Re: [tcljava-user] JACL corresponds to which level of Tcl?

[Mo D. <mo...@mo...>]

Tom Poindexter wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 05:03:35PM +0000, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
>   
>> Using jacl 1.4.  "- all" is not a valid option for lsearch.  What version
>> of Tcl corresponds to JACL.  Anything more recent than 8.0.
>> I believe it mostly 8.0, with some commands having 8.0 - 8.4 features.
>>     
Yes, it is mostly 8.0. Some commands have been upgraded to work more 
like 8.3, but more
work needs to be done.

>> On my to-do list is auditing Jacl commands vis-a-vis Tcl 8.4, and
>> coming up with a list of commands to implement or enhance to
>> 8.4 levels.  I figure if *we* (the collective, but relatively very small
>> community of Jacl users) attack one or two commands each, we can
>> bring Jacl up to 8.4 compliance.  'fileevent' and a newer 'regexp/regsub'
>> are probably the most difficult.  
>>     
Non-blocking IO is going to be a real pain, but the regexp 
implementation should not be too hard.
The newer JDK 1.4 regexp engine can now be used so that should make the 
problem much easier
to solve.

>> Who else is willing to volunteer
Yes, if folks would like to contribute some time to help upgrade Jacl 
commands to support the
full 8.4 feature set, that would be great. I can put together a plan and 
outline what needs to be
done, but engineering time is needed to implement things.

Mo DeJong