Version 9 of Jul 22 Tcl Meetup notes

Updated 2022-07-12 04:47:35 by stevel

Tcl Meetup 2022-07-12

Topics

  • TIP 430 / zipfs - spec/design issues, implementation vs spec, impl. issues, ...
    • discussion on role of zipfs in Tcl library initialisation vs application initialisation?
      • should we be considering xvfs for Tcl library initialisation and zipkits for applications?
    • problems with implementation
      • "zipfs tcl_library" doesn't appear to be implemented
      • adding a main.tcl seems leads to a message "application-specific initialization failed: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories: ..."
    • problems with documentation
      • where is it documented that "configure --disable-shared" creates a single file executable?
      • need better instructions and examples for creating zipkits
    • zipfs commands for supporting zipkit generation e.g. Jan's suggested "zipfs mkimg" adaption such that if the exe already has a zip-file attached, it will just add the new entries with the existing ones.
  • tcllib - how can we make it more visible?
    • reference range command discussion vs tcllib generator
    • lots of good stuff, often invisible
    • distribute with core or via core download page - zipkit?
    • all or curated packages? not everything is generally useful but much is - e.g. math, set, etc