will only + * unix/configure.in: enable if DTrace is present). [Patch + 1793984] + + * macosx/GNUmakefile: Enable DTrace support. + * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Factor out core of InfoFrameCmd() into + internal TclInfoFrame() for use by DTrace + probes. + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + +2007-09-12 Don Porter + + * unix/Makefile.in: Perform missing updates of the tcltest Tcl + * win/Makefile.in: Module installed filename that should have + been part of the bump to tcltest 2.3b1. Thanks Larry Virden. + +2007-09-12 Pat Thoyts + + * win/makefile.vc, win/rules.vc, win/nmakehlp.c: Use nmakehlp to + substitute values for tclConfig.sh (helps cross-compiling). + +2007-09-11 Don Porter + + * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: Accept underscores and colons in + * library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl: constraint names. Properly handle + constraint expressions that return non-numeric boolean results like + "false". Bump to tcltest 2.3b1. [Bug 1772989; RFE 1071322] + * tests/info.test: Disable fragile tests. + + * doc/package.n: Restored the functioning of [package require + * generic/tclPkg.c: -exact] to be compatible with Tcl 8.4. [Bug + * tests/pkg.test: 1578344] + +2007-09-11 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictCmd-update): + * generic/tclCompile.c (tclInstructionTable): + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_DICT_UPDATE_END): fix stack management in + compiled [dict update]. [Bug 1786481] + + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + Scripts that were precompiled on earlier versions of 8.5 and use [dict + update] will crash. Workaround: recompile. + +2007-09-11 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrected an off-by-one error in the setting + of MaxBaseWide for certain powers. [Bug 1767293 - problem reported in + comments when bug was reopened] + +2007-09-10 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclLink.c (Tcl_UpdateLinkedVar): guard against var being + unlinked. [Bug 1740631] (maros) + +2007-09-10 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCompile.c: fix tclInstructionTable entry for + dictUpdateEnd + + * generic/tclExecute.c: remove unneeded setting of 'cleanup' variable + before jumping to checkForCatch. + +2007-09-10 Don Porter + + * doc/package.n: Restored the document parallel syntax of the + * generic/tclPkg.c: [package present] and [package require] + * tests/pkg.test: commands. [Bug 1723675] + +2007-09-09 Don Porter + + * generic/tclInt.h: Removed the "nsName" Tcl_ObjType from the + * generic/tclNamesp.c: registered set. Revised the management of the + * generic/tclObj.c: intrep of that Tcl_ObjType. Revised the + * tests/obj.test: TclGetNamespaceFromObj() routine to return + TCL_ERROR and write a consistent error message when a namespace is not + found. [Bug 1588842. Patch 1686862] + + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + For callers of Tcl_GetObjType() on the name "nsName". + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Update TclGetNamespaceFromObj() callers. + * generic/tclProc.c: + + * tests/apply.test: Updated tests to expect new consistent + * tests/namespace-old.test: error message when a namespace is not + * tests/namespace.test: found. + * tests/upvar.test: + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: Use the new INST_REVERSE instruction + * tests/mathop.test: to correct the compiled versions of math + operator commands. [Bug 1724437] + + * generic/tclCompile.c: New bytecode instruction INST_REVERSE to + * generic/tclCompile.h: reverse the order of N items at the top of + * generic/tclExecute.c: stack. + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompilePowOpCmd): Make a separate + routine to compile ** to account for its different associativity. + +2007-09-08 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_SetVar2, TclPtrSetVar): [Bug 1710710] fixed + correctly, reverted fix of 2007-05-01. + +2007-09-08 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictUpdateCmd, DictWithCmd): Plug a hole that + * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC,INST_DICT_UPDATE_END): allowed a careful + * tests/dict.test (dict-21.16,21.17,22.11): attacker to craft a dict + containing a recursive link to itself, violating one of Tcl's + fundamental datatype assumptions and causing a stack crash when the + dict was converted to a string. [Bug 1786481] + +2007-09-07 Don Porter + + * generic/tclEvent.c ([::tcl::Bgerror]): Corrections to Tcl's + * tests/event.test: default [interp bgerror] handler so that when + it falls back to a hidden [bgerror] in a safe interp, it gets the + right error context data. [Bug 1790274] + +2007-09-07 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclProc.c (TclInitCompiledLocals): the refCount of resolved + variables was being managed without checking if they were Var or + VarInHash: itcl [Bug 1790184] + +2007-09-06 Don Porter + + * generic/tclResult.c (Tcl_GetReturnOptions): Take care that a + * tests/init.test: non-TCL_ERROR code doesn't cause existing + -errorinfo, -errorcode, and -errorline entries to be omitted. + * generic/tclEvent.c: With -errorInfo no longer lost, generate more + complete ::errorInfo when calling [bgerror] after a non-TCL_ERROR + background exception. + +2007-09-06 Don Porter + + * generic/tclInterp.c (Tcl_Init): Removed constraint on ability + to define a custom [tclInit] before calling Tcl_Init(). Until now the + custom command had to be a proc. Now it can be any command. + + * generic/tclInt.decls: New internal routine TclBackgroundException() + * generic/tclEvent.c: that for the first time permits non-TCL_ERROR + exceptions to trigger [interp bgerror] handling. Closes a gap in TIP + 221. When falling back to [bgerror] (which is designed only to handle + TCL_ERROR), convert exceptions into errors complaining about the + exception. + + * generic/tclInterp.c: Convert Tcl_BackgroundError() callers to call + * generic/tclIO.c: TclBackgroundException(). + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: + * generic/tclTimer.c: + + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + +2007-09-06 Daniel Steffen + + * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: discontinue unmaintained support + * macosx/Tcl.xcode/default.pbxuser: for Xcode 1.5; replace by Xcode2 + project for use on Tiger (with Tcl.xcodeproj to be used on Leopard). + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: updates for Xcode 2.5 and 3.0. + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: + * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: + * macosx/Tcl.xcode/default.pbxuser: + * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: + + * macosx/README: document project changes. + +2007-09-05 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Removed support for the unmaintained + * generic/tclExecute.c: -DTCL_GENERIC_ONLY configuration. [Bug + * unix/Makefile.in: 1264623] + +2007-09-04 Don Porter + + * unix/Makefile.in: It's unreliable to count on the release + manager to remember to `make genstubs` before `make dist`. Let the + Makefile remember the dependency for us. + + * unix/Makefile.in: Corrections to `make dist` dependencies to be + sure that macosx/configure gets generated whenever it does not exist. + +2007-09-03 Kevin B, Kenny + + * library/tzdata/Africa/Cairo: + * library/tzdata/America/Grand_Turk: + * library/tzdata/America/Port-au-Prince: + * library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Petersburg: + * library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Tell_City: + * library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Vincennes: + * library/tzdata/Antarctica/McMurdo: + * library/tzdata/Australia/Adelaide: + * library/tzdata/Australia/Broken_Hill: + * library/tzdata/Australia/Currie: + * library/tzdata/Australia/Hobart: + * library/tzdata/Australia/Lord_Howe: + * library/tzdata/Australia/Melbourne: + * library/tzdata/Australia/Sydney: + * library/tzdata/Pacific/Auckland: + * library/tzdata/Pacific/Chatham: Olson's tzdata2007g. + + * generic/tclListObj.c (TclLindexFlat): + * tests/lindex.test (lindex-17.[01]): Added code to detect the error + when a script does [lindex {} end foo]; an overaggressive optimisation + caused this call to return an empty object rather than an error. + +2007-09-03 Daniel Steffen + + * generic/tclObj.c (TclInitObjSubsystem): restore registration of the + "wideInt" Tcl_ObjType for compatibility with 8.4 extensions that + access the tclWideIntType Tcl_ObjType; add setFromAnyProc for + tclWideIntType. + +2007-09-02 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/lsearch.n: Added note that order of results with the -all option + is that of the input list. It always was, but this makes it crystal. + +2007-08-30 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompile.c: Added fflush() calls following all callers of + * generic/tclExecute.c: TclPrintByteCodeObj() so that tcl_traceCompile + output is less likely to get mangled when writes to stdout interleave + with other code. + +2007-08-28 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Use a table lookup in ParseLexeme() to + determine lexemes with single-byte representations. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Used unions to better clarify overloading of + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: the fields of the OpCmdInfo and + * generic/tclCompile.h: TclOpCmdClientData structs. + +2007-08-27 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Call TclCompileSyntaxError() when + expression syntax errors are found when compiling expressions. With + this in place, convert TclCompileExpr to return void, since there's no + longer any need to report TCL_ERROR. + * generic/tclCompile.c: Update callers. + * generic/tclExecute.c: + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: New routine TclCompileSyntaxError() + * generic/tclCompile.h: to directly compile bytecodes that report a + * generic/tclCompile.c: syntax error, rather than (ab)use a call to + TclCompileReturnCmd. Also, undo the most recent commit that papered + over some issues with that (ab)use. New routine produces a new opcode + INST_SYNTAX, which is a minor variation of INST_RETURN_IMM. Also a bit + of constification. + + * generic/tclCompile.c: Move the deallocation of local LiteralTable + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: entries into TclFreeCompileEnv(). + * generic/tclExecute.c: Update callers. + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Force numeric and boolean literals in + expressions to register with their intreps intact, even if that means + overwriting existing intreps in already registered literals. + +2007-08-25 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Added code to handle + * tests/expr.test (expr-23.48-53) integer exponentiation + that results in 32- and 64-bit integer results, avoiding calls to wide + integer exponentiation routines in this common case. [Bug 1767293] + + * library/clock.tcl (ParseClockScanFormat): Modified code to allow + * tests/clock.test (clock-60.*): case-insensitive matching + of time zone and month names. [Bug 1781282] + +2007-08-24 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Register literals found in expressions + * tests/compExpr.test: to restore literal sharing. Preserve numeric + intreps when literals are created for the first time. Correct memleak + in ExecConstantExprTree() and add test for the leak. + +2007-08-24 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCompile.c: replaced copy loop that tripped some compilers + with memmove. [Bug 1780870] + +2007-08-23 Don Porter + + * library/init.tcl ([auto_load_index]): Delete stray "]" that created + an expr syntax error (masked by a [catch]). + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileReturnCmd): Added crash protection + to handle callers other than TclCompileScript() failing to meet the + initialization assumptions of the TIP 280 code in CompileWord(). + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Suppress the attempt to convert to + numeric when pre-compiling a constant expresion indicates an error. + +2007-08-22 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): disable the new shortcut to frequent + INSTs for debug builds. REVERTED (collision with alternative fix) + +2007-08-21 Don Porter + + * generic/tclMain.c: Corrected the logic of dropping the last + * tests/main.test: newline from an interactively typed command. + [Bug 1775878] + +2007-08-21 Pat Thoyts + + * tests/thread.test: thread-4.4: clear ::errorInfo in the thread as a + message is left here from init.tcl on windows due to no tcl_pkgPath. + +2007-08-20 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_SUB): fix usage of the new macro for + overflow detection in sums, adapt to subtraction. Lengthy comment + added. + +2007-08-19 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclExecute.c (Overflowing, TclIncrObj, TclExecuteByteCode): + Encapsulate Miguel's last change in a more mnemonic macro. + +2007-08-19 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c: changed the check for overflow in sums, + reducing objsize, number of branches and cache misses (according to + cachegrind). Non-overflow for s=a+b: + previous + ((a >= 0 || b >= 0 || s < 0) && (s >= 0 || b < 0 || a < 0)) + now + (((a^s) >= 0) || ((a^b) < 0)) + This expresses: "a and s have the same sign or else a and b have + different sign". + +2007-08-19 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/interp.n (RESOURCE LIMITS): Added text to better explain why + time limits are described using absolute times. [Bug 1752148] + +2007-08-16 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclVar.c: improved localVarNameType caching to leverage + the new availability of Tcl_Obj in variable names, avoiding string + comparisons to verify that the cached value is usable. + + * generic/tclExecute.c: check the two most frequent instructions + before the switch. Reduces both runtime and obj size a tiny bit. + +2007-08-16 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added a "constant" field to the OpNode + struct (again "free" due to alignment requirements) to mark those + subexpressions that are completely known at compile time. Enhanced + CompileExprTree() and its callers to precompute these constant + subexpressions at compile time. This resolves the issue raised in [Bug + 1564517]. + +2007-08-15 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c (TclGetOpenModeEx): Only set the O_APPEND flag + * tests/ioUtil.test (ioUtil-4.1): on a channel for the 'a' + mode and not for 'a+'. [Bug 1773127] + +2007-08-14 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_INVOKE*): peephole opt, do not get the + interp's result if it will be pushed/popped. + +2007-08-14 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Use fully qualified variable names for + * tests/thread.test: ::errorInfo and ::errorCode so that string + * tests/trace.test: reported to variable traces are fully + qualified in agreement with Tcl 8.4 operations. + +2007-08-14 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tclLoadDyld.c: use dlfcn API on Mac OS X 10.4 and later; fix + issues with loading from memory on intel and 64bit; add debug messages + + * tests/load.test: add test load-10.1 for loading from vfs. + + * unix/dltest/pkga.c: whitespace & comment cleanup, remove + * unix/dltest/pkgb.c: unused pkgf.c. + * unix/dltest/pkgc.c: + * unix/dltest/pkge.c: + * unix/dltest/pkgf.c (removed): + * unix/dltest/pkgua.c: + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: + +2007-08-13 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Provide DECACHE/CACHE protection to the + * tests/trace.test: Tcl_LogCommandInfo() call. [Bug 1773040] + +2007-08-12 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_SplitObjCmd): use TclNewStringObj macro + instead of calling the function. + + * generic/tcl_Obj.c (TclAllocateFreeObjects): remove unneeded memset + to 0 of all allocated objects. + +2007-08-10 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclInt.h: remove redundant ops in TclNewStringObj macro. + +2007-08-10 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclInt.h: fix the TclSetVarNamespaceVar macro, was causing a + leak. + +2007-08-10 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Revise CompileExprTree() to use the + OpNode mark field scheme of tree traversal. This eliminates the need + to use magic values in the left and right fields for that purpose. + Also stop abusing the left field within ParseExpr() to store the + number of arguments in a parsed function call. CompileExprTree() now + determines that for itself at compile time. Then reorder code to + eliminate duplication. + +2007-08-09 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclProc.c (TclCreateProc): better comments on the required + varflag values when loading precompiled procs. + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_STORE_ARRAY): + * tests/trace.test (trace-2.6): whole array write traces on compiled + local variables were not firing. [Bug 1770591] + +2007-08-08 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclProc.c (InitLocalCache): reference firstLocalPtr via + procPtr. codePtr->procPtr == NULL exposed by tbcload. + +2007-08-08 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrected failure to compile/link in the + -DNO_WIDE_TYPE configuration. + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrected improper use of bignum arguments to + * tests/expr.test: *SHIFT operations. [Bug 1770224] + +2007-08-07 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclInt.h: remove comments refering to VAR_SCALAR, as that + flag bit does not exist any longer. + * generic/tclProc.c (InitCompiledLocals): removed optimisation for + non-resolved case, as the function is never called in that case. + Renamed the function to InitResolvedLocals to calrify the point. + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Exporting via stubs to help xotcl adapt to + * generic/tclInt.h: VarReform. + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + +2007-08-07 Daniel Steffen + + * generic/tclEnv.c: improve environ handling on Mac OS X (adapted + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: from Apple changes in Darwin tcl-64). + + * unix/Makefile.in: add support for compile flags specific to + object files linked directly into executables. + + * unix/configure.in (Darwin): only use -seg1addr flag when prebinding; + use -mdynamic-no-pic flag for object files linked directly into exes; + support overriding TCL_PACKAGE_PATH/TCL_MODULE_PATH in environment. + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2007-08-06 Don Porter + + * tests/parseExpr.test: Update source file name of expr parser code. + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added a "mark" field to the OpNode + struct, which is used to guide tree traversal. This field costs + nothing since alignement requirements used the memory already. + Rewrote ConvertTreeToTokens() to use the new field, which permitted + consolidation of utility routines CopyTokens() and + GenerateTokensForLiteral(). + +2007-08-06 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclGetDate.y: Added a cast to the definition of YYFREE to + silence compiler warnings. + * generic/tclDate.c: Regenerated + * win/tclWinTest.c: Added a cast to GetSecurityDescriptorDacl call + to silence compiler warnings. + +2007-08-04 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Exporting via stubs to help itcl adapt to + * generic/tclInt.h: VarReform. Added localCache initialization + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: to TclInitCompiledLocals (which only exists + * generic/tclProc.c: for itcl). + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + * generic/tclVar.c: + +2007-08-01 Donal K. Fellows + + * library/word.tcl: Rewrote for greater efficiency. [Bug 1764318] + +2007-08-01 Pat Thoyts + + * generic/tclInt.h: Added a TclOffset macro ala Tk_Offset to + * generic/tclVar.c: abstract out 'offsetof' which may not be + * generic/tclExceute.c: defined (eg: msvc6). + +2007-08-01 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclVar.c (TclCleanupVar): fix [Bug 1765225], thx Larry + Virden. + +2007-07-31 Miguel Sofer + + * doc/Hash.3: + * generic/tclHash.c: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclThreadStorage.c: (changes part of the patch below) + Stop Tcl_CreateHashVar from resetting hPtr->clientData to NULL after + calling the allocEntryProc for a custom table. + + * generic/tcl.h: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: + * generic/tclCompile.c: + * generic/tclCompile.h: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclHash.c: + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclLiteral.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclThreadStorage.c: + * generic/tclTrace.c: + * generic/tclVar.c: VarReform [Patch 1750051] + + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** (tclInt.h and tclCompile.h) + Extensions that access internals defined in tclInt.h and/or + tclCompile.h may lose both binary and source compatibility. The + relevant changes are: + 1. 'struct Var' is completely changed, all acceses to its internals + (either direct or via the TclSetVar* and TclIsVar* macros) will + malfunction. Var flag values and semantics changed too. + 2. 'struct Bytecode' has an additional field that has to be + initialised to NULL + 3. 'struct Namespace' is larger, as the varTable is now one pointer + larger than a Tcl_HashTable. Direct access to its fields will + malfunction. + 4. 'struct CallFrame' grew one more field (the second such growth with + respect to Tcl8.4). + 5. API change for the functions TclFindCompiledLocal, TclDeleteVars + and many internal functions in tclVar.c + + Additionally, direct access to variable hash tables via the standard + Tcl_Hash* interface is to be considered as deprecated. It still works + in the present version, but will be broken by further specialisation + of these hash tables. This concerns especially the table of array + elements in an array, as well as the varTable field in the Namespace + struct. + +2007-07-31 Miguel Sofer + + * unix/configure.in: allow use of 'inline' in Tcl sources. [Patch + * win/configure.in: 1754128] + * win/makefile.vc: Regen with autoconf 2.61 + +2007-07-31 Donal K. Fellows + + * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpSetVariables): Use the thread-safe getpwuid + replacement to fill the tcl_platform(user) field as it is not subject + to spoofing. [Bug 681877] + + * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: Simplify the #ifdef logic. + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c (FileWatchProc): Fix test failures. + +2007-07-30 Donal K. Fellows + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c (SET_BITS, CLEAR_BITS): Added macros to make this + file clearer. + +2007-07-24 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TEOvI, GetCommandSource): + * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC, TclGetSrcInfoForCmd): + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclTrace.c (TclCheck(Interp|Execution)Traces): + Removed the need for TEBC to inspect the command before calling TEOvI, + leveraging the TIP 280 infrastructure. Moved the generation of a + correct nul-terminated command string away from the trace code, back + into TEOvI/GetCommandSource. + +2007-07-20 Andreas Kupries + + * library/platform/platform.tcl: Fixed bug in 'platform::patterns' + * library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: where identifiers not matching + * unix/Makefile.in: the special linux and solaris forms would not + * win/Makefile.in: get 'tcl' as an acceptable platform added to + * doc/platform.n: the result. Bumped package to version 1.0.3 and + * doc/platform_shell.n: updated documentation and Makefiles. Also + fixed bad version info in the documentation of platform::shell. + +2007-07-19 Don Porter + + * generic/tclParse.c: In contexts where interp and parsePtr->interp + might be different, be sure to use the latter for error reporting. + Also pulled the interp argument back out of ParseTokens() since we + already had a parsePtr->interp to work with. + +2007-07-18 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Removed unused arguments and variables + +2007-07-17 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c (ParseExpr): While adding comments to + explain the operations of ParseExpr(), made significant revisions to + the code so it would be easier to explain, and in the process made the + code simpler and clearer as well. + +2007-07-15 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: More commentary. + * tests/parseExpr.test: Several tests of syntax error messages + to check that when expression substrings are truncated they leave + visible the context relevant to the reported error. + +2007-07-12 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Factored out, corrected, and commented + common code for reporting syntax errors in LEAF elements. + +2007-07-11 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileWhileCmd): + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript): + Corrected faulty avoidance of INST_START_CMD when the first opcode in + a script is within a loop (as produced by 'while 1'), so that the + corresponding command is properly counted. [Bug 1752146] + +2007-07-11 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added a "parseOnly" flag argument to + ParseExpr() to indicate whether the caller is Tcl_ParseExpr(), with an + end goal of filling a Tcl_Parse with Tcl_Tokens representing the + parsed expression, or TclCompileExpr() with the goal of compiling and + executing the expression. In the latter case, more aggressive + conversion of QUOTED and BRACED lexeme to literals is done. In the + former case, all such conversion is avoided, since Tcl_Token + production would revert it anyway. This enables simplifications to the + GenerateTokensForLiteral() routine as well. + +2007-07-10 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added a field for operator precedence + to be stored directly in the parse tree. There's no memory cost to + this addition, since that memory would have been lost to alignment + issues anyway. Also, converted precedence definitions and lookup + tables to use symbolic constants instead of raw number for improved + readability, and continued extending/improving/correcting comments. + Removed some unused counter variables. Renamed some variables for + clarity and replaced some cryptic logic with more readable macros. + +2007-07-09 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Revision so that the END lexeme never + gets inserted into the parse tree. Later tree traversal never reaches + it since its location in the tree is not variable. Starting and + stopping with the START lexeme (node 0) is sufficient. Also finished + lexeme code commentary. + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added missing creation and return of + the Tcl_Parse fields that indicate error conditions. [Bug 1749987] + +2007-07-05 Don Porter + + * library/init.tcl (unknown): Corrected inconsistent error message + in interactive [unknown] when empty command is invoked. [Bug 1743676] + +2007-07-05 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (SetNsNameFromAny): + * generic/tclObj.c (SetCmdNameFromAny): Avoid unnecessary + ckfree/ckalloc when the old structs can be reused. + +2007-07-04 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclNamesp.c: Fix case where a FQ cmd or ns was being cached + * generic/tclObj.c: in a different interp, tkcon. [Bug 1747512] + +2007-07-03 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Revised #define values so that there + is now more expansion room to define more BINARY operators. + +2007-07-02 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclHash.c (CompareStringKeys): Always use the strcmp() + version; the operation is functionally equivalent, the speed is + identical (up to measurement limitations), and yet the code is + simpler. [FRQ 951168] + +2007-07-02 Don Porter + + * generic/tcl.h: Removed TCL_PRESERVE_BINARY_COMPATIBILITY and + * generic/tclHash.c: any code enabled when it is set to 0. We will + * generic/tclStubInit.c: always want to preserve binary compat + of the structs that appear in the interface through the 8.* series of + releases, so it's pointless to drag around this never-enabled + alternative. + + * generic/tclIO.c: Removed dead code. + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Removed dead code, old implementations + * generic/tclEvent.c: of expr parsing and compiling, including the + * generic/tclInt.h: routine TclFinalizeCompilation(). + +2007-06-30 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Plug a memory leak caused by a + missing Tcl_DecrRefCount on an error path. [Bug 1717186] + +2007-06-30 Zoran Vasiljevic + + * generic/tclThread.c: Prevent RemeberSyncObj() from growing the sync + object lists by reusing already free'd slots, if possible. See + discussion on Bug 1726873 for more information. + +2007-06-29 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/DictObj.3 (Tcl_DictObjDone): Improved documentation of this + function to make it clearer how to use it. [Bug 1710795] + +2007-06-29 Daniel Steffen + + * generic/tclAlloc.c: on Darwin, ensure memory allocated by + * generic/tclThreadAlloc.c: the custom TclpAlloc()s is aligned to + 16 byte boundaries (as is the case with the Darwin system malloc). + + * generic/tclGetDate.y: use ckalloc/ckfree instead of malloc/free. + * generic/tclDate.c: bison 1.875e + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalEx): fix warnings. + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: better support for renamed tcl + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: source dir; add 10.5 SDK build + * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: config; remove tclMathOp.c. + + * macosx/README: document Tcl.xcodeproj changes. + +2007-06-28 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Removed dead code, including the + * generic/tclExecute.c: entire file tclMathOp.c. + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclMathOp.c (removed): + * generic/tclTestObj.c: + * win/tclWinFile.c: + + * unix/Makefile.in: Updated to reflect deletion of tclMathOp.c. + * win/Makefile.in: + * win/makefile.bc: + * win/makefile.vc: + +2007-06-28 Pat Thoyts + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Silence constness warnings for TclStackFree + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: when building with msvc. + * generic/tclFCmd.c: + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: + * generic/tclTrace.c: + +2007-06-28 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): fix possible segfault. + +2007-06-27 Don Porter + + * generic/tclTrace.c: Corrected broken trace reversal logic in + * generic/tclTest.c: TclCheckInterpTraces that led to infinite loop + * tests/trace.test: when multiple Tcl_CreateTrace traces were set + and one of them did not fire due to level restrictions. [Bug 1743931] + +2007-06-26 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalEx): Moved some arrays from the C + stack to the Tcl stack. + +2007-06-26 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): more streamlining. + +2007-06-25 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Safety checks to avoid crashes in the + TclStack* routines when called with an incompletely initialized + interp. [Bug 1743302] + +2007-06-25 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): fixing incomplete change, more + streamlining. + +2007-06-24 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclVar.c (TclDeleteCompiledLocalVars): removed inlining that + ended up not really optimising (limited benchmarks). Now calling + UnsetVarStruct (streamlined old code is #ifdef'ed out, in case better + benchmarks do show a difference). + + * generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): fixed a leak introduced in last + commit. + +2007-06-23 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct, TclDeleteVars): made the logic + slightly clearer, eliminated some duplicated code. + + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** (tclInt.h and Var struct users) + The core never builds VAR_LINK variable to have traces. Such a + "monster", should one exist, will now have its unset traces called + *before* it is unlinked. + +2007-06-23 Daniel Steffen + + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c (AtForkChild): don't call CoreFoundation + APIs after fork() on systems where that would lead to an abort(). + +2007-06-22 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Revised TclStackRealloc() signature to better + * generic/tclInt.h: parallel (and fall back on) Tcl_Realloc. + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclResetShadowesCmdRefs): Replaced + ckrealloc based allocations with TclStackRealloc allocations. + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: More conversions to use TclStackAlloc. + * generic/tclScan.c: + +2007-06-21 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Move most instances of the Tcl_Parse struct + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: off the C stack and onto the Tcl stack. This + * generic/tclCompile.c: is a rather large struct (> 3kB). + * generic/tclParse.c: + +2007-06-21 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TEOvI): Made sure that leave traces + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_INVOKE): that were created during + * tests/trace.test (trace-36.2): execution of an originally + untraced command do not fire [Bug 1740962], partial fix. + +2007-06-21 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tcl.h, generic/tclCompile.h, generic/tclCompile.c: Remove + references in comments to obsolete {expand} notation. [Bug 1740859] + +2007-06-20 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclVar.c: streamline namespace vars deletion: only compute + the variable's full name if the variable is traced. + +2007-06-20 Don Porter + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Revised the interfaces of the routines + * generic/tclExecute.c: TclStackAlloc and TclStackFree to make them + easier for callers to use (or more precisely, harder to misuse). + TclStackFree now takes a (void *) argument which is the pointer + intended to be freed. TclStackFree will panic if that's not actually + the memory the call will free. TSA/TSF also now tolerate receiving + (interp == NULL), in which case they simply fall back to be calls to + Tcl_Alloc/Tcl_Free. + + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: make genstubs + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Updated callers + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: + * generic/tclCompile.c: + * generic/tclFCmd.c: + * generic/tclFileName.c: + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclTrace.c: + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: + +2007-06-20 Jeff Hobbs + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: revamp of html doc output to use CSS, + standardized headers, subheaders, dictionary sorting of names. + +2007-06-18 Jeff Hobbs + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: clean up copyright merging and output. + clean up coding constructs. + +2007-06-18 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (InfoFrameCmd): + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_SwitchObjCmd): + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclInitCompileEnv): + * generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_ProcObjCmd, SetLambdaFromAny): Moved the + CmdFrame off the C stack and onto the Tcl stack. + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): Moved the CmdFrame off the C stack and + onto the Tcl stack, between the catch and the execution stacks + +2007-06-18 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalEx,TclEvalObjEx): Moved the CmdFrame off + the C stack and onto the Tcl stack. + +2007-06-17 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclProc.c (TclObjInterpProcCore): Minor fixes to make + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): compilation debugging + builds work again. [Bug 1738542] + +2007-06-16 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclProc.c (TclObjInterpProcCore): Use switch instead of a + chain of if's for a modest performance gain and a little more clarity. + +2007-06-15 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: Simplified [variable] compiler and executor. + * generic/tclExecute.c: Missed updates to "there is always a valid + frame". + + * generic/tclCompile.c: reverted TclEvalObjvInternal and INST_INVOKE + * generic/tclExecute.c: to essentially what they were previous to the + * generic/tclBasic.c: commit of 2007-04-03 [Patch 1693802] and the + subsequent optimisations, as they break the new trace tests described + below. + + * generic/trace.test: added tests 36 to 38 for dynamic trace creation + and addition. These tests expose a change in dynamics due to a recent + round of optimisations. The "correct" behaviour is not described in + docs nor TIP 62. + +2007-06-14 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Modif to the internals of TclObjInterpProc + * generic/tclInt.h: to reduce stack consumption and improve task + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: separation. Changes the interface of + * generic/tclProc.c: TclObjInterpProcCore (patching TclOO + simultaneously). + + * generic/tclProc.c (TclObjInterpProcCore): simplified obj management + in wrongNumArgs calls. + +2007-06-14 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompile.c: SetByteCodeFromAny() can no longer return any + * generic/tclExecute.c: code other than TCL_OK, so remove code that + * generic/tclProc.c: formerly handled exceptional codes. + +2007-06-13 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclCompEvalObj): missed update to "there is + always a valid frame". + + * generic/tclProc.c (TclObjInterpProcCore): call TEBC directly instead + of going through TclCompEvalObj - no need to check the compilation's + freshness, this has already been done. This improves speed and should + also provide some relief to [Bug 1066755]. + +2007-06-12 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): Turn the [info] command into + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclInitInfoCmd): an ensemble, making it easier + for third-party code to plug into. + + * generic/tclIndexObj.c (Tcl_WrongNumArgs): + * generic/tclNamesp.c, generic/tclInt.h (tclEnsembleCmdType): Make + Tcl_WrongNumArgs do replacement correctly with ensembles and other + sorts of complex replacement strategies. + +2007-06-11 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c: comments added to explain iPtr->numLevels + management. + + * generic/tclNamesp.c: tweaks to Tcl_GetCommandFromObj and + * generic/tclObj.c: TclGetNamespaceFromObj; modified the usage of + structs ResolvedCmdName and ResolvedNsname so that the field refNsPtr + is NULL for fully qualified names. + +2007-06-10 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Further TEOvI split, creating a new + * generic/tclCompile.h: TclEvalObjvKnownCommand() function to handle + * generic/tclExecute.c: commands that are already known and are not + traced. INST_INVOKE now calls into this function instead of inlining + parts of TEOvI. Same perf, better isolation. + + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPAT*** There is a subtle issue with the timing of + execution traces that is changed here - first change appeared in my + commit of 2007-04-03 [Patch 1693802], which caused some divergence + between compiled and non-compiled code. + ***THIS CHANGE IS UNDER REVIEW*** + +2007-06-10 Jeff Hobbs + + * README: updated links. [Bug 1715081] + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): restore support for + INST_CALL_BUILTIN_FUNC1 and INST_CALL_FUNC1 bytecodes to support 8.4- + precompiled sources (math functions). [Bug 1720895] + +2007-06-10 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclvar.c: new macros TclGetCurrentNamespace() and + TclGetGlobalNamespace(); Tcl_GetCommandFromObj and + TclGetNamespaceFromObj rewritten to make the logic clearer; slightly + faster too. + +2007-06-09 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_INVOKE): isolated two vars to the small + block where they are actually used. + + * generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_GetCommandFromObj): rewritten to make the + logic clearer; slightly faster too. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Split TEOv in two, by separating a processor + for non-TCL_OK returns. Also split TEOvI in a full version that + handles non-existing and traced commands, and a separate shorter + version for the regular case. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Moved the generation of command strings for + * generic/tclTrace.c: traces: previously in Tcl_EvalObjv(), now in + TclCheck[Interp|Execution]Traces(). Also insured that the strings are + properly NUL terminated at the correct length. [Bug 1693986] + + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY in internal API*** + The functions TclCheckInterpTraces() and TclCheckExecutionTraces() (in + internal stubs) used to be noops if the command string was NULL, this + is not true anymore: if the command string is NULL, they generate an + appropriate string from (objc,objv) and use it to call the traces. The + caller might as well not call them with a NULL string if he was + expecting a noop. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Extend usage of TclLimitReady() and + * generic/tclExecute.c: (new) TclLimitExceeded() macros. + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclInterp.c: + + * generic/tclInt.h: New TclCleanupCommandMacro for core usage. + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclObj.c: + +2007-06-09 Daniel Steffen + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add new Tclsh-Info.plist.in. + +2007-06-08 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): Changed [string first] and + * doc/string.n: [string last] so that they have clearer descriptions + for those people who know the adage about needles and haystacks. This + follows suggestions on comp.lang.tcl... + +2007-06-06 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclParse.c: fix for uninit read. [Bug 1732414] + +2007-06-06 Daniel Steffen + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add settings for Fix&Continue. + + * unix/configure.in (Darwin): add plist for tclsh; link the + * unix/Makefile.in (Darwin): Tcl and tclsh plists into + * macosx/Tclsh-Info.plist.in (new): their binaries in all cases. + * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: + + * unix/tcl.m4 (Darwin): fix CF checks in fat 32&64bit builds. + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2007-06-05 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Added interp flag value ERR_LEGACY_COPY to + * generic/tclInt.h: control the timing with which the global + * generic/tclNamesp.c: variables ::errorCode and ::errorInfo get + * generic/tclProc.c: updated after an error. This keeps more + * generic/tclResult.c: precise compatibility with Tcl 8.4. + * tests/result.test (result-6.2): [Bug 1649062] + +2007-06-05 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclExecute.c: Tcl-stack reform, [Patch 1701202] + +2007-06-03 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/Makefile.in: add datarootdir to silence autoconf-2.6x warning. + +2007-05-30 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Removed code that dealt with + * generic/tclCompile.c: TCL_TOKEN_EXPAND_WORD tokens representing + * generic/tclCompile.h: expanded literal words. These sections were + mostly in place to enable [info frame] to discover line information in + expanded literals. Since the parser now generates a token for each + post-expansion word referring to the right location in the original + script string, [info frame] gets all the data it needs. + + * generic/tclInt.h: Revised the parser so that it never produces + * generic/tclParse.c: TCL_TOKEN_EXPAND_WORD tokens when parsing an + * tests/parse.test: expanded literal word; that is, something like + {*}{x y z}. Instead, generate the series of TCL_TOKEN_SIMPLE_WORD + tokens to represent the words that expansion of the literal string + produces. [RFE 1725186] + +2007-05-29 Jeff Hobbs + + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (Tcl_JoinThread): fix for 64-bit handling of + pthread_join exit return code storage. [Bug 1712723] + +2007-05-22 Don Porter + + [core-stabilizer-branch] + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 (FC6 fork) + * win/configure: + + * README: Bump version number to 8.5b1 + * generic/tcl.h: + * library/init.tcl: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + +2007-05-18 Don Porter + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 (FC6 fork) + * win/configure: + + * README: Bump version number to 8.5a7 + * generic/tcl.h: + * library/init.tcl: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/configure.in: + + * generic/tclParse.c: Disable and remove the ALLOW_EXPAND sections + * tests/info.test: that continued to support the deprecated + * tests/mathop.test: {expand} syntax. Updated the few remaining + users of that syntax in the test suite. + +2007-05-17 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclLimitReady): Created a macro version of + Tcl_LimitReady just for TEBC, to reduce the amount of times that the + bytecode engine calls out to external functions on the critical path. + * generic/tclInterp.c (Tcl_LimitReady): Added note to remind anyone + doing maintenance that there is a macro version to update. + +2007-05-17 Daniel Steffen + + * generic/tcl.decls: workaround 'make checkstubs' failures from + tclStubLib.c MODULE_SCOPE revert. [Bug 1716117] + +2007-05-16 Joe English + + * generic/tclStubLib.c: Change Tcl_InitStubs(), tclStubsPtr, and the + auxilliary stubs table pointers back to public visibility. + + These symbols need to be exported so that stub-enabled extensions may + be statically linked into an extended tclsh or Big Wish with a + dynamically-linked libtcl. [Bug 1716117] + +2007-05-15 Don Porter + + * win/configure: autoconf-2.59 (FC6 fork) + + * library/reg/pkgIndex.tcl: Bump to registry 1.2.1 to account for + * win/configure.in: [Bug 1682211] fix. + * win/makefile.bc: + * win/tclWinReg.c: + +2007-05-11 Pat Thoyts + + * generic/tclInt.h: Removed TclEvalObjEx and TclGetSrcInfoForPc from + tclInt.h now they are in the internal stubs table. + +2007-05-09 Don Porter + + * generic/tclInt.h: TclFinalizeThreadAlloc() is always defined, so + make sure it is also always declared (with MODULE_SCOPE). + +2007-05-09 Daniel Steffen + + * generic/tclInt.h: fix warning when building threaded with -DPURIFY. + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add 'DebugUnthreaded' & + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: 'DebugLeaks' configs and env + var settings needed to run the 'leaks' tool. + +2007-05-07 Don Porter + + [Tcl Bug 1706140] + + * generic/tclLink.c (LinkTraceProc): Update Tcl_VarTraceProcs so + * generic/tclNamesp.c (Error*Read): they call Tcl_InterpDeleted() + * generic/tclTrace.c (Trace*Proc): for themselves, and do not + * generic/tclUtil.c (TclPrecTraceProc): rely on (frequently buggy) + setting of the TCL_INTERP_DESTROYED flag by the trace core. + + * generic/tclVar.c: Update callers of TclCallVarTraces to not pass + in the TCL_INTERP_DESTROYED flag. Also apply filters so that public + routines only pass documented flag values down to lower level routines + + * generic/tclTrace.c (TclCallVarTraces): The setting of the + TCL_INTERP_DESTROYED flag is now done entirely within the + TclCallVarTraces routine, the only place it can be done right. + +2007-05-06 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclInt.h (ExtraFrameInfo): Create a new mechanism for + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (InfoFrameCmd): conveying what information needs + to be added to the results of [info frame] to replace the hack that + was there before. + * generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_ApplyObjCmd): Use the new mechanism for the + [apply] command, the only part of Tcl itself that needs it (so far). + + * generic/tclInt.decls (TclEvalObjEx, TclGetSrcInfoForPc): Expose + these two functions through the internal stubs table, necessary for + extensions that need to integrate deeply with TIP#280. + +2007-05-05 Donal K. Fellows + + * win/tclWinFile.c (TclpGetUserHome): Squelch type-pun warnings in + * win/tclWinInit.c (TclpSetVariables): Win-specific code not found + * win/tclWinReg.c (AppendSystemError): during earlier work on Unix. + +2007-05-04 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclIO.c (TclFinalizeIOSubsystem): Added an initializer to + silence a spurious gcc warning about use of an uninitialized + variable. + * tests/encoding.test: Modified so that encoding tests happen in a + private namespace, to avoid polluting the global one. This problem was + discovered when running the test suite '-singleproc 1 -skip exec.test' + because the 'path' variable in encoding.test conflicted with the one + in io.test. + * tests/io.test: Made more of the working variables private to the + namespace. + +2007-05-02 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclTest.c (SimpleMatchInDirectory): Corrected a refcount + imbalance that affected the filesystem-[147]* tests in the test suite. + Thanks to Don Porter for the patch. [Bug 1710707] + * generic/tclPathObj.c (Tcl_FSJoinPath, Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath): + Corrected several memory leaks that caused refcount imbalances + resulting in memory leaks on Windows. Thanks to Joe Mistachkin for the + patch. + +2007-05-01 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclVar.c (TclPtrSetVar): fixed leak whenever newvaluePtr had + refCount 0 and was used for appending (but not lappending). Thanks to + mistachkin and kbk. [Bug 1710710] + +2007-05-01 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclIO.c (DeleteChannelTable): Made changes so that + DeleteChannelTable tries to close all open channels, not just the + first. [Bug 1710285] + * generic/tclThread.c (TclFinalizeSynchronization): Make sure that TSD + blocks get freed on non-threaded builds. [Bug 1710825] + * tests/utf.test (utf-25.1--utf-25.4): Modified tests to clean up + after the 'testobj' extension to avoid spurious reports of memory + leaks. + +2007-05-01 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (STR_MAP): When [string map] has a pure dict map, + a missing Tcl_DictObjDone() call led to a memleak. [Bug 1710709] + +2007-04-30 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/Makefile.in: add 'tclsh' dependency to install targets that + rely on tclsh, fixes parallel 'make install' from empty build dir. + +2007-04-30 Andreas Kupries + + * generic/tclIO.c (FixLevelCode): Corrected reference count + mismanagement of newlevel, newcode. Changed to allocate the Tcl_Obj's + as late as possible, and only when actually needed. [Bug 1705778, leak + K29] + +2007-04-30 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_ProcObjCmd, SetLambdaFromAny): Corrected + reference count mismanagement on the name of the source file in the + TIP 280 code. [Bug 1705778, leak K02 among other manifestations] + +2007-04-25 Donal K. Fellows + + *** 8.5a6 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * generic/tclProc.c (TclObjInterpProcCore): Only allocate objects for + error message generation when associated with argument names that are + really used. [Bug 1705778, leak K15] + +2007-04-25 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_FSChdir): Changed the memory management so + that the path returned from Tcl_FSGetNativePath is not duplicated + before being stored as the current directory, to avoid a memory leak. + [Bug 1705778, leak K01 among other manifestations] + +2007-04-25 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c (ParseExpr): Revised to be sure that an + error return doesn't prevent all literals getting placed on the + litList to be returned to the caller for freeing. Corrects some + memleaks. [Bug 1705778, leak K23] + +2007-04-25 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/Makefile.in (dist): add macosx/*.xcconfig files to src dist; + copy license.terms to dist macosx dir; fix autoheader bits. + +2007-04-24 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclListObj.c: reverting [Patch 738900] (committed on + 2007-04-20). Causes some Tk test breakage of unknown importance, but + the impact of the patch itself is likely to be so small that it does + not warrant investigation at this time. + +2007-04-24 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictKeysCmd): Rewrote so that the lock on the + internal representation of a dict is only set when necessary. [Bug + 1705778, leak K04] + (DictFilterCmd): Added code to drop the lock in the trivial match + case. [Bug 1705778, leak K05] + +2007-04-24 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclBinary.c: Addressed several code paths where the error + return from the 'binary format' command leaked the result buffer. + * generic/tclListObj.c (TclLsetFlat): Fixed a bug where the new list + under construction was leaked in the error case. [Bug 1705778, leaks + K13 and K14] + +2007-04-24 Jeff Hobbs + + * unix/Makefile.in (dist): add platform library package to src dist + +2007-04-24 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c (ParseExpr): Memory leak in error case; the + literal Tcl_Obj was not getting freed. [Bug 1705778, leak #1 (new)] + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_DeleteNamespace): Corrected flaw in the + flag marking scheme to be sure that global namespaces are freed when + their interp is deleted. [Bug 1705778] + +2007-04-24 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Plugged six memory leaks + in bignum arithmetic. + * generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_ReadObjCmd): Plugged a leak of the buffer + object if the physical read returned an error and the bypass area had + no message. + * generic/tclIORChan.c (TclChanCreateObjCmd): Plugged a leak of the + return value from the "initialize" method of a channel handler. + (All of the above under [Bug 1705778]) + +2007-04-23 Daniel Steffen + + * generic/tclCkalloc.c: fix warnings from gcc build configured with + * generic/tclCompile.c: --enable-64bit --enable-symbols=all. + * generic/tclExecute.c: + + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: add workaround for crashing bug in fts_open() + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: without FTS_NOSTAT on 64bit Darwin 8 or earlier. + + * unix/tclLoadDyld.c (TclpLoadMemory): fix (void*) arithmetic. + + * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: enable more warnings. + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add 'DebugMemCompile' build + configuration that calls configure with --enable-symbols=all; override + configure check for __attribute__((__visibility__("hidden"))) in Debug + configuration to restore availability of ZeroLink. + + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: fix warnings. + + * macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c: const fixes. + + * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: fix whitespace. + * macosx/Tcl-Debug.xcconfig: + * macosx/Tcl-Release.xcconfig: + * macosx/README: + + * macosx/GNUmakefile: fix/add copyright and license refs. + * macosx/tclMacOSXBundle.c: + * macosx/Tcl-Info.plist.in: + * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: + + * unix/configure.in: install license.terms into Tcl.framework. + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2007-04-23 Don Porter + + * generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): Make sure the + TCL_INTERP_DESTROYED flags gets passed to unset trace routines so they + can respond appropriately. [Bug 1705778, leak #9] + +2007-04-23 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclFreeCompileEnv): Tip 280's new field + extCmdMapPtr was not being freed. [Bug 1705778, leak #1] + +2007-04-23 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileUpvarCmd): Plugged a memory leak in + 'upvar' when compiling (a) upvar outside a proc, (b) upvar with a + syntax error, or (c) upvar where the frame index is not known at + compile time. + * generic/tclCompExpr.c (ParseExpr): Plugged a memory leak when + parsing expressions that contain syntax errors. + * generic/tclEnv.c (ReplaceString): Clear memory correctly when + growing the cache to avoid reads of uninitialised data. + * generic/tclIORChan.c (TclChanCreateObjCmd, FreeReflectedChannel): + Plugged two memory leaks. + * generic/tclStrToD.c (AccumulateDecimalDigit): Fixed a mistake where + we'd run beyond the end of the 'pow10_wide' array if a number begins + with a string of more than 'maxpow10_wide' zeroes. + * generic/tclTest.c (Testregexpobjcmd): Removed an invalid access + beyond the end of 'objv' in 'testregexp -about'. + All of these issues reported under [Bug 1705778] - detected with the + existing test suite, no new regression tests required. + +2007-04-22 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclVar.c (TclDeleteNamespaceVars): fixed access to freed + memory detected by valgrind: Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace was being + called after freeing root CallFrame (on interp deletion). + +2007-04-20 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclListObj.c (SetListFromAny): avoid discarding internal + reps of objects converted to singleton lists. [Patch 738900] + +2007-04-20 Kevin B. Kenny + + * doc/clock.n: Corrected a silly error (transposed 'uppercase' and + 'lowercase' in clock.n. [Bug 1656002] + Clarified that [clock scan] does not recognize a locale's alternative + calendar. + Deleted an entirely superfluous (and also incorrect) remark about the + effect of Daylight Saving Time on relative times in [clock scan]. [Bug + 1582951] + * library/clock.tcl: Corrected an error in skipping over the %Ey field + on input. + * library/msgs/ja.msg: + * tools/loadICU.tcl: Corrected several localisation faults in the + Japanese locale (most notably, incorrect dates for the Emperors' + eras). Many thanks to SourceForge user 'nyademo' for pointing this out + and developing a fix. [Bug 1637471] + * generic/tclPathObj.c: Corrected a 'const'ness fault that caused + bitter complaints from MSVC. + * tests/clock.test (clock-40.1, clock-58.1, clock-59.1): Corrected a + test case that depended on ":localtime" being able to handle dates + prior to the Posix epoch. [Bug 1618445] Added a test case for the + dates of the Japanese emperors. [Bug 1637471] Added a regression test + for military time zone input conversion. [Bug 1586828] + * generic/tclGetDate.y (MilitaryTable): Fixed an ancient bug where the + military NZA time zones had the signs reversed. [Bug 1586828] + * generic/tclDate.c: Regenerated. + * doc/Notifier.3: Documented Tcl_SetNotifier and Tcl_ServiceModeHook. + Quite against my better judgment. [Bug 414933] + * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tclCkalloc.c, generic/tclClock.c: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c, generic/tclCmdMZ.c, generic/tclFCmd.c: + * generic/tclFileName.c, generic/tclInterp.c, generic/tclIO.c: + * generic/tclIOUtil.c, generic/tclNamesp.c, generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclPathObj.c, generic/tclPipe.c, generic/tclPkg.c: + * generic/tclResult.c, generic/tclTest.c, generic/tclTestObj.c: + * generic/tclVar.c, unix/tclUnixChan.c, unix/tclUnixTest.c: + * win/tclWinLoad.c, win/tclWinSerial.c: Replaced commas in varargs + with string concatenation where possible. [Patch 1515234] + * library/tzdata/America/Tegucigalpa: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Damascus: Olson's tzdata 2007e. + +2007-04-19 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/regcomp.c, generic/regc_cvec.c, generic/regc_lex.c, + * generic/regc_locale.c: Improve the const-correctness of the RE + compiler. + +2007-04-18 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_LSHIFT): fixed a mistake introduced in + version 1.266 ('=' became '=='), which effectively turned the block + that handles native shifts into dead code. This explains why the + testsuite did not pick this mistake. Rewrote to make the intention + clear. + + * generic/tclInt.h (TclDecrRefCount): change the order of the + branches, use empty 'if ; else' to handle use in unbraced outer + if/else conditions (as already done in tcl.h) + + * generic/tclExecute.c: slight changes in Tcl_Obj management. + +2007-04-17 Kevin B. Kenny + + * library/clock.tcl: Fixed the naming of + ::tcl::clock::ReadZoneinfoFile because (yoicks!) it was in the global + namespace. + * doc/clock.n: Clarified the cases in which legacy time zone is + recognized. [Bug 1656002] + +2007-04-17 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c: fixed checkInterp logic [Bug 1702212] + +2007-04-16 Donal K. Fellows + + * various (including generic/tclTest.c): Complete the purge of K&R + function definitions from manually-written code. + +2007-04-15 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: added a cast to silence a compiler error on + VC2005. + * library/clock.tcl: Restored unique-prefix matching of keywords on + the [clock] command. [Bug 1690041] + * tests/clock.test: Added rudimentary test cases for unique-prefix + matching of keywords. + +2007-04-14 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c: removed some code at INST_EXPAND_SKTOP that + duplicates functionality already present at checkForCatch. + +2007-04-12 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c: new macros OBJ_AT_TOS, OBJ_UNDER_TOS, + OBJ_AT_DEPTH(n) and CURR_DEPTH that remove all direct references to + tosPtr from TEBC (after initialisation and the code at the label + cleanupV_pushObjResultPtr). + +2007-04-11 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: moved all exceptDepth management to the + macros - the decreasing half was managed by hand. + +2007-04-10 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclInt.h (TclNewLiteralStringObj): New macro to make + allocating literal string objects (i.e. objects whose value is a + constant string) easier and more efficient, by allowing the omission + of the length argument. Based on [Patch 1529526] (afredd) + * generic/*.c: Make use of this (in many files). + +2007-04-08 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCompile (tclInstructionTable): Fixed bugs in description + of dict instructions. + +2007-04-07 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCompile (tclInstructionTable): Fixed bug in description + of INST_START_COMMAND. + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): Small code reduction. + +2007-04-06 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): + * generic/tclNamespace.c (NsEnsembleImplementationCmd): + * generic/tclProc.c (InitCompiledLocals, ObjInterpProcEx) + (TclObjInterpProcCore, ProcCompileProc): Code reordering to reduce + branching and improve branch prediction (assume that forward branches + are typically not taken). + +2007-04-03 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c: INST_INVOKE optimisation. [Patch 1693802] + +2007-04-03 Don Porter + + * generic/tclNamesp.c: Revised ErrorCodeRead and ErrorInfoRead trace + routines so they guarantee the ::errorCode and ::errorInfo variable + always appear to exist. [Bug 1693252] + +2007-04-03 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Moved TclGetNamespaceFromObj() to the + * generic/tclInt.h: internal stubs table; regen. + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + +2007-04-02 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Added bytecode compilers for the variable + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: linking commands: 'global', 'variable', + * generic/tclCompile.h: 'upvar', 'namespace upvar' [Patch 1688593] + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclVar.c: + +2007-04-02 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Replace arrays on the C stack and ckalloc + * generic/tclExecute.c: calls with TclStackAlloc calls to use memory + * generic/tclFCmd.c: on Tcl's evaluation stack. + * generic/tclFileName.c: + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclTrace.c: + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: + +2007-04-01 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript, TclPrintInstruction): + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Changed the definition of + INST_START_CMD so that it knows how many commands start at the current + location. This makes the interpreter command counter correct without + requiring a large number of instructions to be issued. (See my change + from 2007-01-19 for what triggered this.) + +2007-03-30 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompile.c: + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: Replace arrays on the C stack and + ckalloc calls with TclStackAlloc calls to use memory on Tcl's + evaluation stack. + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Revised [string to* $s $first $last] + implementation to reduce number of allocs/copies. + + * tests/string.test: More [string reverse] tests. + +2007-03-30 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c: optimise the lookup of elements of indexed + arrays. + +2007-03-29 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_ApplyObjCmd): + * tests/apply.test (9.3): Fixed Tcl_Obj leak on error return; an + unneeded ref to lambdaPtr was being set and not released on an error + return path. + +2007-03-28 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (STR_REVERSE): Implement the actual [string + reverse] command in terms of the new TclStringObjReverse() routine. + + * generic/tclInt.h (TclStringObjReverse): New internal routine + * generic/tclStringObj.c (TclStringObjReverse): that implements the + [string reverse] operation, making use of knowledge/surgery of the + String intrep to minimize the number of allocs and copies needed to do + the job. + +2007-03-27 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (STR_MAP): Replace ckalloc calls with + TclStackAlloc calls. + +2007-03-24 Zoran Vasiljevic + + * win/tclWinThrd.c: Thread exit handler marks the current thread as + un-initialized. This allows exit handlers that are registered later to + re-initialize this subsystem in case they need to use some sync + primitives (cond variables) from this file again. + +2007-03-23 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclBasic.c (DeleteInterpProc): pop the root frame pointer + before deleting the global namespace [Bug 1658572] + +2007-03-23 Kevin B. Kenny + + * win/Makefile.in: Added code to keep a Cygwin path name from leaking + into LIBRARY_DIR when doing 'make test' or 'make runtest'. + +2007-03-22 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (Tcl_ForeachObjCmd): Replaced arrays on the + C stack and ckalloc calls with TclStackAlloc calls to use memory on + Tcl's evaluation stack. + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Revised GrowEvaluationStack to take an + argument specifying the growth required by the caller, so that a + single reallocation / copy is the most that will ever be needed even + when required growth is large. + +2007-03-21 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c: More ckalloc -> ckrealloc conversions. + * generic/tclLiteral.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclParse.c: + * generic/tclPreserve.c: + * generic/tclStringObj.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + +2007-03-20 Don Porter + + * generic/tclEnv.c: Some more ckalloc -> ckrealloc replacements. + * generic/tclLink.c: + +2007-03-20 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclDate.c: Rebuilt, despite Donal Fellows's comment when + committing it that no rebuild was required. + * generic/tclGetDate.y: According to Donal Fellows, "Introduce modern + formatting standards; no need for rebuild of tclDate.c." + + * library/tzdata/America/Cambridge_Bay: + * library/tzdata/America/Havana: + * library/tzdata/America/Inuvik: + * library/tzdata/America/Iqaluit: + * library/tzdata/America/Pangnirtung: + * library/tzdata/America/Rankin_Inlet: + * library/tzdata/America/Resolute: + * library/tzdata/America/Yellowknife: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Choibalsan: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Dili: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Hovd: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Jakarta: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Jayapura: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Makassar: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Pontianak: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Ulaanbaatar: + * library/tzdata/Europe/Istanbul: Upgraded to Olson's tzdata2007d. + + * generic/tclListObj.c (TclLsetList, TclLsetFlat): + * tests/lset.test: Changes to deal with shared internal representation + for lists passed to the [lset] command. Thanks to Don Porter for + fixing this issue. [Bug 1677512] + +2007-03-19 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompile.c: Revise the various expansion routines for + CompileEnv fields to use ckrealloc() where appropriate. + + * generic/tclBinary.c (Tcl_SetByteArrayLength): Replaced ckalloc() / + memcpy() sequence with ckrealloc() call. + + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateMathFunc): Replaced some calls to + * generic/tclEvent.c (Tcl_CreateThread): Tcl_Alloc() with calls + * generic/tclObj.c (UpdateStringOfBignum): to ckalloc(), which + * unix/tclUnixTime.c (SetTZIfNecessary): better supports memory + * win/tclAppInit.c (setargv): debugging. + +2007-03-19 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/regsub.n: Corrected example so that it doesn't recommend + potentially unsafe practice. Many thanks to Konstantin Kushnir + for reporting this. + +2007-03-17 Kevin B. Kenny + + * win/tclWinReg.c (GetKeyNames): Size the buffer for enumerating key + names correctly, so that Unicode names exceeding 127 chars can be + retrieved without crashing. [Bug 1682211] + * tests/registry.test (registry-4.9): Added test case for the above + bug. + +2007-03-15 Mo DeJong + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_Stat): Reimplement workaround to avoid gcc + warning by using local variables. When the macro argument is of type + long long instead of long, the incorrect warning is not generated. + +2007-03-15 Mo DeJong + + * win/Makefile.in: Fully qualify LIBRARY_DIR so that `make test` does + not depend on working dir. + +2007-03-15 Mo DeJong + + * tests/parse.test: Add two backslash newline parse tests. + +2007-03-12 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_FOREACH_STEP4): Make private copy of + * tests/foreach.test (foreach-10.1): value list to be assigned to + variables so that shimmering of that list doesn't lead to invalid + pointers. [Bug 1671087] + + * generic/tclEvent.c (HandleBgErrors): Make efficient private copy + * tests/event.test (event-5.3): of the command prefix for the interp's + background error handling command to avoid panics due to pointers to + memory invalid after shimmering. [Bug 1670155] + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (NsEnsembleImplementationCmd): Make efficient + * tests/namespace.test (namespace-42.8): private copy of the + command prefix as we invoke the command appropriate to a particular + subcommand of a particular ensemble to avoid panic due to shimmering + of the List intrep. [Bug 1670091] + + * generic/tclVar.c (TclArraySet): Make efficient private copy of + * tests/var.test (var-17.1): the "list" argument to [array set] to + avoid crash due to shimmering invalidating pointers. [Bug 1669489] + +2007-03-12 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Fix problems with declaration + positioning and memory leaks. [Bug 1679072] + +2007-03-11 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LreverseObjCmd): Ensure that a list is + correctly reversed even if its internal representation is shared + without the object itself being shared. [Bug 1675044] + +2007-03-10 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclCmdIL (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): changed fix to [Bug 1675116] to + use the cheaper TclListObjCopy() instead of Tcl_DuplicateObj(). + +2007-03-09 Andreas Kupries + + * library/platform/shell.tcl: Made more robust if an older platform + * library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: package is present in the inspected + * unix/Makefile.in: shell. Package forget it to prevent errors. Bumped + * win/Makefile.in: package version to 1.1.3, and updated the Makefiles + installing it as Tcl Module. + +2007-03-09 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Handle tricky case with loss + * tests/cmdIL.test (cmdIL-1.29): of list rep during sorting due + to shimmering. [Bug 1675116] + +2007-03-09 Kevin B. Kenny + + * library/clock.tcl (ReadZoneinfoFile): Added Y2038 compliance to the + code for version-2 'zoneinfo' files. + * tests/clock.test (clock-56.3): Added a test case for Y2038 and + 'zoneinfo'. Modified test initialisation to use the + 'loadTestedCommands' function of tcltest to bring in the correct path + for the registry library. + +2007-03-08 Don Porter + + * generic/tclListObj.c (TclLsetList): Rewrite so that the routine + itself does not do any direct intrep surgery. Better isolates those + things into the implementation of the "list" Tcl_ObjType. + +2007-03-08 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclListObj.c (TclLindexList, TclLindexFlat): Moved these + functions to tclListObj.c from tclCmdIL.c to mirror the way that the + equivalent functions for [lset]'s guts are arranged. + +2007-03-08 Kevin B. Kenny + + * library/clock.tcl: Further tweaks to the Windows time zone table + (restoring missing Mexican time zones). Added rudimentary handling of + version-2 'zoneinfo' files. Update US DST rules so that zones such as + 'EST5EDT' get the correct transition dates. + * tests/clock.test: Added rudimentary test cases for 'zoneinfo' + parsing. Adjusted several tests that depended on obsolete US DST + transition rules. + +2007-03-07 Daniel Steffen + + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: add spinlock debugging and sanity checks. + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: ensure gcc version used by + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: Xcode and configure/make are + * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig: consistent and independent of + gcc_select default and CC env var; fixes for Xcode 3.0. + + * unix/tcl.m4 (Darwin): s/CFLAGS/CPPFLAGS/ in macosx-version-min check + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2007-03-07 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclLindex*): Rewrites to make efficient + private copies of the list and indexlist arguments, so we can operate + on the list elements directly with no fear of shimmering effects. + Replaces defensive coding schemes that are otherwise required. End + result is that TclLindexList is entirely a wrapper around + TclLindexFlat, which is now the core engine of all [lindex] + operations. + + * generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_AppendAllObjTypes): Converted to simpler + list validity test. + +2007-03-07 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclRegexp.c (TclRegAbout): Generate information about a + regexp as a Tcl_Obj instead of as a string, which is more efficient. + +2007-03-07 Kevin B. Kenny + + * library/clock.tcl: Adjusted Windows time zone table to handle new US + DST rules by locale rather than as Posix time zone spec. + * tests/clock.test (clock-39.6, clock-49.2, testclock::registry): + Adjusted tests to simulate new US rules. + * library/tzdata/America/Indiana/Winamac: + * library/tzdata/Europe/Istanbul: + * library/tzdata/Pacific/Easter: + Olson's tzdata2007c. + +2007-03-05 Andreas Kupries + + * library/platform/shell.tcl (::platform::shell::RUN): In the case of + * library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: a failure put the captured stderr + * unix/Makefile.in: into the error message to aid in debugging. Bumped + * win/Makefile.in: package version to 1.1.2, and updated the makefiles + installing it as Tcl Module. + +2007-03-03 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclLink.c (LinkedVar): Added macro to conceal at least some + of the pointer hackery. + +2007-03-02 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LreverseObjCmd): Added missing + TclInvalidateStringRep() call when we directly manipulate the intrep + of an unshared "list" Tcl_Obj. [Bug 1672585] + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_JoinObjCmd): Revised [join] implementation + to append Tcl_Obj's instead of strings. [RFE 1669420] + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Info*Cmd): Code simplifications and + optimizations. + +2007-03-02 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclPrintInstruction): Added a scheme to allow + * generic/tclCompile.h (AuxDataPrintProc): aux-data to be printed + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (Print*Info): out for debugging. For + this to work, immediate operands referring to aux-data must be + identified as such in the instruction descriptor table using + OPERAND_AUX4 (all are always 4 bytes). + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Rewrote the compiled + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictCmd): [dict update] so that it + * generic/tclCompile.h (DictUpdateInfo): stores critical + * tests/dict.test (dict-21.{14,15}): non-varying data in an + aux-data value instead of a (shimmerable) literal. [Bug 1671001] + +2007-03-01 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LinsertObjCmd): Code simplifications + and optimizations. + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LreplaceObjCmd): Code simplifications + and optimizations. + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LrangeObjCmd): Rewrite in the same + spirit; avoid shimmer effects rather than react to them. + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (Tcl_ForeachObjCmd): Stop throwing away + * tests/foreach.test (foreach-1.14): useful error information when + loop variable sets fail. + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LassignObjCmd): Rewrite to make an + efficient private copy of the list argument, so we can operate on the + list elements directly with no fear of shimmering effects. Replaces + defensive coding schemes that are otherwise required. + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (Tcl_ForeachObjCmd): Rewrite to make + efficient private copies of the variable and value lists, so we can + operate on them without any special shimmer defense coding schemes. + +2007-03-01 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileForeachCmd): Prevent an unexpected + * tests/foreach.test (foreach-9.1): infinite loop when the + variable list is empty and the foreach is compiled. [Bug 1671138] + +2007-02-26 Andreas Kupries + + * generic/tclIORChan.c (FreeReflectedChannel): Added the missing + refcount release between NewRC and FreeRC for the channel handle + object, spotted by Don Porter. [Bug 1667990] + +2007-02-26 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c (Tcl_ForeachObjCmd): Removed surplus + copying of the objv array that used to be a workaround for [Bug + 404865]. That bug is long fixed. + +2007-02-24 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Use new interface in Tcl_EvalObjEx so that the + recounting logic of the List internal rep need not be repeated there. + Better encapsulation of internal details. + + * generic/tclInt.h: New internal routine TclListObjCopy() used + * generic/tclListObj.c: to efficiently do the equivalent of [lrange + $list 0 end]. After some experience with this, might be a good + candidate for exposure as a public interface. It's useful for callers + of Tcl_ListObjGetElements() who want to control the ongoing validity + of the returned objv pointer. + +2007-02-22 Andreas Kupries + + * tests/pkg.test: Added tests for the case of an alpha package + satisfying a require for the regular package, demonstrating a corner + case specified in TIP#280. More notes in the comments to the test. + +2007-02-20 Jan Nijtmans + + * generic/tclInt.decls: Added "const" specifiers in TclSockGetPort + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: regenerated + * generic/*.c: + * unix/tclUnixChan.c + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c + * win/tclWinPipe.c + * win/tclWinSock.c: Added many "const" specifiers in implementation. + +2007-02-20 Don Porter + + * doc/tcltest.n: Typo fix. [Bug 1663539] + +2007-02-20 Pat Thoyts + + * generic/tclFileName.c: Handle extended paths on Windows NT and + * generic/tclPathObj.c: above. These have a \\?\ prefix. [Bug + * win/tclWinFile.c: 1479814] + * tests/winFCmd.test: Tests for extended path handling. + +2007-02-19 Jeff Hobbs + + * unix/tcl.m4: use SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so" on HP-UX ia64 arch. + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c (Tcl_FSEvalFileEx): safe incr of objPtr ref. + +2007-02-18 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/chan.n, doc/clock.n, doc/eval.n, doc/exit.n, doc/expr.n: + * doc/interp.n, doc/open.n, doc/platform_shell.n, doc/pwd.n: + * doc/refchan.n, doc/regsub.n, doc/scan.n, doc/tclvars.n, doc/tm.n: + * doc/unload.n: Apply [Bug 1610310] to fix typos. Thanks to Larry + Virden for spotting them. + + * doc/interp.n: Partial fix of [Bug 1662436]; rest requires some + policy decisions on what should and shouldn't be safe commands from + the "new in 8.5" set. + +2007-02-13 Kevin B. Kenny + + * tools/fix_tommath_h.tcl: Further tweaking for the x86-64. The change + is to make 'mp_digit' be an 'unsigned int' on that platform; since + we're using only 32 bits of it, there's no reason to make it a 64-bit + 'unsigned long.' + * generic/tclTomMath.h: Regenerated. + +2007-02-13 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/re_syntax.n: Corrected description of 'print' class [Bug + 1614687] and enhanced description of 'graph' class. + +2007-02-12 Kevin B. Kenny + + * tools/fix_tommath_h.tcl: Added code to patch out a check for + __x86_64__ that caused Tommath to use __attributes(TI)__ for the + mp_word type. Tetra-int's simply fail on too many gcc-glibc-OS + combinations to be ready for shipment today, even if they work for + some of us. This change allows reversion of das's change of 2006-08-18 + that accomplised the same thing on Darwin. [Bugs 1601380, 1603737, + 1609936, 1656265] + * generic/tclTomMath.h: Regenerated. + * library/tzdata/Africa/Asmara: + * library/tzdata/Africa/Asmera: + * library/tzdata/America/Nassau: + * library/tzdata/Atlantic/Faeroe: + * library/tzdata/Atlantic/Faroe: + * library/tzdata/Australia/Eucla: + * library/tzdata/Pacific/Easter: Rebuilt from Olson's tzdata2007b. + +2007-02-09 Joe Mistachkin + + * win/nmakehlp.c: Properly cleanup after nmakehlp, including the + * win/makefile.vc: vcX0.pch file. + +2007-02-08 Jeff Hobbs + + * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpCheckStackSpace): do stack size checks with + unsigned size_t to correctly validate stackSize in the 2^31+ range. + [Bug 1654104] + +2007-02-08 Don Porter + + * generic/tclNamesp.c: Corrected broken logic in Tcl_DeleteNamespace + * tests/namespace.test: introduced in Patch 1577278 that caused + [namespace delete ::] to be effective only at level #0. New test + namespace-7.7 should prevent similar error in the future [Bug 1655305] + +2007-02-06 Don Porter + + * generic/tclNamesp.c: Corrected broken implementation of the + * tests/namespace.test: TclMatchIsTrivial optimization on [namespace + children $namespace $pattern]. + +2007-02-04 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tcl.m4: use gcc4's __attribute__((__visibility__("hidden"))) if + available to define MODULE_SCOPE effective on all platforms. + * unix/configure.in: add caching to -pipe and zoneinfo checks. + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + +2007-02-03 Joe Mistachkin + + * win/rules.vc: Fix platform specific file copy macros for downlevel + Windows. + +2007-01-29 Don Porter + + * generic/tclResult.c: Added optimization case to TclTransferResult to + cover common case where there's big savings over the fully general + path. Thanks to Peter MacDonald. [Bug 1626518] + + * generic/tclLink.c: Broken linked float logic corrected. Thanks to + Andy Goth. [Bug 1602538] + + * doc/fcopy.n: Typo fix. [Bug 1630627] + +2007-01-28 Daniel Steffen + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: extract build settings that + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: were common to multiple + * macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig (new file): configurations into external + * macosx/Tcl-Debug.xcconfig (new file): xcconfig files; add extra + * macosx/Tcl-Release.xcconfig (new file): configurations for building + with SDKs and 64bit; convert legacy jam-based 'Tcl' target to native + target with single script phase; correct syntax of build setting + references to use $() throughout. + + * macosx/README: document new Tcl.xcodeproj configurations; other + minor updates/corrections. + + * generic/tcl.h: update location of version numbers in macosx files. + + * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: restore 'tcltest' target to + * macosx/Tcl.xcode/default.pbxuser: working order by replicating + applicable changes to Tcl.xcodeproj since 2006-07-20. + +2007-01-25 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tcl.m4: integrate CPPFLAGS into CFLAGS as late as possible and + move (rather than duplicate) -isysroot flags from CFLAGS to CPPFLAGS + to avoid errors about multiple -isysroot flags from some older gcc + builds. + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2007-01-22 Donal K. Fellows + + * compat/memcmp.c (memcmp): Reworked so that arithmetic is never + performed upon void pointers, since that is illegal. [Bug 1631017] + +2007-01-19 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript): Reduce the frequency with + which we issue INST_START_CMD, making bytecode both more compact and + somewhat faster. The optimized case is where we would otherwise be + issuing a sequence of those instructions; in those cases, it is only + ever the first one encountered that could possibly trigger. + +2007-01-19 Joe Mistachkin + + * tools/man2tcl.c: Include stdlib.h for exit() and improve comment + detection. + * win/nmakehlp.c: Update usage. + * win/makefile.vc: Properly build man2tcl.c for MSVC8. + +2007-01-19 Daniel Steffen + + * macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c (TclMacOSXSetFileAttribute): on some versions + of Mac OS X, truncate() fails on resource forks, in that case use + open() with O_TRUNC instead. + + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: accommodate changes to prototypes of + OSSpinLock(Un)Lock API. + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: ensure HOME and USER env vars + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: are defined when running + testsuite from Xcode. + + * tests/env.test: add extra system env vars that need to be preserved + on some Mac OS X versions for testsuite to work. + + * unix/Makefile.in: Move libtommath defines into configure.in to + * unix/configure.in: avoid replicating them across multiple + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: buildsystems. + + * unix/tcl.m4: ensure CPPFLAGS env var is used when set. [Bug 1586861] + (Darwin): add -isysroot and -mmacosx-version-min flags to CPPFLAGS + when present in CFLAGS to avoid discrepancies between what headers + configure sees during preprocessing tests and compiling tests. + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + +2007-01-18 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript): Make sure that when parsing + an expanded literal fails, a correct bytecode sequence is still + issued. [Bug 1638414]. Also make sure that the start of the expansion + bytecode sequence falls inside the span of bytecodes for a command. + * tests/compile.test (compile-16.24): Added test for [Bug 1638414] + +2007-01-17 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclIO.c: Added macros to make usage of ChannelBuffers + clearer. + +2007-01-11 Joe English + + * win/tcl.m4(CFLAGS_WARNING): Remove "-Wconversion". This was removed + from unix/tcl.m4 2004-07-16 but not from here. + * win/configure: Regenerated. + +2007-01-11 Pat Thoyts + + * win/makefile.vc: Fixes to work better on Win98. Read version numbers + * win/nmakehlp.c: from package index file to avoid keeping numbers in + * win/rules.vc: the makefile where they may become de-synchronized. + +2007-01-10 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/regcomp.c (compile, freev): Define a strategy for + * generic/regexec.c (exec): managing the internal + * generic/regguts.h (AllocVars, FreeVars): vars of the RE engine to + * generic/regcustom.h (AllocVars, FreeVars): reduce C stack usage. + This will make Tcl as a whole much less likely to run out of stack + space... + +2007-01-09 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileLindexCmd): + * tests/lindex.test (lindex-9.2): Fix silly bug that ended up + sometimes compiling list arguments in the wrong order. [Bug 1631364] + +2007-01-03 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclDate.c: Regenerated to recover a lost fix from patthoyts. + [Bug 1618523] + +2006-12-26 Mo DeJong + + * generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_GetsObj): Avoid checking for for the LF in a + possible CRLF sequence when EOF has already been found. + +2006-12-26 Mo DeJong + + * generic/tclEncoding.c (EscapeFromUtfProc): Clear the + TCL_ENCODING_END flag when end bytes are written. This fix keep this + method from writing escape bytes for an encoding like iso2022-jp + multiple times when the escape byte overlap with the end of the IO + buffer. + * tests/io.test: Add test for escape byte overlap issue. + +2006-12-19 Donal K. Fellows + + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (Tcl_GetAllocMutex, TclpNewAllocMutex): Add + intermediate variables to shut up unwanted warnings. [Bug 1618838] + +2006-12-19 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpInetNtoa): fix for 64 bit. + + * unix/tcl.m4 (Darwin): --enable-64bit: verify linking with 64bit + -arch flag succeeds before enabling 64bit build. + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2006-12-17 Daniel Steffen + + * tests/macOSXLoad.test (new file): add testing of .bundle loading and + * tests/load.test: unloading on Darwin (in addition + * tests/unload.test: to existing tests of .dylib + loading). + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add building of dltest + binaries so that testsuite run from Xcode can use them; fix testsuite + run script + * unix/configure.in: add support for building dltest binaries as + * unix/dltest/Makefile.in: .bundle (in addition to .dylib) on Darwin. + * unix/Makefile.in: add stub lib dependency to dltest target. + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + + * tests/append.test: fix cleanup failure when all tests are skipped. + + * tests/chan.test (chan-16.9): cleanup chan event handler to avoid + causing error in event.test when running testsuite with -singleproc 1. + + * tests/info.test: add !singleTestInterp constraint to tests that fail + when running testsuite with -singleproc 1. [Bug 1605269] + +2006-12-14 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/string.n: Fix example. [Bug 1615277] + +2006-12-12 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Now that the new internal structs are + in use to support operator commands, might as well make them the + default for [expr] as well and avoid passing every parsed expression + through the inefficient Tcl_Token array format. This addresses most + issues in [RFE 1517602]. Assuming no performance disasters result from + this, much dead code supporting the other implementation might now be + removed. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Final step routing all direct evaluation forms + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: of the operator commands through TEBC, + * generic/tclCompile.h: dropping all the routines in tclMathOp.c. + * generic/tclMathOp.c: Still needs Engineering Manual attention. + +2006-12-11 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Another step with all sorting operator + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: commands now routing through TEBC via + * generic/tclCompile.h: TclSortingOpCmd(). + +2006-12-08 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Another step down the path of re-using + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: TclExecuteByteCode to implement the TIP 174 + * generic/tclCompile.h: commands instead of using a mass of code + * generic/tclMathOp.c: duplication. Now all operator commands that + * tests/mathop.test: demand exactly one operation are implemented + via TclSingleOpCmd and a call to TEBC. + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Revised implementation of TclInvertOpCmd to + * generic/tclMathOp.c: perform a bytecode compile / execute sequence. + This demonstrates a path toward avoiding mountains of code duplication + in tclMathOp.c and tclExecute.c. + + * generic/tclCompile.h: Change TclExecuteByteCode() from static to + * generic/tclExecute.c: MODULE_SCOPE so all files including + tclCompile.h may call it. + + * generic/tclMathOp.c: More revisions to make tests pass. + * tests/mathop.test: + +2006-12-08 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclTeardownNamespace): Ensure that dying + namespaces unstitch themselves from their referents. [Bug 1571056] + (NsEnsembleImplementationCmd): Silence GCC warning. + + * tests/mathop.test: Full tests for & | and ^ operators + +2006-12-08 Daniel Steffen + + * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: use [info frame] for "-verbose line". + +2006-12-07 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: Additional commits correct most + * generic/tclExecute.c: failing tests illustrating bugs + * generic/tclMathOp.c: uncovered in [Patch 1578137]. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Biggest source of TIP 174 failures was that + the commands were not [namespace export]ed from the ::tcl::mathop + namespace. More bits from [Patch 1578137] correct that. + + * tests/mathop.test: Commmitted several new tests from Peter Spjuth + found in [Patch 1578137]. Many failures now demonstrate issues to fix + in the TIP 174 implementation. + +2006-12-07 Donal K. Fellows + + * tests/mathop.test: Added tests for ! ~ eq operators. + * generic/tclMathOp.c (TclInvertOpCmd): Add in check for non-integral + numeric values. + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (CompileCompareOpCmd): Factor out the code + generation for the chained comparison operators. + +2006-12-07 Pat Thoyts + + * tests/exec.test: Fixed line endings (caused win32 problems). + +2006-12-06 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: Revised and consolidated into utility + * tests/mathop.test: routines some of routines that compile + the new TIP 174 commands. This corrects some known bugs. More to come. + +2006-12-06 Kevin B. Kenny + + * tests/expr.test (expr-47.12): Improved error reporting in hopes of + having more information to pursue [Bug 1609936]. + +2006-12-05 Andreas Kupries + + TIP#291 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Define tcl_platform element for pointerSize. + * doc/tclvars.n: + + * win/Makefile.in: Added installation instructions for the platform + * win/makefile.vc: package. Added the platform package. + * win/makefile.bc: + * unix/Makefile.in: + + * tests/platform.test: + * tests/safe.test: + + * library/platform/platform.tcl: + * library/platform/shell.tcl: + * library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: + + * doc/platform.n: + * doc/platform_shell.n: + +2006-12-05 Don Porter + + * generic/tclPkg.c: When no requirements are supplied to a + * tests/pkg.test: [package require $pkg] and [package unknown] + is invoked to find a satisfying package, pass the requirement argument + "0-" (which means all versions are acceptable). This permits a + registered [package unknown] command to call [package vsatisfies + $testVersion {*}$args] without any special handling of the empty $args + case. This fixes/avoids a bug in [::tcl::tm::UnknownHandler] that was + causing old TM versions to be provided in preference to newer TM + versions. Thanks to Julian Noble for discovering the issue. + +2006-12-04 Donal K. Fellows + + TIP#267 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_ExecObjCmd): Added -ignorestderr option, + * tests/exec.test, doc/exec.n: loosely from [Patch 1476191] + +2006-12-04 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added implementation for the + CompileExprTree() routine that can produce expression bytecode + directly from internal structures with no need to pass through the + Tcl_Token array representation. Still disabled by default. #undef + USE_EXPR_TOKENS to try it out. + +2006-12-03 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Added expr parsing routines that + produce a different set of internal structures representing the parsed + expression, as well as routines that go on to convert those structures + into the traditional Tcl_Token array format. Use of these routines is + currently disabled. #undef PARSE_DIRECT_EXPR_TOKENS to enable them. + These routines will only become really useful when more routines that + compile directly from the new internal structures are completed. + +2006-12-02 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/file.n: Clarification of [file pathtype] docs. [Bug 1606454] + +2006-12-01 Kevin B. Kenny + + * libtommath/bn_mp_add.c: Corrected the effects of a + * libtommath/bn_mp_div.c: bollixed 'cvs merge' operation + * libtommath/bncore.c: that inadvertently committed some + * libtommath/tommath_class.h: half-developed code. + + TIP#299 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/mathfunc.n: Added isqrt() function to docs + * generic/tclBasic.c: Added isqrt() math function (ExprIsqrtFunc) + * tests/expr.test (expr-47.*): Added tests for isqrt() + * tests/info.test (info-20.2): Added isqrt() to expected math funcs. + +2006-12-01 Don Porter + + * tests/chan.test: Correct timing sensitivity in new test. [Bug + 1606860] + + TIP#287 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/chan.n: New subcommand [chan pending]. + * generic/tclBasic.c: Thanks to Michael Cleverly for proposal + * generic/tclInt.h: and implementation. + * generic/tclIOCmd.c: + * library/init.tcl: + * tests/chan.test: + * tests/ioCmd.test: + + TIP#298 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tcl.decls: Tcl_GetBignumAndClearObj -> Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj + * generic/tclObj.c: + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Update callers. + * generic/tclMathOp.c: + +2006-11-30 Kevin B. Kenny + + * library/tzdata: Olson's tzdata2006p. + * libtommath/bn_mp_sqrt.c: Fixed a bug where the initial approximation + to the square root could be on the wrong side, causing failure of + convergence. + +2006-11-29 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo): Added + Tcl_DecrRefCount() on the objPtr argument to plug memory leaks. This + makes the routine a consumer, which makes it easiest to use. + +2006-11-28 Andreas Kupries + + * generic/tclBasic.c: TIP #280 implementation. + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * generic/tclCompCmds.c: + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: + * generic/tclCompile.c: + * generic/tclCompile.h: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * tests/compile.test: + * tests/info.test: + * tests/platform.test: + * tests/safe.test: + +2006-11-27 Kevin B. Kenny + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c (TclUnixWaitForFile): + * tests/event.test (event-14.*): Corrected a bug where + TclUnixWaitForFile would present select() with the wrong mask on an + LP64 machine if a fd number exceeds 32. Thanks to Jean-Luc Fontaine + for reporting and diagnosing. [Bug 1602208] + +2006-11-27 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclIncrObj): Correct failure to detect + floating-point increment values. Thanks to William Coleda [Bug + 1602991] + +2006-11-26 Donal K. Fellows + + * tests/mathop.test, doc/mathop.n: More bits and pieces of the TIP#174 + implementation. Note that the test suite is not yet complete. + +2006-11-26 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tcl.m4 (Linux): --enable-64bit support. [Patch 1597389] + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 [Bug 1230558] + +2006-11-25 Donal K. Fellows + + TIP#174 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclMathOp.c (new file): Completed the implementation of the + interpreted versions of all the tcl::mathop commands. Moved to a new + file to make tclCompCmds.c more focused in purpose. + +2006-11-23 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (Tcl*OpCmd, TclCompile*OpCmd): + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): Partial implementation of + TIP#174; the commands are compiled, but (mostly) not interpreted yet. + +2006-11-22 Donal K. Fellows + + TIP#269 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): Implementation of the [string + * tests/string.test (string-25.*): is list] command, based on + * doc/string.n: work by Joe Mistachkin, with + enhancements by Donal Fellows for better failindex behaviour. + +2006-11-22 Don Porter + + * tools/genWinImage.tcl (removed): Removed two files used in + * win/README.binary (removed): production of binary distributions + for Windows, a task we no longer perform. [Bug 1476980] + * generic/tcl.h: Remove mention of win/README.binary in comment + + * generic/tcl.h: Moved TCL_REG_BOSONLY #define from tcl.h to + * generic/tclInt.h: tclInt.h. Only know user is Expect, which + already #include's tclInt.h. No need to continue greater exposure. + [Bug 926500] + +2006-11-20 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp, TclHideUnsafeCommands): + * library/init.tcl: Refactored the [chan] command's guts so that it + does not use aliases to global commands, making the code more robust. + +2006-11-17 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_EXPON): Corrected crash on + [expr 2**(1<<63)]. Was operating on cleared bignum Tcl_Obj. + +2006-11-16 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/apply.n, doc/chan.n: Added examples. + +2006-11-15 Don Porter + + TIP#270 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tcl.decls: New public routines Tcl_ObjPrintf, + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo, Tcl_Format, + * generic/tclInt.h: Tcl_AppendLimitedToObj, + Tcl_AppendFormatToObj and Tcl_AppendPrintfToObj. Former internal + versions removed. + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Updated callers. + * generic/tclCkalloc.c: + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: + * generic/tclCompile.c: + * generic/tclDictObj.c: + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * generic/tclIORChan.c: + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: + * generic/tclMain.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclPkg.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclStrToD.c: + * generic/tclTimer.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: + + * tools/genStubs.tcl: Updated script to no longer produce the + _ANSI_ARGS_ wrapper in generated declarations. Also revised to accept + variadic prototypes with more than one fixed argument. (This is + possible since TCL_VARARGS and its limitations are no longer in use). + * generic/tcl.h: Some reordering so that macro definitions do + not interfere with the now _ANSI_ARGS_-less stub declarations. + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclTomMathDecls.h: + +2006-11-15 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/ChnlStack.3, doc/CrtObjCmd.3, doc/GetIndex.3, doc/OpenTcp.3: + * doc/chan.n, doc/fconfigure.n, doc/fcopy.n, doc/foreach.n: + * doc/history.n, doc/http.n, doc/library.n, doc/lindex.n: + * doc/lrepeat.n, doc/lreverse.n, doc/pkgMkIndex.n, doc/re_syntax.n: + Convert \fP to \fR so that man-page scrapers have an easier time. + +2006-11-14 Don Porter + + TIP#261 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclNamesp.c: [namespace import] with 0 arguments + introspects the list of imported commands. + +2006-11-13 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclThreadStorage.c (Tcl_InitThreadStorage): + (Tcl_FinalizeThreadStorage): Silence a compiler warning about + presenting a volatile pointer to 'memset'. + +2006-11-13 Don Porter + + * generic/tclIO.c: When [gets] on a binary channel needs to use + the "iso8859-1" encoding, save a copy of that encoding per-thread to + avoid repeated freeing and re-loading of it from the file system. This + replaces the cached copy of this encoding that the platform + initialization code used to keep in pre-8.5 releases. + +2006-11-13 Daniel Steffen + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Fix gcc warnings about 'cast to/from + * generic/tclEncoding.c: pointer from/to integer of different + * generic/tclEvent.c: size' on 64-bit platforms by casting + * generic/tclExecute.c: to intermediate types + * generic/tclHash.c: intptr_t/uintptr_t via new PTR2INT(), + * generic/tclIO.c: INT2PTR(), PTR2UINT() and UINT2PTR() + * generic/tclInt.h: macros. [Patch 1592791] + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: + * generic/tclThreadStorage.c: + * generic/tclTimer.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: + * unix/tclUnixTest.c: + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + +2006-11-12 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclInt.h, generic/tclInt.decls: Transfer TclPtrMakeUpvar and + TclObjLookupVar to the internal stubs table. + +2006-11-10 Daniel Steffen + + * tests/fCmd.test (fCmd-6.26): fix failure when env(HOME) path + contains symlinks. + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: remove tclParseExpr.c; when + running testsuite from inside Xcdoe, skip stack-3.1 (it only fails + under those circumstances). + + * unix/tcl.m4 (Darwin): suppress linker arch warnings when building + universal for both 32 & 64 bit and no 64bit CoreFoundation is + available; sync with tk tcl.m4 change. + * unix/configure.in: whitespace. + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + +2006-11-09 Don Porter + + * generic/tclParseExpr.c (removed): Moved all the code of + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: tclParseExpr.c into tclCompExpr.c. + * unix/Makefile.in: This sets the stage for expr compiling to work + * win/Makefile.in: directly with the full parse tree structures, + * win/makefile.bc: and not have to pass through the information + * win/makefile.vc: lossy format of an array of Tcl_Tokens. + * win/tcl.dsp: + +2006-11-09 Donal K. Fellows + + TIP#272 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): Implementation of the + * tests/string.test, tests/stringComp.test: [string reverse] command + * doc/string.n: from TIP#272. + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LreverseObjCmd): Implementation of the + * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tclInt.h: [lreverse] command from + * tests/cmdIL.test (cmdIL-7.*): TIP#272. + * doc/lreverse.n: + +2006-11-08 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclIO.c, generic/tclPkg.c: Style & clarity rewrites. + +2006-11-07 Andreas Kupries + + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (CopyFile): Added code to fall back to a + hardwired default block size should the filesystem report a bogus + value. [Bug 1586470] + +2006-11-04 Don Porter + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Changed Tcl_ObjPrintf() response to an + invalid format specifier string. No longer panics; now produces an + error message as output. + + TIP#274 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Exponentiation operator is now right + * tests/expr.test: associative. [Patch 1556802] + +2006-11-03 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TEOVI): fix por possible leak of a Command in + the presence of execution traces that delete it. + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TEOVI): + * tests/trace.test (trace-21.11): fix for [Bug 1590232], execution + traces may cause a second command resolution in the wrong namespace. + +2006-11-03 Donal K. Fellows + + * tests/event.test (event-11.5): Rewrote tests to stop Tcl from + * tests/io.test (multiple tests): opening sockets that are + * tests/ioCmd.test (iocmd-15.1,16,17): reachable from outside hosts + * tests/iogt.test (__echo_srv__.tcl): where not necessary. This is + * tests/socket.test (multiple tests): noticably annoying on some + * tests/unixInit.test (unixInit-1.2): systems (e.g., Windows). + +2006-11-02 Daniel Steffen + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: check autoconf/autoheader exit + status and stop build if they fail. + +2006-11-02 Jeff Hobbs + + * doc/ParseCmd.3, doc/Tcl.n, doc/eval.n, doc/exec.n: + * doc/fconfigure.n, doc/interp.n, doc/unknown.n: + * library/auto.tcl, library/init.tcl, library/package.tcl: + * library/safe.tcl, library/tm.tcl, library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: + * tests/all.tcl, tests/basic.test, tests/cmdInfo.test: + * tests/compile.test, tests/encoding.test, tests/execute.test: + * tests/fCmd.test, tests/http.test, tests/init.test: + * tests/interp.test, tests/io.test, tests/ioUtil.test: + * tests/iogt.test, tests/namespace-old.test, tests/namespace.test: + * tests/parse.test, tests/pkg.test, tests/pkgMkIndex.test: + * tests/proc.test, tests/reg.test, tests/trace.test: + * tests/upvar.test, tests/winConsole.test, tests/winFCmd.test: + * tools/tclZIC.tcl: + * generic/tclParse.c (Tcl_ParseCommand): Replace {expand} with {*} + officially (TIP #293). Leave -DALLOW_EXPAND=0|1 option to keep + {expand} syntax for transition users. [Bug 1589629] + +2006-11-02 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tclInterp.c, generic/tclProc.c: Silence + warnings from gcc over signed/unsigned and TclStackAlloc(). + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Update to more compact and clearer coding style. + +2006-11-02 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: Further revisions to produce the routines + * generic/tclInt.h: TclFormat() and TclAppendFormatToObj() that + * generic/tclNamesp.c: accept (objc, objv) arguments rather than + * generic/tclStringObj.c: any varargs stuff. + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Further revised TclAppendPrintToObj() and + * generic/tclCkalloc.c: TclObjPrintf() routines to panic when unable + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: to complete their formatting operations, + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: rather than report an error message. This + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: means an interp argument for error message + * generic/tclDictObj.c: recording is no longer needed, further + * generic/tclExecute.c: simplifying the interface for callers. + * generic/tclIORChan.c: + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclMain.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: + * generic/tclPkg.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclStringObj.c: + * generic/tclTimer.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: + +2006-11-02 Donal K. Fellows + + * tests/winPipe.test (winpipe-4.[2345]): Made robust when run in + directory with spaces in its name. + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: Clean up uses of cast NULLs. + + * generic/tclInterp.c (AliasObjCmd): Added more explanatory comments. + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjvInternal): Rewrote so that comments + are relevant and informative once more. Also made the unknown handler + processing use the Tcl execution stack for working space, and not the + general heap. + +2006-11-01 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: ensure MODULE_SCOPE is defined before use, so + that tclPort.h can once again be included without tclInt.h. + + * generic/tclEnv.c (Darwin): mark _environ symbol as unexported even + when MODULE_SCOPE != __private_extern__. + +2006-10-31 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Refactored and renamed the routines + * generic/tclCkalloc.c: TclObjPrintf, TclFormatObj, and + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: TclFormatToErrorInfo to a new set of routines + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: TclAppendPrintfToObj, TclAppendFormatToObj, + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: TclObjPrintf, and TclObjFormat, with the + * generic/tclDictObj.c: intent of making the latter list, plus + * generic/tclExecute.c: TclAppendLimitedToObj and + * generic/tclIORChan.c: TclAppendObjToErrorInfo, public via a revised + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: TIP 270. + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclMain.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: + * generic/tclPkg.c: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclStringObj.c: + * generic/tclTimer.c: + * generic/tclUtil.c: + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: + +2006-10-31 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tcl.h, generic/tclInterp.c: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: removing the flag bit TCL_EVAL_NOREWRITE, the + last remnant of the callObjc/v fiasco. It is not needed, as it is now + always set and checked or'ed with TCL_EVAL_INVOKE. + +2006-10-31 Pat Thoyts + + * win/rules.vc: Fix for [Bug 1582769] - options conflict with VC2003. + +2006-10-31 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclBasic.c, generic/tclNamesp.c, generic/tclProc.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: Removed the callObjc and callObjv fields from the + Interp structure. They did not function correctly and made other parts + of the core amazingly complex, resulting in a substantive change to + [info level] behaviour. [Bug 1587618] + * library/clock.tcl: Removed use of [info level 0] for calculating the + command name as used by the user and replace with a literal. What's + there now is sucky, but at least appears to be right to most users. + * tests/namespace.test (namespace-42.7,namespace-47.1): Reverted + changes to these tests. + * tests/info.test (info-9.11,info-9.12): Added knownBug constraint + since these tests require a different behaviour of [info level] than + is possible because of other dependencies. + +2006-10-30 Jeff Hobbs + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (option-toc): handle any kind of options + defined toc section (needed for ttk docs) + +2006-10-30 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TEOVI): insured that the interp's callObjc/v + fields are restored after traces run, as they be spoiled. This was + causing a segfault in tcllib's profiler tests. + +2006-10-30 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_MOD): Corrected improper testing of the + * tests/expr.test: sign of bignums when applying Tcl's + division rules. Thanks to Peter Spjuth. [Bug 1585704] + +2006-10-29 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (EnsembleImplementationCmd): + * tests/namespace.test (47.7-8): reverted a wrong "optimisation" that + completely broke snit; added two tests. + +2006-10-28 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclProc.c (ObjInterpProcEx, TclObjInterpProcCore): Split the + core of procedures to make it easier to build procedure-like code + without going through horrible contortions. This is the last critical + component to make advanced OO systems workable as simple loadable + extensions. TOIPC is now in the internal stub table. + (MakeProcError, MakeLambdaError): Refactored ProcessProcResultCode to + be simpler, some of which goes to TclObjInterpProcCore, and the rest + of which is now in these far simpler routines which just do errorInfo + stack generation for different types of procedure-like entity. + * tests/apply.test (apply-5.1): Updated to expect the more informative + form of message. + +2006-10-27 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclVar.c (HasLocalVars): New macro to make various bits and + pieces cleaner. + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (TclSetNsPath): Expose SetNsPath() through + internal stubs table with semi-external name. + + * generic/tclInt.h (CallFrame): Add a field for handling context data + for extensions (like object systems) that should be tied to a call + frame (and not a command or interpreter). + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclRenameCommand): Change to take CONST args; + they were only ever used in a constant way anyway, so this appears to + be a spot that was missed during TIP#27 work. + +2006-10-26 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclProc.c (SetLambdaFromAny): minor change, eliminate + redundant call to Tcl_GetString (thanks aku). + + * generic/tclInterp.c (ApplyObjCmd): + * generic/tclNamesp.c (EnsembleImplementationCmd): replaced ckalloc + (heap) with TclStackAlloc (execution stack). + +2006-10-24 Miguel Sofer + + * tests/info.test (info-9.11-12): tests for [Bug 1577492] + * tests/apply.test (apply-4.3-5): tests for [Bug 1574835] + + * generic/tclProc.c (ObjInterpProcEx): disable itcl hacks for calls + from ApplyObjCmd (islambda==1), as they mess apply's error messages + [Bug 1583266] + +2006-10-23 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclProc.c (ApplyObjCmd): fix wrong#args for apply by using + the ensemble rewrite engine. [Bug 1574835] + * generic/tclInterp.c (AliasObjCmd): previous commit missed usage of + TCL_EVAL_NOREWRITE for aliases. + + * generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjvInternal): removed redundant check + for ensembles. [Bug 1577628] + + * library/clock.tcl (format, scan): corrected wrong # args messages to + * tests/clock.test (3.1, 34.1): make use of the new rewrite + capabilities of [info level] + + * generic/tcl.h: Lets TEOV update the iPtr->callObj[cv] new + * generic/tclBasic.c: fields, except when the flag bit + * generic/tclInt.h: TCL_EVAL_NOREWRITE is present. These values + * generic/tclNamesp.c: are used by Tcl_PushCallFrame to initialise + * generic/tclProc.c: the frame's obj[cv] fields, and allows + * tests/namespace.test: [info level] to know and use ensemble + rewrites. [Bug 1577492] + + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + The return value from [info level 0] on interp alias calls is changed: + previously returned the target command (including curried values), now + returns the source - what was actually called. + +2006-10-23 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tcl.h: Modified the Tcl call stack so there is + * generic/tclBasic.c: always a valid CallFrame, even at level 0 + * generic/tclCmdIL.c: [Patch 1577278]. Most of the changes + * generic/tclInt.h: involve removing tests for a NULL + * generic/tclNamesp.c: iPtr->(var)framePtr. There is now a + * generic/tclObj.c: CallFrame pushed at interp creation with a + * generic/tclProc.c: pointer to it stored in iPtr->rootFramePtr. + * generic/tclTrace.c: A second unused field in Interp is + * generic/tclVar.c: hijacked to enable further functionality, + currently unused (but with several FRQs depending on it). + + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + Any user that includes tclInt.h and needs to determine if it is + running at level 0 should change (iPtr->varFramePtr == NULL) to + (iPtr->varFramePtr == iPtr->rootFramePtr). + +2006-10-23 Don Porter + + * README: Bump version number to 8.5a6 + * generic/tcl.h: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/README.binary: + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + +2006-10-21 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tcl.h, generic/tclHash.c: Tcl_FindHashEntry now calls + Tcl_CreateHashEntry with a newPtr set to NULL: this would have caused + a segfault previously and eliminates duplicated code. A macro has been + added to tcl.h (only used when TCL_PRESERVE_BINARY_COMPATABALITY is + not set - i.e., not by default). + +2006-10-20 Reinhard Max + + * unix/configure.in: Added autodetection for OS-supplied timezone + * unix/Makefile.in: files and configure switches to override the + * unix/configure: detected default. + +2006-10-20 Daniel Steffen + + *** 8.5a5 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: add support for alpha & beta versions to + useversion glob pattern. [Bug 1579941] + +2006-10-18 Don Porter + + * changes: 8.5a5 release date set + + * doc/Encoding.3: Missing doc updates (mostly Table of + * doc/Ensemble.3: Contents) exposed by `make checkdoc` + * doc/FileSystem.3: + * doc/GetTime.3: + * doc/PkgRequire.3: + +2006-10-17 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclInterp.c (ApplyObjCmd): fixed bad error in 2006-10-12 + commit: interp released too early. Spotted by mistachkin. + +2006-10-16 Miguel Sofer + + * tclProc.c (SetLambdaFromAny): + * tests/apply.test (9.1-9.2): plugged intrep leak [Bug 1578454], + found by mjanssen. + +2006-10-16 Andreas Kupries + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Moved TIP#219 cleanup to DeleteInterpProc. + +2006-10-16 Daniel Steffen + + * changes: updates for 8.5a5 release. + + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadGetStackSize): Darwin: fix for main + thread, where pthread_get_stacksize_np() returns incorrect info. + + * macosx/GNUmakefile: don't redo prebinding of non-prebound binaires. + +2006-10-16 Don Porter + + * generic/tclPkg.c (ExactRequirement): Plugged memory leak. Also + changed Tcl_Alloc()/Tcl_Free() calls to ckalloc()/ckfree() for easier + memory debugging in the future. [Bug 1568373] + + * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: Revise tcltest bump to 2.3a1. + * library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl: This permits more features to be + * unix/Makefile.in: added to tcltest before we reach version 2.3.0 + * win/Makefile.in: best timed to match the release of Tcl 8.5.0. + * win/makefile.vc: This also serves as a demo of TIP 268 features + +2006-10-13 Colin McCormack + + * win/tclWinFile.c: corrected erroneous attempt to protect against + NULL return from Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath per [Bug 1548263] causing + [Bug 1575837]. + * win/tclWinFile.c: alfredd supplied patch to fix [Bug 1575837] + +2006-10-13 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadGetStackSize): on Darwin, use + * unix/tcl.m4: pthread_get_stacksize_np() API to get thread stack size + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + +2006-10-12 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclInterp.c (ApplyObjCmd): + * tests/interp.test (interp-14.5-10): made [interp alias] use the + ensemble rewrite machinery to produce better error messages [Bug + 1576006] + +2006-10-12 David Gravereaux + + * win/nmakehlp.c: Replaced all wnsprintf() calls with snprintf(). + wnsprintf was not in my shwlapi header file (VC++6) + +2006-10-11 Don Porter + + * generic/tclPkg.c (Tcl_PackageRequireEx): Corrected crash when + argument version=NULL passed in. + +2006-10-10 Don Porter + + * changes: Updates for 8.5a5 release. + + * generic/tclNamespace.c (TclTeardownNamespace): After the + commandPathSourceList of a namespace is cleared, set the + commandPathSourceList to NULL so we don't try to walk the list a + second time, possibly after it is freed. [Bug 1566526] + * tests/namespace.test (namespace-51.16): Added test. + +2006-10-09 Miguel Sofer + + * doc/UpVar.3: brough the docs in accordance to the code. Ever since + 8.0, Tcl_UpVar(2)? accepts TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY as a flag value, and + var-3.4 tests for proper behaviour. The docs only allowed 0 and + TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY. [Bug 1574099] + +2006-10-09 Miguel Sofer + + * tests/*.test: updated all tests to refer explicitly to the global + variables ::errorInfo, ::errorCode, ::env and ::tcl_platform: many + were relying on the alternative lookup in the global namespace, that + feature is tested specifically in namespace and variable tests. + + The modified testfiles are: apply.test, basic.test, case.test, + cmdIL.test, cmdMZ.test, compExpr-old.test, error.test, eval.test, + event.test, expr.test, fileSystem.test, for.test, http.test, if.test, + incr-old.test, incr.test, interp.test, io.test, ioCmd.test, load.test, + misc.test, namespace.test, parse.test, parseOld.test, pkg.test, + proc-old.test, set.test, switch.test, tcltest.test, thread.test, + var.test, while-old.test, while.test. + +2006-10-06 Pat Thoyts + + * win/rules.vc: [Bug 1571954] avoid /RTCc flag with MSVC8 + +2006-10-06 Pat Thoyts + + * doc/binary.n: TIP #275: Support unsigned values in binary + * generic/tclBinary.c: command. Tests and documentation updated. + * tests/binary.test: + +2006-10-05 Andreas Kupries + + * library/tm.tcl: Fixed bug in TIP #189 implementation, now allowing + '_' in module names. + +2006-10-05 Jeff Hobbs + + * library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl): only do geturl url rfc 3986 + validity checking if $::http::strict is true (default true for 8.5). + [Bug 1560506] + + * generic/tcl.h: note limitation on changing Tcl_UniChar size + * generic/tclEncoding.c (UtfToUnicodeProc, UnicodeToUtfProc): + * tests/encoding.test (encoding-16.1): fix alignment issues in + unicode <> utf conversion procs. [Bug 1122671] + +2006-10-05 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_LappendObjCmd): + * tests/append.test(4.21-22): fix for longstanding [Bug 1570718], + lappending nothing to non-list. Reported by lvirden + +2006-10-04 Kevin B. Kenny + + * tzdata/: Olson's tzdata2006m. + +2006-10-01 Kevin B. Kenny + + * tests/clock.test (clock-49.2): Removed a locale dependency that + caused a spurious failure in the German locale. [Bug 1567956] + +2006-10-01 Miguel Sofer + + * doc/Eval.3 (TclEvalObjv): added note on refCount management for the + elements of objv. [Bug 730244] + +2006-10-01 Pat Thoyts + + * win/tclWinFile.c: Handle possible missing define. + + * win/tclWinFile.c (TclpUtime): [Bug 1420432] file mtime fails for + * tests/cmdAH.test: directories on windows + + * tests/winFile.test: Handle Msys environment a little differently in + getuser function. [Bug 1567956] + +2006-09-30 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_SplitList): optimisation, [Patch 1344747] by + dgp. + + * generic/tclInt.decls: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclObj.c: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: added an internal function TclObjBeingDeleted + to provide info as to the reason for the loss of an internal rep. [FR + 1512138] + + * generic/tclCompile.c: + * generic/tclHistory.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclProc.c: made Tcl_RecordAndEvalObj not call "history" if + it has been redefined to an empty proc, in order to reduce the noise + when debugging [FR 1190441]. Moved TclCompileNoOp from tclProc.c to + tclCompile.c + +2006-09-28 Andreas Kupries + + * generic/tclPkg.c (CompareVersions): Bugfix. Check string lengths + * tests/pkg.test: before comparison. The shorter string is the smaller + number. Added testcases as well. Interestingly all existing test cases + for vcompare compared numbers of the same length with each other. [Bug + 1563836] + +2006-09-28 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_GetsObj): added two test'n'panic guards for + possible NULL derefs, [Bug 1566382] and coverity #33. + +2006-09-27 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrected error in INST_LSHIFT in the + * tests/expr.test: calculation done to determine whether a shift + in the (long int) type is possible. The calculation had literal value + "1" where it needed a value "1L" to compute the correct result. Error + detected via testing with the math::bigfloat package [Bug 1567222] + + * generic/tclPkg.c (CompareVersion): Flatten strcmp() results to + {-1, 0, 1} to match expectations of CompareVersion() callers. + +2006-09-27 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/regc_color.c (singleton): + * generic/regc_cvec.c (addmcce): + * generic/regcomp.c (compile, dovec): the static function addmcce does + nothing when called with two NULL pointers; the only call is by + compile with two NULL pointers (regcomp.c #includes regc_cvec.c). + Large parts (all?) the code for mcce (multi character collating + element) that we do not use is ifdef'ed out with the macro + REGEXP_MCCE_ENABLE. + This silences coverity bugs 7, 16, 80 + + * generic/regc_color.c (uncolorchain): + * generic/regc_nfa.c (freearc): changed tests and asserts to + equivalent formulation, designed to avoid an explicit comparison to + NULL and satisfy coverity that 6 and 9 are not bugs. + +2006-09-27 Andreas Kupries + + * tests/pkg.test: Added test for version comparison at the 32bit + boundary. [Bug 1563836] + + * generic/tclPkg.c: Rewrote CompareVersion to perform string + comparison instead of numeric. This breaks through the 32bit limit on + version numbers. See code for details (handling of leading zeros, + signs, etc.). un-CONSTed some arguments of CompareVersions, + RequirementSatisfied, and AllRequirementsSatisfied. The new compare + modifies the string (temporary string terminators). All callers use + heap-allocated ver-intreps, so we are good with that. [Bug 1563836] + +2006-09-27 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclFileName.c (TclGlob): added a panic for a call with + TCL_GLOBMODE_TAILS and pathPrefix==NULL. This would cause a segfault, + as found by coverity #26. + +2006-09-26 Kevin B. Kenny + + * doc/Encoding.3: Added covariant 'const' qualifier for the + * generic/tcl.decls: Tcl_EncodingType argument to + * generic/tclEncoding.c: Tcl_CreateEncoding. [Further TIP#27 work.] + * generic/tclDecls.h: Reran 'make genstubs'. + +2006-09-26 Pat Thoyts + + * win/makefile.vc: Additional compiler flags and amd64 support. + * win/nmakehlp.c: + * win/rules.vc: + +2006-09-26 Don Porter + + * generic/tcl.h: As 2006-09-22 commit from Donal K. Fellows + demonstrates, "#define NULL 0" is just wrong, and as a quotable chat + figure observed, "If NULL isn't defined, we're not using a C compiler" + Improper fallback definition of NULL removed. + +2006-09-25 Pat Thoyts + + * generic/tcl.h: More fixing which struct stat to refer to. + * generic/tclGetDate.y: Some casts from time_t to int required. + * generic/tclTimer.c: Tcl_Time structure members are longs. + * win/makefile.vc: Support for varying compiler options + * win/rules.vc: and build to platform-specific subdirs. + +2006-09-25 Andreas Kupries + + * generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_StackChannel): Fixed [Bug 1564642], aka + coverity #51. Extended loop condition, added checking for NULL to + prevent seg.fault. + +2006-09-25 Andreas Kupries + + * doc/package.n: Fixed nits reported by Daniel Steffen in the TIP#268 + changes. + +2006-09-25 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclNotify.c (Tcl_DeleteEvents): Simplified the code in hopes + of making the invariants clearer and proving to Coverity that the + event queue memory is managed correctly. + +2006-09-25 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclNotify.c (Tcl_DeleteEvents): Make it clear what happens + when the event queue is mismanaged. [Bug 1564677], coverity bug #10. + +2006-09-24 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclParse.c (Tcl_ParseCommand): also return an error if + start==NULL and numBytes<0. This is coverity's bug #20 + + * generic/tclStringObj.c (STRING_SIZE): fix allocation for 0-length + strings. This is coverity's bugs #54-5 + +2006-09-22 Andreas Kupries + + * generic/tclInt.h: Moved TIP#268's field 'packagePrefer' to the end + of the structure, for better backward compatibility. + +2006-09-22 Andreas Kupries + + TIP#268 IMPLEMENTATION + + * generic/tclDecls.h: Regenerated from tcl.decls. + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + + * doc/PkgRequire.3: Documentation of extended API, extended testsuite. + * doc/package.n: + * tests/pkg.test: + + * generic/tcl.decls: Implementation. + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclConfig.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclPkg.c: + * generic/tclTest.c: + * generic/tclTomMathInterface.c: + * library/init.tcl: + * library/package.tcl: + * library/tm.tcl: + +2006-09-22 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclThreadTest.c (TclCreateThread): Use NULL instead of 0 as + end-of-strings marker to Tcl_AppendResult; the difference matters on + 64-bit machines. [Bug 1562528] + +2006-09-21 Don Porter + + * generic/tclUtil.c: Dropped ParseInteger() routine. TclParseNumber + covers the task just fine. + +2006-09-19 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclEvent.c (Tcl_VwaitObjCmd): Rewrite so that an exceeded + limit trapped in a vwait cannot cause a dangerous dangling trace. + +2006-09-19 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_EXPON): Native type overflow detection + * tests/expr.test: was completely broken. Falling back on use of + bignums for all non-trivial ** calculations until + native-type-constrained special cases can be done carefully and + correctly. [Bug 1561260] + +2006-09-15 Jeff Hobbs + + * library/http/http.tcl: Change " " -> "+" url encoding mapping + * library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: to " " -> "%20" as per RFC 3986. + * tests/http.test (http-5.1): bump http to 2.5.3 + * unix/Makefile.in: + * win/Makefile.in: + +2006-09-12 Andreas Kupries + + * unix/configure.in (HAVE_MTSAFE_GETHOST*): Modified to recognize + HP-UX 11.00 and beyond as having mt-safe implementations of the + gethost functions. + * unix/configure: Regenerated, using autoconf 2.59 + + * unix/tclUnixCompat.c (PadBuffer): Fixed bug in calculation of the + increment needed to align the pointer, and added documentation + explaining why the macro is implemented as it is. + +2006-09-11 Pat Thoyts + + * win/rules.vc: Updated to install http, tcltest and msgcat as + * win/makefile.vc: Tcl Modules (as per Makefile.in). + * win/makefile.vc: Added tommath_(super)class headers. + +2006-09-11 Andreas Kupries + + * unix/Makefile.in (install-libraries): Fixed typo tcltest 2.3.9 -> + 2.3.0. + +2006-09-11 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: make compatLock static and only declare it + when it will actually be used; #ifdef parts of TSD that are not always + needed; adjust #ifdefs to cover all possible cases; fix whitespace. + +2006-09-11 Andreas Kupries + + * tests/msgcat.test: Bumped version in auxiliary files as well. + * doc/msgcat.n: + +2006-09-11 Kevin B. Kenny + + * unix/Makefile.in: Bumped msgcat version to 1.4.2 to be + * win/Makefile.in: consistent with dgp's commits of 2006-09-10. + +2006-09-11 Don Porter + + * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: Removed some unneeded [uplevel]s. + +2006-09-10 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrected INST_EXPON flaw that treated + * tests/expr.test: $x**1 as $x**3. [Bug 1555371] + + * doc/tcltest.n: Bump to version tcltest 2.3.0 to + * library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl: account for new "-verbose line" + * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: feature. + * unix/Makefile.in: + * win/Makefile.in: + * win/makefile.bc: + * win/makefile.vc: + + * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: Bump to version msgcat 1.4.2 to + * library/msgcat/pkgIndex.tcl: account for modifications. + +2006-09-10 Daniel Steffen + + * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl (msgcat::Init): on Darwin, add fallback of + * tests/msgcat.test: default msgcat locale to + * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpSetVariables): current CFLocale + identifier if available (via private ::tcl::mac::locale global, set at + interp init when on Mac OS X 10.3 or later with CoreFoundation). + + * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: add 'line' verbose level: prints source + * doc/tcltest.n: file line information of failing tests. + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add new tclUnixCompat.c file; + revise tests target to use new tcltest 'line' verbose level. + + * unix/configure.in: add descriptions to new AC_DEFINEs for MT-safe. + * unix/tcl.m4: add caching to new SC_TCL_* macros for MT-safe wrappers + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + +2006-09-08 Zoran Vasiljevic + + * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: Added fallback to gethostbyname() and + gethostbyaddr() if the implementation is known to be MT-safe + (currently for Darwin 6 or later only). + + * unix/configure.in: Assume gethostbyname() and gethostbyaddr() are + MT-safe starting with Darwin 6 (Mac OSX 10.2). + + * unix/configure: Regenerated with autoconf V2.59 + +2006-09-08 Andreas Kupries + + * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: Fixed conditions for CopyArray/CopyString, and + CopyHostent. Also fixed bad var names in TclpGetHostByName. + +2006-09-07 Zoran Vasiljevic + + * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: Added fallback to MT-unsafe library calls if + TCL_THREADS is not defined. + Fixed alignment of arrays copied by CopyArray() to be on the + sizeof(char *) boundary. + +2006-09-07 Zoran Vasiljevic + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: Rewritten MT-safe wrappers to return ptrs to + * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: TSD storage making them all look like their + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: MT-unsafe pendants API-wise. + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: + +2006-09-06 Zoran Vasiljevic + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c: Added TCL_THREADS ifdef'ed usage of MT-safe + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c: calls like: getpwuid, getpwnam, getgrgid, + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: getgrnam, gethostbyname and gethostbyaddr. + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: See [Bug 999544] + * unix/Makefile.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.m4: + * unix/configure: Regenerated. + + * unix/tclUnixCompat.c: New file containing MT-safe implementation of + some library calls. + +2006-09-04 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Removed much complexity that is no + longer needed. + + * tests/main.text (Tcl_Main-4.4): Test corrected to not be + timing sensitive to the Bug 1481986 fix. [Bug 1550858] + +2006-09-04 Jeff Hobbs + + * doc/package.n: correct package example + +2006-08-31 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompExpr.c: Corrected flawed logic for disabling + the INST_TRY_CVT_TO_NUMERIC instruction at the end of an expression + when function arguments contain operators. [Bug 1541274] + + * tests/expr-old.test: The remaining failing tests reported in + * tests/expr.test: [Bug 1381715] are all new in Tcl 8.5, so + there's really no issue of compatibility with Tcl 8.4 result to deal + with. Fixed by updating tests to expect 8.5 results. + +2006-08-29 Don Porter + + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Dropped the old expr parser. + +2006-08-30 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): init iPtr->threadId + + * win/tclWinChan.c [Bug 819667] Improve logic for identifying COM + ports. + + * generic/tclIOGT.c (ExecuteCallback): + * generic/tclPkg.c (Tcl_PkgRequireEx): replace Tcl_GlobalEval(Obj) + with more efficient Tcl_Eval(Obj)Ex + + * unix/Makefile.in (valgrindshell): add valgrindshell target and + update default VALGRINDARGS. User can override, or add to it with + VALGRIND_OPTS env var. + + * generic/tclFileName.c (DoGlob): match incrs with decrs. + +2006-08-29 Don Porter + + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Use the "parent" field of orphan + ExprNodes to store the closure of left pointers. This lets us avoid + repeated re-scanning leftward for the left boundary of subexpressions, + which in worst case led to near O(N^2) runtime. + +2006-08-29 Joe Mistachkin + + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: Fixed the issue (typo) that was causing + * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadGetStackSize): stack.test to fail on + FreeBSD (and possibly other Unix platforms). + +2006-08-29 Colin McCormack + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: Added test for NULL return from + * generic/tclPathObj.c: Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath which was causing + * unix/tclUnixFile.c: segv's per [Bug 1548263] + * win/tclWinFCmd.c: + * win/tclWinFile.c: + +2006-08-28 Kevin B. Kenny + + * library/tzdata/America/Havana: Regenerated from Olson's + * library/tzdata/America/Tegucigalpa: tzdata2006k. + * library/tzdata/Asia/Gaza: + +2006-08-28 Don Porter + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Revised ObjPrintfVA to take care to + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: copy only whole characters when doing + %s formatting. This relieves callers of TclObjPrintf() and + TclFormatToErrorInfo() from needing to fix arguments to character + boundaries. Tcl_ParseExpr() simplified by taking advantage. [Bug + 1547786] + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: Corrected TclFormatObj's failure to + count up the number of arguments required by examining the format + string. [Bug 1547681] + +2006-08-27 Joe Mistachkin + + * generic/tclClock.c (ClockClicksObjCmd): Fix nested macro breakage + with TCL_MEM_DEBUG enabled. [Bug 1547662] + +2006-08-26 Miguel Sofer + + * doc/namespace.n: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * tests/upvar.test: bugfix, docs clarification and new tests for + [namespace upvar] as follow up to [Bug 1546833], reported by Will + Duquette. + +2006-08-24 Kevin B. Kenny + + * library/tzdata: Regenerated, including several new files, from + Olson's tzdata2006j. + * library/clock.tcl: + * tests/clock.test: Removed an early testing hack that allowed loading + 'registry' from the build tree rather than an installed one. This is a + workaround for [Bug 15232730], which remains open because it's a + symptom of a deeper underlying problem. + +2006-08-23 Don Porter + + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Minimal collection of new tests + * tests/parseExpr.test: testing the error messages of the new + expr parser. Several bug fixes and code simplifications that appeared + during that effort. + +2006-08-21 Don Porter + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: Revisions to complete the thread finalization + of the cwdPathPtr. [Bug 1536142] + + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Revised mistaken call to + TclCheckBadOctal(), so both [expr 08] and [expr 08z] have same + additional info in error message. + + * tests/compExpr-old.test: Update existing tests to not fail with + * tests/compExpr.test: the new expr parser. + * tests/compile.test: + * tests/expr-old.test: + * tests/expr.test: + * tests/for.test: + * tests/if.test: + * tests/parseExpr.test: + * tests/while.test: + +2006-08-21 Donal K. Fellows + + * win/Makefile.in (gdb): Make this target work so that debugging an + msys build is possible. + +2006-08-21 Daniel Steffen + + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c (Tcl_WaitForEvent): if the run loop is + already running (e.g. if Tcl_WaitForEvent was called recursively), + re-run it in a custom run loop mode containing only the source for the + notifier thread, otherwise wakeups from other sources added to the + common run loop modes might get lost. + + * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c (Tcl_WaitForEvent): on 64-bit Darwin, + pthread_cond_timedwait() appears to have a bug that causes it to wait + forever when passed an absolute time which has already been exceeded + by the system time; as a workaround, when given a very brief timeout, + just do a poll on that platform. [Bug 1457797] + + * generic/tclClock.c (ClockClicksObjCmd): add support for Darwin + * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_TimeObjCmd): nanosecond resolution timer + * generic/tclInt.h: to [clock clicks] and [time] + * unix/configure.in (Darwin): when TCL_WIDE_CLICKS defined + * unix/tclUnixTime.c (TclpGetWideClicks, TclpWideClicksToNanoseconds): + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + + * unix/tclUnixPort.h (Darwin): override potentially faulty configure + detection of termios availability in all cases, since termios is known + to be present on all Mac OS X releases since 10.0. [Bug 497147] + +2006-08-18 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tcl.m4 (Darwin): add support for --enable-64bit on x86_64, for + universal builds including x86_64, for 64-bit CoreFoundation on + Leopard and for use of -mmacosx-version-min instead of + MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + + * generic/tcl.h: add fixes for building on Leopard and + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: support for 64-bit CoreFoundation on Leopard + * macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c: + + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: on Darwin x86_64, disable use of vfork as it + causes execve to fail intermittently. (rdar://4685553) + + * generic/tclTomMath.h: on Darwin 64-bit, for now disable use of + 128-bit arithmetic through __attribute__ ((mode(TI))), as it leads to + link errors due to missing fallbacks. (rdar://4685527) + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add x86_64 to universal build, + switch native release targets to use DWARF with dSYM, Xcode 3.0 + changes + * macosx/README: updates for x86_64 and Xcode 2.4. + + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: add test suite target that + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: runs the tcl test suite at + build time and shows clickable test suite errors in the GUI build + window. + + * tests/macOSXFCmd.test: fix use of deprecated resource fork paths. + + * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpInitLibraryPath): move code that is only + needed when TCL_LIBRARY is defined to run only in that case. + + * generic/tclLink.c (LinkTraceProc): fix 64-bit signed-with-unsigned + comparison warning from gcc4 -Wextra. + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c (TclUnixWaitForFile): with timeout < 0, if + select() returns early (e.g. due to a signal), call it again instead + of returning a timeout result. Fixes intermittent event-13.8 failures. + +2006-08-17 Don Porter + + * generic/tclCompile.c: Revised the new set of expression + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: parse error messages. + +2006-08-16 Don Porter + + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Replace PrecedenceOf() function with + prec[] static array. + +2006-08-14 Donal K. Fellows + + * library/clock.tcl (::tcl::clock::add): Added missing braces to + clockval validation code. Pointed out on comp.lang.tcl. + +2006-08-11 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclNamesp.c: Improvements in buffer management to make + namespace creation faster. Plus selected other minor improvements to + code quality. [Patch 1352382] + +2006-08-10 Donal K. Fellows + + Misc patches to make code more efficient. [Bug 1530474] (afredd) + * generic/*.c, macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c, unix/tclUnixNotfy.c, + * win/tclWinThrd.c: Tidy up invokations of Tcl_Panic() to promote + string constant sharing and consistent style. + * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): More efficient handling of + * generic/tclClock.c (TclClockInit): registration of commands not + in global namespace. + * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_UnsetObjCmd): Remove unreachable clause. + +2006-08-09 Don Porter + + * generic/tclEncoding.c: Replace buffer copy in for loop with + call to memcpy(). Thanks to afredd. [Patch 1530262] + +2006-08-09 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LassignObjCmd): Make the wrong#args message + a bit more consistent with those used elsewhere. [Bug 1534628] + + * generic/tclDictObj.c (DictForCmd): Stop crash when attempting to + iterate over an invalid dictionary. [Bug 1531184] + + * doc/ParseCmd.3, doc/expr.n, doc/set.n, doc/subst.n, doc/switch.n: + * doc/tclvars.n: Ensure that uses of [expr] in documentation examples + are also good style (with braces) unless otherwise necessary. [Bug + 1526581] + +2006-08-03 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c (TclpCreateProcess): for USE_VFORK: ensure + standard channels are initialized before vfork() so that the child + doesn't potentially corrupt global state in the parent's address space + + * tests/compExpr-old.test: add 'oldExprParser' constraint to all tests + * tests/compExpr.test: that depend on the exact format of the + * tests/compile.test: error messages of the pre-2006-07-05 + * tests/expr-old.test: expression parser. The constraint is on by + * tests/expr.test: default (i.e those tests still fail), but + * tests/for.test: can be turned off by passing '-constraints + * tests/if.test: newExprParser' to tcltest, which will skip + * tests/parseExpr.test: the 196 failing tests in the testsuite that + * tests/while.test: are caused by the new expression parser + error messages. + +2006-07-31 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclClock.c (ConvertLocalToUTCUsingC): Corrected a regression + that caused dates before 1969 to be one day off in the :localtime time + zone if TZ is not set. [Bug 1531530] + +2006-07-30 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclClock.c (GetJulianDayFromEraYearMonthDay): Corrected + several errors in converting dates before the Common Era [Bug 1426279] + * library/clock.tcl: Corrected syntax errors in generated code for %EC + %Ey, and %W format groups [Bug 1505383]. Corrected a bug in cache + management for format strings containing [glob] metacharacters [Bug + 1494664]. Corrected several errors in formatting/scanning of years + prior to the Common Era, and added the missing %EE format group to + indicate the era. + * tools/makeTestCases.tcl: Added code to make sure that %U and %V + format groups are included in the tests. (The code depends on %U and + %V formatting working correctly when 'makeTestCases.tcl' is run, + rather than making a completely independent check.) Added tests for + [glob] metacharacters in strings. Added tests for years prior to the + Common Era. + * tests/clock.test: Rebuilt with new test cases for all the above. + +2006-07-30 Joe English + + * doc/AppInit.3: Fix typo [Bug 1496886] + +2006-07-26 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrected flawed overflow detection in + * tests/expr.test: INST_EXPON that caused [expr 2**64] to return + 0 instead of the same value as [expr 1<<64]. + +2006-07-24 Don Porter + + * win/tclWinSock.c: Correct un-initialized Tcl_DString. Thanks to + afredd. [Bug 1518166] + +2006-07-21 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c: + * tests/execute.test (execute-9.1): dgp's fix for [Bug 1522803]. + +2006-07-20 Daniel Steffen + + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c (Tcl_InitNotifier, Tcl_WaitForEvent): + create notifier thread lazily upon first call to Tcl_WaitForEvent() + rather than in Tcl_InitNotifier(). Allows calling exeve() in processes + where the event loop has not yet been run (Darwin's execve() fails in + processes with more than one thread), in particular allows embedders + to call fork() followed by execve(), previously the pthread_atfork() + child handler's call to Tcl_InitNotifier() would immediately recreate + the notifier thread in the child after a fork. + + * macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c (TclMacOSXCopyFileAttributes): add support + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c (Tcl_InitNotifier): for weakly + * unix/tclUnixInit.c (Tcl_GetEncodingNameFromEnvironment): importing + symbols not available on OSX 10.2 or 10.3, enables binaires built on + later OSX versions to run on earlier ones. + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: enable weak-linking; turn on + extra warnings. + * macosx/README: document how to enable weak-linking; cleanup. + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: add support for weak-linking; conditionalize + AvailabilityMacros.h inclusion; only disable realpath on 10.2 or + earlier when threads are enabled. + * unix/tclLoadDyld.c (TclpLoadMemoryGetBuffer): change runtime Darwin + * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpInitPlatform): release check to use + global initialized + once + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (DoRenameFile, TclpObjNormalizePath): add runtime + Darwin release check to determine if realpath is threadsafe. + * unix/configure.in: add check on Darwin for compiler support of weak + * unix/tcl.m4: import and for AvailabilityMacros.h header; move + Darwin specific checks & defines that are only relevant to the tcl + build out of tcl.m4; restrict framework option to Darwin; clean up + quoting and help messages. + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + + * generic/regc_locale.c (cclass): + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): + * generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_ExecObjCmd): + * generic/tclListObj.c (NewListIntRep): + * generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_GetLongFromObj, Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj) + (FreeBignum, Tcl_SetBignumObj): + * generic/tclParseExpr.c (Tcl_ParseExpr): + * generic/tclStrToD.c (TclParseNumber): + * generic/tclStringObj.c (TclAppendFormattedObjs): + * unix/tclLoadDyld.c (TclpLoadMemory): + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c (TclpCreateProcess): fix signed-with-unsigned + comparison and other warnings from gcc4 -Wextra. + +2006-07-13 Andreas Kupries + + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: Added the inclusion of . + The missing header caused the upcoming #if conditions to wrongly + exclude realpath, causing file normalize to ignore symbolic links in + the path. + +2006-07-11 Zoran Vasiljevic + + * generic/tclAsync.c: Made Tcl_AsyncDelete() more tolerant when called + after all thread TSD has been garbage-collected. + +2006-07-05 Don Porter + + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: Completely new expression parser that + builds a parse tree instead of operating with deep recursion. This + corrects reports of stack-blowing crashes parsing long expressions + [Bug 906201] and replaces a fundamentally O(N^2) algorithm with an + O(N) one [RFE 903765]. The new parser is better able to generate error + messages that clearly report both the nature and context of the syntax + error [Bugs 1029267, 1381715]. For now, the code for the old parser is + still present and can be activated with a "#define OLD_EXPR_PARSER + 1". This is for the sake of a clean implementation patch, and for ease + of benchmarking. The new parser is non-recursive, so much lighter in + stack consumption, but it does use more heap, so there may be cases + where parsing of long expressions that succeeded with the old parser + will lead to out of memory panics with the new one. There are still + more improvements possible on that point, though significant progress + may require changes to the Tcl_Token specifications documented for the + public Tcl_Parse*() routines. + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** for any callers that rely on the exact + (usually terrible) error messages generated by the old parser. This + includes a large number of tests in the test suite. + + * generic/tclInt.h: Replaced TclParseWhiteSpace() with + * generic/tclParse.c: TclParseAllWhiteSpace() which is what + * generic/tclParseExpr.c: all the callers really needed. + Breaking whitespace runs at newlines is useful only to the command + parsing function, and it can call the file scoped routine + ParseWhiteSpace() to do that. + + * tests/expr-old.test: Removed knownBug constraints that masked + * tests/expr.test: failures due to revised error messages. + * tests/parseExpr.test: + +2006-06-20 Don Porter + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: Changed default configuration to + * generic/tclInt.decls: #undef USE_OBSOLETE_FS_HOOKS which disables + * generic/tclTest.c: access to the Tcl 8.3 internal routines for + hooking into filesystem operations. Everyone ought to have migrated to + Tcl_Filesystems by now. + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** for any code still stuck in the + pre-Tcl_Filesystem era. + + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + + * generic/tclStrToD.c: Removed dead code that permitted disabling of + recognition of the new 0b and 0o numeric formats. + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Removed dead code that implemented alternative + * generic/tclObj.c: design where numeric values did not + automatically narrow to the smallest Tcl_ObjType required to hold them + + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: Removed dead code that was old implementation + of [format]. + +2006-06-14 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tclUnixPort.h (Darwin): support MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED + define from AvailabilityMacros.h: override configure detection and + only use API available in the indicated OS version or earlier. + +2006-06-14 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/format.n, doc/scan.n: Added examples for converting between + characters and their numeric interpretations following user prompting. + +2006-06-13 Donal K. Fellows + + * unix/tclLoadDl.c (TclpDlopen): Workaround for a compiler bug in Sun + Forte 6. [Bug 1503729] + +2006-06-06 Don Porter + + * doc/GetStdChan.3: Added recommendation that each call to + Tcl_SetStdChannel() be accompanied by a call to Tcl_RegisterChannel(). + +2006-06-05 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/Alloc.3: Added documentation of promise that Tcl_Realloc(NULL,x) + is the same as Tcl_Alloc(x), as discussed in comp.lang.tcl. Also fixed + nonsense sentence to say something meaningful. + +2006-05-29 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tcl.h (Tcl_DecrRefCount): use if/else construct to allow + placement in unbraced outer if/else conditions. (jcw) + +2006-05-27 Daniel Steffen + + * macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: implemented pthread_atfork() handler that + * unix/tcl.m4 (Darwin): recreates CoreFoundation state and + notifier thread in the child after a fork(). Note that pthread_atfork + is available starting with Tiger only. Because vfork() is used by the + core on Darwin, [exec]/[open] are not affected by this fix, only + extensions or embedders that call fork() directly (such as TclX). + However, this only makes fork() safe from corefoundation tcl with + --disable-threads; as on all platforms, forked children may deadlock + in threaded tcl due to the potential for stale locked mutexes in the + child. [Patch 923072] + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + +2006-05-24 Donal K. Fellows + + * unix/tcl.m4 (SC_CONFIG_SYSTEM): Fixed quoting of command script to + awk; it was a rarely used branch, but it was wrong. [Bug 1494160] + +2006-05-23 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/chan.n, doc/refchan.n: Tighten up the documentation to follow a + slightly more consistent style with regard to argument capitalization. + +2006-05-13 Don Porter + + * generic/tclProc.c (ProcCompileProc): When a bump of the compile + epoch forces the re-compile of a proc body, take care not to overwrite + any Proc struct that may be referred to on the active call stack. Note + that the fix will not be effective for code that calls the private + routine TclProcCompileProc() directly. [Bug 1482718] + +2006-05-13 Daniel Steffen + + * generic/tclEvent.c (HandleBgErrors): fix leak. [Coverity issue 86] + +2006-05-05 Don Porter + + * generic/tclMain.c (Tcl_Main): Corrected flaw that required + * tests/main.test: (Tcl_Main-4.5): processing of one interactive + command before passing control to the loop routine registered with + Tcl_SetMainLoop(). [Bug 1481986] + +2006-05-04 Don Porter + + * README: Bump version number to 8.5a5 + * generic/tcl.h: + * tools/tcl.wse.in: + * unix/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * win/README.binary: + * win/configure.in: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + + * generic/tclBasic.c (ExprSrandFunc): Restore acceptance of wide/big + * doc/mathfunc.n: integer values by srand(). [Bug 1480509] + +2006-04-26 Don Porter + + *** 8.5a4 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * changes: Updates for another RC. + + * generic/tclBinary.c: Revised the handling of the Q and q format + * generic/tclInt.h: specifiers for [binary] to account for the + * generic/tclStrToD.c: "middle endian" floating point format used in + Nokia N770. + +2006-04-25 Don Porter + + * doc/DoubleObj.3: More doc updates for TIP 237. + * doc/expr.n: + * doc/format.n: + * doc/mathfunc.n: + * doc/scan.n: + * doc/string.n: + + * generic/tclScan.c: [scan $s %u] is documented to accept only + * tests/scan.test: decimal formatted integers. Fixed to match. + +2006-04-19 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclStrToD.c: Added code to support the "middle endian" + floating point format used in the Nokia N770's software-based floating + point. Thanks to Bruce Johnson for reporting this bug, originally on + http://wiki.tcl.tk/15408. + * library/clock.tcl: Fixed a bug with Daylight Saving Time and Posix + time zone specifiers reported by Martin Lemburg in + http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/9a8b15a4dfc0b7a0 + (and not at SourceForge). + * tests/clock.test: Added test case for the above bug. + +2006-04-18 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/IntObj.3: Minor review fixes, including better documentation of + the behaviour of Tcl_GetBignumAndClearObj. + +2006-04-17 Don Porter + + * doc/IntObj.3: Documentation changes to account for TIP 237 changes. + * doc/Object.3: [Bug 1446971] + +2006-04-12 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/regc_locale.c (cclass): Redefined the meaning of [:print:] + to be exactly UNICODE letters, numbers, punctuation, symbols and + spaces (*not* whitespace). [Bug 1376892] + +2006-04-11 Don Porter + + * generic/tclTrace.c: Stop some interference between enter traces + * tests/trace.test: and enterstep traces. [Bug 1458266] + +2006-04-07 Don Porter + + * generic/tclPathObj.c: Yet another revised fix for the [Bug 1379287] + * tests/fileSystem.test: family of path normalization bugs. + +2006-04-06 Jeff Hobbs + + * generic/tclRegexp.c (FinalizeRegexp): full reset data to indicate + readiness for reinitialization. + +2006-04-06 Don Porter + + * generic/tclIndexObj.c (Tcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct): It seems there + * tests/indexObj.test: are extensions that rely on the prior behavior + * doc/GetIndex.3: that the empty string cannot succeed as a + unique prefix matcher, so I'm restoring Donal Fellows's solution. + Added mention of this detail to the documentation. [Bug 1464039] + + * tests/compExpr-old.test: Updated testmathfunctions constraint + * tests/compExpr.test: to post-TIP-232 world. + * tests/expr-old.test: + * tests/expr.test: + * tests/info.test: + + * tests/indexObj.test: Corrected other test errors revealed by + * tests/upvar.test: testing outside the tcltest application. + + * generic/tclPathObj.c: Revised fix for the [Bug 1379287] family of + path normalization bugs. + +2006-04-06 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/tcl.m4: removed TCL_IO_TRACK_OS_FOR_DRIVER_WITH_BAD_BLOCKING + define on Darwin. [Bug 1457515] + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * unix/tclConfig.h.in: autoheader-2.59 + +2006-04-05 Don Porter + + * win/tclWinInit.c: More careful calls to Tcl_DStringSetLength() + * win/tclWinSock.c: to avoid creating invalid DString states. Bump + * win/tclWinDde.c: to version 1.3.2. [RFE 1366195] + * library/dde/pkgIndex.tcl: + + * library/reg/pkgIndex.tcl: Bump to registry 1.2 because + * win/tclWinReg.c: Registry_Unload() is a new public routine + * win/Makefile.in: compared to the 1.1.* releases. + + * win/configure.in: Bump package version numbers. + * win/configure: autoconf 2.59 + +2006-04-05 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclIndexObj.c (Tcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct): Allow empty + strings to be matched by the Tcl_GetIndexFromObj machinery, in the + same manner as any other key. [Bug 1464039] + +2006-04-03 Andreas Kupries + + * generic/tclIO.c (ReadChars): Added check, panic and commentary to a + piece of code which relies on BUFFER_PADDING to create enough space at + the beginning of each buffer for the insertion of partial multibyte + data at the beginning of a buffer. Commentary explains why this code + is OK, and the panic is as a precaution if someone twiddled the + BUFFER_PADDING into uselessness. + + * generic/tclIO.c (ReadChars): Temporarily suppress the use of + TCL_ENCODING_END set when EOF was reached while the buffer we are + converting is not truly the last buffer in the queue. Together with + the Utf bug below it was possible to completely wreck the buffer data + structures, eventually crashing Tcl. [Bug 1462248] + + * generic/tclEncoding.c (UtfToUtfProc): Stop accessing memory beyond + the end of the input buffer when TCL_ENCODING_END is set and the last + bytes of the buffer start a multi-byte sequence. This bug contributed + to [Bug 1462248]. + +2006-03-30 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclExecute.c: remove unused var and silence gcc warning + +2006-03-29 Jeff Hobbs + + * win/Makefile.in: convert _NATIVE paths to use / to avoid ".\" + path-as-escape issue. + +2006-03-29 Don Porter + + * changes: Updates for another RC. + + * generic/tclPathObj.c: More fixes for path normalization when /../ + * tests/fileSystem.test: tries to go beyond root.[Bug 1379287] + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Revised INST_MOD implementation to do + calculations in native types as much as possible, moving to mp_ints + only when necessary. + +2006-03-28 Jeff Hobbs + + * win/tclWinPipe.c (TclpCreateProcess): change panics to Tcl errors + and do proper refcounting of noe objPtr. [Bug 1194429] + + * unix/tcl.m4, win/tcl.m4: []-quote AC_DEFUN functions. + +2006-03-28 Daniel Steffen + + * macosx/Tcl.xcode/default.pbxuser: add '-singleproc 1' cli arg to + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser: tcltest to ease test debugging + + * macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj: removed $prefix/share from + * macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: TCL_PACKAGE_PATH as per change + to unix/configure.in of 2006-03-13. + + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (TclpObjNormalizePath): deal with *BSD/Darwin + realpath() converting relative paths into absolute paths [Bug 1064247] + +2006-03-28 Vince Darley + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: fix to nativeFilesystemRecord comparisons + (lesser part of [Bug 1064247]) + +2006-03-27 Pat Thoyts + + * win/tclWinTest.c: Fixes for [Bug 1456373] (mingw-gcc issue) + +2006-03-27 Andreas Kupries + + * doc/CrtChannel.3: Added TCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_5, made it the + * generic/tcl.h: version where the "truncateProc" is defined at, + * generic/tclIO.c: and moved all channel drivers of Tcl to v5. + * generic/tclIOGT.c, generic/tclIORChan.c, unix/tclUnixChan.c: + * unix/tclUnixPipe.c, win/tclWinChan.c, win/tclWinConsole.c: + * win/tclWinPipe.c, win/tclWinSerial.c, win/tclWinSock.c: + +2006-03-27 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Merge INST_MOD computation in with the + INST_?SHIFT instructions, which also operate only on two integral + values. Also corrected flaw that made INST_BITNOT of wide values + require mp_int calculations. Also corrected type that missed optimized + handling of the tclBooleanType by the TclGetBooleanFromObj macro. + + * changes: Updates for another RC. + +2006-03-25 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Corrections to INST_EXPON detection of + overflow to use mp_int calculations. + +2006-03-24 Kevin B. Kenny + + * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Added a couple of missing + casts to 'int' that were affecting compilablity on VC6. + +2006-03-24 Don Porter + + * generic/tclEncoding.c: Reverted latest change [Bug 506653] since it + reportedly killed test performance on Windows. + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Revised INST_EXPON implementation to do + calculations in native types as much as possible, moving to mp_ints + only when necessary. + +2006-03-23 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Merged INST_EXPON handling in with the other + binary operators that operate on all number types (INST_ADD, etc.). + + * tests/env.test: With case preserved (see 2006-03-21 commit) be sure + to do case-insensitive filtering. [Bug 1457065] + +2006-03-23 Reinhard Max + + * unix/tcl.spec: Cleaned up and completed the spec file. An RPM can + now be built from the tcl source distribution with "rpmbuild -tb + " + +2006-03-22 Reinhard Max + + * tests/stack.test: Run the stack tests in subshells, so that they are + reported as failed tests rather than bugs in the test suite if the + recursion causes a segfault. + +2006-03-21 Don Porter + + * changes: Updates for another RC. + + * generic/tclStrToD.c: One of the branches of AccumulateDecimalDigit + * tests/parseExpr.test: did not. [Bug 1451233] + + * tests/env.test: Preserve case of saved env vars. [Bug 1409272] + +2006-03-21 Daniel Steffen + + * generic/tclInt.decls: implement globbing for HFS creator & type + * macosx/tclMacOSXFCmd.c:codes and 'hidden' flag, as documented in + * tests/macOSXFCmd.test: glob.n; objectified OSType handling in [glob] + * unix/tclUnixFile.c: and [file attributes]; fix globbing for + hidden files with pattern==NULL arg. [Bug 823329] + * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: make genstubs + +2006-03-20 Andreas Kupries + + * win/Makefile.in (install-libraries): Generate tcl8/8.4 directory + under Windows as well (cygwin Makefile). Related entry: 2006-03-07, + dgp. This moved the installation of http from 8.2 to 8.4, partially. A + fix of the required directory creation was done for unix on Mar 10, + without entry in the Changelog. This entry is for the fix of the + directory creation under Windows. + + * unix/installManPage: There is always one even more broken "sed". + Moved the # comment starting character in the sed script to the + beginning of their respective lines. The AIX sed will not recognize + them as comments otherwise :( The actual text stays indented for + better association with the commands they belong to. + +2006-03-20 Donal K. Fellows + + * tests/cmdAH.test, tests/fCmd.test, tests/unixFCmd.test: + * tests/winFCmd.test: Cleanup of some test constraint handling, and a + few other minor issues. + +2006-03-18 Vince Darley + + * generic/tclFileName.c: + * doc/FileSystem.3: + * tests/fileName.test: Fix to [Bug 1084705] so that 'glob -nocomplain' + finally agrees with its documentation and doesn't swallow genuine + errors. + + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** for scripts that assumed '-nocomplain' + removes the need for 'catch' to deal with non-understood path names. + + Small optimisation to implementation of pattern==NULL case of TclGlob, + and clarification to the documentation. [Tclvfs bug 1405317] + +2006-03-18 Vince Darley + + * tests/fCmd.test: added knownBug test case for [Bug 1394972] + + * tests/winFCmd.test: + * tests/tcltest.test: corrected tests to better account for behaviour + of writable/non-writable directories on Windows 2000/XP. This, with + the previous patches, closes [Bug 1193497] + +2006-03-17 Andreas Kupries + + * doc/chan.n: Updated with documentation for the commands 'chan + create' and 'chan postevent' (TIP #219). + + * doc/refchan.n: New file. Documentation of the command handler API + for reflected channels (TIP #219). + +2006-03-17 Joe Mistachkin + + * unix/tclUnixPort.h: Include pthread.h prior to pthread_np.h [Bug + 1444692] + + * win/tclWinTest.c: Corrected typo of 'initializeMutex' that prevented + successful compilation. + +2006-03-16 Andreas Kupries + + * doc/open.n: Documented the changed behaviour of 'a'ppend mode. + + * tests/io.test (io-43.1 io-44.[1234]): Rewritten to be self-contained + with regard to setup and cleanup. [Bug 681793] + + * generic/tclIOUtil.c (TclGetOpenMode): Added the flag O_APPEND to the + list of POSIX modes used when opening a file for 'a'ppend. This + enables the proper automatic seek-to-end-on-write by the OS. See [Bug + 680143] for longer discussion. + + * tests/ioCmd.test (iocmd-13.7.*): Extended the testsuite to check the + new handling of 'a'. + +2006-03-15 Andreas Kupries + + * tests/socket.test: Extended the timeout in socket-11.11 from 10 to + 40 seconds to allow for really slow machines. Also extended + actual/expected results with value of variable 'done' to make it + clearer when a test fails due to a timeout. [Bug 792159] + +2006-03-15 Vince Darley + + * win/fCmd.test: add proper test constraints so the new tests don't + run on Unix. + +2006-03-14 Andreas Kupries + + * generic/tclPipe.c (TclCreatePipeline): Modified the processing of + pipebars to fail if the last bar is followed only by redirections. + [Bug 768659] + +2006-03-14 Andreas Kupries + + * doc/fconfigure.n: Clarified that -translation is binary is reported + as lf when queried, because it is identical to lf, except for the + special additional behaviour when setting it. [Bug 666770] + +2006-03-14 Andreas Kupries + + * doc/clock.n: Removed double-quotes around section title NAME; not + needed. + * unix/installManpage: Reverted part to handle double-quotes in + section NAME, chokes older sed installations. + +2006-03-14 Andreas Kupries + + * library/tm.tcl (::tcl::tm::Defaults): Fixed handling of environment + variable TCLX.y_TM_PATH, bad variable reference. Thanks to Julian + Noble. [Bug 1448251] + +2006-03-14 Vince Darley + + * win/tclWinFile.c: updated patch to deal with 'file writable' issues + on Windows XP/2000. + * generic/tclTest.c: + * unix/tclUnixTest.c: + * win/tclWinTest.c: + * tests/fCmd.test: updated test suite to deal with correct permissions + setting and differences between XP/2000 and 95/98 3 tests still fail; + to be dealt with shortly + +2006-03-13 Don Porter + + * generic/tclEncoding.c: Report error when an escape encoding is + missing one of its sub-encodings. [Bug 506653] + + * unix/configure.in: Revert change from 2005-07-26 that sometimes + * unix/configure: added $prefix/share to the tcl_pkgPath. See + [Patch 1231015]. autoconf-2.59. + +2006-03-10 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclProc.c (ObjInterpProcEx): + * tests/apply.test (apply-5.1): Fix [apply] error messages so that + they quote the lambda expression. [Bug 1447355] + +2006-03-10 Zoran Vasiljevic + + -- Summary of changes fixing [Bug 1437595] -- + + * generic/tclEvent.c: Cosmetic touches and identation + * generic/tclInt.h: Added TclpFinalizeSockets() call. + + * generic/tclIO.c: Calls TclpFinalizeSockets() as part of the + TclFinalizeIOSubsystem(). + + * unix/tclUnixSock.c: Added no-op TclpFinalizeSockets(). + + * win/tclWinPipe.c, win/tclWinSock.c: Finalization of sockets/pipes is + now solely done in TclpFinalizeSockets() and TclpFinalizePipes() and + not over the thread-exit handler, because the order of actions the Tcl + generic core will impose may result in cores/hangs if the thread exit + handler tears down corresponding subsystem(s) too early. + +2006-03-10 Vince Darley + + * win/tclWinFile.c: previous patch breaks tests, so removed. + +2006-03-09 Vince Darley + + * win/tclWinFile.c: fix to 'file writable' in certain XP directories. + Thanks to fvogel and jfg. [Patch 1344540] Modified patch to make use + of existing use of getSecurityProc. + +2006-03-08 Don Porter + + * generic/tclExecute.c: Complete missing bit of TIP 215 implementation + * tests/incr.test: + +2006-03-07 Joe English + + * unix/tcl.m4: Set SHLIB_LD_FLAGS='${LIBS}' on NetBSD, as per the + other *BSD variants. [Bug 1334613] + * unix/configure: Regenerated. + +2006-03-07 Don Porter + + * changes: Update in prep. for 8.5a4 release. + + * unix/Makefile.in: Package http 2.5.2 requires Tcl 8.4, so the + * win/Makefile.in: *.tm installation has to be placed in an "8.4" + directory, not an "8.2" directory. + +2006-03-06 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Revised handling of TCL_EVAL_* flags to + * tests/parse.test: simplify TclEvalObjvInternal and to correct + the auto-loading of alias targets (parse-8.12). [Bug 1444291] + +2006-03-03 Don Porter + + * generic/tclPathObj.c: Revised yesterday's fix for [Bug 1379287] to + work on Windows. + + * generic/tclObj.c: Compatibility support for existing code that + calls Tcl_GetObjType("boolean"). + +2006-03-02 Don Porter + + * generic/tclPathObj.c: Fix for failed normalization of paths + * tests/fileSystem.test: with /../ that lead back to the root + of the filesystem, like /foo/.. [Bug 1379287] + +2006-03-01 Reinhard Max + + * unix/installManPage: Fix the script for manpages that have quotes + around the .SH arguments, as doctools produces them. [Bug 1292145] + Some minor cleanups and improvements. + +2006-02-28 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Corrections to be sure that TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL + * tests/namespace.test: evaluations act the same as [uplevel #0] + * tests/parse.test: evaluations, even when execution traces or + * tests/trace.test: invocations of [::unknown] are present. [Bug + 1439836] + +2006-02-22 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Corrected a few bugs in how [namespace + * tests/namespace.test: unknown] interacts with TCL_EVAL_* flags. + [Patch 958222] + +2006-02-17 Don Porter + + * generic/tclIORChan.c: Revised error message generation and handling + * tests/ioCmd.test: of exceptional return codes in the channel + reflection layer. [Bug 1372348] + +2006-02-16 Don Porter + + * generic/tclIndexObj.c: Disallow the "ambiguous" error message + * tests/indexObj.test: when TCL_EXACT matching is requested. + * tests/ioCmd.test: + +2006-02-15 Don Porter + + * generic/tclIO.c: Made several routines tolerant of + * generic/tclIORChan.c: interp == NULL arguments. [Bug 1380662] + * generic/tclIOUtil.c: + +2006-02-09 Don Porter + + TIP#215 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/incr.n: Revised [incr] to auto-initialize when varName + * generic/tclExecute.c: argument is unset. [Patch 1413115] + * generic/tclVar.c: + * tests/compile.test: + * tests/incr-old.test: + * tests/incr.test: + * tests/set.test: + + * tests/main.test (Tcl_Main-6.7): Improved robustness of + command auto-completion test. [Bug 1422736] + +2006-02-08 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/Encoding.3, doc/encoding.n: Updates due to review at request of + Don Porter. Mostly minor changes. + +2006-02-08 Don Porter + + TIP#258 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/Encoding.3: New subcommand [encoding dirs]. + * doc/encoding.n: New routine Tcl_GetEncodingNameFromEnvironment + * generic/tcl.decls: Made public: + * generic/tclBasic.c: TclGetEncodingFromObj + * generic/tclCmdAH.c: -> Tcl_GetEncodingFromObj + * generic/tclEncoding.c:TclGetEncodingSearchPath + * generic/tclInt.decls: -> Tcl_GetEncodingSearchPath + * generic/tclInt.h: TclSetEncodingSearchPath + * generic/tclTest.c: -> Tcl_SetEncodingSearchPath + * library/init.tcl: Removed commands: + * tests/cmdAH.test: [tcl::unsupported::EncodingDirs] + * tests/encoding.test: [testencoding path] (Tcltest) + * unix/tclUnixInit.c: [Patch 1413934] + * win/tclWinInit.c: + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclIntDecls.h: + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + +2006-02-01 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclProc.c: minor improvements to [apply] + * tests/apply.test: new tests; apply-5.1 currently fails to indicate + missing work in error reporting + +2006-02-01 Don Porter + + TIP#194 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/apply.n: (New file) New command [apply]. [Patch 944803] + * doc/uplevel.n: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclProc.c: + * tests/apply.test: (New file) + * tests/proc-old.test: + * tests/proc.test: + + TIP#181 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/Namespace.3: New command [namespace unknown]. New public C + * doc/namespace.n: routines Tcl_(Get|Set)NamespaceUnknownHandler. + * doc/unknown.n: [Patch 958222] + * generic/tcl.decls: + * generic/tclBasic.c: + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * tests/namespace.test: + + * generic/tclDecls.h: make genstubs + * generic/tclStubInit.c: + + TIP#250 IMPLEMENTATION + + * doc/namespace.n: New command [namespace upvar]. [Patch 1275435] + * generic/tclInt.h: + * generic/tclNamesp.c: + * generic/tclVar.c: + * tests/namespace.test: + * tests/upvar.test: + +2006-01-26 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/dict.n: Fixed silly bug in example. Thanks to Heiner Marxen + for catching this! [Bug 1415725] + +2006-01-26 Donal K. Fellows + + * unix/tclUnixChan.c (TclpOpenFileChannel): Tidy up and comment the + mess to do with setting up serial channels. This (deliberately) breaks + a broken FreeBSD port, indicates what we're really doing, and reduces + the amount of conditional compilation sections for better maintenance. + +2006-01-25 Donal K. Fellows + + * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpInitPlatform): Improved conditions on when + to update the FP rounding mode on FreeBSD, taken from FreeBSD port. + +2006-01-23 Donal K. Fellows + + * tests/string.test (string-12.21): Added test for [Bug 1410553] based + on original bug report. + +2006-01-23 Miguel Sofer + + * generic/tclStringObj.c: fixed incorrect handling of internal rep in + Tcl_GetRange. Thanks to twylite and Peter Spjuth. [Bug 1410553] + + * generic/tclProc.c: fixed args handling for precompiled bodies [Bug + 1412695]; thanks to Uwe Traum. + +2006-01-16 Reinhard Max + + * generic/tclPipe.c (FileForRedirect): Prevent nameString from being + freed without having been initialized. + * tests/exec.test: Added a test for the above. + +2006-01-12 Zoran Vasiljevic + + * generic/tclPathObj.c (Tcl_FSGetInternalRep): backported patch from + core-8-4-branch. A freed pointer has been overwritten causing all + sorts of coredumps. + +2006-01-12 Vince Darley + + * win/tclWinFile.c: fix to sharing violation [Bug 1366227] + +2006-01-11 Don Porter + + * generic/tclBasic.c: Moved Tcl_LogCommandInfo from tclBasic.c to + * generic/tclNamesp.c: tclNamesp.c to get access to identifier with + * tests/error.test (error-7.0): file scope. Added check for traces on + ::errorInfo, and when present fall back to contruction of the stack + trace in the variable so that write trace notification timings are + compatible with earlier Tcl releases. This reduces, but does not + completely eliminate the ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** created by + the 2004-10-15 commit. [Bug 1397843] + +2006-01-10 Daniel Steffen + + * unix/configure: add caching, use AC_CACHE_CHECK instead of + * unix/configure.in: AC_CACHE_VAL where possible, consistent message + * unix/tcl.m4: quoting, sync relevant tclconfig/tcl.m4 changes + and gratuitous formatting differences, fix SC_CONFIG_MANPAGES with + default argument, Darwin improvements to SC_LOAD_*CONFIG. + +2006-01-09 Don Porter + + * generic/tclNamesp.c (NamespaceInscopeCmd): [namespace inscope] + * tests/namespace.test: commands were not reported by [info level]. + [Bug 1400572] + +2006-01-09 Donal K. Fellows + + * generic/tclTrace.c: Stop exporting the guts of the trace command; + nothing outside this file needs to see it. [Bug 971336] + +2006-01-05 Donal K. Fellows + + * unix/tcl.m4 (TCL_CONFIG_SYSTEM): Factor out the code to determine + the operating system version number, as it was replicated in several + places. + +2006-01-04 David Gravereaux + + * win/tclAppInit.c: WIN32 native console signal handler removed. This + was found to be interfering with TWAPI extension one. IMO, special + services such as signal handlers should best be done with extensions + to the core after discussions on c.l.t. about Roy Terry's tclsh + children of a real windows service shell. + + ****************************************************************** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2005 IN "ChangeLog.2005" *** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2004 IN "ChangeLog.2004" *** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2003 IN "ChangeLog.2003" *** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2002 IN "ChangeLog.2002" *** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2001 IN "ChangeLog.2001" *** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2000 IN "ChangeLog.2000" *** + *** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 1999 AND EARLIER IN "ChangeLog.1999" *** + ****************************************************************** -- cgit v0.12