> > Question for everyone involved or whoever cares to answer:

> > Is it possible/desirable to extend TCL core to add more functionality
> > to make the environment more transparent?

> It is certainly possible to implement these things right now in pure Tcl
> script. No need to extend the core.

> > Example:
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > I have these namespaces: x::y1::z,x::y2::z, x::y3::x

> > If I want to see all commands in namespaces x::y1::z, x::y2::z,
> > x::y3::z
> > info commands x::*::z

> set cmds [list]
> foreach sub [namespace children x] {
>     lappend cmds {*}[info commands $sub\::z::*]

> }

> > In namespace x::y1::z
> > info commands x::*1::z

> Similar to the above.

> > Find all namespaces below x::
> > namespace children x::*

> This is just [namespace children x].

> > Find all namespaces below x::y1 and x::y2
> > namespace children x::y*

> ...and x::y3.

> > ----------------------------------------------------

> > Basically, add glob expansion to namespace and it's associated
> > commands (where it makes sense).  IMHO, that would make programming
> > with TCL much easier for a lot of people (including the humble
> > me) :) .

> I don't understand in what way this would make programming in Tcl
> easier. It seems slightly odd to be wanting to glob match against
> namespaces and commands in this way. What is it that you are trying to
> accomplish? Is this for debugging or for building some sort of IDE? If
> that is the case, then it seems that the solution is fairly simple already.

> -- Neil