are tclcompiler and tbcload maintained?

Hi,

I wanted to use the tclcompiler and tbcload packages from tclpro - i
know tclpro is no longer being maintained - but i was wondering if
someone is maintaining those 2 packages independently.

The reason why i am asking this is because recent changes to Tcl8.5
(removal of some object types) make the package throw some errors while
loading the package (package require tclcompiler/tbcload) without
adapting the code to the recent changes.

So.. question is.. will tclcompiler/tbcload be updated to allow using
the packages from Tcl8.5?

Regards,
Tiago

Tiago Dionizio wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to use the tclcompiler and tbcload packages from tclpro - i
> know tclpro is no longer being maintained - but i was wondering if
> someone is maintaining those 2 packages independently.
>
> The reason why i am asking this is because recent changes to Tcl8.5
> (removal of some object types) make the package throw some errors while
> loading the package (package require tclcompiler/tbcload) without
> adapting the code to the recent changes.
>
> So.. question is.. will tclcompiler/tbcload be updated to allow using
> the packages from Tcl8.5?

As tbcload and tclcompiler are nowadays supported as part of
ActiveStates commercial TDK I doubt the tclcompiler will see the
updates, but probably the tbcload will..., at least i do not know
anybody working on the tclpro project besides Andreas Kupries from
ActiveState..., and as they have commercial interest in the
compiler...go figure

Michael

"Michael Schlenker" <schlenk@uni-oldenburg.de> wrote in message
news:d7f4o1$jh$1@newssrv2.hrz.uni-oldenburg.de...
> Tiago Dionizio wrote: 
>
> As tbcload and tclcompiler are nowadays supported as part of
> ActiveStates commercial TDK I doubt the tclcompiler will see the
> updates, but probably the tbcload will..., at least i do not know
> anybody working on the tclpro project besides Andreas Kupries from
> ActiveState..., and as they have commercial interest in the
> compiler...go figure
>
>

Since I just purchased this compiler (seems okay so far with 8.4.5) I would
certainly hope, amd expect, that it supports 8.5 in the future.
Additionally, now that I have purchased it I would hope that these updates
are free, or at least a minimal cost.

Earl Grieda wrote:
> "Michael Schlenker" <schlenk@uni-oldenburg.de> wrote in message
> news:d7f4o1$jh$1@newssrv2.hrz.uni-oldenburg.de... 
 
>
> Since I just purchased this compiler (seems okay so far with 8.4.5) I woul
d
> certainly hope, amd expect, that it supports 8.5 in the future.
> Additionally, now that I have purchased it I would hope that these updates
> are free, or at least a minimal cost.

As always, ActiveState products are free upgrades for minor
version updates (you buy 3.x, all 3.x' are included).  We
are not planning to add support for 8.5 at the compiler and
bytecode loader until it gets close to final (it is
currently in alpha - with more bytecode changes expected).
Whether this will all be done before TDK reaches another
major version milestone is uncertain (depends on the
progress of 8.5 towards final).

--
Jeff Hobbs, The Tcl Guy
http://www.ActiveState.com/, a division of Sophos

Tiago Dionizio wrote:
> I wanted to use the tclcompiler and tbcload packages from tclpro - i
> know tclpro is no longer being maintained - but i was wondering if
> someone is maintaining those 2 packages independently.
>
> The reason why i am asking this is because recent changes to Tcl8.5
> (removal of some object types) make the package throw some errors while
> loading the package (package require tclcompiler/tbcload) without
> adapting the code to the recent changes.

On that point, see SF patches 1205067 and 1205071.

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