Re: [TCLCORE] TIP 702 CFV Warning

[Jan N. <jan...@gm...>]

Op wo 6 nov 2024 om 14:05 schreef Harald Oehlmann:
> I would be in favour of the statical link and no requirement for
> "package require".

The current TIP #702 still requires "package require",
that's - IMHO - not what core commands should do.
They - at least - should do some auto-loading, like
"clock" does. That's one of my reasons for objecting
TIP #702.

Second: TIP #702 is sold as a solution to the creation
of temporary directories. It isn't: If someone zips
a "foo.dll" into the executable, loading this dll gives
exactly the same problem. Ticket [a8e4f76ce4] is
raised for that, it should be solved, whether
TIP #702 is accepted or not.

In my view, the dde and registry packages are
legacy, but used in many packages, simply
because there is no alternative. I started
with a new TIP #703, which can - eventually -
remedy this. The clock package need registry
to determine the timezone. msgcat needs the
registry for determining the locale. If there were
commands like "info timezone|locale" the
registry package would not be necessary
during startup any more for this purpose.

That's long enough for now.

Regards,
       Jan Nijtmans