This page is building up a list of bits of Tcl and Tk that are deprecated and which may be removed in 9.0.
Tcl
- The case command.
- The old puts syntax.
- The opt package.
Tk
- The message widget.
- Stippling of canvas items and text tags (non-portable).
- Bitmap canvas items (not bitmap images!)
- Old pack syntax.
ZB 2009-11-26 Why "message" is deprecated? I think, short rationale in each case would make the reasons more clear...
Items marked as deprecated in Tcl and Tk without a specific version or date for removal yet
Tcl C API
- TclpMatchFiles
- Tcl_Backslash
- Tcl_DStringTrunc
- Tcl_GlobalEval, Tcl_GlobalEvalObj, Tcl_VarEval, Tcl_VarEvalVA
- Tcl_Read, Tcl_Write
- Tcl_EvalTokens
- Tcl_AppendResult, Tcl_AppendResultVA, Tcl_AppendElement, Tcl_FreeResult,
- DKF: Tcl_AppendResult is not deprecated.
- LV: Okay - was just basing that comment on SetResult.3's reference to Tcl_AppendResult right after saying Use of the following procedures is deprecated...
- direct access to interp->result
- DKF: This is gone in 8.6 unless you use a back-compat macro (whose name I forget) when compiling your code.
- EG: The name of the macro is USE_INTERP_RESULT, and the direct access was deprecated by TIP #330 .
- GJW: Use Tcl_SetResult and Tcl_GetStringResult, or their Tcl_Obj counterparts, instead.
- direct access to interp->errorline
- EG This is also gone in 8.6, and the name of the back-compat macro is USE_INTERP_ERRORLINE. The direct access was deprecated by TIP #336 .
- GJW: Use Tcl_SetErrorLine and Tcl_GetErrorLine instead.
Tcl script API
- trace variable, trace vdelete, trace vinfo
- clock scan without a -format option provided
- ARE regular expression comments ((?#ttt)
- :<: and :>: regular expression bracketed constraints
- tcltest commands and variables that are undocumented in the tcltest.n man page
- DGP: Note that the timing for that deprecation would be the release of tcltest 3.0, which may well not be tied to the release of Tcl 9.0.
Tk C API
- TK_CONFIG_OPTION_SPECIFIED bit in Tk_ConfigureWidget is deprecated
- DKF: Actually, we want to scrap that whole API. Can't do it yet; it's still in use for things like canvas items. And the scrollbar too. But we want to get rid of it.
Tk script API
- scrollbar widget set totalUnits windowUnits firstUnit lastUnit syntax is deprecated
dkf - 2009-11-24 18:07:08
Note that I may not have thought of everything. There's quite a few crufty corners in there, quietly mouldering away...