Channels which store their data in strings, rather than files on disk. Used for Tkcon as an IDE shell.
APN tcllib provides tcl::chan::string for the same purpose.
# schan.tcl -- # # A string channel, for read/writing to a string instead of a file package provide schan 0.2 namespace eval schan { variable schan proc initialize {fd mode} { variable ::schan::schan set schan($fd,s) {} set schan($fd,cb) {} set schan($fd,ccb) {} return [list initialize finalize watch read write] } proc finalize {fd} { variable ::schan::schan if [string length $schan($fd,ccb)] { $schan($fd,ccb) $fd $schan($fd,s) } unset schan($fd,s) unset schan($fd,cb) unset schan($fd,ccb) return {} } proc watch {fd ev} { return {} } proc setccb {fd cb} { variable ::schan::schan set schan($fd,ccb) $cb } proc setcb {fd cb} { variable ::schan::schan set schan($fd,cb) $cb } proc write {fd s} { variable ::schan::schan if [string length $schan($fd,cb)] { $schan($fd,cb) $fd $s } append schan($fd,s) $s return [string length $s] } proc read {fd count} { variable ::schan::schan set s $schan($fd,s) set len [string length $s] if {$count >= $len} { set r $schan($fd,s) set schan($fd,s) {} return $r } else { set r [string range $s 0 [expr $count - 1]] set schan($fd,s) [string range $s $count end] return $r } } proc tell {fd} { variable ::schan::schan set s $schan($fd,s) return $s } namespace export * namespace ensemble create # TODO: wrap this in a proper tcltest framework # proc testcb {fd s} { # puts "CB: {$s}" # } # proc test {} { # set fd [chan create [list read write] schan] # fconfigure $fd -buffering none -translation {binary binary} # schan setccb $fd testcb # puts $fd "This is a test" # puts $fd "This is another test" # close $fd # } } #::schan::test