DN509779825

Subject: Re: Bug Tcl 8.2b2 Increased number of test suite failures - DN [1]

Scott Redman <redman@scriptics.com> - 06 Aug 1999 - comp.lang.tcl

 Threads:

 We are trying our best to get them working properly (resource constraints).
 Windows is in very good shape (tcl anyway) but Unix needs a little work
 (not too much though, I think).  Tk is definitely experimental still.
 We would like to get a dual-cpu Solaris box to verify that everything
 is really OK on Unix (after the problem that you're seeing is fixed).
 NT works fine with 2 cpus, with one remaining bug.

 Strings:

 If it's not reported as a bug in our bug database, it's not getting
 handled (our plate was pretty full).  In any case, what's there now
 is pretty much 8.2.0 except for one obvious bug fix, a regexp patch
 to make it faster, and a thread patch to allow plugging in other
 thread systems.  In fact, I think that the "binary string handling"
 may be "correct behavior" at this time.  We are looking at some
 changes that may fix this for 8.3, Jeff Hobbs may comment on that
 (as soon as we know for sure).

 -- Scott

 lvirden@cas.org wrote:
 >
 > According to Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>:
 > :The test failures are sporadic and happen semi-randomly,
 > :but only with --enable-threads.
 >
 > Scott, what is the state of Tcl 8.2.0 and threads - are they still considered
 > experimental?  Also, is anything going to be done about the breaking of
 > Tcl binary string handling in the 8.2 betas before it's released ?
 >
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