sam appleton <
sam.s.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> We have slightly modified the TCL interpreter that ships with our
> product. One of our customers asked is there some way that we can
> qualify that these modifications didn't break "something" in the
> underlying interpreter. Is there some standard compliance/test suite
> that can be used to check a TCL installation - like a set of
> self-test utilities or standard functionaltiy tests?
The Tcl source bundle includes a large number of self tests run by
tcltest. Presumably you downloaded a source bundle to then modify in
whatever way you did. So why can't you just run the self tests that
should have been included.
>
> We're currently locked into 8.5.8.
>
> Please, no gratuitous "why do you need to do that" comments. It's
> asinine.
At least you are not locked into 8.4....
But, changing your 'modifications' into an extension, so it would work
in future interpreters, would let you get 'unlocked', because at some
future time point, 8.5.8 will be in the status 8.4 is today.