[MACTCL] ANNOUNCE: Compiler 3.3 beta 2

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Hello everybody,

  "Compiler" 3.3 beta 2 test is out

  What's new:

   http://www.compiler-factory.com/LinComp-CHANGES.html

  Download:

   http://www.compiler-factory.com

   and follow the "Download" link



  Development News:

   this release has 3 goals:

    1: compile the tcl/tk default libraries into native C
       ( lib/tcl8.3/*, lib/tk8.3/* )
    2: correct bugs introduced in the previous edition
    3: improve the MacOs edition to become more standart
       like Windows and Unix.


   Feature 1
   ---------

    this is a customer request based and additional speed
    requirements for a large scale gui application. This
    application uses a "text" widget filled up with a lot
    of data. The speed in traditional tcl was to slow and
    the request was born -> done.
    To get this working the build process need an aditio-
    nal feature called "Full Package Names". The reason for
    this feature was in the tcl library with the 2 packages
    http1.0 and http2.4 which are the same package "http"
    but with different version numbers. The original
    "project.cct" file only allows to define one package
    with one major/minor number. The new feature adds the
    $PACKAGENAME$MAJOR.$MINOR systax to define 2 different
    packages "PACKAGE http1.0 { ... }" and "PACKAGE
    http2.4 { ... }" into one project.cct file. As addi-
    tinal benefit I cleanup the "initScript" tcl-C variable
    to fit better the needs of POWER-Tcl and to be the
    same in Unix, Windows and Mac. To fit all test cases
    a *_SafeInit, which only calles the *_Init,  was added
    to the created C code.


   Feature 2
   ---------

    the last beta introduced a couple of bugs -> fixed.
    A customer reportes problems with MacOs which was
    in fact a traditional tcl bug -> fixed and reported
    to the core team. An additional bug was fixed based
    on the special condition that a tcl "if" command was
    last in a procedure and the body was not called ->
    fixed.


    Right now all traditional tcl code files (*.tcl) are
    gone, the pkgIndex.tcl are still left.


   Feature 3
   ---------

    MacOs is special, but starting with 3.3beta 1 it be-
    comes less special from release to release. The se-
    cond beta uses the same setup "InitScript" as Unix
    and Windows. All special MacOs additions like adding
    the lib/tcl8.3/* and lib/tk8.3/* files into the res-
    ource are gone. Right now the Unix, Windows and Mac
    addition have the same directory structure, using the
    same files and providing the same features. The
    "cct -t ?MyProj? -m mac91ppc export -c" does now work
    proper even the project.cct file and the tcl project
    files are not in the same directory.



mfg

  aotto :)