What: Frink
 Where: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Programs/Frink/
        ftp://catless.ncl.ac.uk/pub/frink-2.1.5.tar.gz
 Description: Program to prettify (like the indent command) your Tcl/Tk
        program.  Frink can format, minimize and/or obfuscate your Tcl code.
        It can take some forms of your code and convert it to use message
        catalogs (used for internationalization).  It applies a variety
        of heuristics to the code to try to detect possible errors.
        Supports only vanilla tcl - not extensions such as tclX, itcl, etc.
        Does however recognize namesapce and interp commands.
        Check the first URL on a regular basis for updates.
        Does not permit commercial use.
 Updated: 06/2001
 Contact: mailto:Lindsay.Marshall@newcastle.ac.uk  [Lindsay F. Marshall]

Author is [Lindsay Marshall].

See also "[What debugging tools are available to a Tcl programmer]" and this [http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/tcl_compilers.html#analyzers] paragraph on (other) tools that do [static syntax analysis].

Frink makes a brief appearance in a UnixReview.com column in April 2002
[http://click.unixreview.email-publisher.com/maaakIVaaRQqKa2scaRb/].


Be very careful using frink on your source code.  Double check the frink
results against the original source.  It messes up your code every once and a while.

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