Re: [TCLCORE] CFV on small high-prio TIPs (#306)

[Jeff H. <je...@ac...>]

Jan Nijtmans wrote:
> 2008/11/25 Jeff Hobbs <je...@ac...>:
>> This is so blatantly wrong with a 30 second glance at what's important
>> that anyone who voted yes deserves a right spanking.  This TIP would
>> break BWidgets, and I don't need to look any further.  The TIP blatantly
>> warns on this issue.  Stop the insanity and poor thinking - you break
>> something as basic as that, you will _not_ make a happy community.
> 
> Please, don't spank me....    ;-)
> 
> I'm not that familiar with BWidgets, but the given arguments
> convince me to change my vote to NO as well.....

Let me note that I strongly favor some auto-naming of widgets.  I 
advocate it and use it in the Perl/Tkx binding that I wrote.  However, 
it conflicts with years of standard coding style in Tcl, especially wrt 
megawidget libraries.  After looking a little further, snidgets could be 
made to support this at the base level in one code spot (the advantage 
of such a system).  However, many older systems spread out there widget 
creation among the widgets in a way that is more fragile.

Shall I take the opportunity to push TIP#180 again?  ;)

Jeff