Not quite convenient. By putting Tcl 8.x in the sources core, AOLserver always works with the same Tcl version - that is, it's less likely that something will not work anymore due to newer/older Tcl...
Sad but true. -- WK atf wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Jeff! > > That explains a few things. If the allocator modification is made to > the Tcl core, will the AOLServer distribution be changed to link to the > system Tcl lib's in a conventional manner? (eg, instead of including > the modified? Tcl source and building from AOLServer's code tree). > That would be very, *very* convenient. > > thomas > > > --- Jeffrey Hobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Thomas, >> >>The Tcl sources require a minor change before you can have it work >>with >>AOLServer. The guys at AOL developed a special allocator designed >>for >>much better performance with threads. I do plan on putting this into >>the core (now that license issues are resolved), but it needs a bit >>more >>time because the current version (in the AOLServer head) only works >>on >>Unix. Once that is addressed, 8.4 (and likely a backport for 8.3.5) >>will work fine "out-of-the-box". >> >>I guess it would actually work now, but without the enhanced >>allocator, >>the performance would be unsatisfactory. >> >> Jeff Hobbs The Tcl Guy >> Senior Developer http://www.ActiveState.com/ >> >> >>>Has anybody built AOLServer using Tcl8.4a4? If so, any >>>comments/problems? >>> >>>I'm interested in trying this out. I was just wondering if anybody >>> >>has >> >>>already modified the Makefiles and header files, before I started >>>hacking them together myself. >>> >>>If nobody has done it, I'd be happy to try it out and post my >>>modifications. Please let me know. >>> >>>Best regards, >>>thomas park >>> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > >
