RE: [tcltk-perl] Tcl::Tk 0.88 timing?

[Jeff H. <je...@Ac...>]

Konovalov, Vadim wrote:
> > > Any thoughts on 0.88 timing?
> 
> Well, as long as it is reasonable to make a release, then 
> plan it to 21th august (after some more my changes at 
> weekend), and if weather conditions will be not perfect then 
> release somewhere in the next week.

OK, I have commited the bulk of my changes.

> On the other notes, currently I am looking into integrating 
> Tcl/Tk into Perl6, which is currently developed in Haskell, 
> and here are some notes on the fact:

Sounds cool ... my haskell is extremely limited, so I don't
know that I'll be of much help.

>   - I realized that TclHaskell is currently out-of-date, 
> (does not compile) and I have some inprovement patches and 
> tried to contact author (with no avail)

Hmmm, first hit at http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~meurig/TclHaskell/
and it certainly seems to be old.  It appears that they did
make a version for 8.3 at some point.  I suspect they never
did one that properly used Tcl stubs though, otherwise you
would not need to recompile for newer Tcl releases anyways.

>   - it is probably better to not use TclHaskell and write 
> direct calls to tcl/tk library; frantk is based on top of 
> TclHaskell and I have no idea about it's shape.
>   - while I received commit bit and am planning to add Tcl/Tk 
> into PUGS (current codename of haskell implementation of 
> perl6), I did not negotiated inclusion of such support into 
> distribution yet.
>   - Haskell and Pugs sourcetree are amazingly hard to start 
> with :):), and PUGS has amazingly quick growth
> 
> All in all, I am trying Tcl::Tk in perl6, and there are 
> interesting things here.

OK, let us know about progress, and if there is something
about the build system that can be made to make this easier.

Jeff