TIP #414: ADD (BACK) TCL_INITSUBSYSTEMS AS PUBLIC API 
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 Version:      $Revision: 1.3 $
 Author:       Brian Griffin <brian_griffin_at_mentor.com>
 State:        Draft
 Type:         Project
 Tcl-Version:  8.7
 Vote:         Pending
 Created:      Monday, 15 October 2012
 URL:          http://tcl.activestate.com/cgi-bin/tct/tip/414.html
 Post-History: 

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 ABSTRACT 
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 The ability to initialize just the lower level Tcl subsystems used to 
 be part of the public API, now it is no longer exposed. This TIP 
 proposes that it be re-exposed. 

 RATIONALE 
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 Some parts of Tcl's API are useful in portable applications even 
 without creating a Tcl interpreter; examples of this include Tcl_Alloc 
 and (most of) the Tcl_DString-related functions. In order to use these 
 functions correctly, the Tcl library /must/ be initialized, yet the 
 function for doing so - Tcl_InitSubsystems (currently 
 TclInitSubsystems) - was removed from Tcl's API; using 
 Tcl_FindExecutable instead feels incorrect as we're not seeking to make 
 the name of the executable available to Tcl scripts. 

 PROPOSED CHANGE 
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 The function TclInitSubsystems should be exposed as Tcl_InitSubsystems 
 in Tcl's C API. This will /not/ be a part of the Stub API; it is not 
 intended to ever be used from a stubbed environment, as it is meant to 
 be used prior to the stub table being available. 

 REFERENCE IMPLEMENTATION 
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 Not yet available. 

 COPYRIGHT 
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 This document has been placed in the public domain. 

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