Nobody/Anonymous - 2006-10-22

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At present (22.10.2006, Tcl/Tk 4.8.13.0) winfo interps (and
send) work on a unix platform, do not work on a windows
platform (see, for instance, question D12 in
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tcl-faq/tk/windows/\).

I suggest to maintain winfo interps as specified in the
man-pages. Reasons: (1) conformance to man-pages, literature
..., (2) compatibility with existing applications, (3) keep
the power of simple-to-use interprocess communication.

I understand that winfo interps represents a security issue.
Why not solve it by introducing some kind of "switch" - for
instance a variable that can be set and than results in
"hiding" an interpreter?