changelog.1999

tcl是工具命令语言

	value of tcl_interactive to also incorporate a check for the
	existence of the variable.

	* tests/autoMkindex.test:
	* tests/pkgMkIndex.test: Explicitly cd to
	::tcltest::testsDirectory at the beginning of the test run

	* tests/basic.test: Use version information defined in tcltest
	instead of hardcoded version number

	* tests/socket.test: package require tcltest before attempting to
	use variable defined in tcltest namespace

	* tests/unixInit.test: 
	* tests/unixNotfy.test: Added explicit exits needed to avoid
	problems when the tests area run in wish.
	
1999-10-12  Jim Ingham  <[e-mail]>

	* mac/tclMacLoad.c: Stupid bug - we converted the filename to
	external, but used the unconverted version.
	* mac/tclMacFCmd.c: Fix a merge error in the bug fix for [Bug: 2869]

1999-10-12  Jeff Hobbs  <[e-mail]>

	* generic/regc_color.c:
	* generic/regc_cvec.c:
	* generic/regc_lex.c:
	* generic/regc_locale.c:
	* generic/regcomp.c:
	* generic/regcustom.h:
	* generic/regerrs.h:
	* generic/regex.h:
	* generic/regexec.c:
	* generic/regguts.h:
	* generic/tclRegexp.c:
	* generic/tclTest.c:
	* tests/reg.test: updated to Henry Spencer's new regexp engine
	(mid-Sept 99).  Should greatly reduce stack space reqs.

	* library/tcltest1.0/pkgIndex.tcl: fixed procs in pkgIndex.tcl file

	* generic/tclEnv.c: fixed mem leak with putenv and DStrings
	* doc/Encoding.3: corrected docs
	* tests/basic.test: updated test cases for 8.3
	* tests/encoding.test: fixed test case that change system
	encoding to a double-byte one (this causes a bogus mem read
	error for purify)
	* unix/Makefile.in: purify has to use -best-effort to instrument
	* unix/tclAppInit.c: identified potential mem leak when compiling
	tcltest (not critical)
	* unix/tclUnixPipe.c: fixed mem leak in TclpCreateProcess when
	doing alloc between vfork and execvp.
	* unix/tclUnixTest.c: fixed mem leak in findexecutable test command

1999-10-05  Jeff Hobbs  <[e-mail]>

	* {win,mac,unix,tools,}/README:
	* win/README.binary:
	* win/makefile.vc:
	* {win,unix}/configure.in:
	* generic/tcl.h:
	* library/init.tcl: updated to 8.3a1 from 8.2.0.

	* library/http2.1/http.tcl: fixed possible use of global c var.

	* win/tclWinReg.c: fixed registry command to properly 'get'
	HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA root key data.  Needs more work.
	
	* generic/tclNamesp.c:
	* generic/tclVar.c:
	* generic/tclCmdIL.c: fixed comment typos

	* mac/tclMacFCmd.c: fixed filename stuff to support UTF-8 [Bug: 2869]

	* win/tclWinSerial.c: changed SerialSetOptionProc to return
	TCL_OK by default. (patch from Rolf Schroedter)

1999-09-21  Jennifer Hom  <[e-mail]>

	* library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Applied patches sent in by
	Andreas Kupries to fix typos in comments and ::tcltest::grep,
	fix hook redefinition problems, and change "string compare" to
	"string equal." [Bug: 2836, 2837, 2839, 2840]

1999-09-20  Jeff Hobbs  <[e-mail]>

	* tests/env.test:
	* unix/Makefile.in: added support for AIX LIBPATH env var [Bug:	2793]
	removed second definition of INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR (the one that
	referenced @includedir@) [Bug: 2805]
	* unix/dltest/Makefile.in: added -lc to LIBS [Bug: 2794]

1999-09-16  Jeff Hobbs  <[e-mail]>

	* tests/timer.test: changed after delay in timer test 6.29 from
	1 to 10. [Bug: 2796]

	* tests/pkg.test:
	* generic/tclPkg.c: fixed package version check to disallow 1.2..3
	[Bug: 2539]

	* unix/Makefile.in: fixed gendate target - this never worked
	since RCS was intro'd.
	* generic/tclGetDate.y: updated to reflect previous changes
	to tclDate.c (leap year calc) and added CEST and UCT time zone
	recognition.  Fixed 4 missing UCHAR() casts. [Bug: 2717, 954,
	1245, 1249]

	* generic/tclCkalloc.c: changed Tcl_DumpActiveMemory to really
	dump to stderr and close it [Bug: 725] and changed Tcl_Ckrealloc
	and Tcl_Ckfree to not bomb when NULL was passed in [Bug: 1719]
	and changed Tcl_Alloc, et al to not panic when a alloc request
	for zero came through and NULL was returned (valid on AIX, Tru64)
	[Bug: 2795, etc]

	* tests/clock.test:
	* doc/clock.n:
	* generic/tclClock.c: added -milliseconds switch to clock clicks
	to guarantee that the return value of clicks is in the millisecs
	granularity [Bug: 2682, 1332]

1999-09-15  Jeff Hobbs  <[e-mail]>

	* generic/tclIOCmd.c: fixed potential core dump in conjunction
	with stacked channels with result obj manipulation in
	Tcl_ReadChars [Bug: 2623]

	* tests/format.test:
	* generic/tclCmdAH.c: fixed translation of %0#s in format [Bug: 2605]

	* doc/msgcat.n: fixed \\ bug in example [Bug: 2548]

	* unix/tcl.m4:
	* unix/aclocal.m4: added fix for FreeBSD-[1-2] recognition
	[Bug: 2070] and fix for IRIX SHLIB_LB_LIBS. [Bug: 2610]

	* doc/array.n:
	* tests/var.test:
	* tests/set.test:
	* generic/tclVar.c: added an array unset operation, with docs
	and tests.  Variation of [Bug: 1775].  Added fix in TclArraySet
	to check when trying to set in a non-existent namespace. [Bug: 2613]

1999-09-14  Jeff Hobbs  <[e-mail]>

	* tests/linsert.test:
	* doc/linsert.n:
	* generic/tclCmdIL.c: fixed end-int interpretation of linsert
	to correctly calculate value for end, added test and docs [Bug: 2693]

	* doc/regexp.n:
	* doc/regsub.n:
	* tests/regexp.test:
	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c: add -start switch to regexp and regsub
	with docs and tests

	* doc/switch.n: added proper use of comments to example.
	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c: changed switch to complain when an error
	occurs that seems to be due to a misplaced comment.

	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c: fixed illegal ref for \[0-9] substitutions
	in regsub [Bug: 2723]

	* generic/tclCmdMZ.c: changed [string equal] to return an Int
	type object (was a Boolean)

1999-09-01  Jennifer Hom  <[e-mail]>

	* library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Process command-line arguments
	only ::tcltest doesn't have a child namespace (requires that
	command-line args are processed in that namespace)

1999-09-01  Jeff Hobbs  <[e-mail]>

	* generic/tclParseExpr.c: changed '"' to '\"' to make FreeBSD
	happy [Bug: 2625]
	* generic/tclProc.c: moved static buf to better location and
	changed static msg that would overflow in ProcessProcResultCode
	[Bug: 2483] and added Tcl_DStringFree to Tcl_ProcObjCmd.
	Also reworked size of static buffers.
	* tests/stringObj.test: added test 9.11
	* generic/tclStringObj.c: changed Tcl_AppendObjToObj to
	properly handle the 1-byte dest and mixed src case where
	both had had Unicode string len checks made on them.  [Bug: 2678]
	* unix/aclocal.m4:
	* unix/tcl.m4: adjusted fix from 8-21 to add -bnoentry to the
	AIX-* case and readjusted the range

1999-08-31  Jennifer Hom  <[e-mail]>

	* library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl:
	* doc/tcltest.n:
	* tests/README: Modified testConstraints variable so that it isn't
	unset every time ::tcltest::initConstraints is called and cleaned up
	documentation in the README file and the man page.

1999-08-27  Jennifer Hom  <[e-mail]>

	* tests/env.test:
	* tests/exec.test:
	* tests/io.test:
	* tests/event.test:
	* tests/tcltest.test: Added 'exit' calls to scripts that the tests 
	themselves write, and removed accidental checkin of knownBugThreaded
	constraints for Solaris and Linux.
	
	* library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl:  Modified tcltest so that
	variables are only initialized to their default values if they did
	not previously exist. 

1999-08-26  Jennifer Hom  <[e-mail]>

	* tests/tcltest.test:
	* library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl:  Added a -args flag that sets a
	variable named ::tcltest::parameters based on whatever's being
	sent in as the argument to the -args flag. 

1999-08-23  Jennifer Hom  <[e-mail]>

	* tests/tcltest.test: Added additional tests for -tmpdir, marked
	all tests that use exec as unixOrPc.

	* tests/encoding.test:
	* tests/interp.test: 
	* tests/macFCmd.test:
	* tests/parseOld.test:
	* tests/regexp.test: Applied patches from Jim Ingham to add
	encoding to a Mac only interp test, change an error message in
	macFCmd.tet, put a comment in parseOld.test, fix tests using the
	testencoding path command, and put unixOrPc constraints on tests
	that use exec. 

1999-08-21  Jeff Hobbs  <[e-mail]>

	* unix/aclocal.m4: Changed AIX-4.[2-9] check to AIX-4.[1-9]
	[Bug: 1909]

1999-08-20  Jeff Hobbs  <[e-mail]>

	* generic/tclPosixStr.c: fixed typo [Bug: 2592]

	* doc/*: fixed various nroff bugs in man pages [Bug: 2503 2588]

1999-08-19  Jeff Hobbs  <[e-mail]>

	* win/README.binary: fixed version info and some typos [Bug: 2561]
	
	* doc/interp.n: updated list of commands available in a safe
	interpreter [Bug: 2526]

	* generic/tclIO.c: changed Tcl_GetChannelNames* to use style guide
	headers (pleases HP cc)

1999-08-18  Jeff Hobbs  <[e-mail]>

	* doc/Eval.3: fixed doc on input args [Bug: 2114]

	* doc/OpenFileChnl.3:
	* doc/file.n:
	* tests/cmdAH.test:
	* tclIO.c:
	* tclCmdAH.c: added "file channels ?pattern?" tcl command, with
	associated Tcl_GetChannelNames and Tcl_GetChannelNamesEx public
	C APIs (added to tcl.decls as well), with docs and tests.

	* tests/expr.test:
	* generic/tclCompile.c: add TCL_TOKEN_VARIABLE to the part types
	that cause differed compilation for exprs, to correct the expr
	double-evaluation problem for vars.  Added test cases.
	Related to [Bug: 732]

	* unix/Makefile.in: changed the dependency structure so that
	install-* is dependent on * (ie - install-binaries is dependent
	on binaries).
	
	* library/auto.tcl:
	* library/init.tcl:
	* library/ldAout.tcl:
	* library/package.tcl:
	* library/safe.tcl:
	* library/word.tcl:
	* library/http2.1/http.tcl:
	* library/msgcat1.0/msgcat.tcl: updated libraries to better
	Tcl style guide (no more string comparisons with == or !=, spacing
	changes).

1999-08-05  Jim Ingham  <[e-mail]>

	* mac/tclMacProjects.sea.hqx: Rearrange the projects so that the build
	directory is separate from the sources.	 Much more convenient!

1999-08-13  Scott Redman <[e-mail]>

	* /: 8.2.0 tagged for final release

1999-08-12  Scott Stanton  <[e-mail]>

	* win/Makefile.in: Added COMPILE_DEBUG_FLAGS macro to make it
	easier to turn on compiler tracing.

	* tests/parse.test: 
	* generic/tclParse.c: Fixed bug in Tcl_EvalEx where the termOffset
	was not being updated in cases where the evaluation returned a non
	TCL_OK error code. [Bug: 2535]

1999-08-12  Scott Redman  <[e-mail]>

	* win/tclWinSerial.c: Applied patch from Petteri Kettunen to
	remove compiler warning.

1999-08-10  Scott Redman  <[e-mail]>

	* generic/tclAlloc.c:
	* generic/tclCmdIL.c:
	* generic/tclIO.c:
	* generic/tclThread.c:
	* win/tclWinThrd.c:
	* unix/tclUnixThrd.c: Fixed Brent's changes so that they work on
	Windows (and he fixed the bug in the Unix thread implementation).

1999-08-09  Brent Welch  <[e-mail]>
        
	* generic/tcl.decls:
	* generic/tclAlloc.c:
	* generic/tclCkalloc.c:
	* generic/tclCmdIL.c:
	* generic/tclDecls.h: 
	* generic/tclIO.c:
	* generic/tclInt.decls:
	* generic/tclIntDecls.h:
	* generic/tclStubInit.c:
	* generic/tclVar.c:
	* mac/tclMacThrd.c:
	* unix/tclUnixThrd.c:
	* win/tclWinThrd.c: Added use of Tcl_GetAllocMutex to tclAlloc.c
	and tclCkalloc.c so they can be linked against alternate thread
	packages. Added Tcl_GetChannelNames to tclIO.c.	Added
	TclVarTraceExists hook so "info exists" triggers read traces
	exactly like it did in Tcl 7.6. Stubs table changes to reflect new
	internal and external APIs.

1999-08-09  Jeff Hobbs  <[e-mail]>

	* tests/string.test: added largest_int proc to adapt for >32 bit
	machines and int overflow testing.
	* tests/tcltest.test: fixed minor error in 8.2 result (from dgp)

	* doc/Object.3: clarified Tcl_DecrRefCount docs [Bug: 1952]
	* doc/array.n: clarified array pattern docs [Bug: 1330]
	* doc/clock.n: fixed clock docs [Bug: 693]
	* doc/lindex.n: clarified to account for new end-int behavior.
	* doc/string.n: fixed formatting errors [Bug: 2188 2189]
	* doc/tclvars.n: fixed doc error [Bug: 2042]
	* library/init.tcl: fixed path handling in auto_execok (it could
	miss including the normal path on some Windows machines) [Bug: 1276]

1999-08-05  Jeff Hobbs  <[e-mail]>

	* doc/tclvars.n: Made it clear that tcl_pkgPath was not set
	for Windows (already mentioned in init.tcl) [Bug: 2455]
	* generic/tclLiteral.c: fixed reference to bytes that might
	not be null terminated (using objPtr->bytes, which is) [Bug: 2496]
	* library/http2.1/http.tcl: Made use of "i" in init section use
	local var and start at 0 (was 1). [Bug: 2502]

1999-08-04  Scott Stanton  <[e-mail]>

	* tests/reg.test: Added test for REG_EXPECT bug fixed by Henry's
	patch.

	* generic/regc_nfa.c: 
	* generic/regcomp.c: 
	* generic/rege_dfa.c:
	* generic/regexec.c: 
	* generic/regguts.h: Applied patches supplied by Henry Spencer to
	greatly enhance the performance of certain classes of regular
	expressions. [Bug: 2440, 2447]

1999-08-03  Scott Redman  <[e-mail]>

	* win/tclWinInt.h: Remove function declarations in header that was
	moved to tclInt.decls file in previous changes.

1999-08-02  Scott Redman  <[e-mail]>

	* unix/configure.in: