Subject: Split ChangeLog in 3 parts, just as already done on trunk

From: "jan.nijtmans" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:30:50 +0000

---
 ChangeLog      | 8377 ++++----------------------------------------------------
 ChangeLog.2007 | 5921 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 ChangeLog.2008 | 1529 +++++++++++
 3 files changed, 7927 insertions(+), 7900 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 ChangeLog.2007
 create mode 100644 ChangeLog.2008

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6b520e4..c2d3561 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@
 2013-02-27  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/regcomp.c:	[Bug 3606139]: missing error check allows
-	* tests/regexp.test:    regexp to crash Tcl. Thanks to Tom Lane
-	for providing the test-case and the patch.
+	* tests/regexp.test:    regexp to crash Tcl. Thanks to Tom Lane for
+	providing the test-case and the patch.
 
 2013-02-26  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 
 2013-02-25  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* tests/assocd.test:	[Bugs 3605719,3605720] Test independence.
+	* tests/assocd.test:	[Bugs 3605719,3605720]: Test independence.
 	* tests/basic.test:	Thanks Rolf Ade for patches.
 
 2013-02-22  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
@@ -134,30 +134,31 @@
 
 2013-02-20  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclNamesp.c:	[Bug 3605447] Make sure the -clear option
+	* generic/tclNamesp.c:	[Bug 3605447]: Make sure the -clear option
 	* tests/namespace.test:	to [namespace export] always clears, whether
 	or not new export patterns are specified.
 
 2013-02-19  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclTrace.c:  [Bug 2438181]: Incorrect error reporting in
-	* tests/trace.test:    traces. Test-case and fix provided by Poor Yorick.
+	* tests/trace.test:    traces. Test-case and fix provided by Poor
+	Yorick.
 
 2013-02-15  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/regc_nfa.c:	[Bug 3604074] Fix regexp optimization to
+	* generic/regc_nfa.c:	[Bug 3604074]: Fix regexp optimization to
 	* tests/regexp.test:	stop hanging on the expression
 	((((((((a)*)*)*)*)*)*)*)* .  Thanks to Bjørn Grathwohl for discovery.
 
 2013-02-14  Harald Oehlmann  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: [Bug 3604576]: Catch missing registry entry
-	"HCU\Control Panel\International".
+	* library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: [Bug 3604576]: Catch missing registry
+	entry "HCU\Control Panel\International".
 	Bumped msgcat version to 1.5.1
 
 2013-02-05  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/tclWinFile.c:	[Bug 3603434] Make sure TclpObjNormalizePath() 
+	* win/tclWinFile.c:	[Bug 3603434]: Make sure TclpObjNormalizePath() 
 	properly declares "a:/" to be normalized, even when no "A:" drive is
 	present on the system.
 
@@ -173,9 +174,8 @@
 	* library/platform/platform.tcl (::platform::LibcVersion): See
 	* library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: [Bug 3599098]: Fixed the RE
 	* unix/Makefile.in: extracting the version to avoid issues with
-	* win/Makefile.in: recent changes to the glibc banner. Now
-	  targeting a less variable part of the string. Bumped package to
-	  version 1.0.11.
+	* win/Makefile.in: recent changes to the glibc banner. Now targeting a
+	less variable part of the string. Bumped package to version 1.0.11.
 
 2013-01-26  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -197,33 +197,33 @@
 
 2013-01-16  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* Makefile.in: Enable win32 build with -DTCL_NO_DEPRECATED, just
-	* generic/tcl.h: as the UNIX build. Define Tcl_EvalObj and
+	* Makefile.in:   Allow win32 build with -DTCL_NO_DEPRECATED, just as
+	* generic/tcl.h: in the UNIX build. Define Tcl_EvalObj and
 	* generic/tclDecls.h: Tcl_GlobalEvalObj as macros, even when
-	* generic/tclBasic.c: TCL_NO_DEPRECATED is defined, so Tk
-	can benefit from it too.
+	* generic/tclBasic.c: TCL_NO_DEPRECATED is defined, so Tk can benefit
+	from it too.
 
 2013-01-14  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/tcl.m4: More flexible search for win32 tclConfig.sh,
-	backported from TEA (not actually used in Tcl, only for Tk)
+	* win/tcl.m4: More flexible search for win32 tclConfig.sh, backported
+	from TEA (not actually used in Tcl, only for Tk)
 
 2013-01-13  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclIntDecls.h: If TCL_NO_DEPRECATED is defined, make
-	sure that TIP #139 functions all are taken from the public stub
-	table, even if the inclusion is through tclInt.h.
+	* generic/tclIntDecls.h: If TCL_NO_DEPRECATED is defined, make sure
+	that TIP #139 functions all are taken from the public stub table, even
+	if the inclusion is through tclInt.h.
 
 2013-01-09  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* library/http/http.tcl: [Bug 3599395]: http assumes status line
-	is a proper tcl list.
+	* library/http/http.tcl: [Bug 3599395]: http assumes status line is a
+	proper Tcl list.
 	Bump http package to 2.7.11.
 
 2013-01-08  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* win/tclWinFile.c: [Bug 3092089]: [file normalize] can remove path
-	components.	[Bug 3587096] win vista/7: "can't find init.tcl" when
+	components.	[Bug 3587096]: win vista/7: "can't find init.tcl" when
 	called via junction without folder list access.
 
 2013-01-07  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@
 
 2013-01-02  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclEnsemble.c:  Remove stray calls to Tcl_Alloc and
-	* generic/tclExecute.c:   friends: the core should only use ckalloc
-	* generic/tclIORTrans.c:  to allow MEM_DEBUG to work properly
+	* generic/tclEnsemble.c:  Remove stray calls to Tcl_Alloc and friends:
+	* generic/tclExecute.c:   the core should only use ckalloc to allow
+	* generic/tclIORTrans.c:  MEM_DEBUG to work properly.
 	* generic/tclTomMathInterface.c:
 
 2012-12-31  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
@@ -249,13 +249,13 @@
 2012-12-27  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclListObj.c: [Bug 3598580]: Tcl_ListObjReplace may release
-	deleted elements too early
+	deleted elements too early.
 
 2012-12-21  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* unix/dltest/pkgb.c:  Make pkgb.so loadable in Tcl 8.4 as well.
-	* generic/tclStubLib.c: Eliminate unnessarcy static HasStubSupport() and
-	isDigit() functions, just do the same inline.
+	* generic/tclStubLib.c: Eliminate unnecessary static HasStubSupport()
+	and isDigit() functions, just do the same inline.
 
 2012-12-13  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@
 	* library/init.tcl:
 	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
 	* unix/configure.in:
-	* unix/tcl.spec:
 	* win/configure.in:
+	* unix/tcl.spec:
 	* README:
 
 	* unix/configure:	autoconf-2.59
@@ -382,13 +382,13 @@
 	* win/tclWinPort.h:  Remove wrapper macro for ntohs(): unnecessary,
 	because it doesn't require an initialized winsock_2 library. See:
 	<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms740075%28v=vs.85%29.aspx>
-	* win/tclWinSock.c
-	* generic/tclStubInit.c
+	* win/tclWinSock.c:
+	* generic/tclStubInit.c:
 
 2012-08-17  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/nmakehlp.c: Add "-V<num>" option, in order to be able
-	to detect partial version numbers.
+	* win/nmakehlp.c: Add "-V<num>" option, in order to be able to detect
+	partial version numbers.
 
 2012-08-15  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
 
 2012-07-11  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/tclWinReg.c: [Bug #3362446]: registry keys command fails
+	* win/tclWinReg.c: [Bug 3362446]: registry keys command fails
 	with 8.5/8.6. Follow Microsofts example better in order to prevent
 	problems when using HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA.
 
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
 
 	* library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl:   Add tn, ro_MO and ru_MO to msgcat.
 
-2012-06-29  Harald Oehlmann <[email-masked]>
+2012-06-29  Harald Oehlmann <[email-masked]>
 
 	* library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl:	[Bug 3536888]: Locale guessing of
 	* library/msgcat/pkgIndex.tcl:	msgcat fails on (some) Windows 7. Bump
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@
 
 2012-06-25  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclfileName.c: [Patch #1536227]: Cygwin network pathname
+	* generic/tclfileName.c: [Patch 1536227]: Cygwin network pathname
 	* tests/fileName.test:   support
 
 2012-06-23  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
@@ -535,8 +535,8 @@
 
 2012-06-21  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/tclWinReg.c:          [Bug #3362446]: registry keys command fails
-	* tests/registry.test:      with 8.5/8.6
+	* win/tclWinReg.c:	[Bug 3362446]: registry keys command fails
+	* tests/registry.test:	with 8.5/8.6
 	* library/reg/pkgIndex.tcl: registry version to 1.2.2
 
 2012-06-11  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
@@ -579,9 +579,9 @@
 
 2012-05-25  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/tclWinDde.c:	[Bug 473946]: special characters not correctly
-	* win/Makefile.in:	sent, now for XTYP_EXECUTE as well as
-	XTYP_REQUEST.  Fix "make genstubs" when cross-compiling on UNIX
+	* win/tclWinDde.c: [Bug 473946]: Special characters were not correctly
+	sent, now for XTYP_EXECUTE as well as XTYP_REQUEST.
+	* win/Makefile.in: Fix "make genstubs" when cross-compiling on UNIX
 
 2012-05-24  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -630,14 +630,14 @@
 
 2012-05-13  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/tclWinDde.c:	Protect against receiving strings without
-	ending \0, as external applications (or Tcl with TIP #106) could
-	generate that.
+	* win/tclWinDde.c:   Protect against receiving strings without ending
+	\0, as external applications (or Tcl with TIP #106) could generate
+	that.
 
 2012-05-10  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/tclWinDde.c:		[Bug 473946]: Special characters not
-	* library/dde/pkgIndex.tcl:	correctly sent.  Bump to 1.3.3
+	* win/tclWinDde.c: [Bug 473946]: Special characters not correctly sent
+	* library/dde/pkgIndex.tcl:  Increase version to 1.3.3
 
 2012-05-02  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -695,8 +695,8 @@
 
 2012-04-11  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/tclWinInit.c:     [Bug 3448512]: [clock scan 1958-01-01] fails
-	* win/tcl.m4:           in debug compilation.
+	* win/tclWinInit.c:     [Bug 3448512]: clock scan "1958-01-01" fails
+	* win/tcl.m4:           only in debug compilation.
 	* win/configure:
 	* unix/tcl.m4:          Use NDEBUG consistantly meaning: no debugging.
 	* unix/configure:
@@ -711,106 +711,107 @@
 
 2012-04-03  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclStubInit.c:	Remove the TclpGetTZName implementation
-	* generic/tclIntDecls.h:	for Cygwin (from previous commit) ,
-	* generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h:	re-generated
+	* generic/tclStubInit.c: Remove the TclpGetTZName implementation for
+	* generic/tclIntDecls.h: Cygwin (from 2012-04-02 commit), re-generated
+	* generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h:
 	* generic/tcl.decls:		cleanup unnecessary "generic" argument
 
 2012-03-30  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclInt.decls:		[Bug 3508771]: load tclreg.dll in
-	* generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h:	cygwin tclsh.  Implement
-	* generic/tclStubInit.c:	TclWinGetTclInstance, TclpGetTZName,
-	and various more win32-specific internal functions for Cygwin, so
-	win32 extensions using those can be loaded in the cygwin version of
-	tclsh.
+	* generic/tclInt.decls: [Bug 3508771]: load tclreg.dll in cygwin tclsh
+	* generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: Implement TclWinGetTclInstance,
+	* generic/tclStubInit.c:     TclpGetTZName, and various more
+	win32-specific internal functions for Cygwin, so win32 extensions
+	using those can be loaded in the cygwin version of tclsh.
 
 2012-03-30  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* unix/tcl.m4:               [Bug 3511806]: Compiler checks too early
-	* unix/configure.in:         This change allows to build the cygwin
-	* unix/tclUnixPort.h:        and mingw32 ports of Tcl/Tk to build
-	* win/tcl.m4:                out-of-the-box using a native or cross-
-	* win/configure.in:          compiler.
-	* win/tclWinPort.h:          (autoconf still to be run!)
+	* unix/tcl.m4:        [Bug 3511806]: Compiler checks too early
+	* unix/configure.in:  This change allows to build the cygwin and
+	* unix/tclUnixPort.h: mingw32 ports of Tcl/Tk to build out-of-the-box
+	* win/tcl.m4:         using a native or cross-compiler.
+	* win/configure.in:
+	* win/tclWinPort.h:
 
 2012-03-27  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tcl.h:	[Bug 3508771]: Wrong Tcl_StatBuf used on MinGW
-	* generic/tclFCmd.c:	[Bug 2015723]: duplicate inodes from file stat
+	* generic/tcl.h:      [Bug 3508771]: Wrong Tcl_StatBuf used on MinGW.
+	* generic/tclFCmd.c:  [Bug 2015723]: Duplicate inodes from file stat
 	on windows (but now for cygwin as well)
 
 2012-03-25  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclInt.decls:		[Bug 3508771]: load tclreg.dll in
-	* generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h:	cygwin tclsh.  Implement
-	* generic/tclStubInit.c:	TclWinConvertError,
-	* unix/Makefile.in:		TclWinConvertWSAError, and various
-	* unix/tcl.m4:			more win32-specific internal functions
-	* unix/configure:		for Cygwin, so win32 extensions using
-	* win/tclWinError.c:		those can be loaded in the cygwin
-					version of tclsh.
+	* generic/tclInt.decls:      [Bug 3508771]: load tclreg.dll in cygwin
+	* generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: tclsh. Implement TclWinConvertError,
+	* generic/tclStubInit.c:     TclWinConvertWSAError, and various more
+	* unix/Makefile.in:          win32-specific internal functions for
+	* unix/tcl.m4:               Cygwin, so win32 extensions using those
+	* unix/configure:            can be loaded in the cygwin version of
+	* win/tclWinError.c:         tclsh.
 
 2012-03-23  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclInt.decls:		Revert some cygwin-related signature
-	* generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h:	changes from [835f8e1e9d] (2010-02-01).
-	* win/tclWinError.c:		They were an attempt to make the cygwin
-	port compile again, but since cygwin is based on unix this serves no
-	purpose any more.
-
-	* unix/Makefile.in:		Add tclWinError.c to the CYGWIN build.
+	* generic/tclInt.decls:       Revert some cygwin-related signature
+	* generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h:  changes from [835f8e1e9d] (2010-01-22).
+	* win/tclWinError.c:          They were an attempt to make the cygwin
+	                              port compile again, but since cygwin is
+	                              based on unix this serves no purpose any
+	                              more.
+	* win/tclWinSerial.c:         Use EAGAIN in stead of EWOULDBLOCK,
+	* win/tclWinSock.c:           because in VS10+ the value of
+	                              EWOULDBLOCK is no longer the same as
+	                              EAGAIN.
+	* unix/Makefile.in:           Add tclWinError.c to the CYGWIN build.
 	* unix/tcl.m4:
 	* unix/configure:
 
 2012-03-20  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tcl.decls:		[Bug 3508771]: load tclreg.dll in
-	* generic/tclInt.decls:		cygwin tclsh. Implement
-	* generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h:	TclWinGetPlatformId,Tcl_WinUtfToTChar,
-	* generic/tclPlatDecls.h:	Tcl_WinTCharToUtf (and a dummy
-	* generic/tclStubInit.c:	TclWinCPUID) for Cygwin, so win32
-	* unix/tclUnixCompat.c:		extensions using those can be loaded
-					in the cygwin version of tclsh.
+	* generic/tcl.decls:         [Bug 3508771]: load tclreg.dll in cygwin
+	* generic/tclInt.decls:      tclsh. Implement TclWinGetPlatformId,
+	* generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: Tcl_WinUtfToTChar, Tcl_WinTCharToUtf (and
+	* generic/tclPlatDecls.h:    a dummy TclWinCPUID) for Cygwin, so win32
+	* generic/tclStubInit.c:     extensions using those can be loaded in
+	* unix/tclUnixCompat.c:      the cygwin version of tclsh.
 
 2012-03-19  Venkat Iyer <[email-masked]>
 
 	* library/tzdata/America/Atikokan: Update to tzdata2012b.
-	* library/tzdata/America/Blanc-Sablon
-	* library/tzdata/America/Dawson_Creek
-	* library/tzdata/America/Edmonton
-	* library/tzdata/America/Glace_Bay
-	* library/tzdata/America/Goose_Bay
-	* library/tzdata/America/Halifax
-	* library/tzdata/America/Havana
-	* library/tzdata/America/Moncton
-	* library/tzdata/America/Montreal
-	* library/tzdata/America/Nipigon
-	* library/tzdata/America/Rainy_River
-	* library/tzdata/America/Regina
-	* library/tzdata/America/Santiago
-	* library/tzdata/America/St_Johns
-	* library/tzdata/America/Swift_Current
-	* library/tzdata/America/Toronto
-	* library/tzdata/America/Vancouver
-	* library/tzdata/America/Winnipeg
-	* library/tzdata/Antarctica/Casey
-	* library/tzdata/Antarctica/Davis
-	* library/tzdata/Antarctica/Palmer
-	* library/tzdata/Asia/Yerevan
-	* library/tzdata/Atlantic/Stanley
-	* library/tzdata/Pacific/Easter
-	* library/tzdata/Pacific/Fakaofo
+	* library/tzdata/America/Blanc-Sablon:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Dawson_Creek:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Edmonton:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Glace_Bay:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Goose_Bay:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Halifax:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Havana:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Moncton:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Montreal:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Nipigon:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Rainy_River:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Regina:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Santiago:
+	* library/tzdata/America/St_Johns:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Swift_Current:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Toronto:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Vancouver:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Winnipeg:
+	* library/tzdata/Antarctica/Casey:
+	* library/tzdata/Antarctica/Davis:
+	* library/tzdata/Antarctica/Palmer:
+	* library/tzdata/Asia/Yerevan:
+	* library/tzdata/Atlantic/Stanley:
+	* library/tzdata/Pacific/Easter:
+	* library/tzdata/Pacific/Fakaofo:
 	* library/tzdata/America/Creston: (new)
 
 2012-03-15  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tcl.h: [Bug 3288345]: Wrong Tcl_StatBuf used on Cygwin
-	* unix/tclUnixFile.c
-	* unix/tclUnixPort.h
+	* unix/tclUnixFile.c:
+	* unix/tclUnixPort.h:
 	* win/cat.c:           Remove cygwin stuff no longer needed
-	* win/tclWinFile.c
-	* win/tclWinPort.h
+	* win/tclWinFile.c:
+	* win/tclWinPort.h:
 
 2012-03-12  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -838,7 +839,7 @@
 
 	* generic/tclIOUtil.c:	[Bug 3466099]: BOM in Unicode
 	* generic/tclEncoding.c:
-	* tests/source.test
+	* tests/source.test:
 
 2012-02-23  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -869,9 +870,9 @@
 
 2012-02-06  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclTrace.c:  Fix for [Bug 3484621]: insure that
-	* tests/trace.test:    execution traces on bytecoded commands bump
-	the interp's compile epoch.
+	* generic/tclTrace.c:  [Bug 3484621]: Ensure that execution traces on
+	* tests/trace.test:    bytecoded commands bump the interp's compile
+	epoch.
 
 2012-02-02  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -881,11 +882,11 @@
 2012-02-02  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* win/tclWinFile.c:	[Bugs 2974459,2879351,1951574,1852572,
-	1661378,1613456]: Revisions to the NativeAccess() routine that
-	queries file permissions on Windows native filesystems.  Meant to
-	fix numerous bugs where [file writable|readable|executable] "lies"
-	about what operations are possible, especially when the file resides
-	on a Samba share.  Patch merged from the fix-win-native-access branch.
+	1661378,1613456]: Revisions to the NativeAccess() routine that queries
+	file permissions on Windows native filesystems.  Meant to fix numerous
+	bugs where [file writable|readable|executable] "lies" about what
+	operations are possible, especially when the file resides on a Samba
+	share.
 
 2012-02-01  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -899,11 +900,11 @@
 
 2012-01-22  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* tools/uniClass.tcl:    [Frq 3473670]: Various Unicode-related
-	* tools/uniParse.tcl:    speedups/robustness. Enhanced tools to
-	* generic/tclUniData.c:  be able to handle characters > 0xffff
-	* generic/tclUtf.c:      Done in all branches in order to simplify
-	* generic/regc_locale.c: merges for new Unicode versions (such as 6.1)
+	* tools/uniClass.tcl:    [FRQ 3473670]: Various Unicode-related
+	* tools/uniParse.tcl:    speedups/robustness. Enhanced tools to be
+	* generic/tclUniData.c:  able to handle characters > 0xffff. Done in
+	* generic/tclUtf.c:      all branches in order to simplify merges for
+	* generic/regc_locale.c: new Unicode versions (such as 6.1)
 
 2012-01-22  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -916,10 +917,10 @@
 
 	* generic/tcl.h:        [Bug 3474726]: Eliminate detection of struct
 	* generic/tclWinPort.h: _stat32i64, just use _stati64 in combination
-	* generic/tclFCmd.c:    with _USE_32BIT_TIME_T, which is the same then.
-	* generic/tclTest.c:    Only keep _stat32i64 usage for cygwin, so it
-	* win/configure.in:     will not conflict with cygwin's own struct stat.
-	* win/configure:
+	* generic/tclFCmd.c:    with _USE_32BIT_TIME_T, which is the same
+	* generic/tclTest.c:    then. Only keep _stat32i64 usage for cygwin,
+	* win/configure.in:     so it will not conflict with cygwin's own
+	* win/configure:	struct stat.
 
 2012-01-21  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -945,37 +946,37 @@
 
 2012-01-09  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclUtf.c:      [Bug 3464428]: string is graph \u0120 is wrong
-	* generic/regc_locale.c: Add table for Unicode [:cntrl:] class
-	* tools/uniClass.tcl:    Generate Unicode [:cntrl:] class table
+	* generic/tclUtf.c:      [Bug 3464428]: [string is graph \u0120] was
+	* generic/regc_locale.c: wrong. Add table for Unicode [:cntrl:] class.
+	* tools/uniClass.tcl:    Generate Unicode [:cntrl:] class table.
 	* tests/utf.test:
 
 2012-01-08  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* library/clock.tcl (ReadZoneinfoFile): Corrected a bug where loading
-	* tests/clock.test (clock-56.4):        zoneinfo would fail if one
-	timezone abbreviation was a proper tail of another, and zic used the
-	same bytes of the file to represent both of them.  Added a test case
-	for the bug, using the same data that caused the observed failure
-	"in the wild." [Bug 3470928]
+	* library/clock.tcl (ReadZoneinfoFile): [Bug 3470928]: Corrected a bug
+	* tests/clock.test (clock-56.4):        where loading zoneinfo would
+	fail if one timezone abbreviation was a proper tail of another, and
+	zic used the same bytes of the file to represent both of them. Added a
+	test case for the bug, using the same data that caused the observed
+	failure "in the wild."
 
 2011-12-30  Venkat Iyer <[email-masked]>
 
-	* library/tzdata/America/Bahia : Update to Olson's tzdata2011n
-	* library/tzdata/America/Havana
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Kiev
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Simferopol
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Uzhgorod
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Zaporozhye
-	* library/tzdata/Pacific/Fiji
+	* library/tzdata/America/Bahia:		Update to Olson's tzdata2011n
+	* library/tzdata/America/Havana:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Kiev:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Simferopol:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Uzhgorod:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Zaporozhye:
+	* library/tzdata/Pacific/Fiji:
 
 2011-12-23  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclUtf.c:     [Bug 3464428]: string is graph \u0120 is wrong
+	* generic/tclUtf.c: [Bug 3464428]: [string is graph \u0120] is wrong.
 	* generic/tclUniData.c:
 	* generic/regc_locale.c:
 	* tests/utf.test:
-	* tools/uniParse.tcl:   clean up some unused stuff, and be more robust
+	* tools/uniParse.tcl:   Clean up some unused stuff, and be more robust
 	against changes in UnicodeData.txt syntax
 
 2011-12-11  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
@@ -1004,8 +1005,8 @@
 
 2011-11-22  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/tclWinPort.h:   [Bug 3354324]: Windows: file mtime
-	* win/tclWinFile.c:  sets wrong time (VS2005+ only)
+	* win/tclWinPort.h: [Bug 3354324]: Windows: [file mtime] sets wrong
+	* win/tclWinFile.c: time (VS2005+ only).
 	* generic/tclTest.c:
 
 2011-11-04  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
@@ -1036,20 +1037,21 @@
 
 2011-10-18  Reinhard Max  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* library/clock.tcl (::tcl::clock::GetSystemTimeZone): Cache the
-	time zone only if it was detected by one of the expensive
-	methods. Otherwise after unsetting TCL_TZ or TZ the previous value
-	will still be used.
+	* library/clock.tcl (::tcl::clock::GetSystemTimeZone): Cache the time
+	zone only if it was detected by one of the expensive methods.
+	Otherwise after unsetting TCL_TZ or TZ the previous value will still
+	be used.
 
 2011-10-15  Venkat Iyer <[email-masked]>
-	* library/tzdata/America/Sitka : Update to Olson's tzdata2011l
-	* library/tzdata/Pacific/Fiji
-	* library/tzdata/Asia/Hebron (New)
+
+	* library/tzdata/America/Sitka: Update to Olson's tzdata2011l
+	* library/tzdata/Pacific/Fiji:
+	* library/tzdata/Asia/Hebron: (New)
 
 2011-10-11  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/tclWinFile.c:    [Bug 2935503]: Incorrect mode field
-	returned by file stat command
+	* win/tclWinFile.c:    [Bug 2935503]: Incorrect mode field returned by
+	[file stat] command.
 
 2011-10-07  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1061,16 +1063,16 @@
 2011-10-03  Venkat Iyer <[email-masked]>
 
 	* library/tzdata/Africa/Dar_es_Salaam: Update to Olson's tzdata2011k
-	* library/tzdata/Africa/Kampala
-	* library/tzdata/Africa/Nairobi
-	* library/tzdata/Asia/Gaza
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Kaliningrad
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Kiev
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Minsk
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Simferopol
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Uzhgorod
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Zaporozhye
-	* library/tzdata/Pacific/Apia
+	* library/tzdata/Africa/Kampala:
+	* library/tzdata/Africa/Nairobi:
+	* library/tzdata/Asia/Gaza:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Kaliningrad:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Kiev:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Minsk:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Simferopol:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Uzhgorod:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Zaporozhye:
+	* library/tzdata/Pacific/Apia:
 
 2011-09-16  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1091,8 +1093,8 @@
 
 2011-09-13  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclUtil.c:	[Bug 3390638]: Workaround broken solaris
-	studio cc optimizer.  Thanks to Wolfgang S. Kechel.
+	* generic/tclUtil.c:	[Bug 3390638]: Workaround broken Solaris
+	Studio cc optimizer.  Thanks to Wolfgang S. Kechel.
 
 	* generic/tclDTrace.d:	[Bug 3405652]: Portability workaround for
 	broken system DTrace support.  Thanks to Dagobert Michelson.
@@ -1105,9 +1107,9 @@
 2011-09-07  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclCompExpr.c: [Bug 3401704]: Allow function names like
-	* tests/parseExpr.test:	 influence(), nanobot(), and 99bottles()
-	that have been parsed as missing operator syntax errors before
-	with the form NUMBER + FUNCTION.
+	* tests/parseExpr.test:	 influence(), nanobot(), and 99bottles() that
+	have been parsed as missing operator syntax errors before with the
+	form NUMBER + FUNCTION.
 	***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY***
 
 2011-09-06  Venkat Iyer <[email-masked]>
@@ -1144,8 +1146,8 @@
 2011-08-18  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclUniData.c: [Bug 3393714]: Overflow in toupper delta
-	* tools/uniParse.tcl
-	* tests/utf.test
+	* tools/uniParse.tcl:
+	* tests/utf.test:
 
 2011-08-17  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1177,13 +1179,13 @@
 
 2011-08-15  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/tclWinPort.h:    [Bug 3388350]: mingw64 compiler warnings
-	* win/tclWinPipe.c
-	* win/tclWinSock.c
-	* win/configure.in
-	* win/configure
-	* generic/tclPosixStr.c
+	* generic/tclPosixStr.c:    [Bug 3388350]: mingw64 compiler warnings
 	* generic/tclStrToD.c
+	* win/tclWinPort.h:
+	* win/tclWinPipe.c:
+	* win/tclWinSock.c:
+	* win/configure.in:
+	* win/configure:
 
 2011-08-12  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1193,9 +1195,9 @@
 2011-08-09  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* win/tclWinConsole.c: [Bug 3388350]: mingw64 compiler warnings
-	* win/tclWinDde.c
-	* win/tclWinPipe.c
-	* win/tclWinSerial.c
+	* win/tclWinDde.c:
+	* win/tclWinPipe.c:
+	* win/tclWinSerial.c:
 
 2011-08-05  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1231,6 +1233,7 @@
 
 	* generic/tclUtil.c:	[Bug 3371644]: Repair failure to properly handle
 	* tests/util.test: (length == -1) scanning in TclConvertElement().
+	Thanks to Thomas Sader and Alexandre Ferrieux.
 
 2011-07-15  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1258,9 +1261,9 @@
 	* unix/Makefile.in:
 	* win/Makefile.in:
 	* win/Makefile.vc:
-	Fix a bug where bignum->double conversion is "round up" and
-	not "round to nearest" (causing expr double(1[string repeat 0 23])
-	not to be 1e+23). [Bug 3349507]
+	[Bug 3349507]: Fix a bug where bignum->double conversion is "round up"
+	and not "round to nearest" (causing expr double(1[string repeat 0 23])
+	not to be 1e+23).
 
 2011-06-30  Reinhard Max  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1282,7 +1285,7 @@
 	* win/Makefile.in:
 
 	* generic/tclInt.h: Fixed the inadvertently committed disabling of
-	  stack checks, see my 2010-11-15 commit.
+	stack checks, see my 2010-11-15 commit.
 
 2011-06-21  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1296,8 +1299,8 @@
 	* tests/init.test:	Update test files to use new command.
 	* tests/pkg.test:
 
-	* generic/tclLink.c:	Prevent multiple links to a single Tcl
-	variable when calling Tcl_LinkVar(). [Bug 3317466]
+	* generic/tclLink.c:	[Bug 3317466]: Prevent multiple links to a
+	single Tcl variable when calling Tcl_LinkVar().
 
 2011-06-13  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1307,8 +1310,8 @@
 2011-06-02  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclBasic.c:	Removed TclCleanupLiteralTable(), and old
-	* generic/tclInt.h:	band-aid routine put in place while a fix
-	* generic/tclLiteral.c:	for [Bug 994838] took shape.  No longer needed.
+	* generic/tclInt.h:	band-aid routine put in place while a fix for
+	* generic/tclLiteral.c:	[Bug 994838] took shape.  No longer needed.
 
 2011-06-02  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1319,8 +1322,8 @@
 
 2011-06-01  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclUtil.c:   Fix for [Bug 3309871]: Valgrind finds:
-	invalid read in TclMaxListLength()
+	* generic/tclUtil.c:   Fix for [Bug 3309871]: Valgrind finds: invalid
+	read in TclMaxListLength().
 
 2011-05-25  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1336,19 +1339,19 @@
 2011-05-17  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclCompile.c (TclFixupForwardJump): Tracked down and fixed
-	* generic/tclBasic.c (TclArgumentBCEnter): the cause of a violation
-	of my assertion that 'ePtr->nline == objc' in TclArgumentBCEnter.
-	When a bytecode was grown during jump fixup the pc -> command line
-	mapping was not updated. When things aligned just wrong the mapping
-	would direct command A to the data for command B, with a different
-	number of arguments.
+	* generic/tclBasic.c (TclArgumentBCEnter): the cause of a violation of
+	my assertion that 'ePtr->nline == objc' in TclArgumentBCEnter.  When a
+	bytecode was grown during jump fixup the pc -> command line mapping
+	was not updated. When things aligned just wrong the mapping would
+	direct command A to the data for command B, with a different number of
+	arguments.
 
 2011-05-10  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclInt.h:     New internal routines TclScanElement() and
 	* generic/tclUtil.c:    TclConvertElement() are rewritten guts of
-	machinery to produce string rep of lists.  The new routines avoid
-	and correct [Bug 3173086].  See comments for much more detail.
+	machinery to produce string rep of lists.  The new routines avoid and
+	correct [Bug 3173086].  See comments for much more detail.
 
 	* generic/tclDictObj.c:         Update all callers.
 	* generic/tclIndexObj.c:
@@ -1363,8 +1366,8 @@
 
 2011-05-07  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclInt.h: fix USE_TCLALLOC so that it can be enabled
-	* unix/Makefile.in: without editing the Makefile
+	* generic/tclInt.h: Fix USE_TCLALLOC so that it can be enabled without
+	* unix/Makefile.in: editing the Makefile.
 
 2011-05-05  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1379,21 +1382,21 @@
 
 2011-05-02  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c:	Revised TclFindElement() interface.  The
-	* generic/tclDictObj.c:	final argument had been bracePtr, the address
-	* generic/tclListObj.c:	of a boolean var, where the caller can be told
+	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c:	Revised TclFindElement() interface. The final
+	* generic/tclDictObj.c:	argument had been bracePtr, the address of a
+	* generic/tclListObj.c:	boolean var, where the caller can be told
 	* generic/tclParse.c:	whether or not the parsed list element was
 	* generic/tclUtil.c:	enclosed in braces.  In practice, no callers
 	really care about that.  What the callers really want to know is
 	whether the list element value exists as a literal substring of the
 	string being parsed, or whether a call to TclCopyAndCollpase() is
-	needed to produce the list element value.  Now the final argument
-	is changed to do what callers actually need.  This is a better fit
-	for the calls in tclParse.c, where now a good deal of post-processing
-	checking for "naked backslashes" is no longer necessary.
+	needed to produce the list element value.  Now the final argument is
+	changed to do what callers actually need. This is a better fit for the
+	calls in tclParse.c, where now a good deal of post-processing checking
+	for "naked backslashes" is no longer necessary.
 	***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY***
-	For any callers calling in via the internal stubs table who really
-	do use the final argument explicitly to check for the enclosing brace
+	For any callers calling in via the internal stubs table who really do
+	use the final argument explicitly to check for the enclosing brace
 	scenario.  Simply looking for the braces where they must be is the
 	revision available to those callers, and it will backport cleanly.
 
@@ -1414,11 +1417,11 @@
 2011-04-28  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclInt.h:	New utility routines:
-	* generic/tclParse.c:	TclIsSpaceProc() and
-	* generic/tclUtil.c:	TclCountSpaceRuns()
+	* generic/tclParse.c:	TclIsSpaceProc() and TclCountSpaceRuns()
+	* generic/tclUtil.c:
 
-	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c:	Use new routines to replace calls to
-	* generic/tclListObj.c:	isspace() and their /* INTL */ risk.
+	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c:	Use new routines to replace calls to isspace()
+	* generic/tclListObj.c:	and their /* INTL */ risk.
 	* generic/tclStrToD.c:
 	* generic/tclUtf.c:
 	* unix/tclUnixFile.c:
@@ -1485,8 +1488,8 @@
 	* generic/tclConfig.c:
 	* generic/tclListObj.c:
 
-	* generic/tclInt.h:	Define and use macros that test whether
-	* generic/tclBasic.c:	a Tcl list value is canonical.
+	* generic/tclInt.h:	Define and use macros that test whether a Tcl
+	* generic/tclBasic.c:	list value is canonical.
 	* generic/tclUtil.c:
 
 2011-04-16  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
@@ -1538,15 +1541,15 @@
 
 2011-04-04  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* README:	Updated README files, repairing broken URLs and
-	* macosx/README:	removing other bits that were clearly wrong.
+	* README:	[Bug 3202030]: Updated README files, repairing broken
+	* macosx/README:URLs and removing other bits that were clearly wrong.
 	* unix/README:	Still could use more eyeballs on the detailed build
-	* win/README:	advice on various plaforms. [Bug 3202030]
+	* win/README:	advice on various plaforms.
 
 2011-04-02  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclStrToD.c (QuickConversion): Replaced another couple of
-	'double' declarations with 'volatile double' to work around
+	* generic/tclStrToD.c (QuickConversion): Replaced another couple
+	of 'double' declarations with 'volatile double' to work around
 	misrounding issues in mingw-gcc 3.4.5.
 
 2011-03-24  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
@@ -1557,7 +1560,7 @@
 
 2011-03-21  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* unix/tclLoadDl.c:    [Bug #3216070]: Loading extension libraries
+	* unix/tclLoadDl.c:    [Bug 3216070]: Loading extension libraries
 	* unix/tclLoadDyld.c:  from embedded Tcl applications.
 	***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY***
 	For extensions which rely on symbols from other extensions being
@@ -1566,13 +1569,13 @@
 
 2011-03-16  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclCkalloc.c: [Bug #3197864]: pointer truncation on Win64
+	* generic/tclCkalloc.c: [Bug 3197864]: Pointer truncation on Win64
 	TCL_MEM_DEBUG builds
 
 2011-03-16  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclBasic.c:	Some rewrites to eliminate calls to
-	* generic/tclParse.c:	isspace() and their /* INTL */ risk.
+	* generic/tclBasic.c:	Some rewrites to eliminate calls to isspace()
+	* generic/tclParse.c:	and their /* INTL */ risk.
 	* generic/tclProc.c:
 
 2011-03-16  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
@@ -1584,8 +1587,8 @@
 
 2011-03-14  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* tools/tclZIC.tcl (onDayOfMonth): Allow for leading zeroes
-	in month and day so that tzdata2011d parses correctly.
+	* tools/tclZIC.tcl (onDayOfMonth): Allow for leading zeroes in month
+	and day so that tzdata2011d parses correctly.
 	* library/tzdata/America/Havana:
 	* library/tzdata/America/Juneau:
 	* library/tzdata/America/Santiago:
@@ -1600,10 +1603,10 @@
 
 2011-03-09  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclNamesp.c:	Tighten the detector of nested [namespace code]
-	* tests/namespace.test:	quoting that the quoted scripts function
-	properly even in a namespace that contains a custom "namespace"
-	command.  [Bug 3202171]
+	* generic/tclNamesp.c:	[Bug 3202171]: Tighten the detector of nested
+	* tests/namespace.test:	[namespace code] quoting that the quoted
+	scripts function properly even in a namespace that contains a custom
+	"namespace" command.
 
 	* doc/tclvars.n:	Formatting fix.  Thanks to Pat Thotys.
 
@@ -1616,8 +1619,8 @@
 	* generic/tclInt.h:	Remove TclMarkList() routine, an experimental
 	* generic/tclUtil.c:	dead-end from the 8.5 alpha days.
 
-	* generic/tclResult.c (ResetObjResult):	Correct failure to clear
-	invalid intrep.  Thanks to Colin McDonald. [Bug 3202905]
+	* generic/tclResult.c (ResetObjResult): [Bug 3202905]: Correct failure
+	to clear invalid intrep.  Thanks to Colin McDonald.
 
 2011-03-06  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1626,13 +1629,13 @@
 	* generic/tclParse.c:
 	* generic/tclUtil.c:
 
-	* generic/tclUtil.c (TclFindElement):	Guard escape sequence scans
-	to not overrun the string end.  [Bug 3192636]
+	* generic/tclUtil.c (TclFindElement):	[Bug 3192636]: Guard escape
+	sequence scans to not overrun the string end.
 
 2011-03-05  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclParse.c (TclParseBackslash): Correct trunction checks in
-	* tests/parse.test:	\x and \u substitutions.  [Bug 3200987]
+	* generic/tclParse.c (TclParseBackslash): [Bug 3200987]: Correct
+	* tests/parse.test:	trunction checks in \x and \u substitutions.
 
 2011-01-26  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1677,16 +1680,16 @@
 	* tests/io.test       regarding legacy form.
 	* tests/ioCmd.test
 
-2011-01-15  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+2011-01-15  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* doc/tclvars.n:
 	* generic/tclStrToD.c:
 	* generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_PrintDouble):
-	* tests/util.test (util-16.*): Restored full Tcl 8.4 compatibility
-	for the formatting of floating point numbers when $::tcl_precision
-	is not zero. Added compatibility tests to make sure that excess
-	trailing zeroes are suppressed for all eight major code paths.
-	[Bug 3157475]
+	* tests/util.test (util-16.*): [Bug 3157475]: Restored full Tcl 8.4
+	compatibility for the formatting of floating point numbers when
+	$::tcl_precision is not zero. Added compatibility tests to make sure
+	that excess trailing zeroes are suppressed for all eight major code
+	paths.
 
 2011-01-13  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1719,7 +1722,7 @@
 
 2010-12-17  Stuart Cassoff  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* unix/Makefile.in:  Use 'rpmbuild', not 'rpm' [Bug 2537626].
+	* unix/Makefile.in:  [Bug 2537626]: Use 'rpmbuild', not 'rpm'.
 
 2010-12-13  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1741,18 +1744,17 @@
 
 2010-12-03  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): add extra check for multiple
-	inner *s that leads to poor recursive glob matching, defer to
-	original RE instead.  tclbench RE var backtrack.
+	* generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): Add extra check for multiple inner
+	*s that leads to poor recursive glob matching, defer to original RE
+	instead.  tclbench RE var backtrack.
 
 2010-12-01  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclStrToD.c (SetPrecisionLimits, TclDoubleDigits):
-	Added meaningless initialization of 'i', 'ilim' and 'ilim1'
-	to silence warnings from the C compiler about possible use of
-	uninitialized variables, Added a panic to the 'switch' that
-	assigns them, to assert that the 'default' case is impossible.
-	[Bug 3124675]
+	[Bug 3124675]: Added meaningless initialization of 'i', 'ilim' and
+	'ilim1' to silence warnings from the C compiler about possible use of
+	uninitialized variables, Added a panic to the 'switch' that assigns
+	them, to assert that the 'default' case is impossible.
 
 2010-11-30  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1832,18 +1834,18 @@
 
 2010-11-03  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileCatchCmd):
-	* tests/compile.test (compile-3.6): [Bug 3098302]: Reworked the
-	compilation of the [catch] command so as to avoid placing any code
-	that might throw an exception (specifically, any initial substitutions
-	or any stores to result or options variables) between the BEGIN_CATCH
-	and END_CATCH but outside the exception range.  Added a test case that
-	panics on a stack smash if the change is not made.
+	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileCatchCmd): [Bug 3098302]:
+	* tests/compile.test (compile-3.6): Reworked the compilation of the
+	[catch] command so as to avoid placing any code that might throw an
+	exception (specifically, any initial substitutions or any stores to
+	result or options variables) between the BEGIN_CATCH and END_CATCH but
+	outside the exception range.  Added a test case that panics on a stack
+	smash if the change is not made.
 
 2010-11-01  Stuart Cassoff  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* library/safe.tcl:	Improved handling of non-standard module
-	* tests/safe.test:	path lists, empty path lists in particular.
+	* library/safe.tcl:	Improved handling of non-standard module path
+	* tests/safe.test:	lists, empty path lists in particular.
 
 2010-11-01  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1863,31 +1865,31 @@
 
 2010-10-09  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclExecute.c: fix overallocation of exec stack in TEBC
-	(mixing numwords and numbytes)
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: Fix overallocation of exec stack in TEBC (due
+	to mixing numwords and numbytes)
 
 2010-10-01  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclExecute.c (EvalStatsCmd): change 'evalstats' to
-	return data to interp by default, or if given an arg, use that as
-	filename to output to (accepts 'stdout' and 'stderr').
-	Fix output to print used inst count data.
-	* generic/tclCkalloc.c: change TclDumpMemoryInfo sig to allow
-	* generic/tclInt.decls: objPtr as well as FILE* as output.
+	* generic/tclExecute.c (EvalStatsCmd): change 'evalstats' to return
+	data to interp by default, or if given an arg, use that as filename to
+	output to (accepts 'stdout' and 'stderr').  Fix output to print used
+	inst count data.
+	* generic/tclCkalloc.c: Change TclDumpMemoryInfo sig to allow objPtr
+	* generic/tclInt.decls: as well as FILE* as output.
 	* generic/tclIntDecls.h:
 
 2010-09-24  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* tclWinsock.c: [Bug 3056775]: Fixed race condition between thread
-	and internal co-thread access of a socket's structure because of
-	the thread not using the socketListLock in TcpAccept(). Added
+	* tclWinsock.c: [Bug 3056775]: Fixed race condition between thread and
+	internal co-thread access of a socket's structure because of the
+	thread not using the socketListLock in TcpAccept(). Added
 	documentation on how the module works to the top.
 
 2010-09-23  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclCmdAH.c:	Fix cases where value returned by
-	* generic/tclEvent.c:	Tcl_GetReturnOptions() was leaked.
-	* generic/tclMain.c:	Thanks to Jeff Hobbs for discovery of the
+	* generic/tclCmdAH.c:   Fix cases where value returned by
+	* generic/tclEvent.c:   Tcl_GetReturnOptions() was leaked.
+	* generic/tclMain.c:    Thanks to Jeff Hobbs for discovery of the
 	anti-pattern to seek and destroy.
 
 2010-09-19  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
@@ -1928,15 +1930,15 @@
 	* doc/glob.n: Fixed documentation ambiguity regarding the handling
 	of -join.
 
-	* library/safe.tcl (::safe::AliasGlob): Fixed another problem, the
-	option -join does not stop option processing in the core builtin,
-	so the emulation must not do that either.
+	* library/safe.tcl (safe::AliasGlob): Fixed another problem, the
+	option -join does not stop option processing in the core builtin, so
+	the emulation must not do that either.
 
 2010-09-01  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* library/safe.tcl (::safe::AliasGlob): Moved the command
-	extending the actual glob command with a -directory flag to when
-	we actually have a proper untranslated path,
+	* library/safe.tcl (safe::AliasGlob): Moved the command extending the
+	actual glob command with a -directory flag to when we actually have a
+	proper untranslated path,
 
 2010-09-01  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -1944,9 +1946,9 @@
 
 2010-09-01  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclExecute.c: [Bug 3057639]. Applied patch by Jeff to
-	* generic/tclVar.c: make the behaviour of lappend in bytecompiled
-	* tests/append.test: mode consistent with direct-eval and 'append'
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: [Bug 3057639]: Applied patch by Jeff to make
+	* generic/tclVar.c:	the behaviour of lappend in bytecompiled mode
+	* tests/append.test:	consistent with direct-eval and 'append'
 	* tests/appendComp.test: generally. Added tests (append*-9.*)
 	showing the difference.
 	***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY***
@@ -1960,8 +1962,8 @@
 
 2010-08-31  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/tcl.m4: Applied patch by Jeff fixing issues with the
-	manifest handling on Win64.
+	* win/tcl.m4: Applied patch by Jeff fixing issues with the manifest
+	handling on Win64.
 	* win/configure: Regenerated.
 
 2010-08-29  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
@@ -1977,9 +1979,9 @@
 
 	* win/Makefile.in (VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_DLL VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_EXE):
 	* win/configure, win/configure.in, win/tcl.m4: SC_EMBED_MANIFEST
-	macro and --enable-embedded-manifest configure arg added to
-	support manifest embedding where we know the magic.  Help prevents
-	DLL hell with MSVC8+.
+	macro and --enable-embedded-manifest configure arg added to support
+	manifest embedding where we know the magic.  Help prevents DLL hell
+	with MSVC8+.
 
 2010-08-24  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -2011,7 +2013,7 @@
 2010-08-11  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* unix/ldAix: Remove ancient (pre-4.2) AIX support
-	* unix/configure: regen with ac-2.59
+	* unix/configure: Regen with ac-2.59
 	* unix/configure.in, unix/tclConfig.sh.in, unix/Makefile.in:
 	* unix/tcl.m4 (AIX): Remove the need for ldAIX, replace with
 	-bexpall/-brtl.  Remove TCL_EXP_FILE (export file) and other baggage
@@ -2089,8 +2091,8 @@
 
 2010-07-28  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclVar.c: [Bug 3037525]: lose fickle optimisation in
-	TclDeleteVars (used for runtime-created locals) that caused crashes.
+	* generic/tclVar.c: [Bug 3037525]: Lose fickle optimisation in
+	TclDeleteVars (used for runtime-created locals) that caused crash.
 
 2010-07-25  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -2138,7 +2140,7 @@
 2010-06-16  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* tools/loadICU.tcl:   [Bug 3016135]: Traceback using clock format
-	* library/msgs/he.msg: with locale of he_IL
+	* library/msgs/he.msg: with locale of he_IL.
 
 2010-06-09  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -2233,11 +2235,11 @@
 2010-04-14  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* library/platform/platform.tcl: Linux platform identification:
-	* library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: Check /lib64 for existence of
-	* unix/Makefile.in: files matching libc* before accepting it as
-	* win/Makefile.in: base directory. This can happen on weirdly
-	installed 32bit systems which have an empty or partially filled
-	/lib64 without an actual libc. Bumped to version 1.0.6.
+	* library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: Check /lib64 for existence of files
+	* unix/Makefile.in: matching libc* before accepting it as base
+	* win/Makefile.in:  directory. This can happen on weirdly installed
+	32bit systems which have an empty or partially filled /lib64 without
+	an actual libc. Bumped to version 1.0.6.
 
 2010-04-03  Zoran Vasiljevic <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -2260,21 +2262,21 @@
 2010-03-30  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclIORChan.c (ReflectClose, ReflectInput, ReflectOutput,
-	ReflectSeekWide, ReflectWatch, ReflectBlock, ReflectSetOption,
-	ReflectGetOption, ForwardProc): [Bug 2978773]: Preserve
+	(ReflectSeekWide, ReflectWatch, ReflectBlock, ReflectSetOption,
+	(ReflectGetOption, ForwardProc): [Bug 2978773]: Preserve
 	ReflectedChannel* structures across handler invokations, to avoid
-	crashes when the handler implementation induces nested callbacks
-	and destruction of the channel deep inside such a nesting.
+	crashes when the handler implementation induces nested callbacks and
+	destruction of the channel deep inside such a nesting.
 
 2010-03-30  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_GetCommandFromObj):	[Bug 2979402]: Reorder
+	* generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_GetCommandFromObj):     [Bug 2979402]: Reorder
 	the validity tests on internal rep of a "cmdName" value to avoid
 	invalid reads reported by valgrind.
 
 2010-03-29  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclStringObj.c:	Fix array overrun in test format-1.12
+	* generic/tclStringObj.c:       Fix array overrun in test format-1.12
 	caught by valgrind testing.
 
 2010-03-25  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
@@ -2284,8 +2286,8 @@
 
 2010-03-24  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclResult.c:	[Bug 2383005]: Revise [return -errorcode] so
-	* tests/result.test:	that it rejects illegal non-list values.
+	* generic/tclResult.c:  [Bug 2383005]: Revise [return -errorcode] so
+	* tests/result.test:    that it rejects illegal non-list values.
 
 2010-03-20  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -2294,21 +2296,21 @@
 
 2010-03-18  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclListObj.c: [Bug 2971669]: Prevent in overflow trouble in
-	* generic/tclTestObj.c: ListObjReplace operations.  Thanks to kbk for
-	* tests/listObj.test:   fix and test.
+	* generic/tclListObj.c:	[Bug 2971669]: Prevent in overflow trouble in
+	* generic/tclTestObj.c:	ListObjReplace operations. Thanks to kbk for
+	* tests/listObj.test:	fix and test.
 
 2010-03-12  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/makefile.vc:      Fix [Bug 2967340]: Static build failure
-	* win/.cvsignore
+	* win/makefile.vc: [Bug 2967340]: Static build was failing.
+	* win/.cvsignore:
 
 2010-03-09  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclIORChan.c: [Bug 2936225]: Thanks to Alexandre Ferrieux
-	* doc/refchan.n:	<[email-masked]> for debugging
-	* tests/ioCmd.test:	and fixing the problem. It is the write-side
-				equivalent to the bug fixed 2009-08-06.
+	* doc/refchan.n:    <[email-masked]> for debugging and
+	* tests/ioCmd.test: fixing the problem. It is the write-side
+	equivalent to the bug fixed 2009-08-06.
 
 2010-03-09  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -2340,11 +2342,12 @@
 2010-02-21  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclBasic.c:   Fix [Bug 2954959] expr abs(0.0) is -0.0
-	* tests/expr.test
+	* tests/expr.test:
 
 2010-02-19  Stuart Cassoff  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* tcl.m4: Correct compiler/linker flags for threaded builds on OpenBSD
+	* tcl.m4: Correct compiler/linker flags for threaded builds on
+	OpenBSD.
 	* configure: (regenerated).
 
 2010-02-19  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
@@ -2461,8 +2464,8 @@
 
 2010-01-05  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclPathObj.c (TclPathPart):	[Bug 2918610]: Correct
-	* tests/fileName.test (filename-14.31):	inconsistency between the
+	* generic/tclPathObj.c (TclPathPart):   [Bug 2918610]: Correct
+	* tests/fileName.test (filename-14.31): inconsistency between the
 	string rep and the intrep of a path value created by [file rootname].
 	Thanks to Vitaly Magerya for reporting.
 
@@ -2581,7 +2584,7 @@
 
 	* changes:	Update for 8.5.8 release.
 
-	* generic/tclClock.c (TclClockInit):	Do not create [clock] support
+	* generic/tclClock.c (TclClockInit):    Do not create [clock] support
 	commands in safe interps.
 
 	* tests/io.test:	New test io-53.11 to test for [Bug 2895565].
@@ -2610,10 +2613,10 @@
 
 2009-11-11  Alexandre Ferrieux  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclIO.c: Backported fix for [Bug 2888099] (close discards
-	ENOSPC error) by saving the errno from the first of two
-	FlushChannel()s. Uneasy to test; might need specific channel drivers.
-	Four-hands with aku.
+	* generic/tclIO.c: Fix [Bug 2888099] (close discards ENOSPC error)
+	                   by saving the errno from the first of two
+	                   FlushChannel()s. Uneasy to test; might need
+	                   specific channel drivers. Four-hands with aku.
 
 2009-11-10  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -2676,18 +2679,19 @@
 
 2009-10-29  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tcl.h:	[Bug 2800740]: Changed the typedef for the
-	mp_digit type from:
+	* generic/tcl.h:        Changed the typedef for the mp_digit type
+	from:
 		typedef unsigned long mp_digit;
 	to:
 		typedef unsigned int mp_digit;
 	For 32-bit builds where "long" and "int" are two names for the same
-	thing, this is no change at all. For 64-bit builds, though, this
+	thing, this is no change at all.  For 64-bit builds, though, this
 	causes the dp[] array of an mp_int to be made up of 32-bit elements
-	instead of 64-bit elements. This is a huge improvement because details
-	elsewhere in the mp_int implementation cause only 28 bits of each
-	element to be actually used storing number data. Without this change
-	bignums are over 50% wasted space on 64-bit systems.
+	instead of 64-bit elements.  This is a huge improvement because
+	details elsewhere in the mp_int implementation cause only 28 bits of
+	each element to be actually used storing number data.  Without this
+	change bignums are over 50% wasted space on 64-bit systems.  [Bug
+	2800740].
 
 	***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY***
 	For 64-bit builds, callers of routines with (mp_digit) or (mp_digit *)
@@ -2701,9 +2705,9 @@
 2009-10-29  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* library/clock.tcl (LocalizeFormat):
-	* tests/clock.test (clock-67.1): [Bug 2819334]:
-	Corrected a problem where '%%' followed by a letter in a format group
-	could expand recursively: %%R would turn into %%H:%M:%S.
+	* tests/clock.test (clock-67.1):
+	[Bug 2819334]: Corrected a problem where '%%' followed by a letter in
+	a format group could expand recursively: %%R would turn into %%H:%M:%S
 
 2009-10-28  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -2723,9 +2727,9 @@
 
 2009-10-27  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* library/clock.tcl (ParseClockScanFormat): [Bug 2886852]:
-	Corrected a problem where [clock scan] didn't load the timezone soon
-	enough when processing a time format that lacked a complete date.
+	* library/clock.tcl (ParseClockScanFormat): [Bug 2886852]: Corrected a
+	problem where [clock scan] didn't load the timezone soon enough when
+	processing a time format that lacked a complete date.
 	* tests/clock.test (clock-66.1):
 	Added a test case for the above bug.
 	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:
@@ -2737,11 +2741,11 @@
 2009-10-24  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* library/clock.tcl (ProcessPosixTimeZone):
-	Corrected a regression in the fix to [Bug 2207436] that caused [clock]
-	to apply EU daylight saving time rules in the US. Thanks to Karl
-	Lehenbauer for reporting this regression.
+	Corrected a regression in the fix to [Bug 2207436] that caused
+	[clock] to apply EU daylight saving time rules in the US.
+	Thanks to Karl Lehenbauer for reporting this regression.
 	* tests/clock.test (clock-52.4):
-	Added a regression test for the above regression.
+	Added a regression test for the above bug.
 	* library/tzdata/Asia/Dhaka:
 	* library/tzdata/Asia/Karachi:
 	New DST rules for Bangladesh and Pakistan. (Olson's tzdata2009o.)
@@ -2749,9 +2753,9 @@
 2009-10-23  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclIO.c (FlushChannel): Skip OutputProc for low-level
-	0-length writes. When closing pipes which have already been closed not
-	skipping leads to spurious SIG_PIPE signals. Reported by Mikhail
-	Teterin <[email-masked]>.
+	0-length writes. When closing pipes which have already been closed
+	not skipping leads to spurious SIG_PIPE signals. Reported by
+	Mikhail Teterin <[email-masked]>.
 
 2009-10-21  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -2760,10 +2764,10 @@
 
 2009-10-19  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclIO.c:	Revised ReadChars and FilterInputBytes
-	routines to permit reads to continue up to the string limits of Tcl
-	values. Before revisions, large read attempts could panic when as
-	little as half the limiting value length was reached. [Patch 2107634]
+	* generic/tclIO.c:      [Patch 2107634]: Revised ReadChars and
+	FilterInputBytes routines to permit reads to continue up to the string
+	limits of Tcl values.  Before revisions, large read attempts could
+	panic when as little as half the limiting value length was reached.
 	Thanks to Sean Morrison and Bob Parker for their roles in the fix.
 
 2009-10-18  Joe Mistachkin  <[email-masked]>
@@ -2798,22 +2802,21 @@
 
 2009-10-07  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclObj.c: [Bug 2871908]: Plug memory leaks of the
-	objThreadMap and lineCLPtr hashtables.  Also make the names of the
-	continuation line information initialization and finalization
-	functions more consistent. Patch supplied by Joe Mistachkin
-	<[email-masked]>.
+	* generic/tclObj.c: [Bug 2871908]: Plug memory leaks of objThreadMap
+	and lineCLPtr hashtables.  Also make the names of the continuation
+	line information initialization and finalization functions more
+	consistent. Patch supplied by Joe Mistachkin <[email-masked]>.
 
-	* generic/tclIORChan.c (ErrnoReturn): Replace the hardwired constant
-	11 with the proper errno define, EAGAIN. What was I thinking? The
-	BSD's have a different errno assignment and break with the hardwired
-	number. Reported by emiliano on the chat.
+	* generic/tclIORChan.c (ErrnoReturn): Replace hardwired constant 11
+	with proper errno #define, EAGAIN. What was I thinking? The BSD's have
+	a different errno assignment and break with the hardwired number.
+	Reported by emiliano on the chat.
 
 2009-10-06  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* generic/tclTomMathInt.h (new): Public header tclTomMath.h had
-	* generic/tclTomMath.h: dependence on private headers, breaking use
-	* generic/tommath.h:    by extensions [Bug 1941434].
+	* generic/tclTomMath.h:	dependence on private headers, breaking use
+	* generic/tommath.h:	by extensions [Bug 1941434].
 
 2009-10-05  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -2835,7 +2838,7 @@
 
 	* generic/tclAlloc.c:           Cleaned up various routines in the
 	* generic/tclCkalloc.c:         call stacks for memory allocation to
-	* generic/tclInt.h:		guarantee that any size values computed
+	* generic/tclInt.h:             guarantee that any size values computed
 	* generic/tclThreadAlloc.c:     are within the domains of the routines
 	they get passed to.  [Bugs 2557696 and 2557796].
 
@@ -2853,14 +2856,14 @@
 
 2009-09-01  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl:	Bump to tcltest 2.3.2 after revision
-	* library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl:	to verbose error message.
+	* library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl:  Bump to tcltest 2.3.2 after revision
+	* library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl: to verbose error message.
 	* unix/Makefile.in:
 	* win/Makefile.in:
 
 2009-08-27  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclStringObj.c:	[Bug 2845535]: A few more string
+	* generic/tclStringObj.c:       [Bug 2845535]: A few more string
 	overflow cases in [format].
 
 2009-08-25  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
@@ -2890,8 +2893,8 @@
 
 2009-08-24  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: Fix multiple issues with nested event
-	loops when CoreFoundation notifier is running in embedded mode. (Fixes
+	* macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: Fix multiple issues with nested event loops
+	when CoreFoundation notifier is running in embedded mode. (Fixes
 	problems in TkAqua Cocoa reported by Youness Alaoui on tcl-mac)
 
 2009-08-21  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
@@ -2901,10 +2904,10 @@
 
 2009-08-20  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclFileName.c: [Bug 2837800]: Get the correct result from
+	* generic/tclFileName.c: [Bug 2837800]: Correct the result produced by
 	[glob */test] when * matches something like ~foo.
 
-	* generic/tclPathObj.c:	[Bug 2806250]: Prevent the storage of strings
+	* generic/tclPathObj.c: [Bug 2806250]: Prevent the storage of strings
 	starting with ~ in the "tail" part (normPathPtr field) of the path
 	intrep when PATHFLAGS != 0.  This establishes the assumptions relied
 	on elsewhere that the name stored there is a relative path.  Also
@@ -2917,16 +2920,17 @@
 
 2009-08-18  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclPathObj.c:	[Bug 2837800]: Added NULL check to prevent
-	* tests/fileName.test:	crashes during [glob].
+	* generic/tclPathObj.c: [Bug 2837800]: Added NULL check to prevent
+	* tests/fileName.test:  crashes during [glob].
 
 2009-08-06  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
 	* doc/refchan.n [Bug 2827000]: Extended the implementation of
-	* generic/tclIORChan.c: reflective channels (TIP 219, method 'read'),
-	* tests/ioCmd.test: enabling handlers to signal EAGAIN to indicate 'no
-	data, but not at EOF either', and other system errors. Updated
-	documentation, extended testsuite (New test cases iocmd*-23.{9,10}).
+	* generic/tclIORChan.c: reflective channels (TIP 219, method
+	* tests/ioCmd.test: 'read'), enabling handlers to signal EAGAIN to
+	indicate 'no data, but not at EOF either', and other system
+	errors. Updated documentation, extended testsuite (New test cases
+	iocmd*-23.{9,10}).
 
 2009-08-02  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -2937,8 +2941,8 @@
 
 2009-07-31  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclStringObj.c:       [Bug 2830354]: Corrected failure to
-	* tests/format.test:            grow buffer when format spec request
+	* generic/tclStringObj.c: [Bug 2830354]:	Corrected failure to
+	* tests/format.test:		grow buffer when format spec request
 	large width floating point values.  Thanks to Clemens Misch.
 
 2009-07-24  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
@@ -2998,11 +3002,12 @@
 	and doesn't compile eval'd code either.
 
 	Reworked the handling of literal command arguments in bytecode to be
-	saved (compiler) and used (execution) per command (see the
-	TCL_INVOKE_STK* instructions), and not per the whole bytecode.  This
-	removes the problems with location data caused by literal sharing in
-	proc bodies. Simplified the associated datastructures (ExtIndex is
-	gone, as is the function EnterCmdWordIndex).
+	saved (compiler) and used (execution) per command (See the
+	TCL_INVOKE_STK* instructions), and not per the whole bytecode. This,
+	and the previous change remove the problems with location data caused
+	by literal sharing (across whole files, but also proc bodies).
+	Simplified the associated datastructures (ExtIndex is gone, as is the
+	function EnterCmdWordIndex).
 
 2009-07-01  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -3017,25 +3022,25 @@
 
 2009-06-13  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclCompile.c:	The value stashed in iPtr->compiledProcPtr
-	* generic/tclProc.c:	when compiling a proc survives too long.  We
-	* tests/execute.test:	only need it there long enough for the right
-	TclInitCompileEnv() call to re-stash it into envPtr->procPtr.  Once
-	that is done, the CompileEnv controls.  If we let the value of
-	iPtr->compiledProcPtr linger, though, then any other bytecode compile
-	operation that takes place will also have its CompileEnv initialized
-	with it, and that's not correct.  The value is meant to control the
-	compile of the proc body only, not other compile tasks that happen
-	along.  Thanks to Carlos Tasada for discovering and reporting the
-	problem.  [Bug 2802881].
+	* generic/tclCompile.c: [Bug 2802881]: The value stashed in
+	* generic/tclProc.c:    iPtr->compiledProcPtr when compiling a proc
+	* tests/execute.test:   survives too long. We only need it there long
+	enough for the right TclInitCompileEnv() call to re-stash it into
+	envPtr->procPtr.  Once that is done, the CompileEnv controls.  If we
+	let the value of iPtr->compiledProcPtr linger, though, then any other
+	bytecode compile operation that takes place will also have its
+	CompileEnv initialized with it, and that's not correct.  The value is
+	meant to control the compile of the proc body only, not other compile
+	tasks that happen along.  Thanks to Carlos Tasada for discovering and
+	reporting the problem.
 
 2009-06-10  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclStringObj.c:	Revised [format] to not overflow the
-	integer calculations computing the length of the %ll formats of
-	really big integers.  Also added protections so that [format]s that
-	would produce results overflowing the maximum string length of Tcl
-	values throw a normal Tcl error instead of a panic. [Bug 2801413]
+	* generic/tclStringObj.c:       [Bug 2801413]: Revised [format] to not
+	overflow the integer calculations computing the length of the %ll
+	formats of really big integers.  Also added protections so that
+	[format]s that would produce results overflowing the maximum string
+	length of Tcl values throw a normal Tcl error instead of a panic.
 
 2006-06-09  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -3050,22 +3055,22 @@
 
 2006-06-08  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* library/tzdata/Asia/Dhaka: New DST rule for Bangladesh.
-	(Olson's tzdata2009i.)
+	* library/tzdata/Asia/Dhaka: New DST rule for Bangladesh. (Olson's
+	tzdata2009i.)
 
 2009-06-02  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclExecute.c:	Replace dynamically-initialized table with
-	a table of static constants in the lookup table for exponent operator
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: Replace dynamically-initialized table with a
+	table of static constants in the lookup table for exponent operator
 	computations that fit in a 64 bit integer result.
 
-	* generic/tclExecute.c:	Corrected implementations and selection
-	logic of the INST_EXPON instruction to fix [Bug 2798543].
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: [Bug 2798543]: Corrected implementations and
+	selection logic of the INST_EXPON instruction.
 
 2009-06-01  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* tests/expr.test:	Added many tests demonstrating the broken
-	cases of [Bug 2798543].
+	* tests/expr.test:      [Bug 2798543]: Added many tests demonstrating
+	the broken cases.
 
 2009-05-30  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -3081,14 +3086,13 @@
 
 2009-05-07  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_GetCommandFromObj): fix for bug [2785893],
-	insure that a command in a deleted namespace cannot be found
-	through a cached name.
+	* generic/tclObj.c (Tcl_GetCommandFromObj): [Bug 2785893]: Ensure that
+	a command in a deleted namespace can't be found through a cached name.
 
 2009-05-06  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c:   Improve overflow error message from
-	[string repeat].  [Bug 2582327]
+	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c:	[Bug 2582327]: Improve overflow error message
+	from [string repeat].
 
 2009-04-28  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -3194,8 +3198,8 @@
 
 2009-04-09  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* tools/tclZIC.tcl:	Always emit Unix-style line terminators.
-	* library/tzdata:	Olson's tzdata2009e.
+	* tools/tclZIC.tcl: Always emit files with Unix line termination.
+	* library/tzdata: Olson's tzdata2009e
 
 2009-04-09  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -3206,19 +3210,19 @@
 
 2009-04-08  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* library/platform/platform.tcl: Extended the darwin sections to
-	* library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: add a kernel version number to
-	* unix/Makefile.in: the identifier for anything from Leopard (10.5)
-	* win/Makefile.in: on up. Extended patterns for same. Extended cpu
-	* doc/platform.n: recognition for 64bit Tcl running on a 32bit
-	kernel on a 64bit processor (By Daniel Steffen). Bumped version to
-	1.0.4. Updated Makefiles.
+	* library/platform/platform.tcl: Extended the darwin sections to add
+	* library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: a kernel version number to the
+	* unix/Makefile.in: identifier for anything from Leopard (10.5) on up.
+	* win/Makefile.in: Extended patterns for same. Extended cpu
+	* doc/platform.n: recognition for 64bit Tcl running on a 32bit kernel
+	on a 64bit processor (By Daniel Steffen). Bumped version to 1.0.4.
+	Updated Makefiles.
 
 2009-04-08  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl:	Converted [eval]s (some unsafe!) to
-	* library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl:	{*} in tcltest package.  [Bug 2570363]
-	* unix/Makefile.in:	=> tcltest 2.3.1
+	* library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl:  [Bug 2570363]: Converted [eval]s (some
+	* library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl: unsafe!) to {*} in tcltest package.
+	* unix/Makefile.in:     => tcltest 2.3.1
 	* win/Makefile.in:
 
 2009-04-07  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
@@ -3228,7 +3232,7 @@
 
 2009-03-30  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* doc/Alloc.3:  Size argument is "unsigned int".  [Bug 2556263]
+	* doc/Alloc.3: [Bug 2556263]:	Size argument is "unsigned int".
 
 	* generic/tclStringObj.c:       Added protections from invalid memory
 	* generic/tclTestObj.c:         accesses when we append (some part of)
@@ -3238,24 +3242,25 @@
 
 2009-03-27  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclPathObj.c (TclPathPart):	TclPathPart() was computing
-	* tests/fileName.test:	the wrong results for both [file dirname] and
-	[file tail] on "path" arguments with the PATHFLAGS != 0 intrep and
-	with an empty string for the "joined-on" part.  [Bug 2710920]
+	* generic/tclPathObj.c (TclPathPart): [Bug 2710920]: TclPathPart()
+	* tests/fileName.test:	was computing the wrong results for both [file
+	dirname] and [file tail] on "path" arguments with the PATHFLAGS != 0
+	intrep and with an empty string for the "joined-on" part.
 
 2009-03-20  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclStringObj.c:       Test stringObj-6.9 checks that
-	* tests/stringObj.test:         Tcl_AppendStringsToObj() no longer
-	crashes when operating on a pure unicode value.  [Bug 2597185]
+	* tests/stringObj.test:         [Bug 2597185]: Test stringObj-6.9
+	checks that Tcl_AppendStringsToObj() no longer crashes when operating
+	on a pure unicode value.
 
-	* generic/tclExecute.c (INST_CONCAT1):  Panic when appends overflow
-	the max length of a Tcl value.  [Bug 2669109]
+	* generic/tclExecute.c (INST_CONCAT1):  [Bug 2669109]: Panic when
+	appends overflow the max length of a Tcl value.
 
 2009-03-18  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* win/tclWinFile.c (TclpObjNormalizePath):      Corrected Tcl_Obj leak.
-	Thanks to Joe Mistachkin for detection and patch.  [Bug 2688184].
+	* win/tclWinFile.c (TclpObjNormalizePath):	[Bug 2688184]:
+	Corrected Tcl_Obj leak. Thanks to Joe Mistachkin for detection and
+	patch.
 
 2009-03-15  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -3264,10 +3269,10 @@
 
 2009-02-20  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclPathObj.c: Fixed mistaken logic in TclFSGetPathType()
-	* tests/fileName.test:  that assumed (not "absolute" => "relative").
-	This is a false assumption on Windows, where "volumerelative" is
-	another possibility.  [Bug 2571597].
+	* generic/tclPathObj.c:	[Bug 2571597]: Fixed mistaken logic in
+	* tests/fileName.test:	TclFSGetPathType() that assumed (not
+	"absolute") => "relative". This is a false assumption on Windows,
+	where "volumerelative" is another possibility.
 
 2009-02-17  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -3277,15 +3282,15 @@
 
 2009-02-05  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclStringObj.c: Added overflow protections to the
-	AppendUtfToUtfRep routine to either avoid invalid arguments and
-	crashes, or to replace them with controlled panics.  [Bug 2561794]
+	* generic/tclStringObj.c: [Bug 2561794]: Added overflow protections to
+	the AppendUtfToUtfRep routine to either avoid invalid arguments and
+	crashes, or to replace them with controlled panics.
 
 2009-02-04  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclStringObj.c (SetUnicodeObj):       Corrected failure of
-	Tcl_SetUnicodeObj() to panic on a shared object.  [Bug 2561488].  Also
-	factored out common code to reduce duplication.
+	* generic/tclStringObj.c (SetUnicodeObj):	[Bug 2561488]:
+	Corrected failure of Tcl_SetUnicodeObj() to panic on a shared object.
+	Also factored out common code to reduce duplication.
 
 	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c:   Prevent crashes due to int overflow of the
 	length of the result of [string repeat].  [Bug 2561746]
@@ -3310,25 +3315,25 @@
 
 2009-01-19  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* unix/Makefile.in: Added a CONFIG_INSTALL_DIR parameter so that
-	* unix/tcl.m4:      distributors can control where tclConfig.sh goes.
-	Made the installation of 'ldAix' conditional
-	upon actually being on an AIX system.  Allowed for downstream
-	packagers to customize SHLIB_VERSION on BSD-derived systems.
-	Thanks to Stuart Cassoff for [Patch 907924].
+	* unix/Makefile.in: [Patch 907924]:Added a CONFIG_INSTALL_DIR
+	* unix/tcl.m4:      parameter so that distributors can control where
+	tclConfig.sh goes. Made the installation of 'ldAix' conditional upon
+	actually being on an AIX system. Allowed for downstream packagers to
+	customize SHLIB_VERSION on BSD-derived systems. Thanks to Stuart
+	Cassoff for his help.
 	* unix/configure: Autoconf 2.59
 
 2009-01-09  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclStringObj.c (STRING_SIZE):	Corrected failure to limit
-	memory allocation requests to the sizes that can be supported by
-	Tcl's memory allocation routines.  [Bug 2494093].
+	* generic/tclStringObj.c (STRING_SIZE): [Bug 2494093]: Corrected
+	failure to limit memory allocation requests to the sizes that can be
+	supported by Tcl's memory allocation routines.
 
 2009-01-08  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
 
-	* generic/tclStringObj.c (STRING_UALLOC):  Added missing parens
-	required to get correct results out of things like
-	STRING_UALLOC(num + append).  [Bug 2494093].
+	* generic/tclStringObj.c (STRING_UALLOC): [Bug 2494093]: Added missing
+	parens required to get correct results out of things like
+	STRING_UALLOC(num + append).
 
 2009-01-06  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
 
@@ -3345,7442 +3350,14 @@
 	* tests/clock.test (clock-65.1) Added a test case for the above
 	problem [Bug 2481670].
 
-2008-12-21  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	*** 8.5.6 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
-
-	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump to 8.5.6 for release.
-	* library/init.tcl:
-	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
-	* unix/configure.in:
-	* unix/tcl.spec:
-	* win/configure.in:
-	* README:
-
-	* unix/configure:	autoconf-2.59
-	* win/configure:
-
-	* changes:	Update for 8.5.6 release.
-
-	* library/tclIndex: Removed reference to no-longer-extant procedure
-	'tclLdAout'.
-	* doc/library.n: Corrected mention of 'auto_exec' to 'auto_execok'.
-	[Patch 2114900] thanks to Stu Cassoff <[email-masked]>
-	Backport of 2008-11-26 commit from Kevin Kenny.
-
-	* win/tclWinThrd.c (TclpThreadCreate): We need to initialize the
-	thread id variable to 0 as on 64 bit windows this is a pointer sized
-	field while windows only fills it with a 32 bit value. The result is
-	an inability to join the threads as the ids cannot be matched.
-	Backport of 2008-10-13 commit from Pat Thoyts.
-
-2008-12-15  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC:INST_DICT_GET): Make sure that the result
-	is empty when generating an error message. [Bug 2431847]
-
-2008-12-12  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/clock.tcl (ProcessPosixTimeZone): Fix time change in Eastern
-	Europe (not 3:00 but 4:00 local time) [Bug 2207436]
-
-2008-12-11  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c (SetChannelFromAny and related): Modified the
-	* tests/io.test: internal representation of the tclChannelType to
-	contain not only the ChannelState pointer, but also a reference to the
-	interpreter it was made in. Invalidate and recompute the internal
-	representation when it is used in a different interpreter (like
-	cmdName intrep's). Added testcase. [Bug 2407783]
-
-2008-12-11  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/clock.tcl (ProcessPosixTimeZone): Fallback to European time
-	zone DST rules, when the timezone is between 0 and -12. [Bug 2207436]
-	* tests/clock.test (clock-52.[23]): Test cases.
-
-2008-12-10  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/tzdata/*: Update from Olson's tzdata2008i.
-
-2008-12-04  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclPathObj.c (Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath):	Added another
-	flag value TCLPATH_NEEDNORM to mark those intreps which need more
-	complete normalization attention for correct results. [Bug 2385549]
-
-2008-12-03  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclFileName.c (DoGlob): One of the Tcl_FSMatchInDirectory
-	calls did not have its return code checked. This caused error messages
-	returned by some Tcl_Filesystem drivers to be swallowed.
-
-2008-12-02  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c (TclFinalizeIOSubsystem): Replaced Alexandre
-	Ferrieux's first patch for [Bug 2270477] with a gentler version, also
-	supplied by him.
-
-2008-12-01  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclParse.c:	Backport fix for [Bug 2251175].
-
-2008-11-30  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/clock.tcl (format, ParseClockScanFormat): Added a [string
-	map] to get rid of namespace delimiters before caching a scan or
-	format procedure. [Bug 2362156]
-	* tests/clock.test (clock-64.[12]): Added test cases for the bug that
-	was tickled by a namespace delimiter inside a format string.
-
-2008-11-25  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c (TclFinalizeIOSubsystem): Applied Alexandre
-	Ferrieux's patch for [Bug 2270477] to prevent infinite looping during
-	finalization of channels not bound to interpreters.
-
-2008-08-23  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c: Backport of fix for [Bug 2333466].
-
-2008-11-18  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tcl.decls:	Fix signature and implementation of
-	* generic/tclDecls.h:	Tcl_HashStats, such that it conforms
-	* generic/tclHash.c:	to the documentation. [Bug 2308236]
-	* doc/Hash.3:
-
-2008-11-13  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInt.h:	Rename static function FSUnloadTempFile to
-	* generic/tclIOUtil.c:	TclFSUnloadTempFile, needed in tclLoad.c
-
-	* generic/tclLoad.c:	Fixed [Bug 2269431]: load of shared
-	                        objects leaves temporary files on windows
-
-2008-11-10  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/platform_shell.n: Fixed [Bug 2255235], reported by Ulrich
-	* library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: Ring <[email-masked]>.
-	* library/platform/shell.tcl: Updated the LOCATE command in the
-	* library/tm.tcl: package 'platform::shell' to handle the new form
-	* unix/Makefile.in: of 'provide' commands generated by tm.tcl. Bumped
-	* win/Makefile.in: package to version 1.1.4. Added cross-references
-	to the relevant parts of the code to avoid future desynchronization.
-
-2008-11-04  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclPort.h: remove the ../win/ header dir as the build system
-	already has it, and it confuses builds when used with private headers
-	installed.
-
-2008-10-24  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/http/http.tcl: Backported a fix for reading HTTP-like
-	protocols that used to work and were broken with http 2.7. Now http
-	2.7.2
-
-2008-10-23  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump version number to 8.5.6b1 to distinguish
-	* library/init.tcl:	CVS development snapshots from the 8.5.5 and
-	* unix/configure.in:	8.5.6 releases.
-	* unix/tcl.spec:
-	* win/configure.in:
-	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
-	* README
-
-	* unix/configure:	autoconf (2.59)
-	* win/configure:
-
-2008-10-19  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclProc.c:	Reset -level and -code values to defaults
-	after they are used. [Bug 2152286]
-
-2008-10-16  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/init.tcl:	Revised [unknown] so that it carefully
-	preserves the state of the ::errorInfo and ::errorCode variables at
-	the start of auto-loading and restores that state before the
-	autoloaded command is evaluated. [Bug 2140628]
-
-2008-10-10  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	*** 8.5.5 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
-
-	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump to 8.5.5 for release.
-	* library/init.tcl:
-	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
-	* unix/configure.in:
-	* unix/tcl.spec:
-	* win/configure.in:
-
-	* unix/configure:	autoconf-2.59
-	* win/configure:
-
-	* changes:	Update for 8.5.5 release.
-
-2008-10-08  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclTrace.c:   Corrected handling of errors returned by
-	variable traces so that the errorInfo value contains the original
-	error message. [Bug 2151707]
-
-	* generic/tclVar.c:     Revised implementation of TclObjVarErrMsg so
-	that error message construction does not disturb an existing
-	iPtr->errorInfo that may be in progress.
-
-2008-10-06  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tclWinTest.c: Fix compiler warning when compiling this file with
-	mingw gcc:
-	    tclWinTest.c:706: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will
-	    break strict-aliasing rules
-	* generic/tclLoad.c: Make sure that any library which doesn't have an
-	unloadproc is only really unloaded when no library code is executed
-	yet. [Bug 2059262]
-
-2008-10-06  Joe Mistachkin  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tools/man2tcl.c: Added missing line from patch by Harald Oehlmann.
-	[Bug 1934200]
-
-2008-10-05  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* libtommath/bn_mp_sqrt.c (bn_mp_sqrt): Handle the case where a
-	* tests/expr.test (expr-47.13):         number's square root is
-	between n<<DIGIT_BIT and n<<DIGIT_BIT+1. [Bug 2143288]
-	Thanks to Malcolm Boffey ([email-masked]) for the patch.
-
-2008-10-02  Joe Mistachkin  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tools/man2help2.tcl: Integrated patches from Harald Oehlmann.
-	* tools/man2tcl.c: [Bug 1934200, 1934272]
-
-2008-09-27  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LrepeatObjCmd): Improve the handling of the
-	case where the combination of number of elements and repeat count
-	causes the resulting list to be too large. [Bug 2130992]
-
-2008-09-25  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/global.n:	Correct false claim about [info locals].
-
-2008-09-17  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInt.h:     Correct the TclGetLongFromObj,
-	TclGetIntFromObj, and TclGetIntForIndexM macros so that they
-	retrieve the internalRep.longValue field instead of casting the
-	internalRep.otherValuePtr field to type long.
-
-2008-09-17  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/init.tcl: export min and max commands from the mathfunc
-	namespace [Bug 2116053]
-
-2008-09-10  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclListObj.c (Tcl_ListObjGetElements): Make this list->dict
-	transformation - encountered when using [foreach] with dicts - not as
-	expensive as it was before. Spotted by Kieran Elby and reported on
-	tcl-core.
-
-2008-09-07  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/namespace.n: fix [Bug 2098441]
-
-2008-08-28  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump version number to 8.5.5b1 to distinguish
-	* library/init.tcl:	CVS development snapshots from the 8.5.4 and
-	* unix/configure.in:	8.5.5 releases.
-	* unix/tcl.spec:
-	* win/configure.in:
-	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
-	* README
-
-	* unix/configure:	autoconf (2.59)
-	* win/configure:
-
-2008-08-22  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob):	Added missing set of the
-	*exactPtr value to really fix [Bug 2065115]. Also avoid possible
-	DString overflow.
-	* tests/regexpComp.test:	Correct duplicate test names.
-
-2008-08-21  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/regexp.test, tests/regexpComp.test: correct re2glob ***=
-	* generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob):          translation from exact
-	to anywhere-in-string match. [Bug 2065115]
-
-2008-08-20  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclTest.c (TestconcatobjCmd):	fix use of internal-only
-						TclInvalidateStringRep macro.
-						[Bug 2057479]
-
-2008-08-17  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclTest.c (TestconcatobjCmd):
-	* generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_ConcatObj):
-	* tests/util.test (util-4.7):
-	fix [Bug 1447328]; the original "fix" turned Tcl_ConcatObj() into
-	a hairy monster. This was exposed by [Bug 2055782]. Additionally,
-	Tcl_ConcatObj could corrupt its input under certain conditions!
-
-	*** NASTY BUG FIXED ***
-
-2008-08-14  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	*** 8.5.4 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
-
-	* tests/fileName.test:  Revise new tests for portability to case
-	insensitive filesystems.
-
-2008-08-14  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompile.h:		Add support for debug logging of DTrace
-	* generic/tclBasic.c:		'proc', 'cmd' and 'inst' probes (does
-					_not_ require a platform with DTrace).
-
-	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclInfoFrame):	Check fPtr->line before
-						dereferencing as line info may
-						not exists when TclInfoFrame()
-						is called from a DTrace probe.
-
-	* tests/msgcat.test:		Fix for ::tcl::mac::locale with
-					@modifier (HEAD backport 2008-06-01).
-
-	* tests/fCmd.test (fCmd-6.23):	Made result matching robust when test
-					workdir and /tmp are not on same FS.
-
-	* unix/Makefile.in:		Ensure Makefile shell is /bin/bash for
-	* unix/configure.in (SunOS):	DTrace-enabled build on Solaris.
-					(followup to 2008-06-12) [Bug 2016584]
-
-	* unix/tcl.m4 (SC_PATH_X):	Check for libX11.dylib in addition to
-					libX11.so et al.
-
-	* unix/configure: 		autoconf-2.59
-
-2008-08-13  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclFileName.c:        Fix for errors handling -types {}
-	* tests/fileName.test:          option to [glob]. [Bug 1750300]
-	Thanks to Matthias Kraft and George Peter Staplin.
-
-2008-08-12  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* changes:	Update for 8.5.4 release.
-
-2008-08-11  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/http/http.tcl: Remove 8.5 requirement.
-	* library/http/pkgIndex.tcl:
-	* unix/Makefile.in:
-	* win/Makefile.in:
-	* win/makefile.vc:
-
-2008-08-11  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/tm.tcl: Added a 'package provide' command to the generated
-	ifneeded scripts of Tcl Modules, for early detection of conflicts
-	between the version specified through the file name and a 'provide'
-	command in the module implementation, if any. Note that this change
-	also now allows Tcl Modules to not provide a 'provide' command at all,
-	and declaring their version only through their filename.
-
-	* generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_ProcObjCmd): Fixed memory leak triggered
-	* tests/proc.test: by procbody::test::proc. See [Bug 2043636]. Added a
-	test case demonstrating the leak before the fix. Fixed a few spelling
-	errors in test descriptions as well.
-
-2008-08-11  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/http/http.tcl:	Bump http version to 2.7.1 to account
-	* library/http/pkgIndex.tcl:	for [Bug 2046486] bug fix.  This
-	* unix/Makefile.in:		release of http now requires a
-	* win/Makefile.in:		dependency on Tcl 8.5 to be able to
-	* win/makefile.bc:		use the unsigned formats in the
-	* win/makefile.vc:		[binary scan] command.
-
-2008-08-11  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/http/http.tcl: crc field from zlib data should be treated as
-	unsigned for 64bit support [Bug 2046846]
-
-2008-08-08  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump to 8.5.4 for release.
-	* library/init.tcl:
-	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
-	* unix/configure.in:
-	* unix/tcl.spec:
-	* win/configure.in:
-
-	* unix/configure:	autoconf-2.59
-	* win/configure:
-
-	* changes:	Update for 8.5.4 release.
-
-2008-08-08  Kevin Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/tzdata/CET:
-	* library/tzdata/MET:
-	* library/tzdata/Africa/Casablanca:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Eirunepe:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Santarem:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Rio_Branco:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/San_Luis:
-	* library/tzdata/Asia/Karachi:
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Belgrade:
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Berlin:
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Budapest:
-	* library/tzdata/Europe/Sofia:
-	* library/tzdata/Indian/Mauritius:  Olson's tzdata2008e.
-
-2008-08-06  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclVar.c (TclLookupSimpleVar):  Retrieve the number of
-	locals in the localCache from the CallFrame and not from the Proc
-	which may have been mangled by a (broken?) recompile. Backport from
-	the HEAD.
-
-2008-08-04  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c:	Stopped faulty double-logging of errors to
-	* tests/execute.test:	stack trace when a compile epoch bump triggers
-	fallback to direct evaluation of commands in a compiled script.
-	[Bug 2037338]
-
-2008-07-30  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c:	Corrected the timing of when the flag
-	TCL_ALLOW_EXCEPTIONS is tested.
-
-2008-07-29  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c:  fix [Bug 2030670] that cause
-	TclStackRealloc to panic on rare corner cases. Thx ajpasadyn for
-	diagnose and patch.
-
-2008-07-28  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c: Added missing ref count when creating an empty
-	string as path (TclEvalEx). In 8.4 the missing code caused panics in
-	the testsuite. It doesn't in 8.5. I am guessing that the code path
-	with the missing the incr-refcount is not invoked any longer. Because
-	the bug in itself is certainly the same.
-
-2008-07-25  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/info.test (info-37.0): Add !singleTestInterp constraint;
-	(info-22.8, info-23.0): switch to glob matching to avoid sensitivity
-	to tcltest.tcl line number changes, remove knownBug constraint, fix
-	expected result. [Bug 1605269]
-
-2008-07-25  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/info.test: Tests 38.* added, exactly testing the tracking of
-	location for uplevel scripts.
-
-	* generic/tclCompile.c (TclInitCompileEnv): Reorganized the
-	initialization of the #280 location information to match the flow in
-	TclEvalObjEx to get more absolute contexts.
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjEx): Moved the pure-list optimization
-	out of the eval-direct code path to be done always, i.e. even when a
-	compile is requested. This way we do not loose the association between
-	#280 location information and the list elements, if any.
-
-2008-07-23  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/info.test: Reordered the tests to have monotonously
-	increasing numbers.
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c: Modified TclArgumentGet to reject pure lists
-	* generic/tclCmdIL.c: immediately, without search. Reworked setup
-	* generic/tclCompile.c: of eoFramePtr, doesn't need the line
-	* tests/info.test: information, more sensible to have everything on
-	line 1 when eval'ing a pure list. Updated the users of the line
-	information to special case this based on the frame type (i.e.
-	TCL_LOCATION_EVAL_LIST). Added a testcase demonstrating the new
-	behaviour.
-
-2008-07-22  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c: Added missing function comments.
-
-	* generic/tclCompile.c: Made the new TclEnterCmdWordIndex
-	* generic/tclCompile.h: static, and ansified.
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c: Reworked the handling of bytecode literals
-	* generic/tclCompile.c: for #280 to fix the abysmal performance
-	* generic/tclCompile.h: for deep recursion, replaced the linear
-	* generic/tclExecute.c: search through the whole stack with another
-	* generic/tclInt.h: hashtable and simplified the data structure used
-	by the compiler (array instead of hashtable). Incidentially this also
-	fixes the memory leak reported via [Bug 2024937].
-
-2008-07-21  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/encoding.test:  Make failing tests pass again. [Bug 1972867]
-
-2008-07-21  Andreas Kupries <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c: Extended the existing TIP #280 system (info
-	* generic/tclCmdAH.c: frame), added the ability to track the
-	* generic/tclCompCmds.c: absolute location of literal procedure
-	* generic/tclCompile.c: arguments, and making this information
-	* generic/tclCompile.h: available to uplevel, eval, and
-	* generic/tclInterp.c: siblings. This allows proper tracking of
-	* generic/tclInt.h: absolute location through custom (Tcl-coded)
-	* generic/tclNamesp.c: control structures based on uplevel, etc.
-	* generic/tclProc.c:
-
-2008-07-21  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclFCmd.c: Inodes on windows are unreliable [Bug 2015723]
-
-2008-07-20  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclDictObj.c (SetDictFromAny): Make the list->dict
-	transformation a bit more efficient; modern dicts are ordered and so
-	we can round-trip through lists without needing the string rep at all.
-	* generic/tclListObj.c (SetListFromAny): Make the dict->list
-	transformation not lossy of internal representations and hence more
-	efficient. [Bug 2008248] (ajpasadyn) but using a more efficient patch.
-
-2008-07-15  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/DictObj.3: Fix error in example. [Bug 2016740]
-
-2008-07-08  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclGet.c:	Corrected out of date comments.
-
-2008-07-07  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (InfoFrameCmd): Fixed unsafe idiom of setting the
-	interp result found by Don Porter.
-
-2008-07-07  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/regexp.n, doc/regsub.n: Correct examples. [Bug 1982642]
-
-2008-07-04  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclEncoding.c(UtfToUtfProc): Avoid unwanted sign extension
-	when converting incomplete UTF-8 sequences. See [Bug 1908443] for
-	details.
-
-2008-07-03  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIORChan.c (InvokeTclMethod): Fixed the memory leak
-	reported in [Bug 1987821]. Thanks to Miguel for the rpeort and Don
-	Porter for tracking the cause down.
-
-2008-07-03  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/package.tcl:  Removed [file readable] testing from
-	[tclPkgUnknown] and friends. We find out soon enough whether a file is
-	readable when we try to [source] it, and not testing before allows us
-	to workaround the bugs on some common filesystems where [file
-	readable] lies to us. [Patch 1969717]
-
-2008-06-29  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	*** 8.5.3 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
-
-	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump to 8.5.3 for release.
-	* library/init.tcl:
-	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
-	* unix/configure.in:
-	* unix/tcl.spec:
-	* win/configure.in:
-
-	* unix/configure:	autoconf-2.59
-	* win/configure:
-
-	* doc/ObjectType.3:	Updated documentation of the Tcl_ObjType
-	struct to match expectations of Tcl 8.5 [Bug 1917650].
-
-	* generic/tclPathObj.c:  Plug memory leak in [Bug 1999176] fix. Thanks
-	Rolf Ade for detecting.
-
-2008-06-28  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclPathObj.c:  Plug memory leak in [Bug 1972879] fix. Thanks
-	Rolf Ade for detecting and Dan Steffen for the fix [Bug 2004654].
-
-2008-06-26  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/Makefile.in: Followup to my change of 2008-06-25, make code
-	generated by the Makefile and put into the installd tm.tcl conditional
-	on interpreter safeness as well. Thanks to Daniel Steffen for
-	reminding me of that code.
-
-2008-06-25  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* changes:	Update for 8.5.3 release.
-
-2008-06-25  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/tm.tcl:	Modified the handling of Tcl Modules and of the
-	* library/safe.tcl:	Safe Base to interact nicely with each other,
-	* library/init.tcl:	enabling requiring Tcl Modules in safe
-	* tests/safe.test:	interpreters. Fixes [Bug 1999119].
-
-2008-06-25  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/rules.vc:    Backported fix for dde/registry versions and
-	* win/makefile.vc: the staticpkg build option
-
-2008-06-24  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclPathObj.c: Fixed some internals management in the "path"
-	Tcl_ObjType for the empty string value. Problem led to a crash in the
-	command [glob -dir {} a]. [Bug 1999176].
-
-2008-06-23  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclPathObj.c: Fixed bug in Tcl_GetTranslatedPath() when
-	operating on the "Special path" variant of the "path" Tcl_ObjType
-	intrep. A full normalization was getting done, in particular, coercing
-	relative paths to absolute, contrary to what the function of
-	producing the "translated path" is supposed to do. [Bug 1972879]
-
-2008-06-19  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* changes:	Update for 8.5.3 release.
-
-	* generic/tclInterp.c:	Fixed completely boneheaded mistake that
-	* tests/interp.test:	[interp bgerror $slave] and [$slave bgerror]
-	would always act like [interp bgerror {}]. [Bug 1999035]
-
-	* tests/chanio.test:	Corrected flawed tests revealed by a -debug 1
-	* tests/event.test:	-singleproc 1 test suite run.
-	* tests/io.test:
-
-2008-06-19  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* changes:	Updates for 8.5.3 release.
-
-2008-06-17  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclClock.c (ClockConvertlocaltoutcObjCmd): Removed left
-	over debug output.
-
-2008-06-17  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/tm.n: Followup to changelog entry 2008-03-18 regarding
-	::tcl::tm::Defaults. Updated the documentation to not only mention
-	the new (underscored) form of environment variable names, but make
-	it the encouraged form as well. See [Bug 1914604].
-
-2008-06-17  Kevin Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclClock.c (ConvertLocalToUTC):
-	* tests/clock.test (clock-63.1): Fixed a bug where the
-	internal ConvertLocalToUTC command segfaulted if passed a
-	dictionary without the 'localSeconds' key.  To the best of
-	my knowledge, the bug was not observable in the [clock]
-	command itself.
-
-2008-06-16  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclInfoFrame): Backport of fix made on the
-	* tests/info.test: head branch :: Moved the code looking up the
-	information for key 'proc' out of the TCL_LOCATION_BC branch to
-	after the switch, this is common to all frame types. Updated the
-	testsuite to match. This was exposed by the 2008-06-08 commit
-	(Miguel), switching uplevel from direct eval to compilation. Fixes
-	[Bug 1987851].
-
-2008-06-12  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/Makefile.in:		add complete deps on tclDTrace.h.
-
-	* unix/Makefile.in:		clean generated tclDTrace.h file.
-	* unix/configure.in (SunOS): 	fix static DTrace-enabled build.
-
-	* unix/tcl.m4 (SunOS-5.11): fix 64bit amd64 support with gcc & Sun cc.
-	* unix/configure: autoconf-2.59
-
-	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj:	add debug configs with gcov,
-	and with corefoundation disabled; updates and cleanup for Xcode 3.1 and
-	for Leopard.
-	* macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj:	sync Tcl.xcodeproj changes.
-	* macosx/README:			document new build configs.
-
-2008-05-26  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/io.test (io-53.9): need to close chan before removing file.
-
-2008-05-23  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/tclWinChan.c (FileWideSeekProc): Accepted a patch by
-	Alexandre Ferrieux <[email-masked]> to fix the
-	[Bug 1965787]. 'tell' now works for locations > 2 GB as well
-	instead of going negative.
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_SetChannelBufferSize): Accepted a patch by
-	* tests/io.test: Alexandre Ferrieux <[email-masked]>
-	* tests/chanio.test: to fix the [Bug 1969953]. Buffersize outside
-	of the supported range are now clipped to nearest boundary instead
-	of ignored.
-
-2008-05-22  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_LogCommandInfo):	Restored ability to
-	handle the argument value length = -1.  Thanks to Chris Darroch for
-	discovering the bug and providing the fix.  [Bug 1968245].
-
-2008-05-21  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclParse.c (ParseComment):    The new TclParseAllWhiteSpace
-	* tests/parse.test (parse-15.60):       routine has no mechanism to
-	return the "incomplete" status of "\\\n" so calling this routine
-	anywhere that can be reached within a Tcl_ParseCommand call is a
-	mistake. In particular, ParseComment must not use it. [Bug 1968882]
-
-2008-05-21  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_SetNamespaceUnknownHandler): Corrected odd
-	logic for handling installation of namespace unknown handlers which
-	could lead too very strange things happening in the error case.
-
-2008-05-16  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompile.c: Fix crash with tcl_traceExec. Found and
-	fixed by Alexander Pasadyn [Bug 1964803].
-
-2008-05-07  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictAppendCmd): Fix silly
-	off-by-one error that caused a crash every time a compiled 'dict
-	append' with more than one value argument was used. Found by Colin
-	McCormack.
-
-2008-04-26  Zoran Vasiljevic <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclAsync.c: Tcl_AsyncDelete(): panic if attempt to locate
-	handler token fails. Happens when some other thread attempts to delete
-	somebody else's token.
-
-	Also, panic early if we find out the wrong thread attempting to delete
-	the async handler (common trap). As, only the one that created the
-	handler is allowed to delete it.
-
-2008-04-24  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/ioCmd.test: Extended testsuite for reflected channel
-	implementation. Added test cases about how it handles if the rug is
-	pulled out from under a channel (= killing threads, interpreters
-	containing the tcl command for a channel, and channel sitting in a
-	different interpreter/thread.)
-
-	* generic/tclIORChan.c: Fixed the bugs exposed by the new testcases,
-	redone most of the cleanup and exit handling.
-
-2008-04-15  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c (CopyData): Applied another patch by Alexandre
-	* io.test (io-53.8a): Ferrieux <[email-masked]>,
-	* chanio.test (chan-io-53.8a): to shift EOF handling to the async
-	part of the command if a callback is specified, should the channel
-	be at EOF already when fcopy is called. Testcase by myself.
-
-2008-04-14  Kevin B. Kenny <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tclUnixTime.c (NativeGetTime): Removed obsolete use of
-	'struct timezone' in the call to 'gettimeofday'. [Bug 1942197].
-	* tests/clock.test (clock-33.5, clock-33.5a, clock-33.8, clock-33.8a):
-	Added comments to the test that it can fail on a heavily loaded
-	system.
-
-2008-04-11  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump version number to 8.5.3b1 to distinguish
-	* library/init.tcl:	CVS development snapshots from the 8.5.2 and
-	* unix/configure.in:	8.5.3 releases.
-	* unix/tcl.spec:
-	* win/configure.in:
-	* README
-
-	* unix/configure:	autoconf (2.59)
-	* win/configure:
-
-2008-04-10  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_FcopyObjCmd): Keeping check for negative
-	values, changed to not be an error, but behave like the special
-	value -1 (copy all, default).
-
-	* tests/iocmd.test (iocmd-15.{12,13}): Removed.
-
-	* tests/io.test (io-52.5{,a,b}): Reverted last change, added
-	* tests/chanio.test (chan-io-52.5{,a,b}): comment regarding the
-	meaning of -1, added two more testcases for other negative values,
-	and input wrapped to negative.
-
-2008-04-09  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/chanio.test (chan-io-52.5): Removed '-size -1' from test,
-	* tests/io.test (io-52.5): does not seem to have any bearing, and
-	  was an illegal value.
-
-	* generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_FcopyObjCmd): Added checking of -size
-	* tests/ioCmd.test (iocmd-15.{13,14}): value to reject negative
-	values, and values overflowing 32-bit signed. [Bug 1557855]. Basic
-	patch by Alexandre Ferrieux <[email-masked]>, with
-	modifications from me to separate overflow from true negative
-	value. Extended testsuite.
-
-2008-04-08  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/io.test (io-53.8): Fixed ordering of vwait and after
-	cancel. cancel has to be done after the vwait completes.
-
-2008-04-09  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/chanio.test (chan-io-53.8,53.9,53.10):	fix typo & quoting for
-	* tests/io.test (io-53.8,53.9,53.10):		spaces in builddir path
-
-2008-04-07  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/io.test (io-53.10): Testcase for bi-directionaly fcopy.
-	* tests/chanio.test:
-	* generic/tclIO.c: Additional changes to data structures for fcopy
-	* generic/tclIO.h: and channels to perform proper cleanup in case
-	of a channel having two background copy operations running as is
-	now possible.
-
-	* tests/io.test (io-53.10): Testcase for bi-directionaly fcopy.
-	* generic/tclIO.c: Additional changes to data structures for fcopy
-	and channels to perform proper cleanup in case of a channel having
-	two background copy operations running as is now possible.
-
-2008-04-07  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c (BUSY_STATE, CheckChannelErrors,
-	TclCopyChannel): New macro, and the places using it. This change
-	allows for bi-directional fcopy on channels. [Bug 1350564]. Thanks
-	to Alexandre Ferrieux <[email-masked]> for the
-	patch.
-
-2008-04-07  Reinhard Max  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendFormatToObj): Fix [format {% d}]
-	so that it behaves the same way as in 8.4 and as C's printf().
-	* tests/format.test: Add a test for '% d' and '%+d'.
-
-2008-04-05  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/chanio.test (chan-io-53.9):
-	* tests/io.test (io-53.9): Made test cleanup robust against the
-	possibility of slow process shutdown on Windows.
-
-	* win/tcl.m4: Added -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE and
-	-DCRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE to the MSVC compilation flags so that
-	the compilation doesn't barf on perfectly reasonable Posix system
-	calls.
-	* win/configure: Manually patched (don't have the right autoconf
-	to hand).
-
-	* win/tclWinFile.c: (WinSymLinkDirectory): Fixed a problem that
-	Tcl was creating an NTFS junction point (IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT)
-	but filling in the union member for a Vista symbolic link. We had
-	gotten away with this error because the union member
-	(SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer) was misdefined in this file and in the
-	'winnt.h' in early versions of MinGW. MinGW 3.4.2 has the correct
-	definition of SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer, exposing the mismatch,
-	and making tests cmdAH-19.4.1, fCmd-28.*, and filename-11.* fail.
-
-2008-04-04  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/io.test (io-53.9): Added testcase for [Bug 780533], based
-	* tests/chanio.test: on Alexandre's test script. Also fixed
-	problem with timer in preceding test, was not canceled properly in
-	the ok case.
-
-2008-04-04  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIORChan.c (ReflectOutput): Allow zero return from
-	write when input was zero-length anyway. Otherwise keept it an
-	error, and separate the message from 'written too much'.
-
-	* tests/ioCmd.test (iocmd-24.6): Testcase updated for changed
-	message.
-
-	* generic/tclIORChan.c (ReflectClose): Added missing removal of
-	the now closed channel from the reflection map. Before we could
-	crash the system by invoking 'chan postevent' on a closed
-	reflected channel, dereferencing the dangling pointer in the map.
-
-	* tests/ioCmd.test (iocmd-31.8): Testcase for the above.
-
-2008-04-03  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c (CopyData): Applied patch [Bug 1932639] to
-	* tests/io.test: prevent fcopy from calling -command synchronously
-	* tests/chanio.test: the first time. Thanks to Alexandre Ferrieux
-	<[email-masked]> for report and patch.
-
-2008-04-02  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c (CopyData): Applied patch for the fcopy problem
-	[Bug 780533], with many thanks to Alexandre Ferrieux
-	<[email-masked]> for tracking it down and
-	providing a solution. Still have to convert his test script into a
-	proper test case.
-
-2008-04-01  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclStrToD.c: Applied patch for [Bug 1839067] (fp
-	* unix/tcl.m4: rounding setup on solaris x86, native cc), provided
-	* unix/configure: by Michael Schlenker. configure regen'd.
-
-2008-04-01  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclStubLib.c (Tcl_InitStubs):	Added missing error message.
-	* generic/tclPkg.c (Tcl_PkgInitStubsCheck):
-
-2008-03-30  Kevin Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInt.h (TclIsNaN):
-	* unix/configure.in: Added code to the configurator to check for
-	                     a standard isnan() macro and use it if one
-	                     is found.  This change avoids bugs where
-	                     the test of ((d) != (d)) is optimized away
-			     by an overaggressive compiler. [Bug 1783544]
-	* generic/tclObj.c: Added missing #include <math.h> needed to
-			    locate isnan() after the above change.
-
-	* unix/configure: autoconf-2.61
-
-	* tests/mathop.test (mathop-25.9, mathop-25.14): Modified tests
-	to deal with (slightly buggy) math libraries in which pow()
-	returns an incorrectly rounded result. [Bug 1808174]
-
-2008-03-26  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	*** 8.5.2 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
-
-	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump to 8.5.2 for release.
-	* 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 8.5.2 release.
-
-2008-03-28  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/fCmd.test: Substantial rewrite to use many more tcltest
-	features. Great reduction in quantity of [catch] gymnastics. Several
-	buggy tests fixed, including one where the result of the previous test
-	was being checked!
-
-2008-03-27  Kevin B. Kenny <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/tzdata/America/Marigot:
-	* library/tztata/America/St_Barthelemy:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/San_Luis:
-	* library/tzdata/Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh:
-	* library/tzdata/Asia/Kolkata:  (new files)
-	* library/tzdata/America/Caracas:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Havana:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Santiago:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Catamarca:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Cordoba:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Jujuy:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/La_Rioja:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Mendoza:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/San_Juan:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Tucuman:
-	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Ushuaia:
-	* library/tzdata/Asia/Baghdad:
-	* library/tzdata/Asia/Calcutta:
-	* library/tzdata/Asia/Damascus:
-	* library/tzdata/Asia/Saigon:
-	* library/tzdata/Pacific/Easter:
-		Changes up to and including Olson's tzdata2008b.
-
-2008-03-27  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tcl.m4 (SunOS-5.1x): fix 64bit support for Sun cc. [Bug 1921166]
-
-	* unix/configure: autoconf-2.59
-
-2008-03-26  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.2 release.
-
-2008-03-24  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBinary.c: [Bug 1923966] - crash in binary format
-	* tests/binary.test:   Added tests for the above crash condition.
-
-2008-03-21  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/switch.n: Clarified documentation in respect of two-argument
-	invokation. [Bug 1899962]
-
-	* tests/switch.test: Added more tests of regexp-mode compilation of
-	the [switch] command. [Bug 1854435]
-
-2008-03-20  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tcl.h, generic/tclThreadAlloc.c: Tidied up the declarations
-	of Tcl_GetMemoryInfo so that it is always defined. Will panic when
-	called against a Tcl that was previously built without it at all,
-	which is OK because that also indicates a serious mismatch between
-	memory configuration options.
-
-2008-03-19  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tcl.h, generic/tclThreadAlloc.c (Tcl_GetMemoryInfo): Make
-	sure this function is available when direct linking. [Bug 1868171]
-
-	* tests/reg.test (reg-33.14): Marked nonPortable because some
-	environments have small default stack sizes. [Bug 1905562]
-
-2008-03-18  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/tm.tcl (::tcl::tm::UnknownHandler): Changed 'source' to
-	'source -encoding utf-8'. This fixes a portability problem of Tcl
-	Modules pointed out by Don Porter. By using plain 'source' we were at
-	the mercy of 'encoding system', making modules less portable than they
-	could be. The exact scenario: A writes a TM in some weird encoding
-	which is A's system encoding, distributes it, and somewhere else it
-	cannot be read/used because the system encoding is different. Forcing
-	the use of utf-8 makes the module portable.
-
-	***INCOMPATIBILITY*** for all Tcl Modules already written in non-utf-8
-	compatible encodings.
-
-2008-03-18  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c:	Patch from Miguel Sofer to correct the
-	alignment of memory allocated by GrowEvaluationStack(). [Bug 1914503]
-
-2008-03-18  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/tm.tcl (::tcl::tm::Defaults): Modified handling of
-	environment variables. See [Bug 1914604]. Solution slightly different
-	than proposed in the report. Using the underscored form TCLX_y_TM_PATH
-	even if TCLX.y_TM_PATH exists. Also using a loop to cut prevent code
-	replication.
-
-2008-03-16  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictForCmd): Correct the handling
-	of stack space calculation (the jump pattern used was confusing the
-	simple-minded code doing the calculations). [Bug 1903325]
-
-	* doc/lreplace.n: Clarified documentation of what happens with
-	negative indices. [Bug 1905809] Added example, tidied up formatting.
-
-2008-03-14  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c (OldMathFuncProc):	Same workaround protection
-	from bad TclStackAlloc() alignment. Thanks George Peter Staplin.
-
-	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd):	Use ckalloc() to allocate
-	SortElement arrays instead of TclStackAlloc() which isn't getting
-	alignment right. Workaround for [Bug 1914503].
-
-2008-03-14  Reinhard Max  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclTest.c:  Ignore the return value of write() when we are
-	* unix/tclUnixPipe.c: about to exit anyways.
-
-2008-03-13  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/configure.in:	Use backslash-quoting instead of double-quoting
-	* unix/tcl.m4:		for lib paths in tclConfig.sh. [Bug 1913622]
-	* unix/configure:	autoconf-2.59
-
-2008-03-13  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.2 release.
-
-	* generic/tclStrToD.c:	Resolve identifier conflict over "pow10" with
-	libm in Cygwin and DJGPP. Thanks to Gordon Schumacher and Philip
-	Moore. [Patch 1800636]
-
-2008-03-12  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj:	Add support for Xcode 3.1
-	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser:	CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY and
-	* macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig:		'xcodebuild install'.
-
-2008-03-12  Andreas Kupries <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/info.n: Replaced {expand} with {*}.
-
-2008-03-12  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/Makefile.in (install-libraries):	Bump http to 2.7
-	* win/Makefile.in (install-libraries):	Added -myaddr option to allow
-	* library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl):	control of selected socket
-	* library/http/pkgIndex.tcl:		interface. [Bug 559898]
-	* doc/http.n, tests/http.test:		Added -keepalive and
-	-protocol 1.1 with chunked transfer encoding support. [Bug 1063703,
-	1470377, 219225] (default keepalive is 0)
-	Added ability to override Host in -headers. [Bug 928154]
-	Added -strict option to control URL validation on per-call basis.
-	[Bug 1560506]
-
-2008-03-11  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl): Add -method option to support
-	* tests/http.test (http-3.1):		http PUT and DELETE requests.
-	* doc/http.n:				[Bug 1599901, 862554]
-
-	* library/http/http.tcl: Whitespace changes, code cleanup. Allow http
-	to be re-sourced without overwriting http state.
-
-2008-03-11  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclEncoding.c (LoadEscapeEncoding): Avoid leaking escape
-	sub-encodings, fixes encoding-11.1 failing after iso2022-jp loaded.
-	[Bug 1893053]
-
-	* macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: Avoid using CoreFoundation after fork() on
-	Darwin 9 even when TclpCreateProcess() uses vfork().
-
-	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj:	Add support for Xcode 3.1 and
-	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser:	configs for building with
-	* macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig:		gcc-4.2 and llvm-gcc-4.2.
-
-	* unix/tclUnixPort.h:			Workaround vfork() problems
-						in llvm-gcc-4.2.1 -O4 build.
-
-	* unix/tclUnixPort.h:			Move MODULE_SCOPE compat define
-						to top [Bug 1911102].
-
-	* macosx/GNUmakefile:			Fix quoting to allow paths to
-	* macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig:		${builddir} and ${INSTALL_ROOT}
-	* unix/Makefile.in:			to contain spaces.
-	* unix/configure.in:
-	* unix/install-sh:
-	* unix/tcl.m4:
-	* tests/ioCmd.test:
-
-	* unix/configure:			autoconf-2.59
-
-	* unix/Makefile.in (install-strip):	Strip non-global symbols from
-						dynamic library.
-
-	* unix/tclUnixNotfy.c:			Fix warning.
-
-	* tests/exec.test (exec-9.7):		Reduce timing sensitivity
-	* tests/socket.test (socket-2.11):	(esp. on multi-proc machines).
-
-	* tests/fCmd.test (fCmd-9.4):		Skip on Darwin 9 (xfail).
-
-2008-03-11  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclVar.c (TclDeleteNamespaceVars):
-	* tests/var.test (var-8.2): Unset traces on vars should be called with
-	a FQ named during namespace deletion. This was causing infinite loops
-	when unset traces recreated the var, as reported by Julian Noble. [Bug
-	1911919]
-
-2008-03-10  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.2 release.
-
-	* doc/http.n:	Revised to indicate that [package require http 2.5.5]
-	is needed to get all the documented commands ([http::meta]).
-
-	* generic/tclEvent.c (TclDefaultBgErrorHandlerObjCmd):  Added error
-	* tests/event.test (event-5.*):	checking to protect against callers
-	passing invalid return options dictionaries. [Bug 1901113]
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c (ExprAbsFunc):	Revised so that the abs()
-	* tests/expr.test:	function and the [::tcl::mathfunc::abs]
-	command do not return the value of -0, or equivalent values with more
-	alarming string reps like -1e-350. [Bug 1893815]
-
-2008-03-07  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclResult.c (ReleaseKeys): Workaround for [Bug 1904907].
-	Reset the return option keys to NULL to allow full re-initialization
-	by GetKeys(). This introduces a memory leak for the key objects, but
-	gets us around a crash in the finalization of reflected channels when
-	handling returns, either at compile- or runtime. In both cases we
-	access the keys after they have been released by their thread exit
-	handler. A proper fix is entangled with the untangling of the
-	finalization ordering and attendant issues. For now we choose the
-	lesser evil.
-
-2008-03-07  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c (Tcl_ExprObj):	Revised expression bytecode
-	compiling so that bytecodes invalid due to changing context or due to
-	the difference between expressions and scripts are not reused. [Bug
-	1899164]
-
-	* generic/tclCmdAH.c:	Revised direct evaluation implementation of
-	[expr] so that [expr $e] caches compiled bytecodes for the expression
-	as the intrep of $e.
-
-	* tests/execute.test (execute-6.*):	More tests checking that
-	script bytecode is invalidated in the right situations.
-
-2008-03-07  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/configure.in: Add AC_HEADER_STDC to support msys/win64.
-
-2008-03-06  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/namespace.n: Minor tidying up. [Bug 1909019]
-
-2008-03-04  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/execute.test (6.3,4):	Added tests for [Bug 1899164].
-
-2008-03-03  Reinhard Max  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tclUnixChan.c: Fix mark and space parity on Linux, which uses
-	CMSPAR instead of PAREXT.
-
-2008-03-02  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclNamesp.c (GetNamespaceFromObj):
-	* tests/interp.test (interp-28.2): Spoil the intrep of an nsNameType
-	obj when the reference crosses interpreter boundaries.
-
-2008-02-29  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclResult.c (Tcl_SetReturnOptions):	Revised the refcount
-	management of Tcl_SetReturnOptions to become that of a conventional
-	Consumer routine.  Thanks to Peter Spjuth for pointing out the
-	difficulties calling Tcl_SetReturnOptions with non-0-count value for
-	options.
-	* generic/tclExecute.c (INST_RETURN_STK): Revised the one caller
-	within Tcl itself which passes a non-0-count value to
-	Tcl_SetReturnOptions().
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo):	Revised the
-	refcount management of Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo to become that of a
-	conventional Consumer routine. This preserves the ease of use for the
-	overwhelming common callers who pass in a 0-count value, but makes the
-	proper call with a non-0-count value less surprising.
-	* generic/tclEvent.c (TclDefaultBgErrorHandlerObjCmd):	Revised the
-	one caller within Tcl itself which passes a non-0-count value to
-	Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo().
-
-2008-02-28  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tclPort.h, unix/tclCompat.h, unix/tclUnixChan.h: Reduce scope
-	of <sys/filio.h> and <sys/ioctl.h> #includes. [Patch 1903339]
-
-2008-02-28  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tclUnixChan.c, unix/tclUnixNotfy.c, unix/tclUnixPipe.c:
-	Consolidate all code conditionalized on -DUSE_FIONBIO into one place.
-	* unix/tclUnixPort.h, unix/tclUnixCompat.c: New routine
-	TclUnixSetBlockingMode() [Patch 1903339].
-
-2008-02-28  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjvInternal):	Plug memory leak when
-	an enter trace deletes or changes the command, prompting a reparsing.
-	Don't let the second pass lose commandPtr value allocated during the
-	first pass.
-
-	* generic/tclCompExpr.c (ParseExpr):	Plug memory leak in error
-	message generation.
-
-	* generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendFormatToObj): [format %llx $big]
-	leaked an mp_int.
-
-	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileReturnCmd):	The 2007-10-18 commit
-	to optimize compiled [return -level 0 $x] [RFE 1794073] introduced a
-	memory leak of the return options dictionary. Fixing that.
-
-2008-02-27  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/http/http.tcl: [Bug 705956] - fix inverted logic when
-	cleaning up socket error in geturl.
-
-2008-02-27  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/clock.n: Corrected minor indentation gaffe in the penultimate
-	paragraph. [Bug 1898025]
-	* generic/tclClock.c (ParseClockFormatArgs): Changed to check that the
-	clock value is in the range of a 64-bit integer. [Bug 1862555]
-	* library/clock.tcl (::tcl::clock::format, ::tcl::clock::scan,
-	(::tcl::clock::add, ::tcl::clock::LocalizeFormat): Fixed bugs in
-	caching of localized strings that caused weird results when localized
-	date/time formats were used. [Bug 1902423]
-	* tests/clock.test (clock-61.*, clock-62.1): Regression tests for [Bug
-	1862555] and [Bug 1902423].
-
-2008-02-26  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIOUtil.c, unix/tclUnixPort.h, unix/tclUnixChan.c:
-	Remove dead/unused portability-related #defines and unused conditional
-	code.  See [Patch 1901828] for discussion.
-
-2008-02-26  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIORChan.c (enum MethodName),
-	* generic/tclCompExpr.c (enum Marks): More stray trailing ","s
-
-2008-02-26  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/configure.in(socklen_t test): Define socklen_t as "int" if
-	missing, not "unsigned". Use AC_TRY_COMPILE instead of
-	AC_EGREP_HEADER.
-	* unix/configure: regenerated.
-
-2008-02-26  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompile.h: Remove stray trailing "," from enum
-	InstOperandType definition (C99ism).
-
-2008-02-26  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): Fix the handling of the last star
-	* tests/regexpComp.test:	   possibly being escaped in
-	determining right anchor. [Bug 1902436]
-
-2008-02-26  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: Set version 2.5.5
-	* library/http/http.tcl:     It is better to do the [eof] check after
-	trying to read from the socket. No clashes found in testing. Added
-	http::meta command to access the http headers. [Bug 1868845]
-
-2008-02-22  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: Set version 2.5.4
-	* library/http/http.tcl:     Always check that the state array exists
-	in the http::status command. [Bug 1818565]
-
-2008-02-13  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump version number to 8.5.2b1 to distinguish
-	* library/init.tcl:	CVS development snapshots from the 8.5.1 and
-	* unix/configure.in:	8.5.2 releases.
-	* unix/tcl.spec:
-	* win/configure.in:
-	* README
-
-	* unix/configure:	autoconf (2.59)
-	* win/configure:
-
-2008-02-12  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileSwitchCmd): Corrected logic for
-	* tests/switch.test (switch-10.15): handling -nocase compilation; the
-	-exact -nocase option cannot be compiled currently. [Bug 1891827]
-
-	* unix/README: Documented missing configure flags. [Bug 1799011]
-
-2008-02-06  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/clock.n (%N): Corrected an error in the explanation of the %N
-	format group.
-	* generic/tclClock.c (ClockParseformatargsObjCmd):
-	* library/clock.tcl (::tcl::clock::format):
-	* tests/clock.test (clock-1.0, clock-1.4):
-	Performance enhancements in [clock format] (moving the analysis of
-	$args into C code, holding on to Tcl_Objs with resolved command names,
-	[lassign] in place of [foreach], avoiding [namespace which] for
-	command resolution).
-
-2008-02-04  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	*** 8.5.1 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
-
-	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.1 release.
-
-	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump to 8.5.1 for release.
-	* library/init.tcl:
-	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
-	* unix/configure.in:
-	* unix/tcl.spec:
-	* win/configure.in:
-
-	* unix/configure:	autoconf-2.59
-	* win/configure:
-
-2008-02-04  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c (INST_CONCAT1): Fix optimisation for in-place
-	concatenation (was going over String type)
-
-2008-02-02  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/configure.in (Darwin):	Correct Info.plist year substitution in
-					non-framework builds.
-
-	* unix/configure:		autoconf-2.59
-
-2008-01-30  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInterp.c (Tcl_GetAlias): Fix for [Bug 1882373], thanks go
-	to an00na.
-
-2008-01-30  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: Reworked manual page scraper to do a
-	proper job of handling references to Ttk options. [Tk Bug 1876493]
-
-2008-01-29  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/man.macros (SO, SE): Adjusted macros so that it is possible for
-	Ttk to have its "standard options" on a manual page that is not called
-	"options". [Tk Bug 1876493]
-
-2008-01-25  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.1 release.
-
-2008-01-23  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInt.h:		New macro TclGrowParseTokenArray() to
-	* generic/tclCompCmds.c:	simplify code that might need to grow
-	* generic/tclCompExpr.c:	an array of Tcl_Tokens in the parsePtr
-	* generic/tclParse.c:		field of a Tcl_Parse. Replaces the
-	TclExpandTokenArray() routine via replacing:
-		int needed = parsePtr->numTokens + growth;
-		while (needed > parsePtr->tokensAvailable) {
-		    TclExpandTokenArray(parsePtr);
-		}
-	with:
-		TclGrowParseTokenArray(parsePtr, growth);
-	This revision merged over from dgp-refactor branch.
-
-	* generic/tclCompile.h:	Demote TclCompEvalObj() from internal stubs to
-	* generic/tclInt.decls:	a MODULE_SCOPE routine declared in
-	tclCompile.h.
-
-	* generic/tclIntDecls.h:	make genstubs
-	* generic/tclStubInit.c:
-
-2008-01-22  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclTimer.c (AfterProc):	Replace Tcl_EvalEx() with
-	Tcl_EvalObjEx() to evaluate [after] callbacks. Part of trend to favor
-	compiled execution over direct evaluation.
-
-2008-01-22  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCmdIl.c (Tcl_LreverseObjCmd):
-	* tests/cmdIL.test (cmdIL-7.7): Fix crash on reversing an empty list.
-	[Bug 1876793]
-
-2008-01-20  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/README: Minor typo fixes [Bug 1853072]
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c (TclGetsObjBinary): Operate on topmost channel.
-	[Bug 1869405] (Ficicchia)
-
-2008-01-17  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompExpr.c:	Revision to preserve parsed intreps of
-	numeric and boolean literals when compiling expressions with (optimize
-	== 1).
-
-2008-01-15  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompExpr.c: Add an 'optimize' argument to
-	* generic/tclCompile.c:  TclCompileExpr() to profit from better
-	* generic/tclCompile.h:  literal management according to usage.
-	* generic/tclExecute.c:
-
-	* generic/tclCompExpr.c: Fix literal leak in exprs [Bug 1869989] (dgp)
-	* generic/tclExecute.c:
-	* tests/compExpr.test:
-
-	* doc/proc.n: Changed wording for access to non-local variables; added
-	mention to [namespace upvar]. Lame attempt at dealing with
-	documentation. [Bug 1872708]
-
-2008-01-15  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c:    Replacing 'operator' by 'op' in the def of
-	* generic/tclCompExpr.c: struct TclOpCmdClientData to accommodate C++
-	* generic/tclCompile.h:  compilers. [Bug 1855644]
-
-2008-01-13  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/tclWinSerial.c (SerialCloseProc, TclWinOpenSerialChannel): Use
-	critical section for read & write side. [Bug 1353846] (newman)
-
-2008-01-11  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadGetStackSize): Restore stack checking
-	functionality in freebsd. [Bug 1850424]
-
-	* unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadGetStackSize): Fix for crash in
-	freebsd. [Bug 1860425]
-
-2008-01-10  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendFormatToObj):  Correct failure to
-	* tests/format.test:	account for big.used == 0 corner case in the
-	%ll(idox) format directives. [Bug 1867855]
-
-2008-01-09  George Peter Staplin <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/vwait.n: Add a missing be to fix a typo.
-
-2008-01-04  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (make-man-pages): Make man page title use
-	more specific info on lhs to improve tabbed browser view titles.
-
-2008-01-02  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/binary.n: Fixed documentation bug reported on tcl-core, and
-	reordered documentation to discourage people from using the hex
-	formatter that is hardly ever useful.
-
-2008-01-02  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump version number to 8.5.1b1 to distinguish
-	* library/init.tcl:	CVS development snapshots from the 8.5.0 and
-	* unix/configure.in:	8.5.1 releases.
-	* unix/tcl.spec:
-	* win/configure.in:
-	* README
-
-	* unix/configure:	autoconf (2.59)
-	* win/configure:
-
-2007-12-31  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/dict.n: Clarified meaning of dictionary values following
-	discussion on comp.lang.tcl.
-
-2007-12-26  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCmdIL.c: Speed patch for lsort [Patch 1856994].
-
-2007-12-21  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd, Tcl_LsearchObjCmd): Avoid
-	calling SelectObjFromSublist when there are no sublists.
-
-2007-12-21  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	*** 8.5.0 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
-
-	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.0 release.
-
-2007-12-19  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.0 release.
-
-2007-12-18  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <wad_at_google.com>, Tavis Ormandy <taviso_at_google.com>,
-	and Tom Lane <tgl_at_sss.pgh.pa.us> from the Postgresql crowd for
-	their help in tracking these problems down. [Bug 1810264]
-
-2007-12-17  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.0 release.
-
-2007-12-17  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIOUtil.c (FsAddMountsToGlobResult): fix the tail
-	conversion of vfs mounts. [Bug 1602539]
-
-	* win/README: updated notes
-
-2007-12-14  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/winFile.test: Fixed tests for win2k with long machine name
-
-2007-12-14  Pat Thoyts <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/nmakehlp.c:  Support compilation with MSVC9 for AMD64.
-	* win/makefile.vc:
-
-2007-12-13  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/trace.n: Clarified documentation of enterstep and leavestep
-	traces, including adding example. [Bug 614282, 1701540, 1755984]
-
-2007-12-12  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/namespace.n:	Documentation for zero-argument form of
-	[namespace import] (TIP 261) [Bug 1596416]
-
-2007-12-06  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInt.h: add TclGetChannelFromObj decl
-	(TclMatchIsTrivial): simplify TclMatchIsTrivial to remove ] check.
-
-2007-12-06  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsearchObjCmd): Prevent shimmering crash
-	when -exact and -integer/-real are mixed. [Bug 1844789]
-
-2007-12-03  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tclUnixChan.c (CreateSocketAddress): Add extra #ifdef-fery to
-	make code compile on BSD 5. [Bug 1618235, again]
-
-2007-12-03  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/configure, win/tcl.m4 (LIBS_GUI): remove ole32.lib oleaut32.lib
-
-2007-12-03  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c: -eofchar must support no eofchar.
-
-2007-11-27  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c: remove unneeded call in Tcl_CreateInterp, add
-	comments.
-
-2007-11-27  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 documenting
-	* generic/tclIO.c:	it and making it fail loudly. Thanks to Stuart
-	* tests/chan.test:	Cassoff for contributing the fix. [Bug 800753]
-
-2007-11-26  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictAppendCmd): Fix bug in [dict
-	append] compiler which caused strange stack corruption. [Bug 1837392]
-
-2007-11-23  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c (String*Cmd, TclInitStringCmd): Rebuilt [string]
-	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileString*Cmd): as an ensemble.
-
-2007-11-22  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclDictObj.c (Dict*Cmd,TclInitDictCmd): Rebuilt the [dict]
-	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDict*Cmd): command as an ensemble.
-
-2007-11-22  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	*** 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode:INST_EXIST_*): Fix read
-	traces not firing on non-existent array elements. [Bug 1833522]
-
-2007-11-16  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add new chanio.test.
-	* macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj:
-
-2007-11-14  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileRegexpCmd): clean up comments, only
-	free dstring on OK from TclReToGlob.
-	(TclCompileSwitchCmd): simplify TclReToGlob usage.
-
-2007-11-14  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/regcomp.c:	Convert optst() from expensive no-op to a
-	cheap no-op.
-
-2007-11-13  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c:		New macro TclResetResult, new iPtr flag
-	* generic/tclExecute.c:		bit INTERP_RESULT_UNCLEAN: shortcut for
-	* generic/tclInt.h:		Tcl_ResetResult for the "normal" case:
-	* generic/tclProc.c:		TCL_OK, no return options, no errorCode
-	* generic/tclResult.c:		nor errorInfo, return at normal level.
-	* generic/tclStubLib.c:		[Patch 1830184]
-	* generic/tclUtil.c:
-
-	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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 has
-	* generic/tclIO.c:		been recorded as [Patch 1830038] in
-	* generic/tclIOCmd.c:		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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>. 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_ConcatObj): optimise for some of the
-	concatenees being empty objs. [Bug 1447328]
-
-2007-10-28  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/regc_lex.c (lexescape): Close off one of the problems
-	mentioned in [Bug 1810264].
-
-2007-10-27  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (make-man-pages, htmlize-text)
-	(process-text): Make the man->HTML scraper work better.
-
-2007-10-26  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	*** 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompile.c:   Fix comments.
-	* generic/tclExecute.c:
-
-2007-10-18  David Gravereaux <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tools/mkdepend.tcl: sort the dep list for a more humanly readable
-	output.
-
-2007-10-18  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tools/mkdepend.tcl:	Improved defense from malformed object list
-	infile.
-
-2007-10-17  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tools/man2html2.tcl: Convert .DS/.DE into HTML tables, not
-	preformatted text.
-
-2007-10-17  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/makefile.vc: removed old dependency cruft that is no longer
-	needed.
-
-2007-10-15  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclParse.c (Tcl_ParseBraces): fix for possible read after
-	the end of buffer. [Bug 1813528] (Joe Mistachkin)
-
-2007-10-14  David Gravereaux <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tools/mkdepend.tcl (new):  Initial stab at generating automatic
-	* win/makefile.vc:           dependencies.
-
-2007-10-12  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/makefile.vc:  Fixed my bad spelling mistakes from years back.
-	Dedependency, duh!  Rather funny.
-
-2007-10-11  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclObj.c: remove superfluous #include of tclCompile.h
-
-2007-10-08  George Peter Staplin <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	[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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/tclIndex: Added 'tcl::tm::path' to the tclIndex. This fixes
-	[Bug 1806422] reported by Don Porter.
-
-2007-09-25  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	*** 8.5b1 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
-
-	* changes: updates for 8.5b1 release.
-
-2007-09-19  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclStubLib.: Replaced isdigit with internal implementation.
-
-2007-09-18  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/makefile.vc: Add crt flags for tclStubLib now it uses C-library
-			   functions.
-
-2007-09-17  Joe English	 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateObjCommand): Only invalidate along the
-	namespace path once; that is enough. [Bug 1519940]
-
-2007-09-14  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclLink.c (Tcl_UpdateLinkedVar): guard against var being
-	unlinked. [Bug 1740631] (maros)
-
-2007-09-10  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_SetVar2, TclPtrSetVar): [Bug 1710710] fixed
-	correctly, reverted fix of 2007-05-01.
-
-2007-09-08  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompile.c: replaced copy loop that tripped some compilers
-	with memmove. [Bug 1780870]
-
-2007-08-23  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): disable the new shortcut to frequent
-	INSTs for debug builds. REVERTED (collision with alternative fix)
-
-2007-08-21  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c (Overflowing, TclIncrObj, TclExecuteByteCode):
-	Encapsulate Miguel's last change in a more mnemonic macro.
-
-2007-08-19  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c: Provide DECACHE/CACHE protection to the
-	* tests/trace.test:	Tcl_LogCommandInfo() call. [Bug 1773040]
-
-2007-08-12  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInt.h: remove redundant ops in TclNewStringObj macro.
-
-2007-08-10  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInt.h: fix the TclSetVarNamespaceVar macro, was causing a
-	leak.
-
-2007-08-10  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclProc.c (InitLocalCache): reference firstLocalPtr via
-	procPtr. codePtr->procPtr == NULL exposed by tbcload.
-
-2007-08-08  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/word.tcl: Rewrote for greater efficiency. [Bug 1764318]
-
-2007-08-01  Pat Thoyts	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclVar.c (TclCleanupVar): fix [Bug 1765225], thx Larry
-	Virden.
-
-2007-07-31  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tclUnixChan.c (SET_BITS, CLEAR_BITS): Added macros to make this
-	file clearer.
-
-2007-07-24  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompExpr.c:	Removed unused arguments and variables
-
-2007-07-17  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompExpr.c:	Factored out, corrected, and commented
-	common code for reporting syntax errors in LEAF elements.
-
-2007-07-11  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/init.tcl (unknown):	Corrected inconsistent error message
-	in interactive [unknown] when empty command is invoked. [Bug 1743676]
-
-2007-07-05  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclNamesp.c (SetNsNameFromAny):
-	* generic/tclObj.c (SetCmdNameFromAny): Avoid unnecessary
-	ckfree/ckalloc when the old structs can be reused.
-
-2007-07-04  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): fix possible segfault.
-
-2007-06-27  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalEx):	Moved some arrays from the C
-	stack to the Tcl stack.
-
-2007-06-26  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): more streamlining.
-
-2007-06-25  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): fixing incomplete change, more
-	streamlining.
-
-2007-06-24  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tcl.h, generic/tclCompile.h, generic/tclCompile.c: Remove
-	references in comments to obsolete {expand} notation. [Bug 1740859]
-
-2007-06-20  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclVar.c: streamline namespace vars deletion: only compute
-	the variable's full name if the variable is traced.
-
-2007-06-20  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: revamp of html doc output to use CSS,
-	standardized headers, subheaders, dictionary sorting of names.
-
-2007-06-18  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: clean up copyright merging and output.
-	clean up coding constructs.
-
-2007-06-18  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalEx,TclEvalObjEx):	Moved the CmdFrame off
-	the C stack and onto the Tcl stack.
-
-2007-06-17  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add new Tclsh-Info.plist.in.
-
-2007-06-08  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclParse.c: fix for uninit read. [Bug 1732414]
-
-2007-06-06  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInt.h:
-	* generic/tclExecute.c: Tcl-stack reform, [Patch 1701202]
-
-2007-06-03  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/Makefile.in: add datarootdir to silence autoconf-2.6x warning.
-
-2007-05-30  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tclUnixThrd.c (Tcl_JoinThread): fix for 64-bit handling of
-	pthread_join exit return code storage. [Bug 1712723]
-
-2007-05-22  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	[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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tcl.decls: workaround 'make checkstubs' failures from
-	tclStubLib.c MODULE_SCOPE revert. [Bug 1716117]
-
-2007-05-16  Joe English	 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInt.h: Removed TclEvalObjEx and TclGetSrcInfoForPc from
-	tclInt.h now they are in the internal stubs table.
-
-2007-05-09  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInt.h:	TclFinalizeThreadAlloc() is always defined, so
-	make sure it is also always declared (with MODULE_SCOPE).
-
-2007-05-09  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	[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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	*** 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/Makefile.in (dist): add platform library package to src dist
-
-2007-04-24  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompile.c (TclFreeCompileEnv): Tip 280's new field
-	extCmdMapPtr was not being freed. [Bug 1705778, leak #1]
-
-2007-04-23  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclListObj.c (SetListFromAny): avoid discarding internal
-	reps of objects converted to singleton lists. [Patch 738900]
-
-2007-04-20  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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). [Bug 1637471]. Many thanks to SourceForge user 'nyademo' for
-	pointing this out and developing a fix.
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c: fixed checkInterp logic [Bug 1702212]
-
-2007-04-16  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* various (including generic/tclTest.c): Complete the purge of K&R
-	function definitions from manually-written code.
-
-2007-04-15  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c: removed some code at INST_EXPAND_SKTOP that
-	duplicates functionality already present at checkForCatch.
-
-2007-04-12  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompCmds.c: moved all exceptDepth management to the
-	macros - the decreasing half was managed by hand.
-
-2007-04-10  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompile (tclInstructionTable): Fixed bugs in description
-	of dict instructions.
-
-2007-04-07  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompile (tclInstructionTable): Fixed bug in description
-	of INST_START_COMMAND.
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): Small code reduction.
-
-2007-04-06  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c: INST_INVOKE optimisation. [Patch 1693802]
-
-2007-04-03  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c: optimise the lookup of elements of indexed
-	arrays.
-
-2007-03-29  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c (STR_MAP): Replace ckalloc calls with
-	TclStackAlloc calls.
-
-2007-03-24  Zoran Vasiljevic <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c (DeleteInterpProc): pop the root frame pointer
-	before deleting the global namespace [Bug 1658572]
-
-2007-03-23  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclEnv.c:	Some more ckalloc -> ckrealloc replacements.
-	* generic/tclLink.c:
-
-2007-03-20  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/regsub.n: Corrected example so that it doesn't recommend
-	potentially unsafe practice. Many thanks to Konstantin Kushnir
-	<[email-masked]> for reporting this.
-
-2007-03-17  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/Makefile.in: Fully qualify LIBRARY_DIR so that `make test` does
-	not depend on working dir.
-
-2007-03-15  Mo DeJong  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/parse.test: Add two backslash newline parse tests.
-
-2007-03-12  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Fix problems with declaration
-	positioning and memory leaks. [Bug 1679072]
-
-2007-03-11  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCmdIL (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): changed fix to [Bug 1675116] to
-	use the cheaper TclListObjCopy() instead of Tcl_DuplicateObj().
-
-2007-03-09  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclLink.c (LinkedVar): Added macro to conceal at least some
-	of the pointer hackery.
-
-2007-03-02  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/tcltest.n:	Typo fix. [Bug 1663539]
-
-2007-02-20  Pat Thoyts	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/re_syntax.n: Corrected description of 'print' class [Bug
-	1614687] and enhanced description of 'graph' class.
-
-2007-02-12  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/nmakehlp.c: Properly cleanup after nmakehlp, including the
-	* win/makefile.vc: vcX0.pch file.
-
-2007-02-08  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclNamesp.c:	Corrected broken implementation of the
-	* tests/namespace.test: TclMatchIsTrivial optimization on [namespace
-	children $namespace $pattern].
-
-2007-02-04  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/rules.vc: Fix platform specific file copy macros for downlevel
-	Windows.
-
-2007-01-29  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c: Added macros to make usage of ChannelBuffers
-	clearer.
-
-2007-01-11  Joe English	 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclDate.c: Regenerated to recover a lost fix from patthoyts.
-	[Bug 1618523]
-
-2006-12-26  Mo DeJong  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tclUnixThrd.c (Tcl_GetAllocMutex, TclpNewAllocMutex): Add
-	intermediate variables to shut up unwanted warnings. [Bug 1618838]
-
-2006-12-19  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/string.n: Fix example. [Bug 1615277]
-
-2006-12-12  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: use [info frame] for "-verbose line".
-
-2006-12-07  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/exec.test: Fixed line endings (caused win32 problems).
-
-2006-12-06  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/expr.test (expr-47.12): Improved error reporting in hopes of
-	having more information to pursue [Bug 1609936].
-
-2006-12-05  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/file.n: Clarification of [file pathtype] docs. [Bug 1606454]
-
-2006-12-01  Kevin B. Kenny	 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c (TclIncrObj):	Correct failure to detect
-	floating-point increment values. Thanks to William Coleda [Bug
-	1602991]
-
-2006-11-26  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tcl.m4 (Linux): --enable-64bit support.	[Patch 1597389]
-	* unix/configure: autoconf-2.59			[Bug 1230558]
-
-2006-11-25  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/apply.n, doc/chan.n: Added examples.
-
-2006-11-15  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	TIP#261 IMPLEMENTATION
-
-	* generic/tclNamesp.c:	[namespace import] with 0 arguments
-	introspects the list of imported commands.
-
-2006-11-13  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclThreadStorage.c (Tcl_InitThreadStorage):
-	(Tcl_FinalizeThreadStorage): Silence a compiler warning about
-	presenting a volatile pointer to 'memset'.
-
-2006-11-13  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInt.h, generic/tclInt.decls: Transfer TclPtrMakeUpvar and
-	TclObjLookupVar to the internal stubs table.
-
-2006-11-10  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c, generic/tclPkg.c: Style & clarity rewrites.
-
-2006-11-07  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: check autoconf/autoheader exit
-	status and stop build if they fail.
-
-2006-11-02  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/rules.vc: Fix for [Bug 1582769] - options conflict with VC2003.
-
-2006-10-31  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (option-toc): handle any kind of options
-	defined toc section (needed for ttk docs)
-
-2006-10-30  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	*** 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInterp.c (ApplyObjCmd): fixed bad error in 2006-10-12
-	commit: interp released too early. Spotted by mistachkin.
-
-2006-10-16  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tclProc.c (SetLambdaFromAny):
-	* tests/apply.test (9.1-9.2): plugged intrep leak [Bug 1578454],
-	found by mjanssen.
-
-2006-10-16  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclBasic.c: Moved TIP#219 cleanup to DeleteInterpProc.
-
-2006-10-16  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/nmakehlp.c: Replaced all wnsprintf() calls with snprintf().
-	wnsprintf was not in my shwlapi header file (VC++6)
-
-2006-10-11  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclPkg.c (Tcl_PackageRequireEx):	Corrected crash when
-	argument version=NULL passed in.
-
-2006-10-10  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/rules.vc: [Bug 1571954] avoid /RTCc flag with MSVC8
-
-2006-10-06  Pat Thoyts	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/tm.tcl: Fixed bug in TIP #189 implementation, now allowing
-	'_' in module names.
-
-2006-10-05  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tzdata/: Olson's tzdata2006m.
-
-2006-10-01  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/Eval.3 (TclEvalObjv): added note on refCount management for the
-	elements of objv. [Bug 730244]
-
-2006-10-01  Pat Thoyts	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/makefile.vc:  Additional compiler flags and amd64 support.
-	* win/nmakehlp.c:
-	* win/rules.vc:
-
-2006-09-26  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/package.n: Fixed nits reported by Daniel Steffen in the TIP#268
-	changes.
-
-2006-09-25  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclInt.h: Moved TIP#268's field 'packagePrefer' to the end
-	of the structure, for better backward compatibility.
-
-2006-09-22  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
-
-	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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclUtil.c:	Dropped ParseInteger() routine. TclParseNumber
-	covers the task just fine.
-
-2006-09-19  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/Makefile.in (install-libraries): Fixed typo tcltest 2.3.9 ->
-	2.3.0.
-
-2006-09-11  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/msgcat.test: Bumped version in auxiliary files as well.
-	* doc/msgcat.n:
-
-2006-09-11  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl:	Removed some unneeded [uplevel]s.
-
-2006-09-10  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tclUnixCompat.c: Fixed conditions for CopyArray/CopyString, and
-	CopyHostent. Also fixed bad var names in TclpGetHostByName.
-
-2006-09-07  Zoran Vasiljevic <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/package.n: correct package example
-
-2006-08-31  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclParseExpr.c:	Dropped the old expr parser.
-
-2006-08-30  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* library/tzdata/America/Havana:      Regenerated from Olson's
-	* library/tzdata/America/Tegucigalpa: tzdata2006k.
-	* library/tzdata/Asia/Gaza:
-
-2006-08-28  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclClock.c (ClockClicksObjCmd): Fix nested macro breakage
-	with TCL_MEM_DEBUG enabled. [Bug 1547662]
-
-2006-08-26  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/Makefile.in (gdb): Make this target work so that debugging an
-	msys build is possible.
-
-2006-08-21  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclCompile.c:		Revised the new set of expression
-	* generic/tclParseExpr.c:	parse error messages.
-
-2006-08-16  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclParseExpr.c:	Replace PrecedenceOf() function with
-	prec[] static array.
-
-2006-08-14  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclEncoding.c:	Replace buffer copy in for loop with
-	call to memcpy(). Thanks to afredd. [Patch 1530262]
-
-2006-08-09  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/AppInit.3: Fix typo [Bug 1496886]
-
-2006-07-26  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/tclWinSock.c:	Correct un-initialized Tcl_DString. Thanks to
-	afredd. [Bug 1518166]
-
-2006-07-21  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c:
-	* tests/execute.test (execute-9.1): dgp's fix for [Bug 1522803].
-
-2006-07-20  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tclUnixPort.h: Added the inclusion of <AvailabilityMacros.h>.
-	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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclAsync.c: Made Tcl_AsyncDelete() more tolerant when called
-	after all thread TSD has been garbage-collected.
-
-2006-07-05  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tclLoadDl.c (TclpDlopen): Workaround for a compiler bug in Sun
-	Forte 6. [Bug 1503729]
-
-2006-06-06  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tcl.h (Tcl_DecrRefCount): use if/else construct to allow
-	placement in unbraced outer if/else conditions. (jcw)
-
-2006-05-27  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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. This
-	fixes [Bug 1482718]. Note that the fix will not be effective for code
-	that calls the private routine TclProcCompileProc() directly.
-
-2006-05-13  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclEvent.c (HandleBgErrors): fix leak. [Coverity issue 86]
-
-2006-05-05  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	*** 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/IntObj.3: Minor review fixes, including better documentation of
-	the behaviour of Tcl_GetBignumAndClearObj.
-
-2006-04-17  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/IntObj.3: Documentation changes to account for TIP 237 changes.
-	* doc/Object.3: [Bug 1446971]
-
-2006-04-12  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclTrace.c:	Stop some interference between enter traces
-	* tests/trace.test:	and enterstep traces. [Bug 1458266]
-
-2006-04-07  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclPathObj.c: Yet another revised fix for the [Bug 1379287]
-	* tests/fileSystem.test:	family of path normalization bugs.
-
-2006-04-06  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclRegexp.c (FinalizeRegexp): full reset data to indicate
-	readiness for reinitialization.
-
-2006-04-06  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c: remove unused var and silence gcc warning
-
-2006-03-29  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/Makefile.in: convert _NATIVE paths to use / to avoid ".\"
-	path-as-escape issue.
-
-2006-03-29  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIOUtil.c: fix to nativeFilesystemRecord comparisons
-	(lesser part of [Bug 1064247])
-
-2006-03-27  Pat Thoyts	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/tclWinTest.c:	Fixes for [Bug 1456373] (mingw-gcc issue)
-
-2006-03-27  Andreas Kupries <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c: Corrections to INST_EXPON detection of
-	overflow to use mp_int calculations.
-
-2006-03-24  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Added a couple of missing
-	casts to 'int' that were affecting compilablity on VC6.
-
-2006-03-24  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tcl.spec: Cleaned up and completed the spec file. An RPM can
-	now be built from the tcl source distribution with "rpmbuild -tb
-	<tarball>"
-
-2006-03-22  Reinhard Max  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/fCmd.test: add proper test constraints so the new tests don't
-	run on Unix.
-
-2006-03-14  Andreas Kupries <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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 $prefix/share to the tcl_pkgPath. See
-	[Patch 1231015]. autoconf-2.59.
-
-2006-03-10  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclProc.c (ObjInterpProcEx):
-	* tests/apply.test (apply-5.1): Fix [apply] error messages so that
-	they quote the lambda expression. [Bug 1447355]
-
-2006-03-10  Zoran Vasiljevic  <[email-masked]>
-
-	-- Summary of changes fixing [Bug 1437595] --
-
-	* generic/tclEvent.c: Cosmetic touches and identation
-	* generic/tclInt.h: Added TclpFinalizeSockets() call.
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c: Calls TclpFinalizeSockets() as part of the
-	TclFinalizeIOSubsystem().
-
-	* unix/tclUnixSock.c: Added no-op TclpFinalizeSockets().
-
-	* win/tclWinPipe.c, win/tclWinSock.c: Finalization of sockets/pipes is
-	now solely done in TclpFinalizeSockets() and TclpFinalizePipes() and
-	not over the thread-exit handler, because the order of actions the Tcl
-	generic core will impose may result in cores/hangs if the thread exit
-	handler tears down corresponding subsystem(s) too early.
-
-2006-03-10  Vince Darley  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/tclWinFile.c: previous patch breaks tests, so removed.
-
-2006-03-09  Vince Darley  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/tclWinFile.c: fix to 'file writable' in certain XP directories.
-	Thanks to fvogel and jfg. [Patch 1344540] Modified patch to make use
-	of existing use of getSecurityProc.
-
-2006-03-08  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclExecute.c: Complete missing bit of TIP 215 implementation
-	* tests/incr.test:
-
-2006-03-07  Joe English	 <[email-masked]>
-
-	* unix/tcl.m4: Set SHLIB_LD_FLAGS='${LIBS}' on NetBSD, as per the
-	other *BSD variants. [Bug 1334613]
-	* unix/configure: Regenerated.
-
-2006-03-07  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclIO.c:	Made several routines tolerant of
-	* generic/tclIORChan.c: interp == NULL arguments. [Bug 1380662]
-	* generic/tclIOUtil.c:
-
-2006-02-09  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/Encoding.3, doc/encoding.n: Updates due to review at request of
-	Don Porter. Mostly minor changes.
-
-2006-02-08  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* doc/dict.n: Fixed silly bug in example. Thanks to Heiner Marxen
-	<[email-masked]> for catching this! [Bug 1415725]
-
-2006-01-26  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* tests/string.test (string-12.21): Added test for [Bug 1410553] based
-	on original bug report.
-
-2006-01-23  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* win/tclWinFile.c: fix to sharing violation [Bug 1366227]
-
-2006-01-11  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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	<[email-masked]>
-
-	* generic/tclNamesp.c (NamespaceInscopeCmd):	[namespace inscope]
-	* tests/namespace.test: commands were not reported by [info level].
-	[Bug 1400572]
-
-2006-01-09  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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  <[email-masked]>
-
-	* 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.
-
 	******************************************************************
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-	*** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2004 IN "ChangeLog.2004"	       ***
-	*** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2003 IN "ChangeLog.2003"	       ***
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-	*** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2001 IN "ChangeLog.2001"	       ***
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+	*** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2008 IN "ChangeLog.2008"             ***
+	*** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2006-2007 IN "ChangeLog.2007"        ***
+	*** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 2005 IN "ChangeLog.2005"             ***
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 	*** CHANGELOG ENTRIES FOR 1999 AND EARLIER IN "ChangeLog.1999" ***
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diff --git a/ChangeLog.2007 b/ChangeLog.2007
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,5921 @@
+2007-12-31  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/dict.n: Clarified meaning of dictionary values following
+	discussion on comp.lang.tcl.
+
+2007-12-26  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCmdIL.c: Speed patch for lsort. [Patch 1856994]
+
+2007-12-21  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd, Tcl_LsearchObjCmd): Avoid
+	calling SelectObjFromSublist when there are no sublists.
+
+2007-12-21  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	*** 8.5.0 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
+
+	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.0 release.
+
+2007-12-19  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.0 release.
+
+2007-12-18  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <wad_at_google.com>, Tavis Ormandy <taviso_at_google.com>,
+	and Tom Lane <tgl_at_sss.pgh.pa.us> from the Postgresql crowd for
+	their help in tracking these problems down. [Bug 1810264]
+
+2007-12-17  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.0 release.
+
+2007-12-17  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIOUtil.c (FsAddMountsToGlobResult): fix the tail
+	conversion of vfs mounts. [Bug 1602539]
+
+	* win/README: updated notes
+
+2007-12-14  Pat Thoyts	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/winFile.test: Fixed tests for win2k with long machine name
+
+2007-12-14  Pat Thoyts <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/nmakehlp.c:  Support compilation with MSVC9 for AMD64.
+	* win/makefile.vc:
+
+2007-12-13  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/trace.n: Clarified documentation of enterstep and leavestep
+	traces, including adding example. [Bug 614282, 1701540, 1755984]
+
+2007-12-12  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/namespace.n:	Documentation for zero-argument form of
+	[namespace import] (TIP 261) [Bug 1596416]
+
+2007-12-06  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInt.h: add TclGetChannelFromObj decl
+	(TclMatchIsTrivial): simplify TclMatchIsTrivial to remove ] check.
+
+2007-12-06  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsearchObjCmd): Prevent shimmering crash
+	when -exact and -integer/-real are mixed. [Bug 1844789]
+
+2007-12-03  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tclUnixChan.c (CreateSocketAddress): Add extra #ifdef-fery to
+	make code compile on BSD 5. [Bug 1618235, again]
+
+2007-12-03  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/configure, win/tcl.m4 (LIBS_GUI): remove ole32.lib oleaut32.lib
+
+2007-12-03  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c: -eofchar must support no eofchar.
+
+2007-11-27  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c: remove unneeded call in Tcl_CreateInterp, add
+	comments.
+
+2007-11-27  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictAppendCmd): Fix bug in [dict
+	append] compiler which caused strange stack corruption. [Bug 1837392]
+
+2007-11-23  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c (String*Cmd, TclInitStringCmd): Rebuilt [string]
+	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileString*Cmd): as an ensemble.
+
+2007-11-22  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclDictObj.c (Dict*Cmd,TclInitDictCmd): Rebuilt the [dict]
+	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDict*Cmd): command as an ensemble.
+
+2007-11-22  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	*** 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	 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode:INST_EXIST_*): Fix read
+	traces not firing on non-existent array elements. [Bug 1833522]
+
+2007-11-16  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add new chanio.test.
+	* macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj:
+
+2007-11-14  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileRegexpCmd): clean up comments, only
+	free dstring on OK from TclReToGlob.
+	(TclCompileSwitchCmd): simplify TclReToGlob usage.
+
+2007-11-14  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/regcomp.c:	Convert optst() from expensive no-op to a
+	cheap no-op.
+
+2007-11-13  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>. 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_ConcatObj): optimise for some of the
+	concatenees being empty objs. [Bug 1447328]
+
+2007-10-28  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/regc_lex.c (lexescape): Close off one of the problems
+	mentioned in [Bug 1810264].
+
+2007-10-27  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (make-man-pages, htmlize-text)
+	(process-text): Make the man->HTML scraper work better.
+
+2007-10-26  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	*** 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompile.c:	  Fix comments.
+	* generic/tclExecute.c:
+
+2007-10-18  David Gravereaux <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tools/mkdepend.tcl: sort the dep list for a more humanly readable
+	output.
+
+2007-10-18  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tools/mkdepend.tcl:	Improved defense from malformed object list
+	infile.
+
+2007-10-17  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tools/man2html2.tcl: Convert .DS/.DE into HTML tables, not
+	preformatted text.
+
+2007-10-17  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/makefile.vc: removed old dependency cruft that is no longer
+	needed.
+
+2007-10-15  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclParse.c (Tcl_ParseBraces): fix for possible read after
+	the end of buffer. [Bug 1813528] (Joe Mistachkin)
+
+2007-10-14  David Gravereaux <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tools/mkdepend.tcl (new):  Initial stab at generating automatic
+	* win/makefile.vc:	     dependencies.
+
+2007-10-12  Pat Thoyts	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/makefile.vc:  Fixed my bad spelling mistakes from years back.
+	Dedependency, duh!  Rather funny.
+
+2007-10-11  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclObj.c: remove superfluous #include of tclCompile.h
+
+2007-10-08  George Peter Staplin <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	[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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/tclIndex: Added 'tcl::tm::path' to the tclIndex. This fixes
+	[Bug 1806422] reported by Don Porter.
+
+2007-09-25  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	*** 8.5b1 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
+
+	* changes: updates for 8.5b1 release.
+
+2007-09-19  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclStubLib.: Replaced isdigit with internal implementation.
+
+2007-09-18  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/makefile.vc: Add crt flags for tclStubLib now it uses C-library
+			   functions.
+
+2007-09-17  Joe English	 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateObjCommand): Only invalidate along the
+	namespace path once; that is enough. [Bug 1519940]
+
+2007-09-14  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclLink.c (Tcl_UpdateLinkedVar): guard against var being
+	unlinked. [Bug 1740631] (maros)
+
+2007-09-10  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_SetVar2, TclPtrSetVar): [Bug 1710710] fixed
+	correctly, reverted fix of 2007-05-01.
+
+2007-09-08  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompile.c: replaced copy loop that tripped some compilers
+	with memmove. [Bug 1780870]
+
+2007-08-23  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): disable the new shortcut to frequent
+	INSTs for debug builds. REVERTED (collision with alternative fix)
+
+2007-08-21  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c (Overflowing, TclIncrObj, TclExecuteByteCode):
+	Encapsulate Miguel's last change in a more mnemonic macro.
+
+2007-08-19  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: Provide DECACHE/CACHE protection to the
+	* tests/trace.test:	Tcl_LogCommandInfo() call. [Bug 1773040]
+
+2007-08-12  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInt.h: remove redundant ops in TclNewStringObj macro.
+
+2007-08-10  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInt.h: fix the TclSetVarNamespaceVar macro, was causing a
+	leak.
+
+2007-08-10  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclProc.c (InitLocalCache): reference firstLocalPtr via
+	procPtr. codePtr->procPtr == NULL exposed by tbcload.
+
+2007-08-08  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/word.tcl: Rewrote for greater efficiency. [Bug 1764318]
+
+2007-08-01  Pat Thoyts	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclVar.c (TclCleanupVar): fix [Bug 1765225], thx Larry
+	Virden.
+
+2007-07-31  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tclUnixChan.c (SET_BITS, CLEAR_BITS): Added macros to make this
+	file clearer.
+
+2007-07-24  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompExpr.c:	Removed unused arguments and variables
+
+2007-07-17  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompExpr.c:	Factored out, corrected, and commented
+	common code for reporting syntax errors in LEAF elements.
+
+2007-07-11  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/init.tcl (unknown):	Corrected inconsistent error message
+	in interactive [unknown] when empty command is invoked. [Bug 1743676]
+
+2007-07-05  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclNamesp.c (SetNsNameFromAny):
+	* generic/tclObj.c (SetCmdNameFromAny): Avoid unnecessary
+	ckfree/ckalloc when the old structs can be reused.
+
+2007-07-04  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): fix possible segfault.
+
+2007-06-27  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalEx):	Moved some arrays from the C
+	stack to the Tcl stack.
+
+2007-06-26  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): more streamlining.
+
+2007-06-25  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclVar.c (UnsetVarStruct): fixing incomplete change, more
+	streamlining.
+
+2007-06-24  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tcl.h, generic/tclCompile.h, generic/tclCompile.c: Remove
+	references in comments to obsolete {expand} notation. [Bug 1740859]
+
+2007-06-20  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclVar.c: streamline namespace vars deletion: only compute
+	the variable's full name if the variable is traced.
+
+2007-06-20  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: revamp of html doc output to use CSS,
+	standardized headers, subheaders, dictionary sorting of names.
+
+2007-06-18  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: clean up copyright merging and output.
+	clean up coding constructs.
+
+2007-06-18  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalEx,TclEvalObjEx):	Moved the CmdFrame off
+	the C stack and onto the Tcl stack.
+
+2007-06-17  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: add new Tclsh-Info.plist.in.
+
+2007-06-08  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclParse.c: fix for uninit read. [Bug 1732414]
+
+2007-06-06  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInt.h:
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: Tcl-stack reform, [Patch 1701202]
+
+2007-06-03  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/Makefile.in: add datarootdir to silence autoconf-2.6x warning.
+
+2007-05-30  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tclUnixThrd.c (Tcl_JoinThread): fix for 64-bit handling of
+	pthread_join exit return code storage. [Bug 1712723]
+
+2007-05-22  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	[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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tcl.decls: workaround 'make checkstubs' failures from
+	tclStubLib.c MODULE_SCOPE revert. [Bug 1716117]
+
+2007-05-16  Joe English	 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInt.h: Removed TclEvalObjEx and TclGetSrcInfoForPc from
+	tclInt.h now they are in the internal stubs table.
+
+2007-05-09  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInt.h:	TclFinalizeThreadAlloc() is always defined, so
+	make sure it is also always declared (with MODULE_SCOPE).
+
+2007-05-09  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	[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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	*** 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/Makefile.in (dist): add platform library package to src dist
+
+2007-04-24  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompile.c (TclFreeCompileEnv): Tip 280's new field
+	extCmdMapPtr was not being freed. [Bug 1705778, leak #1]
+
+2007-04-23  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclListObj.c (SetListFromAny): avoid discarding internal
+	reps of objects converted to singleton lists. [Patch 738900]
+
+2007-04-20  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: fixed checkInterp logic [Bug 1702212]
+
+2007-04-16  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* various (including generic/tclTest.c): Complete the purge of K&R
+	function definitions from manually-written code.
+
+2007-04-15  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: removed some code at INST_EXPAND_SKTOP that
+	duplicates functionality already present at checkForCatch.
+
+2007-04-12  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompCmds.c: moved all exceptDepth management to the
+	macros - the decreasing half was managed by hand.
+
+2007-04-10  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompile (tclInstructionTable): Fixed bugs in description
+	of dict instructions.
+
+2007-04-07  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompile (tclInstructionTable): Fixed bug in description
+	of INST_START_COMMAND.
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC): Small code reduction.
+
+2007-04-06  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: INST_INVOKE optimisation. [Patch 1693802]
+
+2007-04-03  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: optimise the lookup of elements of indexed
+	arrays.
+
+2007-03-29  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c (STR_MAP): Replace ckalloc calls with
+	TclStackAlloc calls.
+
+2007-03-24  Zoran Vasiljevic <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c (DeleteInterpProc): pop the root frame pointer
+	before deleting the global namespace [Bug 1658572]
+
+2007-03-23  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclEnv.c:	Some more ckalloc -> ckrealloc replacements.
+	* generic/tclLink.c:
+
+2007-03-20  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/regsub.n: Corrected example so that it doesn't recommend
+	potentially unsafe practice. Many thanks to Konstantin Kushnir
+	<[email-masked]> for reporting this.
+
+2007-03-17  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/Makefile.in: Fully qualify LIBRARY_DIR so that `make test` does
+	not depend on working dir.
+
+2007-03-15  Mo DeJong  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/parse.test: Add two backslash newline parse tests.
+
+2007-03-12  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): Fix problems with declaration
+	positioning and memory leaks. [Bug 1679072]
+
+2007-03-11  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCmdIL (Tcl_LsortObjCmd): changed fix to [Bug 1675116] to
+	use the cheaper TclListObjCopy() instead of Tcl_DuplicateObj().
+
+2007-03-09  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclLink.c (LinkedVar): Added macro to conceal at least some
+	of the pointer hackery.
+
+2007-03-02  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/tcltest.n:	Typo fix. [Bug 1663539]
+
+2007-02-20  Pat Thoyts	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/re_syntax.n: Corrected description of 'print' class [Bug
+	1614687] and enhanced description of 'graph' class.
+
+2007-02-12  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/nmakehlp.c: Properly cleanup after nmakehlp, including the
+	* win/makefile.vc: vcX0.pch file.
+
+2007-02-08  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclNamesp.c:	Corrected broken implementation of the
+	* tests/namespace.test: TclMatchIsTrivial optimization on [namespace
+	children $namespace $pattern].
+
+2007-02-04  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/rules.vc: Fix platform specific file copy macros for downlevel
+	Windows.
+
+2007-01-29  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c: Added macros to make usage of ChannelBuffers
+	clearer.
+
+2007-01-11  Joe English	 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclDate.c: Regenerated to recover a lost fix from patthoyts.
+	[Bug 1618523]
+
+2006-12-26  Mo DeJong  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tclUnixThrd.c (Tcl_GetAllocMutex, TclpNewAllocMutex): Add
+	intermediate variables to shut up unwanted warnings. [Bug 1618838]
+
+2006-12-19  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/string.n: Fix example. [Bug 1615277]
+
+2006-12-12  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: use [info frame] for "-verbose line".
+
+2006-12-07  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/exec.test: Fixed line endings (caused win32 problems).
+
+2006-12-06  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/expr.test (expr-47.12): Improved error reporting in hopes of
+	having more information to pursue [Bug 1609936].
+
+2006-12-05  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/file.n: Clarification of [file pathtype] docs. [Bug 1606454]
+
+2006-12-01  Kevin B. Kenny	 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c (TclIncrObj):	Correct failure to detect
+	floating-point increment values. Thanks to William Coleda [Bug
+	1602991]
+
+2006-11-26  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tcl.m4 (Linux): --enable-64bit support.	[Patch 1597389]
+	* unix/configure: autoconf-2.59			[Bug 1230558]
+
+2006-11-25  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/apply.n, doc/chan.n: Added examples.
+
+2006-11-15  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	TIP#261 IMPLEMENTATION
+
+	* generic/tclNamesp.c:	[namespace import] with 0 arguments
+	introspects the list of imported commands.
+
+2006-11-13  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclThreadStorage.c (Tcl_InitThreadStorage):
+	(Tcl_FinalizeThreadStorage): Silence a compiler warning about
+	presenting a volatile pointer to 'memset'.
+
+2006-11-13  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInt.h, generic/tclInt.decls: Transfer TclPtrMakeUpvar and
+	TclObjLookupVar to the internal stubs table.
+
+2006-11-10  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c, generic/tclPkg.c: Style & clarity rewrites.
+
+2006-11-07  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj: check autoconf/autoheader exit
+	status and stop build if they fail.
+
+2006-11-02  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/rules.vc: Fix for [Bug 1582769] - options conflict with VC2003.
+
+2006-10-31  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (option-toc): handle any kind of options
+	defined toc section (needed for ttk docs)
+
+2006-10-30  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	*** 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInterp.c (ApplyObjCmd): fixed bad error in 2006-10-12
+	commit: interp released too early. Spotted by mistachkin.
+
+2006-10-16  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tclProc.c (SetLambdaFromAny):
+	* tests/apply.test (9.1-9.2): plugged intrep leak [Bug 1578454],
+	found by mjanssen.
+
+2006-10-16  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c: Moved TIP#219 cleanup to DeleteInterpProc.
+
+2006-10-16  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/nmakehlp.c: Replaced all wnsprintf() calls with snprintf().
+	wnsprintf was not in my shwlapi header file (VC++6)
+
+2006-10-11  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclPkg.c (Tcl_PackageRequireEx):	Corrected crash when
+	argument version=NULL passed in.
+
+2006-10-10  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/rules.vc: [Bug 1571954] avoid /RTCc flag with MSVC8
+
+2006-10-06  Pat Thoyts	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/tm.tcl: Fixed bug in TIP #189 implementation, now allowing
+	'_' in module names.
+
+2006-10-05  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tzdata/: Olson's tzdata2006m.
+
+2006-10-01  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/Eval.3 (TclEvalObjv): added note on refCount management for the
+	elements of objv. [Bug 730244]
+
+2006-10-01  Pat Thoyts	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/makefile.vc:  Additional compiler flags and amd64 support.
+	* win/nmakehlp.c:
+	* win/rules.vc:
+
+2006-09-26  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/package.n: Fixed nits reported by Daniel Steffen in the TIP#268
+	changes.
+
+2006-09-25  Kevin B. Kenny   <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInt.h: Moved TIP#268's field 'packagePrefer' to the end
+	of the structure, for better backward compatibility.
+
+2006-09-22  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclUtil.c:	Dropped ParseInteger() routine. TclParseNumber
+	covers the task just fine.
+
+2006-09-19  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/Makefile.in (install-libraries): Fixed typo tcltest 2.3.9 ->
+	2.3.0.
+
+2006-09-11  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/msgcat.test: Bumped version in auxiliary files as well.
+	* doc/msgcat.n:
+
+2006-09-11  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl:	Removed some unneeded [uplevel]s.
+
+2006-09-10  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tclUnixCompat.c: Fixed conditions for CopyArray/CopyString, and
+	CopyHostent. Also fixed bad var names in TclpGetHostByName.
+
+2006-09-07  Zoran Vasiljevic <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/package.n: correct package example
+
+2006-08-31  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclParseExpr.c:	Dropped the old expr parser.
+
+2006-08-30  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/tzdata/America/Havana:      Regenerated from Olson's
+	* library/tzdata/America/Tegucigalpa: tzdata2006k.
+	* library/tzdata/Asia/Gaza:
+
+2006-08-28  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclClock.c (ClockClicksObjCmd): Fix nested macro breakage
+	with TCL_MEM_DEBUG enabled. [Bug 1547662]
+
+2006-08-26  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/Makefile.in (gdb): Make this target work so that debugging an
+	msys build is possible.
+
+2006-08-21  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompile.c:		Revised the new set of expression
+	* generic/tclParseExpr.c:	parse error messages.
+
+2006-08-16  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclParseExpr.c:	Replace PrecedenceOf() function with
+	prec[] static array.
+
+2006-08-14  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclEncoding.c:	Replace buffer copy in for loop with
+	call to memcpy(). Thanks to afredd. [Patch 1530262]
+
+2006-08-09  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/AppInit.3: Fix typo [Bug 1496886]
+
+2006-07-26  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/tclWinSock.c:	Correct un-initialized Tcl_DString. Thanks to
+	afredd. [Bug 1518166]
+
+2006-07-21  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c:
+	* tests/execute.test (execute-9.1): dgp's fix for [Bug 1522803].
+
+2006-07-20  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tclUnixPort.h: Added the inclusion of <AvailabilityMacros.h>.
+	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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclAsync.c: Made Tcl_AsyncDelete() more tolerant when called
+	after all thread TSD has been garbage-collected.
+
+2006-07-05  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tclLoadDl.c (TclpDlopen): Workaround for a compiler bug in Sun
+	Forte 6. [Bug 1503729]
+
+2006-06-06  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tcl.h (Tcl_DecrRefCount): use if/else construct to allow
+	placement in unbraced outer if/else conditions. (jcw)
+
+2006-05-27  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclEvent.c (HandleBgErrors): fix leak. [Coverity issue 86]
+
+2006-05-05  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	*** 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/IntObj.3: Minor review fixes, including better documentation of
+	the behaviour of Tcl_GetBignumAndClearObj.
+
+2006-04-17  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/IntObj.3: Documentation changes to account for TIP 237 changes.
+	* doc/Object.3: [Bug 1446971]
+
+2006-04-12  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclTrace.c:	Stop some interference between enter traces
+	* tests/trace.test:	and enterstep traces. [Bug 1458266]
+
+2006-04-07  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclPathObj.c: Yet another revised fix for the [Bug 1379287]
+	* tests/fileSystem.test:	family of path normalization bugs.
+
+2006-04-06  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclRegexp.c (FinalizeRegexp): full reset data to indicate
+	readiness for reinitialization.
+
+2006-04-06  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: remove unused var and silence gcc warning
+
+2006-03-29  Jeff Hobbs	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/Makefile.in: convert _NATIVE paths to use / to avoid ".\"
+	path-as-escape issue.
+
+2006-03-29  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIOUtil.c: fix to nativeFilesystemRecord comparisons
+	(lesser part of [Bug 1064247])
+
+2006-03-27  Pat Thoyts	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/tclWinTest.c:	Fixes for [Bug 1456373] (mingw-gcc issue)
+
+2006-03-27  Andreas Kupries <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: Corrections to INST_EXPON detection of
+	overflow to use mp_int calculations.
+
+2006-03-24  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Added a couple of missing
+	casts to 'int' that were affecting compilablity on VC6.
+
+2006-03-24  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tcl.spec: Cleaned up and completed the spec file. An RPM can
+	now be built from the tcl source distribution with "rpmbuild -tb
+	<tarball>"
+
+2006-03-22  Reinhard Max  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/fCmd.test: add proper test constraints so the new tests don't
+	run on Unix.
+
+2006-03-14  Andreas Kupries <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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 $prefix/share to the tcl_pkgPath. See
+	[Patch 1231015]. autoconf-2.59.
+
+2006-03-10  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclProc.c (ObjInterpProcEx):
+	* tests/apply.test (apply-5.1): Fix [apply] error messages so that
+	they quote the lambda expression. [Bug 1447355]
+
+2006-03-10  Zoran Vasiljevic  <[email-masked]>
+
+	-- Summary of changes fixing [Bug 1437595] --
+
+	* generic/tclEvent.c: Cosmetic touches and identation
+	* generic/tclInt.h: Added TclpFinalizeSockets() call.
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c: Calls TclpFinalizeSockets() as part of the
+	TclFinalizeIOSubsystem().
+
+	* unix/tclUnixSock.c: Added no-op TclpFinalizeSockets().
+
+	* win/tclWinPipe.c, win/tclWinSock.c: Finalization of sockets/pipes is
+	now solely done in TclpFinalizeSockets() and TclpFinalizePipes() and
+	not over the thread-exit handler, because the order of actions the Tcl
+	generic core will impose may result in cores/hangs if the thread exit
+	handler tears down corresponding subsystem(s) too early.
+
+2006-03-10  Vince Darley  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/tclWinFile.c: previous patch breaks tests, so removed.
+
+2006-03-09  Vince Darley  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/tclWinFile.c: fix to 'file writable' in certain XP directories.
+	Thanks to fvogel and jfg. [Patch 1344540] Modified patch to make use
+	of existing use of getSecurityProc.
+
+2006-03-08  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: Complete missing bit of TIP 215 implementation
+	* tests/incr.test:
+
+2006-03-07  Joe English	 <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tcl.m4: Set SHLIB_LD_FLAGS='${LIBS}' on NetBSD, as per the
+	other *BSD variants. [Bug 1334613]
+	* unix/configure: Regenerated.
+
+2006-03-07  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c:	Made several routines tolerant of
+	* generic/tclIORChan.c: interp == NULL arguments. [Bug 1380662]
+	* generic/tclIOUtil.c:
+
+2006-02-09  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/Encoding.3, doc/encoding.n: Updates due to review at request of
+	Don Porter. Mostly minor changes.
+
+2006-02-08  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/dict.n: Fixed silly bug in example. Thanks to Heiner Marxen
+	<[email-masked]> for catching this! [Bug 1415725]
+
+2006-01-26  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/string.test (string-12.21): Added test for [Bug 1410553] based
+	on original bug report.
+
+2006-01-23  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/tclWinFile.c: fix to sharing violation [Bug 1366227]
+
+2006-01-11  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclNamesp.c (NamespaceInscopeCmd):	[namespace inscope]
+	* tests/namespace.test: commands were not reported by [info level].
+	[Bug 1400572]
+
+2006-01-09  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* 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" ***
+	******************************************************************
diff --git a/ChangeLog.2008 b/ChangeLog.2008
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aaba6c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLog.2008
@@ -0,0 +1,1529 @@
+
+2008-12-21  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	*** 8.5.6 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
+
+	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump to 8.5.6 for release.
+	* library/init.tcl:
+	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
+	* unix/configure.in:
+	* unix/tcl.spec:
+	* win/configure.in:
+	* README:
+
+	* unix/configure:	autoconf-2.59
+	* win/configure:
+
+	* changes:	Update for 8.5.6 release.
+
+	* library/tclIndex: Removed reference to no-longer-extant procedure
+	'tclLdAout'.
+	* doc/library.n: Corrected mention of 'auto_exec' to 'auto_execok'.
+	[Patch 2114900] thanks to Stu Cassoff <[email-masked]>
+	Backport of 2008-11-26 commit from Kevin Kenny.
+
+	* win/tclWinThrd.c (TclpThreadCreate): We need to initialize the
+	thread id variable to 0 as on 64 bit windows this is a pointer sized
+	field while windows only fills it with a 32 bit value. The result is
+	an inability to join the threads as the ids cannot be matched.
+	Backport of 2008-10-13 commit from Pat Thoyts.
+
+2008-12-15  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c (TEBC:INST_DICT_GET): Make sure that the result
+	is empty when generating an error message. [Bug 2431847]
+
+2008-12-12  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/clock.tcl (ProcessPosixTimeZone): Fix time change in Eastern
+	Europe (not 3:00 but 4:00 local time). [Bug 2207436]
+
+2008-12-11  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c (SetChannelFromAny and related): Modified the
+	* tests/io.test: internal representation of the tclChannelType to
+	contain not only the ChannelState pointer, but also a reference to
+	the interpreter it was made in. Invalidate and recompute the
+	internal representation when it is used in a different interpreter,
+	like cmdName intrep's. Added testcase. [Bug 2407783]
+
+2008-12-11  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/clock.tcl (ProcessPosixTimeZone): Fallback to European time
+	zone DST rules, when the timezone is between 0 and -12. [Bug 2207436]
+	* tests/clock.test (clock-52.[23]): Test cases for [Bug 2207436]
+
+2008-12-10  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/tzdata/*: Update from Olson's tzdata2008i.
+
+2008-12-04  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclPathObj.c (Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath):	Added another
+	flag value TCLPATH_NEEDNORM to mark those intreps which need more
+	complete normalization attention for correct results. [Bug 2385549]
+
+2008-12-03  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclFileName.c (DoGlob):    One of the Tcl_FSMatchInDirectory
+	calls did not have its return code checked. This caused error messages
+	returned by some Tcl_Filesystem drivers to be swallowed.
+
+2008-12-02  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c (TclFinalizeIOSubsystem): Replaced Alexandre
+	Ferrieux's first patch for [Bug 2270477] with a gentler version, also
+	supplied by him.
+
+2008-12-01  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclParse.c:	Backport fix for [Bug 2251175].
+
+2008-11-30  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/clock.tcl (format, ParseClockScanFormat): Added a [string
+	map] to get rid of namespace delimiters before caching a scan or
+	format procedure. [Bug 2362156]
+	* tests/clock.test (clock-64.[12]): Added test cases for the bug that
+	was tickled by a namespace delimiter inside a format string.
+
+2008-11-25  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c (TclFinalizeIOSubsystem): Applied Alexandre
+	Ferrieux's patch for [Bug 2270477] to prevent infinite looping during
+	finalization of channels not bound to interpreters.
+
+2008-08-23  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c: Backport of fix for [Bug 2333466].
+
+2008-11-18  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tcl.decls:	Fix signature and implementation of
+	* generic/tclDecls.h:	Tcl_HashStats, such that it conforms to the
+	* generic/tclHash.c:	documentation. [Bug 2308236]
+	* doc/Hash.3:
+
+2008-11-13  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInt.h:	Rename static function FSUnloadTempFile to
+	* generic/tclIOUtil.c:	TclFSUnloadTempFile, needed in tclLoad.c
+
+	* generic/tclLoad.c:	Fixed [Bug 2269431]: Load of shared
+				objects leaves temporary files on windows.
+
+2008-11-10  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/platform_shell.n: Fixed [Bug 2255235], reported by Ulrich
+	* library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: Ring <[email-masked]>.
+	* library/platform/shell.tcl: Updated the LOCATE command in the
+	* library/tm.tcl:   package 'platform::shell' to handle the new form
+	* unix/Makefile.in: of 'provide' commands generated by tm.tcl. Bumped
+	* win/Makefile.in:  package to version 1.1.4. Added cross-references
+	to the relevant parts of the code to avoid future desynchronization.
+
+2008-11-04  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclPort.h: Remove the ../win/ header dir as the build system
+	already has it, and it confuses builds when used with private headers
+	installed.
+
+2008-10-24  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/http/http.tcl: Backported a fix for reading HTTP-like
+	protocols that used to work and were broken with http 2.7. Now http
+	2.7.2
+
+2008-10-23  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump version number to 8.5.6b1 to distinguish
+	* library/init.tcl:	CVS development snapshots from the 8.5.5 and
+	* unix/configure.in:	8.5.6 releases.
+	* unix/tcl.spec:
+	* win/configure.in:
+	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
+	* README
+
+	* unix/configure:	autoconf (2.59)
+	* win/configure:
+
+2008-10-19  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclProc.c:	Reset -level and -code values to defaults
+	after they are used. [Bug 2152286]
+
+2008-10-16  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/init.tcl:	Revised [unknown] so that it carefully
+	preserves the state of the ::errorInfo and ::errorCode variables at
+	the start of auto-loading and restores that state before the
+	autoloaded command is evaluated. [Bug 2140628]
+
+2008-10-10  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	*** 8.5.5 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
+
+	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump to 8.5.5 for release.
+	* library/init.tcl:
+	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
+	* unix/configure.in:
+	* unix/tcl.spec:
+	* win/configure.in:
+
+	* unix/configure:	autoconf-2.59
+	* win/configure:
+
+	* changes:	Update for 8.5.5 release.
+
+2008-10-08  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclTrace.c:	Corrected handling of errors returned by
+	variable traces so that the errorInfo value contains the original
+	error message. [Bug 2151707]
+
+	* generic/tclVar.c:	Revised implementation of TclObjVarErrMsg so
+	that error message construction does not disturb an existing
+	iPtr->errorInfo that may be in progress.
+
+2008-10-06  Jan Nijtmans  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tclWinTest.c: Fix compiler warning when compiling this file with
+	mingw gcc:
+	    tclWinTest.c:706: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will
+	    break strict-aliasing rules
+	* generic/tclLoad.c: Make sure that any library which doesn't have an
+	unloadproc is only really unloaded when no library code is executed
+	yet. [Bug 2059262]
+
+2008-10-06  Joe Mistachkin  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tools/man2tcl.c: Added missing line from patch by Harald Oehlmann.
+	[Bug 1934200]
+
+2008-10-05  Kevin B, Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* libtommath/bn_mp_sqrt.c (bn_mp_sqrt): Handle the case where a
+	* tests/expr.test (expr-47.13):		number's square root is
+	between n<<DIGIT_BIT and n<<DIGIT_BIT+1. [Bug 2143288]
+	Thanks to Malcolm Boffey ([email-masked]) for the patch.
+
+2008-10-02  Joe Mistachkin  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tools/man2help2.tcl: Integrated patches from Harald Oehlmann.
+	* tools/man2tcl.c: [Bug 1934200, 1934272]
+
+2008-09-27  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LrepeatObjCmd): Improve the handling of the
+	case where the combination of number of elements and repeat count
+	causes the resulting list to be too large. [Bug 2130992]
+
+2008-09-25  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/global.n:	Correct false claim about [info locals].
+
+2008-09-17  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInt.h: Correct the TclGetLongFromObj, TclGetIntFromObj,
+	and TclGetIntForIndexM macros so that they retrieve the longValue
+	field from the internalRep instead of casting the otherValuePtr field
+	to type long.
+
+2008-09-17  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/init.tcl: Export min and max commands from the mathfunc
+	namespace. [Bug 2116053]
+
+2008-09-10  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclListObj.c (Tcl_ListObjGetElements): Make this list->dict
+	transformation - encountered when using [foreach] with dicts - not as
+	expensive as it was before. Spotted by Kieran Elby and reported on
+	tcl-core.
+
+2008-09-07  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/namespace.n: Fix [Bug 2098441]
+
+2008-08-28  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump version number to 8.5.5b1 to distinguish
+	* library/init.tcl:	CVS development snapshots from the 8.5.4 and
+	* unix/configure.in:	8.5.5 releases.
+	* unix/tcl.spec:
+	* win/configure.in:
+	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
+	* README
+
+	* unix/configure:	autoconf-2.59
+	* win/configure:
+
+2008-08-22  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob):	Added missing set of the
+	*exactPtr value to really fix [Bug 2065115]. Also avoid possible
+	DString overflow.
+	* tests/regexpComp.test:	Correct duplicate test names.
+
+2008-08-21  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/regexp.test, tests/regexpComp.test: Correct re2glob ***=
+	* generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob):	    translation from exact
+	to anywhere-in-string match. [Bug 2065115]
+
+2008-08-20  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclTest.c (TestconcatobjCmd):	Fix use of internal-only
+	TclInvalidateStringRep macro. [Bug 2057479]
+
+2008-08-17  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclTest.c (TestconcatobjCmd):
+	* generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_ConcatObj):
+	* tests/util.test (util-4.7):
+	Fix [Bug 1447328]; the original "fix" turned Tcl_ConcatObj() into a
+	hairy monster. This was exposed by [Bug 2055782]. Additionally,
+	Tcl_ConcatObj could corrupt its input under certain conditions!
+
+	*** NASTY BUG FIXED ***
+
+2008-08-14  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	*** 8.5.4 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
+
+	* tests/fileName.test:	Revise new tests for portability to case
+	insensitive filesystems.
+
+2008-08-14  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompile.h:		Add support for debug logging of DTrace
+	* generic/tclBasic.c:		'proc', 'cmd' and 'inst' probes (does
+					_not_ require a platform with DTrace).
+
+	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclInfoFrame):	Check fPtr->line before
+						dereferencing as line info may
+						not exists when TclInfoFrame()
+						is called from a DTrace probe.
+
+	* tests/msgcat.test:		Fix for ::tcl::mac::locale with
+					@modifier (HEAD backport 2008-06-01).
+
+	* tests/fCmd.test (fCmd-6.23):	Made result matching robust when test
+					workdir and /tmp are not on same FS.
+
+	* unix/Makefile.in:		Ensure Makefile shell is /bin/bash for
+	* unix/configure.in (SunOS):	DTrace-enabled build on Solaris.
+					(followup to 2008-06-12) [Bug 2016584]
+
+	* unix/tcl.m4 (SC_PATH_X):	Check for libX11.dylib in addition to
+					libX11.so et al.
+
+	* unix/configure: 		autoconf-2.59
+
+2008-08-13  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclFileName.c:	Fix for errors handling -types {}
+	* tests/fileName.test:		option to [glob]. [Bug 1750300]
+	Thanks to Matthias Kraft and George Peter Staplin.
+
+2008-08-12  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* changes:	Update for 8.5.4 release.
+
+2008-08-11  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/http/http.tcl: Remove 8.5 requirement.
+	* library/http/pkgIndex.tcl:
+	* unix/Makefile.in:
+	* win/Makefile.in:
+	* win/makefile.vc:
+
+2008-08-11  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/tm.tcl: Added a 'package provide' command to the generated
+	ifneeded scripts of Tcl Modules, for early detection of conflicts
+	between the version specified through the file name and a 'provide'
+	command in the module implementation, if any. Note that this change
+	also now allows Tcl Modules to not provide a 'provide' command at all,
+	and declaring their version only through their filename.
+
+	* generic/tclProc.c (Tcl_ProcObjCmd): Fixed memory leak triggered by
+	* tests/proc.test: procbody::test::proc. See [Bug 2043636]. Added a
+	test case demonstrating the leak before the fix. Fixed a few spelling
+	errors in test descriptions as well.
+
+2008-08-11  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/http/http.tcl:	Bump http version to 2.7.1 to account
+	* library/http/pkgIndex.tcl:	for [Bug 2046486] bug fix. This
+	* unix/Makefile.in:		release of http now requires a
+	* win/Makefile.in:		dependency on Tcl 8.5 to be able to
+	* win/makefile.bc:		use the unsigned formats in the
+	* win/makefile.vc:		[binary scan] command.
+
+2008-08-11  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/http/http.tcl: CRC field from zlib data should be treated as
+	unsigned for 64bit support. [Bug 2046846]
+
+2008-08-08  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump to 8.5.4 for release.
+	* library/init.tcl:
+	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
+	* unix/configure.in:
+	* unix/tcl.spec:
+	* win/configure.in:
+
+	* unix/configure:	autoconf-2.59
+	* win/configure:
+
+	* changes:	Update for 8.5.4 release.
+
+2008-08-08  Kevin Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/tzdata/CET:
+	* library/tzdata/MET:
+	* library/tzdata/Africa/Casablanca:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Eirunepe:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Rio_Branco:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Santarem:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/San_Luis:
+	* library/tzdata/Asia/Karachi:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Belgrade:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Berlin:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Budapest:
+	* library/tzdata/Europe/Sofia:
+	* library/tzdata/Indian/Mauritius:  Olson's tzdata2008e.
+
+2008-08-06  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclVar.c (TclLookupSimpleVar):  Retrieve the number of
+	locals in the localCache from the CallFrame and not from the Proc
+	which may have been mangled by a (broken?) recompile. Backport from
+	the HEAD.
+
+2008-08-04  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: Stopped faulty double-logging of errors to
+	* tests/execute.test:	stack trace when a compile epoch bump triggers
+	fallback to direct evaluation of commands in a compiled script.
+	[Bug 2037338]
+
+2008-07-30  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c:	Corrected the timing of when the flag
+	TCL_ALLOW_EXCEPTIONS is tested.
+
+2008-07-29  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c:  fix [Bug 2030670] that cause
+	TclStackRealloc to panic on rare corner cases. Thx ajpasadyn for
+	diagnose and patch.
+
+2008-07-28  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c: Added missing ref count when creating an empty
+	string as path (TclEvalEx). In 8.4 the missing code caused panics in
+	the testsuite. It doesn't in 8.5. I am guessing that the code path
+	with the missing the incr-refcount is not invoked any longer. Because
+	the bug in itself is certainly the same.
+
+2008-07-25  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/info.test (info-37.0): Add !singleTestInterp constraint;
+	(info-22.8, info-23.0): switch to glob matching to avoid sensitivity
+	to tcltest.tcl line number changes, remove knownBug constraint, fix
+	expected result. [Bug 1605269]
+
+2008-07-25  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/info.test: Tests 38.* added, exactly testing the tracking of
+	location for uplevel scripts.
+
+	* generic/tclCompile.c (TclInitCompileEnv): Reorganized the
+	initialization of the #280 location information to match the flow in
+	TclEvalObjEx to get more absolute contexts.
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjEx): Moved the pure-list optimization
+	out of the eval-direct code path to be done always, i.e. even when a
+	compile is requested. This way we do not loose the association between
+	#280 location information and the list elements, if any.
+
+2008-07-23  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/info.test: Reordered the tests to have monotonously increasing
+	numbers.
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c: Modified TclArgumentGet to reject pure lists
+	* generic/tclCmdIL.c: immediately, without search. Reworked setup of
+	* generic/tclCompile.c: eoFramePtr, doesn't need the line information,
+	* tests/info.test: more sensible to have everything on line 1 when
+	eval'ing a pure list. Updated the users of the line information to
+	special case this based on the frame type (i.e.
+	TCL_LOCATION_EVAL_LIST). Added a testcase demonstrating the new
+	behaviour.
+
+2008-07-22  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c: Added missing function comments.
+
+	* generic/tclCompile.c: Made the new TclEnterCmdWordIndex
+	* generic/tclCompile.h: static, and ansified.
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c: Reworked the handling of bytecode literals for
+	* generic/tclCompile.c: #280 to fix the abysmal performance for deep
+	* generic/tclCompile.h: recursion, replaced the linear search through
+	* generic/tclExecute.c: the whole stack with another hashtable and
+	* generic/tclInt.h: simplified the data structure used by the compiler
+	by using an array instead of a hashtable. Incidentially this also
+	fixes the memory leak reported via [Bug 2024937].
+
+2008-07-21  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/encoding.test:  Make failing tests pass again. [Bug 1972867]
+
+2008-07-21  Andreas Kupries <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c: Extended the existing TIP #280 system (info
+	* generic/tclCmdAH.c: frame), added the ability to track the
+	* generic/tclCompCmds.c: absolute location of literal procedure
+	* generic/tclCompile.c: arguments, and making this information
+	* generic/tclCompile.h: available to uplevel, eval, and
+	* generic/tclInterp.c: siblings. This allows proper tracking of
+	* generic/tclInt.h: absolute location through custom (Tcl-coded)
+	* generic/tclNamesp.c: control structures based on uplevel, etc.
+	* generic/tclProc.c:
+
+2008-07-21  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclFCmd.c: Inodes on windows are unreliable [Bug 2015723]
+
+2008-07-20  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclDictObj.c (SetDictFromAny): Make the list->dict
+	transformation a bit more efficient; modern dicts are ordered and so
+	we can round-trip through lists without needing the string rep at all.
+	* generic/tclListObj.c (SetListFromAny): Make the dict->list
+	transformation not lossy of internal representations and hence more
+	efficient. [Bug 2008248] (ajpasadyn) but using a more efficient patch.
+
+2008-07-15  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/DictObj.3: Fix error in example. [Bug 2016740]
+
+2008-07-08  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclGet.c:	Corrected out of date comments.
+
+2008-07-07  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (InfoFrameCmd): Fixed unsafe idiom of setting
+	the interp result found by Don Porter.
+
+2008-07-07  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/regexp.n, doc/regsub.n: Correct examples. [Bug 1982642]
+
+2008-07-04  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclEncoding.c(UtfToUtfProc): Avoid unwanted sign extension
+	when converting incomplete UTF-8 sequences. See [Bug 1908443] for
+	details.
+
+2008-07-03  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIORChan.c (InvokeTclMethod): Fixed the memory leak
+	reported in [Bug 1987821]. Thanks to Miguel for the report and Don
+	Porter for tracking the cause down.
+
+2008-07-03  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/package.tcl:	Removed [file readable] testing from
+	[tclPkgUnknown] and friends. We find out soon enough whether a file is
+	readable when we try to [source] it, and not testing before allows us
+	to workaround the bugs on some common filesystems where [file
+	readable] lies to us. [Patch 1969717]
+
+2008-06-29  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	*** 8.5.3 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
+
+	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump to 8.5.3 for release.
+	* library/init.tcl:
+	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
+	* unix/configure.in:
+	* unix/tcl.spec:
+	* win/configure.in:
+
+	* unix/configure:	autoconf-2.59
+	* win/configure:
+
+	* doc/ObjectType.3:	Updated documentation of the Tcl_ObjType
+	struct to match expectations of Tcl 8.5 [Bug 1917650].
+
+	* generic/tclPathObj.c:  Plug memory leak in [Bug 1999176] fix. Thanks
+	Rolf Ade for detecting.
+
+2008-06-28  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclPathObj.c:	 Plug memory leak in [Bug 1972879] fix. Thanks
+	to Rolf Ade for detecting and Dan Steffen for the fix. [Bug 2004654]
+
+2008-06-26  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/Makefile.in: Followup to my change of 2008-06-25, make code
+	generated by the Makefile and put into the installed tm.tcl
+	conditional on interpreter safeness as well. Thanks to Daniel Steffen
+	for reminding me of that code.
+
+2008-06-25  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* changes:	Update for 8.5.3 release.
+
+2008-06-25  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/tm.tcl:   Modified the handling of Tcl Modules and of the
+	* library/safe.tcl: Safe Base to interact nicely with each other,
+	* library/init.tcl: enabling requiring Tcl Modules in safe
+	* tests/safe.test:  interpreters. [Bug 1999119]
+
+2008-06-25  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/rules.vc:    Backported fix for dde/registry versions and
+	* win/makefile.vc: the staticpkg build option
+
+2008-06-24  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclPathObj.c: Fixed some internals management in the "path"
+	Tcl_ObjType for the empty string value. Problem led to a crash in the
+	command [glob -dir {} a]. [Bug 1999176]
+
+2008-06-23  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclPathObj.c: Fixed bug in Tcl_GetTranslatedPath() when
+	operating on the "Special path" variant of the "path" Tcl_ObjType
+	intrep. A full normalization was getting done, in particular, coercing
+	relative paths to absolute, contrary to what the function of producing
+	the "translated path" is supposed to do. [Bug 1972879]
+
+2008-06-19  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* changes:	Update for 8.5.3 release.
+
+	* generic/tclInterp.c:	Fixed completely boneheaded mistake that
+	* tests/interp.test:	[interp bgerror $slave] and [$slave bgerror]
+	would always act like [interp bgerror {}]. [Bug 1999035]
+
+	* tests/chanio.test:	Corrected flawed tests revealed by a -debug 1
+	* tests/event.test:	-singleproc 1 test suite run.
+	* tests/io.test:
+
+2008-06-19  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* changes:	Updates for 8.5.3 release.
+
+2008-06-17  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclClock.c (ClockConvertlocaltoutcObjCmd): Removed left
+	over debug output.
+
+2008-06-17  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/tm.n: Followup to changelog entry 2008-03-18 regarding
+	::tcl::tm::Defaults. Updated the documentation to not only mention the
+	new (underscored) form of environment variable names, but make it the
+	encouraged form as well. [Bug 1914604]
+
+2008-06-17  Kevin Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclClock.c (ConvertLocalToUTC):
+	* tests/clock.test (clock-63.1): Fixed a bug where the internal
+	ConvertLocalToUTC command segfaulted if passed a dictionary without
+	the 'localSeconds' key. To the best of my knowledge, the bug was not
+	observable in the [clock] command itself.
+
+2008-06-16  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (TclInfoFrame): Backport of fix made on the
+	* tests/info.test: head branch :: Moved the code looking up the
+	information for key 'proc' out of the TCL_LOCATION_BC branch to
+	after the switch, this is common to all frame types. Updated the
+	testsuite to match. This was exposed by the 2008-06-08 commit
+	(Miguel), switching uplevel from direct eval to compilation. Fixes
+	[Bug 1987851].
+
+2008-06-12  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/Makefile.in:		Add complete deps on tclDTrace.h.
+
+	* unix/Makefile.in:		Clean generated tclDTrace.h file.
+	* unix/configure.in (SunOS):	Fix static DTrace-enabled build.
+
+	* unix/tcl.m4 (SunOS-5.11): Fix 64bit amd64 support with gcc & Sun cc.
+	* unix/configure: autoconf-2.59
+
+	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj:	Add debug configs with gcov,
+	and with corefoundation disabled; updates and cleanup for Xcode 3.1 and
+	for Leopard.
+	* macosx/Tcl.xcode/project.pbxproj:	Sync Tcl.xcodeproj changes.
+	* macosx/README:			Document new build configs.
+
+2008-05-26  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/io.test (io-53.9): Need to close chan before removing file.
+
+2008-05-23  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/tclWinChan.c (FileWideSeekProc): Accepted a patch by Alexandre
+	Ferrieux <[email-masked]> to fix the [Bug 1965787].
+	'tell' now works for locations > 2 GB as well instead of going
+	negative.
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_SetChannelBufferSize): Accepted a patch by
+	* tests/io.test: Alexandre Ferrieux <[email-masked]>
+	* tests/chanio.test: to fix the [Bug 1969953]. Buffersize outside of
+	the supported range are now clipped to nearest boundary instead of
+	ignored.
+
+2008-05-22  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_LogCommandInfo):	Restored ability to
+	handle the argument value length = -1. Thanks to Chris Darroch for
+	discovering the bug and providing the fix. [Bug 1968245]
+
+2008-05-21  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclParse.c (ParseComment):	The new TclParseAllWhiteSpace
+	* tests/parse.test (parse-15.60):	routine has no mechanism to
+	return the "incomplete" status of "\\\n" so calling this routine
+	anywhere that can be reached within a Tcl_ParseCommand() call is a
+	mistake. In particular, ParseComment() must not use it. [Bug 1968882]
+
+2008-05-21  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclNamesp.c (Tcl_SetNamespaceUnknownHandler): Corrected odd
+	logic for handling installation of namespace unknown handlers which
+	could lead too very strange things happening in the error case.
+
+2008-05-16  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompile.c: Fix crash with tcl_traceExec. Found and fixed
+	by Alexander Pasadyn. [Bug 1964803]
+
+2008-05-07  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictAppendCmd): Fix silly off-by
+	one error that caused a crash every time a compiled 'dict append' with
+	more than one argument was used. Found by Colin McCormack.
+
+2008-04-26  Zoran Vasiljevic  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclAsync.c: Tcl_AsyncDelete(): panic if attempt to locate
+	handler token fails. Happens when some other thread attempts to delete
+	somebody else's token.
+
+	Also, panic early if we find out the wrong thread attempting to delete
+	the async handler (common trap). As, only the one that created the
+	handler is allowed to delete it.
+
+2008-04-24  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/ioCmd.test: Extended testsuite for reflected channel
+	implementation. Added test cases about how it handles if the rug is
+	pulled out from under a channel (= killing threads, interpreters
+	containing the tcl command for a channel, and channel sitting in a
+	different interpreter/thread.)
+
+	* generic/tclIORChan.c: Fixed the bugs exposed by the new testcases,
+	redone most of the cleanup and exit handling.
+
+2008-04-15  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c (CopyData):	Applied another patch by Alexandre
+	* io.test (io-53.8a):		Ferrieux <[email-masked]>,
+	* chanio.test (chan-io-53.8a):	to shift EOF handling to the async
+	part of the command if a callback is specified, should the channel be
+	at EOF already when fcopy is called. Testcase by myself.
+
+2008-04-14  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tclUnixTime.c (NativeGetTime): Removed obsolete use of
+	'struct timezone' in the call to 'gettimeofday'. [Bug 1942197]
+
+	* tests/clock.test (clock-33.5, clock-33.5a, clock-33.8, clock-33.8a):
+	Added comments to the test that it can fail on a heavily loaded
+	system.
+
+2008-04-11  Don Porter	<[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump version number to 8.5.3b1 to distinguish
+	* library/init.tcl:	CVS development snapshots from the 8.5.2 and
+	* unix/configure.in:	8.5.3 releases.
+	* unix/tcl.spec:
+	* win/configure.in:
+	* README
+
+	* unix/configure:	autoconf (2.59)
+	* win/configure:
+
+2008-04-10  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_FcopyObjCmd): Keeping check for negative
+	values, changed to not be an error, but behave like the special value
+	-1 (copy all, default).
+
+	* tests/iocmd.test (iocmd-15.{12,13}): Removed.
+
+	* tests/io.test (io-52.5{,a,b}): Reverted last change, added
+	* tests/chanio.test (chan-io-52.5{,a,b}): comment regarding the
+	meaning of -1, added two more testcases for other negative values,
+	and input wrapped to negative.
+
+2008-04-09  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/chanio.test (chan-io-52.5): Removed '-size -1' from test,
+	* tests/io.test (io-52.5): does not seem to have any bearing, and was
+	an illegal value.
+
+	* generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_FcopyObjCmd): Added checking of -size value
+	* tests/ioCmd.test (iocmd-15.{13,14}): to reject negative values, and
+	values overflowing 32-bit signed. Basic patch by Alexandre Ferrieux
+	<[email-masked]>, with modifications from me to
+	separate overflow from true negative value. Extended testsuite. [Bug
+	1557855]
+
+2008-04-08  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/io.test (io-53.8): Fixed ordering of vwait and after
+	cancel. cancel has to be done after the vwait completes.
+
+2008-04-09  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/chanio.test (chan-io-53.8,53.9,53.10):	fix typo & quoting for
+	* tests/io.test (io-53.8,53.9,53.10):		spaces in builddir path
+
+2008-04-07  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/io.test (io-53.10): Testcase for bi-directionaly fcopy.
+	* tests/chanio.test:
+	* generic/tclIO.c: Additional changes to data structures for fcopy
+	* generic/tclIO.h: and channels to perform proper cleanup in case
+	of a channel having two background copy operations running as is
+	now possible.
+
+	* tests/io.test (io-53.10): Testcase for bi-directionaly fcopy.
+	* generic/tclIO.c: Additional changes to data structures for fcopy
+	and channels to perform proper cleanup in case of a channel having
+	two background copy operations running as is now possible.
+
+2008-04-07  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c (BUSY_STATE, CheckChannelErrors,
+	TclCopyChannel): New macro, and the places using it. This change
+	allows for bi-directional fcopy on channels. [Bug 1350564]. Thanks
+	to Alexandre Ferrieux <[email-masked]> for the
+	patch.
+
+2008-04-07  Reinhard Max  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendFormatToObj): Fix [format {% d}]
+	so that it behaves the same way as in 8.4 and as C's printf().
+	* tests/format.test: Add a test for '% d' and '%+d'.
+
+2008-04-05  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/chanio.test (chan-io-53.9):
+	* tests/io.test (io-53.9): Made test cleanup robust against the
+	possibility of slow process shutdown on Windows.
+
+	* win/tcl.m4: Added -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE and
+	-DCRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE to the MSVC compilation flags so that the
+	compilation doesn't barf on perfectly reasonable Posix system calls.
+	* win/configure: Manually patched (don't have the right autoconf to
+	hand).
+
+	* win/tclWinFile.c: (WinSymLinkDirectory): Fixed a problem that
+	Tcl was creating an NTFS junction point (IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT)
+	but filling in the union member for a Vista symbolic link. We had
+	gotten away with this error because the union member
+	(SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer) was misdefined in this file and in the
+	'winnt.h' in early versions of MinGW. MinGW 3.4.2 has the correct
+	definition of SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer, exposing the mismatch,
+	and making tests cmdAH-19.4.1, fCmd-28.*, and filename-11.* fail.
+
+2008-04-04  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/io.test (io-53.9): Added testcase for [Bug 780533], based
+	* tests/chanio.test: on Alexandre's test script. Also fixed problem
+	with timer in preceding test, was not canceled properly in the ok case
+
+2008-04-04  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIORChan.c (ReflectOutput): Allow zero return from write
+	when input was zero-length anyway. Otherwise keept it an error, and
+	separate the message from 'written too much'.
+
+	* tests/ioCmd.test (iocmd-24.6): Testcase updated for changed message.
+
+	* generic/tclIORChan.c (ReflectClose): Added missing removal of the
+	now closed channel from the reflection map. Before we could crash the
+	system by invoking 'chan postevent' on a closed reflected channel,
+	dereferencing the dangling pointer in the map.
+
+	* tests/ioCmd.test (iocmd-31.8): Testcase for the above.
+
+2008-04-03  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c (CopyData): Applied patch [Bug 1932639] to
+	* tests/io.test: prevent fcopy from calling -command synchronously
+	* tests/chanio.test: the first time. Thanks to Alexandre Ferrieux
+	<[email-masked]> for report and patch.
+
+2008-04-02  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c (CopyData): Applied patch for fcopy problem [Bug
+	780533], with many thanks to Alexandre Ferrieux
+	<[email-masked]> for tracking it down and providing a
+	solution. Still have to convert his test script into a proper test
+	case.
+
+2008-04-01  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclStrToD.c: Applied patch for [Bug 1839067] (fp rounding
+	* unix/tcl.m4:	       setup on solaris x86, native cc), provided by
+	* unix/configure:      Michael Schlenker. configure regen'd.
+
+2008-04-01  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclStubLib.c (Tcl_InitStubs):	Added missing error message.
+	* generic/tclPkg.c (Tcl_PkgInitStubsCheck):
+
+2008-03-30  Kevin Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInt.h (TclIsNaN):
+	* unix/configure.in: Added code to the configurator to check for a
+			     standard isnan() macro and use it if one is
+			     found. This change avoids bugs where the test of
+			     ((d) != (d)) is optimized away by an
+			     overaggressive compiler. [Bug 1783544]
+	* generic/tclObj.c: Added missing #include <math.h> needed to locate
+			    isnan() after the above change.
+
+	* unix/configure: autoconf-2.61
+
+	* tests/mathop.test (mathop-25.9, mathop-25.14): Modified tests to
+	deal with (slightly buggy) math libraries in which pow() returns an
+	incorrectly rounded result. [Bug 1808174]
+
+2008-03-26  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	*** 8.5.2 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
+
+	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump to 8.5.2 for release.
+	* 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 8.5.2 release.
+
+2008-03-28  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/fCmd.test: Substantial rewrite to use many more tcltest
+	features. Great reduction in quantity of [catch] gymnastics. Several
+	buggy tests fixed, including one where the result of the previous test
+	was being checked!
+
+2008-03-27  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/tzdata/America/Marigot:
+	* library/tztata/America/St_Barthelemy:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/San_Luis:
+	* library/tzdata/Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh:
+	* library/tzdata/Asia/Kolkata:	(new files)
+	* library/tzdata/America/Caracas:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Havana:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Santiago:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Catamarca:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Cordoba:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Jujuy:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/La_Rioja:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Mendoza:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/San_Juan:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Tucuman:
+	* library/tzdata/America/Argentina/Ushuaia:
+	* library/tzdata/Asia/Baghdad:
+	* library/tzdata/Asia/Calcutta:
+	* library/tzdata/Asia/Damascus:
+	* library/tzdata/Asia/Saigon:
+	* library/tzdata/Pacific/Easter:
+		Changes up to and including Olson's tzdata2008b.
+
+2008-03-27  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tcl.m4 (SunOS-5.1x): Fix 64bit support for Sun cc. [Bug
+	1921166]
+
+	* unix/configure: autoconf-2.59
+
+2008-03-26  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.2 release.
+
+2008-03-24  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBinary.c: [Bug 1923966] - crash in binary format
+	* tests/binary.test:   Added tests for the above crash condition.
+
+2008-03-21  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/switch.n: Clarified documentation in respect of two-argument
+	invokation. [Bug 1899962]
+
+	* tests/switch.test: Added more tests of regexp-mode compilation of
+	the [switch] command. [Bug 1854435]
+
+2008-03-20  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tcl.h, generic/tclThreadAlloc.c: Tidied up the declarations
+	of Tcl_GetMemoryInfo so that it is always defined. Will panic when
+	called against a Tcl that was previously built without it at all,
+	which is OK because that also indicates a serious mismatch between
+	memory configuration options.
+
+2008-03-19  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tcl.h, generic/tclThreadAlloc.c (Tcl_GetMemoryInfo): Make
+	sure this function is available when direct linking. [Bug 1868171]
+
+	* tests/reg.test (reg-33.14): Marked nonPortable because some
+	environments have small default stack sizes. [Bug 1905562]
+
+2008-03-18  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/tm.tcl (::tcl::tm::UnknownHandler): Changed 'source' to
+	'source -encoding utf-8'. This fixes a portability problem of Tcl
+	Modules pointed out by Don Porter. By using plain 'source' we were at
+	the mercy of 'encoding system', making modules less portable than they
+	could be. The exact scenario: A writes a TM in some weird encoding
+	which is A's system encoding, distributes it, and somewhere else it
+	cannot be read/used because the system encoding is different. Forcing
+	the use of utf-8 makes the module portable.
+
+	***INCOMPATIBILITY*** for all Tcl Modules already written in non-utf-8
+	compatible encodings.
+
+2008-03-18  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c:	Patch from Miguel Sofer to correct the
+	alignment of memory allocated by GrowEvaluationStack(). [Bug 1914503]
+
+2008-03-18  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/tm.tcl (::tcl::tm::Defaults): Modified handling of
+	environment variables. Solution slightly different than proposed in
+	the report. Using the underscored form TCLX_y_TM_PATH even if
+	TCLX.y_TM_PATH exists. Also using a loop to cut prevent code
+	replication. [Bug 1914604]
+
+2008-03-16  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileDictForCmd): Correct the handling
+	of stack space calculation (the jump pattern used was confusing the
+	simple-minded code doing the calculations). [Bug 1903325]
+
+	* doc/lreplace.n: Clarified documentation of what happens with
+	negative indices. [Bug 1905809] Added example, tidied up formatting.
+
+2008-03-14  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c (OldMathFuncProc):	Same workaround protection
+	from bad TclStackAlloc() alignment. Thanks George Peter Staplin.
+
+	* generic/tclCmdIL.c (Tcl_LsortObjCmd):	Use ckalloc() to allocate
+	SortElement arrays instead of TclStackAlloc() which isn't getting
+	alignment right. Workaround for [Bug 1914503].
+
+2008-03-14  Reinhard Max  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclTest.c:  Ignore the return value of write() when we are
+	* unix/tclUnixPipe.c: about to exit anyways.
+
+2008-03-13  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/configure.in: Use backslash-quoting instead of double-quoting
+	* unix/tcl.m4:	     for lib paths in tclConfig.sh. [Bug 1913622]
+	* unix/configure:    autoconf-2.59
+
+2008-03-13  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.2 release.
+
+	* generic/tclStrToD.c:	Resolve identifier conflict over "pow10" with
+	libm in Cygwin and DJGPP. Thanks to Gordon Schumacher and Philip
+	Moore. [Patch 1800636]
+
+2008-03-12  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj:	Add support for Xcode 3.1
+	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser:	CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY and
+	* macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig:		'xcodebuild install'.
+
+2008-03-12  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/info.n: Replaced {expand} with {*}.
+
+2008-03-12  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/Makefile.in (install-libraries):	Bump http to 2.7
+	* win/Makefile.in (install-libraries):	Added -myaddr option to allow
+	* library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl):	control of selected socket
+	* library/http/pkgIndex.tcl:		interface. [Bug 559898]
+	* doc/http.n, tests/http.test:		Added -keepalive and
+	-protocol 1.1 with chunked transfer encoding support. [Bug 1063703,
+	1470377, 219225] (default keepalive is 0)
+	Added ability to override Host in -headers. [Bug 928154]
+	Added -strict option to control URL validation on per-call basis.
+	[Bug 1560506]
+
+2008-03-11  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl): Add -method option to support
+	* tests/http.test (http-3.1):		http PUT and DELETE requests.
+	* doc/http.n:				[Bug 1599901, 862554]
+
+	* library/http/http.tcl: Whitespace changes, code cleanup. Allow http
+	to be re-sourced without overwriting http state.
+
+2008-03-11  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclEncoding.c (LoadEscapeEncoding): Avoid leaking escape
+	sub-encodings, fixes encoding-11.1 failing after iso2022-jp loaded.
+	[Bug 1893053]
+
+	* macosx/tclMacOSXNotify.c: Avoid using CoreFoundation after fork() on
+	Darwin 9 even when TclpCreateProcess() uses vfork().
+
+	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj:	Add support for Xcode 3.1 and
+	* macosx/Tcl.xcodeproj/default.pbxuser:	configs for building with
+	* macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig:		gcc-4.2 and llvm-gcc-4.2.
+
+	* unix/tclUnixPort.h:			Workaround vfork() problems in
+						llvm-gcc-4.2.1 -O4 build.
+
+	* unix/tclUnixPort.h:			Move MODULE_SCOPE compat
+						define to top. [Bug 1911102]
+
+	* macosx/GNUmakefile:			Fix quoting to allow paths
+	* macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig:		to ${builddir} and
+	* unix/Makefile.in:			${INSTALL_ROOT} to contain
+	* unix/configure.in:			spaces.
+	* unix/install-sh:
+	* unix/tcl.m4:
+	* tests/ioCmd.test:
+
+	* unix/configure:			autoconf-2.59
+
+	* unix/Makefile.in (install-strip):	Strip non-global symbols from
+						dynamic library.
+
+	* unix/tclUnixNotfy.c:			Fix warning.
+
+	* tests/exec.test (exec-9.7):		Reduce timing sensitivity
+	* tests/socket.test (socket-2.11):	(esp. on multi-proc machines).
+
+	* tests/fCmd.test (fCmd-9.4):		Skip on Darwin 9 (xfail).
+
+2008-03-11  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclVar.c (TclDeleteNamespaceVars):
+	* tests/var.test (var-8.2): Unset traces on vars should be called with
+	a FQ named during namespace deletion. This was causing infinite loops
+	when unset traces recreated the var, as reported by Julian Noble. [Bug
+	1911919]
+
+2008-03-10  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.2 release.
+
+	* doc/http.n:	Revised to indicate that [package require http 2.5.5]
+	is needed to get all the documented commands ([http::meta]).
+
+	* generic/tclEvent.c (TclDefaultBgErrorHandlerObjCmd):	Added error
+	* tests/event.test (event-5.*):	checking to protect against callers
+	passing invalid return options dictionaries. [Bug 1901113]
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c (ExprAbsFunc):	Revised so that the abs()
+	* tests/expr.test:	function and the [::tcl::mathfunc::abs]
+	command do not return the value of -0, or equivalent values with more
+	alarming string reps like -1e-350. [Bug 1893815]
+
+2008-03-07  Andreas Kupries  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclResult.c (ReleaseKeys): Workaround for [Bug 1904907].
+	Reset the return option keys to NULL to allow full re-initialization
+	by GetKeys(). This introduces a memory leak for the key objects, but
+	gets us around a crash in the finalization of reflected channels when
+	handling returns, either at compile- or runtime. In both cases we
+	access the keys after they have been released by their thread exit
+	handler. A proper fix is entangled with the untangling of the
+	finalization ordering and attendant issues. For now we choose the
+	lesser evil.
+
+2008-03-07  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c (Tcl_ExprObj):	Revised expression bytecode
+	compiling so that bytecodes invalid due to changing context or due to
+	the difference between expressions and scripts are not reused. [Bug
+	1899164]
+
+	* generic/tclCmdAH.c:	Revised direct evaluation implementation of
+	[expr] so that [expr $e] caches compiled bytecodes for the expression
+	as the intrep of $e.
+
+	* tests/execute.test (execute-6.*):	More tests checking that
+	script bytecode is invalidated in the right situations.
+
+2008-03-07  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/configure.in: Add AC_HEADER_STDC to support msys/win64.
+
+2008-03-06  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/namespace.n: Minor tidying up. [Bug 1909019]
+
+2008-03-04  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tests/execute.test (6.3,4):	Added tests for [Bug 1899164].
+
+2008-03-03  Reinhard Max  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tclUnixChan.c: Fix mark and space parity on Linux, which uses
+	CMSPAR instead of PAREXT.
+
+2008-03-02  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclNamesp.c (GetNamespaceFromObj):
+	* tests/interp.test (interp-28.2): Spoil the intrep of an nsNameType
+	obj when the reference crosses interpreter boundaries.
+
+2008-02-29  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclResult.c (Tcl_SetReturnOptions):	Revised the refcount
+	management of Tcl_SetReturnOptions to become that of a conventional
+	Consumer routine. Thanks to Peter Spjuth for pointing out the
+	difficulties calling Tcl_SetReturnOptions with non-0-count value for
+	options.
+	* generic/tclExecute.c (INST_RETURN_STK): Revised the one caller
+	within Tcl itself which passes a non-0-count value to
+	Tcl_SetReturnOptions().
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo):	Revised the
+	refcount management of Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo to become that of a
+	conventional Consumer routine. This preserves the ease of use for the
+	overwhelming common callers who pass in a 0-count value, but makes the
+	proper call with a non-0-count value less surprising.
+	* generic/tclEvent.c (TclDefaultBgErrorHandlerObjCmd):	Revised the
+	one caller within Tcl itself which passes a non-0-count value to
+	Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo().
+
+2008-02-28  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tclPort.h, unix/tclCompat.h, unix/tclUnixChan.h: Reduce scope
+	of <sys/filio.h> and <sys/ioctl.h> #includes. [Patch 1903339]
+
+2008-02-28  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tclUnixChan.c, unix/tclUnixNotfy.c, unix/tclUnixPipe.c:
+	Consolidate all code conditionalized on -DUSE_FIONBIO into one place.
+	* unix/tclUnixPort.h, unix/tclUnixCompat.c: New routine
+	TclUnixSetBlockingMode(). [Patch 1903339]
+
+2008-02-28  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c (TclEvalObjvInternal):	Plug memory leak when
+	an enter trace deletes or changes the command, prompting a reparsing.
+	Don't let the second pass lose commandPtr value allocated during the
+	first pass.
+
+	* generic/tclCompExpr.c (ParseExpr):	Plug memory leak in error
+	message generation.
+
+	* generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendFormatToObj): [format %llx $big]
+	leaked an mp_int.
+
+	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileReturnCmd):	The 2007-10-18 commit
+	to optimize compiled [return -level 0 $x] [RFE 1794073] introduced a
+	memory leak of the return options dictionary. Fixing that.
+
+2008-02-27  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/http/http.tcl: [Bug 705956] - fix inverted logic when
+	cleaning up socket error in geturl.
+
+2008-02-27  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/clock.n: Corrected minor indentation gaffe in the penultimate
+	paragraph. [Bug 1898025]
+	* generic/tclClock.c (ParseClockFormatArgs): Changed to check that the
+	clock value is in the range of a 64-bit integer. [Bug 1862555]
+	* library/clock.tcl (::tcl::clock::format, ::tcl::clock::scan,
+	(::tcl::clock::add, ::tcl::clock::LocalizeFormat): Fixed bugs in
+	caching of localized strings that caused weird results when localized
+	date/time formats were used. [Bug 1902423]
+	* tests/clock.test (clock-61.*, clock-62.1): Regression tests for [Bug
+	1862555] and [Bug 1902423].
+
+2008-02-26  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIOUtil.c, unix/tclUnixPort.h, unix/tclUnixChan.c:
+	Remove dead/unused portability-related #defines and unused conditional
+	code. See [Patch 1901828] for discussion.
+
+2008-02-26  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclIORChan.c (enum MethodName),
+	* generic/tclCompExpr.c (enum Marks): More stray trailing ","s
+
+2008-02-26  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/configure.in(socklen_t test): Define socklen_t as "int" if
+	missing, not "unsigned". Use AC_TRY_COMPILE instead of
+	AC_EGREP_HEADER.
+	* unix/configure: regenerated.
+
+2008-02-26  Joe English  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompile.h: Remove stray trailing "," from enum
+	InstOperandType definition (C99ism).
+
+2008-02-26  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclUtil.c (TclReToGlob): Fix the handling of the last star
+	* tests/regexpComp.test:	   possibly being escaped in
+	determining right anchor. [Bug 1902436]
+
+2008-02-26  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: Set version 2.5.5
+	* library/http/http.tcl:     It is better to do the [eof] check after
+	trying to read from the socket. No clashes found in testing. Added
+	http::meta command to access the http headers. [Bug 1868845]
+
+2008-02-22  Pat Thoyts  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* library/http/pkgIndex.tcl: Set version 2.5.4
+	* library/http/http.tcl:     Always check that the state array exists
+	in the http::status command. [Bug 1818565]
+
+2008-02-13  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump version number to 8.5.2b1 to distinguish
+	* library/init.tcl:	CVS development snapshots from the 8.5.1 and
+	* unix/configure.in:	8.5.2 releases.
+	* unix/tcl.spec:
+	* win/configure.in:
+	* README
+
+	* unix/configure:	autoconf (2.59)
+	* win/configure:
+
+2008-02-12  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileSwitchCmd): Corrected logic for
+	* tests/switch.test (switch-10.15): handling -nocase compilation; the
+	-exact -nocase option cannot be compiled currently. [Bug 1891827]
+
+	* unix/README: Documented missing configure flags. [Bug 1799011]
+
+2008-02-06  Kevin B. Kenny  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/clock.n (%N): Corrected an error in the explanation of the %N
+	format group.
+	* generic/tclClock.c (ClockParseformatargsObjCmd):
+	* library/clock.tcl (::tcl::clock::format):
+	* tests/clock.test (clock-1.0, clock-1.4):
+	Performance enhancements in [clock format] (moving the analysis of
+	$args into C code, holding on to Tcl_Objs with resolved command names,
+	[lassign] in place of [foreach], avoiding [namespace which] for
+	command resolution).
+
+2008-02-04  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	*** 8.5.1 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***
+
+	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.1 release.
+
+	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump to 8.5.1 for release.
+	* library/init.tcl:
+	* tools/tcl.wse.in:
+	* unix/configure.in:
+	* unix/tcl.spec:
+	* win/configure.in:
+
+	* unix/configure:	autoconf-2.59
+	* win/configure:
+
+2008-02-04  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclExecute.c (INST_CONCAT1): Fix optimisation for in-place
+	concatenation (was going over String type)
+
+2008-02-02  Daniel Steffen  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/configure.in (Darwin):	Correct Info.plist year substitution
+					in non-framework builds.
+
+	* unix/configure:		autoconf-2.59
+
+2008-01-30  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInterp.c (Tcl_GetAlias): Fix for [Bug 1882373], thanks go
+	to an00na.
+
+2008-01-30  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl: Reworked manual page scraper to do a
+	proper job of handling references to Ttk options. [Tk Bug 1876493]
+
+2008-01-29  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/man.macros (SO, SE): Adjusted macros so that it is possible for
+	Ttk to have its "standard options" on a manual page that is not called
+	"options". [Tk Bug 1876493]
+
+2008-01-25  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* changes:		Updated for 8.5.1 release.
+
+2008-01-23  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclInt.h:		New macro TclGrowParseTokenArray() to
+	* generic/tclCompCmds.c:	simplify code that might need to grow
+	* generic/tclCompExpr.c:	an array of Tcl_Tokens in the parsePtr
+	* generic/tclParse.c:		field of a Tcl_Parse. Replaces the
+	TclExpandTokenArray() routine via replacing:
+		int needed = parsePtr->numTokens + growth;
+		while (needed > parsePtr->tokensAvailable) {
+		    TclExpandTokenArray(parsePtr);
+		}
+	with:
+		TclGrowParseTokenArray(parsePtr, growth);
+	This revision merged over from dgp-refactor branch.
+
+	* generic/tclCompile.h:	Demote TclCompEvalObj() from internal stubs to
+	* generic/tclInt.decls:	a MODULE_SCOPE routine declared in
+	tclCompile.h.
+
+	* generic/tclIntDecls.h:	make genstubs
+	* generic/tclStubInit.c:
+
+2008-01-22  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclTimer.c (AfterProc):	Replace Tcl_EvalEx() with
+	Tcl_EvalObjEx() to evaluate [after] callbacks. Part of trend to favor
+	compiled execution over direct evaluation.
+
+2008-01-22  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCmdIl.c (Tcl_LreverseObjCmd):
+	* tests/cmdIL.test (cmdIL-7.7): Fix crash on reversing an empty list.
+	[Bug 1876793]
+
+2008-01-20  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/README: Minor typo fixes [Bug 1853072]
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c (TclGetsObjBinary): Operate on topmost channel.
+	[Bug 1869405] (Ficicchia)
+
+2008-01-17  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompExpr.c:	Revision to preserve parsed intreps of
+	numeric and boolean literals when compiling expressions with (optimize
+	== 1).
+
+2008-01-15  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclCompExpr.c: Add an 'optimize' argument to
+	* generic/tclCompile.c:	 TclCompileExpr() to profit from better
+	* generic/tclCompile.h:	 literal management according to usage.
+	* generic/tclExecute.c:
+
+	* generic/tclCompExpr.c: Fix literal leak in exprs [Bug 1869989] (dgp)
+	* generic/tclExecute.c:
+	* tests/compExpr.test:
+
+	* doc/proc.n: Changed wording for access to non-local variables; added
+	mention to [namespace upvar]. Lame attempt at dealing with
+	documentation. [Bug 1872708]
+
+2008-01-15  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclBasic.c:	 Replacing 'operator' by 'op' in the def of
+	* generic/tclCompExpr.c: struct TclOpCmdClientData to accommodate C++
+	* generic/tclCompile.h:	 compilers. [Bug 1855644]
+
+2008-01-13  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* win/tclWinSerial.c (SerialCloseProc, TclWinOpenSerialChannel): Use
+	critical section for read & write side. [Bug 1353846] (newman)
+
+2008-01-11  Miguel Sofer  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadGetStackSize): Restore stack checking
+	functionality in freebsd. [Bug 1850424]
+
+	* unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadGetStackSize): Fix for crash in
+	freebsd. [Bug 1860425]
+
+2008-01-10  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendFormatToObj):  Correct failure to
+	* tests/format.test:	account for big.used == 0 corner case in the
+	%ll(idox) format directives. [Bug 1867855]
+
+2008-01-09  George Peter Staplin  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/vwait.n: Add a missing be to fix a typo.
+
+2008-01-04  Jeff Hobbs  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl (make-man-pages): Make man page title use
+	more specific info on lhs to improve tabbed browser view titles.
+
+2008-01-02  Donal K. Fellows  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* doc/binary.n: Fixed documentation bug reported on tcl-core, and
+	reordered documentation to discourage people from using the hex
+	formatter that is hardly ever useful.
+
+2008-01-02  Don Porter  <[email-masked]>
+
+	* generic/tcl.h:	Bump version number to 8.5.1b1 to distinguish
+	* library/init.tcl:	CVS development snapshots from the 8.5.0 and
+	* unix/configure.in:	8.5.1 releases.
+	* unix/tcl.spec:
+	* win/configure.in:
+	* README
+
+	* unix/configure:	autoconf (2.59)
+	* win/configure:
+
+	******************************************************************
+	*** 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"             ***
+	*** 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" ***
+	******************************************************************
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