Re: [TCLCORE] Tcl 9 Wart Removal List

[Duquette, W. H (318K) <wil...@jp...>]

On 11/16/12 9:48 AM, "Porter, Don" <don...@ni...> wrote:


>Just picking out the easiest stuff....
>
>> [case]
>> Remove this command; it has long been supplanted by [switch].
>
>Already done.

Noted.

>
>> [auto_*]
>> The auto-loader was a neat solution 15 years ago, but seems to me to be
>>obsolete.  Can we get rid of it, and the related commands?
>
>I like the idea, but the first step to getting rid of the auto-loader is
>that we
>have to stop using it ourselves.  What's that over in tcl/library ????
>A "tclIndex" file, hmmmmmm?????
>
>:)

Well, yeah.  [parray] and such-like.  I'll update this entry to note that
the auto-loaded core commands will need to be dealt with.

Will

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>Athena Development Lead -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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