#4195 clock scan/format and namespace delimiters

[Kevin B KENNY]

Subject:
TIP issue: TCL error [8.5, 8.6] in CLOCK command
From:
"Domino Rose Mizuno, StormBot.TCL Coder" <Domino@StormBot.Net>
Date:
Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:16:16 -0800
To:
<donal.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>

Hi,

I'm emailing this to you because finding the proper "filing method' is
horrendously difficult.

CLOCK has a weird conditional error.
It involves versions 8.5.* (all), 8.6 - 8.6a1

[8.4.* & 8.3.* trees are unaffected.]

[28Nov08 11:22:49] <Mai> odin tcl msghome [now]:[clock format [now] -format
%c:%z]
[28Nov08 11:22:52] -Odin- TCL: can't create procedure
"::tcl::clock::formatproc'%c::%z'c": unknown namespace

I've manually tested with many combinations [through loops]; all fail.

Any time you use a double colon, this error kicks-up.
The double-colon is taken as a namespace heirarchy delimiter.

~ Mai 'Domino' Mizuno, StormBot.TCL coder