Version 76 of Changes in Tcl/Tk 8.6

Updated 2012-12-18 15:58:53 by dgp

Tcl Changes

New Backslash Syntax

• \Uhhhhhhhh TIP #388
• \xhh limited to at most two digits TIP #388

Changes to Tcl Commands

New Commands

• coroutine Tip #328
• lmap Tip #405
• oo::class Tip #257 Tip #320 Tip #380 Tip #397
• oo::copy
• oo::define
• oo::objdefine
• oo::object
• tailcall Tip #327
• tcl::prefix Tip #195
• throw
• try Tip #329
• yield Tip #328
• yieldto Tip #396
• zlib Tip #234 Tip #400

New Subcommands

• binary decode Tip #317
• binary encode
• chan pipe Tip #304
• chan pop Tip #230
• chan push
• dict map Tip #405
• file tempfile Tip #210
• info coroutine Tip #328
• info object Tip #354
• info class Tip #354 Tip #381
• info errorstack Tip #348
• interp cancel Tip #285
• string is entier Tip #395

Expanded Syntax / New Options

• close chan read|write Tip #332
• dict filter dict type pattern ... Tip #341
• file delete (zero pathnames) Tip #323
• file mkdir (zero pathnames) Tip #323
• format %b Tip #343
• glob (zero patterns) Tip #323
• global (zero variable names) Tip #323
• lassign (zero variable names) Tip #323
• linsert (zero elements) Tip #323
• load -global -lazy Tip #416
• lrepeat (zero elements; zero repetitions) Tip #323
• lsearch -bisect Tip #313
• lsort -stride Tip #326
• namespace ensemble create -parameters Tip #314 ? see ensemble with parameters.
• namespace upvar (zero variable names) Tip #323
• return -errorstack Tip #348
• scan string %b Tip #343
• tcl::tm::path add (zero pathnames) Tip #323
• tcl::tm::path list Tip #323
• tcl::tm::path remove (zero pathnames) Tip #323
• variable (zero variable names) Tip #323

New unsupported commands

• tcl::unsupported::assemble
• tcl::unsupported::inject
• tcl::unsupported::representation

Changes to Tcl variables

New global variables

• tcl_platform(pathSeparator) Tip #315

Changed Tcl behavior

• The following commands are script-modifiable ensembles: array, binary, file, namespace
• lset can now set the element at index end+1, growing the list. Tip #331
• string trim* now uses a different set of whitespace characters as a default.Tip #318 Tip #413
• encoding system during startup is now iso8859-1, not identity.
• socket support for IPv6 addresses Tip #162
• exit no longer performs full finalization.
• Nonblocking channels no longer forced to flush on exit. Tip #398

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Tk Changes

Changes to Tk Commands

New Commands

• ttk::spinbox
• ttk_vsapi

New Subcommands

• canvas moveto Tip #236
• canvas imove Tip #97
• canvas rchars
• tk busy Tip #321
• tk fontchooser Tip #324

Expanded Syntax / New Options

• canvas create text ... -angle degrees Tip #119
• text configure -insertunfocussed none|hollow|solid Tip #197
• image create photo -format png Tip #244
• treeview tag names|add|remove
• photo data -format GIF
• wm attributes -type Tip #359

Changed Tk behavior

• tk is a script-modifiable ensemble.
• GIF photo images written with LZW compression.
• event generate can now generate <Focus*> events.
• Tk for OS X/Aqua now built on Cocoa libraries.
• image write -file uses file name extension as format hint.
• Revised <MouseWheel> event handlers. Tip #171 .
• Color names redefined to match Web conventions Tip #403
• X11 menu behavior modernized Tip #360

New Events

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Changes to Bundled Packages

New packages

• Itcl 4.0.0 Tip #50
• sqlite3 3.7.14 Tip #376
• tdbc 1.0.0 Tip #308
• tdbc::mysql 1.0.0 Tip #308
• tdbc::odbc 1.0.0 Tip #308
• tdbc::postgres 1.0.0 Tip #308
• tdbc::sqlite3 1.0.0 Tip #308
• Thread 2.7.0 Tip #364

Updated packages

• dde 1.4.0 Tip #106
• registry 1.3.0 Tip #362
• http 2.8.5
• tcltest 2.3.5
• msgcat 1.5.0 Tip #404

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See also:

• The major new features of Tcl/Tk 8.6
• Changes to consider when moving to Tcl 8.6

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