Friday, 22 April 2011
Roadmap for Jim Tcl
I have a few things on my list that I would like to see go into the next release of Jim Tcl.
Boring Stuff
- Bug fixes
- Performance improvements
- Size reduction
- Clean up dlopen() handles on interpreter deletion
Tcl 8.x Features
- Add support for the [binary] command
- Support for non-greedy quantifiers in [regexp]
TclX Features
- Add the [loop] command
Tcl 9 (Proposed) Features
- [expr] shorthand syntax: $(…)
- Automatic upvars in prog args: &varname
- Allow proc ‘args’ to be renamed
Build System
- Replace autoconf with Tcl-based autosetup (https://github.com/msteveb/autosetup)
Other Enhancements
- Ability to “push” a proc over the top of an existing proc to easily create a wrapper proc, including the ability to “upcall” the original proc.
Steve Bennett (steveb@workware.net.au)
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