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1999-12-22  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * changes: updated changes file
        * tools/tclSplash.bmp: updated to show 8.3

1999-12-21  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * README:
        * generic/tcl.h:
        * mac/README:
        * unix/configure.in:
        * tools/tcl.wse.in:
        * win/README.binary:
        * win/configure.in: updated to patch level 8.3b1

        * unix/Makefile.in: added -srcdir=... for 'make html'

        * doc/Hash.3: fixed reference to ckfree [Bug 3912]
        * doc/RegExp.3: fixed calling params for Tcl_RegExecFromObj
        * doc/open.n: fixed minor formatting errors
        * doc/string.n: fixed minor formatting errors

        * doc/lsort.n: added -unique docs
        * tests/cmdIL.test:
        * generic/tclCmdIL.c: added -unique option to lsort

        * generic/tclThreadTest.c: changed thread ids to longs [Bug 3902]

        * mac/tclMacOSA.c: fixed applescript for I18N [Bug 3644]

        * win/mkd.bat:
        * win/rmd.bat: removed necessity of tag.txt [Bug 3874]

        * win/tclWinThrd.c: changed CreateThread to _beginthreadex and
        ExitThread to _endthreadex

1999-12-12  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * doc/glob.n:
        * tests/fileName.test:
        * generic/tclInt.decls:
        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/tclIntDecls.h:
        * generic/tclStubInit.c:
        * generic/tclEncoding.c:
        * generic/tclFileName.c:
        * mac/tclMacFile.c:
        * unix/tclUnixFile.c:
        * win/tclWinFile.c: enhanced the glob command with the new options
        -types -path -directory and -join. Deprecated TclpMatchFiles with
        TclpMatchFilesTypes, extended TclGlob and TclDoGlob and added
        GlobTypeData structure. [Bug 2363]

1999-12-10  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * tests/var.test:
        * generic/tclCompile.c: fixed problem where setting to {} array would
        intermittently not work. [Bug 3339] (Fontaine)

        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c:
        * generic/tclExecute.c: optimized INST_TRY_CVT_TO_NUMERIC to recognize
        boolean objects. [Bug 2815] (Spjuth)

        * tests/info.test:
        * tests/parseOld.test:
        * generic/tclCmdAH.c:
        * generic/tclProc.c: changed Tcl_UplevelObjCmd (uplevel) and
        Tcl_EvalObjCmd (eval) to use TCL_EVAL_DIRECT in the single arg case as
        well, to take advantage of potential pure list input optimization.
        This means that it won't get byte compiled though, which should be
        acceptable.
        * generic/tclBasic.c: made Tcl_EvalObjEx pure list object aware in the
        TCL_EVAL_DIRECT case for efficiency.
        * generic/tclUtil.c: made Tcl_ConcatObj pure list object aware, and
        return a list object in that case [Bug 2098 2257]

        * generic/tclMain.c: changed Tcl_Main to not constantly reuse the
        commandPtr object (interactive case) as it could be shared. (Fellows)

        * unix/configure.in:
        * unix/tcl.m4:
        * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: removed checking for compatible vfork function
        and use of the vfork function. Modern VM systems rarely suffer any
        performance degradation when fork is used, and it solves multiple
        problems with vfork. Users that still want vfork can add -Dfork=vfork
        to the compile flags. [Bug 942 2228 1312]

1999-12-09  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * win/aclocal.m4: made it just include tcl.m4

        * doc/exec.n:
        * doc/open.n:
        * win/tclWin32Dll.c:
        * win/tclWinChan.c:
        * win/tclWinFCmd.c:
        * win/tclWinInit.c:
        * win/tclWinPipe.c:
        * win/tclWinSock.c: removed all code that supported Win32s. It was no
        longer officially supported, and likely didn't work anyway.
        * win/makefile.vc: removed 16 bit stuff, cleaned up.

        * win/tcl16.rc:
        * win/tclWin16.c:
        * win/winDumpExts.c: these files have been removed from the source
        tree (no longer necessary to build)

1999-12-07  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * tests/io.test: removed 'knownBug' tests that were for unsupported0,
        which is now fcopy (that already has tests)

        * mac/tclMacPort.h: added utime.h include

        * generic/tclDate.c:
        * unix/Makefile.in: fixed make gendate to swap const with CONST so it
        uses the Tcl defined CONST type [Bug 3521]

        * generic/tclIO.c: removed panic that could occur in FlushChannel when
        a "blocking" channel would receive EAGAIN, instead treating it the
        same as non-blocking. [Bug 3773]

        * generic/tclUtil.c: fixed Tcl_ScanCountedElement to not step beyond
        the end of the counted string. [Bug 3336]

1999-12-03  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * doc/load.n: added note about NT's buggy handling of './' with
        LoadLibrary

        * library/http2.1/http.tcl: fixed error handling in http::Event. [Bug
        3752]

        * tests/env.test: removed knownBug limitation from working test
        * tests/all.tcl: ensured that ::tcltest::testsDirectory would be set
        to an absolute path

        * tests/expr-old.test:
        * tests/parseExpr.test:
        * tests/string.test:
        * generic/tclGet.c:
        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/tclObj.c:
        * generic/tclParseExpr.c:
        * generic/tclUtil.c:
        * generic/tclExecute.c: added TclCheckBadOctal routine to enhance
        error message checking for when users use invalid octal numbers (like
        08), as well as replumbed the Expr*Funcs with a new VerifyExprObjType
        to simplify type handling. [Bug 2467]

        * tests/expr.test:
        * generic/tclCompile.c: fixed 'bad code length' error for 'expr +
        {[incr]}' case, with new test case [Bug 3736] and seg fault on 'expr
        + {[error]}' (different cause) that was caused by a correct
        optimization that didn't correctly track how it was modifying the
        source string in the opt. The optimization was removed, which means
        that:
                expr 1 + {[string length abc]}
        will be not be compiled inline as before, but this should be written:
                expr {1 + [string length abc]}
        which will be compiled inline for speed. This prevents:
                expr 1 + {[mindless error]}
        from seg faulting, and only affects optimizations for degenerate cases
        [Bug 3737]

1999-12-01  Scott Redman <redman@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tcl.decls:
        * generic/tclMain.c:
        * unix/tclAppInit.c:
        * win/tclAppInit.c: Added two new internal functions,
        TclSetStartupScriptFileName() and TclGetStartupScriptFileName() and
        added hooks into the main() code for supporting TclPro and other "big"
        shells more easily without requiring a copy of the main() code.

        * generic/tclEncoding.c:
        * generic/tclEvent.c: Moved encoding-related startup code from
        tclEvent.c into the more appropriate tclEncoding.c.

1999-11-30  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclIO.c: fix from Kupries for Tcl_UnstackChannel that
        correctly handles resetting translation and encoding.

        * generic/tclLoad.c: #def'd out the unloading of DLLs at finalize time
        for Unix in TclFinalizeLoad. [Bug 2560 3373] Should be parametrized
        to allow for user to specify unload or not.

        * win/tclWinTime.c: fixed handling of %Z on NT for time zones that
        don't have DST.

1999-11-29  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * library/dde1.1/pkgIndex.tcl:
        * library/reg1.0/pkgIndex.tcl: added supported for debugged versions
        of the libraries

        * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: fixed PipeBlockModeProc to properly set
        isNonBlocking flag on pipe. [Bug 1356 710]
        removed spurious fcntl call from PipeBlockModeProc

        * tests/scan.test:
        * generic/tclScan.c: fixed scan where %[..] didn't match anything and
        added test case. [Bug 3700]

1999-11-24  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * doc/open.n:
        * win/tclWinSerial.c: adopted patch from Schroedter to handle
        fconfigure $sock -lasterror on Windows. [RFE 3368]

        * generic/tclCmdIL.c: made SORTMODE_INTEGER work with Longs [Bug 3652]

1999-11-23  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Fixed bug where tcltest output went
        to stdout instead of the specified output file in some cases.

1999-11-19  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclProc.c: backed out change from 1999-11-18 as it could
        affect return string from upvar as well.

        * tools/tcl.wse.in: added tcltest1.0 library to distribution list

        * doc/http.n:
        * library/http2.1/http.tcl:
        * library/http2.1/pkgIndex.tcl: updated http package to 2.2

1999-11-18  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * unix/tcl.m4: added defined for _THREAD_SAFE in --enable-threads
        case; added check for pthread_mutex_init in libc; in AIX case, with
        --enable-threads ${CC}_r is used; fixed flags when using gcc on SCO

        * generic/tclProc.c: corrected error reporting for default case at the
        global level for uplevel command.

        * generic/tclIOSock.c: changed int to size_t type for len in
        TclSockMinimumBuffers.

        * generic/tclCkalloc.c: fixed Tcl_DbCkfree to return a value on NULL
        input. [Bug 3400]

        * generic/tclStringObj.c: fixed support for passing in negative length
        to Tcl_SetUnicodeObj, et al handling routines. [Bug 3380]

        * doc/scan.n:
        * tests/scan.test:
        * generic/tclScan.c: finished support for inline scan by supporting
        XPG identifiers.

        * doc/http.n:
        * library/http2.1/http.tcl: added register and unregister commands to
        http:: package (better support for tls/SSL), as well as -type argument
        to http::geturl. [RFE 2617]

        * generic/tclBasic.c: removed extra decr of numLevels in Tcl_EvalObjEx
        that could cause seg fault. (mjansen@wendt.de)

        * generic/tclEvent.c: fixed possible lack of MutexUnlock in
        Tcl_DeleteExitHandler. [Bug 3545]

        * unix/tcl.m4: Added better pthreads library check and inclusion of
        _THREAD_SAFE in --enable-threads case
        Added support for gcc config on SCO

        * doc/glob.n: added note about ..../ glob behavior on Win9*
        * doc/tcltest.n: fixed minor example errors. [Bug 3551]

1999-11-17 Brent Welch <welch@scriptics.com>

        * library/http2.1/http.tcl: Correctly fixed the -timeout problem
        mentioned in the 10-29 change. Also added error handling for failed
        writes on the socket during the protocol.

1999-11-09  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * doc/open.n: corrected docs for 'a' open mode.

        * generic/tclIOUtil.c: changed Tcl_Alloc to ckalloc

        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/tclObj.c: rolled back changes from 1999-10-29
        Purify noted new leaks with that code

        * generic/tclParse.c: added code in Tcl_ParseBraces to test for
        possible unbalanced open brace in a comment

        * library/init.tcl: removed the installed binary directory from the
        auto_path variable

        * tools/tcl.wse.in: updated to 8.3a1, fixed install of twind.tcl and
        koi8-r.enc files

        * unix/tcl.m4: added recognition of pthreads library for AIX

1999-10-29  Brent Welch <welch@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclInt.h: Modified the TclNewObj and TclDecrRefCount in two
        ways. First, in the case of TCL_THREADS, we do not use the special
        Tcl_Obj allocator because that is a source of lock contention. Second,
        general code cleanup to eliminate duplicated code. In particular,
        TclDecrRefCount now uses TclFreeObj instead of duplicating that code,
        so it is now identical to Tcl_DecrRefCount.

        * generic/tclObj.c: Changed Tcl_NewObj so it uses the TclNewObj macro
        instead of duplicating the code. Adjusted TclFreeObj so it understands
        the TCL_THREADS case described above.

        * library/http2.1/http.tcl: Fixed a bug in the handling of the
        state(status) variable when the -timeout flag is specified. Previously
        it was possible to leave the status undefined instead of empty, which
        caused errors in http::status

1999-10-28  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * unix/aclocal.m4: made it just include tcl.m4

        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: updated makeFile to return full
        pathname of file created

        * generic/tclStringObj.c: fixed Tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA so it only
        iterates once over the va_list (avoiding a memcpy of it, which is not
        portable).

        * generic/tclEnv.c: fixed possible ABR error in environ array

        * tests/scan.test:
        * generic/tclScan.c: added support for use of inline scan, XPG3
        currently not included

        * tests/incr.test:
        * tests/set.test:
        * generic/tclCompCmds.c: fixed improper bytecode handling of 'eval
        {set array($unknownvar) 5}' (also for incr). [Bug 3184]

        * win/tclWinTest.c: added testvolumetype command, as atime is
        completely ignored for Windows FAT file systems
        * win/tclWinPort.h: added sys/utime.h to includes
        * unix/tclUnixPort.h: added utime.h to includes
        * doc/file.n:
        * tests/cmdAH.test:
        * generic/tclCmdAH.c: added time arguments to atime and mtime file
        command methods (support 'touch' functionality)

1999-10-20  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: fixed event/io threading problems by making
        triggerPipe non-blocking. [Bug 2792]

        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl:
        * generic/tclThreadTest.c: fixed mem leaks in threads

        * generic/tclResult.c: fixed Tcl_AppendResultVA so it only iterates
        once over the va_list (avoiding a memcpy of it, which is not
        portable).

        * generic/regc_color.c: fixed mem leak and assertion, from HS

        * generic/tclCompile.c: removed savedChar trick that appeared to be
        causing a segv when the literal table was released

        * tests/string.test:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: fixed [string index] to return ByteArrayObj when
        indexing into one (test case string-5.16). [Bug 2871]

        * library/http2.1/http.tcl: protected gets with catch. [Bug 2665]

1999-10-19  Jennifer Hom  <jenn@scriptics.com>

        * tests/tcltest.test:
        * doc/tcltest.n:
        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Removed the extra return at the end
        of the tcltest.tcl file, added version information about tcl.

        Applied patches sent in by Andreas Kupries to add helper procs for
        debug output, add 3 new flags (-testsdir, -load, -loadfile), and
        internally refactors common code for dealing with paths into separate
        procedures. [Bug 2838, 2842]

        Merged code from core-8-2-1 branch that changes the checks for the
        value of tcl_interactive to also incorporate a check for the existence
        of the variable.

        * tests/autoMkindex.test:
        * tests/pkgMkIndex.test: Explicitly cd to ::tcltest::testsDirectory at
        the beginning of the test run

        * tests/basic.test: Use version information defined in tcltest instead
        of hardcoded version number

        * tests/socket.test: package require tcltest before attempting to use
        variable defined in tcltest namespace

        * tests/unixInit.test:
        * tests/unixNotfy.test: Added explicit exits needed to avoid problems
        when the tests area run in wish.

1999-10-12  Jim Ingham  <jingham@scriptics.com>

        * mac/tclMacLoad.c: Stupid bug - we converted the filename to
        external, but used the unconverted version.
        * mac/tclMacFCmd.c: Fix a merge error in the bug fix for [Bug 2869]

1999-10-12  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * generic/regc_color.c:
        * generic/regc_cvec.c:
        * generic/regc_lex.c:
        * generic/regc_locale.c:
        * generic/regcomp.c:
        * generic/regcustom.h:
        * generic/regerrs.h:
        * generic/regex.h:
        * generic/regexec.c:
        * generic/regguts.h:
        * generic/tclRegexp.c:
        * generic/tclTest.c:
        * tests/reg.test: updated to Henry Spencer's new regexp engine
        (mid-Sept 99). Should greatly reduce stack space reqs.

        * library/tcltest1.0/pkgIndex.tcl: fixed procs in pkgIndex.tcl file

        * generic/tclEnv.c: fixed mem leak with putenv and DStrings
        * doc/Encoding.3: corrected docs
        * tests/basic.test: updated test cases for 8.3
        * tests/encoding.test: fixed test case that change system encoding to
        a double-byte one (this causes a bogus mem read error for purify)
        * unix/Makefile.in: purify has to use -best-effort to instrument
        * unix/tclAppInit.c: identified potential mem leak when compiling
        tcltest (not critical)
        * unix/tclUnixPipe.c: fixed mem leak in TclpCreateProcess when doing
        alloc between vfork and execvp.
        * unix/tclUnixTest.c: fixed mem leak in findexecutable test command

1999-10-05  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * {win,mac,unix,tools,}/README:
        * win/README.binary:
        * win/makefile.vc:
        * {win,unix}/configure.in:
        * generic/tcl.h:
        * library/init.tcl: updated to 8.3a1 from 8.2.0.

        * library/http2.1/http.tcl: fixed possible use of global c var.

        * win/tclWinReg.c: fixed registry command to properly 'get'
        HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA root key data. Needs more work.

        * generic/tclNamesp.c:
        * generic/tclVar.c:
        * generic/tclCmdIL.c: fixed comment typos

        * mac/tclMacFCmd.c: fixed filename stuff to support UTF-8. [Bug 2869]

        * win/tclWinSerial.c: changed SerialSetOptionProc to return TCL_OK by
        default. (patch from Rolf Schroedter)

1999-09-21  Jennifer Hom  <jenn@scriptics.com>

        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Applied patches sent in by Andreas
        Kupries to fix typos in comments and ::tcltest::grep, fix hook
        redefinition problems, and change "string compare" to "string equal".
        [Bug 2836, 2837, 2839, 2840]

1999-09-20  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * tests/env.test:
        * unix/Makefile.in: added support for AIX LIBPATH env var. [Bug 2793]
        removed second definition of INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR (the one that
        referenced @includedir@) [Bug 2805]
        * unix/dltest/Makefile.in: added -lc to LIBS. [Bug 2794]

1999-09-16  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * tests/timer.test: changed after delay in timer test 6.29 from 1 to
        10. [Bug 2796]

        * tests/pkg.test:
        * generic/tclPkg.c: fixed package version check to disallow 1.2..3
        [Bug 2539]

        * unix/Makefile.in: fixed gendate target - this never worked since RCS
        was intro'd.
        * generic/tclGetDate.y: updated to reflect previous changes to
        tclDate.c (leap year calc) and added CEST and UCT time zone
        recognition. Fixed 4 missing UCHAR() casts. [Bug 2717, 954, 1245,
        1249]

        * generic/tclCkalloc.c: changed Tcl_DumpActiveMemory to really dump to
        stderr and close it [Bug 725] and changed Tcl_Ckrealloc and
        Tcl_Ckfree to not bomb when NULL was passed in [Bug 1719] and changed
        Tcl_Alloc, et al to not panic when a alloc request for zero came
        through and NULL was returned (valid on AIX, Tru64) [Bug 2795, etc]

        * tests/clock.test:
        * doc/clock.n:
        * generic/tclClock.c: added -milliseconds switch to clock clicks to
        guarantee that the return value of clicks is in the millisecs
        granularity. [Bug 2682, 1332]

1999-09-15  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclIOCmd.c: fixed potential core dump in conjunction with
        stacked channels with result obj manipulation in Tcl_ReadChars. [Bug
        2623]

        * tests/format.test:
        * generic/tclCmdAH.c: fixed translation of %0#s in format. [Bug 2605]

        * doc/msgcat.n: fixed \\ bug in example. [Bug 2548]

        * unix/tcl.m4:
        * unix/aclocal.m4: added fix for FreeBSD-[1-2] recognition [Bug 2070]
        and fix for IRIX SHLIB_LB_LIBS. [Bug 2610]

        * doc/array.n:
        * tests/var.test:
        * tests/set.test:
        * generic/tclVar.c: added an array unset operation, with docs and
        tests. Variation of [Bug 1775]. Added fix in TclArraySet to check
        when trying to set in a non-existent namespace. [Bug 2613]

1999-09-14  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * tests/linsert.test:
        * doc/linsert.n:
        * generic/tclCmdIL.c: fixed end-int interpretation of linsert to
        correctly calculate value for end, added test and docs. [Bug 2693]

        * doc/regexp.n:
        * doc/regsub.n:
        * tests/regexp.test:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: add -start switch to regexp and regsub with docs
        and tests

        * doc/switch.n: added proper use of comments to example.
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: changed switch to complain when an error occurs
        that seems to be due to a misplaced comment.

        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: fixed illegal ref for \[0-9] substitutions in
        regsub. [Bug 2723]

        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: changed [string equal] to return an Int type
        object (was a Boolean)

1999-09-01  Jennifer Hom  <jenn@scriptics.com>

        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Process command-line arguments only
        ::tcltest doesn't have a child namespace (requires that command-line
        args are processed in that namespace)

1999-09-01  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclParseExpr.c: changed '"' to '\"' to make FreeBSD happy.
        [Bug 2625]
        * generic/tclProc.c: moved static buf to better location and changed
        static msg that would overflow in ProcessProcResultCode [Bug 2483]
        and added Tcl_DStringFree to Tcl_ProcObjCmd. Also reworked size of
        static buffers.
        * tests/stringObj.test: added test 9.11
        * generic/tclStringObj.c: changed Tcl_AppendObjToObj to properly
        handle the 1-byte dest and mixed src case where both had had Unicode
        string len checks made on them. [Bug 2678]
        * unix/aclocal.m4:
        * unix/tcl.m4: adjusted fix from 8-21 to add -bnoentry to the AIX-*
        case and readjusted the range

1999-08-31  Jennifer Hom  <jenn@scriptics.com>

        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl:
        * doc/tcltest.n:
        * tests/README: Modified testConstraints variable so that it isn't
        unset every time ::tcltest::initConstraints is called and cleaned up
        documentation in the README file and the man page.

1999-08-27  Jennifer Hom  <jenn@scriptics.com>

        * tests/env.test:
        * tests/exec.test:
        * tests/io.test:
        * tests/event.test:
        * tests/tcltest.test: Added 'exit' calls to scripts that the tests
        themselves write, and removed accidental checkin of knownBugThreaded
        constraints for Solaris and Linux.

        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Modified tcltest so that variables
        are only initialized to their default values if they did not
        previously exist.

1999-08-26  Jennifer Hom  <jenn@scriptics.com>

        * tests/tcltest.test:
        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Added a -args flag that sets a
        variable named ::tcltest::parameters based on whatever's being sent in
        as the argument to the -args flag.

1999-08-23  Jennifer Hom  <jenn@scriptics.com>

        * tests/tcltest.test: Added additional tests for -tmpdir, marked all
        tests that use exec as unixOrPc.

        * tests/encoding.test:
        * tests/interp.test:
        * tests/macFCmd.test:
        * tests/parseOld.test:
        * tests/regexp.test: Applied patches from Jim Ingham to add encoding
        to a Mac only interp test, change an error message in macFCmd.tet, put
        a comment in parseOld.test, fix tests using the testencoding path
        command, and put unixOrPc constraints on tests that use exec.

1999-08-21  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * unix/aclocal.m4: Changed AIX-4.[2-9] check to AIX-4.[1-9] [Bug 1909]

1999-08-20  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclPosixStr.c: fixed typo. [Bug 2592]

        * doc/*: fixed various nroff bugs in man pages. [Bug 2503 2588]

1999-08-19  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * win/README.binary: fixed version info and some typos. [Bug 2561]

        * doc/interp.n: updated list of commands available in a safe
        interpreter. [Bug 2526]

        * generic/tclIO.c: changed Tcl_GetChannelNames* to use style guide
        headers (pleases HP cc)

1999-08-18  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * doc/Eval.3: fixed doc on input args. [Bug 2114]

        * doc/OpenFileChnl.3:
        * doc/file.n:
        * tests/cmdAH.test:
        * tclIO.c:
        * tclCmdAH.c: added "file channels ?pattern?" tcl command, with
        associated Tcl_GetChannelNames and Tcl_GetChannelNamesEx public C APIs
        (added to tcl.decls as well), with docs and tests.

        * tests/expr.test:
        * generic/tclCompile.c: add TCL_TOKEN_VARIABLE to the part types that
        cause differed compilation for exprs, to correct the expr
        double-evaluation problem for vars. Added test cases. Related to [Bug
        732]

        * unix/Makefile.in: changed the dependency structure so that install-*
        is dependent on * (ie - install-binaries is dependent on binaries).

        * library/auto.tcl:
        * library/init.tcl:
        * library/ldAout.tcl:
        * library/package.tcl:
        * library/safe.tcl:
        * library/word.tcl:
        * library/http2.1/http.tcl:
        * library/msgcat1.0/msgcat.tcl: updated libraries to better Tcl style
        guide (no more string comparisons with == or !=, spacing changes).

1999-08-05  Jim Ingham  <jingham@cygnus.com>

        * mac/tclMacProjects.sea.hqx: Rearrange the projects so that the build
        directory is separate from the sources. Much more convenient!

1999-08-13  Scott Redman <redman@scriptics.com>

        * /: 8.2.0 tagged for final release

1999-08-12  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * win/Makefile.in: Added COMPILE_DEBUG_FLAGS macro to make it easier
        to turn on compiler tracing.

        * tests/parse.test:
        * generic/tclParse.c: Fixed bug in Tcl_EvalEx where the termOffset was
        not being updated in cases where the evaluation returned a non TCL_OK
        error code. [Bug 2535]

1999-08-12  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinSerial.c: Applied patch from Petteri Kettunen to remove
        compiler warning.

1999-08-10  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclAlloc.c:
        * generic/tclCmdIL.c:
        * generic/tclIO.c:
        * generic/tclThread.c:
        * win/tclWinThrd.c:
        * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: Fixed Brent's changes so that they work on
        Windows (and he fixed the bug in the Unix thread implementation).

1999-08-09  Brent Welch  <welch@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tcl.decls:
        * generic/tclAlloc.c:
        * generic/tclCkalloc.c:
        * generic/tclCmdIL.c:
        * generic/tclDecls.h:
        * generic/tclIO.c:
        * generic/tclInt.decls:
        * generic/tclIntDecls.h:
        * generic/tclStubInit.c:
        * generic/tclVar.c:
        * mac/tclMacThrd.c:
        * unix/tclUnixThrd.c:
        * win/tclWinThrd.c: Added use of Tcl_GetAllocMutex to tclAlloc.c and
        tclCkalloc.c so they can be linked against alternate thread packages.
        Added Tcl_GetChannelNames to tclIO.c. Added TclVarTraceExists hook so
        "info exists" triggers read traces exactly like it did in Tcl 7.6.
        Stubs table changes to reflect new internal and external APIs.

1999-08-09  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * tests/string.test: added largest_int proc to adapt for >32 bit
        machines and int overflow testing.
        * tests/tcltest.test: fixed minor error in 8.2 result (from dgp)

        * doc/Object.3: clarified Tcl_DecrRefCount docs. [Bug 1952]
        * doc/array.n: clarified array pattern docs. [Bug 1330]
        * doc/clock.n: fixed clock docs. [Bug 693]
        * doc/lindex.n: clarified to account for new end-int behavior.
        * doc/string.n: fixed formatting errors. [Bug 2188 2189]
        * doc/tclvars.n: fixed doc error. [Bug 2042]
        * library/init.tcl: fixed path handling in auto_execok (it could miss
        including the normal path on some Windows machines). [Bug 1276]

1999-08-05  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * doc/tclvars.n: Made it clear that tcl_pkgPath was not set for
        Windows (already mentioned in init.tcl). [Bug 2455]
        * generic/tclLiteral.c: fixed reference to bytes that might not be
        null terminated (using objPtr->bytes, which is). [Bug 2496]
        * library/http2.1/http.tcl: Made use of "i" in init section use local
        var and start at 0 (was 1). [Bug 2502]

1999-08-04  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/reg.test: Added test for REG_EXPECT bug fixed by Henry's
        patch.

        * generic/regc_nfa.c:
        * generic/regcomp.c:
        * generic/rege_dfa.c:
        * generic/regexec.c:
        * generic/regguts.h: Applied patches supplied by Henry Spencer to
        greatly enhance the performance of certain classes of regular
        expressions. [Bug 2440, 2447]

1999-08-03  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinInt.h: Remove function declarations in header that was
        moved to tclInt.decls file in previous changes.

1999-08-02  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * unix/configure.in:
        * win/configure.in: Change beta level to b2.

        * generic/tcl.h:
        * generic/tcl.decls:
        * generic/tclDecls.h:
        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/tclInt.decls:
        * generic/tclIntDecls.h:
        * generic/tclRegexp.h:
        * generic/tclStubInit.c: Move some exported public and internal
        functions to the stub tables. Removed functions that are in the stub
        tables (from this and previous changes) from the original header
        files.

1999-08-01  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinSock.c: Added comment block to SocketThread() function.
        Added code to avoid calling TerminateThread(), but instead to send a
        message to the socket event window to tell it to terminate its thread.

1999-07-30  Jennifer Hom  <jenn@scriptics.com>

        * tests/tcltest.test:
        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Exit with non-zero status if there
        were problems with the way the test suite was started (e.g. wrong #
        arguments).

1999-07-30  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclInt.decls: added declaractions necessary for the Tcl test
        code to work wth stubs. [Bug 2445]

1999-07-30  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinPipe.c:
        * win/Makefile.in: Fixing launching of 16-bit apps on Win9x from wish.
        The command line was primed with tclpip82.dll, but it was ignored.
        Fixed that, then fixed the gmake makefile to build tclpip82.dll as an
        executable.

        * win/tclWinSock.c: Applied small patch to get thread-specific data
        after initializing the socket driver.

        * unix/tclUnixThrd.c: Applied patch to fix threads on Irix 6.5. Patch
        from James Dennett. [Bug 2450]

        * tests/info.test: Enable test for tclParse.c change (info complete).

1999-07-30  Jeff Hobbs  <hobbs@scriptics.com>

        * tclIO.c: added fix for Kupries' trf patch. [Bug 2386]

        * tclParse.c: fixed bug in info complete regarding nested square
        brackets. [Bug 2382, 2466]

1999-07-29  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinChan.c: Allow tcl to open CON and NUL, even for std
        channels. Checking for bad/unusable std channels was moved to Tk since
        its only purpose was to check whether to use the Tk Console Window for
        the std channels. [Bug 2393 2392 2209 2458]

        * unix/mkLinks.tcl: Applied patch to avoid linking pack.n to
        pack-old.n. Patch from Don Porter. [Bug 2469]

        * doc/Encoding.n: Applied patch to fix typo in .SH NAME line. Patch
        from Don Porter. [Bug 2451]

        * win/tclWinSock.c: Free Win32 Event handles when destroying the
        socket helper thread.

1999-07-28  Jennifer Hom  <jenn@scriptics.com>

        * tests/tcltest.test:
        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Fixed the condition under which
        ::tcltest::PrintError had an infinite loop problem and added a test
        case for it. Added an optional argument to ::tcltest::getMatchingFiles
        telling it where to search for test files.

1999-07-27  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * tools/tclSplash.bmp: Updated Windows installer bitmap to ready
        Tcl/Tk Version 8.2.

1999-07-26  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * tests/tcltest.test: Need to close the new core file, there seems to
        be a hang in threaded WinNT if the file isn't closed. Open issue, need
        to fix that hang.

        * tests/httpold.test: Add time delay in response from Http server so
        that test cases can properly detect timeout conditions with threads
        enabled on multi-CPU WinNT.

        * tests/winFCmd.test: Test case winFcmd-1.33 was looking for
        c:\windows, which may not exist. Instead, create a new directory on
        c:\ and use it for the test.

        * win/tclWinConsole.c:
        * win/tclWinPipe.c:
        * win/tclWinSock.c: Fix terminating helper threads by holding any
        mutexes from the primary thread while waiting for the helper thread to
        terminate. Without these changes, the test suite hangs on WinNT with 2
        CPUs and threads enabled. Open issue, seems to be a sporadic hang on
        dual CPU systems still (very rare).

1999-07-26  Jennifer Hom  <jenn@scriptics.com>

        * tests/tcltest.test:
        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl:
        * doc/tcltest.n: Cleaned up code in ::tcltest::PrintError, revised
        documentation, and added tests for the tcltest package.

1999-07-23  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * tests/info.test:
        * generic/tclParse.c: Removed patch for info command, breaks test
        cases on Unix. Patch was bad and needs to be redone properly. [Bug
        2382]

1999-07-22  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * Changed version to 8.2b2.

        * win/tclWinSock.c: Fixed hang with threads enabled, fixed semaphores
        with threads disabled.

        * win/safe.test: Fixed safe-6.3 with threads enabled.

        * win/Makefile.in: Fixed calling of tcltest to fix safe.test failures
        due to path TCL_LIBRARY path.

        * win/tclWinPort.h: Block out include of sys/*.h in order to build
        extensions with MetroWerks compiler for Win32. [Bug 2385]

        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c:
        * generic/tclIO.c: Fix ANSI-style prototypes based on patch from
        Ulrich Ring. [Bug 2391]

        * unix/Makefile.in: Need to make install-sh executable before calling
        (with chmod +x). [Bug 2413]

        * tests/var.test:
        * generic/tclVar.c: Fixed bug that caused a seg. fault when using
        "array set a(b) {}", which is a bad array name anyway. Now the "array
        set" command will return an error in this case. Added test case and
        fixed existing test. [Bug 2427]

1999-07-21  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * tests/info.test:
        * generic/tclParse.c: Applied patch to fix "info complete" for the
        string {[a [b]}. Patch from Peter Spjuth. [Bug 2382]

        * doc/Utf.3:
        * generic/tcl.decls:
        * generic/tclDecls.h:
        * generic/tclUtf.c: Changed function declarations in
        non-platform-specific public APIs to use "unsigned long" instead of
        "size_t", which may not be defined on certain compilers (rather than
        include sys/types.h, which may not exist).

        * unix/Makefile.in: Added the Windows configure script to the
        distribution file list, already shipping configure.in and the .m4
        files, but needed the configure script itself.

        * win/makefile.vc: Changed version number of DDE package in VC++
        makefile to use 1.1 instead of 1.0.

        * doc/open.n: Added documentation of \\.\comX notation for opening
        serial ports on Windows (alternative to comX:).

        * tests/ioCmd.test:
        * doc/open.n:
        * win/tclWinSerial.c: Applied patch from Rolf Schroedter to add
        -pollinterval option to fconfigure to modify the maxblocktime used in
        the fileevent polling. Added documentation and fixed the test case as
        well.

        * win/tclWinSock.c: Modified 8.1.0 version of the Win32 socket driver
        to move the handling of the socket event window in a separate thread.
        It also turned out that Win95 & Win98 were, in some cases, getting
        multiple FD_ACCEPTs but only handling one. Added a count for the
        FD_ACCEPT to take care of this. Tested on NT4 SP3, NT4 SP4, Win95, and
        Win98. [Bug 2178 2256 2259 2329 2323 2355]

1999-07-21  Jerry Peek  <jpeek@scriptics.com>

        * README: Small tweaks to clean up typos and wording.

1999-07-20  Melissa Hirschl  <hershey@matisse.scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclInitScript.h:
        * unix/tclUnixInit.c: merged code with 8.0.5. We now use an
        intermediate global tcl var "tclDefaultLibrary" to keep the
        "tcl_library" var from being set by the default value in the Makefile.
        Also fixed a bug in which caused the value of TCL_LIBRARY env var to
        be ignored.
        * unix/tclWinInit.c: just updated some comments.

1999-07-19  Melissa Hirschl  <hershey@matisse.scriptics.com>

        * library/http2.1/http.tcl: updated -useragent text to say version
        2.1.

1999-07-16  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tcl.decls:
        * generic/tclDecls.h:
        * generic/tclStubInit.c: Add Tcl_SetNotifier to stub table. [Bug 2364]

        * unix/aclocal.m4:
        * unix/tcl.m4: Add check for Alpha/Linux to correct the IEEE floating
        flag to the compiler, should be -mieee. Patch from Don Porter.

        * tools/tcl.hpj.in: Change version number of .cnt file referenced in
        .HPJ file.

1999-07-15  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * tools/tcl.wse.in: Fixed naming of target files for Windows.

1999-07-14  Jerry Peek  <jpeek@scriptics.com>

        * doc/re_syntax.n: Deleted sentence as suggested by Scott S.

1999-07-12  Jerry Peek  <jpeek@scriptics.com>

        * doc/re_syntax.n: Removed two notes to myself (oops), cleaned up
        wording, fixed changebars, made two examples easier to read.

1999-07-11  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/makefile.vc: Since the makefile.vc should continue to work while
        we're working out bugs/issues in the new TEA-style
        autoconf/configure/gmake build mechanism for Windows, the version
        numbers of the Tcl libraries need to remain in sync. Modified the
        version numbers in the makefile to reflect the change to 8.2b1.

1999-07-09  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/configure.in: Eval DLLSUFFIX, LIBSUFFIX, and EXESUFFIX in the
        configure script so that substitutions get expanded before being
        placed in the Makefile. The "d" portion for debug libraries and DLLs
        was not being set properly.

1999-07-08  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/string.test:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Fixed bug in string range bounds checking code.

1999-07-08  Jennifer Hom  <jenn@scriptics.com>

        * doc/tcltest.n:
        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl: Removed -asidefromdir and
        -relateddir flags, removed unused ::tcltest::dotests proc, cleaned up
        implementation of core file checking, and fixed the code that checks
        for 1-letter flag abbreviations.

1999-07-08  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * win/Makefile.in: Added tcltest target so runtest works properly.
        Added missing names to the clean/distclean targets.

        * tests/reg.test:
        * generic/rege_dfa.c: Applied fix supplied by Henry Spencer for bug in
        DFA state caching under lookahead conditions. [Bug 2318]

1999-07-07  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * doc/fconfigure.n: Clarified default buffering behavior for the
        standard channels. [Bug 2335]

1999-07-06  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinSerial.c: New implementation of serial port driver from
        Rolf Shroedter (Rolf.Schroedter@dlr.de) that allows more than one byte
        to be read from the port. Implemented using polling instead of
        threads, there is a max. 10ms latency between checking the port for
        file events. [Bug 1980 2217]

1999-07-06  Brent Welch  <welch@scriptics.com>

        * library/http2.0/http.tcl: Fixed the -timeout option so it handles
        timeouts that occur during connection attempts to hosts that are down
        (the only case that really matters!)

1999-07-03  Brent Welch  <welch@scriptics.com>

        * doc/ChnlStack.3:
        * generic/tcl.decls:
        * generic/tclIO.c: Added a new variant of the "Trf patch" from Andreas
        Kupres that adds new C APIs Tcl_StackChannel, Tcl_UnstackChannel, and
        Tcl_GetStackedChannel.

1999-07-03  Brent Welch  <welch@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclNotify.c:
        * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c:
        * unix/tclXtTest.c:
        * unix/tclXtNotify.c:
        * win/tclWinNotify.c:
        * mac/tclMacNotify.c: Added Tcl_SetNotifier and the associated hook
        points in the notifiers to be able to replace the notifier calls at
        runtime. The Xt notifier and test program use this hook.

1999-07-03  Brent Welch  <welch@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclParse.c: Changed parsing of variable names to allow empty
        array names. Now "$(foo)" is a variable reference! Previous you had to
        use something like $::(foo), which is slower. This change is requested
        by Jean-Luc Fontaine for his STOOOP package.

1999-07-01  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclCmdAH.c:
        * generic/tclFCmd.c: Call TclStat instead of TclpStat in order to
        allow Tcl_Stat hooks to work properly.

1999-06-29  Jennifer Hom  <jenn@scriptics.com>

        * library/tcltest1.0/pkgIndex.tcl:
        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl:
        * doc/tcltest.n:
        * tests/all.tcl: Added -preservecore, -limitconstraints, -help, -file,
        -notfile, -relateddir and -asidefromdir flags to the tcltest package
        along with exported proc ::tcltest::getMatchingFiles. The
        documentation was modified to match and all.tcl was modified to use
        the new functionality instead of implementing -file itself.

1999-06-28  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclIndexObj.c:
        * doc/GetIndex.3:
        * tests/binary.test:
        * tests/winDde.test: Applied patch from Peter Hardie (with changes) to
        fix problem with Tcl_GetIndexFromObj() when the key being passed is
        the empty string. It used to match "" and return TCL_OK, but it should
        have returned TCL_ERROR instead. Added test case to "binary" and "dde"
        commands to check the behavior. Added documentation note as well.

1999-06-26  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinDde.c: Applied patch from Peter Hardie to add poke command
        to dde. Also rev'd version of dde package to 1.1. [Bug 1738]

1999-06-25  Jennifer Hom  <jenn@scriptics.com>

        * unix/Makefile.in:
        * win/Makefile.in:
        * library/tcltest1.0/pkgIndex.tcl:
        * library/tcltest1.0/tcltest.tcl:
        * library/tcltest1.0: Added initial implementation of the Tcl test
        harness package. This package was based on the defs.tcl file that was
        part of the tests directory. Reversed the way that tests were
        evaluated to fix a problem with false passes.

        * doc/tcltest.n: Added documentation for the tcltest package.

        * tests/README:
        * tests/defs.tcl:
        * tests/all.tcl: Modified all test files (tests/*.test) and all.tcl to
        use the new tcltest package and removed references to the defs.tcl
        file. Modified the README file to point to the man page for tcltest.

1999-06-25  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/reg.test:
        * generic/regexec.c: Fixed bugs in non-greedy quantifiers.

1999-06-23  Jerry Peek  <jpeek@scriptics.com>

        * doc/re_syntax.n:
        * doc/switch.n:
        * doc/lsearch.n:
        * doc/RegExp.3:
        * doc/regexp.n:
        * doc/regsub.n: Moved information about syntax of 8.1 regular
        expressions from regexp(n) manpage into new re_syntax(n) page. Added
        pointers from other manpages to new re_syntax(n) page.

1999-06-23  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * unix/Makefile.in: Changed install-doc to install-man.

        * tools/uniParse.tcl:
        * tools/uniClass.tcl:
        * tools/README:
        * tests/string.test:
        * generic/regc_locale.c:
        * generic/tclUniData.c:
        * generic/tclUtf.c:
        * doc/string.n: Updated Unicode character tables to reflect latest
        Unicode 2.1 data. Also rationalized "regexp" and "string is"
        definitions of character classes.

1999-06-21  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * unix/tclUnixThrd.c (TclpThreadCreate): Fixed memory leak where
        thread attributes were not being released. [Bug 2254]

1999-06-17  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/regexp.test:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c:
        * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Changed to use new regexp interfaces. Added
        -expanded, -line, -linestop, and -lineanchor switches to regsub.

        * doc/RegExp.3: Documented the new regexp interfaces and the
        compile/execute flags.

        * generic/tclTest.c:
        * generic/tclRegexp.h:
        * generic/tclRegexp.c:
        * generic/tcl.h:
        * generic/tcl.decls: Renamed Tcl_RegExpMatchObj to Tcl_RegExpExecObj
        and added a new Tcl_RegExpMatchObj that is equivalent to
        Tcl_RegExpMatch. Added public macros for the regexp compile/execute
        flags. Changed to store either an object pointer or a string pointer
        in the TclRegexp structure. Changed to avoid adding a reference to the
        object or copying the string.

        * generic/regcomp.c: lint

        * tests/reg.test:
        * generic/regex.h:
        * generic/regc_lex.c: Added REG_BOSONLY flag to allow Expect to
        iterate through a string an only find matches that start at the
        current position within the string.

1999-06-16  Michael Thomas  <wart@scriptics.com>

        * unix/configure.in:
        * unix/Makefile.in:
        * unix/tcl.m4:
        * unix/aclocal.m4: Numerous build changes to make Tcl conform to the
        proposed TEA spec

1999-06-16  Melissa Hirschl  <hershey@matisse.scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_VariableObjCmd): fixed premature increment in
        loop that was causing out-of-bounds reads on array "varName".

1999-06-16  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/execute.test:
        * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Fixed crash caused by a
        bug in INST_LOAD_SCALAR1 where the scalar index was read as a signed 1
        byte value instead of unsigned. [Bug 2243]

1999-06-14  Melissa Hirschl  <hershey@matisse.scriptics.com>

        * doc/StringObj.3
        * test/stringObj.test
        * unix/Makefile.in
        * win/Makefile.in
        * win/makefile.vc
        * generic/tclStringObj.c:
        Merged String and Unicode object types. Added new functions to the
        puplic API: Tcl_NewUnicodeObj, Tcl_SetUnicodeObj, Tcl_GetUnicode,
        Tcl_GetUniChar, Tcl_GetCharLength, Tcl_GetRange,
        Tcl_AppendUnicodeToObj.

1999-06-09  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclUnicodeObj.c: Lots of cleanup and simplification. Fixed
        several memory bugs. Added TclAppendUnicodeToObj.

        * generic/tclInt.h: Added declarations for various Unicode string
        functions.

        * generic/tclRegexp.c:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Changed to use new Unicode string interfaces for
        better performance.

        * generic/tclRegexp.h:
        * generic/tclRegexp.c:
        * generic/tcl.h:
        * generic/tcl.decls: Added Tcl_RegExpMatchObj and Tcl_RegExpGetInfo
        calls to access lower level regexp API. These features are needed by
        Expect. This is a preliminary implementation pending final review and
        cleanup.

        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c:
        * tests/string.test: Fixed bug where string map failed on null strings

        * generic/regexec.c:
        * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: lint

        * tools/genStubs.tcl: Changed to always write output in LF mode.

1999-06-08  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinSock.c: Rolled back to the 8.1.0 implementation because of
        serious problems with the new driver. Basically no incoming socket
        connections would be reported to a server port. The 8.1.1 code needs
        to be redesigned and fixed correctly.

1999-06-07  Melissa Hirschl  <hershey@matisse.scriptics.com>

        * tests/string.test:
        * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_SetVar2Ex):
        * generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendObjToObj):
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): optimized the string index,
        string length, string range, and append command in cases where the
        object's internal rep is a bytearray. Objects with other internal reps
        are converted to have the new unicode internal rep.

        * unix/Makefile.in:
        * win/Makefile.in:
        * win/Makefile.vc:
        * tests/unicode.test:
        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/tclObj.c:
        * generic/tclUnicodeObj.c: added a new object type to store the
        unicode representation of a string.

        * generic/tclTestObj.c: added the objtype option to the testobj
        command. This option returns the name of the type of internal rep an
        object has.

1999-06-04  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * win/configure.in:
        * win/Makefile.in: Windows build now handles static/dynamic
        debug/nodebug builds and supports the standard targets using Cygwin
        user tools plus GNU make and autoconf.

1999-06-03  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd):
        * tests/string.test: Fixed bug where string equal/compare -nocase
        reported wrong result on null strings. [Bug 2138]

1999-06-02  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclUtf.c (Tcl_UtfNcasecmp): Fixed incorrect computation of
        relative ordering. [Bug 2135]

1999-06-01  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * unix/configure.in: Fixed various small configure.in patches
        submitted by Jan Nijtmans. [Bug 2121]

        * tests/reg.test:
        * generic/regc_color.c:
        * generic/regc_cvec.c:
        * generic/regc_lex.c:
        * generic/regc_locale.c:
        * generic/regc_nfa.c:
        * generic/regcomp.c:
        * generic/regcustom.h:
        * generic/rege_dfa.c:
        * generic/regerror.c:
        * generic/regerrs.h:
        * generic/regex.h:
        * generic/regexec.c:
        * generic/regfree.c:
        * generic/regfronts.c:
        * generic/regguts.h:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c:
        * generic/tclRegexp.c:
        * generic/tclRegexp.h:
        * generic/tclTest.c: Applied Henry Spencer's latest regexp patches
        that fix an infinite loop bug and add support for testing whether a
        string could match with additional input. [Bug 2117]

1999-05-28  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclObj.c: Changed to eliminate use of isupper/tolower in
        favor of the Unicode versions.

        * win/Makefile.in:
        * win/configure.in: Added preliminary TEA implementation.

        * win/tclWinDde.c: Fixed bug where dde calls were being passed an
        invalid dde handle because Initialize had not been called. [Bug 2124]

1999-05-26  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptic.com>

        * generic/tclThreadTest.c: Fixed race condition in testthread code
        that showed up in the WinNT test suite intermittently.

        * win/tclWinSock.c: Fixed a hang in the WinNT socket driver, wake up
        the socket thread every 100ms to check for events on the sockets that
        did not wake up the thread (race condition).

1999-05-24  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tools/genStubs.tcl: Changed to allow a list of platforms instead of
        just one at a time.

        * generic/tcl.decls:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c:
        * generic/tclDecls.h:
        * generic/tclInt.decls:
        * generic/tclIntDecls.h:
        * generic/tclPort.h:
        * generic/tclStubInit.c:
        * generic/tclStubLib.c: Various header file related changes and other
        lint to try to get the Mac builds working.

1999-05-21  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinPipe.c: Fix bug when launching command.com on Win95/98.
        Need to wait for the procInfo.hProcess of the process that was
        created, not the hProcess of the current process. [Bug 2105]

1999-05-20  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * library/init.tcl: Add the directory where the executable is, and the
        ../lib directory relative to that, to the auto_path variable.

1999-05-19  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        Merged in various changes submitted by Jeff Hobbs:

        * generic/tcl.decls:
        * generic/tclUtf.c: Added Tcl_UniCharIs* functions for control, graph,
        print, and punct classes.

        * generic/tclUtil.c:
        * doc/StrMatch.3: Added Tcl_StringCaseMatch() implementation to
        support case-insensitive globbing.

        * doc/string.n:
        * unix/mkLinks:
        * tests/string.test:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Added additional character class tests, added
        -nocase switch to "string match", changed string first/last to use
        offsets.

1999-05-19  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tcl.h: Add extern "C" block around entire header file for
        C++ compilers to fix linkage issues. Submitted by Don Porter and Paul
        Duffin.

        * generic/tclRegexp.c: Fix bug when the regexp cache is empty and an
        empty pattern is used in regexp ( such as {} or "" ).

1999-05-18  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinChan.c: Modified initialization code to avoid inherenting
        closed or invalid channels. If the standard input is anything other
        than a console, file, serial port, or pipe, then we fall back to the
        standard Tk window console.

1999-05-14  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclCmdAH.c (Tcl_ForObjCmd): Fixed crash caused by failure to
        reset the result before evaluating the test expression.

1999-05-14  Bryan Surles  <surles@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclBasic.c (Tcl_CreateInterp): Added introspection variable
        for threaded interps. If the interp was compiled with threads enabled,
        the tcl_platform(threaded) variable will exist.

1999-05-14  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclDate.c: Applied patch to fix 100-year and 400-year
        boundaries in leap year code, from Isaac Hollander. [Bug 2066]

1999-05-13  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * unix/Makefile.in:
        * unix/tclAppInit.c: Minor cleanup related to Xt notifier.

        * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpSetInitialEncodings): Tcl now looks for an
        encoding subfield in the LANG/LC_ALL variables in cases where the
        locale is not found in the locale table. Ensure that setlocale() is
        called at least once so X11 will initialize properly. Also, forces the
        LC_NUMERIC locale to be "C" so numeric processing in scripts is not
        affected by the current locale setting. [Bug 1989]

        * generic/tclRegexp.c: Increased per-thread regexp cache to 30 slots.
        This seems to be about the right number for larger applications like
        exmh. [Bug 1063]

1999-05-12  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * doc/tclsh.1: Updated references to rc script names to accurately
        reflect the platform differences on Windows.

        * tests/regexp.test:
        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/tclBasic.c:
        * generic/tclRegexp.h:
        * generic/tclRegexp.c: Replaced the per-interpreter regexp cache with
        a per-thread cache. Changed the Regexp object to take advantage of
        this extra cache. Added a reference count to the TclRegexp type so
        regexps can be shared by multiple objects. Removed the per-interp
        regexp cache from the interpreter. Now regexps can be used with no
        need for an interpreter. [Bug 1063]

        * win/tclWinInit.c (TclpSetVariables): Avoid calling GetUserName if
        the value can be determined from the USERNAME environment variable.
        GetUserName is very slow.

1999-05-07  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * win/winDumpExts.c:
        * win/makefile.vc: Removed incorrect patch. [Bug 1998]

        * generic/tcl.decls: Replaced const with CONST.

        * generic/tclResult.c (Tcl_AppendResultVA):
        * generic/tclStringObj.c (Tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA): Fixed to copy
        arglist using memcpy instead of assignment so it works properly on
        OS/390. [Bug 1997]

        * generic/tclLoadNone.c: Updated to use current interfaces, added
        TclpUnloadFile. [Bug 2003]

        * win/winDumpExts.c:
        * win/makefile.vc: Changed to emit library name in defs file. [Bug
        1998]

        * unix/configure.in: Added fix for OS/390. [Bug 1976]

1999-05-06  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/string.test:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c:
        * doc/string.n: Fixed bug in string equal/compare code when using
        -length option. Cleaned up docs a bit more.

        * tests/http.test: Unset "data" array before running tests to avoid
        failures due to previous tests.

        * doc/string.n:
        * tests/cmdIL.test:
        * tests/cmdMZ.test:
        * tests/error.test:
        * tests/ioCmd.test:
        * tests/lindex.test:
        * tests/linsert.test:
        * tests/lrange.test:
        * tests/lreplace.test:
        * tests/string.test:
        * tests/cmdIL.test:
        * generic/tclUtil.c:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c: Replaced "string icompare/iequal" with -nocase
        and -length switches to "string compare/equal". Added a -nocase option
        to "string map". Changed index syntax to allow integer or
        end?-integer? instead of a full expression. This is much simpler with
        safeTcl scripts since it avoids double substitution issues.

        * doc/Utf.3:
        * generic/tclStubInit.c:
        * generic/tclDecls.h:
        * generic/tclUtf.c:
        * generic/tcl.decls: Added Tcl_UtfNcmp and Tcl_UtfNcasecmp.

1999-05-05  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * win/makefile.vc: Added encoding directory to install-libraries
        target.

1999-05-03  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * doc/string.n:
        * tests/cmdMZ.test:
        * tests/string.test:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): Changed "string length" to
        avoid regenerating the string rep of a ByteArray object.

        * tests/cmdIL.test:
        * tests/cmdMZ.test:
        * tests/error.test:
        * tests/lindex.test:
        * tests/linsert.test:
        * tests/lrange.test:
        * tests/lreplace.test:
        * tests/string.test:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd):
        * generic/tclUtil.c (TclGetIntForIndex): Applied Jeff Hobbs's string
        patch which includes the following changes [Bug 1845]:
        - string compare now takes optional length arg (for strncmp behavior)
        - added string equal (just a few lines of code blended in with string
          compare)
        - added string icompare/iequal for case-insensitive comparisons
        - string index's index can now be ?end[+-]?expression
          I made this change in the private TclGetIntForIndex, which means
          that the list commands also benefit, as well as string range, et al.
        - added [string repeat string count]
          Repeats given string number of times
        - added string replace, string equiv to lreplace
          (quasi opposite of string range):
                string replace first last ?string?
          Example of use, replacing end of string with ... should the string
          be more than 16 chars long:
                string replace $string 16 end "..."
          This just returns the string len < 16, so it will only affect the
          long strings.
        - added optional first and last args to string to*
          This allows you to just affect certain regions of a string with the
          command (like just capping the first letter). I found the original
          totitle to be too draconian to be useful.
        - added [string map charMap string]
          where charMap is a {from to from to} list that equates to what one
          might get from [array get]. Each and can be multiple chars (or none
          at all). For Tcl/CGI users, this is a MAJOR speed booster.

        * generic/tclParse.c (Tcl_ParseCommand): Changed to avoid modifying
        eval'ed strings that are already null terminated. [Bug 1793]

        * tests/binary.test:
        * generic/tclBinary.c (DupByteArrayInternalRep): Fixed bug where type
        was not being set in duplicated object. [Bug 1975, 2047]

1999-04-30  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * Changed version to 8.1.1.

1999-04-30  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * Merged changes from 8.1.0 branch:

        * generic/tclParse.c: Fixed memory leak in CommandComplete.

        * generic/tclPlatDecls.h:
        * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h:
        * generic/tclIntDecls.h:
        * generic/tclDecls.h:
        * tools/genStubs.tcl: Added 'extern "C" {}' block around the stub
        table pointer declaration so the stub library can be used from C++.
        [Bug 1934]

        * Lots of documentation and other release engineering fixes.

1999-04-28  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * mac/tclMacResource.c:
        * generic/tclListObj.c:
        * generic/tclObj.c:
        * generic/tclStringObj.c: Changed to avoid freeing the string
        representation before freeing the internal rep. This helps with
        debugging since the string rep will still be valid when the free proc
        is invoked.

1999-04-27  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclLiteral.c (TclHideLiteral): Fixed so hidden literals get
        duplicated to avoid accidental sharing in the global object table.

1999-04-23  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclStubInit.c:
        * tools/genStubs.tcl: Changed to avoid the need for forward
        declarations in stub initializers.

1999-04-23  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * library/encoding/koi8-r.enc:
        * tools/encoding/koi8-r.txt: Added support for the koi8-r Cyrillic
        encoding. [Bug 1771]

1999-04-22  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinFCmd.c:
        * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Changed uses of "try" to "__try", since that is
        the actual keyword. This eliminates the need for some -D flags from
        the makefile.

        * generic/tclPort.h: Added include of tcl.h since it defines various
        Windows macros that are needed before deciding which platform porting
        file to use.

        * generic/tclEvent.c: lint

        * win/tclWinInit.c (TclpInitPlatform): Added call to TclWinInit when
        building a static library since DllMain will not be invoked. This
        could break old code that explicitly called TclWinInit, but should be
        simpler in the long run.

1999-04-22  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/tclInt.decls:
        * generic/tclCompile.c: Added TclSetByteCodeFromAny that takes a hook
        procedure to invoke after compilation but before the byte codes are
        emitted. This makes it possible to do postprocessing on the compiled
        byte codes before the ByteCode is generated.

        * generic/tclLiteral.c: Added TclHideLiteral and TclAddLiteralObj to
        make it possible to create local unshared literal objects.

        * win/tclWinInit.c:
        * unix/tclUnixInit.c: Changed initial search path to match that
        found used by tcl_findLibrary.

1999-04-22  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinPort.h:
        * win/tclWinSock.c: Added code to use WinSock 2.0 API on NT to avoid
        creating a window to handle sockets. API not available on Win95 and
        needs to be fixed on Win98, until then continue to use the older
        (window-based) scheme on those two OSes.

1999-04-15  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * Merged 8.1 back into the main trunk

1999-04-13  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * library/encoding/gb2312.enc:
        * library/encoding/euc-cn.enc:
        * tools/encoding/gb2312.txt:
        * tools/encoding/cp950.txt:
        * tools/encoding/Makefile: Restored the double byte definition of
        GB2312 and added the EUC-CN encoding. EUC-CN is a variant of GB2312
        that shifts the characters into bytes with the high bit set and
        includes ASCII as a subset. [Bug 632]

1999-04-13  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinSock.c: Apply patch to allow write access to a socket if
        FD_WRITE is sent but FD_CONNECT is not. Some strange problem with
        either Win32 or a socket driver. [Bug 1664 1776]

1999-04-09  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: Fixed notifier deadlock situation when the pipe
        used to talk back notifier thread is filled with data. When calling
        the write() function to feed data down that pipe, unlock the
        notifierMutex to allow the notifier to wake up again. Found as a
        result of the focus.test for Tk hanging. [Bug 1700]

1999-04-06  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/unixNotfy.test: Fixed hang in tests when built with thread
        support.

        * tests/httpold.test: Fixed broken test that didn't wait long enough
        for events to arrive.

        * tests/unixInit.test: Fixed race condition in test.

        * tests/unixInit.test:
        * tests/fileName.test: Minor test nits.

        * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpSetInitialEncodings): Fixed bad initial
        encoding string.

1999-04-06  Bryan Surles  <surles@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclVar.c:
        * generic/tclEnv.c: Moved the "array set" C level code into a common
        routine (TclArraySet). The TclSetupEnv routine now uses this API to
        create an env array w/ no elements.

        * generic/tclEnv.c:
        * generic/tclWinInit.h:
        * generic/tclUnixInit.h:
        * generic/tclInt.h: Made the Env module I18N compliant. Changed the
        FindVariable routine to TclpFindVariable, that now does a case
        insensitive string comparison on Windows, and not on UNIX. [Bug 1299,
        1500]

1999-04-05  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/io.test: Minor test cleanup.

        * generic/tclEncoding.c (Tcl_CreateEncoding): Minor lint to make it
        easier to compile on Digital-unix. [Bug 1659]

        * unix/configure.in:
        * unix/tclUnixPort.h: Applied patch for OS/390 to handle lack of
        sys/param.h. [Bug 1725]

        * unix/configure.in: Fixed BSD/OS 4.* configuration to support shared
        libraries properly. [Bug 1730]

1999-04-05  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinDde.c: decrease timeout value for DDE calls to 30k. [Bug
        1639]

        * generic/tcl.decls:
        * generic/tcl.h:
        * generic/tclDecls.h:
        * generic/tclInt.decls:
        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/tclIntDecls.h:
        * generic/tclStubInit.c:
        * generic/tclUtil.c: Added more functions to the Tcl stubs table,
        including all Tcl_ functions not already in it (except Cmd functions)
        and Tcl_GetCwd() and Tcl_Chdir() (new functions).

        * tests/safe.test:
        * doc/safe.n:
        * generic/tclBasic.c:
        * library/safe.tcl: The encoding command is not safe as-is, so create
        a safe alias to mask out the "encoding system <name>" but allow all
        other uses including "encoding system". Added test cases and updated
        the man page for Safe Tcl.

1999-04-05  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/winTime.test:
        * win/tclWinTime.c: Fixed crash in clock command that occurred when
        manipulating negative time values in timezones east of GMT. [Bug
        1142, 1458]

        * tests/platform.test:
        * tests/fileName.test: Fixed broken tests.

        * generic/tclFileName.c: Moved global regexps into thread local
        storage.

        * tests/socket.test: Changed so tests don't reuse sockets, since
        Windows is slow to release sockets.

        * win/tclWinConsole.c:
        * win/tclWinPipe.c:
        * win/tclWinSerial.c: Fixed race condition where background threads
        were terminated while they still held a lock in the notifier.

1999-04-02  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/http.test: Fixed bad test initialization code.

        * generic/tclThreadTest.c (ThreadExitProc): Fixed bug where static
        memory was being returned instead of a dynamically allocated result in
        error cases.

1999-04-02  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * doc/dde.n:
        * tools/tcl.wse.in:
        * win/makefile.vc:
        * win/pkgIndex.tcl:
        * win/tclWinDde.c: Add new DDE package, code removed from Tk now
        separated into its own package. Changed DDE-based send code into "dde
        eval" command. Can be loaded into tclsh (not just wish). Windows only.

1999-04-02  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/expr.test:
        * tests/for-old.test:
        * tests/for.test:
        * tests/foreach.test:
        * tests/format.test:
        * tests/httpold.test:
        * tests/if.test:
        * tests/init.test:
        * tests/interp.test:
        * tests/while.test: Added some tests for known bugs (marked with
        knownBug constraint), and cleaned up a few bad tests.

        * generic/regc_locale.c:
        * generic/regcustom.h:
        * generic/tcl.decls:
        * generic/tclCmdIL.c:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c:
        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/tclRegexp.c:
        * generic/tclScan.c:
        * generic/tclTest.c:
        * generic/tclUtf.c:
        * win/tclWinFCmd.c:
        * win/tclWinFile.c: Made various Unicode utility functions public. The
        following functions were made public and added to the stubs table:
                Tcl_UtfToUniCharDString, Tcl_UniCharToUtfDString,
                Tcl_UniCharLen, Tcl_UniCharNcmp, Tcl_UniCharIsAlnum,
                Tcl_UniCharIsAlpha, Tcl_UniCharIsDigit, Tcl_UniCharIsLower,
                Tcl_UniCharIsSpace, Tcl_UniCharIsUpper, Tcl_UniCharIsWordChar

1999-04-01  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/registry.test:
        * win/tclWinReg.c: Internationalized the registry code. It now uses
        Unicode interfaces on NT. [Bug 1197]

        * tests/parse.test:
        * generic/tclParse.c: Fixed crash due to multiple frees in parser
        during error cleanup when parsing commands with more tokens than will
        fit in the static area of the parse structure. [Bug 1681]

        * generic/tclInt.h: Removed duplicate declarations.

        * generic/tclInt.decls:
        * generic/tcl.decls: Added Tcl_WinUtfToTChar and Tcl_WinTCharToUtf to
        the tclPlat table.

1999-04-01  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tcl.decls:
        * generic/tcl.h:
        * generic/tclBasic.c:
        * generic/tclDecls.h:
        * generic/StubInit.c:
        * tools/genStubs.tcl:
        * unix/Makefile.in:
        * win/makefile.vc: Applied patch from Jan Nijtmans to fix Ultrix
        multiple symbol definition problem. Now, even Tcl includes a copy of
        the Tcl stub library. Also fixed TCL_MEM_DEBUG mode (for Tk).

1999-03-31  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinConsole.c: WinNT has a bug when reading a single character
        from the console. Rewrote the code for the console to read an entire
        line at a time using the reader thread.

1999-03-30  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * unix/Makefile.in: Removed trailing backslash that broke the "depend"
        target.

        * unix/tclUnixInit.c (TclpSetInitialEncodings): Changed to avoid
        calling setlocale(). We now look directly at env(LANG) and
        env(LC_CTYPE) instead. [Bug 1636]

        * generic/tclFileName.c:
        * generic/tclDecls.h:
        * generic/tcl.decls: Removed CONST from Tcl_JoinPath and
        Tcl_TranslateFileName because it changes the signature of Tcl_JoinPath
        in an incompatible manner.

        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/tclLoad.c (TclFinalizeLoad):
        * generic/tclEvent.c (Tcl_Finalize): Defer unloading of loadable
        modules until all exit handlers have been invoked. [Bug 998, 1273,
        1573, 1593]

1999-03-29  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclFileName.c:
        * generic/tclDecls.h:
        * generic/tcl.decls: Added CONST to Tcl_JoinPath and
        Tcl_TranslateFileName.

1999-03-29  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * tools/genStubs.tcl:
        * unix/configure.in:
        * unix/Makefile.in:
        * win/makefile.vc:
        * generic/tcl.h:
        * generic/tclBasic.c:
        * generic/tclDecls.h:
        * generic/tclIntDecls.h:
        * generic/tclPlatDecls.h:
        * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h: Removed the stub functions and changed
        the stub macros to just use the name without params. Pass &tclStubs
        into the interp (don't use tclStubsPtr because of collisions with the
        stubs on Solaris).

1999-03-27  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/makefile.bc: Removed makefile for Borland compiler, no longer
        supported.

1999-03-26  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinSerial.c:
        * win/tclWinConsole.c:
        * win/tclWinPipe.c: Don't close the Win32 handle for a channel if it's
        a stdio handle (GetStdHandle()) during shutdown of a thread to prevent
        it from destroying the stdio of other threads.

1999-03-26  Suresh Ankolekar  <suresh@scriptics.com>

        * unix/configure.in: --nameble-shared is now the default and build Tcl
        as a shared library; specify --disable-shared to build a static Tcl
        library and shell.

1999-03-25  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/interp.test:
        * generic/tclInterp.c (AliasObjCmd): Changed so aliases are invoked at
        current scope in the target interpreter instead of at the global
        scope. This was an incompatibility introduced in 8.1 that is being
        removed. [Bug 1153, 1556]

        * library/encoding/big5.enc:
        * library/encoding/gb2312.enc:
        * tools/encoding/big5.enc:
        * tools/encoding/gb2312.enc: Added ASCII to big5 and gb2312 encodings.
        [Bug 632]

        * generic/tclPkg.c (Tcl_PkgRequireEx): Fixed broken clientData
        initialization in package code.

        * unix/Makefile.in (dist): Added tcl.decls and tclInt.decls to source
        distribution. [Bug 1571]

        * doc/Thread.3: Updated documentation of Tcl_MutexLock to indicate
        that the recursive locking behavior is undefined. On Windows, it does
        not block, on Unix it deadlocks. [Bug 1275]

1999-03-24  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/execute.test:
        * generic/tclExecute.c (TclExecuteByteCode): Fixed expression code
        that incorrectly returned floating point values for integers if the
        internal rep happened to be a double. Now we check to see if the
        object has a string rep that looks like an integer before using the
        double internal rep. [Bug 1516]

1999-03-24  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclAlloc.c:
        * generic/tclEncoding.c:
        * generic/tclProc.c:
        * unix/tclUnixTime.c:
        * win/tclWinSerial.c: Fixed compilation warnings/errors for VC++ 5.0
        and 6.0 and HP-UX native compiler without -Aa or -Ae. [Bug 1323 1518
        1324 1583 1585 1586]

        * win/tclWinSock.c: Make sockets thread-safe on Windows. The current
        implementation uses windows to handle events on the socket, one for
        each thread (thread local storage). Previously, there was only one
        window shared between threads, which didn't work. [Bug 1326]

1999-03-23  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tools/tcl.wse: Fixed file association to look in the right place for
        the wish icon. [Bug 1544]

        * tests/winNotify.test:
        * tests/ioCmd.test:
        * tests/event.test: Changed to use new style conditionals.

        * tests/encoding.test: Fixed nonportable test.

        * unix/dltest/configure.in:
        * unix/dltest/Makefile.in: Added missing DBGX macros. [Bug 1564]

        * tests/winNotify.test:
        * mac/tclMacNotify.c:
        * win/tclWinNotify.c:
        * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c:
        * generic/tclNotify.c: Added a new Tcl_ServiceModeHook interface that
        is invoked whenever the service mode changes. This is needed to allow
        the Windows notifier to create a communication window the first time
        Tcl is about to enter an external modal event loop instead of at
        startup time. This will avoid the various problems that people have
        been seeing where the system hangs when tclsh is running outside of
        the event loop. [Bug 783]

        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/tcl.decls: Renamed TclpAlertNotifier back to
        Tcl_AlertNotifier since it is part of the public notifier driver API.

1999-03-23  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinSerial.c: Fixed problem with fileevent on the serial port
        and nonblocking mode. Gets no longer hangs, fileevents fire whenever
        there is any character data on the port.

        * tests/winConsole.test:
        * win/tclWinConsole.c: Fixed problem with fileevents and gets from a
        console stdin. Previously, fileevents were firing before an entire
        line was available for reading, which meant that when you did a gets
        or read, it blocked (even in nonblocking mode). Now, it should work
        the same as Unix: fileevents fire when an entire line is ready, and
        gets and read do not block in non-blocking mode. Added an interactive
        test case to check for this.

1999-03-22  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * tests/reg.test:
        * generic/regc_color.c: Applied regexp bug fix from Henry Spencer.

1999-03-19  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * generic/tclCmdIL.c: Fixed the initialization of an array so that the
        Sun 5.0 C compiler wouldn't complain.

        * unix/configure.in: Added support for --enable-64bit. For now, this
        is only supported on Solaris 7 64bit (SunOS 5.7) using the Sun
        compiler (not gcc).

1999-03-18  Scott Stanton  <stanton@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWinChan.c (TclpOpenFileChannel, Tcl_MakeFileChannel): Changed
        to only test for console or comm handles when the type is
        FILE_TYPE_CHAR to avoid useless tests on simple files. Also reordered
        tests so consoles are tested first as this is more common.

        * win/makefile.vc: Regularized usage of mkd and rmd and rm.

        * library/encoding/shiftjis.enc:
        * tools/encoding/shiftjis.txt: Missing/incorrect characters in
        shift-jis table. [Bug 1008, 1526]

        * generic/tclInt.decls:
        * generic/tcl.decls: Eliminated use of "string" and "list" from
        argument lists to avoid conflicts with C++ STL. [Bug 1181]

        * win/tclWinFile.c (TclpMatchFiles): Changed to ignore the
        FS_CASE_IS_PRESERVED bit and always return exactly what we get from
        the system.

1999-03-17  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * win/README.binary:
        * win/README:
        * unix/configure.in:
        * generic/tcl.h:
        * README: Updated version to 8.1b3.

1999-03-14  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * win/tclWinConsole.c:
        * win/tclWinPipe.c:
        * win/tclWinSerial.c: Changed so channel drivers wait for the
        reader/writer threads to exit before returning during a close
        operation. This ensures that the main thread is the last thread to
        exit, so the process return value is set properly.

        * generic/tclIntDecls.h:
        * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h:
        * generic/tclIntPlatStubs.c:
        * generic/tclIntStubs.c:
        * generic/tclPlatDecls.h:
        * generic/tclPlatStubs.c:
        * generic/tclStubInit.c:
        * generic/tclStubs.c: Fixed bad eol characters.

        * generic/tclInt.decls: Changed "const" to "CONST" in declarations for
        better portability.

        * generic/tcl.decls: Renamed panic and panicVA to Tcl_Panic and
        Tcl_PanicVA in the stub files.

        * generic/tclInterp.c (Tcl_MakeSafe): Remove tcl_platform(user) from
        safe interps.

1999-03-11  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * unix/Makefile.in:
        * unix/configure.in: Include compat files in the stub library in
        addition to the main library. Compat files are now built for dynamic
        use in all cases.

        * generic/tcl.h: Changed magic number so it doesn't match the plus
        patch, at Jan's request.

        * unix/tclConfig.sh.in:
        * unix/dltest/Makefile.in:
        * unix/dltest/configure.in:
        * unix/dltest/pkga.c:
        * unix/dltest/pkgb.c:
        * unix/dltest/pkgc.c:
        * unix/dltest/pkgd.c:
        * unix/dltest/pkge.c:
        * unix/dltest/pkgf.c: Changed package tests to build against the stubs
        library.

1999-03-10  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * generic/tcl.h:
        * generic/tcl.decls: Changed Tcl_ReleaseType from an enum to macros so
        it can be used in .rc files. Added Tcl_GetString.

        * mac/tclMacNotify.c:
        * generic/tclNotify.c:
        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * win/tclWinNotify.c:
        * generic/tcl.h: Renamed Tcl_AlertNotifier to TclpAlertNotifier.

        * generic/tclInt.decls: Added TclWinAddProcess to make it possible for
        expect to use Tcl_WaitForPid(). This patch is from Gordon Chaffee.

        * mac/tclMacPort.h:
        * win/tclWinInit.c:
        * unix/tclUnixPort.h:
        * generic/tclAsync.c: Added TclpAsyncMark to fix bug in async handling
        on Windows where async events don't wake up the event loop. This patch
        comes from Gordon Chaffee.

        * generic/tcl.decls: Fixed declarations of reserved slots.

1999-03-10  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptic.com>

        * generic/tclCompile.h: Ensure that the ByteCode struct is binary
        compatible with the version in 8.0.6.

        * generic/tcl.h:
        * generic/tclBasic.c: Add Tcl_GetVersion() function to the public C
        API to allow programs to check the version number of the Tcl library
        at runtime. Also added an enum to clarify the release level (alpha,
        beta, final).

1999-03-09  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * Integrated changes from Tcl 8.0 including:
                stubs mechanism
                configure patches from Jan Nijtmans
                rename of panic to Tcl_Panic

1999-03-08  Lee Bernhard  <lfb@scriptics.com>

        * win/tclWin32Dll.c: Removed Dll instance from thread-local storage.

1999-03-08  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * generic/tcl.h: Moved Tcl_Mutex, etc. macros above the inclusion of
        tclDecls.h to avoid macro conflicts.

        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/regc_color.c:
        * generic/regcomp.c:
        * generic/tclCmdIL.c:
        * generic/tclCmdAH.c:
        * generic/tclIOCmd.c:
        * generic/tclParse.c:
        * generic/tclStringObj.c:
        * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c: Cleaned up various compiler warnings,
        eliminated UCHAR bugs.

        * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c:
        * unix/tclUnixThrd.c:
        * generic/tclThreadTest.c:
        * mac/tclMacThrd.c: Changed TclpCondition*() to Tcl_Condition*().

        * INTEGRATED PATCHES FROM 8.0.6:

        * generic/tcl.decls:
        * generic/tcl.h:
        * generic/tclBasic.c:
        * generic/tclDecls.h:
        * generic/tclInt.decls:
        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/tclIntDecls.h:
        * generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h:
        * generic/tclIntPlatStubs.c:
        * generic/tclIntStubs.c:
        * generic/tclPlatDecls.h:
        * generic/tclPlatStubs.c:
        * generic/tclStubInit.c:
        * generic/tclStubLib.c:
        * generic/tclStubs.c:
        * tools/genStubs.tcl:
        * unix/configure.in:
        * unix/Makefile.in:
        * unix/tclConfig.sh.in:
        * win/makefile.vc:
        * win/tclWinPort.h: Added Tcl stubs implementation. There are now two
        new macros USE_TCL_STUBS and USE_TCL_STUB_PROCS that enable use of
        stubs and disable stub macros respectively. All of the public and
        private function declarations from tcl.h and tclInt.h have moved into
        the *.decls files and the *Stubs.c and *Decls.h files are generated
        using the genStubs.tcl script.

        * unix/Makefile.in:
        * unix/configure.in:
        * unix/ldAix: Enhanced AIX shared library support.

        * win/tclWinSock.c: Removed a bunch of extraneous PASCAL FAR
        attributes from internal functions.

        * win/tclWinReg.c: Changed registry package to use stubs mechanism so
        it no longer depends on the specific version of Tcl.

        * doc/AddErrInfo.3:
        * doc/Eval.3:
        * doc/PkgRequire.3:
        * doc/SetResult.3:
        * doc/StringObj.3:
        * generic/tcl.h:
        * generic/tclBasic.c:
        * generic/tclPanic.c:
        * generic/tclStringObj.c:
        * generic/tclUtil.c:
        * unix/mkLinks: Added va_list versions of all VARARGS functions so
        they can be invoked from the stub functions.

        * doc/package.n:
        * doc/PkgRequire.3:
        * generic/tclPkg.c: Added Tcl_PkgProvideEx, Tcl_RequireEx,
        Tcl_PresentEx, and Tcl_PkgPresent. Added "package present" command.

        * generic/tclFileName.c:
        * mac/tclMacFile.c:
        * mac/tclMacShLib.exp:
        * unix/tclUnixFile.c:
        * win/tclWinFile.c: Changed so TclGetUserHome is defined on all
        platforms, even though it is currently a noop on mac and windows, and
        renamed it to TclpGetUserHome.

        * generic/tclPanic.c:
        * generic/panic.c: Renamed panic to Tcl_Panic.

1999-02-25  Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com>

        * win/makefile.vc: Added tclWinConsole.c and tclWinSerial.c

        * win/tclWinConsole.c: New code to properly deal with fileevents and
        nonblocking mode on consoles.

        * win/tclWinSerial.c: New code to properly deal with fileevents and
        nonblocking mode on serial ports.

        * win/tclWinPipe.c:
        * win/tclWinPort.h: Exported functions to allow creation of pipe
        channels from tclWinChan.c

        * win/tclWinChan.c: Check the type of a channel, including for the
        standard (stdin/stdout/stderr), and use the correct channel type to
        create the channel (file, serial, console, or pipe).

1999-02-11  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * README:
        * generic/tcl.h:
        * win/README.binary:
        * win/README:
        * unix/configure.in:
        * mac/README: Updated version numbers to 8.1b2.

1999-02-10  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * library/auto.tcl: Fixed auto_mkindex so it handles .tbc files. Did
        some general cleanup to handle bad eval statements that didn't use
        "list".

        * unix/mkLinks:
        * doc/SetVar.3:
        * generic/tcl.h:
        * generic/tclVar.c: Restored Tcl_ObjGetVar2 and Tcl_ObjSetVar2 from
        8.0. Renamed Tcl_Get/SetObjVar2 to Tcl_GetVar2Ex and Tcl_SetVar2Ex.

1999-02-10  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        INTEGRATED PATCHES FROM 8.0.5b2:

        * test/winPipe.test: Changed to remove echoArgs.tcl temporary file
        when done.

        * tests/cmdAH.test:
        * generic/tclFileName.c (TclGetExtension): Changed behavior so the
        split happens at the last period in the name instead of the first
        period of the last run of periods. So, "foo..o" is split into "foo."
        and ".o" now. [Bug 1126]

        * win/makefile.vc: Added better support for paths with spaces in the
        name. Added .lib and support .dlls to the install-binaries target.
        Added generate of a pkgIndex.tcl script to the install-libraries
        target.

        * win/tclAppInit.c:
        * unix/tclAppInit.c:
        * mac/tclMacAppInit.c:
        * generic/tclTest.c: Changed some EXTERN declarations to extern since
        they are not defining exported interfaces. This avoids generating
        useless declspec() attributes and makes the windows makefile simpler.

        * generic/tcl.h: Moved Tcl_AppInit declaration to end and cleared out
        TCL_STORAGE_CLASS so it is not declared with a declspec().

        * tests/interp.test:
        * generic/tclInterp.c (DeleteAlias): Changed to use
        Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken so we handle renames properly. This avoids
        senseless panic. [Bug 736]

        * unix/tclUnixChan.c:
        * win/tclWinSock.c:
        * doc/socket.n: Applied Gordon Chaffee's patch to handle failures
        during asynchronous socket connection operations. This adds a new
        "-error" fconfgure option to socket channels. [Bug 893]

        * generic/tclProc.c:
        * generic/tclNamesp.c:
        * generic/tclInt.h:
        * generic/tclCmdIL.c:
        * generic/tclBasic.c:
        * generic/tclVar.c: Applied patch from Viktor Dukhovni to rationalize
        TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG behavior when creating variables.

        * generic/tclVar.c: Fixed bug in namespace tail computation. Fixed bug
        where upvar could resurrect a namespace variable whose namespace had
        been deleted.

        * generic/tclCompile.c (TclCompileExprCmd): Eliminated yet another
        bogus optimization in expression compilation.

        * unix/configure.in: Added branch for BSD/OS-4* to shared library case
        statement. [Bug 975]
        Fixed to correctly handle IRIX 6.5 n32 library support. [Bug 1117]

        * win/winDumpExts.c: Patched to be pickier about stripping @'s. [Bug
        920]

        * library/http2.0/http.tcl: Added catch around eof test in CopyDone
        since the user may have already called http::reset. [Bug 1108]

        * unix/configure.in: Changed Linux and IRIX to set SHLIB_LIBS to LIBS
        so shared libraries are linked with the system libraries. [Bug 1018]

        * generic/tclCompile.c (CompileExprWord): Fixed exception stack
        overflow bug caused by missing statement. [Bug 928]

        * generic/tclIOCmd.c:
        * generic/tclBasic.c: Objectified the "open" command. [Bug 1113]

        * generic/tclPosixStr.c (Tcl_ErrnoId, Tcl_ErrnoMsg): When using egcs,
        ENOTSUP and EOPNOTSUPP are the same, so now we handle that case. [Bug
        1137]

        * library/init.tcl: Various small changes requested by Jan Nijtmans.
        - If the variable $tcl_library contains the empty string, this empty
          string will be put in $auto_path. This is not useful at all, it only
          slows down later package processing.
        - If the variable tcl_pkgPath is not set, the "unset __dir" fails.
          Thich makes init.tcl totally unusable. Better put a "catch" around
          it.
        - In the function tcl_findLibraries, the "string match" function only
          works correctly if $tcl_patchLevel is in one of the forms "?.?a?",
          "?.?b?" or "?.?.?". Could a "regexp" be used instead, then it allows
          anything to be appended to the patchLevel string. And it is more
          efficient.
        - The tclPkgSetup function assumes that if $type != "load" then the
          type must be "source". This needn't be true. Some users want to add
          their own setup types.
        [RFE 1138] [Bug 978]

        * win/tclWinReg.c:
        * doc/registry.n: Added support for HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA and
        HKEY_DYN_DATA keys. [Bug 1109]

        * win/tclWinInit.c (TclPlatformInit): Added code to ensure tcl_pkgPath
        is set to "" when no registry entry is found. [Bug 978]

1999-02-01  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * generic/tclBasic.c:
        * generic/tclCmdAH.c:
        * generic/tclCmdIL.c:
        * generic/tclCmdMZ.c:
        * generic/tclExecute.c:
        * generic/tclHistory.c:
        * generic/tclIO.c:
        * generic/tclIOUtil.c:
        * generic/tclInterp.c:
        * generic/tclMain.c:
        * generic/tclNamesp.c:
        * generic/tclParse.c:
        * generic/tclProc.c:
        * generic/tclTest.c:
        * generic/tclTimer.c:
        * generic/tcl.h: Made eval interfaces compatible with 8.0 by renaming
        Tcl_EvalObj to Tcl_EvalObjEx, renaming Tcl_Eval2 to Tcl_EvalEx and
        restoring Tcl_EvalObj and Tcl_GlobalEvalObj interfaces so they match
        Tcl 8.0.

1999-01-28  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * Merged Tcl 8.0.5b1 changes.

        * generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_DStringSetLength): Changed so the buffer
        overallocates in a manner similar to Tcl_DStringAppend. This should
        improve performance for TclUniCharToUtfDString.

1998-12-11    === Tcl 8.1b1 Release ===

1998-12-10  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * Fixed lots of files that used TCL_THREAD instead of TCL_THREADS.

        * generic/tclEncoding.c (Tcl_FreeEncoding): Moved most of the code
        into a static FreeEncoding routine that does not grab the
        encodingMutex to avoid deadlocks/races when called from other routines
        that already have the mutex.

1998-12-09  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * library/msgcat1.0/msgcat.tcl: Fixed bad export list, fixed so all
        locale strings are converted to lower case, including file names.

        * generic/regcomp.c (makescan): Fixed bug in longest match case that
        caused anchored patterns to fail. [Bug 897]

1998-12-08  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * library/msgcat1.0/msgcat.tcl: changed mc to invoke mcunknown in the
        calling context, changed locale lookups to be case insensitive

1998-12-07  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * generic/tclAlloc.c (TclpRealloc): Fixed a memory allocation bug
        where big blocks that were reallocated into a different heap location
        were not being placed into the bigBlocks list. [Bug 933]

        * tests/msgcat.test: Added message catalog test suite.

        * library/msgcat1.0/msgcat.tcl: minor bug fixes, integrated latest
        changes from Mark Harrison.

1998-12-04  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * library/msgcat1.0/msgcat.tcl: Changed code to conform to Tcl coding
        standards. Changed to use file join for portability.

        * library/msgcat1.0: Added initial implementaion of Tcl message
        catalog package contributed by Mark Harrison.

1998-12-03  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * win/tclWinPipe.c (BuildCommandLine): Fixed bug that kept arguments
        containing spaces from being properly quoted.

        * tests/defs: Changed so auto_path is set to only contain the Tcl
        library directory. This keeps the tests from accidentally picking up
        stuff in installed packages.

        * generic/tclUtil.c (Tcl_StringMatch): Changed to match 8.0 behavior
        in corner case where there is no closing bracket.

1998-12-02  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * win/tclWinPipe.c (TclpCreateCommandChannel): Changed reader/writer
        threads to have THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST so they will have a chance to
        run whenever there is something to do.

        * generic/tclIO.c (WriteBytes, WriteChars): Fixed so extraneous
        flushes do not happen in line mode.
        (TranslateOutputEOL): Made translation more efficient in line mode and
        fixed a buffer overflow bug in CRLF translation. [Bug 887]

1998-12-02  Brent Welch  <welch@SAGE>

        * Updated patchlevel to 8.1b1

1998-12-02  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * generic/regc_color.c (subcolor): Added check for error case to avoid
        an out of bounds array reference.

        * generic/tclCmdAH.c (Tcl_EncodingObjCmd): Changed to avoid using
        Tcl_DStringResult because it is not binary clean.

        * generic/tclParse.c (Tcl_ParseCommand): Fixed bug in comment parsing
        where a trailing comment looked like an incomplete command.

1998-12-02  Brent Welch  <welch@SAGE>

        * Merged changes from 8.0.4, especially the new pkg_mkIndex

1998-12-01  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * generic/tclIO.c (Tcl_ReadChars): Added a call to UpdateInterest so
        we don't block when there is data sitting in the buffers.

        * generic/tclTest.c (TestevalobjvObjCmd): Updated for EvalObjv change.

        * tests/parse.test: Updated tests for EvalObjv change.

        * generic/tclParse.c (EvalObjv, Tcl_EvalObjv): Changed Tcl_EvalObjv
        interface to remove string and length arguments, preserved original
        interface as EvalObjv for internal use.

        * generic/tcl.h: Changed Tcl_EvalObjv interface to remove string and
        length arguments.

        * doc/Eval.3: Updated documentation for Tcl_EvalObjv to remove string
        and length arguments.

        * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileForeachCmd): Fixed code that
        corrupted the exceptDepth value in the compile environment when
        foreach failed to compile inline. [Bug 884]

        * library/encoding/euc-kr.enc:
        * library/encoding/ksc5601.enc:
        * tools/encoding/ksc5601.txt:
        * unix/tclUnixInit.c: Added support for Korean EUC.

        * win/tclWinChan.c (TclpGetDefaultStdChannel): added check for a
        failure during Tcl_MakeFileChannel.

1998-11-30  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c (Tcl_WaitForEvent): Fixed hang that occurs when
        trying to close a pipe that is currently being waited on by the
        notifier thread. [Bug 607]

        * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (GetPermissionsAttribute): Increase size of
        returnString buffer to avoid overflow. [Bug 584]

        * generic/tclThreadTest.c (TclThreadSend): Fixed memory leak due to
        use of TCL_VOLATILE instead of TCL_DYNAMIC.

        * generic/tclThread.c (TclRememberSyncObject): Fixed memory leak
        caused by failure to reuse condition variables.

        * unix/tclUnixNotfy.c (Tcl_AlertNotifier, Tcl_WaitForEvent,
        (NotifierThreadProc, Tcl_InitNotifier): Fixed race condition caused by
        incorrect use of condition variables when sending messages between
        threads. [Bug 607]

        * generic/tclTestObj.c (TeststringobjCmd): MAX_STRINGS was off by one
        so the strings array was too small.

        * generic/tclCkalloc.c (Tcl_DbCkfree): Moved mutex lock so
        ValidateMemory is done inside the mutex to avoid a race condition when
        validate_memory is enabled. [Bug 880]

1998-11-23  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * regexec.c: more performance tuning from Henry Spencer.

1998-11-17  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * tclScan.c: moved "scan" implementation out of tclCmdMZ.c and added
        Unicode support. This required a complete reimplementation of the
        command to avoid using scanf(), which isn't Unicode aware. Two new
        features were added in the process: %n to return the current number of
        characters consumed, and XPG3-style %n$ argument order specifiers
        similar to those provided by the "format" command. [Bug 833]

        * tclAlloc.c: changed so allocated memory is always 8-byte aligned to
        improve memory performance and to ensure that it will work on systems
        that don't like accessing 4-byte aligned values (e.g. Solaris and
        HP-UX). [Bug 834]

1998-11-06  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * tclVar.c (TclGetIndexedScalar): Fixed bug 796, var name was getting
        lost before being passed to CallTraces.

1998-10-21  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * added "encoding" command

        * Moved internal regexp declarations from tclInt.h to tclRegexp.h

        * integrated regexp updates from Henry Spencer

1998-10-15  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * tclUtf.c: added Unicode character table support

        * tclInt.h: added TclUniCharIsWordChar

        * tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_StringObjCmd): added "totitle" subcommand, changed
        "wordend" and "wordstart" to properly handle Unicode word characters
        and connector punctuation

1998-10-05  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * auto.tcl, package.tcl: fixed SCCS strings

        * tclIndex: updated index to reflect 8.1 files

        * tclCompile.c (TclCompileScript): changed to avoid modifying the
        input string in place because name lookup operations could have
        arbitrary side effects

        * tclInterp.c: added guard against deleting current interpreter

        * tclMacFile.c, tclUnixFile.c, tclWinFile.c, tclFileName.c: added
        warnings around code that modifies strings in place

        * tclExecute.c: fixed off-by-one copying error, fixed merge bugs

        * tclEvent.c: changed so USE_TCLALLOC is tested for value instead of
        definition

        * tclCompCmds.c: replaced SCCS strings, added warnings around code
        that modifies strings in place

        * interp.test: added test for interp deleting itself

1998-09-30  Scott Stanton  <stanton@GASPODE>

        * makefile.vc: fixed so TCL_LIBRARY is set before running tcltest

        * tclWin32Dll.c: removed TclpFinalize, cleanup of merges