Here's my thought as to why lexicals are now failing in tcl:
When PDD20 hit, tcl was reworked to use .HLL_map of .LexPad
to .DynLexPad, then walked up the lexpad whenever trying to access
lexicals.
When PDD21 hit, I replaced all use of
.namespace [ 'Tcl' ]
with
.HLL 'Tcl', 'tcl_group'
.namespace [ '' ]
To get the *namespace* effect, but: this now removes the HLL lexpad
mapping that was established once at startup, which kills my lexical
support.
So, I need:
.HLL 'Tcl', 'tcl_group'
.HLL_map .LexPad, .DynLexPad
.namespace [ '' ]
Except this doesn't always work since the .DynLexPad isn't loaded by
default, so I really need:
.sub hacky :immediate :anon
P0 = loadlib "dynlexpad"
.end
.HLL 'Tcl', 'tcl_group'
.HLL_map .LexPad, .DynLexPad
.namespace [ '' ]
I can avoid loading the dynlex lib each time, if I'm clever, but then
I have to be clever. Or I could put those six lines into a .Tcl()
macro and apply liberally.
Any thoughts?
