''[APW] 2007-06-06'' Some time ago I started efforts to reimplement Itcl on top of tclOO [http://tip.tcl.tk/257]. After some detours I came back on the tclOO path, thinking that is the best starting point.

I started implementing extensions to tclOO to get a lot of features of Itcl to run. Doing that I learned a lot more details and "specialities" about Itcl.

Having now a better feeling about what is needed for Itcl I will start to write down the missing features and my solution for it in the hope that there will be some comments (especially from [dkf]). These could also include suggestions on how to solve the problem in a different way, without having to modify tclOO.

In the following solution means that is my current (not always optimal) solution for the problem

Here starts the list, I will add topics if they come up:

  * Namespace names for Itcl
   problem:   Itcl expects that the namespace of a class is the same as the class name
   solution:   add an option -withnamespace or a method createwithnamespace

  * calling of methods without my infront of the method name
   problem:   Itcl resolves command calls first within the class hierarchy before using the normal Tcl rules
   solution:   add a namespace unknown command as a dispatcher for Itcl methods


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