Re: [TCLCORE] A last try for TIP#117

[Peter S. <pet...@sp...>]

At 17:12 2004-01-31, Reinhard Max wrote:

>and if it does go into the core, I think it should be a subcommand of
>[info] rather than a separate package.

That was the original proposal but was not well received,
thus it was changed to a package.
I guess such a package, when created, can attract more ideas for
debug stuff which might be a good thing.
It also think a more modularized core is a good thing and a good way
to start can be to add some of the new stuff in packages rather than directly
in the core.

>BTW, if we start letting the script level know about object types, how
>about also adding [trace]s for object type conversions. I think for
>tracking down shimmering problems this could be even more helpful than
>just being able to query an object's current type.

Maybe, but implementing that might mean such an intrusion to the object
interfaces that it's not worth it.
The command as suggested helps a lot, for a very small implementation cost.

Also, I believe that the exposure of objects should be kept to a minimum.
Even if the thought of using this in functional code is so horrible that it
is hard to imagine anyone doing it, someone just might.

/Peter