Re: [Tile-dev] OO out of 8.5 (was Re: Tile compatibility policy and the core merge)

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

Bryan Oakley wrote:
> Jeff Hobbs wrote:
> > Also, the fact that OO got bumped to 8.6 also threw some ideas I was 
> > hoping for 8.5 out with it (in terms of easier megawidgets based on 
> > core widgets).
> 
> Hmmm. I somehow missed that announcement. Out of curiosity, when was 
> that decided?

You will have to go over the tcl-core archives to get the full details, but I
basically stepped into a heated discussion to note that we were too close to
beta (feature freeze) to move forward with an as-yet-untested OO framework.

It is an unfortunate decision to lose oo across the board, but it does hit Tk
especially hard.  Tk could really leverage oo for a megawidget framework.
Snit provide 90% of the necessary bits, but that remaining 10% is important,
and really requires some better core support for "objects".

Jeff