tcllib is a Tcl-only library of standard routines for Tcl (no
compiling required). This release is a minor version change which
fixes numerous bugs and provides enhancements as well.

Tcllib 1.8 release notes

Hello World, welcome to Tcllib 1.8.

This release is a minor version change which fixes numerous bugs and
provides enhancements as well, to existing modules, and via newly
added modules.

Availability
------------

The released distributions can be downloaded from

<http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12883&package_id=24585&release_id=363503>

Available are gzipped, zipped, and bzipped tarballs, and a starkit.

Installation
------------

* For the starkit and starpack just execute the file and a GUI based
installer will pop up. Fill out the paths, then run the installation.

* For the tarballs unpack them in some directory /foo, then run the
file "/foo/installer.tcl". This will invoke the same installer used
in the starkit and starpack.

Note: While the installer will open up a GUI by default (and if
possible), a command line based installation is provided too. Run the
installer with the option "-help" to see what is available.

Acknowledgments
---------------

Many thanks to

Aaron Faupell <afaupell at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Arjen Markus <arjenmarkus at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Bob Techentin <techentin at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Brent Welch <welch at ajubasolutions dot com>
Brett Schwarz <schwarzkopf at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Colin McCormack <coldstore at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Dan Kuchler <kuchler at ajubasolutions dot com>
David N. Welton <davidw at dedasys dot com>
Don Porter <dgp at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Donal K. Fellows <fellowsd at cs dot man dot ac dot uk>
Eric Melski <ericm at scriptics dot com>
Gerald Lester <gwlester at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Jeff Hobbs <jeffh at ActiveState dot com>
Joe English <jenglish at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Johannes-Heinrich Vogeler <vogeler at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Kevin Kenny <kennykb at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Marty Backe <marty at lucidway dot org>
Melissa Chawla <hershey at scriptics dot com>
Michael Schlenker <mic42 at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Miguel Sofer <mig at utdt dot edu>
Pat Thoyts <patthoyts at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Peter MacDonald <peter at pdqi dot com>
Reinhard Max <max at suse dot de>
Ross Mohn <rpmohn at panix dot com>
Sandeep Tamhankar <sandeep at scriptics dot com>
Scott Redman <redman at scriptics dot com>
Scott Stanton <stanton at scriptics dot com>
Steffen Traeger <Steffen dot Traeger at t-online dot de>
Stephane Arnold <sarnold75 at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Steve Ball <Steve dot Ball at zveno dot com>
Will Duquette <will at wjduquette dot com>

and all the people who submitted bug reports and patches.

Bug reports, patches, requests for enhancements (RFEs)
-----------------------------------------------------

Please submit bug reports, patches and RFEs at

[Bugs] <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883&atid=112883>
[Patches] <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883&atid=312883>
[RFEs] <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883&atid=362883>

New in Tcllib 1.8

Tcllib 1.8
Module Package New Version Comments
------ ------- ----------- -------------------------------
aes aes 1.0.0 AES Encryption
bibtex bibtex 0.5 Processing of BibTeX bibliographies
blowfish blowfish 1.0.0 Blowfish Encryption
------ ------- ----------- -------------------------------
des tclDES 1.0.0 DES encryption
tclDESjr 1.0.0
------ ------- ----------- -------------------------------
docstrip docstrip 1.2 Literate programming tools
docstrip::util 1.2
------ ------- ----------- -------------------------------
fumagic fileutil::magic::filetype 1.0 File types basic on magic numbers.
fileutil::magic::mimetype 1.0
------ ------- ----------- -------------------------------
grammar_me grammar::me::cpu 0.1 Match Engine. Foundation for
grammar::me::cpu::core 0.1 parsers.
grammar::me::tcl 0.1
grammar::me::util 0.1
------ ------- ----------- -------------------------------
grammar_peg grammar::peg 0.1 Container for Parsing Expression
grammar::peg::interp 0.1 Grammars, PEG interpreter.
------ ------- ----------- -------------------------------
log logger::appender 1.2 Utilities for logger.
logger::utils 1.2
------ ------- ----------- -------------------------------
math math::bigfloat 1.2 Arbitrary-precision floating point.
math::linearalgebra 1.0 Matrix & vector processing.
math::roman 1.0 Handling of roman numerals.
------ ------- ----------- -------------------------------
page page::analysis::* 0.1 Parser generator packages. Plugin
page::config::peg 0.1 based. Can be used for arbitrary
page::gen::* 0.1 text processing as well because
page::parse::* 0.1 of that.
page::pluginmgr 0.1
page::reader::* 0.1
page::transform::* 0.1
page::util::* 0.1
page::writer::* 0.1
------ ------- ----------- -------------------------------
pluginmgr pluginmgr 0.1 Generic plugin management.
rcs rcs 0.1 Processing of RCS patches.
sha sha256 1.0.1 Extended SHA hash
------ ------- ----------- -------------------------------
sasl SASL 1.0.0 Simple Authentication & Security Layer
SASL::NTLM 1.0.0
------ ------- ----------- -------------------------------
snit snit 2.0 Snit for Tcl 8.5
units units 2.1 Unit conversions.
------ ------- ----------- -------------------------------

Changes from Tcllib 1.7 to 1.8

Legend
API: ** incompatible ** API changes. > Implies change of major version.
EF : Extended functionality, API. \ Implies change of minor verson.
I : Major rewrite, but no API change/
B : Bug fixes. \
D : Documentation updates. > Implies change of patchlevel.
EX : New examples. >
P : Performance enhancement. /
TS : Test suite fix /

Tcllib 1.7 Tcllib 1.8
Module Package Old version New Version Comments
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
asn asn 0.1 0.4 EF, B, TS, D
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
base64 uuencode 1.1.2 1.1.3 TS
base64 2.3.1 2.3.2 D
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
cmdline cmdline 1.2.3 1.2.4 B, TS
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
comm comm 4.2.1 4.3 D, EF
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
control control 0.1.2 0.1.3 TS
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
counter counter 2.0.3 2.0.4 B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
crc crc32 1.2 1.3 TS, B, I
crc16 1.1 1.1.1 B
cksum 1.0.1 1.1.0 D, TS, I
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
csv csv 0.5.1 0.6 TS, EF
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
des des 0.8.2 1.0.0 ** API **, Import tclDES(jr), s.a.
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
dns ip 1.0.0 1.1.0 EF, D
dns 1.2.0 1.3.0 B, D, EF
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
doctools doctools 1.1 1.2 EF, B, TS
- idx 0.2 0.2.1 B, TS
- toc 0.2 0.2.1 B, TS
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
fileutil fileutil 1.7 1.8 D, B, TS, EF
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
ftp ftp 2.4.1 2.4.2 B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
grammar_fa grammar::fa 0.1 0.1.1 TS
- op 0.1 0.1.1 TS
- dexec 0.1 0.1.1 TS
- dacceptor 0.1 0.1.1 TS
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
html html 1.2.3 1.3 B, TS, EF
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
htmlparse htmlparse 1.1 1.1.1 B, TS
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
http autoproxy 1.2.0 1.2.1 B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
inifile inifile 0.1 0.1.1 B, TS
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
javascript javascript 1.0.1 1.0.2 B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
jpeg jpeg 0.1 0.2 ** API **
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
ldap ldap 1.2 1.2.1 B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
log logger 0.5 0.6.1 B, TS, D, EF
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
math math 1.2.2 1.2.3 B, TS
- bignum 3.0 3.1 B, D, TS, EF
- calculus 0.6 0.6.1 B, TS
- complexnumbers 1.0 1.0.1 TS
- constants 1.0 1.0.1 B, TS
- fourier 1.0 1.0.1 TS
- geometry 1.0.2 1.0.3 D
- interpolate 1.0 1.0.1 B, TS
- optimize 0.2 1.0 B, D, TS, EF
- polynomials 1.0 1.0.1 TS
- rationalfunctions 1.0 1.0.1 B
- special 0.1 0.2 B, TS, EF
- statistics 0.1.2 0.2 B, TS, EF
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
md4 md4 1.0.2 1.0.3 B, TS
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
md5 md5 1.4.3 1.4.4 B, TS, D
md5 2.0.1 2.0.4 B, TS
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
mime smtp 1.4 1.4.1 B
mime 1.4 1.4.2 B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
ncgi ncgi 1.2.3 1.3 EF
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
ntp time 1.1 1.2 B, TS, EF (ceptcl)
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
png png 0.1 0.1.1 B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
pop3 pop3 1.6.2 1.6.3 B/TS
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
pop3d pop3d 1.0.3 1.1.0 B, TS, EF
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
profiler profiler 0.2.2 0.2.3 B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
rc4 rc4 1.0.0 1.0.1 D, B, TS
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
ripemd ripemd128 1.0.0 1.0.3 TS, D, B
ripemd160 1.0.0 1.0.3 TS, D, B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
sha sha1 1.0.3 1.1.0 TS, B, EF (cryptkit)
sha1 -- 2.0.2 TS, B, EF (cryptkit)
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
smtpd smtpd 1.3.0 1.4.0 B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
snit snit 0.97 1.1 D, P, B, TS, I
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
struct - tree 1.2.1 1.2.2 B
- tree 2.0 2.1 D, EF (ext. api, critcl)
- graph 2.0 2.0.1 B
- queue 1.3 1.4 B, EF
- prioqueue 1.3 1.3.1 B
- list 1.4 1.5 D, TS, EF, B
- matrix 2.0 2.0.1 B
- stack 1.3 1.3.1 B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
textutil textutil 0.6.2 0.7 B, EF
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
tie tie 1.0 1.0.1 D, EX, TS
- std::file 1.0 1.0.1 B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
treeql treeql 1.2 1.3 B, D, TS, EF
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
uri uri 1.1.4 1.1.5 B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------
uuid uuid 1.0.0 1.0.1 B
------ ------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------

Unchanged Modules/Packages

base64 (yencode), bee, calendar, crc (sum), dns (spf, resolv),
doctools (doctools::cvs, doctools::changelog), exif, ftp (ftp::geturl),
ftpd, ident, irc, log, math (math::fuzzy), md5crypt, multiplexer,
nntp, pop3d (pop3d::dbox, pop3d::udb), report, soundex, stooop
(stooop, switched), tar, textutil (textutil::expander),
tie (tie::std::array, tie::std::rarray, tie::std::dsource,
tie::std::log), uri (uri::urn), struct (struct, struct::graph v1,
struct::matrix v1, struct::pool, struct::record, struct::skiplist,
struct::set)