Re: [TCLCORE] TIP 716 ready for comments

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

Op ma 28 apr 2025 om 11:43 schreef Harald Oehlmann:
> That is great.
> If we need it, we need it.

Well, I would like the DB2 problem to be fixed too. TIP #716
describes a new function Tcl_GetEncodingNameForUser()
which could be of help fixing the testcases. So, I tried it:
       <https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/info/8a040c000aa41a0e>
It's on the TIP of the "tip-716" now. This demonstrates that
whatever function we use in testcases, the function needs
to be exported through the stub table.

Thinking further, a function returning the encoding _ name_
in itself is not so useful. It would be more useful to have
a function returning the Tcl_Encoding itself. If we want
the name only, we can always use Tcl_GetEncodingName().
That's my inspiration for TIP #718. ;-)  I think
"encoding name" in itself is useful.

Hope this helps,
       Jan Nijtmans