Version 51 of Changes in Tcl/Tk 8.6

Updated 2011-08-08 16:58:36 by dgp

Based on Tcl/Tk 8.6b2

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Tcl Changes

Changes to Tcl Commands

New Commands

• coroutine [L1 ]
• oo::class [L2 ]
• oo::copy
• oo::define
• oo::objdefine
• oo::object
• tailcall [L3 ]
• tcl::prefix [L4 ]
• throw
• try [L5 ]
• yield [L6 ]
• zlib [L7 ]

New Subcommands

• binary decode [L8 ]
• binary encode
• chan pipe [L9 ]
• chan pop [L10 ]
• chan push
• file tempfile [L11 ]
• info coroutine [L12 ]
• info object
• info class
• interp cancel [L13 ]

Expanded Syntax / New Options

• close chan read|write [L14 ]
• dict filter dict type pattern ... [L15 ]
• file delete (zero pathnames) [L16 ]
• file mkdir (zero pathnames) [L17 ]
• format %b [L18 ]
• glob (zero patterns) [L19 ]
• global (zero variable names) [L20 ]
• lassign (zero variable names) [L21 ]
• linsert (zero elements) [L22 ]
• lrepeat (zero elements; zero repetitions) [L23 ]
• lsearch -bisect [L24 ]
• lsort -stride [L25 ]
• namespace ensemble create -parameters [L26 ] ? see ensemble with parameters.
• namespace upvar (zero variable names) [L27 ]
• scan string %b [L28 ]
• tcl::tm::path add (zero pathnames) [L29 ]
• tcl::tm::path list [L30 ]
• tcl::tm::path remove (zero pathnames) [L31 ]
• variable (zero variable names) [L32 ]

New unsupported commands

• tcl::unsupported::representation
• tcl::unsupported::yieldTo

Changes to Tcl variables

New global variables

• tcl_platform(pathSeparator) [L33 ]

Changed Tcl behavior

• The following commands are script-modifiable ensembles: binary
• lset can now set the element at index end+1, growing the list. [L34 ]
• string trim* now uses a different set of whitespace characters as a default.
• encoding system during startup is now iso8859-1, not identity.
• socket support for IPv6 addresses [L35 ]

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Tk Changes

Changes to Tk Commands

New Commands

• ttk::spinbox
• ttk_vsapi

New Subcommands

• canvas moveto [L36 ]
• canvas imove [L37 ]
• canvas rchars
• tk busy [L38 ]
• tk fontchooser [L39 ]

Expanded Syntax / New Options

• canvas create text ... -angle degrees [L40 ]
• text configure -insertunfocussed none|hollow|solid [L41 ]
• image create photo -format png [L42 ]

Changed Tk behavior

• GIF photo images written with LZW compression.
• event generate can now generate <Focus*> events.
• Tk for OS X/Aqua now built on Cocoa libraries.

New Events

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Changes to Bundled Packages

New packages

• tdbc 1.0b17
• itcl 4.0b7 (itcl-ng)
• Thread 2.6.7

Updated packages

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Changes to consider when moving to Tcl 8.6

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