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 Following is a list of notes describing things which might be
 fixed or changed in a future release of [incr Tcl]
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Handle this case more elegantly:

class Foo {
    constructor {args} {
        _init
    }
    proc _init {} {
        puts "once!"
        proc _init {} {}
    }
}
Foo #auto
Foo #auto


itcl "wish" list
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- add virtual inheritance
- add "border" type to canvas widget
- add "validate" and "valid" commands for type validation
- add "unknownvar" and provide access to object data members: "obj.var"
- check namespace [info class] {...} as a replacement for "virtual"
- fix "auto_load_all" problem in Tcl-DP
  (Their implementation uses "info commands" to verify that a command
  has been successfully autoloaded, but absolute command names like
  "::iwidgets::fileselectiondialog" don't show up.)
- fix "auto_load" mechanism to be extensible like "unknown"
- fix Itcl_RegisterC() to support ClientData
- core dump with "cmdtrace" (tclX thing?)

- ideas from Nelson Macy:
  - add "delegate" keyword for inheritance via composition?
  - add "forward" keyword for implementing error handlers
  - add "get" code to public variables for "cget" access

- equivalent of constructor/destructor for classes
- protected/private recognized for constructor/destructor
- add something like Tk_CreateWidgetCommand() for widget developers


itcl documentation cleanup
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- add "Finance: Trading Systems" to commercial uses of Itcl (Deshaw)
- update doc:  "config" code also gets invoked on startup for itk widgets
- update doc:  add to FAQ:  class with common array interacts with Tk widget

itcl "to do" list
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- write "auto_load_all" proc for Tcl-DP

- bad errorInfo:
  > More specifically, the constructor for the class did the following:
  >
  >         set hull [info namespace tail $this]
  >         ::frame $hull
  >
  > One of the class variables had a configuration script:
  >
  >     public variable textvariable "" {
  >         if { $textvariable != "" } {
  >             regsub "\\(.*\\)" $textvariable "" global
  >             global ::$global
  >             trace variable $textvariable w "$hull adjust"
  >         }
  >     }

- add "@body" in as many places as possible to support Tcl compiler

- check out itcl with Tix:
     lappend auto_path $env(TIX_LIBRARY)
     source "$env(IWIDGETS_LIBRARY)/init.iwidgets"

     iwidgets::Dialog ._Arcattributes -title "Code: Arc Annotations"
     -modality application

     set attrframe [._Arcattributes childsite]

     tixScrolledHList $attrframe.ports
     [$attrframe.ports subwidget hlist] configure -selectmode browse

     pack $attrframe.ports -expand yes -fill both -padx 10 -pady 10

     ._Arcattributes activate


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To: ig4!att!cas.org!lvirden (Larry W. Virden) (lvirden@cas.org)
cc: michael.mclennan@att.com
Subject: Re: Question concerning the Japanese patches for Tcl 7.4 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 05 Jan 1996 06:43:46 EST."
             <9601051143.AA15368@cas.org> 
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Your message dated: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 06:43:46 EST
> 
> The following instructions refer to the software which enables one to
> build a KANJI supporting version of Tcl/Tk.  Perhaps a note in the itcl
> instructions letting folk know this package is also compatible would be
> useful.
> 
> 
> ----- Begin Included Message -----
> 
> >From nisinaka@sra.co.jp  Thu Jan  4 00:09:52 1996
> Received: from srv07s4m by srv99dr.cas.org (5.65/CAS-1.23)
>       id AA29886; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 00:09:52 -0500
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> Jan 1996 14:09:30 +0900
> To: lvirden (Larry W. Virden, x2487)
> Cc: tcl-jp-bugs@sra.co.jp
> Reply-To: nisinaka@sra.co.jp
> Subject: Re: Question concerning the Japanese patches for Tcl 7.4
> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 02 Jan 1996 10:32:32 EST.
>            <9601021032.AA2226@cas.org>
> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 14:09:29 +0900
> Message-Id: <25544.820732169@srashc.sra.co.jp>
> From: NISHINAKA Yoshiyuki <nisinaka@sra.co.jp>
> Status: RO
> X-Lines: 31
> 
> > I notice that incr tcl 2.0 has been released with it's own,
> customized,
> > version of Tcl 7.4/Tk 4.0.  Do any of you use itcl?  If so, I
> wondered if you
> > had thought of constructing a specialized set of patches which could
> be
> > used with itcl.
> 
>     I have just got itcl2.0 and tried it with our Japanization
> patches.  Seems it works fine.
> 
>     What I really did was as follows:
> 
> (1) Unpack itcl2.0.tar.gz.
> 
> (2) Run `configure' at the directory `itcl2.0'.
> 
> (3) Apply `tcl7.4p3jp-patch' at the directory `itcl2.0/tcl7.4'.
>     `Makefile.in.rej' was the only rejected file, so apply it
>     manually.
> 
> (4) Apply `tk4.0p3jp-patch' at the directory `itcl2.0/tk4.0'.
>     There was no rejected file.
> 
> (5) Make symbolic link from `tcl7.4' to `tcl7.4jp'.
> 
> (6) Make all.
> 
> 
>     I haven't seriously tested yet though, `make test' was passed
> and the Japanese translation of `demos/widgets' works fine.
> 
> 
>                           Yosh Nishinaka (nisinaka@sra.co.jp)
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> -- 
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