Re: [TCLCORE] Question about components of Tcl/Tk8.6

[Twylite <tw...@cr...>]

Jeff Hobbs wrote:
>> where currently there are only two.  "tcl-only" would contain Tcl
>> only.  This would acknowledge there is some subset of Tcl users
>> whose use patterns truly require only the language itself, and
>> this download option spares them the burden of stripping down the
>> standard release for themselves.
>>     
> I believe that is antiproductive to where Tcl needs to move.  The core 
> download can be 50MB in size - very few people really care.  What may be 
> important is that you can build the core runtime without all the 
> components if you so choose, but that certainly shouldn't be the default.
>   
I think Jeff is right on the mark here.  I would like the option of a 
minimal Tcl (e.g. for embedding) but I don't really care if I have to 
download a bunch of extra stuff, so long as I can use appropriate 
compile-time options to produce a minimal build.  I think the bigger 
question is whether such compile-time options exist, and how they are 
managed with respect to future additions to the core.

Regards,
Twylite