Dear OpenACS Community,
XOTcl 1.6.3 is available. The new version contains
noticeable speed improvements, especially, when
compiled with Tcl 8.5. For OpenACS usage,
updates are not required, but recommended
Best regards
Gustaf Neumann
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Announcing XOTcl 1.6.3
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We are pleased to announce the availability of XOTcl 1.6.3
Major changes relative to 1.6.2 are:
* Functional improvements:
- simplified and generalized handling of namespaced instance
variables, where namespaced associative arrays could conflict
with global variables due to Tcl's default namespace
resolution. Many thanks to Stefan Sobernig for this
contribution!
* Fixes:
- Corrected deletion of meta-classes. Before, it was possible
to create undestroyable objects via complex
meta-class structures
* Speed improvements:
- Use of new interfaces in Tcl 8.5 (when compiled with Tcl 8.5)
- simplified interfaces for various C functions
- Speed improvement for method invocation benchmark:
* With Tcl 8.5: 10-15 %
* With Tcl 8.4: 5-10 %
* Improve code quality:
- some more code cleanup
- factoring out common code
- using const in more cases
* Extended regression tests
* Improved documentation
For more details about the changes, please consult the ChangeLog and
documentation.
MORE INFO
General and more detailed information about XOTcl and its components
can be found at http://www.xotcl.org
