On Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 16:11:13 (-0800) Alan W. Irwin writes: > Maurice, there is a question at the end for you about the current > status of itcl. > .. > N.B. itcl is not compatible with Tcl 8.5, and is probably going to be a > problem for all future versions of Tcl because it appears not to be > maintained any more.
I hope that's not the case. Last time there was an itcl-breaking Tcl release, there was a subsequent itcl update to fix everything IIRC. So while it might not be an active project in the conventional sense, that doesn't mean someone won't step in to fix it to work with the latest Tcl. > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13244 shows the last > itcl release was a release candidate (!) done almost thre years ago. From > the itcl FAQ, itcl is not a pure Tcl extension; it has to patch the Tcl > core. Debian testing package dependencies show the latest itcl package > depends on the tcl 8.4 package and is inconsistent with tcl 8.5. That FAQ entry sounds old. True at one time, but currently AFAIK itcl does represent a pure extension. Once namespaces & some other needed core Tcl support was added ages ago, the need to patch Tcl went away. Again, this is all by memory so YMMV. > So my strong advice is to disable itcl and itk if you are going to try > Tcl/Tk 8.5. Orion, interference from itcl may be the cause of your ctest > time troubles with Tcl 8.5. > > Maurice, I would appreciate your further comments on the itcl situation. Is > it not compatible with tcl 8.5 because that version of Tcl uses its own OO > approach or is OO not going to be available at all for the Tcl future unless > somebody starts actively supporting itcl? I'll take a look but it might not be this week. -- Maurice LeBrun ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
