On Wednesday, October 01, 1997 4:08 AM, Larry W. Virden, x2487
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> Perhaps the best approach would be to freeze the current vtcl and then
> start a new version, using only tcl 8 features. That way, folk who have
> frozen themselves at a no longer supported Tcl have a no longer supported
> version of vtcl they can download, but others who are moving along with
> Tcl have a contemporary version of vtcl that takes full advantage of
> the features.
Actually, I find 7.6/4.2 to still be very well "supported" by the TCL
community. In fact, if anything, I find a lack of support for the
peculilarities of 8.0. This is simply due to it being a fairly new system --
it's not like I'm not grateful it's out. Still, for many of us programming in
TCL/Tk, 8.0 just doesn't look ready yet.
Does this need an example? Ok. I switched to 8.0 and realized that if I
wanted to preserve the menu behavior of an important application I would have
to rewrite all the menu interfaces to use the new style. That just isn't an
option right now.
So, hey, why not provide a config. option like "Use 8.0" that turns on 8.0
functionality?
Living in a dream world of the past,
Sam
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