Re: [TCLCORE] TIP #329 [try] updated

[Magentus <mag...@gm...>]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 08:56:40 +0100, 
Andreas Leitgeb <av...@lo...> wrote:

> I guess it will take a few years from now till Donal runs into such
> a practical usecase himself, and at that point we will perhaps add
> a new ltrap clause with just that type of matching.  Adding it now
> would unfortunately put the TIP at risk.

Then put it at risk.  From what I'm reading, there's still enough
dissent; one camp wants ultra-KISS, the other wants a useful flexible
tool (no prises for getting my preference ;) ).  Postpone the TIP,
implement both proposals as tcl::unsupported for people to try out, and
then it'll be a simple question a little further down the road of
"which one do we keep".

The chosen implementation gets moved to ::try, and other one gets
relegated to a script in tcllib for anyone who did actually use it in a
real project.

This isn't NEW functionality, it's a refactoring of OLD functionality.
High past time, I'll grant, but it's not a MUST HAVE for this release.
Having something to bang on for the next release, and a firm commitment
to make errorcodes useful (represented by the trial going on in
tcl::unsupported), will probably do more good then pushing through a
rushed TIP just so it'll make a deadline.


-- 
Fredderic

Junk is something you've kept for years and then
throw away three weeks before you need it.

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