RE: [tcltk-perl] Why is Tcl a subclass of Tck::Tk?

[Konovalov, V. <vko...@sp...>]

> > Could you please explain your way of doing things?
> 
> I would expect:
> 
>    $tcl = Tcl->new;
> 
> to give me an interpreter that only can do the plain Tcl stuff,
> i.e. what tclsh can do.
> 
> I would expect:
> 
>    $tcltk = Tcl::Tk->new
> 
> to be a subclass of Tcl that can do plain Tcl stuff as well as all the
> Tk stuff, ie. what wish can do.
> 
> I don't expect my $tcl to suddenly grow more capable or different just
> becase I happened to load the Tcl::Tk module in the same process
> later.  Perhaps I just misunderstand what tcl actually looks like
> underneath.  I have not used actually tcl in 15 years, so my memory of
> what it is is rusty.

All your arguments are very reasonable and in case you have patch please
give it to me.

Will you have commitment rights to CVS on SF?