tcl meetup 2024-02-14 (tuesday 14th february 2023 1800 utc)

** topics **

   unicode support:   [https://www.magicsplat.com/tcl9/tcl9unicode.html%|%unicode in tcl 9], ([apn]).

   should we skip 8.7 ?:   who in particularly needs 8.7 as opposed to 9.0, and why?

   implications of tip 346:   conflict with tip 601.
   :   [https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/tktview/d92ec5a2d4fd8b92f7b1442e3e0b22e6cd30cffa%|%tip 346 not marked as provisional for tcl 8.7]
   :   why would `-strict` be appropriate for tcl 9, given the existence of tip 601?

   implications of tip 481:   [http://paste.tclers.tk/5763%|%sample extension].
   :   Extension go '''BOOM'''.

   (am: if we run out of material to discuss only) embedding tcl and tk in a program, especially what to do with the start-up scripts:   this is a topic that arises from my fortran/tcl/tk interfacing, so it may be rather specialised ;).