Version 0 of String Processing

Updated 1999-08-22 10:10:27

Purpose: discuss various topics regarding Tcl processing of strings.

One of the advanced topics relating to strings that I would like to see someone discuss is dealing with arbitrary strings from the user or from databases/data files. This is frequently done wrong by people writing extensions and applications, so that when a user types for instance a file name with a space (blank) in it, or an input string containing a special quotation mark, or bracing character, the Tcl code fails. What tips do you have on this topic? I suspect this will touch upon the age old topic of strings versus lists.