DN450360922

Subject: Request Tcl 8.1b1 Add major/minor support - DN [1]

chris@pinebush.com - 02 Mar 1999 - comp.lang.tcl

 Tcl 8.1b1 Request:  Generated by Scriptics' bug entry form at
     http://www.scriptics.com/support/bugForm.html
 Responses to this post are encouraged.
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 Submitted by:  Christopher Nelson
 Synopsis:  Add major/minor support

 DesiredBehavior:
     Once upon a time, I'm told there was a feature generally called
     "major/minor" which, being a virtual newbie, I've not had the pleasure
     of using.  While Tcl makes it really easy to add new commands, I
     understand major/minor provided for easily and efficiently adding new
     sub-commands.  Recently, there have been postings on comp.lang.tcl
     requesting [string map].  In the not too distant past, there was
     discussion of [string equal].  Things like this could be implemented by
     the community if major/minor was put back into the Tcl core.  Someone
     (Clif Flynt) has told me that the current method of resolving
     sub-commands is grossly inefficient so this might also be an opportunity
     to revisit that algorithm and pick up some performance.  Sounds like a
     win-win-win to me!