Version 15 of itcl

Updated 2008-12-20 13:17:36 by wiede

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Package name for incr Tcl, one popular object oriented extension for Tcl.

    % package require Itcl
    3.2
    % 

[incr Tcl] is a longer, more entertaining name that people use to refer to the same same bit of code, but the name of the package, as installed, is Itcl.

The itcl package consists of the following command names:

• itcl::body
• itcl::class
• itcl::code
• itcl::configbody
• itcl::delete
• itcl::ensemble
• itcl::find
• itcl::is
• itcl::local
• itcl::scope

apw 2008-12-20 for a feature list of itcl 4.0 (called also itcl-ng) see: 2. There are a lot of new features like delegation, components, types, widgetadaptors, widgets etc.

For a threaded Version of Itcl, see Threaded Itcl

Help in debugging itcl code.

• itcl memory leaks - do you have left over itcl objects after some operation?
• itcl trace methods
• itcl trace

Miscellaneous info on itcl

• BOOK incr Tcl from the ground up
• deleting itcl objects
• derived itcl::class
• incr tcl design patterns
• Integrating Itcl into the Tcl core
• itcl based iterator
• itcl chain
• Itcl in XOTcl
• itcl overhead
• itcl++
• itcled
• persistent itcl
• Pure-itcl widgets
• using itcl init code fragment
• Itcl common variables

Undocumented features of Itcl:

• Automatic get/set methods for an itcl class - use code within a class to auto generate class variables and methods.
• Itcl common inheritance

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