Announcing XOTcl 1.5.4 ************************* Hi everybody. We are pleased to announce the availability of XOTcl 1.5.4. Originally, this release was planned as a small bug fix release. However, the total size of the (unified) diff between 1.5.3 and 1.5.4 is more than 5000 lines, mostly due to the varRefom changes (see first item below). Major changes relative to 1.5.4 are: * Improved code quality: + provided compatibility with Tcl 8.5 (currently, this requires the version of Tcl 8.5 from CVS head, including the changes for VarReform (For details, see http://groups.google.at/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/bff391a7f1bd8f6c/3f214d088a28ed13?hl=de#3f214d088a28ed13) + improved serializer (handling var traces for instances variables) + several small bug-fixes (e.g. fixing empty variable names, error message propagation for configure, fixing potential crashes, when namespaces are added to objects during eval, etc.) + improved portablility for more platforms (more portable shell tests for e.g. FreeBSD) + extended regression test 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 Best regards, Gustaf Neumann Uwe Zdun