Re: [TCLCORE] To the best of my recollection regarding TIP#302

[Kevin K. <kev...@gm...>]

On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM Dipl. Ing. Sergey G. Brester via Tcl-Core <
tcl...@li...> wrote:

> But, especially following your arguments, one can then say - lets switch
> `after` to mono-time by default (and provide `after -at` or `after -wall`
> or whatever for wall time)... Just because related to your assumptions, it
> wouldn't affect anything anyway (because "no long way jumps" is equal to
> "mono-time runs almost synchronous with wall-time").
>
My inclination is 'let's reserve script-breaking changes for major
releases, preparing them with 'retroforward compatibility'.   On the other
hand, let's not go a quarter-century between major releases ever again. I
don't know how we wound up trapped in that mind set; it was toxic.
-- 
73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin