Rebase to latest 9.0

Merge 9.0
TIP #628 : Shared 8.7/9.0 build environment
2022-10-23 13:40:39 +00:00 · 2022-10-23 13:39:40 +00:00 · 2022-10-23 11:00:48 +00:00 · 2022-10-23 10:53:41 +00:00 · 2022-10-23 10:44:39 +00:00 · 2022-10-23 10:43:04 +00:00
788 changed files with 105629 additions and 83702 deletions
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ compat/zlib/zlib.map
 libtommath/*.dsp
 libtommath/*.sln
 libtommath/*.vcproj
-tools/tcl.hpj.in
 tools/tcl.wse.in
 win/buildall.vc.bat
 win/coffbase.txt
@@ -20,4 +19,3 @@ win/rules-ext.vc
 win/targets.vc
 win/tcl.dsp
 win/tcl.dsw
-win/tcl.hpj.in
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-tools/tcl.hpj.in
 tools/tcl.wse.in
 win/buildall.vc.bat
 win/coffbase.txt
 win/makefile.vc
 win/rules.vc
 win/tcl.dsp
-win/tcl.dsw
-win/tcl.hpj.in
+win/tcl.dsw
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+- package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ jobs:
      matrix:
        cfgopt:
          - ""
+          - "CFLAGS=-DTCL_UTF_MAX=3"
+          - "CFLAGS=-DTCL_NO_DEPRECATED=1"
          - "--disable-shared"
          - "--enable-symbols"
          - "--enable-symbols=mem"
          - "--enable-symbols=all"
-          - "CFLAGS=-DTCL_UTF_MAX=4"
-          - "CFLAGS=-DTCL_UTF_MAX=6"
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: bash
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Prepare
        run: |
-          touch tclStubInit.c tclOOStubInit.c
+          touch tclStubInit.c tclOOStubInit.c tclOOScript.h
        working-directory: generic
      - name: Configure ${{ matrix.cfgopt }}
        run: |
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Prepare
        run: |
-          touch tclStubInit.c tclOOStubInit.c
+          touch tclStubInit.c tclOOStubInit.c tclOOScript.h
        working-directory: generic
      - name: Build
        run: make all
+        env:
+          CFLAGS: -arch x86_64 -arch arm64e
      - name: Run Tests
        run: make test styles=develop
        env:
@@ -42,17 +44,20 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Prepare
        run: |
-          touch tclStubInit.c tclOOStubInit.c
+          touch tclStubInit.c tclOOStubInit.c tclOOScript.h
          mkdir "$HOME/install dir"
        working-directory: generic
      - name: Configure ${{ matrix.cfgopt }}
        # Note that macOS is always a 64 bit platform
-        run: ./configure --enable-64bit --enable-dtrace --enable-framework ${CFGOPT} "--prefix=$HOME/install" || (cat config.log && exit 1)
+        run: ./configure --enable-dtrace --enable-framework ${CFGOPT} "--prefix=$HOME/install" || (cat config.log && exit 1)
        env:
+          CFLAGS: -arch x86_64 -arch arm64e
          CFGOPT: ${{ matrix.cfgopt }}
      - name: Build
        run: |
          make all tcltest
+        env:
+          CFLAGS: -arch x86_64 -arch arm64e
      - name: Run Tests
        run: |
          make test
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+name: Build Binaries
+on: [push]
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+jobs:
+  linux:
+    name: Linux
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Prepare
+        run: |
+          touch generic/tclStubInit.c generic/tclOOStubInit.c
+          mkdir 1dist
+          echo "VER_PATH=$(cd tools; pwd)/addVerToFile.tcl" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        working-directory: .
+      - name: Configure
+        run: ./configure --disable-symbols --disable-shared --enable-zipfs
+        working-directory: unix
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          make tclsh
+          make shell SCRIPT="$VER_PATH $GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "TCL_ZIP=`pwd`/`echo libtcl*.zip`" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        working-directory: unix
+      - name: Package
+        run: |
+          cp ../unix/tclsh tclsh${TCL_PATCHLEVEL}_snapshot
+          chmod +x tclsh${TCL_PATCHLEVEL}_snapshot
+          tar -cf tclsh${TCL_PATCHLEVEL}_snapshot.tar tclsh${TCL_PATCHLEVEL}_snapshot
+        working-directory: 1dist
+      - name: Upload
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Tclsh ${{ env.TCL_PATCHLEVEL }} Linux single-file build (snapshot)
+          path: 1dist/*.tar
+  macos:
+    name: macOS
+    runs-on: macos-11
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Checkout create-dmg
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: create-dmg/create-dmg
+          ref: v1.0.8
+          path: create-dmg
+      - name: Prepare
+        run: |
+          mkdir 1dist
+          touch generic/tclStubInit.c generic/tclOOStubInit.c || true
+          wget https://github.com/culler/macher/releases/download/v1.3/macher
+          sudo cp macher /usr/local/bin
+          sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/macher
+          echo "VER_PATH=$(cd tools; pwd)/addVerToFile.tcl" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CREATE_DMG=$(cd create-dmg;pwd)/create-dmg" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CFLAGS=-arch x86_64 -arch arm64e" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Configure
+        run: ./configure --disable-symbols --disable-shared --enable-zipfs
+        working-directory: unix
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          make tclsh
+          make shell SCRIPT="$VER_PATH $GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "TCL_BIN=`pwd`/tclsh" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "TCL_ZIP=`pwd`/`echo libtcl*.zip`" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        working-directory: unix
+      - name: Package
+        run: |
+          mkdir contents
+          cp $TCL_BIN contents/tclsh${TCL_PATCHLEVEL}_snapshot
+          chmod +x contents/tclsh${TCL_PATCHLEVEL}_snapshot
+          cat > contents/README.txt <<EOF
+          This is a single-file executable developer preview of Tcl $TCL_PATCHLEVEL
+
+          It is not intended as an official release at all, so it is unsigned and unnotarized.
+          Use strictly at your own risk.
+
+          To run it, you need to copy the executable out and run:
+              xattr -d com.apple.quarantine tclsh${TCL_PATCHLEVEL}_snapshot
+          to mark the executable as runnable on your machine.
+          EOF
+          $CREATE_DMG \
+              --volname "Tcl $TCL_PATCHLEVEL (snapshot)" \
+              --window-pos 200 120 \
+              --window-size 800 400 \
+              "Tcl-$TCL_PATCHLEVEL-(snapshot).dmg" \
+              "contents/"
+        working-directory: 1dist
+      - name: Upload
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Tclsh ${{ env.TCL_PATCHLEVEL }} macOS single-file build (snapshot)
+          path: 1dist/*.dmg
+  win:
+    name: Windows
+    runs-on: windows-2019
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+    env:
+      CC: gcc
+      CFGOPT: --disable-symbols --disable-shared
+    steps:
+      - name: Install MSYS2
+        uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
+        with:
+          msystem: UCRT64
+          install: git mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-toolchain make zip
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Prepare
+        run: |
+          touch generic/tclStubInit.c generic/tclOOStubInit.c
+          echo "VER_PATH=$(cd tools; pwd)/addVerToFile.tcl" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          mkdir 1dist
+        working-directory: .
+      - name: Configure
+        run: ./configure $CFGOPT
+        working-directory: win
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          make binaries libraries
+          echo "TCL_ZIP=`pwd`/`echo libtcl*.zip`" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        working-directory: win
+      - name: Get Exact Version
+        run: |
+          ./tclsh*.exe $VER_PATH $GITHUB_ENV
+        working-directory: win
+      - name: Set Executable Name
+        run: |
+          cp ../win/tclsh*.exe tclsh${TCL_PATCHLEVEL}_snapshot.exe
+        working-directory: 1dist
+      - name: Upload
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Tclsh ${{ env.TCL_PATCHLEVEL }} Windows single-file build (snapshot)
+          path: '1dist/*_snapshot.exe'
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ jobs:
      matrix:
        cfgopt:
          - ""
-          - "OPTS=static,msvcrt"
+          - "OPTS=utf16"
+          - "CHECKS=nodep"
+          - "OPTS=static"
          - "OPTS=symbols"
          - "OPTS=symbols STATS=compdbg,memdbg"
    # Using powershell means we need to explicitly stop on failure
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@ jobs:
      matrix:
        cfgopt:
          - ""
+          - "CFLAGS=-DTCL_UTF_MAX=3"
+          - "CFLAGS=-DTCL_NO_DEPRECATED=1"
          - "--disable-shared"
          - "--enable-symbols"
          - "--enable-symbols=mem"
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Prepare
        run: |
-          touch tclStubInit.c tclOOStubInit.c
+          touch tclStubInit.c tclOOStubInit.c tclOOScript.h
          mkdir "${HOME}/install dir"
        working-directory: generic
      - name: Configure ${{ matrix.cfgopt }}
@@ -81,3 +85,6 @@ jobs:
        run: make tcltest
      - name: Run Tests
        run: make test
+
+# If you add builds with Wine, be sure to define the environment variable
+# CI_USING_WINE when running them so that broken tests know not to run.
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <projectDescription>
-	<name>tcl8.6</name>
+	<name>tcl9</name>
 	<comment></comment>
 	<projects>
 	</projects>
@@ -20,20 +20,20 @@ jobs:
      compiler: gcc
      env:
        - BUILD_DIR=unix
-    - name: "Linux/GCC/Shared: UTF_MAX=4"
+    - name: "Linux/GCC/Shared: UTF_MAX=3"
      os: linux
      dist: focal
      compiler: gcc
      env:
        - BUILD_DIR=unix
-        - CFGOPT=CFLAGS=-DTCL_UTF_MAX=4
-    - name: "Linux/GCC/Shared: UTF_MAX=6"
+        - CFGOPT="CFLAGS=-DTCL_UTF_MAX=3"
+    - name: "Linux/GCC/Shared: NO_DEPRECATED"
      os: linux
      dist: focal
      compiler: gcc
      env:
        - BUILD_DIR=unix
-        - CFGOPT=CFLAGS=-DTCL_UTF_MAX=6
+        - CFGOPT="CFLAGS=-DTCL_NO_DEPRECATED=1"
    - name: "Linux/GCC/Static"
      os: linux
      dist: focal
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
        - BUILD_DIR=unix
        - CFGOPT="--enable-symbols=mem"
 # Testing on Mac, various styles
-    - name: "macOS/Xcode 12/Shared"
+    - name: "macOS/Clang/Xcode 12/Shared"
      os: osx
      osx_image: xcode12.2
      env:
@@ -115,14 +115,25 @@ jobs:
        - make all
        # The styles=develop avoids some weird problems on OSX
        - make test styles=develop
-    - name: "macOS/Xcode 12/Shared/Unix-like"
+    - name: "macOS/Clang/Xcode 12/Shared/Unix-like"
      os: osx
      osx_image: xcode12.2
      env:
        - BUILD_DIR=unix
        - CFGOPT="--enable-dtrace"
+    - name: "macOS/Clang/Xcode 12/Shared/libtommath"
+      os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode12.2
+      env:
+        - BUILD_DIR=macosx
+      install: []
+      script: *mactest
+      addons:
+        homebrew:
+          packages:
+            - libtommath
 # Newer MacOS versions
-    - name: "macOS/Xcode 12/Universal Apps/Shared"
+    - name: "macOS/Clang/Xcode 12/Universal Apps/Shared"
      os: osx
      osx_image: xcode12u
      env:
@@ -130,28 +141,28 @@ jobs:
      install: []
      script: *mactest
 # Older MacOS versions
-    - name: "macOS/Xcode 11/Shared"
+    - name: "macOS/Clang/Xcode 11/Shared"
      os: osx
      osx_image: xcode11.7
      env:
        - BUILD_DIR=macosx
      install: []
      script: *mactest
-    - name: "macOS/Xcode 10/Shared"
+    - name: "macOS/Clang/Xcode 10/Shared"
      os: osx
      osx_image: xcode10.3
      env:
        - BUILD_DIR=macosx
      install: []
      script: *mactest
-    - name: "macOS/Xcode 9/Shared"
+    - name: "macOS/Clang/Xcode 9/Shared"
      os: osx
      osx_image: xcode9.4
      env:
        - BUILD_DIR=macosx
      install: []
      script: *mactest
-    - name: "macOS/Xcode 8/Shared"
+    - name: "macOS/Clang/Xcode 8/Shared"
      os: osx
      osx_image: xcode8.3
      env:
@@ -190,13 +201,22 @@ jobs:
        - BUILD_DIR=win
        - VCDIR="/C/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/BuildTools/VC/Auxiliary/Build"
      before_install: &vcpreinst
-        - touch generic/tclStubInit.c generic/tclOOStubInit.c
+        - touch generic/tclStubInit.c generic/tclOOStubInit.c generic/tclOOScript.h
        - PATH="$PATH:$VCDIR"
        - cd ${BUILD_DIR}
      install: []
      script:
        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x64 '&&' nmake '-f' makefile.vc all tcltest
        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x64 '&&' nmake '-f' makefile.vc test
+    - name: "Windows/MSVC/Shared: NO_DEPRECATED"
+      os: windows
+      compiler: cl
+      env: *vcenv
+      before_install: *vcpreinst
+      install: []
+      script:
+        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x64 '&&' nmake 'CHECKS=nodep' '-f' makefile.vc all tcltest
+        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x64 '&&' nmake 'CHECKS=nodep' '-f' makefile.vc test
    - name: "Windows/MSVC/Static"
      os: windows
      compiler: cl
@@ -204,17 +224,8 @@ jobs:
      before_install: *vcpreinst
      install: []
      script:
-        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x64 '&&' nmake 'OPTS=static,msvcrt' '-f' makefile.vc all tcltest
-        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x64 '&&' nmake 'OPTS=static,msvcrt' '-f' makefile.vc test
-    - name: "Windows/MSVC/StaticPackage"
-      os: windows
-      compiler: cl
-      env: *vcenv
-      before_install: *vcpreinst
-      install: []
-      script:
-        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x64 '&&' nmake 'OPTS=static,staticpkg,msvcrt' '-f' makefile.vc all tcltest
-        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x64 '&&' nmake 'OPTS=static,staticpkg,msvcrt' '-f' makefile.vc test
+        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x64 '&&' nmake 'OPTS=static' '-f' makefile.vc all tcltest
+        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x64 '&&' nmake 'OPTS=static' '-f' makefile.vc test
    - name: "Windows/MSVC/Debug"
      os: windows
      compiler: cl
@@ -243,6 +254,15 @@ jobs:
      script:
        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x86 '&&' nmake '-f' makefile.vc all tcltest
        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x86 '&&' nmake '-f' makefile.vc test
+    - name: "Windows/MSVC-x86/Shared: NO_DEPRECATED"
+      os: windows
+      compiler: cl
+      env: *vcenv
+      before_install: *vcpreinst
+      install: []
+      script:
+        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x86 '&&' nmake 'CHECKS=nodep' '-f' makefile.vc all tcltest
+        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x86 '&&' nmake 'CHECKS=nodep' '-f' makefile.vc test
    - name: "Windows/MSVC-x86/Static"
      os: windows
      compiler: cl
@@ -250,8 +270,8 @@ jobs:
      before_install: *vcpreinst
      install: []
      script:
-        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x86 '&&' nmake 'OPTS=static,msvcrt' '-f' makefile.vc all tcltest
-        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x86 '&&' nmake 'OPTS=static,msvcrt' '-f' makefile.vc test
+        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x86 '&&' nmake 'OPTS=static' '-f' makefile.vc all tcltest
+        - cmd.exe //C vcvarsall.bat x86 '&&' nmake 'OPTS=static' '-f' makefile.vc test
    - name: "Windows/MSVC-x86/Debug"
      os: windows
      compiler: cl
@@ -278,15 +298,22 @@ jobs:
        - BUILD_DIR=win
        - CFGOPT="--enable-64bit"
      before_install: &makepreinst
-        - touch generic/tclStubInit.c generic/tclOOStubInit.c
-        - choco install -y make
+        - touch generic/tclStubInit.c generic/tclOOStubInit.c generic/tclOOScript.h
+        - choco install -y make zip
        - cd ${BUILD_DIR}
-    - name: "Windows/GCC/Shared: UTF_MAX=4"
+    - name: "Windows/GCC/Shared: UTF_MAX=3"
      os: windows
      compiler: gcc
      env:
        - BUILD_DIR=win
-        - CFGOPT="--enable-64bit CFLAGS=-DTCL_UTF_MAX=4"
+        - CFGOPT="--enable-64bit CFLAGS=-DTCL_UTF_MAX=3"
+      before_install: *makepreinst
+    - name: "Windows/GCC/Shared: NO_DEPRECATED"
+      os: windows
+      compiler: gcc
+      env:
+        - BUILD_DIR=win
+        - CFGOPT="--enable-64bit CFLAGS=-DTCL_NO_DEPRECATED=1"
      before_install: *makepreinst
    - name: "Windows/GCC/Static"
      os: windows
@@ -316,12 +343,19 @@ jobs:
      env:
        - BUILD_DIR=win
      before_install: *makepreinst
-    - name: "Windows/GCC-x86/Shared: UTF_MAX=4"
+    - name: "Windows/GCC-x86/Shared: UTF_MAX=3"
      os: windows
      compiler: gcc
      env:
        - BUILD_DIR=win
-        - CFGOPT="CFLAGS=-DTCL_UTF_MAX=4"
+        - CFGOPT="CFLAGS=-DTCL_UTF_MAX=3"
+      before_install: *makepreinst
+    - name: "Windows/GCC-x86/Shared: NO_DEPRECATED"
+      os: windows
+      compiler: gcc
+      env:
+        - BUILD_DIR=win
+        - CFGOPT="CFLAGS=-DTCL_NO_DEPRECATED=1"
      before_install: *makepreinst
    - name: "Windows/GCC-x86/Static"
      os: windows
@@ -354,7 +388,7 @@ jobs:
      script:
        - make dist
 before_install:
-  - touch generic/tclStubInit.c generic/tclOOStubInit.c
+  - touch generic/tclStubInit.c generic/tclOOStubInit.c generic/tclOOScript.h
  - cd ${BUILD_DIR}
 install:
  - mkdir "$HOME/install dir"
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@
 	initialization assumptions of the TIP 280 code in CompileWord().

 	* generic/tclCompExpr.c:	Suppress the attempt to convert to
-	numeric when pre-compiling a constant expresion indicates an error.
+	numeric when pre-compiling a constant expression indicates an error.

 2007-08-22  Miguel Sofer  <msofer@users.sf.net>

@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 # README:  Tcl

-This is the **Tcl 8.6.12** source distribution.
+This is the **Tcl 9.0a4** source distribution.

 You can get any source release of Tcl from [our distribution
 site](https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/).

+8.6 (production release, daily build)
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/Linux/badge.svg?branch=core-8-6-branch)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Linux%22+branch%3Acore-8-6-branch)
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/Windows/badge.svg?branch=core-8-6-branch)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Windows%22+branch%3Acore-8-6-branch)
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/macOS/badge.svg?branch=core-8-6-branch)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22macOS%22+branch%3Acore-8-6-branch)
+<br>
+8.7 (in development, daily build))
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/Linux/badge.svg?branch=core-8-branch)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Linux%22+branch%3Acore-8-branch)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/Windows/badge.svg?branch=core-8-branch)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Windows%22+branch%3Acore-8-branch)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/macOS/badge.svg?branch=core-8-branch)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22macOS%22+branch%3Acore-8-branch)
+<br>
+9.0 (in development, daily build))
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/Linux/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Linux%22+branch%3Amain)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/Windows/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Windows%22+branch%3Amain)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/macOS/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22macOS%22+branch%3Amain)

 ## Contents
 1. [Introduction](#intro)
@@ -45,7 +56,7 @@ and selling it either in whole or in part.  See the file
 ## <a id="doc">2.</a> Documentation
 Extensive documentation is available on our website.
 The home page for this release, including new features, is
-[here](https://www.tcl-lang.org/software/tcltk/8.6.html).
+[here](https://www.tcl-lang.org/software/tcltk/9.0.html).
 Detailed release notes can be found at the
 [file distributions page](https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/)
 by clicking on the relevant version.
@@ -55,8 +66,8 @@ Xchange](https://www.tcl-lang.org/about/).
 There have been many Tcl books on the market.  Many are mentioned in
 [the Wiki](https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/_/ref?N=25206).

-The complete set of reference manual entries for Tcl 8.6 is [online,
-here](https://www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl8.6/).
+The complete set of reference manual entries for Tcl 9.0 is [online,
+here](https://www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl9.0/).

 ### <a id="doc.unix">2a.</a> Unix Documentation
 The `doc` subdirectory in this release contains a complete set of
@@ -8796,6 +8796,55 @@ improvements to regexp engine from Postgres (lane,porter,fellows,seltenreich)

 --- Released 8.6.7, August 9, 2017 --- https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/ for details

+Changes to 8.7a1 include all changes to the 8.6 line through 8.6.7,
+plus the following, which focuses on the high-level feature changes
+in this changeset (new minor version) rather than bug fixes:
+
+2016-03-17 (bug)[0b8c38] socket accept callbacks always in global ns (porter)
+        *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
+
+2016-07-01 Hack accommodations for legacy Itcl 3 disabled (porter)
+
+2016-07-12 Make TCL_HASH_TYPE build-time configurable (nijtmans)
+
+2016-07-19 (bug)[0363f0] Partial array search ID reform (porter)
+
+2016-07-19 (feature removed) Tcl_ObjType "array search" unregistered (porter)
+	*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY for Tcl_GetObjType("array search") ***
+
+2016-10-04 Server socket on port 0 chooses port supporting IPv4 * IPv6 (max)
+
+2016-11-25 [array names -regexp] supports backrefs (goth)
+
+2017-01-04 (TIP 456) New routine Tcl_OpenTcpServerEx() (limeboy)
+
+2017-01-04 (TIP 459) New subcommand [package files] (nijtmans)
+
+2017-01-16 threaded allocator initialization repair (vasiljevic,nijtmans)
+
+2017-01-30 Add to Win shell builtins: assoc ftype move (ashok)
+
+2017-03-31 TCL_MEM_DEBUG facilities better support 64-bit memory (nijtmans)
+
+2017-04-13 \u escaped content in msg files converted to true utf-8 (nijtmans)
+
+2017-05-18 (TIP 458) New epoll or kqueue notifiers are default (alborboz)
+
+2017-05-31 Purge build support for SunOS-4.* (stu)
+
+2017-06-22 (TIP 463) New option [regsub ... -command ...] (fellows)
+
+2017-06-22 (TIP 470) Tcl_GetDefineContextObject();[oo::define [self]] (fellows)
+=> TclOO 1.2.0
+
+2017-06-23 (TIP 472) Support 0d as prefix of decimal numbers (iyer,griffin)
+
+2017-08-31 (bug)[2a9465] http state 100 continue handling broken (oehlmann)
+
+2017-09-02 (bug)[0e4d88] replace command, delete trace kills namespace (porter)
+
+--- Released 8.7a1, September 8, 2017 --- https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/ for details
+
 2017-08-10 [array names -regexp] supports backrefs (goth)

 2017-08-10 Fix gcc build failures due to #pragma placement (cassoff,fellows)
@@ -8946,6 +8995,158 @@ improvements to regexp engine from Postgres (lane,porter,fellows,seltenreich)

 - Released 8.6.10, Nov 21, 2019 - details at https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/ -

+Changes to 8.7a3 include all changes to the 8.6 line through 8.6.10,
+plus the following, which focuses on the high-level feature changes
+in this changeset (new minor version) rather than bug fixes:
+
+2017-11-01 (bug)[3c32a3] crash deleting class mixed into instance (coulter)
+
+2017-11-03 [TIP 345] eliminate the encoding 'identity' (porter)
+
+2017-11-04 (bug)[0d902e] [string first] on ASCII stored as Unicode (fellows)
+
+2017-11-17 [TIP 422] Mark all Tcl_*VA() routines deprecated. (nijtmans)
+
+2017-11-20 (support) Ended use of the obsolete values.h header (culler)
+
+2017-11-30 (bug)[8e1e31] [lsort] ordering of U+0000 (nijtmans)
+
+2017-12-07 [TIP 487] Terminate support for pre-XP Windows (nijtmans)
+
+2017-12-08 [TIP 477] Reform of nmake build (nadkarni)
+
+2017-12-20 (bug)[ba1419] Crash: complex ensemble delete, namespace-7.8 (coulter)
+
+2018-01-17 [TIP 485] Removal of many deprecated features (nijtmans)
+
+2018-01-27 (bug) Crash in [join $l $l], join-4.1 (porter)
+
+2018-02-06 [TIP 493] Cease Distribution of http 1.0 (porter)
+
+2018-02-06 [TIP 484] internal rep for native ints are all 64-bit (nijtmans)
+
+2018-02-14 [TIP 476] Scan/Printf consistency (nijtmans)
+
+2018-03-05 [TIP 351] [lsearch] striding
+
+2018-03-05 [TIPs 330,336] tighten access to Interp fields (porter)
+
+2018-03-12 [TIP 462] [::tcl::process]
+
+2018-03-12 [TIP 490] add oo support for msgcat => msgcat 1.7.0 (oehlmann)
+
+2018-03-12 [TIP 499] custom locale preference list (oehlmann)
+=> msgcat 1.7.0
+
+2018-03-20 [TIP 503] End CONST84 support for Tcl 8.3 (porter)
+
+2018-03-30 Refactored [lrange] (spjuth)
+
+2018-04-20 [TIP 389] Unicode beyond BMP (nijtmans)
+
+2018-04-20 [TIP 421] [array for]
+
+2018-05-11 [TIP 425] Windows panic callback use of UTF-8
+
+2018-05-17 [TIP 491] Phase out --disable-threads support
+
+2018-06-03 [TIP 500] TclOO Private Methods and Variables
+
+2018-07-26 (bug)[ba921a] [string cat] of bytearrays (coulter,porter)
+
+2018-09-02 [TIP 478] Many new features in TclOO (lester,fellows)
+
+2018-09-04 (bug)[540bed] [binary format w] from bignum (nijtmans)
+
+2018-09-12 [TIP 430] zipfs and embedded script library (woods)
+
+2018-09-26 [TIP 508] [array default] (bonnet,fellows)
+
+2018-09-27 [TIP 515] level value reform (nijtmans)
+
+2018-09-27 [TIP 516] More OO slot operations (fellows)
+
+2018-09-27 [TIP 426] [info cmdtype] (fellows)
+
+2018-09-28 [TIP 509] Cross platform reentrant mutex
+
+2018-10-08 [TIP 514] native integers are 64-bit
+
+2018-10-12 [TIP 502] index value reform (porter)
+
+2018-11-06 [TIP 406] http cookies (fellows)
+
+2018-11-06 [TIP 445] Tcl_ObjType utilities (migrate to Tcl 9) (porter)
+
+2018-11-06 [TIP 501] [string is dict]
+
+2018-11-06 [TIP 519] inline export/unexport option for [oo::define]
+
+2018-11-06 [TIP 523] [lpop]
+
+2018-11-06 [TIP 524] TclOO custom dialects
+
+2018-11-06 [TIP 506] Tcl_(Incr|Decr)RefCount macros -> functions (porter)
+
+2018-11-15 [TIP 512] No stub for Tcl_SetExitProc()
+
+2019-04-08 (bug)[45b9fa] crash in [try] (coulter)
+
+2019-04-14 [TIP 160] terminal and serial channel controls
+
+2019-04-14 [TIP 312] more types for Tcl_LinkVar
+
+2019-04-14 [TIP 367] [lremove]
+
+2019-04-14 [TIP 504] [string insert]
+
+2019-04-16 [TIP 342] [dict getwithdefault]
+
+2019-04-23 (bug)[67a5ea] make [chan postevent] asynchronous
+        *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
+
+2019-05-25 [TIP 431] [file tempdir]
+
+2019-05-25 [TIP 383] [coroinject], [coroprobe]
+
+2019-05-31 [TIP 544] Tcl_GetIntForIndex()
+
+2019-06-12 Replace TclOffset() with offsetof()
+
+2019-06-15 [TIP 461] string compare operators for [expr]
+
+2019-06-16 [TIP 521] floating point classification functions for [expr]
+
+2019-06-20 (bug)[6bdadf] crash multi-arg traced [lappend] (fellows)
+
+2019-06-28 [TIP 547] New encodings utf-16, ucs-2
+
+2019-09-14 [TIP 414] Tcl_InitSubsystems()
+
+2019-09-14 [TIP 548] wchar_t conversion functions
+
+- Released 8.7a3, Nov 21, 2019 --- https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/ for details -
+
+Changes to 9.0a1 include all changes to the 8.7 line through 8.7a3,
+plus the following, which focuses on the high-level feature changes
+in this changeset (new minor version) rather than bug fixes:
+
+2017-11-03 [TIP 114] Leading zero integer no longer means octal
+
+2017-11-03 [TIP 278] Revise variable name resolution, solve "Creative Writing"
+
+2017-11-03 [TIPs 330,336] Encapsulate struct Tcl_Interp
+
+2017-11-17 [TIP 422] Remove all Tcl_*VA() routines
+
+2017-12-15 [TIP 488] Disable magic $::tcl_precision
+
+2018-10-08 [TIP 494] Increased support for size_t value ranges
+
+2019-05-31 [TIP 537] 64-bit indices in regexp matching
+
+- Released 9.0a1, Nov 25, 2019 --- https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/ for details -
+
 2019-12-03 (bug)[3cd9be] Corner case in surrogate handling (nijtmans)

 2019-12-09 (new) Add tcltest::(Setup|Eval|Cleanup|)Test (coulter,sebres)
@@ -9075,6 +9276,102 @@ See RFC 2045

 - Released 8.6.11, Dec 31, 2020 - details at https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/ -

+Changes to 8.7a5 include all changes to the 8.6 line through 8.6.11,
+plus the following, which focuses on the high-level feature changes
+in this changeset (new minor version) rather than bug fixes:
+
+2019-12-13 [TIP 538] Externalize libtommath
+
+2020-01-20 [TIP 542] Support for switchable Full Unicode support
+
+2020-01-21 [TIP 543] Eliminate `TCL_INTERP_DESTROYED` flag value
+
+2020-01-24 [TIP 559] Eliminate public routine `Tcl_FreeResult
+
+2020-01-31 (new) Implement 64-bit seek on Zip channels. (nijtmans)
+
+2020-02-28 [TIP 557] C++ support for Tcl
+
+2020-02-28 [TIP 562] Deprecate channel types 1-4
+
+2020-03-11 (bug)[234d6c] Segfault in [set l {}; lpop l] (sebres)
+
+2020-03-12 (bug) Crash in tests binary-79.[12] (porter)
+
+2020-03-13 [TIP 569] Eliminate Comments That Serve Lint
+
+2020-04-06 (bug)[dd010c] [string trim*] on astral characters (porter,nijtmans)
+
+2020-05-30 [TIP 551] Permit underscore in numerical literals in source code
+
+2020-07-03 [TIP 578] Death to TCL_DBGX
+
+2020-08-11 (bug)[e87000] Win32 crash in [fconfigure stdout] (werner,nijtmans)
+
+2020-09-06 (bug)[c1a376] deletion trace on imported ensemble (coulter)
+
+2020-09-13 [TIP 585] Promote the INDEX_TEMP_TABLE flag of Tcl_GetIndexFromObj*() to the public interface
+
+2020-09-15 (bug)[b5777d] crash in [string index abcd 0-0x10000000000000000]
+
+2020-09-19 [b9ecf3] revised stork mgmt [uplevel [list $cmd ...]] (coulter)
+
+2020-10-23 [TIP 587] Default utf-8 for source command
+
+2020-10-27 (bug)[11229b] test string-31.26.* (porter)
+
+2020-11-08 [TIP 582] Comments in Expressions
+
+2020-11-16 [TIP 586] C String Parsing Support for binary scan
+
+2020-12-07 [TIP 590] Recommend lowercase Package Names
+
+2021-01-06 Bump to tcltest 2.5.4
+
+2021-01-15 [TIP 481] `Tcl_GetStringFromObj()` with `size_t` length parameter
+
+2021-01-15 [TIP 592] End support: Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008
+
+2021-01-25 tzdata updated to Olson's tzdata2021a (nijtmans)
+
+2021-01-29 (bug)[113be1] zipfs on mac
+
+2021-03-15 [TIP 575] Switchable Tcl_UtfCharComplete()/Tcl_UtfNext()/Tcl_UtfPrev()
+
+2021-03-19 (new)[0221b9] Drop TCL_WINDOW_EVENTS from Tcl's [update idletasks]
+
+2021-03-30 (new)[4b4830] [chan truncate] for reflected channels
+
+2021-04-30 [TIP 597] "string is unicode" and better utf-8/utf-16/cesu-8 encodings
+
+2021-04-09 [TIP 598] export TclWinConvertError
+
+2021-05-15 (bug)[463b7a] segfault from Tcl_Unload (coulter)
+
+2021-05-15 (bug)[fb2a41] tclZipfs.c free all memory (coulter)
+
+2021-05-18 (bug)[688fcc,28027d] namespace teardown reform (coulter)
+
+- Released 8.7a5, Jun 18, 2021 --- https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/ for details -
+
+Changes to 9.0a3 include all changes to the 8.7 line through 8.7a5,
+plus the following, which focuses on the high-level feature changes
+in this changeset (new major version) rather than bug fixes:
+
+Many of the TIPs in Tcl 8.7 mentioned above are extended further in 9.0
+
+2020-02-28 [TIP 497] Full support for Unicode planes 1-16
+
+2020-08-21 (bug)[43b434] improper calls to stat64()
+
+2021-04-08 [TIP 595] Unicode-aware loadable library handling.
+
+2021-04-30 [TIP 596] Stubs support for embedding Tcl in apps
+
+Many internal changes to broaden support for sizes beyond 32-bits.
+
+- Released 9.0a3, Jun 23, 2021 --- https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/ for details -
+
 2021-02-02 (new) support for MacOS Big Sur updates (nijtmans)
 => platform 1.0.17

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ int fake_getnameinfo(const struct sockaddr *sa, size_t salen, char *host,
 	struct sockaddr_in *sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)sa;
 	struct hostent *hp;
 	char tmpserv[16];
+	(void)salen;

 	if (sa->sa_family != AF_UNSPEC && sa->sa_family != AF_INET)
 		return (EAI_FAMILY);
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ addrinfo *malloc_ai(int port, u_long addr, const struct addrinfo *hints)
 {
 	struct addrinfo *ai;

-	ai = malloc(sizeof(*ai) + sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+	ai = (struct addrinfo *)malloc(sizeof(*ai) + sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
 	if (ai == NULL)
 		return (NULL);

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * float.h --
- *
- *	This is a dummy header file to #include in Tcl when there
- *	is no float.h in /usr/include.  Right now this file is empty:
- *	Tcl contains #ifdefs to deal with the lack of definitions;
- *	all it needs is for the #include statement to work.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
- * Copyright (c) 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- *
- * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
- * of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
- */
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>

 /*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -32,19 +33,19 @@

 int
 mkstemp(
-    char *template)		/* Template for filename. */
+    char *tmpl)		/* Template for filename. */
 {
    static const char alphanumerics[] =
 	"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
    char *a, *b;
    int fd, count, alphanumericsLen = strlen(alphanumerics); /* == 62 */

-    a = template + strlen(template);
-    while (a > template && *(a-1) == 'X') {
+    a = tmpl + strlen(tmpl);
+    while (a > tmpl && *(a-1) == 'X') {
 	a--;
    }

-    if (a == template) {
+    if (a == tmpl) {
 	errno = ENOENT;
 	return -1;
    }
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ mkstemp(
 	 * Template is now realized; try to open (with correct options).
 	 */

-	fd = open(template, O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600);
+	fd = open(tmpl, O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600);
    } while (fd == -1 && errno == EEXIST && --count > 0);

    return fd;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ opendir(
    if ((fd = open(myname, 0, 0)) == -1) {
 	return NULL;
    }
-    dirp = (DIR *) ckalloc(sizeof(DIR));
+    dirp = (DIR *) Tcl_Alloc(sizeof(DIR));
    if (dirp == NULL) {
 	/* unreachable? */
 	close(fd);
@@ -106,5 +106,5 @@ closedir(
    close(dirp->dd_fd);
    dirp->dd_fd = -1;
    dirp->dd_loc = 0;
-    ckfree((char *)dirp);
+    Tcl_Free(dirp);
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,919 @@
+/*  A portable stdint.h
+ ****************************************************************************
+ *  BSD License:
+ ****************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Paul Hsieh
+ *  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *  modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ *  are met:
+ *
+ *  1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *  2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *     documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *  3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+ *     derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ *  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+ *  IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+ *  OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+ *  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+ *  INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+ *  NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *  DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *  THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *  (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
+ *  THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  Version 0.1.16.0
+ *
+ *  The ANSI C standard committee, for the C99 standard, specified the
+ *  inclusion of a new standard include file called stdint.h.  This is
+ *  a very useful and long desired include file which contains several
+ *  very precise definitions for integer scalar types that is critically
+ *  important for making several classes of applications portable
+ *  including cryptography, hashing, variable length integer libraries
+ *  and so on.  But for most developers its likely useful just for
+ *  programming sanity.
+ *
+ *  The problem is that some compiler vendors chose to ignore the C99
+ *  standard and some older compilers have no opportunity to be updated.
+ *  Because of this situation, simply including stdint.h in your code
+ *  makes it unportable.
+ *
+ *  So that's what this file is all about.  It's an attempt to build a
+ *  single universal include file that works on as many platforms as
+ *  possible to deliver what stdint.h is supposed to.  Even compilers
+ *  that already come with stdint.h can use this file instead without
+ *  any loss of functionality.  A few things that should be noted about
+ *  this file:
+ *
+ *    1) It is not guaranteed to be portable and/or present an identical
+ *       interface on all platforms.  The extreme variability of the
+ *       ANSI C standard makes this an impossibility right from the
+ *       very get go. Its really only meant to be useful for the vast
+ *       majority of platforms that possess the capability of
+ *       implementing usefully and precisely defined, standard sized
+ *       integer scalars.  Systems which are not intrinsically 2s
+ *       complement may produce invalid constants.
+ *
+ *    2) There is an unavoidable use of non-reserved symbols.
+ *
+ *    3) Other standard include files are invoked.
+ *
+ *    4) This file may come in conflict with future platforms that do
+ *       include stdint.h.  The hope is that one or the other can be
+ *       used with no real difference.
+ *
+ *    5) In the current version, if your platform can't represent
+ *       int32_t, int16_t and int8_t, it just dumps out with a compiler
+ *       error.
+ *
+ *    6) 64 bit integers may or may not be defined.  Test for their
+ *       presence with the test: #ifdef INT64_MAX or #ifdef UINT64_MAX.
+ *       Note that this is different from the C99 specification which
+ *       requires the existence of 64 bit support in the compiler.  If
+ *       this is not defined for your platform, yet it is capable of
+ *       dealing with 64 bits then it is because this file has not yet
+ *       been extended to cover all of your system's capabilities.
+ *
+ *    7) (u)intptr_t may or may not be defined.  Test for its presence
+ *       with the test: #ifdef PTRDIFF_MAX.  If this is not defined
+ *       for your platform, then it is because this file has not yet
+ *       been extended to cover all of your system's capabilities, not
+ *       because its optional.
+ *
+ *    8) The following might not been defined even if your platform is
+ *       capable of defining it:
+ *
+ *       WCHAR_MIN
+ *       WCHAR_MAX
+ *       (u)int64_t
+ *       PTRDIFF_MIN
+ *       PTRDIFF_MAX
+ *       (u)intptr_t
+ *
+ *    9) The following have not been defined:
+ *
+ *       WINT_MIN
+ *       WINT_MAX
+ *
+ *   10) The criteria for defining (u)int_least(*)_t isn't clear,
+ *       except for systems which don't have a type that precisely
+ *       defined 8, 16, or 32 bit types (which this include file does
+ *       not support anyways). Default definitions have been given.
+ *
+ *   11) The criteria for defining (u)int_fast(*)_t isn't something I
+ *       would trust to any particular compiler vendor or the ANSI C
+ *       committee.  It is well known that "compatible systems" are
+ *       commonly created that have very different performance
+ *       characteristics from the systems they are compatible with,
+ *       especially those whose vendors make both the compiler and the
+ *       system.  Default definitions have been given, but its strongly
+ *       recommended that users never use these definitions for any
+ *       reason (they do *NOT* deliver any serious guarantee of
+ *       improved performance -- not in this file, nor any vendor's
+ *       stdint.h).
+ *
+ *   12) The following macros:
+ *
+ *       PRINTF_INTMAX_MODIFIER
+ *       PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER
+ *       PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER
+ *       PRINTF_INT16_MODIFIER
+ *       PRINTF_LEAST64_MODIFIER
+ *       PRINTF_LEAST32_MODIFIER
+ *       PRINTF_LEAST16_MODIFIER
+ *       PRINTF_INTPTR_MODIFIER
+ *
+ *       are strings which have been defined as the modifiers required
+ *       for the "d", "u" and "x" printf formats to correctly output
+ *       (u)intmax_t, (u)int64_t, (u)int32_t, (u)int16_t, (u)least64_t,
+ *       (u)least32_t, (u)least16_t and (u)intptr_t types respectively.
+ *       PRINTF_INTPTR_MODIFIER is not defined for some systems which
+ *       provide their own stdint.h.  PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER is not
+ *       defined if INT64_MAX is not defined.  These are an extension
+ *       beyond what C99 specifies must be in stdint.h.
+ *
+ *       In addition, the following macros are defined:
+ *
+ *       PRINTF_INTMAX_HEX_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_INT64_HEX_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_INT32_HEX_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_INT16_HEX_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_INT8_HEX_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_INTMAX_DEC_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_INT64_DEC_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_INT32_DEC_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_INT16_DEC_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_UINT8_DEC_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_UINTMAX_DEC_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_UINT64_DEC_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_UINT32_DEC_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_UINT16_DEC_WIDTH
+ *       PRINTF_UINT8_DEC_WIDTH
+ *
+ *       Which specifies the maximum number of characters required to
+ *       print the number of that type in either hexadecimal or decimal.
+ *       These are an extension beyond what C99 specifies must be in
+ *       stdint.h.
+ *
+ *  Compilers tested (all with 0 warnings at their highest respective
+ *  settings): Borland Turbo C 2.0, WATCOM C/C++ 11.0 (16 bits and 32
+ *  bits), Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 (32 bit), Microsoft Visual Studio
+ *  .net (VC7), Intel C++ 4.0, GNU gcc v3.3.3
+ *
+ *  This file should be considered a work in progress.  Suggestions for
+ *  improvements, especially those which increase coverage are strongly
+ *  encouraged.
+ *
+ *  Acknowledgements
+ *
+ *  The following people have made significant contributions to the
+ *  development and testing of this file:
+ *
+ *  Chris Howie
+ *  John Steele Scott
+ *  Dave Thorup
+ *  John Dill
+ *  Florian Wobbe
+ *  Christopher Sean Morrison
+ *  Mikkel Fahnoe Jorgensen
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+/*
+ *  For gcc with _STDINT_H, fill in the PRINTF_INT*_MODIFIER macros, and
+ *  do nothing else.  On the Mac OS X version of gcc this is _STDINT_H_.
+ */
+
+#if ((defined(__SUNPRO_C) && __SUNPRO_C >= 0x570) || (defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1600) || (defined(__STDC__) && __STDC__ && defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L) || (defined (__WATCOMC__) && (defined (_STDINT_H_INCLUDED) || __WATCOMC__ >= 1250)) || (defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 3 || defined(_STDINT_H) || defined(_STDINT_H_) || defined (__UINT_FAST64_TYPE__)) )) && !defined (_PSTDINT_H_INCLUDED)
+#include <stdint.h>
+#define _PSTDINT_H_INCLUDED
+# if defined(__GNUC__) && (defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__ppc64__)) && !(defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__))
+#  ifndef PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER
+#   define PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER "l"
+#  endif
+#  ifndef PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER
+#   define PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER ""
+#  endif
+# else
+#  ifndef PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER
+#   define PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER "ll"
+#  endif
+#  ifndef PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER
+#   if (UINT_MAX == UINT32_MAX)
+#    define PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER ""
+#   else
+#    define PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER "l"
+#   endif
+#  endif
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT16_MODIFIER
+#  define PRINTF_INT16_MODIFIER "h"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INTMAX_MODIFIER
+#  define PRINTF_INTMAX_MODIFIER PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT64_HEX_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INT64_HEX_WIDTH "16"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_UINT64_HEX_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_UINT64_HEX_WIDTH "16"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT32_HEX_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INT32_HEX_WIDTH "8"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_UINT32_HEX_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_UINT32_HEX_WIDTH "8"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT16_HEX_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INT16_HEX_WIDTH "4"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_UINT16_HEX_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_UINT16_HEX_WIDTH "4"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT8_HEX_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INT8_HEX_WIDTH "2"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_UINT8_HEX_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_UINT8_HEX_WIDTH "2"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT64_DEC_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INT64_DEC_WIDTH "19"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_UINT64_DEC_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_UINT64_DEC_WIDTH "20"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT32_DEC_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INT32_DEC_WIDTH "10"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_UINT32_DEC_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_UINT32_DEC_WIDTH "10"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT16_DEC_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INT16_DEC_WIDTH "5"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_UINT16_DEC_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_UINT16_DEC_WIDTH "5"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT8_DEC_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INT8_DEC_WIDTH "3"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_UINT8_DEC_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_UINT8_DEC_WIDTH "3"
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INTMAX_HEX_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INTMAX_HEX_WIDTH PRINTF_UINT64_HEX_WIDTH
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_UINTMAX_HEX_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_UINTMAX_HEX_WIDTH PRINTF_UINT64_HEX_WIDTH
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INTMAX_DEC_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INTMAX_DEC_WIDTH PRINTF_UINT64_DEC_WIDTH
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_UINTMAX_DEC_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_UINTMAX_DEC_WIDTH PRINTF_UINT64_DEC_WIDTH
+# endif
+
+/*
+ *  Something really weird is going on with Open Watcom.  Just pull some of
+ *  these duplicated definitions from Open Watcom's stdint.h file for now.
+ */
+
+# if defined (__WATCOMC__) && __WATCOMC__ >= 1250
+#  if !defined (INT64_C)
+#   define INT64_C(x)   (x + (INT64_MAX - INT64_MAX))
+#  endif
+#  if !defined (UINT64_C)
+#   define UINT64_C(x)  (x + (UINT64_MAX - UINT64_MAX))
+#  endif
+#  if !defined (INT32_C)
+#   define INT32_C(x)   (x + (INT32_MAX - INT32_MAX))
+#  endif
+#  if !defined (UINT32_C)
+#   define UINT32_C(x)  (x + (UINT32_MAX - UINT32_MAX))
+#  endif
+#  if !defined (INT16_C)
+#   define INT16_C(x)   (x)
+#  endif
+#  if !defined (UINT16_C)
+#   define UINT16_C(x)  (x)
+#  endif
+#  if !defined (INT8_C)
+#   define INT8_C(x)   (x)
+#  endif
+#  if !defined (UINT8_C)
+#   define UINT8_C(x)  (x)
+#  endif
+#  if !defined (UINT64_MAX)
+#   define UINT64_MAX  18446744073709551615ULL
+#  endif
+#  if !defined (INT64_MAX)
+#   define INT64_MAX  9223372036854775807LL
+#  endif
+#  if !defined (UINT32_MAX)
+#   define UINT32_MAX  4294967295UL
+#  endif
+#  if !defined (INT32_MAX)
+#   define INT32_MAX  2147483647L
+#  endif
+#  if !defined (INTMAX_MAX)
+#   define INTMAX_MAX INT64_MAX
+#  endif
+#  if !defined (INTMAX_MIN)
+#   define INTMAX_MIN INT64_MIN
+#  endif
+# endif
+#endif
+
+/*
+ *  I have no idea what is the truly correct thing to do on older Solaris.
+ *  From some online discussions, this seems to be what is being
+ *  recommended.  For people who actually are developing on older Solaris,
+ *  what I would like to know is, does this define all of the relevant
+ *  macros of a complete stdint.h?  Remember, in pstdint.h 64 bit is
+ *  considered optional.
+ */
+
+#if (defined(__SUNPRO_C) && __SUNPRO_C >= 0x420) && !defined(_PSTDINT_H_INCLUDED)
+#include <sys/inttypes.h>
+#define _PSTDINT_H_INCLUDED
+#endif
+
+#ifndef _PSTDINT_H_INCLUDED
+#define _PSTDINT_H_INCLUDED
+
+#ifndef SIZE_MAX
+# define SIZE_MAX ((size_t)-1)
+#endif
+
+/*
+ *  Deduce the type assignments from limits.h under the assumption that
+ *  integer sizes in bits are powers of 2, and follow the ANSI
+ *  definitions.
+ */
+
+#ifndef UINT8_MAX
+# define UINT8_MAX 0xff
+#endif
+#if !defined(uint8_t) && !defined(_UINT8_T) && !defined(vxWorks)
+# if (UCHAR_MAX == UINT8_MAX) || defined (S_SPLINT_S)
+    typedef unsigned char uint8_t;
+#   define UINT8_C(v) ((uint8_t) v)
+# else
+#   error "Platform not supported"
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef INT8_MAX
+# define INT8_MAX 0x7f
+#endif
+#ifndef INT8_MIN
+# define INT8_MIN INT8_C(0x80)
+#endif
+#if !defined(int8_t) && !defined(_INT8_T) && !defined(vxWorks)
+# if (SCHAR_MAX == INT8_MAX) || defined (S_SPLINT_S)
+    typedef signed char int8_t;
+#   define INT8_C(v) ((int8_t) v)
+# else
+#   error "Platform not supported"
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef UINT16_MAX
+# define UINT16_MAX 0xffff
+#endif
+#if !defined(uint16_t) && !defined(_UINT16_T) && !defined(vxWorks)
+#if (UINT_MAX == UINT16_MAX) || defined (S_SPLINT_S)
+  typedef unsigned int uint16_t;
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT16_MODIFIER
+#  define PRINTF_INT16_MODIFIER ""
+# endif
+# define UINT16_C(v) ((uint16_t) (v))
+#elif (USHRT_MAX == UINT16_MAX)
+  typedef unsigned short uint16_t;
+# define UINT16_C(v) ((uint16_t) (v))
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT16_MODIFIER
+#  define PRINTF_INT16_MODIFIER "h"
+# endif
+#else
+#error "Platform not supported"
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef INT16_MAX
+# define INT16_MAX 0x7fff
+#endif
+#ifndef INT16_MIN
+# define INT16_MIN INT16_C(0x8000)
+#endif
+#if !defined(int16_t) && !defined(_INT16_T) && !defined(vxWorks)
+#if (INT_MAX == INT16_MAX) || defined (S_SPLINT_S)
+  typedef signed int int16_t;
+# define INT16_C(v) ((int16_t) (v))
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT16_MODIFIER
+#  define PRINTF_INT16_MODIFIER ""
+# endif
+#elif (SHRT_MAX == INT16_MAX)
+  typedef signed short int16_t;
+# define INT16_C(v) ((int16_t) (v))
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT16_MODIFIER
+#  define PRINTF_INT16_MODIFIER "h"
+# endif
+#else
+#error "Platform not supported"
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef UINT32_MAX
+# define UINT32_MAX (0xffffffffUL)
+#endif
+#if !defined(uint32_t) && !defined(_UINT32_T) && !defined(vxWorks)
+#if (ULONG_MAX == UINT32_MAX) || defined (S_SPLINT_S)
+  typedef unsigned long uint32_t;
+# define UINT32_C(v) v ## UL
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER
+#  define PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER "l"
+# endif
+#elif (UINT_MAX == UINT32_MAX)
+  typedef unsigned int uint32_t;
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER
+#  define PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER ""
+# endif
+# define UINT32_C(v) v ## U
+#elif (USHRT_MAX == UINT32_MAX)
+  typedef unsigned short uint32_t;
+# define UINT32_C(v) ((unsigned short) (v))
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER
+#  define PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER ""
+# endif
+#else
+#error "Platform not supported"
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef INT32_MAX
+# define INT32_MAX (0x7fffffffL)
+#endif
+#ifndef INT32_MIN
+# define INT32_MIN INT32_C(0x80000000)
+#endif
+#if !defined(int32_t) && !defined(_INT32_T) && !defined(vxWorks)
+#if (LONG_MAX == INT32_MAX) || defined (S_SPLINT_S)
+  typedef signed long int32_t;
+# define INT32_C(v) v ## L
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER
+#  define PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER "l"
+# endif
+#elif (INT_MAX == INT32_MAX)
+  typedef signed int int32_t;
+# define INT32_C(v) v
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER
+#  define PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER ""
+# endif
+#elif (SHRT_MAX == INT32_MAX)
+  typedef signed short int32_t;
+# define INT32_C(v) ((short) (v))
+# ifndef PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER
+#  define PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER ""
+# endif
+#else
+#error "Platform not supported"
+#endif
+#endif
+
+/*
+ *  The macro stdint_int64_defined is temporarily used to record
+ *  whether or not 64 integer support is available.  It must be
+ *  defined for any 64 integer extensions for new platforms that are
+ *  added.
+ */
+
+#undef stdint_int64_defined
+#if (defined(__STDC__) && defined(__STDC_VERSION__)) || defined (S_SPLINT_S)
+# if (__STDC__ && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L) || defined (S_SPLINT_S)
+#  define stdint_int64_defined
+   typedef long long int64_t;
+   typedef unsigned long long uint64_t;
+#  define UINT64_C(v) v ## ULL
+#  define  INT64_C(v) v ## LL
+#  ifndef PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER
+#   define PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER "ll"
+#  endif
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#if !defined (stdint_int64_defined)
+# if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(vxWorks)
+#  define stdint_int64_defined
+   __extension__ typedef long long int64_t;
+   __extension__ typedef unsigned long long uint64_t;
+#  define UINT64_C(v) v ## ULL
+#  define  INT64_C(v) v ## LL
+#  ifndef PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER
+#   define PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER "ll"
+#  endif
+# elif defined(__MWERKS__) || defined (__SUNPRO_C) || defined (__SUNPRO_CC) || defined (__APPLE_CC__) || defined (_LONG_LONG) || defined (_CRAYC) || defined (S_SPLINT_S)
+#  define stdint_int64_defined
+   typedef long long int64_t;
+   typedef unsigned long long uint64_t;
+#  define UINT64_C(v) v ## ULL
+#  define  INT64_C(v) v ## LL
+#  ifndef PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER
+#   define PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER "ll"
+#  endif
+# elif (defined(__WATCOMC__) && defined(__WATCOM_INT64__)) || (defined(_MSC_VER) && _INTEGRAL_MAX_BITS >= 64) || (defined (__BORLANDC__) && __BORLANDC__ > 0x460) || defined (__alpha) || defined (__DECC)
+#  define stdint_int64_defined
+   typedef __int64 int64_t;
+   typedef unsigned __int64 uint64_t;
+#  define UINT64_C(v) v ## UI64
+#  define  INT64_C(v) v ## I64
+#  ifndef PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER
+#   define PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER "I64"
+#  endif
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#if !defined (LONG_LONG_MAX) && defined (INT64_C)
+# define LONG_LONG_MAX INT64_C (9223372036854775807)
+#endif
+#ifndef ULONG_LONG_MAX
+# define ULONG_LONG_MAX UINT64_C (18446744073709551615)
+#endif
+
+#if !defined (INT64_MAX) && defined (INT64_C)
+# define INT64_MAX INT64_C (9223372036854775807)
+#endif
+#if !defined (INT64_MIN) && defined (INT64_C)
+# define INT64_MIN INT64_C (-9223372036854775808)
+#endif
+#if !defined (UINT64_MAX) && defined (INT64_C)
+# define UINT64_MAX UINT64_C (18446744073709551615)
+#endif
+
+/*
+ *  Width of hexadecimal for number field.
+ */
+
+#ifndef PRINTF_INT64_HEX_WIDTH
+# define PRINTF_INT64_HEX_WIDTH "16"
+#endif
+#ifndef PRINTF_INT32_HEX_WIDTH
+# define PRINTF_INT32_HEX_WIDTH "8"
+#endif
+#ifndef PRINTF_INT16_HEX_WIDTH
+# define PRINTF_INT16_HEX_WIDTH "4"
+#endif
+#ifndef PRINTF_INT8_HEX_WIDTH
+# define PRINTF_INT8_HEX_WIDTH "2"
+#endif
+#ifndef PRINTF_INT64_DEC_WIDTH
+# define PRINTF_INT64_DEC_WIDTH "19"
+#endif
+#ifndef PRINTF_INT32_DEC_WIDTH
+# define PRINTF_INT32_DEC_WIDTH "10"
+#endif
+#ifndef PRINTF_INT16_DEC_WIDTH
+# define PRINTF_INT16_DEC_WIDTH "5"
+#endif
+#ifndef PRINTF_INT8_DEC_WIDTH
+# define PRINTF_INT8_DEC_WIDTH "3"
+#endif
+#ifndef PRINTF_UINT64_DEC_WIDTH
+# define PRINTF_UINT64_DEC_WIDTH "20"
+#endif
+#ifndef PRINTF_UINT32_DEC_WIDTH
+# define PRINTF_UINT32_DEC_WIDTH "10"
+#endif
+#ifndef PRINTF_UINT16_DEC_WIDTH
+# define PRINTF_UINT16_DEC_WIDTH "5"
+#endif
+#ifndef PRINTF_UINT8_DEC_WIDTH
+# define PRINTF_UINT8_DEC_WIDTH "3"
+#endif
+
+/*
+ *  Ok, lets not worry about 128 bit integers for now.  Moore's law says
+ *  we don't need to worry about that until about 2040 at which point
+ *  we'll have bigger things to worry about.
+ */
+
+#ifdef stdint_int64_defined
+  typedef int64_t intmax_t;
+  typedef uint64_t uintmax_t;
+# define  INTMAX_MAX   INT64_MAX
+# define  INTMAX_MIN   INT64_MIN
+# define UINTMAX_MAX  UINT64_MAX
+# define UINTMAX_C(v) UINT64_C(v)
+# define  INTMAX_C(v)  INT64_C(v)
+# ifndef PRINTF_INTMAX_MODIFIER
+#   define PRINTF_INTMAX_MODIFIER PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INTMAX_HEX_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INTMAX_HEX_WIDTH PRINTF_INT64_HEX_WIDTH
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INTMAX_DEC_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INTMAX_DEC_WIDTH PRINTF_INT64_DEC_WIDTH
+# endif
+#else
+  typedef int32_t intmax_t;
+  typedef uint32_t uintmax_t;
+# define  INTMAX_MAX   INT32_MAX
+# define UINTMAX_MAX  UINT32_MAX
+# define UINTMAX_C(v) UINT32_C(v)
+# define  INTMAX_C(v)  INT32_C(v)
+# ifndef PRINTF_INTMAX_MODIFIER
+#   define PRINTF_INTMAX_MODIFIER PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INTMAX_HEX_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INTMAX_HEX_WIDTH PRINTF_INT32_HEX_WIDTH
+# endif
+# ifndef PRINTF_INTMAX_DEC_WIDTH
+#  define PRINTF_INTMAX_DEC_WIDTH PRINTF_INT32_DEC_WIDTH
+# endif
+#endif
+
+/*
+ *  Because this file currently only supports platforms which have
+ *  precise powers of 2 as bit sizes for the default integers, the
+ *  least definitions are all trivial.  Its possible that a future
+ *  version of this file could have different definitions.
+ */
+
+#ifndef stdint_least_defined
+  typedef   int8_t   int_least8_t;
+  typedef  uint8_t  uint_least8_t;
+  typedef  int16_t  int_least16_t;
+  typedef uint16_t uint_least16_t;
+  typedef  int32_t  int_least32_t;
+  typedef uint32_t uint_least32_t;
+# define PRINTF_LEAST32_MODIFIER PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER
+# define PRINTF_LEAST16_MODIFIER PRINTF_INT16_MODIFIER
+# define  UINT_LEAST8_MAX  UINT8_MAX
+# define   INT_LEAST8_MAX   INT8_MAX
+# define UINT_LEAST16_MAX UINT16_MAX
+# define  INT_LEAST16_MAX  INT16_MAX
+# define UINT_LEAST32_MAX UINT32_MAX
+# define  INT_LEAST32_MAX  INT32_MAX
+# define   INT_LEAST8_MIN   INT8_MIN
+# define  INT_LEAST16_MIN  INT16_MIN
+# define  INT_LEAST32_MIN  INT32_MIN
+# ifdef stdint_int64_defined
+    typedef  int64_t  int_least64_t;
+    typedef uint64_t uint_least64_t;
+#   define PRINTF_LEAST64_MODIFIER PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER
+#   define UINT_LEAST64_MAX UINT64_MAX
+#   define  INT_LEAST64_MAX  INT64_MAX
+#   define  INT_LEAST64_MIN  INT64_MIN
+# endif
+#endif
+#undef stdint_least_defined
+
+/*
+ *  The ANSI C committee has defined *int*_fast*_t types as well.  This,
+ *  of course, defies rationality -- you can't know what will be fast
+ *  just from the type itself.  Even for a given architecture, compatible
+ *  implementations might have different performance characteristics.
+ *  Developers are warned to stay away from these types when using this
+ *  or any other stdint.h.
+ */
+
+typedef   int_least8_t   int_fast8_t;
+typedef  uint_least8_t  uint_fast8_t;
+typedef  int_least16_t  int_fast16_t;
+typedef uint_least16_t uint_fast16_t;
+typedef  int_least32_t  int_fast32_t;
+typedef uint_least32_t uint_fast32_t;
+#define  UINT_FAST8_MAX  UINT_LEAST8_MAX
+#define   INT_FAST8_MAX   INT_LEAST8_MAX
+#define UINT_FAST16_MAX UINT_LEAST16_MAX
+#define  INT_FAST16_MAX  INT_LEAST16_MAX
+#define UINT_FAST32_MAX UINT_LEAST32_MAX
+#define  INT_FAST32_MAX  INT_LEAST32_MAX
+#define   INT_FAST8_MIN   INT_LEAST8_MIN
+#define  INT_FAST16_MIN  INT_LEAST16_MIN
+#define  INT_FAST32_MIN  INT_LEAST32_MIN
+#ifdef stdint_int64_defined
+  typedef  int_least64_t  int_fast64_t;
+  typedef uint_least64_t uint_fast64_t;
+# define UINT_FAST64_MAX UINT_LEAST64_MAX
+# define  INT_FAST64_MAX  INT_LEAST64_MAX
+# define  INT_FAST64_MIN  INT_LEAST64_MIN
+#endif
+
+#undef stdint_int64_defined
+
+/*
+ *  Whatever piecemeal, per compiler thing we can do about the wchar_t
+ *  type limits.
+ */
+
+#if defined(__WATCOMC__) || defined(_MSC_VER) || defined (__GNUC__) && !defined(vxWorks)
+# include <wchar.h>
+# ifndef WCHAR_MIN
+#  define WCHAR_MIN 0
+# endif
+# ifndef WCHAR_MAX
+#  define WCHAR_MAX ((wchar_t)-1)
+# endif
+#endif
+
+/*
+ *  Whatever piecemeal, per compiler/platform thing we can do about the
+ *  (u)intptr_t types and limits.
+ */
+
+#if (defined (_MSC_VER) && defined (_UINTPTR_T_DEFINED)) || defined (_UINTPTR_T)
+# define STDINT_H_UINTPTR_T_DEFINED
+#endif
+
+#ifndef STDINT_H_UINTPTR_T_DEFINED
+# if defined (__alpha__) || defined (__ia64__) || defined (__x86_64__) || defined (_WIN64) || defined (__ppc64__)
+#  define stdint_intptr_bits 64
+# elif defined (__WATCOMC__) || defined (__TURBOC__)
+#  if defined(__TINY__) || defined(__SMALL__) || defined(__MEDIUM__)
+#    define stdint_intptr_bits 16
+#  else
+#    define stdint_intptr_bits 32
+#  endif
+# elif defined (__i386__) || defined (_WIN32) || defined (WIN32) || defined (__ppc64__)
+#  define stdint_intptr_bits 32
+# elif defined (__INTEL_COMPILER)
+/* TODO -- what did Intel do about x86-64? */
+# else
+/* #error "This platform might not be supported yet" */
+# endif
+
+# ifdef stdint_intptr_bits
+#  define stdint_intptr_glue3_i(a,b,c)  a##b##c
+#  define stdint_intptr_glue3(a,b,c)    stdint_intptr_glue3_i(a,b,c)
+#  ifndef PRINTF_INTPTR_MODIFIER
+#    define PRINTF_INTPTR_MODIFIER      stdint_intptr_glue3(PRINTF_INT,stdint_intptr_bits,_MODIFIER)
+#  endif
+#  ifndef PTRDIFF_MAX
+#    define PTRDIFF_MAX                 stdint_intptr_glue3(INT,stdint_intptr_bits,_MAX)
+#  endif
+#  ifndef PTRDIFF_MIN
+#    define PTRDIFF_MIN                 stdint_intptr_glue3(INT,stdint_intptr_bits,_MIN)
+#  endif
+#  ifndef UINTPTR_MAX
+#    define UINTPTR_MAX                 stdint_intptr_glue3(UINT,stdint_intptr_bits,_MAX)
+#  endif
+#  ifndef INTPTR_MAX
+#    define INTPTR_MAX                  stdint_intptr_glue3(INT,stdint_intptr_bits,_MAX)
+#  endif
+#  ifndef INTPTR_MIN
+#    define INTPTR_MIN                  stdint_intptr_glue3(INT,stdint_intptr_bits,_MIN)
+#  endif
+#  ifndef INTPTR_C
+#    define INTPTR_C(x)                 stdint_intptr_glue3(INT,stdint_intptr_bits,_C)(x)
+#  endif
+#  ifndef UINTPTR_C
+#    define UINTPTR_C(x)                stdint_intptr_glue3(UINT,stdint_intptr_bits,_C)(x)
+#  endif
+  typedef stdint_intptr_glue3(uint,stdint_intptr_bits,_t) uintptr_t;
+  typedef stdint_intptr_glue3( int,stdint_intptr_bits,_t)  intptr_t;
+# else
+/* TODO -- This following is likely wrong for some platforms, and does
+   nothing for the definition of uintptr_t. */
+  typedef ptrdiff_t intptr_t;
+# endif
+# define STDINT_H_UINTPTR_T_DEFINED
+#endif
+
+/*
+ *  Assumes sig_atomic_t is signed and we have a 2s complement machine.
+ */
+
+#ifndef SIG_ATOMIC_MAX
+# define SIG_ATOMIC_MAX ((((sig_atomic_t) 1) << (sizeof (sig_atomic_t)*CHAR_BIT-1)) - 1)
+#endif
+
+#endif
+
+#if defined (__TEST_PSTDINT_FOR_CORRECTNESS)
+
+/*
+ *  Please compile with the maximum warning settings to make sure macros are
+ *  not defined more than once.
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define glue3_aux(x,y,z) x ## y ## z
+#define glue3(x,y,z) glue3_aux(x,y,z)
+
+#define DECLU(bits) glue3(uint,bits,_t) glue3(u,bits,) = glue3(UINT,bits,_C) (0);
+#define DECLI(bits) glue3(int,bits,_t) glue3(i,bits,) = glue3(INT,bits,_C) (0);
+
+#define DECL(us,bits) glue3(DECL,us,) (bits)
+
+#define TESTUMAX(bits) glue3(u,bits,) = ~glue3(u,bits,); if (glue3(UINT,bits,_MAX) != glue3(u,bits,)) printf ("Something wrong with UINT%d_MAX\n", bits)
+
+#define REPORTERROR(msg) { err_n++; if (err_first <= 0) err_first = __LINE__; printf msg; }
+
+#define X_SIZE_MAX ((size_t)-1)
+
+int main () {
+	int err_n = 0;
+	int err_first = 0;
+	DECL(I,8)
+	DECL(U,8)
+	DECL(I,16)
+	DECL(U,16)
+	DECL(I,32)
+	DECL(U,32)
+#ifdef INT64_MAX
+	DECL(I,64)
+	DECL(U,64)
+#endif
+	intmax_t imax = INTMAX_C(0);
+	uintmax_t umax = UINTMAX_C(0);
+	char str0[256], str1[256];
+
+	sprintf (str0, "%" PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER "d", INT32_C(2147483647));
+	if (0 != strcmp (str0, "2147483647")) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER : %s\n", str0));
+	if (atoi(PRINTF_INT32_DEC_WIDTH) != (int) strlen(str0)) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with PRINTF_INT32_DEC_WIDTH : %s\n", PRINTF_INT32_DEC_WIDTH));
+	sprintf (str0, "%" PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER "u", UINT32_C(4294967295));
+	if (0 != strcmp (str0, "4294967295")) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER : %s\n", str0));
+	if (atoi(PRINTF_UINT32_DEC_WIDTH) != (int) strlen(str0)) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with PRINTF_UINT32_DEC_WIDTH : %s\n", PRINTF_UINT32_DEC_WIDTH));
+#ifdef INT64_MAX
+	sprintf (str1, "%" PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER "d", INT64_C(9223372036854775807));
+	if (0 != strcmp (str1, "9223372036854775807")) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER : %s\n", str1));
+	if (atoi(PRINTF_INT64_DEC_WIDTH) != (int) strlen(str1)) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with PRINTF_INT64_DEC_WIDTH : %s, %d\n", PRINTF_INT64_DEC_WIDTH, (int) strlen(str1)));
+	sprintf (str1, "%" PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER "u", UINT64_C(18446744073709550591));
+	if (0 != strcmp (str1, "18446744073709550591")) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER : %s\n", str1));
+	if (atoi(PRINTF_UINT64_DEC_WIDTH) != (int) strlen(str1)) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with PRINTF_UINT64_DEC_WIDTH : %s, %d\n", PRINTF_UINT64_DEC_WIDTH, (int) strlen(str1)));
+#endif
+
+	sprintf (str0, "%d %x\n", 0, ~0);
+
+	sprintf (str1, "%d %x\n",  i8, ~0);
+	if (0 != strcmp (str0, str1)) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with i8 : %s\n", str1));
+	sprintf (str1, "%u %x\n",  u8, ~0);
+	if (0 != strcmp (str0, str1)) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with u8 : %s\n", str1));
+	sprintf (str1, "%d %x\n",  i16, ~0);
+	if (0 != strcmp (str0, str1)) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with i16 : %s\n", str1));
+	sprintf (str1, "%u %x\n",  u16, ~0);
+	if (0 != strcmp (str0, str1)) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with u16 : %s\n", str1));
+	sprintf (str1, "%" PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER "d %x\n",  i32, ~0);
+	if (0 != strcmp (str0, str1)) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with i32 : %s\n", str1));
+	sprintf (str1, "%" PRINTF_INT32_MODIFIER "u %x\n",  u32, ~0);
+	if (0 != strcmp (str0, str1)) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with u32 : %s\n", str1));
+#ifdef INT64_MAX
+	sprintf (str1, "%" PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER "d %x\n",  i64, ~0);
+	if (0 != strcmp (str0, str1)) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with i64 : %s\n", str1));
+#endif
+	sprintf (str1, "%" PRINTF_INTMAX_MODIFIER "d %x\n",  imax, ~0);
+	if (0 != strcmp (str0, str1)) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with imax : %s\n", str1));
+	sprintf (str1, "%" PRINTF_INTMAX_MODIFIER "u %x\n",  umax, ~0);
+	if (0 != strcmp (str0, str1)) REPORTERROR (("Something wrong with umax : %s\n", str1));
+
+	TESTUMAX(8);
+	TESTUMAX(16);
+	TESTUMAX(32);
+#ifdef INT64_MAX
+	TESTUMAX(64);
+#endif
+
+#define STR(v) #v
+#define Q(v) printf ("sizeof " STR(v) " = %u\n", (unsigned) sizeof (v));
+	if (err_n) {
+		printf ("pstdint.h is not correct.  Please use sizes below to correct it:\n");
+	}
+
+	Q(int)
+	Q(unsigned)
+	Q(long int)
+	Q(short int)
+	Q(int8_t)
+	Q(int16_t)
+	Q(int32_t)
+#ifdef INT64_MAX
+	Q(int64_t)
+#endif
+
+#if UINT_MAX < X_SIZE_MAX
+	printf ("UINT_MAX < X_SIZE_MAX\n");
+#else
+	printf ("UINT_MAX >= X_SIZE_MAX\n");
+#endif
+	printf ("%" PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER "u vs %" PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER "u\n", UINT_MAX, X_SIZE_MAX);
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+#endif
@@ -21,19 +21,15 @@

 #include <sys/types.h>

-#ifdef __APPLE__
 extern void *		memchr(const void *s, int c, size_t n);
-#else
-extern char *		memchr(const void *s, int c, size_t n);
-#endif
 extern int		memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n);
-extern char *		memcpy(void *t, const void *f, size_t n);
+extern void *		memcpy(void *t, const void *f, size_t n);
 #ifdef NO_MEMMOVE
 #define memmove(d,s,n)	(bcopy((s), (d), (n)))
 #else
 extern char *		memmove(void *t, const void *f, size_t n);
 #endif
-extern char *		memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);
+extern void *		memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);

 extern int		strcasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);
 extern char *		strcat(char *dst, const char *src);
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * unistd.h --
- *
- *      Macros, constants and prototypes for Posix conformance.
- *
- * Copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California Permission to use,
- * copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any
- * purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
- * copyright notice appear in all copies. The University of California makes
- * no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose.
- * It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
- */
-
-#ifndef _UNISTD
-#define _UNISTD
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-#ifndef NULL
-#   define NULL    0
-#endif
-
-/*
- * Strict POSIX stuff goes here. Extensions go down below, in the ifndef
- * _POSIX_SOURCE section.
- */
-
-extern void		_exit(int status);
-extern int		access(const char *path, int mode);
-extern int		chdir(const char *path);
-extern int		chown(const char *path, uid_t owner, gid_t group);
-extern int		close(int fd);
-extern int		dup(int oldfd);
-extern int		dup2(int oldfd, int newfd);
-extern int		execl(const char *path, ...);
-extern int		execle(const char *path, ...);
-extern int		execlp(const char *file, ...);
-extern int		execv(const char *path, char *const argv[]);
-extern int		execve(const char *path, char *const argv[], char *const *envp);
-extern int		execvp(const char *file, char *const argv[]);
-extern pid_t		fork(void);
-extern char *		getcwd(char *buf, size_t size);
-extern gid_t		getegid(void);
-extern uid_t		geteuid(void);
-extern gid_t		getgid(void);
-extern int		getgroups(int bufSize, int *buffer);
-extern pid_t		getpid(void);
-extern uid_t		getuid(void);
-extern int		isatty(int fd);
-extern long		lseek(int fd, long offset, int whence);
-extern int		pipe(int *fildes);
-extern int		read(int fd, char *buf, size_t size);
-extern int		setgid(gid_t group);
-extern int		setuid(uid_t user);
-extern unsigned		sleep(unsigned seconds);
-extern char *		ttyname(int fd);
-extern int		unlink(const char *path);
-extern int		write(int fd, const char *buf, size_t size);
-
-#ifndef	_POSIX_SOURCE
-extern char *		crypt(const char *, const char *);
-extern int		fchown(int fd, uid_t owner, gid_t group);
-extern int		flock(int fd, int operation);
-extern int		ftruncate(int fd, unsigned long length);
-extern int		ioctl(int fd, int request, ...);
-extern int		readlink(const char *path, char *buf, int bufsize);
-extern int		setegid(gid_t group);
-extern int		seteuid(uid_t user);
-extern int		setreuid(int ruid, int euid);
-extern int		symlink(const char *, const char *);
-extern int		ttyslot(void);
-extern int		truncate(const char *path, unsigned long length);
-extern int		vfork(void);
-#endif /* _POSIX_SOURCE */
-
-#endif /* _UNISTD */
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ waitpid(
 	} else {
 	    prevPtr->nextPtr = waitPtr->nextPtr;
 	}
-	ckfree((char *) waitPtr);
+	Tcl_Free(waitPtr);
 	return result;
    }

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ waitpid(
 		goto waitAgain;
 	    }
 	}
-	waitPtr = (WaitInfo *) ckalloc(sizeof(WaitInfo));
+	waitPtr = (WaitInfo *) Tcl_Alloc(sizeof(WaitInfo));
 	waitPtr->pid = result;
 	waitPtr->status = status;
 	waitPtr->nextPtr = deadList;
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_GetReturnOptions, Tcl_SetReturnOptions, Tcl_AddErrorInfo, Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo, Tcl_AddObjErrorInfo, Tcl_SetObjErrorCode, Tcl_SetErrorCode, Tcl_SetErrorCodeVA, Tcl_SetErrorLine, Tcl_GetErrorLine, Tcl_PosixError, Tcl_LogCommandInfo \- retrieve or record information about errors and other return options
+Tcl_GetReturnOptions, Tcl_SetReturnOptions, Tcl_AddErrorInfo, Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo, Tcl_AddObjErrorInfo, Tcl_SetObjErrorCode, Tcl_SetErrorCode, Tcl_SetErrorLine, Tcl_GetErrorLine, Tcl_PosixError, Tcl_LogCommandInfo \- retrieve or record information about errors and other return options
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ int
 .sp
 \fBTcl_SetErrorCode\fR(\fIinterp, element, element, ... \fB(char *) NULL\fR)
 .sp
-\fBTcl_SetErrorCodeVA\fR(\fIinterp, argList\fR)
-.sp
 \fBTcl_GetErrorLine\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
 .sp
 \fBTcl_SetErrorLine\fR(\fIinterp, lineNum\fR)
@@ -56,14 +54,14 @@ For \fBTcl_AddObjErrorInfo\fR,
 this points to the first byte of an array of \fIlength\fR bytes
 containing a string to append to the \fB\-errorinfo\fR return option.
 This byte array may contain embedded null bytes
-unless \fIlength\fR is negative.
+unless \fIlength\fR is TCL_INDEX_NONE.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in
 A message to be appended to the \fB\-errorinfo\fR return option
 in the form of a Tcl_Obj value.
-.AP int length in
+.AP size_t length in
 The number of bytes to copy from \fImessage\fR when
 appending to the \fB\-errorinfo\fR return option.
-If negative, all bytes up to the first null byte are used.
+If TCL_INDEX_NONE, all bytes up to the first null byte are used.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *errorObjPtr in
 The \fB\-errorcode\fR return option will be set to this value.
 .AP "const char" *element in
@@ -78,8 +76,8 @@ The line number of a script where an error occurred.
 Pointer to first character in script containing command (must be <= command)
 .AP "const char" *command in
 Pointer to first character in command that generated the error
-.AP int commandLength in
-Number of bytes in command; -1 means use all bytes up to first null byte
+.AP size_t commandLength in
+Number of bytes in command; TCL_INDEX_NONE means use all bytes up to first null byte
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ retrieve the stack trace when script evaluation returns
 \fBTCL_ERROR\fR, like so:
 .PP
 .CS
-int code = Tcl_Eval(interp, script);
+int code = Tcl_EvalEx(interp, script, -1, 0);
 if (code == TCL_ERROR) {
    Tcl_Obj *options = \fBTcl_GetReturnOptions\fR(interp, code);
    Tcl_Obj *key = Tcl_NewStringObj("-errorinfo", -1);
@@ -229,7 +227,7 @@ embedded null bytes.  This is essentially never a good idea.
 If the \fImessage\fR needs to contain the null character \fBU+0000\fR,
 Tcl's usual internal encoding rules should be used to avoid
 the need for a null byte.  If the \fBTcl_AddObjErrorInfo\fR
-interface is used at all, it should be with a negative \fIlength\fR value.
+interface is used at all, it should be with a TCL_INDEX_NONE \fIlength\fR value.
 .PP
 The procedure \fBTcl_SetObjErrorCode\fR is used to set the
 \fB\-errorcode\fR return option to the list value \fIerrorObjPtr\fR
@@ -245,9 +243,6 @@ The procedure \fBTcl_SetErrorCode\fR is also used to set the
 record instead of a value. Otherwise, it is similar to
 \fBTcl_SetObjErrorCode\fR in behavior.
 .PP
-\fBTcl_SetErrorCodeVA\fR is the same as \fBTcl_SetErrorCode\fR except that
-instead of taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument list.
-.PP
 The procedure \fBTcl_GetErrorLine\fR is used to read the integer value
 of the \fB\-errorline\fR return option without the overhead of a full
 call to \fBTcl_GetReturnOptions\fR.  Likewise, \fBTcl_SetErrorLine\fR
@@ -305,6 +300,22 @@ The global variables \fBerrorInfo\fR and
 \fBerrorCode\fR are not modified by \fBTcl_ResetResult\fR
 so they continue to hold a record of information about the
 most recent error seen in an interpreter.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The result of \fBTcl_GetReturnOptions\fR will have at least one
+reference to it from the Tcl interpreter. If not using it immediately,
+you should use \fBTcl_IncrRefCount\fR to add your own reference.
+.PP
+The \fIoptions\fR argument to \fBTcl_SetReturnOptions\fR will have a
+reference added by the Tcl interpreter; it may safely be called with a
+zero-reference value.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo\fR only reads its \fIobjPtr\fR argument;
+it does not modify its reference count at all.
+.PP
+The \fIerrorObjPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_SetObjErrorCode\fR will have a
+reference added by the Tcl interpreter; it may safely be called with a
+zero-reference value.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_DecrRefCount(3), Tcl_IncrRefCount(3), Tcl_Interp(3), Tcl_ResetResult(3),
 Tcl_SetErrno(3), errorCode(n), errorInfo(n)
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\"
-.TH Tcl_Alloc 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.TH Tcl_Alloc 3 9.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_Alloc, Tcl_Free, Tcl_Realloc, Tcl_AttemptAlloc, Tcl_AttemptRealloc, Tcl_GetMemoryInfo, ckalloc, ckfree, ckrealloc, attemptckalloc, attemptckrealloc \- allocate or free heap memory
+Tcl_Alloc, Tcl_Free, Tcl_Realloc, Tcl_AttemptAlloc, Tcl_AttemptRealloc, Tcl_GetMemoryInfo \- allocate or free heap memory
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -19,32 +19,17 @@ char *
 void
 \fBTcl_Free\fR(\fIptr\fR)
 .sp
-char *
+void *
 \fBTcl_Realloc\fR(\fIptr, size\fR)
 .sp
-char *
+void *
 \fBTcl_AttemptAlloc\fR(\fIsize\fR)
 .sp
-char *
+void *
 \fBTcl_AttemptRealloc\fR(\fIptr, size\fR)
 .sp
 void
 \fBTcl_GetMemoryInfo\fR(\fIdsPtr\fR)
-.sp
-char *
-\fBckalloc\fR(\fIsize\fR)
-.sp
-void
-\fBckfree\fR(\fIptr\fR)
-.sp
-char *
-\fBckrealloc\fR(\fIptr, size\fR)
-.sp
-char *
-\fBattemptckalloc\fR(\fIsize\fR)
-.sp
-char *
-\fBattemptckrealloc\fR(\fIptr, size\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS char *size
 .AP "unsigned int" size in
@@ -84,18 +69,17 @@ allocation fails, these functions will return NULL.  Note that on some
 platforms, but not all, attempting to allocate a zero-sized block of
 memory will also cause these functions to return NULL.
 .PP
-The procedures \fBckalloc\fR, \fBckfree\fR, \fBckrealloc\fR,
-\fBattemptckalloc\fR, and \fBattemptckrealloc\fR are implemented
-as macros.  Normally, they are synonyms for the corresponding
-procedures documented on this page.  When Tcl and all modules
-calling Tcl are compiled with \fBTCL_MEM_DEBUG\fR defined, however,
-these macros are redefined to be special debugging versions
-of these procedures.  To support Tcl's memory debugging within a
-module, use the macros rather than direct calls to \fBTcl_Alloc\fR, etc.
+When a module or Tcl itself is compiled with \fBTCL_MEM_DEBUG\fR defined,
+the procedures \fBTcl_Alloc\fR, \fBTcl_Free\fR, \fBTcl_Realloc\fR,
+\fBTcl_AttemptAlloc\fR, and \fBTcl_AttempRealloc\fR are implemented
+as macros, redefined to be special debugging versions of these procedures.

 \fBTcl_GetMemoryInfo\fR appends a list-of-lists of memory stats to the
 provided DString. This function cannot be used in stub-enabled extensions,
-and it is only available if Tcl is compiled with the threaded memory allocator.
+and it is only available if Tcl is compiled with the threaded memory allocator
+When used in stub-enabled embedders, the stubs table must be first initialized
+using one of \fBTcl_InitSubsystems\fR, \fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR,
+\fBTcl_FindExecutable\fR or \fBTclZipfs_AppHook\fR.

 .SH KEYWORDS
 alloc, allocation, free, malloc, memory, realloc, TCL_MEM_DEBUG
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ or \fBTCL_RETURN\fR, then Tcl normally converts this into a \fBTCL_ERROR\fR
 return with an appropriate message.  The particular script
 evaluation procedures of Tcl that act in the manner are
 \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR, \fBTcl_EvalObjv\fR, \fBTcl_Eval\fR, \fBTcl_EvalEx\fR,
-\fBTcl_GlobalEval\fR, \fBTcl_GlobalEvalObj\fR, \fBTcl_VarEval\fR and
-\fBTcl_VarEvalVA\fR.
+\fBTcl_GlobalEval\fR, \fBTcl_GlobalEvalObj\fR and \fBTcl_VarEval\fR.
 .PP
 However, if \fBTcl_AllowExceptions\fR is invoked immediately before
 calling one of those a procedures, then arbitrary completion
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Tcl_GetAssocData, Tcl_SetAssocData, Tcl_DeleteAssocData \- manage associations o
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
 .sp
-ClientData
+void *
 \fBTcl_GetAssocData\fR(\fIinterp, key, delProcPtr\fR)
 .sp
 \fBTcl_SetAssocData\fR(\fIinterp, key, delProc, clientData\fR)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Procedure to call when \fIinterp\fR is deleted.
 .AP Tcl_InterpDeleteProc **delProcPtr in
 Pointer to location in which to store address of current deletion procedure
 for association.  Ignored if NULL.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value associated with the given key in this
 interpreter.  This data is owned by the caller.
 .BE
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ the type \fBTcl_InterpDeleteProc\fR:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_InterpDeleteProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_AsyncCreate, Tcl_AsyncMark, Tcl_AsyncInvoke, Tcl_AsyncDelete, Tcl_AsyncReady \- handle asynchronous events
+Tcl_AsyncCreate, Tcl_AsyncMark, Tcl_AsyncMarkFromSignal, Tcl_AsyncInvoke, Tcl_AsyncDelete, Tcl_AsyncReady \- handle asynchronous events
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@ Tcl_AsyncCreate, Tcl_AsyncMark, Tcl_AsyncInvoke, Tcl_AsyncDelete, Tcl_AsyncReady
 Tcl_AsyncHandler
 \fBTcl_AsyncCreate\fR(\fIproc, clientData\fR)
 .sp
+void
 \fBTcl_AsyncMark\fR(\fIasync\fR)
 .sp
 int
+\fBTcl_AsyncMarkFromSignal\fR(\fIasync\fR, \fIsigNumber\fR)
+.sp
+int
 \fBTcl_AsyncInvoke\fR(\fIinterp, code\fR)
 .sp
+void
 \fBTcl_AsyncDelete\fR(\fIasync\fR)
 .sp
 int
@@ -30,10 +35,12 @@ int
 .AS Tcl_AsyncHandler clientData
 .AP Tcl_AsyncProc *proc in
 Procedure to invoke to handle an asynchronous event.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 One-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR.
 .AP Tcl_AsyncHandler async in
 Token for asynchronous event handler.
+.AP int sigNumber in
+POSIX signal number, when used in a signal context.
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
 Tcl interpreter in which command was being evaluated when handler was
 invoked, or NULL if handler was invoked when there was no interpreter
@@ -60,10 +67,11 @@ to a clean state, such as after the current Tcl command completes.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_AsyncCreate\fR, \fBTcl_AsyncDelete\fR, and \fBTcl_AsyncReady\fR
 are thread sensitive.  They access and/or set a thread-specific data
-structure in the event of a core built with \fI\-\-enable\-threads\fR.  The token
-created by \fBTcl_AsyncCreate\fR contains the needed thread information it
-was called from so that calling \fBTcl_AsyncMark\fR(\fItoken\fR) will only yield
-the origin thread into the asynchronous handler.
+structure in the event of a core built with \fI\-\-enable\-threads\fR.
+The token created by \fBTcl_AsyncCreate\fR contains the needed thread
+information it was called from so that calling \fBTcl_AsyncMarkFromSignal\fR
+or \fBTcl_AsyncMark\fR with this token will only yield the origin
+thread into the asynchronous handler.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_AsyncCreate\fR creates an asynchronous handler and returns
 a token for it.
@@ -72,19 +80,22 @@ any occurrences of the asynchronous event that it is intended
 to handle (it is not safe to create a handler at the time of
 an event).
 When an asynchronous event occurs the code that detects the event
-(such as a signal handler) should call \fBTcl_AsyncMark\fR with the
-token for the handler.
-\fBTcl_AsyncMark\fR will mark the handler as ready to execute, but it
-will not invoke the handler immediately.
-Tcl will call the \fIproc\fR associated with the handler later, when
-the world is in a safe state, and \fIproc\fR can then carry out
-the actions associated with the asynchronous event.
+(such as a POSIX signal handler) should call \fBTcl_AsyncMarkFromSignal\fR
+with the token for the handler and the POSIX signal number. The
+return value of this function is true, when the handler will be
+marked, false otherwise.
+For non-signal contexts, \fBTcl_AsyncMark\fR serves the same purpose.
+\fBTcl_AsyncMarkFromSignal\fR and \fBTcl_AsyncMark\fR will mark
+the handler as ready to execute, but will not invoke the handler
+immediately. Tcl will call the \fIproc\fR associated with the
+handler later, when the world is in a safe state, and \fIproc\fR
+can then carry out the actions associated with the asynchronous event.
 \fIProc\fR should have arguments and result that match the
 type \fBTcl_AsyncProc\fR:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_AsyncProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
        int \fIcode\fR);
 .CE
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-'\"
-'\" Copyright (c) 1989-1993 The Regents of the University of California.
-'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
-'\"
-'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
-'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
-.TH Tcl_Backslash 3 "8.1" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
-.so man.macros
-.BS
-.SH NAME
-Tcl_Backslash \- parse a backslash sequence
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
-\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
-.sp
-char
-\fBTcl_Backslash\fR(\fIsrc, countPtr\fR)
-.SH ARGUMENTS
-.AS char *countPtr out
-.AP "const char" *src in
-Pointer to a string starting with a backslash.
-.AP int *countPtr out
-If \fIcountPtr\fR is not NULL, \fI*countPtr\fR gets filled
-in with number of characters in the backslash sequence, including
-the backslash character.
-.BE
-
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
-The use of \fBTcl_Backslash\fR is deprecated in favor of
-\fBTcl_UtfBackslash\fR.
-.PP
-This is a utility procedure provided for backwards compatibility with
-non-internationalized Tcl extensions.  It parses a backslash sequence and
-returns the low byte of the Unicode character corresponding to the sequence.
-\fBTcl_Backslash\fR modifies \fI*countPtr\fR to contain the number of
-characters in the backslash sequence.
-.PP
-See the Tcl manual entry for information on the valid backslash sequences.
-All of the sequences described in the Tcl manual entry are supported by
-\fBTcl_Backslash\fR.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-Tcl(n), Tcl_UtfBackslash(3)
-
-.SH KEYWORDS
-backslash, parse
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_NewBooleanObj, Tcl_SetBooleanObj, Tcl_GetBooleanFromObj \- store/retrieve boolean value in a Tcl_Obj
+Tcl_NewBooleanObj, Tcl_SetBooleanObj, Tcl_GetBooleanFromObj, Tcl_GetBoolFromObj \- store/retrieve boolean value in a Tcl_Obj
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ Tcl_Obj *
 \fBTcl_SetBooleanObj\fR(\fIobjPtr, intValue\fR)
 .sp
 int
-\fBTcl_GetBooleanFromObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, intPtr\fR)
+\fBTcl_GetBooleanFromObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, boolPtr\fR)
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_GetBoolFromObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, flags. charPtr\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_Interp intValue in/out
 .AP int intValue in
@@ -32,9 +35,16 @@ retrieve a boolean value.
 If a boolean value cannot be retrieved,
 an error message is left in the interpreter's result value
 unless \fIinterp\fR is NULL.
-.AP int *intPtr out
+.AP "bool \&| int" *boolPtr out
 Points to place where \fBTcl_GetBooleanFromObj\fR
 stores the boolean value (0 or 1) obtained from \fIobjPtr\fR.
+.AP char *charPtr out
+Points to place where \fBTcl_GetBoolFromObj\fR
+stores the boolean value (0 or 1) obtained from \fIobjPtr\fR.
+.AP int flags in
+0 or TCL_NULL_OK. If TCL_NULL_OK
+is used, then the empty string or NULL will result in \fBTcl_GetBoolFromObj\fR
+return TCL_OK, the *charPtr filled with the value \fB'\exFF'\fR;
 .BE

 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -61,13 +71,13 @@ any former value stored in \fI*objPtr\fR.
 from the value stored in \fI*objPtr\fR.
 If \fIobjPtr\fR holds a string value recognized by \fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR,
 then the recognized boolean value is written at the address given
-by \fIintPtr\fR.
+by \fIboolPtr\fR.
 If \fIobjPtr\fR holds any value recognized as
 a number by Tcl, then if that value is zero a 0 is written at
-the address given by \fIintPtr\fR and if that
-value is non-zero a 1 is written at the address given by \fIintPtr\fR.
+the address given by \fIboolPtr\fR and if that
+value is non-zero a 1 is written at the address given by \fIboolPtr\fR.
 In all cases where a value is written at the address given
-by \fIintPtr\fR, \fBTcl_GetBooleanFromObj\fR returns \fBTCL_OK\fR.
+by \fIboolPtr\fR, \fBTcl_GetBooleanFromObj\fR returns \fBTCL_OK\fR.
 If the value of \fIobjPtr\fR does not meet any of the conditions
 above, then \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned and an error message is
 left in the interpreter's result unless \fIinterp\fR is NULL.
@@ -76,6 +86,11 @@ fields of \fI*objPtr\fR so that future calls to
 \fBTcl_GetBooleanFromObj\fR on the same \fIobjPtr\fR can be
 performed more efficiently.
 .PP
+\fBTcl_GetBoolFromObj\fR functions almost the same as
+\fBTcl_GetBooleanFromObj\fR, but it has an additional parameter
+\fBflags\fR, which can be used to specify whether the empty
+string or NULL is accepted as valid.
+.PP
 Note that the routines \fBTcl_GetBooleanFromObj\fR and
 \fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR are not functional equivalents.
 The set of values for which \fBTcl_GetBooleanFromObj\fR
@@ -88,6 +103,18 @@ will lead to a \fBTCL_OK\fR return (and the boolean value 1),
 while the same value passed to \fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR will lead to
 a \fBTCL_ERROR\fR return.

+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+\fBTcl_NewBooleanObj\fR always returns a zero-reference object, much
+like \fBTcl_NewObj\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_SetBooleanObj\fR does not modify the reference count of its
+\fIobjPtr\fR argument, but does require that the object be unshared.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetBooleanFromObj\fR does not modify the reference count of its
+\fIobjPtr\fR argument; it only reads. Note however that this function
+may set the interpreter result; if that is the only place that
+is holding a reference to the object, it will be deleted.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_NewObj, Tcl_IsShared, Tcl_GetBoolean

@@ -4,88 +4,173 @@
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\"
-.TH Tcl_ByteArrayObj 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.TH Tcl_ByteArrayObj 3 9.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_NewByteArrayObj, Tcl_SetByteArrayObj, Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj, Tcl_SetByteArrayLength \- manipulate Tcl values as a arrays of bytes
+Tcl_NewByteArrayObj, Tcl_SetByteArrayObj, Tcl_GetBytesFromObj, Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj, Tcl_SetByteArrayLength \- manipulate a Tcl value as an array of bytes
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
 .sp
 Tcl_Obj *
-\fBTcl_NewByteArrayObj\fR(\fIbytes, length\fR)
+\fBTcl_NewByteArrayObj\fR(\fIbytes, numBytes\fR)
 .sp
 void
-\fBTcl_SetByteArrayObj\fR(\fIobjPtr, bytes, length\fR)
+\fBTcl_SetByteArrayObj\fR(\fIobjPtr, bytes, numBytes\fR)
+.sp
+.VS TIP568
+unsigned char *
+\fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, numBytesPtr\fR)
+.VE TIP568
 .sp
 unsigned char *
-\fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR(\fIobjPtr, lengthPtr\fR)
+\fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR(\fIobjPtr, numBytesPtr\fR)
 .sp
 unsigned char *
-\fBTcl_SetByteArrayLength\fR(\fIobjPtr, length\fR)
+\fBTcl_SetByteArrayLength\fR(\fIobjPtr, numBytes\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
-.AS "const unsigned char" *lengthPtr in/out
+.AS "const unsigned char" *numBytesPtr in/out
 .AP "const unsigned char" *bytes in
 The array of bytes used to initialize or set a byte-array value. May be NULL
-even if \fIlength\fR is non-zero.
-.AP int length in
-The length of the array of bytes.  It must be >= 0.
+even if \fInumBytes\fR is non-zero.
+.AP size_t numBytes in
+The number of bytes in the array.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in/out
-For \fBTcl_SetByteArrayObj\fR, this points to the value to be converted to
-byte-array type.  For \fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR and
-\fBTcl_SetByteArrayLength\fR, this points to the value from which to get
-the byte-array value; if \fIobjPtr\fR does not already point to a byte-array
-value, it will be converted to one.
-.AP int *lengthPtr out
-If non-NULL, filled with the length of the array of bytes in the value.
+For \fBTcl_SetByteArrayObj\fR, this points to an unshared value to be
+overwritten by a byte-array value.  For \fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR,
+\fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR and \fBTcl_SetByteArrayLength\fR, this points
+to the value from which to extract an array of bytes.
+.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
+Interpreter to use for error reporting.
+.AP "size_t \&| int" *numBytesPtr out
+Points to space where the number of bytes in the array may be written.
+Caller may pass NULL when it does not need this information.
 .BE

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-These procedures are used to create, modify, and read Tcl byte-array values
-from C code.  Byte-array values are typically used to hold the
-results of binary IO operations or data structures created with the
-\fBbinary\fR command.  In Tcl, an array of bytes is not equivalent to a
-string.  Conceptually, a string is an array of Unicode characters, while a
-byte-array is an array of 8-bit quantities with no implicit meaning.
-Accessor functions are provided to get the string representation of a
-byte-array or to convert an arbitrary value to a byte-array.  Obtaining the
+These routines are used to create, modify, store, transfer, and retrieve
+arbitrary binary data in Tcl values.  Specifically, data that can be
+represented as a sequence of arbitrary byte values is supported.
+This includes data read from binary channels, values created by the
+\fBbinary\fR command, encrypted data, or other information representable as
+a finite byte sequence.
+.PP
+A byte is an 8-bit quantity with no inherent meaning.  When the 8 bits are
+interpreted as an integer value, the range of possible values is (0-255).
+The C type best suited to store a byte is the \fBunsigned char\fR.
+An \fBunsigned char\fR array of size \fIN\fR stores an aribtrary binary
+value of size \fIN\fR bytes.  We call this representation a byte-array.
+Here we document the routines that allow us to operate on Tcl values as
+byte-arrays.
+.PP
+All Tcl values must correspond to a string representation.
+When a byte-array value must be processed as a string, the sequence
+of \fIN\fR bytes is transformed into the corresponding sequence
+of \fIN\fR characters, where each byte value transforms to the same
+character codepoint value in the range (U+0000 - U+00FF).  Obtaining the
 string representation of a byte-array value (by calling
-\fBTcl_GetStringFromObj\fR) produces a properly formed UTF-8 sequence with a
-one-to-one mapping between the bytes in the internal representation and the
-UTF-8 characters in the string representation.
+\fBTcl_GetStringFromObj\fR) produces this string in Tcl's usual
+Modified UTF-8 encoding.
 .PP
-\fBTcl_NewByteArrayObj\fR and \fBTcl_SetByteArrayObj\fR will
-create a new value of byte-array type or modify an existing value to have a
-byte-array type.  Both of these procedures set the value's type to be
-byte-array and set the value's internal representation to a copy of the
-array of bytes given by \fIbytes\fR. \fBTcl_NewByteArrayObj\fR returns a
-pointer to a newly allocated value with a reference count of zero.
-\fBTcl_SetByteArrayObj\fR invalidates any old string representation and, if
-the value is not already a byte-array value, frees any old internal
-representation. If \fIbytes\fR is NULL then the new byte array contains
-arbitrary values.
+\fBTcl_NewByteArrayObj\fR and \fBTcl_SetByteArrayObj\fR
+create a new value or overwrite an existing unshared value, respectively,
+to hold a byte-array value of \fInumBytes\fR bytes.  When a caller
+passes a non-NULL value of \fIbytes\fR, it must point to memory from
+which \fInumBytes\fR bytes can be read.  These routines
+allocate \fInumBytes\fR bytes of memory, copy \fInumBytes\fR
+bytes from \fIbytes\fR into it, and keep the result in the internal
+representation of the new or overwritten value.
+When the caller passes a NULL value of \fIbytes\fR, the data copying
+step is skipped, and the bytes stored in the value are undefined.
+A \fIbytes\fR value of NULL is useful only when the caller will arrange
+to write known contents into the byte-array through a pointer retrieved
+by a call to one of the routines explained below.  \fBTcl_NewByteArrayObj\fR
+returns a pointer to the created value with a reference count of zero.
+\fBTcl_SetByteArrayObj\fR overwrites and invalidates any old contents
+of the unshared \fIobjPtr\fR as appropriate, and keeps its reference
+count (0 or 1) unchanged.  The value produced by these routines has no
+string representation.  Any memory allocation failure may cause a panic.
 .PP
-\fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR converts a Tcl value to byte-array type and
-returns a pointer to the value's new internal representation as an array of
-bytes.  The length of this array is stored in \fIlengthPtr\fR if
-\fIlengthPtr\fR is non-NULL.  The storage for the array of bytes is owned by
-the value and should not be freed.  The contents of the array may be
-modified by the caller only if the value is not shared and the caller
-invalidates the string representation.
+\fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR performs the opposite function of
+\fBTcl_SetByteArrayObj\fR, providing access to read a byte-array from
+a Tcl value that was previously written into it.  When \fIobjPtr\fR
+is a value previously produced by \fBTcl_NewByteArrayObj\fR or
+\fBTcl_SetByteArrayObj\fR, then \fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR returns
+a pointer to the byte-array kept in the value's internal representation.
+If the caller provides a non-NULL value for \fInumBytesPtr\fR, it must
+point to memory where \fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR can write the number
+of bytes in the value's internal byte-array.  With both pieces of
+information, the caller is able to retrieve any information about the
+contents of that byte-array that it seeks.  When \fIobjPtr\fR does
+not already contain an internal byte-array, \fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR
+will try to create one from the value's string representation.  Any
+string value that does not include any character codepoints outside
+the range (U+0000 - U+00FF) will successfully translate to a unique
+byte-array value.  With the created byte-array, the routine returns
+as before.  For any string representation which does contain
+a forbidden character codepoint, the conversion fails, and
+\fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR returns NULL to signal that failure.  On
+failure, nothing will be written to \fInumBytesPtr\fR, and if
+the \fIinterp\fR argument is non-NULL, then error messages and
+codes are left in it recording the error.
 .PP
-\fBTcl_SetByteArrayLength\fR converts the Tcl value to byte-array type
-and changes the length of the value's internal representation as an
-array of bytes.  If \fIlength\fR is greater than the space currently
-allocated for the array, the array is reallocated to the new length; the
-newly allocated bytes at the end of the array have arbitrary values.  If
-\fIlength\fR is less than the space currently allocated for the array,
-the length of array is reduced to the new length.  The return value is a
-pointer to the value's new array of bytes.
+\fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR performs exactly the same function as
+\fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR does when called with the \fIinterp\fR
+argument passed the value NULL.  This is incompatible with the
+way \fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR functioned in Tcl 8.
+\fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR is the more capable interface and should
+usually be favored for use over \fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR.
+.PP
+On success, both \fBTcl_GetByteFromObj\fR and \fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR
+return a pointer into the internal representation of a \fBTcl_Obj\fR.
+That pointer must not be freed by the caller, and should not be retained
+for use beyond the known time the internal representation of the value
+has not been disturbed.  The pointer may be used to overwrite the byte
+contents of the internal representation, so long as the value is unshared
+and any string representation is invalidated.
+.PP
+On success, both \fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR and \fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR
+write the number of bytes in the byte-array value of \fIobjPtr\fR
+to the space pointed to by \fInumBytesPtr\fR.  This space may be of type
+\fBsize_t\fR or of type \fBint\fR.  It is recommended that callers provide
+a \fBsize_t\fR space for this purpose.  If the caller provides only
+an \fBint\fR space and the number of bytes in the byte-array value of
+\fIobjPtr\fR is greater than \fBINT_MAX\fR, the routine will fail due
+to being unable to correctly report the byte-array size to the caller.
+The ability to provide an \fBint\fR space is best considered a migration
+aid for codebases constrained to continue operating with Tcl releases
+older than 8.7.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_SetByteArrayLength\fR enables a caller to change the size of a
+byte-array in the internal representation of an unshared \fIobjPtr\fR to
+become \fInumBytes\fR bytes.  This is most often useful after the
+bytes of the internal byte-array have been directly overwritten and it
+has been discovered that the required size differs from the first
+estimate used in the allocation. \fBTcl_SetByteArrayLength\fR returns
+a pointer to the resized byte-array.  Because resizing the byte-array
+changes the internal representation, \fBTcl_SetByteArrayLength\fR
+also invalidates any string representation in \fIobjPtr\fR.  If resizing
+grows the byte-array, the new byte values are undefined.  If \fIobjPtr\fR
+does not already possess an internal byte-array, one is produced in the
+same way that \fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR does, also returning NULL
+when any characters of the value in \fIobjPtr\fR (up to
+\fInumBytes\fR of them) are not valid bytes.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+\fBTcl_NewByteArrayObj\fR always returns a zero-reference object, much
+like \fBTcl_NewObj\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_SetByteArrayObj\fR and \fBTcl_SetByteArrayLength\fR do not modify the
+reference count of their \fIobjPtr\fR arguments, but do require that the
+object be unshared.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR and \fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR do not modify
+the reference count of \fIobjPtr\fR; they only read.

 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_GetStringFromObj, Tcl_NewObj, Tcl_IncrRefCount, Tcl_DecrRefCount

 .SH KEYWORDS
-value, binary data, byte array, utf, unicode, internationalization
+value, binary data, byte array, utf, unicode
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Tcl_CallWhenDeleted, Tcl_DontCallWhenDeleted \- Arrange for callback when interp
 Interpreter with which to associated callback.
 .AP Tcl_InterpDeleteProc *proc in
 Procedure to call when \fIinterp\fR is deleted.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR.
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type \fBTcl_InterpDeleteProc\fR:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_InterpDeleteProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ORed combination of flag bits that specify additional options.
 For \fBTcl_CancelEval\fR, only \fBTCL_CANCEL_UNWIND\fR is currently
 supported.  For \fBTcl_Canceled\fR, only \fBTCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG\fR and
 \fBTCL_CANCEL_UNWIND\fR are currently supported.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Currently reserved for future use.
 It should be set to NULL.
 .BE
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ other procedures.  If an error is returned and this bit is set in
 result, where it can be retrieved with \fBTcl_GetObjResult\fR or
 \fBTcl_GetStringResult\fR.  If this flag bit is not set then no error
 message is left and the interpreter's result will not be modified.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+\fBTcl_CancelEval\fR always decrements the reference count of its
+\fIresultObjPtr\fR argument (if that is non-NULL). It is expected to
+be usually called with an object with zero reference count. If the
+object is shared with some other location (including the Tcl
+evaluation stack) it should have its reference count incremented
+before calling this function.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 interp(n), Tcl_Eval(3),
 TIP 285
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Tcl_Channel
 Interpreter for error reporting.
 .AP "const Tcl_ChannelType" *typePtr in
 The new channel I/O procedures to use for \fIchannel\fR.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value to pass to channel I/O procedures.
 .AP int mask in
 Conditions under which \fIchannel\fR will be used: OR-ed combination of
@@ -49,11 +49,8 @@ I/O channels.  Examples include compression and encryption modules.  These
 functions transparently stack and unstack a new channel on top of an
 existing one.  Any number of channels can be stacked together.
 .PP
-The implementation of the Tcl channel code was rewritten in 8.3.2 to
-correct some problems with the previous implementation with regard to
-stacked channels.  Anyone using stacked channels or creating stacked
-channel drivers should update to the new \fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_2\fR
-\fBTcl_ChannelType\fR structure.  See \fBTcl_CreateChannel\fR for details.
+The \fBTcl_ChannelType\fR version currently supported is
+\fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_5\fR.  See \fBTcl_CreateChannel\fR for details.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_StackChannel\fR stacks a new \fIchannel\fR on an existing channel
 with the same name that was registered for \fIchannel\fR by
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ Tcl_Object
 int
 \fBTcl_ObjectDeleted\fR(\fIobject\fR)
 .sp
-ClientData
+void *
 \fBTcl_ObjectGetMetadata\fR(\fIobject, metaTypePtr\fR)
 .sp
 \fBTcl_ObjectSetMetadata\fR(\fIobject, metaTypePtr, metadata\fR)
 .sp
-ClientData
+void *
 \fBTcl_ClassGetMetadata\fR(\fIclass, metaTypePtr\fR)
 .sp
 \fBTcl_ClassSetMetadata\fR(\fIclass, metaTypePtr, metadata\fR)
@@ -55,8 +55,16 @@ Tcl_ObjectMapMethodNameProc
 \fBTcl_ObjectGetMethodNameMapper\fR(\fIobject\fR)
 .sp
 \fBTcl_ObjectSetMethodNameMapper\fR(\fIobject\fR, \fImethodNameMapper\fR)
+.sp
+.VS "TIP 605"
+Tcl_Class
+\fBTcl_GetClassOfObject\fR(\fIobject\fR)
+.sp
+Tcl_Obj *
+\fBTcl_GetObjectClassName\fR(\fIinterp\fR, \fIobject\fR)
+.VE "TIP 605"
 .SH ARGUMENTS
-.AS ClientData metadata in/out
+.AS void *metadata in/out
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in/out
 Interpreter providing the context for looking up or creating an object, and
 into whose result error messages will be written on failure.
@@ -73,11 +81,11 @@ automatically selected.
 The name of the namespace to create for the object's private use, or NULL if a
 new unused name is to be automatically selected. The namespace must not
 already exist.
-.AP int objc in
+.AP size_t objc in
 The number of elements in the \fIobjv\fR array.
 .AP "Tcl_Obj *const" *objv in
 The arguments to the command to create the instance of the class.
-.AP int skip in
+.AP size_t skip in
 The number of arguments at the start of the argument array, \fIobjv\fR, that
 are not arguments to any constructors. This allows the generation of correct
 error messages even when complicated calling patterns are used (e.g., via the
@@ -85,7 +93,7 @@ error messages even when complicated calling patterns are used (e.g., via the
 .AP Tcl_ObjectMetadataType *metaTypePtr in
 The type of \fImetadata\fR being set with \fBTcl_ClassSetMetadata\fR or
 retrieved with \fBTcl_ClassGetMetadata\fR.
-.AP ClientData metadata in
+.AP void *metadata in
 An item of metadata to attach to the class, or NULL to remove the metadata
 associated with a particular \fImetaTypePtr\fR.
 .AP "Tcl_ObjectMapMethodNameProc" "methodNameMapper" in
@@ -114,6 +122,13 @@ function. Note that the Tcl_Obj reference returned by \fBTcl_GetObjectName\fR
 is a shared reference. You can also get whether the object has been marked for
 deletion with \fBTcl_ObjectDeleted\fR (it returns true if deletion of the
 object has begun); this can be useful during the processing of methods.
+.VS "TIP 605"
+The class of an object can be retrieved with \fBTcl_GetClassOfObject\fR, and
+the name of the class of an object with \fBTcl_GetObjectClassName\fR; note
+that these two \fImay\fR return NULL during deletion of an object (this is
+transient, and only occurs when the object is a long way through being
+deleted).
+.VE "TIP 605"
 .PP
 Instances of classes are created using \fBTcl_NewObjectInstance\fR, which
 creates an object from any class (and which is internally called by both
@@ -185,7 +200,7 @@ a class or object.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_ObjectMetadataDeleteProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fImetadata\fR);
+        void *\fImetadata\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fImetadata\fR argument gives the address of the metadata to be
@@ -198,8 +213,8 @@ associated with a class or object.
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_CloneProc\fR(
        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
-        ClientData \fIsrcMetadata\fR,
-        ClientData *\fIdstMetadataPtr\fR);
+        void *\fIsrcMetadata\fR,
+        void **\fIdstMetadataPtr\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fIinterp\fR argument gives a place to write an error message when the
@@ -241,6 +256,29 @@ NULL if the whole chain is to be processed (the argument itself is never
 NULL); this variable may be updated by the callback. The \fImethodNameObj\fR
 parameter gives an unshared object containing the name of the method being
 invoked, as provided by the user; this object may be updated by the callback.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The \fIobjPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_GetObjectFromObj\fR will not have its
+reference count manipulated, but this function may modify the interpreter
+result (to report any error) so interpreter results should not be fed into
+this without an additional reference being used.
+.PP
+The result of \fBTcl_GetObjectName\fR is a value that is owned by the object
+that is regenerated when this function is first called after the object is
+renamed.  If the value is to be retained at all, the caller should increment
+the reference count.
+.PP
+The first \fIobjc\fR values in the \fIobjv\fR argument to
+\fBTcl_NewObjectInstance\fR are the arguments to pass to the constructor. They
+must have a reference count of at least 1, and may have their reference counts
+changed during the running of the constructor. Constructors may modify the
+interpreter result, which consequently means that interpreter results should
+not be used as arguments without an additional reference being taken.
+.PP
+The \fImethodNameObj\fR argument to a Tcl_ObjectMapMethodNameProc
+implementation will be a value with a reference count of at least 1 where at
+least one reference is not held by the interpreter result. It is expected that
+method name mappers will only read their \fImethodNameObj\fR arguments.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Method(3), oo::class(n), oo::copy(n), oo::define(n), oo::object(n)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const char *
 \fBTcl_Concat\fR(\fIargc, argv\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS "const char *const" argv[]
-.AP int argc in
+.AP size_t argc in
 Number of strings.
 .AP "const char *const" argv[] in
 Array of strings to concatenate.  Must have \fIargc\fR entries.
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_IsSafe, Tcl_MakeSafe, Tcl_CreateChild, Tcl_CreateSlave, Tcl_GetChild, Tcl_GetSlave, Tcl_GetParent, Tcl_GetMaster, Tcl_GetInterpPath, Tcl_CreateAlias, Tcl_CreateAliasObj, Tcl_GetAlias, Tcl_GetAliasObj, Tcl_ExposeCommand, Tcl_HideCommand \- manage multiple Tcl interpreters, aliases and hidden commands
+Tcl_IsSafe, Tcl_CreateChild, Tcl_GetChild, Tcl_GetParent, Tcl_GetInterpPath, Tcl_CreateAlias, Tcl_CreateAliasObj, Tcl_GetAlias, Tcl_GetAliasObj, Tcl_ExposeCommand, Tcl_HideCommand \- manage multiple Tcl interpreters, aliases and hidden commands
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -16,32 +16,14 @@ Tcl_IsSafe, Tcl_MakeSafe, Tcl_CreateChild, Tcl_CreateSlave, Tcl_GetChild, Tcl_Ge
 int
 \fBTcl_IsSafe\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
 .sp
-int
-\fBTcl_MakeSafe\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
-.sp
-.VS "TIP 581"
 Tcl_Interp *
 \fBTcl_CreateChild\fR(\fIinterp, name, isSafe\fR)
-.VE "TIP 581"
 .sp
 Tcl_Interp *
-\fBTcl_CreateSlave\fR(\fIinterp, name, isSafe\fR)
-.sp
-.VS "TIP 581"
-Tcl_Interp *
 \fBTcl_GetChild\fR(\fIinterp, name\fR)
-.VE "TIP 581"
 .sp
 Tcl_Interp *
-\fBTcl_GetSlave\fR(\fIinterp, name\fR)
-.sp
-.VS "TIP 581"
-Tcl_Interp *
 \fBTcl_GetParent\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
-.VE "TIP 581"
-.sp
-Tcl_Interp *
-\fBTcl_GetMaster\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
 .sp
 int
 \fBTcl_GetInterpPath\fR(\fIinterp, childInterp\fR)
@@ -87,12 +69,12 @@ Name of source command for alias.
 Interpreter that contains the target command for an alias.
 .AP "const char" *targetCmd in
 Name of target command for alias in \fItargetInterp\fR.
-.AP int argc in
+.AP size_t argc in
 Count of additional arguments to pass to the alias command.
 .AP "const char *const" *argv in
 Vector of strings, the additional arguments to pass to the alias command.
 This storage is owned by the caller.
-.AP int objc in
+.AP size_t objc in
 Count of additional value arguments to pass to the aliased command.
 .AP Tcl_Obj **objv in
 Vector of Tcl_Obj structures, the additional value arguments to pass to
@@ -136,8 +118,8 @@ interpreter. The return value for those procedures that return an \fBint\fR
 is either \fBTCL_OK\fR or \fBTCL_ERROR\fR. If \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned
 then the interpreter's result contains an error message.
 .PP
-\fBTcl_CreateSlave\fR creates a new interpreter as a child of \fIinterp\fR.
-It also creates a child command named \fIchildName\fR in \fIinterp\fR which
+\fBTcl_CreateChild\fR creates a new interpreter as a child of \fIinterp\fR.
+It also creates a child command named \fIname\fR in \fIinterp\fR which
 allows \fIinterp\fR to manipulate the new child.
 If \fIisSafe\fR is zero, the command creates a trusted child in which Tcl
 code has access to all the Tcl commands.
@@ -148,43 +130,19 @@ child in which Tcl code has access only to set of Tcl commands defined as
 see the manual entry for the Tcl \fBinterp\fR command for details.
 If the creation of the new child interpreter failed, \fBNULL\fR is returned.
 .PP
-.VS "TIP 581"
-\fBTcl_CreateChild\fR is a synonym for \fBTcl_CreateSlave\fR.
-.VE "TIP 581"
-.PP
 \fBTcl_IsSafe\fR returns \fB1\fR if \fIinterp\fR is
 .QW safe
 (was created with the \fBTCL_SAFE_INTERPRETER\fR flag specified),
 \fB0\fR otherwise.
 .PP
-\fBTcl_MakeSafe\fR marks \fIinterp\fR as
-.QW safe ,
-so that future
-calls to \fBTcl_IsSafe\fR will return 1.  It also removes all known
-potentially-unsafe core functionality (both commands and variables)
-from \fIinterp\fR.  However, it cannot know what parts of an extension
-or application are safe and does not make any attempt to remove those
-parts, so safety is not guaranteed after calling \fBTcl_MakeSafe\fR.
-Callers will want to take care with their use of \fBTcl_MakeSafe\fR
-to avoid false claims of safety.  For many situations, \fBTcl_CreateSlave\fR
-may be a better choice, since it creates interpreters in a known-safe state.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_GetSlave\fR returns a pointer to a child interpreter of
-\fIinterp\fR. The child interpreter is identified by \fIchildName\fR.
+\fBTcl_GetChild\fR returns a pointer to a child interpreter of
+\fIinterp\fR. The child interpreter is identified by \fIname\fR.
 If no such child interpreter exists, \fBNULL\fR is returned.
 .PP
-.VS "TIP 581"
-\fBTcl_GetChild\fR is a synonym for \fBTcl_GetSlave\fR.
-.VE "TIP 581"
-.PP
-\fBTcl_GetMaster\fR returns a pointer to the master interpreter of
-\fIinterp\fR. If \fIinterp\fR has no master (it is a
+\fBTcl_GetParent\fR returns a pointer to the parent interpreter of
+\fIinterp\fR. If \fIinterp\fR has no parent (it is a
 top-level interpreter) then \fBNULL\fR is returned.
 .PP
-.VS "TIP 581"
-\fBTcl_GetParent\fR is a synonym for \fBTcl_GetMaster\fR.
-.VE "TIP 581"
-.PP
 \fBTcl_GetInterpPath\fR stores in the result of \fIinterp\fR
 the relative path between \fIinterp\fR and \fIchildInterp\fR;
 \fIchildInterp\fR must be a child of \fIinterp\fR. If the computation
@@ -201,7 +159,7 @@ This operation returns \fBTCL_OK\fR if it succeeds, or \fBTCL_ERROR\fR if
 it fails; in that case, an error message is left in the value result
 of \fIchildInterp\fR.
 Note that there are no restrictions on the ancestry relationship (as
-created by \fBTcl_CreateSlave\fR) between \fIchildInterp\fR and
+created by \fBTcl_CreateChild\fR) between \fIchildInterp\fR and
 \fItargetInterp\fR. Any two interpreters can be used, without any
 restrictions on how they are related.
 .PP
@@ -255,8 +213,16 @@ any script evaluation mechanism will fail.
 .PP
 For a description of the Tcl interface to multiple interpreters, see
 \fIinterp(n)\fR.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+\fBTcl_CreateAliasObj\fR increments the reference counts of the values
+in its \fIobjv\fR argument. (That reference lasts the same length of
+time as the owning alias.)
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetAliasObj\fR returns (via its \fIobjvPtr\fR argument) a
+pointer to values that it holds a reference to.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-interp
+interp(n)

 .SH KEYWORDS
 alias, command, exposed commands, hidden commands, interpreter, invoke,
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .BS
 '\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_CreateChannel, Tcl_GetChannelInstanceData, Tcl_GetChannelType, Tcl_GetChannelName, Tcl_GetChannelHandle, Tcl_GetChannelMode, Tcl_GetChannelBufferSize, Tcl_SetChannelBufferSize, Tcl_NotifyChannel, Tcl_BadChannelOption, Tcl_ChannelName, Tcl_ChannelVersion, Tcl_ChannelBlockModeProc, Tcl_ChannelCloseProc, Tcl_ChannelClose2Proc, Tcl_ChannelInputProc, Tcl_ChannelOutputProc, Tcl_ChannelSeekProc, Tcl_ChannelWideSeekProc, Tcl_ChannelTruncateProc, Tcl_ChannelSetOptionProc, Tcl_ChannelGetOptionProc, Tcl_ChannelWatchProc, Tcl_ChannelGetHandleProc, Tcl_ChannelFlushProc, Tcl_ChannelHandlerProc, Tcl_ChannelThreadActionProc, Tcl_IsChannelShared, Tcl_IsChannelRegistered, Tcl_CutChannel, Tcl_SpliceChannel, Tcl_IsChannelExisting, Tcl_ClearChannelHandlers, Tcl_GetChannelThread, Tcl_ChannelBuffered \- procedures for creating and manipulating channels
+Tcl_CreateChannel, Tcl_GetChannelInstanceData, Tcl_GetChannelType, Tcl_GetChannelName, Tcl_GetChannelHandle, Tcl_GetChannelMode, Tcl_GetChannelBufferSize, Tcl_SetChannelBufferSize, Tcl_NotifyChannel, Tcl_BadChannelOption, Tcl_ChannelName, Tcl_ChannelVersion, Tcl_ChannelBlockModeProc, Tcl_ChannelClose2Proc, Tcl_ChannelInputProc, Tcl_ChannelOutputProc, Tcl_ChannelWideSeekProc, Tcl_ChannelTruncateProc, Tcl_ChannelSetOptionProc, Tcl_ChannelGetOptionProc, Tcl_ChannelWatchProc, Tcl_ChannelGetHandleProc, Tcl_ChannelFlushProc, Tcl_ChannelHandlerProc, Tcl_ChannelThreadActionProc, Tcl_IsChannelShared, Tcl_IsChannelRegistered, Tcl_CutChannel, Tcl_SpliceChannel, Tcl_IsChannelExisting, Tcl_ClearChannelHandlers, Tcl_GetChannelThread, Tcl_ChannelBuffered \- procedures for creating and manipulating channels
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Tcl_CreateChannel, Tcl_GetChannelInstanceData, Tcl_GetChannelType, Tcl_GetChanne
 Tcl_Channel
 \fBTcl_CreateChannel\fR(\fItypePtr, channelName, instanceData, mask\fR)
 .sp
-ClientData
+void *
 \fBTcl_GetChannelInstanceData\fR(\fIchannel\fR)
 .sp
 const Tcl_ChannelType *
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ Tcl_ThreadId
 int
 \fBTcl_GetChannelMode\fR(\fIchannel\fR)
 .sp
+.VS 8.7
+int
+\fBTcl_RemoveChannelMode\fR(\fIinterp, channel, mode\fR)
+.VE 8.7
+.sp
 int
 \fBTcl_GetChannelBufferSize\fR(\fIchannel\fR)
 .sp
@@ -75,9 +80,6 @@ Tcl_ChannelTypeVersion
 Tcl_DriverBlockModeProc *
 \fBTcl_ChannelBlockModeProc\fR(\fItypePtr\fR)
 .sp
-Tcl_DriverCloseProc *
-\fBTcl_ChannelCloseProc\fR(\fItypePtr\fR)
-.sp
 Tcl_DriverClose2Proc *
 \fBTcl_ChannelClose2Proc\fR(\fItypePtr\fR)
 .sp
@@ -87,9 +89,6 @@ Tcl_DriverInputProc *
 Tcl_DriverOutputProc *
 \fBTcl_ChannelOutputProc\fR(\fItypePtr\fR)
 .sp
-Tcl_DriverSeekProc *
-\fBTcl_ChannelSeekProc\fR(\fItypePtr\fR)
-.sp
 Tcl_DriverWideSeekProc *
 \fBTcl_ChannelWideSeekProc\fR(\fItypePtr\fR)
 .sp
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ by any other channel. Can be NULL, in which case the channel is
 created without a name. If the created channel is assigned to one
 of the standard channels (\fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR or \fBstderr\fR),
 the assigned channel name will be the name of the standard channel.
-.AP ClientData instanceData in
+.AP void *instanceData in
 Arbitrary one-word value to be associated with this channel.  This
 value is passed to procedures in \fItypePtr\fR when they are invoked.
 .AP int mask in
@@ -139,10 +138,10 @@ The channel to operate on.
 .AP int direction in
 \fBTCL_READABLE\fR means the input handle is wanted; \fBTCL_WRITABLE\fR
 means the output handle is wanted.
-.AP ClientData *handlePtr out
+.AP void **handlePtr out
 Points to the location where the desired OS-specific handle should be
 stored.
-.AP int size in
+.AP size_t size in
 The size, in bytes, of buffers to allocate in this channel.
 .AP int mask in
 An OR-ed combination of \fBTCL_READABLE\fR, \fBTCL_WRITABLE\fR
@@ -243,6 +242,16 @@ events to the correct event queue even for a multi-threaded core.
 and \fBTCL_WRITABLE\fR, indicating whether the channel is open for input
 and output.
 .PP
+.VS 8.7
+.PP
+\fBTcl_RemoveChannelMode\fR removes an access privilege from the
+channel, either \fBTCL_READABLE\fR or \fBTCL_WRITABLE\fR, and returns
+a regular Tcl result code, \fBTCL_OK\fR, or \fBTCL_ERROR\fR. The
+function throws an error if either an invalid mode is specified or the
+result of the removal would be an inaccessible channel. In that case
+an error message is left in the interp argument, if not NULL.
+.VE 8.7
+.PP
 \fBTcl_GetChannelBufferSize\fR returns the size, in bytes, of buffers
 allocated to store input or output in \fIchannel\fR. If the value was not set
 by a previous call to \fBTcl_SetChannelBufferSize\fR, described below, then
@@ -287,16 +296,13 @@ name is registered in the (thread)-global list of all channels (result
 (thread)global list of all channels (of the current thread).
 Application to a channel still registered in some interpreter
 is not allowed.
-Also notifies the driver if the \fBTcl_ChannelType\fR version is
-\fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_4\fR (or higher), and
+Also notifies the driver if
 \fBTcl_DriverThreadActionProc\fR is defined for it.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_SpliceChannel\fR adds the specified \fIchannel\fR to the
 (thread)global list of all channels (of the current thread).
 Application to a channel registered in some interpreter is not allowed.
-Also notifies the driver if the \fBTcl_ChannelType\fR version is
-\fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_4\fR (or higher), and
-\fBTcl_DriverThreadActionProc\fR is defined for it.
+Also notifies the driver if \fBTcl_DriverThreadActionProc\fR is defined for it.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_ClearChannelHandlers\fR removes all channel handlers and event
 scripts associated with the specified \fIchannel\fR, thus shutting
@@ -316,10 +322,10 @@ The \fBTcl_ChannelType\fR structure contains the following fields:
 typedef struct Tcl_ChannelType {
        const char *\fItypeName\fR;
        Tcl_ChannelTypeVersion \fIversion\fR;
-        Tcl_DriverCloseProc *\fIcloseProc\fR;
+        void *\fIcloseProc\fR; /* Not used any more*/
        Tcl_DriverInputProc *\fIinputProc\fR;
        Tcl_DriverOutputProc *\fIoutputProc\fR;
-        Tcl_DriverSeekProc *\fIseekProc\fR;
+        void *\fIseekProc\fR; /* Not used any more */
        Tcl_DriverSetOptionProc *\fIsetOptionProc\fR;
        Tcl_DriverGetOptionProc *\fIgetOptionProc\fR;
        Tcl_DriverWatchProc *\fIwatchProc\fR;
@@ -348,9 +354,8 @@ The user should only use the above structure for \fBTcl_ChannelType\fR
 instantiation.  When referencing fields in a \fBTcl_ChannelType\fR
 structure, the following functions should be used to obtain the values:
 \fBTcl_ChannelName\fR, \fBTcl_ChannelVersion\fR,
-\fBTcl_ChannelBlockModeProc\fR, \fBTcl_ChannelCloseProc\fR,
-\fBTcl_ChannelClose2Proc\fR, \fBTcl_ChannelInputProc\fR,
-\fBTcl_ChannelOutputProc\fR, \fBTcl_ChannelSeekProc\fR,
+\fBTcl_ChannelBlockModeProc\fR, \fBTcl_ChannelClose2Proc\fR,
+\fBTcl_ChannelInputProc\fR, \fBTcl_ChannelOutputProc\fR,
 \fBTcl_ChannelWideSeekProc\fR, \fBTcl_ChannelThreadActionProc\fR,
 \fBTcl_ChannelTruncateProc\fR,
 \fBTcl_ChannelSetOptionProc\fR, \fBTcl_ChannelGetOptionProc\fR,
@@ -373,25 +378,9 @@ a pointer to the string.
 .PP

 The \fIversion\fR field should be set to the version of the structure
-that you require. \fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_2\fR is the minimum recommended.
-\fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_3\fR must be set to specify the \fIwideSeekProc\fR member.
-\fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_4\fR must be set to specify the \fIthreadActionProc\fR member
-(includes \fIwideSeekProc\fR).
-\fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_5\fR must be set to specify the
-\fItruncateProc\fR members (includes
-\fIwideSeekProc\fR and \fIthreadActionProc\fR).
-If it is not set to any of these, then this
-\fBTcl_ChannelType\fR is assumed to have the original structure.  See
-\fBOLD CHANNEL TYPES\fR for more details.  While Tcl will recognize
-and function with either structures, stacked channels must be of at
-least \fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_2\fR to function correctly.
+that you require. \fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_5\fR is the minimum supported.
 .PP
-This value can be retrieved with \fBTcl_ChannelVersion\fR, which returns
-one of
-\fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_5\fR,
-\fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_4\fR,
-\fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_3\fR,
-\fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_2\fR or \fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_1\fR.
+This value can be retrieved with \fBTcl_ChannelVersion\fR.
 .SS BLOCKMODEPROC
 .PP
 The \fIblockModeProc\fR field contains the address of a function called by
@@ -400,7 +389,7 @@ the generic layer to set blocking and nonblocking mode on the device.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_DriverBlockModeProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
+        void *\fIinstanceData\fR,
        int \fImode\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -427,22 +416,23 @@ blocking mode is acceptable to it, and should this also document for
 the user so that the blocking mode of the channel is not changed to an
 unacceptable value. Any confusion here may lead the interpreter into a
 (spurious and difficult to find) deadlock.
-.SS "CLOSEPROC AND CLOSE2PROC"
+.SS "CLOSE2PROC"
 .PP
-The \fIcloseProc\fR field contains the address of a function called by the
+The \fIclose2Proc\fR field contains the address of a function called by the
 generic layer to clean up driver-related information when the channel is
-closed. \fICloseProc\fR must match the following prototype:
+closed. \fIClose2Proc\fR must match the following prototype:
 .PP
 .CS
-typedef int \fBTcl_DriverCloseProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
-        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR);
+typedef int \fBTcl_DriverClose2Proc\fR(
+        void *\fIinstanceData\fR,
+        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
+        int \fIflags\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
-The \fIinstanceData\fR argument is the same as the value provided to
-\fBTcl_CreateChannel\fR when the channel was created. The function should
-release any storage maintained by the channel driver for this channel, and
-close the input and output devices encapsulated by this channel. All queued
+If \fIflags\fR is 0, the \fIinstanceData\fR argument is the same as the value
+provided to \fBTcl_CreateChannel\fR when the channel was created. The function
+should release any storage maintained by the channel driver for this channel,
+and close the input and output devices encapsulated by this channel. All queued
 output will have been flushed to the device before this function is called,
 and no further driver operations will be invoked on this instance after
 calling the \fIcloseProc\fR. If the close operation is successful, the
@@ -451,35 +441,20 @@ error code. In addition, if an error occurs and \fIinterp\fR is not NULL,
 the procedure should store an error message in the interpreter's result.
 .PP
 Alternatively, channels that support closing the read and write sides
-independently may set \fIcloseProc\fR to \fBTCL_CLOSE2PROC\fR and set
-\fIclose2Proc\fR to the address of a function that matches the
-following prototype:
-.PP
-.CS
-typedef int \fBTcl_DriverClose2Proc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
-        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
-        int \fIflags\fR);
-.CE
-.PP
-The \fIclose2Proc\fR will be called with \fIflags\fR set to an OR'ed
+independently may accept other flag values than 0.
+Then \fIclose2Proc\fR will be called with \fIflags\fR set to an OR'ed
 combination of \fBTCL_CLOSE_READ\fR or \fBTCL_CLOSE_WRITE\fR to
 indicate that the driver should close the read and/or write side of
 the channel.  The channel driver may be invoked to perform
 additional operations on the channel after \fIclose2Proc\fR is
-called to close one or both sides of the channel.  If \fIflags\fR is
-\fB0\fR (zero), the driver should close the channel in the manner
-described above for \fIcloseProc\fR.  No further operations will be
-invoked on this instance after \fIclose2Proc\fR is called with all
-flags cleared.  In all cases, the \fIclose2Proc\fR function should
-return zero if the close operation was successful; otherwise it should
-return a nonzero POSIX error code. In addition, if an error occurs and
-\fIinterp\fR is not NULL, the procedure should store an error message
-in the interpreter's result.
+called to close one or both sides of the channel.  In all cases, the
+\fIclose2Proc\fR function should return zero if the close operation was
+successful; otherwise it should return a nonzero POSIX error code.
+In addition, if an error occurs and \fIinterp\fR is not NULL, the procedure
+should store an error message in the interpreter's result.
 .PP
-The \fIcloseProc\fR and \fIclose2Proc\fR values can be retrieved with
-\fBTcl_ChannelCloseProc\fR or \fBTcl_ChannelClose2Proc\fR, which
-return a pointer to the respective function.
+The \fIclose2Proc\fR value can be retrieved with \fBTcl_ChannelClose2Proc\fR,
+which returns a pointer to the function.
 .SS INPUTPROC
 .PP
 The \fIinputProc\fR field contains the address of a function called by the
@@ -488,7 +463,7 @@ internal buffer. \fIInputProc\fR must match the following prototype:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_DriverInputProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
+        void *\fIinstanceData\fR,
        char *\fIbuf\fR,
        int \fIbufSize\fR,
        int *\fIerrorCodePtr\fR);
@@ -532,7 +507,7 @@ generic layer to transfer data from an internal buffer to the output device.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_DriverOutputProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
+        void *\fIinstanceData\fR,
        const char *\fIbuf\fR,
        int \fItoWrite\fR,
        int *\fIerrorCodePtr\fR);
@@ -562,17 +537,17 @@ without writing any data.
 .PP
 This value can be retrieved with \fBTcl_ChannelOutputProc\fR, which returns
 a pointer to the function.
-.SS "SEEKPROC AND WIDESEEKPROC"
+.SS "WIDESEEKPROC"
 .PP
-The \fIseekProc\fR field contains the address of a function called by the
+The \fIwideSeekProc\fR field contains the address of a function called by the
 generic layer to move the access point at which subsequent input or output
-operations will be applied. \fISeekProc\fR must match the following
+operations will be applied. \fIWideSeekProc\fR must match the following
 prototype:
 .PP
 .CS
-typedef int \fBTcl_DriverSeekProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
-        long \fIoffset\fR,
+typedef long long \fBTcl_DriverWideSeekProc\fR(
+        void *\fIinstanceData\fR,
+        long long \fIoffset\fR,
        int \fIseekMode\fR,
        int *\fIerrorCodePtr\fR);
 .CE
@@ -591,30 +566,8 @@ does not implement seeking.
 The return value is the new access point or -1 in case of error. If an
 error occurred, the function should not move the access point.
 .PP
-If there is a non-NULL \fIseekProc\fR field, the \fIwideSeekProc\fR
-field may contain the address of an alternative function to use which
-handles wide (i.e. larger than 32-bit) offsets, so allowing seeks
-within files larger than 2GB.  The \fIwideSeekProc\fR will be called
-in preference to the \fIseekProc\fR, but both must be defined if the
-\fIwideSeekProc\fR is defined.  \fIWideSeekProc\fR must match the
-following prototype:
-.PP
-.CS
-typedef Tcl_WideInt \fBTcl_DriverWideSeekProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
-        Tcl_WideInt \fIoffset\fR,
-        int \fIseekMode\fR,
-        int *\fIerrorCodePtr\fR);
-.CE
-.PP
-The arguments and return values mean the same thing as with
-\fIseekProc\fR above, except that the type of offsets and the return
-type are different.
-.PP
-The \fIseekProc\fR value can be retrieved with
-\fBTcl_ChannelSeekProc\fR, which returns a pointer to the function,
-and similarly the \fIwideSeekProc\fR can be retrieved with
-\fBTcl_ChannelWideSeekProc\fR.
+The \fIwideSseekProc\fR value can be retrieved with
+\fBTcl_ChannelWideSeekProc\fR, which returns a pointer to the function.
 .SS SETOPTIONPROC
 .PP
 The \fIsetOptionProc\fR field contains the address of a function called by
@@ -623,7 +576,7 @@ the generic layer to set a channel type specific option on a channel.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_DriverSetOptionProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
+        void *\fIinstanceData\fR,
        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
        const char *\fIoptionName\fR,
        const char *\fInewValue\fR);
@@ -664,7 +617,7 @@ channel. \fIgetOptionProc\fR must match the following prototype:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_DriverGetOptionProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
+        void *\fIinstanceData\fR,
        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
        const char *\fIoptionName\fR,
        Tcl_DString *\fIoptionValue\fR);
@@ -702,7 +655,7 @@ notice events of interest on this channel.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_DriverWatchProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
+        void *\fIinstanceData\fR,
        int \fImask\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -733,9 +686,9 @@ the generic layer to retrieve a device-specific handle from the channel.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_DriverGetHandleProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
+        void *\fIinstanceData\fR,
        int \fIdirection\fR,
-        ClientData *\fIhandlePtr\fR);
+        void **\fIhandlePtr\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 \fIInstanceData\fR is the same as the value passed to
@@ -762,7 +715,7 @@ It should be set to NULL.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_DriverFlushProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR);
+        void *\fIinstanceData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 This value can be retrieved with \fBTcl_ChannelFlushProc\fR, which returns
@@ -777,7 +730,7 @@ that occur on the underlying (stacked) channel.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_DriverHandlerProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
+        void *\fIinstanceData\fR,
        int \fIinterestMask\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -806,7 +759,7 @@ might be maintaining using the calling thread as the associate. See
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_DriverThreadActionProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
+        void *\fIinstanceData\fR,
        int \fIaction\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -823,8 +776,8 @@ length. It can be NULL.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_DriverTruncateProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIinstanceData\fR,
-        Tcl_WideInt \fIlength\fR);
+        void *\fIinstanceData\fR,
+        long long \fIlength\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 \fIInstanceData\fR is the same as the value passed to
@@ -871,58 +824,6 @@ The function takes good care of inserting minus signs before
 each option, commas after, and an
 .QW or
 before the last option.
-.SH "OLD CHANNEL TYPES"
-The original (8.3.1 and below) \fBTcl_ChannelType\fR structure contains
-the following fields:
-.PP
-.CS
-typedef struct Tcl_ChannelType {
-    const char *\fItypeName\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverBlockModeProc *\fIblockModeProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverCloseProc *\fIcloseProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverInputProc *\fIinputProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverOutputProc *\fIoutputProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverSeekProc *\fIseekProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverSetOptionProc *\fIsetOptionProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverGetOptionProc *\fIgetOptionProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverWatchProc *\fIwatchProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverGetHandleProc *\fIgetHandleProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverClose2Proc *\fIclose2Proc\fR;
-} \fBTcl_ChannelType\fR;
-.CE
-.PP
-It is still possible to create channel with the above structure.  The
-internal channel code will determine the version.  It is imperative to use
-the new \fBTcl_ChannelType\fR structure if you are creating a stacked
-channel driver, due to problems with the earlier stacked channel
-implementation (in 8.2.0 to 8.3.1).
-.PP
-Prior to 8.4.0 (i.e. during the later releases of 8.3 and early part
-of the 8.4 development cycle) the \fBTcl_ChannelType\fR structure
-contained the following fields:
-.PP
-.CS
-typedef struct Tcl_ChannelType {
-    const char *\fItypeName\fR;
-    Tcl_ChannelTypeVersion \fIversion\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverCloseProc *\fIcloseProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverInputProc *\fIinputProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverOutputProc *\fIoutputProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverSeekProc *\fIseekProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverSetOptionProc *\fIsetOptionProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverGetOptionProc *\fIgetOptionProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverWatchProc *\fIwatchProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverGetHandleProc *\fIgetHandleProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverClose2Proc *\fIclose2Proc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverBlockModeProc *\fIblockModeProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverFlushProc *\fIflushProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverHandlerProc *\fIhandlerProc\fR;
-    Tcl_DriverTruncateProc *\fItruncateProc\fR;
-} \fBTcl_ChannelType\fR;
-.CE
-.PP
-When the above structure is registered as a channel type, the
-\fIversion\fR field should always be \fBTCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_2\fR.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_Close(3), Tcl_OpenFileChannel(3), Tcl_SetErrno(3), Tcl_QueueEvent(3), Tcl_StackChannel(3), Tcl_GetStdChannel(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ Tcl channel such as returned by \fBTcl_CreateChannel\fR.
 Conditions under which \fIproc\fR should be called: OR-ed combination of
 \fBTCL_READABLE\fR, \fBTCL_WRITABLE\fR and \fBTCL_EXCEPTION\fR. Specify
 a zero value to temporarily disable an existing handler.
-.AP Tcl_FileProc *proc in
+.AP Tcl_ChannelProc *proc in
 Procedure to invoke whenever the channel indicated by \fIchannel\fR meets
 the conditions specified by \fImask\fR.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR.
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ what it means for a channel to be readable or writable.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_ChannelProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        int \fImask\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void
 The channel for which to create or delete a close callback.
 .AP Tcl_CloseProc *proc in
 The procedure to call as the callback.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR.
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_CloseProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fIclientData\fR is the same as the value provided in the call to
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Name of command.
 .AP Tcl_CmdProc *proc in
 Implementation of new command:  \fIproc\fR will be called whenever
 \fIcmdName\fR is invoked as a command.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP voie *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR and \fIdeleteProc\fR.
 .AP Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc in
 Procedure to call before \fIcmdName\fR is deleted from the interpreter;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ and it returns NULL.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_CmdProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
        int \fIargc\fR,
        const char *\fIargv\fR[]);
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ result that match the type \fBTcl_CmdDeleteProc\fR:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_CmdDeleteProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fIclientData\fR argument will be the same as the \fIclientData\fR
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ a handler.
 .AP Tcl_FileProc *proc in
 Procedure to invoke whenever the file or device indicated
 by \fIfile\fR meets the conditions specified by \fImask\fR.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR.
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type \fBTcl_FileProc\fR:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_FileProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        int \fImask\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ Tcl_Interp *
 int
 \fBTcl_InterpDeleted\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
 .sp
-.VS 8.6
 int
 \fBTcl_InterpActive\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
-.VE 8.6
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_Interp *interp
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
@@ -70,14 +68,12 @@ deleted and when the whole interpreter is being deleted. In the former case
 the callback may recreate the data being deleted, but this would lead to an
 infinite loop if the interpreter were being deleted.
 .PP
-.VS 8.6
 \fBTcl_InterpActive\fR is useful for determining whether there is any
 execution of scripts ongoing in an interpreter, which is a useful piece of
 information when Tcl is embedded in a garbage-collected environment and it
 becomes necessary to determine whether the interpreter is a candidate for
 deletion. The function returns a true value if the interpreter has at least
 one active execution running inside it, and a false value otherwise.
-.VE 8.6
 .SH "INTERPRETERS AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT"
 .PP
 \fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR can be called at any time on an interpreter that may
@@ -138,12 +134,10 @@ All uses of interpreters in Tcl and Tk have already been protected.
 Extension writers should ensure that their code also properly protects any
 additional interpreters used, as described above.
 .PP
-.VS 8.6
 Note that the protection mechanisms do not work well with conventional garbage
 collection systems. When in such a managed environment, \fBTcl_InterpActive\fR
 should be used to determine when an interpreter is a candidate for deletion
 due to inactivity.
-.VE 8.6
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_Preserve(3), Tcl_Release(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -1,162 +0,0 @@
-'\"
-'\" Copyright (c) 1989-1993 The Regents of the University of California.
-'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
-'\"
-'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
-'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
-.TH Tcl_CreateMathFunc 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
-.so man.macros
-.BS
-.SH NAME
-Tcl_CreateMathFunc, Tcl_GetMathFuncInfo, Tcl_ListMathFuncs \- Define, query and enumerate math functions for expressions
-.SH "NOTICE OF EVENTUAL DEPRECATION"
-.PP
-The \fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR and \fBTcl_GetMathFuncInfo\fR functions
-are rendered somewhat obsolete by the ability to create functions for
-expressions by placing commands in the \fBtcl::mathfunc\fR namespace,
-as described in the \fBmathfunc\fR manual page; the API described on
-this page is not expected to be maintained indefinitely.
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
-\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
-.sp
-void
-\fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR(\fIinterp, name, numArgs, argTypes, proc, clientData\fR)
-.sp
-int
-\fBTcl_GetMathFuncInfo\fR(\fIinterp, name, numArgsPtr, argTypesPtr, procPtr,
-                    clientDataPtr\fR)
-.sp
-Tcl_Obj *
-\fBTcl_ListMathFuncs\fR(\fIinterp, pattern\fR)
-.SH ARGUMENTS
-.AS Tcl_ValueType *clientDataPtr out
-.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
-Interpreter in which new function will be defined.
-.AP "const char" *name in
-Name for new function.
-.AP int numArgs in
-Number of arguments to new function;  also gives size of \fIargTypes\fR array.
-.AP Tcl_ValueType *argTypes in
-Points to an array giving the permissible types for each argument to
-function.
-.AP Tcl_MathProc *proc in
-Procedure that implements the function.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
-Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR when it is invoked.
-.AP int *numArgsPtr out
-Points to a variable that will be set to contain the number of
-arguments to the function.
-.AP Tcl_ValueType **argTypesPtr out
-Points to a variable that will be set to contain a pointer to an array
-giving the permissible types for each argument to the function which
-will need to be freed up using \fITcl_Free\fR.
-.AP Tcl_MathProc **procPtr out
-Points to a variable that will be set to contain a pointer to the
-implementation code for the function (or NULL if the function is
-implemented directly in bytecode).
-.AP ClientData *clientDataPtr out
-Points to a variable that will be set to contain the clientData
-argument passed to \fITcl_CreateMathFunc\fR when the function was
-created if the function is not implemented directly in bytecode.
-.AP "const char" *pattern in
-Pattern to match against function names so as to filter them (by
-passing to \fITcl_StringMatch\fR), or NULL to not apply any filter.
-.BE
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
-Tcl allows a number of mathematical functions to be used in
-expressions, such as \fBsin\fR, \fBcos\fR, and \fBhypot\fR.
-These functions are represented by commands in the namespace,
-\fBtcl::mathfunc\fR.  The \fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR function is
-an obsolete way for applications to add additional functions
-to those already provided by Tcl or to replace existing functions.
-It should not be used by new applications, which should create
-math functions using \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR to create a command
-in the \fBtcl::mathfunc\fR namespace.
-.PP
-In the \fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR interface,
-\fIName\fR is the name of the function as it will appear in expressions.
-If \fIname\fR does not already exist in the \fB::tcl::mathfunc\fR
-namespace, then a new command is created in that namespace.
-If \fIname\fR does exist, then the existing function is replaced.
-\fINumArgs\fR and \fIargTypes\fR describe the arguments to the function.
-Each entry in the \fIargTypes\fR array must be
-one of \fBTCL_INT\fR, \fBTCL_DOUBLE\fR, \fBTCL_WIDE_INT\fR,
-or \fBTCL_EITHER\fR to indicate whether the corresponding argument must be an
-integer, a double-precision floating value, a wide (64-bit) integer,
-or any, respectively.
-.PP
-Whenever the function is invoked in an expression Tcl will invoke
-\fIproc\fR.  \fIProc\fR should have arguments and result that match
-the type \fBTcl_MathProc\fR:
-.PP
-.CS
-typedef int \fBTcl_MathProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
-        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
-        Tcl_Value *\fIargs\fR,
-        Tcl_Value *\fIresultPtr\fR);
-.CE
-.PP
-When \fIproc\fR is invoked the \fIclientData\fR and \fIinterp\fR
-arguments will be the same as those passed to \fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR.
-\fIArgs\fR will point to an array of \fInumArgs\fR Tcl_Value structures,
-which describe the actual arguments to the function:
-.PP
-.CS
-typedef struct Tcl_Value {
-    Tcl_ValueType \fItype\fR;
-    long \fIintValue\fR;
-    double \fIdoubleValue\fR;
-    Tcl_WideInt \fIwideValue\fR;
-} \fBTcl_Value\fR;
-.CE
-.PP
-The \fItype\fR field indicates the type of the argument and is
-one of \fBTCL_INT\fR, \fBTCL_DOUBLE\fR or \fBTCL_WIDE_INT\fR.
-It will match the \fIargTypes\fR value specified for the function unless
-the \fIargTypes\fR value was \fBTCL_EITHER\fR. Tcl converts
-the argument supplied in the expression to the type requested in
-\fIargTypes\fR, if that is necessary.
-Depending on the value of the \fItype\fR field, the \fIintValue\fR,
-\fIdoubleValue\fR or \fIwideValue\fR
-field will contain the actual value of the argument.
-.PP
-\fIProc\fR should compute its result and store it either as an integer
-in \fIresultPtr->intValue\fR or as a floating value in
-\fIresultPtr->doubleValue\fR.
-It should set also \fIresultPtr->type\fR to one of
-\fBTCL_INT\fR, \fBTCL_DOUBLE\fR or \fBTCL_WIDE_INT\fR
-to indicate which value was set.
-Under normal circumstances \fIproc\fR should return \fBTCL_OK\fR.
-If an error occurs while executing the function, \fIproc\fR should
-return \fBTCL_ERROR\fR and leave an error message in the interpreter's result.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_GetMathFuncInfo\fR retrieves the values associated with
-function \fIname\fR that were passed to a preceding
-\fBTcl_CreateMathFunc\fR call.  Normally, the return code is
-\fBTCL_OK\fR but if the named function does not exist, \fBTCL_ERROR\fR
-is returned and an error message is placed in the interpreter's
-result.
-.PP
-If an error did not occur, the array reference placed in the variable
-pointed to by \fIargTypesPtr\fR is newly allocated, and should be
-released by passing it to \fBTcl_Free\fR.  Some functions (the
-standard set implemented in the core, and those defined by placing
-commands in the \fBtcl::mathfunc\fR namespace) do not have
-argument type information; attempting to retrieve values for
-them causes a NULL to be stored in the variable pointed to by
-\fIprocPtr\fR and the variable pointed to by \fIclientDataPtr\fR
-will not be modified.  The variable pointed to by \fInumArgsPointer\fR
-will contain -1, and no argument types will be stored in the variable
-pointed to by \fIargTypesPointer\fR.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_ListMathFuncs\fR returns a Tcl value containing a list of all
-the math functions defined in the interpreter whose name matches
-\fIpattern\fR.  The returned value has a reference count of zero.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-expr(n), info(n), Tcl_CreateObjCommand(3), Tcl_Free(3), Tcl_NewListObj(3)
-.SH KEYWORDS
-expression, mathematical function
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_CreateObjCommand, Tcl_DeleteCommand, Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken, Tcl_GetCommandInfo, Tcl_GetCommandInfoFromToken, Tcl_SetCommandInfo, Tcl_SetCommandInfoFromToken, Tcl_GetCommandName, Tcl_GetCommandFullName, Tcl_GetCommandFromObj \- implement new commands in C
+Tcl_CreateObjCommand, Tcl_CreateObjCommand2, Tcl_DeleteCommand, Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken, Tcl_GetCommandInfo, Tcl_GetCommandInfoFromToken, Tcl_SetCommandInfo, Tcl_SetCommandInfoFromToken, Tcl_GetCommandName, Tcl_GetCommandFullName, Tcl_GetCommandFromObj \- implement new commands in C
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Tcl_CreateObjCommand, Tcl_DeleteCommand, Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken, Tcl_GetComm
 Tcl_Command
 \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR(\fIinterp, cmdName, proc, clientData, deleteProc\fR)
 .sp
+Tcl_Command
+\fBTcl_CreateObjCommand2\fR(\fIinterp, cmdName, proc2, clientData, deleteProc\fR)
+.sp
 int
 \fBTcl_DeleteCommand\fR(\fIinterp, cmdName\fR)
 .sp
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ void
 .sp
 Tcl_Command
 \fBTcl_GetCommandFromObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr\fR)
+.sp
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc in/out
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
@@ -51,7 +55,10 @@ Name of command.
 .AP Tcl_ObjCmdProc *proc in
 Implementation of the new command: \fIproc\fR will be called whenever
 \fIcmdName\fR is invoked as a command.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP Tcl_ObjCmdProc2 *proc2 in
+Implementation of the new command: \fIproc2\fR will be called whenever
+\fIcmdName\fR is invoked as a command.
+.AP void *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR and \fIdeleteProc\fR.
 .AP Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc in
 Procedure to call before \fIcmdName\fR is deleted from the interpreter;
@@ -65,6 +72,9 @@ Pointer to structure containing various information about a
 Tcl command.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in
 Value containing the name of a Tcl command.
+.AP "const char" *typeName in
+Indicates the name of the type of command implementation associated
+with a particular \fIproc\fR, or NULL to break the association.
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
@@ -91,7 +101,7 @@ and it returns NULL.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_ObjCmdProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
        int \fIobjc\fR,
        Tcl_Obj *const \fIobjv\fR[]);
@@ -164,12 +174,23 @@ result that match the type \fBTcl_CmdDeleteProc\fR:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_CmdDeleteProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fIclientData\fR argument will be the same as the \fIclientData\fR
 argument passed to \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR.
 .PP
+\fBTcl_CreateObjCommand2\fR does the same as \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR,
+except its \fIproc2\fR argument is of type \fBTcl_ObjCmdProc2\fR.
+.PP
+.CS
+typedef int \fBTcl_ObjCmdProc2\fR(
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
+        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
+        size_t \fIobjc\fR,
+        Tcl_Obj *const \fIobjv\fR[]);
+.CE
+.PP
 \fBTcl_DeleteCommand\fR deletes a command from a command interpreter.
 Once the call completes, attempts to invoke \fIcmdName\fR in
 \fIinterp\fR will result in errors.
@@ -206,21 +227,26 @@ A \fBTcl_CmdInfo\fR structure has the following fields:
 typedef struct Tcl_CmdInfo {
    int \fIisNativeObjectProc\fR;
    Tcl_ObjCmdProc *\fIobjProc\fR;
-    ClientData \fIobjClientData\fR;
+    void *\fIobjClientData\fR;
    Tcl_CmdProc *\fIproc\fR;
-    ClientData \fIclientData\fR;
+    void *\fIclientData\fR;
    Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *\fIdeleteProc\fR;
-    ClientData \fIdeleteData\fR;
+    void *\fIdeleteData\fR;
    Tcl_Namespace *\fInamespacePtr\fR;
+    Tcl_ObjCmdProc2 *\fIobjProc2\fR;
+    void *\fIobjClientData2\fR;
 } \fBTcl_CmdInfo\fR;
 .CE
 .PP
-The \fIisNativeObjectProc\fR field has the value 1
-if \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR was called to register the command;
-it is 0 if only \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR was called.
+The \fIisNativeObjectProc\fR field has the value 2 if
+\fBTcl_CreateObjCommand2\fR was called to register the command;
+it has the value 1 if \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR was called to
+register the command; it is 0 if only \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR was called.
 It allows a program to determine whether it is faster to
-call \fIobjProc\fR or \fIproc\fR:
-\fIobjProc\fR is normally faster
+call \fIobjProc2\fR, \fIobjProc\fR or \fIproc\fR:
+\fIobjProc2\fR/\fIobjProc\fR is normally faster
+if \fIisNativeObjectProc\fR has the value 2;
+\fIobjProc\fR/\fIobjProc\fR is normally faster
 if \fIisNativeObjectProc\fR has the value 1.
 The fields \fIobjProc\fR and \fIobjClientData\fR
 have the same meaning as the \fIproc\fR and \fIclientData\fR
@@ -236,7 +262,7 @@ otherwise, this is a compatibility procedure
 registered by \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR
 that simply calls the command's
 value-based procedure after converting its string arguments to Tcl values.
-The field \fIdeleteData\fR is the ClientData value
+The field \fIdeleteData\fR is the clientData value
 to pass to \fIdeleteProc\fR;  it is normally the same as
 \fIclientData\fR but may be set independently using the
 \fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR procedure.
@@ -250,7 +276,7 @@ from \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR in place of the command name.  If the
 and fills in the structure designated by \fIinfoPtr\fR.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR is used to modify the procedures and
-ClientData values associated with a command.
+clientData values associated with a command.
 Its \fIcmdName\fR argument is the name of a command in \fIinterp\fR.
 \fIcmdName\fR may include \fB::\fR namespace qualifiers
 to identify a command in a particular namespace.
@@ -266,9 +292,9 @@ copies the information from \fI*infoPtr\fR to Tcl's internal structure
 for the command and returns 1.
 .PP
 Note that \fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR and
-\fBTcl_SetCommandInfoFromToken\fR both allow the ClientData for a
+\fBTcl_SetCommandInfoFromToken\fR both allow the clientData for a
 command's deletion procedure to be given a different value than the
-ClientData for its command procedure.
+clientData for its command procedure.
 .PP
 Note that neither \fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR nor
 \fBTcl_SetCommandInfoFromToken\fR will change a command's namespace.
@@ -296,6 +322,22 @@ is appended to the value specified by \fIobjPtr\fR.
 specified by the name in a \fBTcl_Obj\fR.
 The command name is resolved relative to the current namespace.
 Returns NULL if the command is not found.
+.PP
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+When the \fIproc\fR passed to \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR is called,
+the values in its \fIobjv\fR argument will have a reference count of
+at least 1, with that guaranteed reference being from the Tcl
+evaluation stack. You should not call \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR on any of
+those values unless you call \fBTcl_IncrRefCount\fR on them first.
+Also, when the \fIproc\fR is called, the interpreter result is
+guaranteed to be an empty string value with a reference count of 1.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetCommandFullName\fR does not modify the reference count of its
+\fIobjPtr\fR argument, but does require that the object be unshared.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetCommandFromObj\fR does not modify the reference count of its
+\fIobjPtr\fR argument; it only reads.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_CreateCommand(3), Tcl_ResetResult(3), Tcl_SetObjResult(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Tcl_TimerToken
 How many milliseconds to wait before invoking \fIproc\fR.
 .AP Tcl_TimerProc *proc in
 Procedure to invoke after \fImilliseconds\fR have elapsed.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR.
 .AP Tcl_TimerToken token in
 Token for previously created timer handler (the return value
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ the type \fBTcl_TimerProc\fR:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_TimerProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fIclientData\fR parameter to \fIproc\fR is a
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_CreateTrace, Tcl_CreateObjTrace, Tcl_DeleteTrace \- arrange for command execution to be traced
+Tcl_CreateTrace, Tcl_CreateObjTrace, Tcl_CreateObjTrace2, Tcl_DeleteTrace \- arrange for command execution to be traced
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ Tcl_Trace
 Tcl_Trace
 \fBTcl_CreateObjTrace\fR(\fIinterp, level, flags, objProc, clientData, deleteProc\fR)
 .sp
+Tcl_Trace
+\fBTcl_CreateObjTrace2\fR(\fIinterp, level, flags, objProc2, clientData, deleteProc\fR)
+.sp
 \fBTcl_DeleteTrace\fR(\fIinterp, trace\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_CmdObjTraceDeleteProc *deleteProc
@@ -38,11 +41,14 @@ Flags governing the trace execution.  See below for details.
 .AP Tcl_CmdObjTraceProc *objProc in
 Procedure to call for each command that is executed.  See below for
 details of the calling sequence.
+.AP Tcl_CmdObjTraceProc2 *objProc2 in
+Procedure to call for each command that is executed.  See below for
+details of the calling sequence.
 .AP Tcl_CmdTraceProc *proc in
 Procedure to call for each command that is executed.  See below for
 details on the calling sequence.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
-Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIobjProc\fR or \fIproc\fR.
+.AP void *clientData in
+Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIobjProc\fR, \fIobjProc2\fR or \fIproc\fR.
 .AP Tcl_CmdObjTraceDeleteProc *deleteProc in
 Procedure to call when the trace is deleted.  See below for details of
 the calling sequence.  A NULL pointer is permissible and results in no
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ interpreter.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_CmdObjTraceProc\fR(
-        \fBClientData\fR \fIclientData\fR,
+        \fBvoid *\fR \fIclientData\fR,
        \fBTcl_Interp\fR* \fIinterp\fR,
        int \fIlevel\fR,
        const char *\fIcommand\fR,
@@ -77,7 +83,7 @@ typedef int \fBTcl_CmdObjTraceProc\fR(
 .PP
 The \fIclientData\fR and \fIinterp\fR parameters are copies of the
 corresponding arguments given to \fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR.
-\fIClientData\fR typically points to an application-specific data
+\fIclientData\fR typically points to an application-specific data
 structure that describes what to do when \fIobjProc\fR is invoked.  The
 \fIlevel\fR parameter gives the nesting level of the command (1 for
 top-level commands passed to \fBTcl_Eval\fR by the application, 2 for
@@ -140,7 +146,7 @@ When \fBTcl_DeleteTrace\fR is called, the interpreter invokes the
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_CmdObjTraceDeleteProc\fR(
-        \fBClientData\fR \fIclientData\fR);
+        \fBvoid *\fR \fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fIclientData\fR parameter will be the same as the
@@ -156,12 +162,12 @@ match the type \fBTcl_CmdTraceProc\fR:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_CmdTraceProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
        int \fIlevel\fR,
        char *\fIcommand\fR,
        Tcl_CmdProc *\fIcmdProc\fR,
-        ClientData \fIcmdClientData\fR,
+        void *\fIcmdClientData\fR,
        int \fIargc\fR,
        const char *\fIargv\fR[]);
 .CE
@@ -183,5 +189,14 @@ There is no way to be notified when the trace created by
 \fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR is deleted.  There is no way for the \fIproc\fR
 associated with a call to \fBTcl_CreateTrace\fR to abort execution of
 \fIcommand\fR.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+When the \fIproc\fR passed to \fBTcl_CreateObjTrace\fR is called,
+the values in its \fIobjv\fR argument will have a reference count of
+at least 1, with that guaranteed reference being from the Tcl
+evaluation stack. You should not call \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR on any of
+those values unless you call \fBTcl_IncrRefCount\fR on them first.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+trace(n)
 .SH KEYWORDS
 command, create, delete, interpreter, trace
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_DStringInit, Tcl_DStringAppend, Tcl_DStringAppendElement, Tcl_DStringStartSublist, Tcl_DStringEndSublist, Tcl_DStringLength, Tcl_DStringValue, Tcl_DStringSetLength, Tcl_DStringTrunc, Tcl_DStringFree, Tcl_DStringResult, Tcl_DStringGetResult \- manipulate dynamic strings
+Tcl_DStringInit, Tcl_DStringAppend, Tcl_DStringAppendElement, Tcl_DStringStartSublist, Tcl_DStringEndSublist, Tcl_DStringLength, Tcl_DStringValue, Tcl_DStringSetLength, Tcl_DStringFree, Tcl_DStringResult, Tcl_DStringGetResult \- manipulate dynamic strings
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ char *
 .sp
 \fBTcl_DStringEndSublist\fR(\fIdsPtr\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_DStringLength\fR(\fIdsPtr\fR)
 .sp
 char *
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ char *
 .sp
 \fBTcl_DStringSetLength\fR(\fIdsPtr, newLength\fR)
 .sp
-\fBTcl_DStringTrunc\fR(\fIdsPtr, newLength\fR)
-.sp
 \fBTcl_DStringFree\fR(\fIdsPtr\fR)
 .sp
 \fBTcl_DStringResult\fR(\fIinterp, dsPtr\fR)
@@ -49,10 +47,10 @@ Pointer to structure that is used to manage a dynamic string.
 Pointer to characters to append to dynamic string.
 .AP "const char" *element in
 Pointer to characters to append as list element to dynamic string.
-.AP int length in
-Number of bytes from \fIbytes\fR to add to dynamic string.  If -1,
+.AP size_t length in
+Number of bytes from \fIbytes\fR to add to dynamic string.  If TCL_INDEX_NONE,
 add all characters up to null terminating character.
-.AP int newLength in
+.AP size_t newLength in
 New length for dynamic string, not including null terminating
 character.
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in/out
@@ -128,10 +126,6 @@ caller to fill in the new space.
 even if the string is truncated to zero length, so \fBTcl_DStringFree\fR
 will still need to be called.
 .PP
-\fBTcl_DStringTrunc\fR changes the length of a dynamic string.
-This procedure is now deprecated.  \fBTcl_DStringSetLength\fR  should
-be used instead.
-.PP
 \fBTcl_DStringFree\fR should be called when you are finished using
 the string.  It frees up any memory that was allocated for the string
 and reinitializes the string's value to an empty string.
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Tcl_Pid
 \fBTcl_WaitPid\fR(\fIpid, statusPtr, options\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_Pid *statusPtr out
-.AP int numPids in
+.AP size_t numPids in
 Number of process ids contained in the array pointed to by \fIpidPtr\fR.
 .AP int *pidPtr in
 Address of array containing \fInumPids\fR process ids.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Points to a variable that will have the value from a key/value pair
 placed within it.  For \fBTcl_DictObjFirst\fR and
 \fBTcl_DictObjNext\fR, this may be NULL to indicate that the caller is
 not interested in the value.
-.AP int *sizePtr out
+.AP "size_t \&| int" *sizePtr out
 Points to a variable that will have the number of key/value pairs
 contained within the dictionary placed within it.
 .AP Tcl_DictSearch *searchPtr in/out
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ returned, the search record \fImust\fR be passed to
 Points to a variable that will have a non-zero value written into it
 when the enumeration of the key/value pairs in a dictionary has
 completed, and a zero otherwise.
-.AP int keyc in
+.AP size_t keyc in
 Indicates the number of keys that will be supplied in the \fIkeyv\fR
 array.
 .AP "Tcl_Obj *const" *keyv in
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ converted to a dictionary.
 \fBTcl_DictObjSize\fR updates the given variable with the number of
 key/value pairs currently in the given dictionary. The result of this
 procedure is \fBTCL_OK\fR, or \fBTCL_ERROR\fR if the \fIdictPtr\fR cannot be
-converted to a dictionary.
+converted to a dictionary or if \fIsizePtr\fR points to a variable of type
+\fBint\fR and the dict contains more than 2**31 key/value pairs.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_DictObjFirst\fR commences an iteration across all the key/value
 pairs in the given dictionary, placing the key and value in the
@@ -190,6 +191,73 @@ path as this is easy to construct from repeated use of
 dictionaries are created for non-terminal keys where they do not
 already exist. With \fBTcl_DictObjRemoveKeyList\fR, all non-terminal
 keys must exist and have dictionaries as their values.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+\fBTcl_NewDictObj\fR always returns a zero-reference object, much like
+\fBTcl_NewObj\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_DictObjPut\fR does not modify the reference count of its \fIdictPtr\fR
+argument, but does require that the object be unshared.  If
+\fBTcl_DictObjPut\fR returns \fBTCL_ERROR\fR it does not manipulate any
+reference counts; but if it returns \fBTCL_OK\fR then it definitely increments
+the reference count of \fIvaluePtr\fR and may increment the reference count of
+\fIkeyPtr\fR; the latter case happens exactly when the key did not previously
+exist in the dictionary.  Note however that this function may set the
+interpreter result; if that is the only place that is holding a reference to
+an object, it will be deleted.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_DictObjGet\fR only reads from its \fIdictPtr\fR and \fIkeyPtr\fR
+arguments, and does not manipulate their reference counts at all.  If the
+\fIvaluePtrPtr\fR argument is not set to NULL (and the function doesn't return
+\fBTCL_ERROR\fR), it will be set to a value with a reference count of at least
+1, with a reference owned by the dictionary.  Note however that this function
+may set the interpreter result; if that is the only place that is holding a
+reference to an object, it will be deleted.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_DictObjRemove\fR does not modify the reference count of its
+\fIdictPtr\fR argument, but does require that the object be unshared. It does
+not manipulate the reference count of its \fIkeyPtr\fR argument at all.  Note
+however that this function may set the interpreter result; if that is the only
+place that is holding a reference to an object, it will be deleted.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_DictObjSize\fR does not modify the reference count of its \fIdictPtr\fR
+argument; it only reads.  Note however that this function may set the
+interpreter result; if that is the only place that is holding a reference to
+the dictionary object, it will be deleted.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_DictObjFirst\fR does not modify the reference count of its
+\fIdictPtr\fR argument; it only reads. The variables given by the
+\fIkeyPtrPtr\fR and \fIvaluePtrPtr\fR arguments (if not NULL) will be updated
+to contain references to the relevant values in the dictionary; their
+reference counts will be at least 1 (due to the dictionary holding a reference
+to them). It may also manipulate internal references; these are not exposed to
+user code, but require a matching \fBTcl_DictObjDone\fR call.  Note however
+that this function may set the interpreter result; if that is the only place
+that is holding a reference to the dictionary object, it will be deleted.
+.PP
+Similarly for \fBTcl_DictObjNext\fR; the variables given by the
+\fIkeyPtrPtr\fR and \fIvaluePtrPtr\fR arguments (if not NULL) will be updated
+to contain references to the relevant values in the dictionary; their
+reference counts will be at least 1 (due to the dictionary holding a reference
+to them).
+.PP
+\fBTcl_DictObjDone\fR does not manipulate (user-visible) reference counts.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_DictObjPutKeyList\fR is similar to \fBTcl_DictObjPut\fR; it does not
+modify the reference count of its \fIdictPtr\fR argument, but does require
+that the object be unshared. It may increment the reference count of any value
+passed in the \fIkeyv\fR argument, and will increment the reference count of
+the \fIvaluePtr\fR argument on success. It is recommended that values passed
+via \fIkeyv\fR and \fIvaluePtr\fR do not have zero reference counts.  Note
+however that this function may set the interpreter result; if that is the only
+place that is holding a reference to an object, it will be deleted.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_DictObjRemoveKeyList\fR is similar to \fBTcl_DictObjRemove\fR; it does
+not modify the reference count of its \fIdictPtr\fR argument, but does require
+that the object be unshared, and does not modify the reference counts of any
+of the values passed in the \fIkeyv\fR argument.  Note however that this
+function may set the interpreter result; if that is the only place that is
+holding a reference to an object, it will be deleted.
 .SH EXAMPLE
 Using the dictionary iteration interface to search determine if there
 is a key that maps to itself:
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Tcl_DoWhenIdle, Tcl_CancelIdleCall \- invoke a procedure when there are no pendi
 .AS Tcl_IdleProc clientData
 .AP Tcl_IdleProc *proc in
 Procedure to invoke.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP coid *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR.
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type \fBTcl_IdleProc\fR:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_IdleProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fIclientData\fR parameter to \fIproc\fR is a copy of the \fIclientData\fR
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ and if \fIinterp\fR is non-NULL, an error message is left in \fIinterp\fR.
 The \fBTcl_ObjType\fR of \fIobjPtr\fR may be changed to make subsequent
 calls to \fBTcl_GetDoubleFromObj\fR more efficient.
 '\" TODO: add discussion of treatment of NaN value
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+\fBTcl_NewDoubleObj\fR always returns a zero-reference object, much
+like \fBTcl_NewObj\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_SetDoubleObj\fR does not modify the reference count of its
+\fIobjPtr\fR argument, but does require that the object be unshared.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetDoubleFromObj\fR does not modify the reference count of its
+\fIobjPtr\fR argument; it only reads. Note however that this function
+may set the interpreter result; if that is the only place that
+is holding a reference to the object, it will be deleted.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_NewObj, Tcl_DecrRefCount, Tcl_IncrRefCount, Tcl_GetObjResult
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ is not defined, these functions are all no-ops.
 \fBTcl_DumpActiveMemory\fR will output a list of all currently
 allocated memory to the specified file.  The information output for
 each allocated block of memory is:  starting and ending addresses
-(excluding guard zone), size, source file where \fBckalloc\fR was
+(excluding guard zone), size, source file where \fBTcl_Alloc\fR was
 called to allocate the block and line number in that file.  It is
 especially useful to call \fBTcl_DumpActiveMemory\fR after the Tcl
 interpreter has been deleted.
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ by \fBTcl_Main\fR.
 \fBTcl_ValidateAllMemory\fR forces a validation of the guard zones of
 all currently allocated blocks of memory.  Normally validation of a
 block occurs when its freed, unless full validation is enabled, in
-which case validation of all blocks occurs when \fBckalloc\fR and
-\fBckfree\fR are called.  This function forces the validation to occur
+which case validation of all blocks occurs when \fBTcl_Alloc\fR and
+\fBTcl_Free\fR are called.  This function forces the validation to occur
 at any point.

 .SH "SEE ALSO"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_GetEncoding, Tcl_FreeEncoding, Tcl_GetEncodingFromObj, Tcl_ExternalToUtfDString, Tcl_ExternalToUtf, Tcl_UtfToExternalDString, Tcl_UtfToExternal, Tcl_WinTCharToUtf, Tcl_WinUtfToTChar, Tcl_GetEncodingName, Tcl_SetSystemEncoding, Tcl_GetEncodingNameFromEnvironment, Tcl_GetEncodingNames, Tcl_CreateEncoding, Tcl_GetEncodingSearchPath, Tcl_SetEncodingSearchPath, Tcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir, Tcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir \- procedures for creating and using encodings
+Tcl_GetEncoding, Tcl_FreeEncoding, Tcl_GetEncodingFromObj, Tcl_ExternalToUtfDString, Tcl_ExternalToUtf, Tcl_UtfToExternalDString, Tcl_UtfToExternal, Tcl_GetEncodingName, Tcl_SetSystemEncoding, Tcl_GetEncodingNameFromEnvironment, Tcl_GetEncodingNames, Tcl_CreateEncoding, Tcl_GetEncodingSearchPath, Tcl_SetEncodingSearchPath \- procedures for creating and using encodings
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -25,9 +25,15 @@ int
 char *
 \fBTcl_ExternalToUtfDString\fR(\fIencoding, src, srcLen, dstPtr\fR)
 .sp
+size_t
+\fBTcl_ExternalToUtfDStringEx\fR(\fIencoding, src, srcLen, flags, dstPtr\fR)
+.sp
 char *
 \fBTcl_UtfToExternalDString\fR(\fIencoding, src, srcLen, dstPtr\fR)
 .sp
+size_t
+\fBTcl_UtfToExternalDStringEx\fR(\fIencoding, src, srcLen, flags, dstPtr\fR)
+.sp
 int
 \fBTcl_ExternalToUtf\fR(\fIinterp, encoding, src, srcLen, flags, statePtr,
                  dst, dstLen, srcReadPtr, dstWrotePtr, dstCharsPtr\fR)
@@ -36,16 +42,13 @@ int
 \fBTcl_UtfToExternal\fR(\fIinterp, encoding, src, srcLen, flags, statePtr,
                  dst, dstLen, srcReadPtr, dstWrotePtr, dstCharsPtr\fR)
 .sp
-char *
-\fBTcl_WinTCharToUtf\fR(\fItsrc, srcLen, dstPtr\fR)
-.sp
-TCHAR *
-\fBTcl_WinUtfToTChar\fR(\fIsrc, srcLen, dstPtr\fR)
-.sp
 const char *
 \fBTcl_GetEncodingName\fR(\fIencoding\fR)
 .sp
 int
+\fBTcl_GetEncodingNulLength\fR(\fIencoding\fR)
+.sp
+int
 \fBTcl_SetSystemEncoding\fR(\fIinterp, name\fR)
 .sp
 const char *
@@ -62,12 +65,6 @@ Tcl_Obj *
 .sp
 int
 \fBTcl_SetEncodingSearchPath\fR(\fIsearchPath\fR)
-.sp
-const char *
-\fBTcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir\fR(\fIvoid\fR)
-.sp
-void
-\fBTcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir\fR(\fIpath\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS "const Tcl_EncodingType" *dstWrotePtr in/out
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
@@ -85,11 +82,11 @@ Points to storage where encoding token is to be written.
 .AP "const char" *src in
 For the \fBTcl_ExternalToUtf\fR functions, an array of bytes in the
 specified encoding that are to be converted to UTF-8.  For the
-\fBTcl_UtfToExternal\fR and \fBTcl_WinUtfToTChar\fR functions, an array of
+\fBTcl_UtfToExternal\fR function, an array of
 UTF-8 characters to be converted to the specified encoding.
 .AP "const TCHAR" *tsrc in
 An array of Windows TCHAR characters to convert to UTF-8.
-.AP int srcLen in
+.AP size_t srcLen in
 Length of \fIsrc\fR or \fItsrc\fR in bytes.  If the length is negative, the
 encoding-specific length of the string is used.
 .AP Tcl_DString *dstPtr out
@@ -105,10 +102,15 @@ converted. \fBTCL_ENCODING_END\fR signifies that the source buffer is the last
 block in a (potentially multi-block) input stream, telling the conversion
 routine to perform any finalization that needs to occur after the last
 byte is converted and then to reset to an initial state.
-\fBTCL_ENCODING_STOPONERROR\fR signifies that the conversion routine should
-return immediately upon reading a source character that does not exist in
-the target encoding; otherwise a default fallback character will
-automatically be substituted.
+\fBTCL_ENCODING_NOCOMPLAIN\fR signifies that the conversion routine should
+not return immediately upon reading a source character that does not exist in
+the target encoding, but it will substitute a default fallback character for
+all of such characters. The flag \fBTCL_ENCODING_STOPONERROR\fR has no effect,
+it only has meaning in Tcl 8.x. The flag \fBTCL_ENCODING_STRICT\fR makes the
+encoder/decoder more strict in what it considers to be an invalid byte
+sequence. The flag \fBTCL_ENCODING_MODIFIED\fR makes
+\fBTcl_UtfToExternalDStringEx\fR and \fBTcl_UtfToExternal\fR produce the byte
+sequence \exC0\ex80 in stead of \ex00, for the utf-8/cesu-8 encoders.
 .AP Tcl_EncodingState *statePtr in/out
 Used when converting a (generally long or indefinite length) byte stream
 in a piece-by-piece fashion.  The conversion routine stores its current
@@ -208,6 +210,11 @@ When converting, if any of the characters in the source buffer cannot be
 represented in the target encoding, a default fallback character will be
 used.  The return value is a pointer to the value stored in the DString.
 .PP
+\fBTcl_ExternalToUtfDStringEx\fR is the same as \fBTcl_ExternalToUtfDString\fR,
+but it has an additional flags parameter.  The return value is the index of
+the first byte in the input string causing a conversion error.
+Or TCL_INDEX_NONE if all is OK.
+.PP
 \fBTcl_ExternalToUtf\fR converts a source buffer \fIsrc\fR from the specified
 \fIencoding\fR into UTF-8.  Up to \fIsrcLen\fR bytes are converted from the
 source buffer and up to \fIdstLen\fR converted bytes are stored in \fIdst\fR.
@@ -234,7 +241,7 @@ if the input stream has been damaged or if the input encoding method was
 misidentified.
 .IP \fBTCL_CONVERT_UNKNOWN\fR 29
 The source buffer contained a character that could not be represented in
-the target encoding and \fBTCL_ENCODING_STOPONERROR\fR was specified.
+the target encoding and \fBTCL_ENCODING_NOCOMPLAIN\fR was not specified.
 .RE
 .LP
 \fBTcl_UtfToExternalDString\fR converts a source buffer \fIsrc\fR from UTF-8
@@ -246,6 +253,11 @@ characters in the source buffer cannot be represented in the target
 encoding, a default fallback character will be used.  The return value is
 a pointer to the value stored in the DString.
 .PP
+\fBTcl_UtfToExternalDStringEx\fR is the same as \fBTcl_UtfToExternalDString\fR,
+but it has an additional flags parameter.  The return value is the index of
+the first byte of an utf-8 byte-sequence in the input string causing a
+conversion error. Or TCL_INDEX_NONE if all is OK.
+.PP
 \fBTcl_UtfToExternal\fR converts a source buffer \fIsrc\fR from UTF-8 into
 the specified \fIencoding\fR.  Up to \fIsrcLen\fR bytes are converted from
 the source buffer and up to \fIdstLen\fR converted bytes are stored in
@@ -255,18 +267,15 @@ is filled with the corresponding number of bytes that were stored in
 \fIdst\fR.  The return values are the same as the return values for
 \fBTcl_ExternalToUtf\fR.
 .PP
-\fBTcl_WinUtfToTChar\fR and \fBTcl_WinTCharToUtf\fR are
-Windows-only convenience
-functions for converting between UTF-8 and Windows strings
-based on the TCHAR type which is by convention
-a Unicode character on Windows NT.
-.PP
 \fBTcl_GetEncodingName\fR is roughly the inverse of \fBTcl_GetEncoding\fR.
 Given an \fIencoding\fR, the return value is the \fIname\fR argument that
 was used to create the encoding.  The string returned by
 \fBTcl_GetEncodingName\fR is only guaranteed to persist until the
 \fIencoding\fR is deleted.  The caller must not modify this string.
 .PP
+\fBTcl_GetEncodingNulLength\fR returns the length of the terminating
+nul byte sequence for strings in the specified encoding.
+.PP
 \fBTcl_SetSystemEncoding\fR sets the default encoding that should be used
 whenever the user passes a NULL value for the \fIencoding\fR argument to
 any of the other encoding functions.  If \fIname\fR is NULL, the system
@@ -287,7 +296,7 @@ the encoding name to it.  The \fBTcl_DStringValue\fR is returned.
 \fBTcl_GetEncodingNames\fR sets the \fIinterp\fR result to a list
 consisting of the names of all the encodings that are currently defined
 or can be dynamically loaded, searching the encoding path specified by
-\fBTcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir\fR.  This procedure does not ensure that the
+\fBTcl_SetEncodingSearchPath\fR.  This procedure does not ensure that the
 dynamically-loadable encoding files contain valid data, but merely that they
 exist.
 .PP
@@ -314,7 +323,7 @@ typedef struct Tcl_EncodingType {
    Tcl_EncodingConvertProc *\fItoUtfProc\fR;
    Tcl_EncodingConvertProc *\fIfromUtfProc\fR;
    Tcl_EncodingFreeProc *\fIfreeProc\fR;
-    ClientData \fIclientData\fR;
+    void *\fIclientData\fR;
    int \fInullSize\fR;
 } \fBTcl_EncodingType\fR;
 .CE
@@ -345,7 +354,7 @@ type \fBTcl_EncodingConvertProc\fR:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_EncodingConvertProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        const char *\fIsrc\fR,
        int \fIsrcLen\fR,
        int \fIflags\fR,
@@ -377,7 +386,7 @@ The callback procedure \fIfreeProc\fR, if non-NULL, should match the type
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_EncodingFreeProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 This \fIfreeProc\fR function is called when the encoding is deleted.  The
@@ -402,15 +411,6 @@ are not verified as existing readable filesystem directories.  When
 searching for encoding data files takes place, and non-existent or
 non-readable filesystem directories on the \fIsearchPath\fR are silently
 ignored.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir\fR and \fBTcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir\fR
-are obsolete interfaces best replaced with calls to
-\fBTcl_GetEncodingSearchPath\fR and \fBTcl_SetEncodingSearchPath\fR.
-They are called to access and set the first element of the \fIsearchPath\fR
-list.  Since Tcl searches \fIsearchPath\fR for encoding data files in
-list order, these routines establish the
-.QW default
-directory in which to find encoding data files.
 .SH "ENCODING FILES"
 Space would prohibit precompiling into Tcl every possible encoding
 algorithm, so many encodings are stored on disk as dynamically-loadable
@@ -550,5 +550,16 @@ been loaded, it attempts to load an encoding file called \fIname\fB.enc\fR
 from the \fBencoding\fR subdirectory of each directory that Tcl searches
 for its script library.  If the encoding file exists, but is
 malformed, an error message will be left in \fIinterp\fR.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetEncodingFromObj\fR does not modify the reference count of its
+\fIobjPtr\fR argument; it only reads. Note however that this function may set
+the interpreter result; if that is the only place that is holding a reference
+to the object, it will be deleted.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetEncodingSearchPath\fR returns an object with a reference count of at
+least 1.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+encoding(n)
 .SH KEYWORDS
 utf, encoding, convert
@@ -36,13 +36,11 @@ int
 int
 \fBTcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict\fR(\fIinterp, token, dictObj\fR)
 .sp
-.VS 8.6
 int
 \fBTcl_GetEnsembleParameterList\fR(\fIinterp, token, listObjPtr\fR)
 .sp
 int
 \fBTcl_SetEnsembleParameterList\fR(\fIinterp, token, listObj\fR)
-.VE 8.6
 .sp
 int
 \fBTcl_GetEnsembleSubcommandList\fR(\fIinterp, token, listObjPtr\fR)
@@ -163,7 +161,6 @@ All command names in prefixes set via \fBTcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict\fR
 must be fully qualified.
 .TP
 \fBformal pre-subcommand parameter list\fR (read-write)
-.VS 8.6
 A list of formal parameter names (the names only being used when generating
 error messages) that come at invocation of the ensemble between the name of
 the ensemble and the subcommand argument. NULL (the default) is equivalent to
@@ -174,7 +171,6 @@ respectively. The result of both of those functions is a Tcl result code
 ensemble) and the
 dictionary obtained from \fBTcl_GetEnsembleParameterList\fR should always be
 treated as immutable even if it is unshared.
-.VE 8.6
 .TP
 \fBsubcommand list\fR (read-write)
 .
@@ -213,6 +209,27 @@ namespace whose list of exported commands is used if both the mapping
 dictionary and the subcommand list properties are NULL. May be read
 using \fBTcl_GetEnsembleNamespace\fR which returns a Tcl result code
 (\fBTCL_OK\fR, or \fBTCL_ERROR\fR if the token does not refer to an ensemble).
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+\fBTcl_FindEnsemble\fR does not modify the reference count of its
+\fIcmdNameObj\fR argument; it only reads. Note however that this function may
+set the interpreter result; if that is the only place that is holding a
+reference to the object, it will be deleted.
+.PP
+The ensemble property getters (\fBTcl_GetEnsembleMappingDict\fR,
+\fBTcl_GetEnsembleParameterList\fR, \fBTcl_GetEnsembleSubcommandList\fR, and
+\fBTcl_GetEnsembleUnknownHandler\fR) do not manipulate the reference count of
+the values they provide out; if those are non-NULL, they will have a reference
+count of at least 1.  Note that these functions may set the interpreter
+result.
+.PP
+The ensemble property setters (\fBTcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict\fR,
+\fBTcl_SetEnsembleParameterList\fR, \fBTcl_SetEnsembleSubcommandList\fR, and
+\fBTcl_SetEnsembleUnknownHandler\fR) will increment the reference count of the
+new value of the property they are given if they succeed (and decrement the
+reference count of the old value of the property, if relevant). If the
+property setters return \fBTCL_ERROR\fR, the reference count of the Tcl_Obj
+argument is left unchanged.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 namespace(n), Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_EvalObjEx, Tcl_EvalFile, Tcl_EvalObjv, Tcl_Eval, Tcl_EvalEx, Tcl_GlobalEval, Tcl_GlobalEvalObj, Tcl_VarEval, Tcl_VarEvalVA \- execute Tcl scripts
+Tcl_EvalObjEx, Tcl_EvalFile, Tcl_EvalObjv, Tcl_Eval, Tcl_EvalEx, Tcl_GlobalEval, Tcl_GlobalEvalObj, Tcl_VarEval \- execute Tcl scripts
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ int
 .sp
 int
 \fBTcl_VarEval\fR(\fIinterp, part, part, ... \fB(char *) NULL\fR)
-.sp
-int
-\fBTcl_VarEvalVA\fR(\fIinterp, argList\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_Interp **termPtr
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ ORed combination of flag bits that specify additional options.
 \fBTCL_EVAL_GLOBAL\fR and \fBTCL_EVAL_DIRECT\fR are currently supported.
 .AP "const char" *fileName in
 Name of a file containing a Tcl script.
-.AP int objc in
+.AP size_t objc in
 The number of values in the array pointed to by \fIobjv\fR;
 this is also the number of words in the command.
 .AP Tcl_Obj **objv in
@@ -67,9 +64,6 @@ first null byte are used.
 Points to first byte of script to execute (null-terminated and UTF-8).
 .AP "const char" *part in
 String forming part of a Tcl script.
-.AP va_list argList in
-An argument list which must have been initialized using
-\fBva_start\fR, and cleared using \fBva_end\fR.
 .BE

 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -99,13 +93,11 @@ its contents as a Tcl script.  It returns the same information as
 If the file could not be read then a Tcl error is returned to describe
 why the file could not be read.
 The eofchar for files is
-.QW \e32
+.QW \ex1A
 (^Z) for all platforms. If you require a
 .QW ^Z
 in code for string comparison, you can use
-.QW \e032
-or
-.QW \eu001a ,
+.QW \ex1A ,
 which will be safely substituted by the Tcl interpreter into
 .QW ^Z .
 .PP
@@ -128,16 +120,10 @@ might be a UTF-8 special code.  The string is parsed and executed directly
 bytecodes.  In situations where it is known that the script will never be
 executed again, \fBTcl_Eval\fR may be faster than \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR.
 \fBTcl_Eval\fR returns a completion code and result just like
-\fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR.  Note: for backward compatibility with versions before
-Tcl 8.0, \fBTcl_Eval\fR copies the value result in \fIinterp\fR to
-\fIinterp->result\fR (use is deprecated) where it can be accessed directly.
- This makes \fBTcl_Eval\fR somewhat slower than \fBTcl_EvalEx\fR, which
-does not do the copy.
+\fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_EvalEx\fR is an extended version of \fBTcl_Eval\fR that takes
-additional arguments \fInumBytes\fR and \fIflags\fR.  For the
-efficiency reason given above, \fBTcl_EvalEx\fR is generally preferred
-over \fBTcl_Eval\fR.
+additional arguments \fInumBytes\fR and \fIflags\fR.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_GlobalEval\fR and \fBTcl_GlobalEvalObj\fR are older procedures
 that are now deprecated.  They are similar to \fBTcl_EvalEx\fR and
@@ -150,13 +136,9 @@ equivalent to using the \fBTCL_EVAL_GLOBAL\fR flag (see below).
 of any length, concatenates them into a single string,
 then calls \fBTcl_Eval\fR to execute that string as a Tcl command.
 It returns the result of the command and also modifies
-\fIinterp->result\fR in the same way as \fBTcl_Eval\fR.
+the interpreter result in the same way as \fBTcl_Eval\fR.
 The last argument to \fBTcl_VarEval\fR must be NULL to indicate the end
 of arguments.  \fBTcl_VarEval\fR is now deprecated.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_VarEvalVA\fR is the same as \fBTcl_VarEval\fR except that
-instead of taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument
-list. Like \fBTcl_VarEval\fR, \fBTcl_VarEvalVA\fR is deprecated.

 .SH "FLAG BITS"
 .PP
@@ -206,6 +188,20 @@ the \fBreturn\fR, \fBbreak\fR, or \fBcontinue\fR command was
 invoked in an inappropriate place.
 This means that top-level applications should never see a return code
 from \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR other than \fBTCL_OK\fR or \fBTCL_ERROR\fR.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+\fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR and \fBTcl_GlobalEvalObj\fR both increment and
+decrement the reference count of their \fIobjPtr\fR argument; you must
+not pass them any value with a reference count of zero. They also
+manipulate the interpreter result; you must not count on the
+interpreter result to hold the reference count of any value over
+these calls.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_EvalObjv\fR may increment and decrement the reference count of
+any value passed via its \fIobjv\fR argument; you must not pass any
+value with a reference count of zero. This function also manipulates
+the interpreter result; you must not count on the interpreter result
+to hold the reference count of any value over this call.

 .SH KEYWORDS
 execute, file, global, result, script, value
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ usually means that an error occurred.
 Procedure to invoke before exiting application, or (for
 \fBTcl_SetExitProc\fR) NULL to uninstall the current application exit
 procedure.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR.
 .BE

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ otherwise causes the application to terminate without calling
 returns control to its caller.
 If an application exit handler has been installed (see
 \fBTcl_SetExitProc\fR), that handler is invoked with an argument
-consisting of the exit status (cast to ClientData); the application
+consisting of the exit status (cast to void *); the application
 exit handler should not return control to Tcl.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_Finalize\fR is similar to \fBTcl_Exit\fR except that it does not
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ and freeing global memory.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_ExitProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fIclientData\fR parameter to \fIproc\fR is a
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ installed, that exit handler takes over complete responsibility for
 finalization of Tcl's subsystems via \fBTcl_Finalize\fR at an
 appropriate time.  The argument passed to \fIproc\fR when it is
 invoked will be the exit status code (as passed to \fBTcl_Exit\fR)
-cast to a ClientData value.
+cast to a void *value.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_SetExitProc\fR can not be used in stub-enabled extensions.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 exit(n)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ containing the expression's value at \fI*resultPtrPtr\fR.
 In this case, the caller is responsible for calling
 \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR to decrement the value's reference count
 when it is finished with the value.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+\fBTcl_ExprLongObj\fR, \fBTcl_ExprDoubleObj\fR,
+\fBTcl_ExprBooleanObj\fR, and \fBTcl_ExprObj\fR all increment and
+decrement the reference count of their \fIobjPtr\fR arguments; you
+must not pass them any value with a reference count of zero. They also
+manipulate the interpreter result; you must not count on the
+interpreter result to hold the reference count of any value over these
+calls.

 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_ExprLong, Tcl_ExprDouble, Tcl_ExprBoolean, Tcl_ExprString, Tcl_GetObjResult
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ int
 int
 \fBTcl_FSUnregister\fR(\fIfsPtr\fR)
 .sp
-ClientData
+void *
 \fBTcl_FSData\fR(\fIfsPtr\fR)
 .sp
 void
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int
 \fBTcl_FSDeleteFile\fR(\fIpathPtr\fR)
 .sp
 int
-\fBTcl_FSRemoveDirectory\fR(\fIpathPtr, int recursive, errorPtr\fR)
+\fBTcl_FSRemoveDirectory\fR(\fIpathPtr, recursive, errorPtr\fR)
 .sp
 int
 \fBTcl_FSRenameFile\fR(\fIsrcPathPtr, destPathPtr\fR)
@@ -63,10 +63,8 @@ int
 \fBTcl_FSLoadFile\fR(\fIinterp, pathPtr, sym1, sym2, proc1Ptr, proc2Ptr,
               loadHandlePtr, unloadProcPtr\fR)
 .sp
-.VS 8.6
 int
 \fBTcl_FSUnloadFile\fR(\fIinterp, loadHandle\fR)
-.VE 8.6
 .sp
 int
 \fBTcl_FSMatchInDirectory\fR(\fIinterp, resultPtr, pathPtr, pattern, types\fR)
@@ -81,10 +79,10 @@ int
 \fBTcl_FSUtime\fR(\fIpathPtr, tval\fR)
 .sp
 int
-\fBTcl_FSFileAttrsGet\fR(\fIinterp, int index, pathPtr, objPtrRef\fR)
+\fBTcl_FSFileAttrsGet\fR(\fIinterp, index, pathPtr, objPtrRef\fR)
 .sp
 int
-\fBTcl_FSFileAttrsSet\fR(\fIinterp, int index, pathPtr, Tcl_Obj *objPtr\fR)
+\fBTcl_FSFileAttrsSet\fR(\fIinterp, index, pathPtr, objPtr\fR)
 .sp
 const char *const *
 \fBTcl_FSFileAttrStrings\fR(\fIpathPtr, objPtrRef\fR)
@@ -125,7 +123,7 @@ Tcl_Obj *
 int
 \fBTcl_FSConvertToPathType\fR(\fIinterp, pathPtr\fR)
 .sp
-ClientData
+void *
 \fBTcl_FSGetInternalRep\fR(\fIpathPtr, fsPtr\fR)
 .sp
 Tcl_Obj *
@@ -146,17 +144,16 @@ Tcl_Obj *
 Tcl_StatBuf *
 \fBTcl_AllocStatBuf\fR()
 .sp
-.VS 8.6
-Tcl_WideInt
+long long
 \fBTcl_GetAccessTimeFromStat\fR(\fIstatPtr\fR)
 .sp
 unsigned
 \fBTcl_GetBlockSizeFromStat\fR(\fIstatPtr\fR)
 .sp
-Tcl_WideUInt
+unsigned long long
 \fBTcl_GetBlocksFromStat\fR(\fIstatPtr\fR)
 .sp
-Tcl_WideInt
+long long
 \fBTcl_GetChangeTimeFromStat\fR(\fIstatPtr\fR)
 .sp
 int
@@ -177,15 +174,14 @@ int
 unsigned
 \fBTcl_GetModeFromStat\fR(\fIstatPtr\fR)
 .sp
-Tcl_WideInt
+long long
 \fBTcl_GetModificationTimeFromStat\fR(\fIstatPtr\fR)
 .sp
-Tcl_WideUInt
+unsigned long long
 \fBTcl_GetSizeFromStat\fR(\fIstatPtr\fR)
 .sp
 int
 \fBTcl_GetUserIdFromStat\fR(\fIstatPtr\fR)
-.VE 8.6
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_GlobTypeData **srcPathPtr out
 .AP "const Tcl_Filesystem" *fsPtr in
@@ -201,6 +197,8 @@ rename operation.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *destPathPtr in
 As for \fIpathPtr\fR, but used for the destination filename for a copy or
 rename operation.
+.AP int recursive in
+Whether to remove subdirectories and their contents as well.
 .AP "const char" *encodingName in
 The encoding of the data stored in the
 file identified by \fIpathPtr\fR and to be evaluated.
@@ -212,7 +210,7 @@ this structure will be returned. This parameter may be NULL.
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
 Interpreter to use either for results, evaluation, or reporting error
 messages.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 The native description of the path value to create.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *firstPtr in
 The first of two path values to compare. The value may be converted
@@ -222,12 +220,16 @@ The second of two path values to compare. The value may be converted
 to \fBpath\fR type.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *listObj in
 The list of path elements to operate on with a \fBjoin\fR operation.
-.AP int elements in
-If non-negative, the number of elements in the \fIlistObj\fR which should
-be joined together. If negative, then all elements are joined.
+.AP size_t elements in
+The number of elements in the \fIlistObj\fR which should
+be joined together. If TCL_INDEX_NONE, then all elements are joined.
 .AP Tcl_Obj **errorPtr out
 In the case of an error, filled with a value containing the name of
 the file which caused an error in the various copy/rename operations.
+.AP int index in
+The index of the attribute in question.
+.AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in
+The value to set in the operation.
 .AP Tcl_Obj **objPtrRef out
 Filled with a value containing the result of the operation.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *resultPtr out
@@ -245,11 +247,11 @@ The structure that contains the result of a stat or lstat operation.
 Name of a procedure to look up in the file's symbol table
 .AP "const char" *sym2 in
 Name of a procedure to look up in the file's symbol table
-.AP Tcl_PackageInitProc **proc1Ptr out
+.AP Tcl_LibraryInitProc **proc1Ptr out
 Filled with the init function for this code.
-.AP Tcl_PackageInitProc **proc2Ptr out
+.AP Tcl_LibraryInitProc **proc2Ptr out
 Filled with the safe-init function for this code.
-.AP ClientData *clientDataPtr out
+.AP void **clientDataPtr out
 Filled with the clientData value to pass to this code's unload
 function when it is called.
 .AP Tcl_LoadHandle *loadHandlePtr out
@@ -267,11 +269,11 @@ allowed for the \fImode\fR argument to the Tcl \fBopen\fR command.
 .AP int permissions in
 POSIX-style permission flags such as 0644. If a new file is created, these
 permissions will be set on the created file.
-.AP int *lenPtr out
+.AP "size_t \&| int" *lenPtr out
 If non-NULL, filled with the number of elements in the split path.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *basePtr in
 The base path on to which to join the given elements. May be NULL.
-.AP int objc in
+.AP size_t objc in
 The number of elements in \fIobjv\fR.
 .AP "Tcl_Obj *const" objv[] in
 The elements to join to the given base path.
@@ -418,23 +420,21 @@ caller (with a reference count of 0).
 the encoding identified by \fIencodingName\fR and evaluates
 its contents as a Tcl script. It returns the same information as
 \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR.
-If \fIencodingName\fR is NULL, the system encoding is used for
+If \fIencodingName\fR is NULL, the utf-8 encoding is used for
 reading the file contents.
 If the file could not be read then a Tcl error is returned to describe
 why the file could not be read.
 The eofchar for files is
-.QW \e32
+.QW \ex1A
 (^Z) for all platforms.
 If you require a
 .QW ^Z
 in code for string comparison, you can use
-.QW \e032
-or
-.QW \eu001a ,
+.QW \ex1A ,
 which will be safely substituted by the Tcl interpreter into
 .QW ^Z .
 \fBTcl_FSEvalFile\fR is a simpler version of
-\fBTcl_FSEvalFileEx\fR that always uses the system encoding
+\fBTcl_FSEvalFileEx\fR that always uses the utf-8 encoding
 when reading the file.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_FSLoadFile\fR dynamically loads a binary code file into memory and
@@ -444,20 +444,16 @@ belongs will be called. If that filesystem does not implement this
 function (most virtual filesystems will not, because of OS limitations
 in dynamically loading binary code), Tcl will attempt to copy the file
 to a temporary directory and load that temporary file.
-.VS 8.6
 \fBTcl_FSUnloadFile\fR reverses the operation, asking for the library
 indicated by the \fIloadHandle\fR to be removed from the process. Note that,
 unlike with the \fBunload\fR command, this does not give the library any
 opportunity to clean up.
-.VE 8.6
 .PP
 Both the above functions return a standard Tcl completion code. If an error
 occurs, an error message is left in the \fIinterp\fR's result.
 .PP
-.VS 8.6
 The token provided via the variable indicated by \fIloadHandlePtr\fR may be
 used with \fBTcl_FindSymbol\fR.
-.VE 8.6
 .PP
 \fBTcl_FSMatchInDirectory\fR is used by the globbing code to search a
 directory for all files which match a given pattern. The appropriate
@@ -724,7 +720,7 @@ better functions to use for most purposes.
 \fBTcl_FSGetTranslatedStringPath\fR does the same as
 \fBTcl_FSGetTranslatedPath\fR, but returns a character string or NULL.
 The string returned is dynamically allocated and owned by the caller,
-which must store it or call \fBckfree\fR to ensure it is freed. Again,
+which must store it or call \fBTcl_Free\fR to ensure it is freed. Again,
 \fBTcl_FSGetNormalizedPath\fR or \fBTcl_FSGetNativePath\fR are usually
 better functions to use for most purposes.
 .PP
@@ -791,11 +787,10 @@ It returns one of \fBTCL_PATH_ABSOLUTE\fR, \fBTCL_PATH_RELATIVE\fR, or
 .SS "PORTABLE STAT RESULT API"
 .PP
 \fBTcl_AllocStatBuf\fR allocates a \fITcl_StatBuf\fR on the system heap (which
-may be deallocated by being passed to \fBckfree\fR). This allows extensions to
+may be deallocated by being passed to \fBTcl_Free\fR). This allows extensions to
 invoke \fBTcl_FSStat\fR and \fBTcl_FSLstat\fR without being dependent on the
 size of the buffer. That in turn depends on the flags used to build Tcl.
 .PP
-.VS 8.6
 The portable fields of a \fITcl_StatBuf\fR may be read using the following
 functions, each of which returns the value of the corresponding field listed
 in the table below. Note that on some platforms there may be other fields in
@@ -819,7 +814,6 @@ for a full description of these fields.
 \fBTcl_GetBlocksFromStat\fR	 st_blocks
 \fBTcl_GetBlockSizeFromStat\fR	 st_blksize
 .DE
-.VE 8.6
 .SH "THE VIRTUAL FILESYSTEM API"
 .PP
 A filesystem provides a \fBTcl_Filesystem\fR structure that contains
@@ -841,7 +835,7 @@ general that is not a good thing to do). \fBTCL_OK\fR will be returned.
 the list of known filesystems, if it is known, and returns \fBTCL_OK\fR. If
 the filesystem is not currently registered, \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned.
 .PP
-\fBTcl_FSData\fR will return the ClientData associated with the given
+\fBTcl_FSData\fR will return the clientData associated with the given
 filesystem, if that filesystem is registered. Otherwise it will
 return NULL.
 .PP
@@ -1018,7 +1012,7 @@ Tcl's internal list of known filesystems.
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_FSPathInFilesystemProc\fR(
        Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
-        ClientData *\fIclientDataPtr\fR);
+        void **\fIclientDataPtr\fR);
 .CE
 .SS DUPINTERNALREPPROC
 .PP
@@ -1028,8 +1022,8 @@ simply not copy the internal representation, which may then need to be
 regenerated later.
 .PP
 .CS
-typedef ClientData \fBTcl_FSDupInternalRepProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+typedef void *\fBTcl_FSDupInternalRepProc\fR(
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .SS FREEINTERNALREPPROC
 Free the internal representation. This must be implemented if internal
@@ -1038,7 +1032,7 @@ internal representation is generated), but may otherwise be NULL.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_FSFreeInternalRepProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .SS INTERNALTONORMALIZEDPROC
 .PP
@@ -1049,7 +1043,7 @@ representation is the normalized path.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef Tcl_Obj *\fBTcl_FSInternalToNormalizedProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .SS CREATEINTERNALREPPROC
 .PP
@@ -1060,7 +1054,7 @@ the \fITcl_FSPathInFilesystemProc\fR for this filesystem always
 immediately creates an internal representation for paths it accepts.
 .PP
 .CS
-typedef ClientData \fBTcl_FSCreateInternalRepProc\fR(
+typedef void *\fBTcl_FSCreateInternalRepProc\fR(
        Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR);
 .CE
 .SS NORMALIZEPATHPROC
@@ -1638,6 +1632,158 @@ typedef int \fBTcl_FSChdirProc\fR(
 The \fBTcl_FSChdirProc\fR changes the applications current working
 directory to the value specified in \fIpathPtr\fR. The function returns
 -1 on error or 0 on success.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.SS "PUBLIC API CALLS"
+.PP
+For all of these functions, \fIpathPtr\fR (including the \fIsrcPathPtr\fR and
+\fIdestPathPtr\fR arguments to \fBTcl_FSCopyFile\fR,
+\fBTcl_FSCopyDirectory\fR, and \fBTcl_FSRenameFile\fR, the \fIfirstPtr\fR and
+\fIsecondPtr\fR arguments to \fBTcl_FSEqualPaths\fR, and the \fIlinkNamePtr\fR
+and \fItoPtr\fR arguments to \fBTcl_FSLink\fR) must not be a zero reference
+count value; references may be retained in internal caches even for
+theoretically read-only operations.  These functions may also manipulate the
+interpreter result (if they take and are given a non-NULL \fIinterp\fR
+argument); you must not count on the interpreter result to hold the reference
+count of any argument value over these calls and should manage your own
+references there. However, references held by the arguments to a Tcl command
+\fIare\fR suitable for reference count management purposes for the duration of
+the implementation of that command.
+.PP
+The \fIerrorPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_FSCopyDirectory\fR and
+\fBTcl_FSRemoveDirectory\fR is, when an object is set into it at all, set to
+an object with a non-zero reference count that should be passed to
+\fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR when no longer needed.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_FSListVolumes\fR always returns a zero-reference object, much
+like \fBTcl_NewObj\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_FSLink\fR always returns a non-zero-reference object when it is
+asked to read; you must call \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR on the object
+once you no longer need it.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_FSGetCwd\fR always returns a non-zero-reference object; you
+must call \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR on the object once you no longer need
+it.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_FSPathSeparator\fR always returns a zero-reference object, much
+like \fBTcl_NewObj\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_FSJoinPath\fR always returns a zero-reference object, much
+like \fBTcl_NewObj\fR. Its \fIlistObj\fR argument can have any reference
+count; it is only read by this function.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_FSSplitPath\fR always returns a zero-reference object, much
+like \fBTcl_NewObj\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_FSGetNormalizedPath\fR returns an object with a non-zero
+reference count where Tcl is the owner. You should increment its
+reference count if you want to retain it, but do not need to if you
+are just using the value immediately.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_FSJoinToPath\fR always returns a zero-reference object, much like
+\fBTcl_NewObj\fR. Its \fIbasePtr\fR argument follows the rules above for
+\fIpathPtr\fR, as do the values in the \fIobjv\fR argument.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_FSGetTranslatedPath\fR returns a non-zero-reference object (or
+NULL in the error case); you must call \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR on the
+object once you no longer need it.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_FSNewNativePath\fR always returns a zero-reference object (or
+NULL), much like \fBTcl_NewObj\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_FSFileSystemInfo\fR always returns a zero-reference object (or
+NULL), much like \fBTcl_NewObj\fR.
+.PP
+The \fIobjPtr\fR and \fIobjPtrRef\fR arguments to \fBTcl_FSFileAttrsGet\fR,
+\fBTcl_FSFileAttrsSet\fR and \fBTcl_FSFileAttrStrings\fR are conventional Tcl
+values; the \fIobjPtr\fR argument will be read but not retained, and the
+\fIobjPtrRef\fR argument will have (on success) a zero-reference value written
+into it (as with \fBTcl_NewObj\fR). \fBTcl_FSFileAttrsGet\fR and
+\fBTcl_FSFileAttrsSet\fR may also manipulate the interpreter result.
+.PP
+The \fIresultPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_FSMatchInDirectory\fR will not have its
+reference count manipulated, but it should have a reference count of no more
+than 1, and should not be the current interpreter result (as the function may
+overwrite that on error).
+.SS "VIRTUAL FILESYSTEM INTERFACE"
+.PP
+For all virtual filesystem implementation functions, any \fIpathPtr\fR
+arguments should not have their reference counts manipulated. If they take an
+\fIinterp\fR argument, they may set an error message in that, but must not
+manipulate the \fIpathPtr\fR afterwards. Aside from that:
+.TP
+\fIinternalToNormalizedProc\fR
+.
+This should return a zero-reference count value, as if allocated with
+\fBTcl_NewObj\fR.
+.TP
+\fInormalizePathProc\fR
+.
+Unlike with other API implementation functions, the \fIpathPtr\fR argument
+here is guaranteed to be an unshared object that should be updated. Its
+reference count should not be modified.
+.TP
+\fIfilesystemPathTypeProc\fR
+.
+The return value (if non-NULL) either has a reference count of zero or needs
+to be maintained (on a per-thread basis) by the filesystem. Tcl will increment
+the reference count of the value if it wishes to retain it.
+.TP
+\fIfilesystemSeparatorProc\fR
+.
+The return value should be a value with reference count of zero.
+.TP
+\fImatchInDirectoryProc\fR
+.
+The \fIresultPtr\fR argument should be assumed to hold a list that can be
+appended to (i.e., that has a reference count no greater than 1). No reference
+to it should be retained.
+.TP
+\fIlinkProc\fR
+.
+If \fItoPtr\fR is NULL, this should return a value with reference count 1 that
+has just been allocated and passed to \fBTcl_IncrRefCount\fR. If \fItoPtr\fR
+is not NULL, it should be returned on success.
+.TP
+\fIlistVolumesProc\fR
+.
+The result value should be a list (if non-NULL); it will have its reference
+count decremented once (with \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR) by Tcl once done.
+.TP
+\fIfileAttrStringsProc\fR
+.
+If the result is NULL, the \fIobjPtrRef\fR should have a list value written to
+it; that list will have its reference count both incremented (with
+\fBTcl_IncrRefCount\fR) and decremented (with \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR).
+.TP
+\fIfileAttrsGetProc\fR
+.
+The \fIobjPtrRef\fR argument should have (on non-error return) a zero
+reference count value written to it (allocated as if with \fBTcl_NewObj\fR).
+.TP
+\fIfileAttrsSetProc\fR
+.
+The \fIobjPtr\fR argument should either just be read or its reference count
+incremented to retain it.
+.TP
+\fIremoveDirectoryProc\fR
+.
+If an error is being reported, the problem filename reported via
+\fIerrorPtr\fR should be newly allocated (as if with \fBTcl_NewObj\fR) and
+have a reference count of 1 (i.e., have been passed to
+\fBTcl_IncrRefCount\fR).
+.TP
+\fIcopyDirectoryProc\fR
+.
+If an error is being reported, the problem filename reported via
+\fIerrorPtr\fR should be newly allocated (as if with \fBTcl_NewObj\fR) and
+have a reference count of 1 (i.e., have been passed to
+\fBTcl_IncrRefCount\fR).
+.TP
+\fIgetCwdProc\fR
+.
+The result will be passed to \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR by the implementation of
+\fBTcl_FSGetCwd\fR after it has been normalized.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 cd(n), file(n), filename(n), load(n), open(n), pwd(n), source(n), unload(n)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Tcl_FindExecutable, Tcl_GetNameOfExecutable \- identify or return the name of th
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
 .sp
-void
+const char *
 \fBTcl_FindExecutable\fR(\fIargv0\fR)
 .sp
 const char *
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ Tcl.  For example, it is needed on some platforms in the
 implementation of the \fBload\fR command.
 It is also returned by the \fBinfo nameofexecutable\fR command.
 .PP
+The result of \fBTcl_FindExecutable\fR is the full Tcl version with
+build information (e.g., \fB9.0.0+abcdef...abcdef.gcc-1002\fR).
+.PP
 On UNIX platforms this procedure is typically invoked as the very
 first thing in the application's main program;  it must be passed
 \fIargv[0]\fR as its argument.  It is important not to change the
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ internal full path name of the executable file as computed by
 equivalent to the \fBinfo nameofexecutable\fR command.  NULL
 is returned if the internal full path name has not been
 computed or unknown.
-
+.PP
+\fBTcl_FindExecutable\fR can not be used in stub-enabled extensions.
 .SH KEYWORDS
 binary, executable file
@@ -27,19 +27,22 @@ Interpreter to use for error reporting; if NULL, then no message is
 provided on errors.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in/out
 The string value of this value is used to search through \fItablePtr\fR.
-The internal representation is modified to hold the index of the matching
+If the \fBTCL_INDEX_TEMP_TABLE\fR flag is not specified,
+the internal representation is modified to hold the index of the matching
 table entry.
 .AP "const char *const" *tablePtr in
 An array of null-terminated strings.  The end of the array is marked
 by a NULL string pointer.
-Note that references to the \fItablePtr\fR may be retained in the
+Note that, unless the \fBTCL_INDEX_TEMP_TABLE\fR flag is specified,
+references to the \fItablePtr\fR may be retained in the
 internal representation of \fIobjPtr\fR, so this should represent the
 address of a statically-allocated array.
 .AP "const void" *structTablePtr in
 An array of arbitrary type, typically some \fBstruct\fR type.
 The first member of the structure must be a null-terminated string.
 The size of the structure is given by \fIoffset\fR.
-Note that references to the \fIstructTablePtr\fR may be retained in the
+Note that, unless the \fBTCL_INDEX_TEMP_TABLE\fR flag is specified,
+references to the \fIstructTablePtr\fR may be retained in the
 internal representation of \fIobjPtr\fR, so this should represent the
 address of a statically-allocated array of structures.
 .AP int offset in
@@ -50,10 +53,13 @@ Null-terminated string describing what is being looked up, such as
 \fBoption\fR.  This string is included in error messages.
 .AP int flags in
 OR-ed combination of bits providing additional information for
-operation.  The only bit that is currently defined is \fBTCL_EXACT\fR.
-.AP int *indexPtr out
-The index of the string in \fItablePtr\fR that matches the value of
-\fIobjPtr\fR is returned here.
+operation.  The only bits that are currently defined are \fBTCL_EXACT\fR
+, \fBTCL_INDEX_TEMP_TABLE\fR, and \fBTCL_NULL_OK\fR.
+.AP enum|char|short|int|long *indexPtr out
+If not (int *)NULL, the index of the string in \fItablePtr\fR that
+matches the value of \fIobjPtr\fR is returned here. The variable can
+be any integer type, signed or unsigned, char, short, long or
+long long. It can also be an enum.
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
@@ -66,8 +72,8 @@ the strings in \fItablePtr\fR to find a match.  A match occurs if
 \fItablePtr\fR, or if it is a non-empty unique abbreviation
 for exactly one of the strings in \fItablePtr\fR and the
 \fBTCL_EXACT\fR flag was not specified; in either case
-the index of the matching entry is stored at \fI*indexPtr\fR
-and \fBTCL_OK\fR is returned.
+\fBTCL_OK\fR is returned. If \fIindexPtr\fR is not NULL the index
+of the matching entry is stored at \fI*indexPtr\fR.
 .PP
 If there is no matching entry,
 \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned and an error message is left in \fIinterp\fR's
@@ -76,7 +82,8 @@ error message to indicate what was being looked up.  For example,
 if \fImsg\fR is \fBoption\fR the error message will have a form like
 .QW "\fBbad option \N'34'firt\N'34': must be first, second, or third\fR" .
 .PP
-If \fBTcl_GetIndexFromObj\fR completes successfully it modifies the
+If the \fBTCL_INDEX_TEMP_TABLE\fR was not specified, when
+\fBTcl_GetIndexFromObj\fR completes successfully it modifies the
 internal representation of \fIobjPtr\fR to hold the address of
 the table and the index of the matching entry.  If \fBTcl_GetIndexFromObj\fR
 is invoked again with the same \fIobjPtr\fR and \fItablePtr\fR
@@ -84,7 +91,11 @@ arguments (e.g. during a reinvocation of a Tcl command), it returns
 the matching index immediately without having to redo the lookup
 operation.  Note: \fBTcl_GetIndexFromObj\fR assumes that the entries
 in \fItablePtr\fR are static: they must not change between
-invocations.  If the value of \fIobjPtr\fR is the empty string,
+invocations.  This caching mechanism can be disallowed by specifying
+the \fBTCL_INDEX_TEMP_TABLE\fR flag.
+If the \fBTCL_NULL_OK\fR flag was specified, objPtr is allowed
+to be NULL or the empty string. The resulting index is -1.
+Otherwise, if the value of \fIobjPtr\fR is the empty string,
 \fBTcl_GetIndexFromObj\fR will treat it as a non-matching value
 and return \fBTCL_ERROR\fR.
 .PP
@@ -98,6 +109,12 @@ array of characters at \fItablePtr\fR+\fIoffset\fR bytes, etc.)
 This is particularly useful when processing things like
 \fBTk_ConfigurationSpec\fR, whose string keys are in the same place in
 each of several array elements.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetIndexFromObj\fR and \fBTcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct\fR do not modify
+the reference count of their \fIobjPtr\fR arguments; they only read. Note
+however that these functions may set the interpreter result; if that is the
+only place that is holding a reference to the object, it will be deleted.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 prefix(n), Tcl_WrongNumArgs(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ int
 .sp
 int
 \fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR(\fIinterp, src, intPtr\fR)
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_GetBool\fR(\fIinterp, src, flags, charPtr\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_Interp *doublePtr out
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
@@ -33,6 +36,12 @@ Points to place to store integer value converted from \fIsrc\fR.
 .AP double *doublePtr out
 Points to place to store double-precision floating-point
 value converted from \fIsrc\fR.
+.AP char *charPtr out
+Points to place to store boolean value (0 or 1) value converted from \fIsrc\fR.
+.AP int flags in
+0 or TCL_NULL_OK. If TCL_NULL_OK
+is used, then the empty string or NULL will result in \fBTcl_GetBool\fR
+return TCL_OK, the *charPtr filled with the value \fB'\exFF'\fR;
 .BE

 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -55,15 +64,15 @@ after the optional white space and sign are
 .QW \fB0x\fR
 then \fIsrc\fR is expected to be in hexadecimal form;  otherwise,
 if the first such characters are
+.QW \fB0d\fR
+then \fIsrc\fR is expected to be in decimal form; otherwise,
+if the first such characters are
 .QW \fB0o\fR
 then \fIsrc\fR is expected to be in octal form;  otherwise,
 if the first such characters are
 .QW \fB0b\fR
-then \fIsrc\fR is expected to be in binary form;  otherwise,
-if the first such character is
-.QW \fB0\fR
 then \fIsrc\fR
-is expected to be in octal form;  otherwise, \fIsrc\fR is
+is expected to be in binary form;  otherwise, \fIsrc\fR is
 expected to be in decimal form.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_GetDouble\fR expects \fIsrc\fR to consist of a floating-point
@@ -94,6 +103,10 @@ If \fIsrc\fR is any of \fB1\fR, \fBtrue\fR, \fByes\fR, or \fBon\fR,
 then 1 is stored at \fI*intPtr\fR.
 Any of these values may be abbreviated, and upper-case spellings
 are also acceptable.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetBool\fR functions almost the same as \fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR,
+but it has an additional parameter \fBflags\fR, which can be used
+to specify whether the empty string or NULL is accepted as valid.

 .SH KEYWORDS
 boolean, conversion, double, floating-point, integer
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ be used for reading.
 .AP int checkUsage in
 If non-zero, then an error will be generated if the file was not opened
 for the access indicated by \fIwrite\fR.
-.AP ClientData *filePtr out
+.AP void **filePtr out
 Points to word in which to store pointer to FILE structure for
 the file given by \fIchanID\fR.
 .BE
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ Pointer to handler function replacing \fBTcl_GetTime\fR's access to the OS.
 .AP Tcl_ScaleTimeProc scaleProc in
 Pointer to handler function for the conversion of time delays in the
 virtual domain to real-time.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Value passed through to the two handler functions.
 .AP Tcl_GetTimeProc *getProcPtr out
 Pointer to place the currently registered get handler function into.
 .AP Tcl_ScaleTimeProc *scaleProcPtr out
 Pointer to place the currently registered scale handler function into.
-.AP ClientData *clientDataPtr out
+.AP void **clientDataPtr out
 Pointer to place the currently registered pass-through value into.
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ The signatures of the handler functions are as follows:
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_GetTimeProc\fR(
        Tcl_Time *\fItimebuf\fR,
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 typedef void \fBTcl_ScaleTimeProc\fR(
        Tcl_Time *\fItimebuf\fR,
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fItimebuf\fR fields contain the time to manipulate, and the
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@ Tcl_GetVersion \- get the version of the library at runtime
 .sp
 \fBTcl_GetVersion\fR(\fImajor, minor, patchLevel, type\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
-.AS Tcl_ReleaseType *patchLevel out
 .AP int *major out
 Major version number of the Tcl library.
 .AP int *minor out
 Minor version number of the Tcl library.
 .AP int *patchLevel out
 The patch level of the Tcl library (or alpha or beta number).
-.AP Tcl_ReleaseType *type out
+.AP int *type out
 The type of release, also indicates the type of patch level. Can be
 one of \fBTCL_ALPHA_RELEASE\fR, \fBTCL_BETA_RELEASE\fR, or
 \fBTCL_FINAL_RELEASE\fR.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Tcl_HashEntry *
 Tcl_HashEntry *
 \fBTcl_FindHashEntry\fR(\fItablePtr, key\fR)
 .sp
-ClientData
+void *
 \fBTcl_GetHashValue\fR(\fIentryPtr\fR)
 .sp
 \fBTcl_SetHashValue\fR(\fIentryPtr, value\fR)
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ The word at \fI*newPtr\fR is set to 1 if a new entry was created
 and 0 if there was already an entry for \fIkey\fR.
 .AP Tcl_HashEntry *entryPtr in
 Pointer to hash table entry.
-.AP ClientData value in
-New value to assign to hash table entry.  Need not have type
-ClientData, but must fit in same space as ClientData.
+.AP void *value in
+New value to assign to hash table entry.
 .AP Tcl_HashSearch *searchPtr in
 Pointer to record to use to keep track of progress in enumerating
 all the entries in a hash table.
@@ -186,11 +185,6 @@ instead, it returns NULL as result.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_GetHashValue\fR and \fBTcl_SetHashValue\fR are used to
 read and write an entry's value, respectively.
-Values are stored and retrieved as type
-.QW ClientData ,
-which is
-large enough to hold a pointer value.  On almost all machines this is
-large enough to hold an integer value too.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_GetHashKey\fR returns the key for a given hash table entry,
 either as a pointer to a string, a one-word
@@ -229,7 +223,7 @@ overall information about a hash table, such as the number of
 entries it contains, the number of buckets in its hash array,
 and the utilization of the buckets.
 It is the caller's responsibility to free the result string
-by passing it to \fBckfree\fR.
+by passing it to \fBTcl_Free\fR.
 .PP
 The header file \fBtcl.h\fR defines the actual data structures
 used to implement hash tables.
@@ -281,7 +275,7 @@ The \fIhashKeyProc\fR member contains the address of a function called to
 calculate a hash value for the key.
 .PP
 .CS
-typedef unsigned int \fBTcl_HashKeyProc\fR(
+typedef TCL_HASH_TYPE \fBTcl_HashKeyProc\fR(
        Tcl_HashTable *\fItablePtr\fR,
        void *\fIkeyPtr\fR);
 .CE
@@ -330,5 +324,19 @@ typedef void \fBTcl_FreeHashEntryProc\fR(
 If this is NULL then \fBTcl_Free\fR is used to free the space for the entry.
 Tcl_Obj* keys use this function to decrement the reference count on the
 value.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+When a hash table is created with \fBTcl_InitCustomHashTable\fR, the
+\fBTcl_CreateHashEntry\fR function will increment the reference count of its
+\fIkey\fR argument when it creates a key (but not if there is an existing
+matching key). The reference count of the key will be decremented when the
+corresponding hash entry is deleted, whether with \fBTcl_DeleteHashEntry\fR or
+with \fBTcl_DeleteHashTable\fR. The \fBTcl_GetHashKey\fR function will return
+the key without further modifying its reference count.
+.PP
+Custom hash tables that use a Tcl_Obj* as key will generally need to do
+something similar in their \fIallocEntryProc\fR.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+Dict(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
 hash table, key, lookup, search, value
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 '\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Scriptics Corporation.
 '\" All rights reserved.
 '\"
-.TH Tcl_Init 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.TH Tcl_Init 3 9.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ Tcl_Init \- find and source initialization script
 .sp
 int
 \fBTcl_Init\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
+.sp
+const char *
+\fBTcl_SetPreInitScript\fR(\fIscriptPtr\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_Interp *interp
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
 Interpreter to initialize.
+.AP "const char" *scriptPtr in
+Address of the initialization script.
 .BE

 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -26,6 +31,17 @@ Interpreter to initialize.
 path.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_Init\fR is typically called from \fBTcl_AppInit\fR procedures.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_SetPreInitScript\fR registers the pre-initialization script and
+returns the former (now replaced) script pointer.
+A value of \fINULL\fR may be passed to not register any script.
+The pre-initialization script is executed by \fBTcl_Init\fR before accessing
+the file system. The purpose is to typically prepare a custom file system
+(like an embedded zip-file) to be activated before the search.
+
+When used in stub-enabled embedders, the stubs table must be first initialized
+using one of \fBTcl_InitSubsystems\fR, \fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR, \fBTcl_FindExecutable\fR
+or \fBTclZipfs_AppHook\fR before \fBTcl_SetPreInitScript\fR may be called.

 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_AppInit, Tcl_Main
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ Tcl interpreter handle.
 A version string consisting of one or more decimal numbers
 separated by dots.
 .AP int exact in
-Non-zero means that only the particular version specified by
+1 means that only the particular version specified by
 \fIversion\fR is acceptable.
-Zero means that versions newer than \fIversion\fR are also
+0 means that versions newer than \fIversion\fR are also
 acceptable as long as they have the same major version number
-as \fIversion\fR.
+as \fIversion\fR. Other bits have no effect.
 .BE
 .SH INTRODUCTION
 .PP
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ Define the \fBUSE_TCL_STUBS\fR symbol.  Typically, you would include the
 \fB\-DUSE_TCL_STUBS\fR flag when compiling the extension.
 .IP 3) 5
 Link the extension with the Tcl stubs library instead of the standard
-Tcl library.  For example, to use the Tcl 8.6 ABI on Unix platforms,
-the library name is \fIlibtclstub8.6.a\fR; on Windows platforms, the
-library name is \fItclstub86.lib\fR.
+Tcl library.  For example, to use the Tcl 9.0 ABI on Unix platforms,
+the library name is \fIlibtclstub9.0.a\fR; on Windows platforms, the
+library name is \fItclstub90.lib\fR.
 .PP
 If the extension also requires the Tk API, it must also call
 \fBTk_InitStubs\fR to initialize the Tk stubs interface and link
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+'\"
+'\" Copyright (c) 2018 Tcl Core Team
+'\"
+'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+'\"
+.so man.macros
+.TH Tcl_InitSubsystems 3 8.7 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.BS
+.SH NAME
+Tcl_InitSubsystems \- initialize the Tcl library.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
+.sp
+const char *
+\fBTcl_InitSubsystems\fR(\fIvoid\fR)
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+The \fBTcl_InitSubsystems\fR procedure initializes the Tcl
+library. This procedure is typically invoked as the very
+first thing in the application's main program.
+.PP
+The result of \fBTcl_InitSubsystems\fR is the full Tcl version with
+build information (e.g., \fB9.0.0+abcdef...abcdef.gcc-1002\fR).
+.PP
+\fBTcl_InitSubsystems\fR is very similar in use to
+\fBTcl_FindExecutable\fR. It can be used when Tcl is
+used as utility library, no other encodings than utf-8,
+iso8859-1 or utf-16 are used, and no interest exists in the
+value of \fBinfo nameofexecutable\fR. The system encoding will not
+be extracted from the environment, but falls back to utf-8.
+.SH KEYWORDS
+binary, executable file
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_NewIntObj, Tcl_NewLongObj, Tcl_NewWideIntObj, Tcl_SetIntObj, Tcl_SetLongObj, Tcl_SetWideIntObj, Tcl_GetIntFromObj, Tcl_GetLongFromObj, Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj, Tcl_NewBignumObj, Tcl_SetBignumObj, Tcl_GetBignumFromObj, Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj \- manipulate Tcl values as integers
+Tcl_NewIntObj, Tcl_NewLongObj, Tcl_NewWideIntObj, Tcl_SetIntObj, Tcl_SetLongObj, Tcl_SetWideIntObj, Tcl_GetIntFromObj, Tcl_GetIntForIndex, Tcl_GetLongFromObj, Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj, Tcl_NewBignumObj, Tcl_SetBignumObj, Tcl_GetBignumFromObj, Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj \- manipulate Tcl values as integers
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ int
 \fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, intPtr\fR)
 .sp
 int
+\fBTcl_GetIntForIndex\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, endValue, indexPtr\fR)
+.sp
+int
 \fBTcl_GetLongFromObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, longPtr\fR)
 .sp
 int
@@ -55,6 +58,8 @@ int
 \fBTcl_InitBignumFromDouble\fR(\fIinterp, doubleValue, bigValue\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_WideInt doubleValue in/out
+.AP size_t endValue in
+\fBTcl_GetIntForIndex\fR will return this when the input value is "end".
 .AP int intValue in
 Integer value used to initialize or set a Tcl value.
 .AP long longValue in
@@ -75,6 +80,8 @@ retrieval fails.
 Points to place to store the integer value retrieved from \fIobjPtr\fR.
 .AP long *longPtr out
 Points to place to store the long integer value retrieved from \fIobjPtr\fR.
+.AP size_t *indexPtr out
+Points to place to store the size_t value retrieved from \fIobjPtr\fR.
 .AP Tcl_WideInt *widePtr out
 Points to place to store the wide integer value retrieved from \fIobjPtr\fR.
 .AP mp_int *bigValue in/out
@@ -97,7 +104,7 @@ are provided by the C language standard.  The \fBTcl_WideInt\fR type is a
 typedef defined to be whatever signed integral type covers at least the
 64-bit integer range (-9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807).  Depending
 on the platform and the C compiler, the actual type might be
-\fBlong int\fR, \fBlong long int\fR, \fB__int64\fR, or something else.
+\fBlong long int\fR, or something else.
 The \fBmp_int\fR type is a multiple-precision integer type defined
 by the LibTomMath multiple-precision integer library.
 .PP
@@ -115,6 +122,16 @@ violates Tcl's copy-on-write policy.  Any existing string representation
 or internal representation in the unshared Tcl value will be freed
 as a consequence of setting the new value.
 .PP
+The \fBTcl_GetIntForIndex\fR routine attempts to retrieve an index
+value from the Tcl value \fIobjPtr\fR.  If the attempt succeeds,
+then \fBTCL_OK\fR is returned, and the value is written to the
+storage provided by the caller.  The attempt might fail if
+\fIobjPtr\fR does not hold an index value.  If the attempt fails,
+then \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned, and if \fIinterp\fR is non-NULL,
+an error message is left in \fIinterp\fR.  The \fBTcl_ObjType\fR
+of \fIobjPtr\fR may be changed to make subsequent calls to the
+same routine more efficient.
+.PP
 The \fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR, \fBTcl_GetLongFromObj\fR,
 \fBTcl_GetWideIntFromObj\fR, \fBTcl_GetBignumFromObj\fR, and
 \fBTcl_TakeBignumFromObj\fR routines attempt to retrieve an integral
@@ -145,6 +162,27 @@ If anything later in the caller requires
 The \fBTcl_InitBignumFromDouble\fR routine is a utility procedure
 that extracts the integer part of \fIdoubleValue\fR and stores that
 integer value in the \fBmp_int\fR value \fIbigValue\fR.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+\fBTcl_NewIntObj\fR, \fBTcl_NewLongObj\fR, \fBTcl_NewWideIntObj\fR, and
+\fBTcl_NewBignumObj\fR always return a zero-reference object, much like
+\fBTcl_NewObj\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_SetIntObj\fR, \fBTcl_SetLongObj\fR, \fBTcl_SetWideIntObj\fR, and
+\fBTcl_SetBignumObj\fR do not modify the reference count of their \fIobjPtr\fR
+arguments, but do require that the object be unshared.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR, \fBTcl_GetIntForIndex\fR, \fBTcl_GetLongFromObj\fR,
+\fBTcl_GetWideIntFromObj\fR, \fBTcl_GetBignumFromObj\fR, and
+\fBTcl_TakeBignumFromObj\fR do not modify the reference count of their
+\fIobjPtr\fR arguments; they only read. Note however that this function may
+set the interpreter result; if that is the only place that is holding a
+reference to the object, it will be deleted. Also note that if
+\fBTcl_TakeBignumFromObj\fR is given an unshared value, the value of that
+object may be modified; it is intended to be used when the value is
+.QW consumed
+by the operation at this point.
+
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_NewObj, Tcl_DecrRefCount, Tcl_IncrRefCount, Tcl_GetObjResult
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-'\"
-'\" Copyright (c) 1989-1993 The Regents of the University of California.
-'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
-'\"
-'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
-'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
-.TH Tcl_Interp 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
-.so man.macros
-.BS
-.SH NAME
-Tcl_Interp \- client-visible fields of interpreter structures
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
-\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
-.sp
-typedef struct {
-    char *\fIresult\fR;
-    Tcl_FreeProc *\fIfreeProc\fR;
-    int \fIerrorLine\fR;
-} \fBTcl_Interp\fR;
-
-typedef void \fBTcl_FreeProc\fR(
-        char *\fIblockPtr\fR);
-.BE
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
-The \fBTcl_CreateInterp\fR procedure returns a pointer to a Tcl_Interp
-structure.  Callers of \fBTcl_CreateInterp\fR should use this pointer
-as an opaque token, suitable for nothing other than passing back to
-other routines in the Tcl interface.  Accessing fields directly through
-the pointer as described below is no longer supported.  The supported
-public routines \fBTcl_SetResult\fR, \fBTcl_GetResult\fR,
-\fBTcl_SetErrorLine\fR, \fBTcl_GetErrorLine\fR must be used instead.
-.PP
-For legacy programs and extensions no longer being maintained, compiles
-against the Tcl 8.6 header files are only possible with the compiler
-directives
-.CS
-#define USE_INTERP_RESULT
-.CE
-and/or
-.CS
-#define USE_INTERP_ERRORLINE
-.CE
-depending on which fields of the \fBTcl_Interp\fR struct are accessed.
-These directives may be embedded in code or supplied via compiler options.
-.PP
-The \fIresult\fR and \fIfreeProc\fR fields are used to return
-results or error messages from commands.
-This information is returned by command procedures back to \fBTcl_Eval\fR,
-and by \fBTcl_Eval\fR back to its callers.
-The \fIresult\fR field points to the string that represents the
-result or error message, and the \fIfreeProc\fR field tells how
-to dispose of the storage for the string when it is not needed anymore.
-The easiest way for command procedures to manipulate these
-fields is to call procedures like \fBTcl_SetResult\fR
-or \fBTcl_AppendResult\fR;  they
-will hide all the details of managing the fields.
-The description below is for those procedures that manipulate the
-fields directly.
-.PP
-Whenever a command procedure returns, it must ensure
-that the \fIresult\fR field of its interpreter points to the string
-being returned by the command.
-The \fIresult\fR field must always point to a valid string.
-If a command wishes to return no result then \fIinterp->result\fR
-should point to an empty string.
-Normally, results are assumed to be statically allocated,
-which means that the contents will not change before the next time
-\fBTcl_Eval\fR is called or some other command procedure is invoked.
-In this case, the \fIfreeProc\fR field must be zero.
-Alternatively, a command procedure may dynamically
-allocate its return value (e.g. using \fBTcl_Alloc\fR)
-and store a pointer to it in \fIinterp->result\fR.
-In this case, the command procedure must also set \fIinterp->freeProc\fR
-to the address of a procedure that can free the value, or \fBTCL_DYNAMIC\fR
-if the storage was allocated directly by Tcl or by a call to
-\fBTcl_Alloc\fR.
-If \fIinterp->freeProc\fR is non-zero, then Tcl will call \fIfreeProc\fR
-to free the space pointed to by \fIinterp->result\fR before it
-invokes the next command.
-If a client procedure overwrites \fIinterp->result\fR when
-\fIinterp->freeProc\fR is non-zero, then it is responsible for calling
-\fIfreeProc\fR to free the old \fIinterp->result\fR (the \fBTcl_FreeResult\fR
-macro should be used for this purpose).
-.PP
-\fIFreeProc\fR should have arguments and result that match the
-\fBTcl_FreeProc\fR declaration above:  it receives a single
-argument which is a pointer to the result value to free.
-In most applications \fBTCL_DYNAMIC\fR is the only non-zero value ever
-used for \fIfreeProc\fR.
-However, an application may store a different procedure address
-in \fIfreeProc\fR in order to use an alternate memory allocator
-or in order to do other cleanup when the result memory is freed.
-.PP
-As part of processing each command, \fBTcl_Eval\fR initializes
-\fIinterp->result\fR
-and \fIinterp->freeProc\fR just before calling the command procedure for
-the command.  The \fIfreeProc\fR field will be initialized to zero,
-and \fIinterp->result\fR will point to an empty string.  Commands that
-do not return any value can simply leave the fields alone.
-Furthermore, the empty string pointed to by \fIresult\fR is actually
-part of an array of \fBTCL_RESULT_SIZE\fR characters (approximately 200).
-If a command wishes to return a short string, it can simply copy
-it to the area pointed to by \fIinterp->result\fR.  Or, it can use
-the sprintf procedure to generate a short result string at the location
-pointed to by \fIinterp->result\fR.
-.PP
-It is a general convention in Tcl-based applications that the result
-of an interpreter is normally in the initialized state described
-in the previous paragraph.
-Procedures that manipulate an interpreter's result (e.g. by
-returning an error) will generally assume that the result
-has been initialized when the procedure is called.
-If such a procedure is to be called after the result has been
-changed, then \fBTcl_ResetResult\fR should be called first to
-reset the result to its initialized state.  The direct use of
-\fIinterp->result\fR is strongly deprecated (see \fBTcl_SetResult\fR).
-.PP
-The \fIerrorLine\fR
-field is valid only after \fBTcl_Eval\fR returns
-a \fBTCL_ERROR\fR return code.  In this situation the \fIerrorLine\fR
-field identifies the line number of the command being executed when
-the error occurred.  The line numbers are relative to the command
-being executed:  1 means the first line of the command passed to
-\fBTcl_Eval\fR, 2 means the second line, and so on.
-The \fIerrorLine\fR field is typically used in conjunction with
-\fBTcl_AddErrorInfo\fR to report information about where an error
-occurred.
-\fIErrorLine\fR should not normally be modified except by \fBTcl_Eval\fR.
-
-.SH KEYWORDS
-free, initialized, interpreter, malloc, result
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ its limits checked.
 .AP int type in
 The type of limit that the operation refers to.  This must be either
 \fBTCL_LIMIT_COMMANDS\fR or \fBTCL_LIMIT_TIME\fR.
-.AP int commandLimit in
+.AP size_t commandLimit in
 The maximum number of commands (as reported by \fBinfo cmdcount\fR)
 that may be executed in the interpreter.
 .AP Tcl_Time *timeLimitPtr in/out
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ the handler returns.  Many handlers may be attached to the same
 interpreter limit; their order of execution is not defined, and they
 must be identified by \fIhandlerProc\fR and \fIclientData\fR when they
 are deleted.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Arbitrary pointer-sized word used to pass some context to the
 \fIhandlerProc\fR function.
 .AP Tcl_LimitHandlerDeleteProc *deleteProc in
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ following prototype:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_LimitHandlerProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ following prototype:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_LimitHandlerDeleteProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 A limit handler may be deleted using \fBTcl_LimitRemoveHandler\fR; the
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_LinkVar, Tcl_UnlinkVar, Tcl_UpdateLinkedVar \- link Tcl variable to C variable
+Tcl_LinkArray, Tcl_LinkVar, Tcl_UnlinkVar, Tcl_UpdateLinkedVar \- link Tcl variable to C variable
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -17,27 +17,52 @@ Tcl_LinkVar, Tcl_UnlinkVar, Tcl_UpdateLinkedVar \- link Tcl variable to C variab
 int
 \fBTcl_LinkVar\fR(\fIinterp, varName, addr, type\fR)
 .sp
+.VS "TIP 312"
+int
+\fBTcl_LinkArray\fR(\fIinterp, varName, addr, type, size\fR)
+.VE "TIP 312"
+.sp
 \fBTcl_UnlinkVar\fR(\fIinterp, varName\fR)
 .sp
 \fBTcl_UpdateLinkedVar\fR(\fIinterp, varName\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
-.AS Tcl_Interp writable
+.AS Tcl_Interp varName in
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
 Interpreter that contains \fIvarName\fR.
 Also used by \fBTcl_LinkVar\fR to return error messages.
 .AP "const char" *varName in
 Name of global variable.
-.AP char *addr in
+.AP void *addr in
 Address of C variable that is to be linked to \fIvarName\fR.
+.sp
+.VS "TIP 312"
+In \fBTcl_LinkArray\fR, may be NULL to tell Tcl to create the storage
+for the array in the variable.
+.VE "TIP 312"
 .AP int type in
-Type of C variable.  Must be one of \fBTCL_LINK_INT\fR,
+Type of C variable for \fBTcl_LinkVar\fR or type of array element for
+\fBTcl_LinkArray\fR.  Must be one of \fBTCL_LINK_INT\fR,
 \fBTCL_LINK_UINT\fR, \fBTCL_LINK_CHAR\fR, \fBTCL_LINK_UCHAR\fR,
 \fBTCL_LINK_SHORT\fR, \fBTCL_LINK_USHORT\fR, \fBTCL_LINK_LONG\fR,
 \fBTCL_LINK_ULONG\fR, \fBTCL_LINK_WIDE_INT\fR,
-\fBTCL_LINK_WIDE_UINT\fR, \fBTCL_LINK_FLOAT\fR,
-\fBTCL_LINK_DOUBLE\fR, \fBTCL_LINK_BOOLEAN\fR, or
-\fBTCL_LINK_STRING\fR, optionally OR'ed with \fBTCL_LINK_READ_ONLY\fR
-to make Tcl variable read-only.
+\fBTCL_LINK_WIDE_UINT\fR, \fBTCL_LINK_FLOAT\fR, \fBTCL_LINK_DOUBLE\fR,
+\fBTCL_LINK_BOOLEAN\fR, or one of the extra ones listed below.
+.sp
+In \fBTcl_LinkVar\fR, the additional linked type \fBTCL_LINK_STRING\fR may be
+used.
+.sp
+.VS "TIP 312"
+In \fBTcl_LinkArray\fR, the additional linked types \fBTCL_LINK_CHARS\fR and
+\fBTCL_LINK_BINARY\fR may be used.
+.VE "TIP 312"
+.sp
+All the above for both functions may be
+optionally OR'ed with \fBTCL_LINK_READ_ONLY\fR to make the Tcl
+variable read-only.
+.AP size_t size in
+.VS "TIP 312"
+The number of elements in the C array. Must be greater than zero.
+.VE "TIP 312"
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
@@ -52,130 +77,179 @@ while setting up the link (e.g. because \fIvarName\fR is the
 name of array) then \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned and the interpreter's result
 contains an error message.
 .PP
+.VS "TIP 312"
+\fBTcl_LinkArray\fR is similar, but for arrays of fixed size (given by
+the \fIsize\fR argument). When asked to allocate the backing C array
+storage (via the \fIaddr\fR argument being NULL), it writes the
+address that it allocated to the Tcl interpreter result.
+.VE "TIP 312"
+.PP
 The \fItype\fR argument specifies the type of the C variable,
+or the type of the elements of the C array,
 and must have one of the following values, optionally OR'ed with
 \fBTCL_LINK_READ_ONLY\fR:
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_INT\fR
-The C variable is of type \fBint\fR.
+.
+The C variable, or each element of the C array, is of type \fBint\fR.
 Any value written into the Tcl variable must have a proper integer
 form acceptable to \fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR;  attempts to write
 non-integer values into \fIvarName\fR will be rejected with
 Tcl errors. Incomplete integer representations (like the empty
-string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/binary prefix) are accepted
+string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/decimal/binary prefix) are accepted
 as if they are valid too.
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_UINT\fR
-The C variable is of type \fBunsigned int\fR.
+.
+The C variable, or each element of the C array, is of type \fBunsigned int\fR.
 Any value written into the Tcl variable must have a proper unsigned
 integer form acceptable to \fBTcl_GetWideIntFromObj\fR and in the
 platform's defined range for the \fBunsigned int\fR type; attempts to
 write non-integer values (or values outside the range) into
 \fIvarName\fR will be rejected with Tcl errors. Incomplete integer
-representations (like the empty string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/binary
+representations (like the empty string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/decimal/binary
 prefix) are accepted as if they are valid too.
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_CHAR\fR
-The C variable is of type \fBchar\fR.
+.
+The C variable, or each element of the C array, is of type \fBchar\fR.
 Any value written into the Tcl variable must have a proper integer
 form acceptable to \fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR and be in the range of the
 \fBchar\fR datatype; attempts to write non-integer or out-of-range
 values into \fIvarName\fR will be rejected with Tcl errors. Incomplete
 integer representations (like the empty string, '+', '-' or the
-hex/octal/binary prefix) are accepted as if they are valid too.
+hex/octal/decimal/binary prefix) are accepted as if they are valid too.
+.RS
+.PP
+.VS "TIP 312"
+If using an array of these, consider using \fBTCL_LINK_CHARS\fR instead.
+.VE "TIP 312"
+.RE
+.TP
+\fBTCL_LINK_CHARS\fR
+.VS "TIP 312"
+The C array is of type \fBchar *\fR and is mapped into Tcl as a string.
+Any value written into the Tcl variable must have the same length as
+the underlying storage. Only supported with \fBTcl_LinkArray\fR.
+.VE "TIP 312"
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_UCHAR\fR
-The C variable is of type \fBunsigned char\fR.
+.
+The C variable, or each element of the C array, is of type \fBunsigned char\fR.
 Any value written into the Tcl variable must have a proper unsigned
 integer form acceptable to \fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR and in the
 platform's defined range for the \fBunsigned char\fR type; attempts to
 write non-integer values (or values outside the range) into
 \fIvarName\fR will be rejected with Tcl errors. Incomplete integer
-representations (like the empty string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/binary
+representations (like the empty string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/decimal/binary
 prefix) are accepted as if they are valid too.
+.RS
+.PP
+.VS "TIP 312"
+If using an array of these, consider using \fBTCL_LINK_BINARY\fR instead.
+.VE "TIP 312"
+.RE
+.TP
+\fBTCL_LINK_BINARY\fR
+.VS "TIP 312"
+The C array is of type \fBunsigned char *\fR and is mapped into Tcl
+as a bytearray.
+Any value written into the Tcl variable must have the same length as
+the underlying storage. Only supported with \fBTcl_LinkArray\fR.
+.VE "TIP 312"
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_SHORT\fR
-The C variable is of type \fBshort\fR.
+.
+The C variable, or each element of the C array, is of type \fBshort\fR.
 Any value written into the Tcl variable must have a proper integer
 form acceptable to \fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR and be in the range of the
 \fBshort\fR datatype; attempts to write non-integer or out-of-range
 values into \fIvarName\fR will be rejected with Tcl errors. Incomplete
 integer representations (like the empty string, '+', '-' or the
-hex/octal/binary prefix) are accepted as if they are valid too.
+hex/octal/decimal/binary prefix) are accepted as if they are valid too.
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_USHORT\fR
-The C variable is of type \fBunsigned short\fR.
+.
+The C variable, or each element of the C array, is of type \fBunsigned short\fR.
 Any value written into the Tcl variable must have a proper unsigned
 integer form acceptable to \fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR and in the
 platform's defined range for the \fBunsigned short\fR type; attempts to
 write non-integer values (or values outside the range) into
 \fIvarName\fR will be rejected with Tcl errors. Incomplete integer
-representations (like the empty string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/binary
+representations (like the empty string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/decimal/binary
 prefix) are accepted as if they are valid too.
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_LONG\fR
-The C variable is of type \fBlong\fR.
+.
+The C variable, or each element of the C array, is of type \fBlong\fR.
 Any value written into the Tcl variable must have a proper integer
 form acceptable to \fBTcl_GetLongFromObj\fR; attempts to write
 non-integer or out-of-range
 values into \fIvarName\fR will be rejected with Tcl errors. Incomplete
 integer representations (like the empty string, '+', '-' or the
-hex/octal/binary prefix) are accepted as if they are valid too.
+hex/octal/decimal/binary prefix) are accepted as if they are valid too.
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_ULONG\fR
-The C variable is of type \fBunsigned long\fR.
+.
+The C variable, or each element of the C array, is of type \fBunsigned long\fR.
 Any value written into the Tcl variable must have a proper unsigned
 integer form acceptable to \fBTcl_GetWideIntFromObj\fR and in the
 platform's defined range for the \fBunsigned long\fR type; attempts to
 write non-integer values (or values outside the range) into
 \fIvarName\fR will be rejected with Tcl errors. Incomplete integer
-representations (like the empty string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/binary
+representations (like the empty string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/decimal/binary
 prefix) are accepted as if they are valid too.
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_DOUBLE\fR
-The C variable is of type \fBdouble\fR.
+.
+The C variable, or each element of the C array, is of type \fBdouble\fR.
 Any value written into the Tcl variable must have a proper real
 form acceptable to \fBTcl_GetDoubleFromObj\fR;  attempts to write
 non-real values into \fIvarName\fR will be rejected with
 Tcl errors. Incomplete integer or real representations (like the
-empty string, '.', '+', '-' or the hex/octal/binary prefix) are
+empty string, '.', '+', '-' or the hex/octal/decimal/binary prefix) are
 accepted as if they are valid too.
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_FLOAT\fR
-The C variable is of type \fBfloat\fR.
+.
+The C variable, or each element of the C array, is of type \fBfloat\fR.
 Any value written into the Tcl variable must have a proper real
 form acceptable to \fBTcl_GetDoubleFromObj\fR and must be within the
 range acceptable for a \fBfloat\fR; attempts to
 write non-real values (or values outside the range) into
 \fIvarName\fR will be rejected with Tcl errors. Incomplete integer
 or real representations (like the empty string, '.', '+', '-' or
-the hex/octal/binary prefix) are accepted as if they are valid too.
+the hex/octal/decimal/binary prefix) are accepted as if they are valid too.
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_WIDE_INT\fR
-The C variable is of type \fBTcl_WideInt\fR (which is an integer type
+.
+The C variable, or each element of the C array, is of type \fBTcl_WideInt\fR
+(which is an integer type
 at least 64-bits wide on all platforms that can support it.)
 Any value written into the Tcl variable must have a proper integer
 form acceptable to \fBTcl_GetWideIntFromObj\fR;  attempts to write
 non-integer values into \fIvarName\fR will be rejected with
 Tcl errors. Incomplete integer representations (like the empty
-string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/binary prefix) are accepted
+string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/decimal/binary prefix) are accepted
 as if they are valid too.
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_WIDE_UINT\fR
-The C variable is of type \fBTcl_WideUInt\fR (which is an unsigned
-integer type at least 64-bits wide on all platforms that can support
-it.)
+.
+The C variable, or each element of the C array, is of type \fBTcl_WideUInt\fR
+(which is an unsigned integer type at least 64-bits wide on all platforms that
+can support it.)
 Any value written into the Tcl variable must have a proper unsigned
 integer form acceptable to \fBTcl_GetWideIntFromObj\fR (it will be
 cast to unsigned);
 .\" FIXME! Use bignums instead.
 attempts to write non-integer values into \fIvarName\fR will be
 rejected with Tcl errors. Incomplete integer representations (like
-the empty string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/binary prefix) are accepted
+the empty string, '+', '-' or the hex/octal/decimal/binary prefix) are accepted
 as if they are valid too.
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_BOOLEAN\fR
-The C variable is of type \fBint\fR.
+.
+The C variable, or each element of the C array, is of type \fBint\fR.
 If its value is zero then it will read from Tcl as
 .QW 0 ;
 otherwise it will read from Tcl as
@@ -188,15 +262,17 @@ non-boolean values into \fIvarName\fR will be rejected with
 Tcl errors.
 .TP
 \fBTCL_LINK_STRING\fR
+.
 The C variable is of type \fBchar *\fR.
 If its value is not NULL then it must be a pointer to a string
-allocated with \fBTcl_Alloc\fR or \fBckalloc\fR.
+allocated with \fBTcl_Alloc\fR.
 Whenever the Tcl variable is modified the current C string will be
 freed and new memory will be allocated to hold a copy of the variable's
 new value.
 If the C variable contains a NULL pointer then the Tcl variable
 will read as
 .QW NULL .
+This is only supported by \fBTcl_LinkVar\fR.
 .PP
 If the \fBTCL_LINK_READ_ONLY\fR flag is present in \fItype\fR then the
 variable will be read-only from Tcl, so that its value can only be
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ points to the Tcl value that will be appended to \fIlistPtr\fR.
 For \fBTcl_SetListObj\fR,
 this points to the Tcl value that will be converted to a list value
 containing the \fIobjc\fR elements of the array referenced by \fIobjv\fR.
-.AP int *objcPtr in
+.AP "size_t \&| int" *objcPtr in
 Points to location where \fBTcl_ListObjGetElements\fR
 stores the number of element values in \fIlistPtr\fR.
 .AP Tcl_Obj ***objvPtr out
 A location where \fBTcl_ListObjGetElements\fR stores a pointer to an array
 of pointers to the element values of \fIlistPtr\fR.
-.AP int objc in
+.AP size_t objc in
 The number of Tcl values that \fBTcl_NewListObj\fR
 will insert into a new list value,
 and \fBTcl_ListObjReplace\fR will insert into \fIlistPtr\fR.
@@ -76,21 +76,21 @@ An array of pointers to values.
 \fBTcl_NewListObj\fR will insert these values into a new list value
 and \fBTcl_ListObjReplace\fR will insert them into an existing \fIlistPtr\fR.
 Each value will become a separate list element.
-.AP int *lengthPtr out
+.AP "size_t \&| int" *lengthPtr out
 Points to location where \fBTcl_ListObjLength\fR
 stores the length of the list.
-.AP int index in
+.AP size_t index in
 Index of the list element that \fBTcl_ListObjIndex\fR
 is to return.
 The first element has index 0.
 .AP Tcl_Obj **objPtrPtr out
 Points to place where \fBTcl_ListObjIndex\fR is to store
 a pointer to the resulting list element value.
-.AP int first in
+.AP size_t first in
 Index of the starting list element that \fBTcl_ListObjReplace\fR
 is to replace.
 The list's first element has index 0.
-.AP int count in
+.AP size_t count in
 The number of elements that \fBTcl_ListObjReplace\fR
 is to replace.
 .BE
@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ address \fIobjcPtr\fR.  Similarly, it returns the array pointer by storing
 it in the address \fIobjvPtr\fR.
 The memory pointed to is managed by Tcl and should not be freed or written
 to by the caller. If the list is empty, 0 is stored at \fIobjcPtr\fR
-and NULL at \fIobjvPtr\fR.
+and NULL at \fIobjvPtr\fR. If \fIobjcPtr\fR points to a variable
+of type \fBint\fR and the list contains more than 2**31 elements, the
+function returns \fBTCL_ERROR\fR.
 If \fIlistPtr\fR is not already a list value, \fBTcl_ListObjGetElements\fR
 will attempt to convert it to one; if the conversion fails, it returns
 \fBTCL_ERROR\fR and leaves an error message in the interpreter's result
@@ -162,7 +164,9 @@ Otherwise it returns \fBTCL_OK\fR after storing the count and array pointer.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_ListObjLength\fR returns the number of elements in the list value
 referenced by \fIlistPtr\fR.
-It returns this count by storing an integer in the address \fIlengthPtr\fR.
+It returns this count by storing a value in the address \fIlengthPtr\fR.
+If \fIlengthPtr\fR points to a variable of type \fBint\fR and the list
+contains more than 2**31 elements, the function returns \fBTCL_ERROR\fR.
 If the value is not already a list value,
 \fBTcl_ListObjLength\fR will attempt to convert it to one;
 if the conversion fails, it returns \fBTCL_ERROR\fR
@@ -180,7 +184,7 @@ if the conversion fails, it returns \fBTCL_ERROR\fR
 and leaves an error message in the interpreter's result value
 if \fIinterp\fR is not NULL.
 If the index is out of range,
-that is, \fIindex\fR is negative or
+that is, \fIindex\fR is TCL_INDEX_NONE or
 greater than or equal to the number of elements in the list,
 \fBTcl_ListObjIndex\fR stores a NULL in \fIobjPtrPtr\fR
 and returns \fBTCL_OK\fR.
@@ -199,13 +203,13 @@ and leaves an error message in the interpreter's result value
 if \fIinterp\fR is not NULL.
 Otherwise, it returns \fBTCL_OK\fR after replacing the values.
 If \fIobjv\fR is NULL, no new elements are added.
-If the argument \fIfirst\fR is zero or negative,
+If the argument \fIfirst\fR is zero or TCL_INDEX_NONE,
 it refers to the first element.
 If \fIfirst\fR is greater than or equal to the
 number of elements in the list, then no elements are deleted;
 the new elements are appended to the list.
 \fIcount\fR gives the number of elements to replace.
-If \fIcount\fR is zero or negative then no elements are deleted;
+If \fIcount\fR is zero or TCL_INDEX_NONE then no elements are deleted;
 the new elements are simply inserted before the one
 designated by \fIfirst\fR.
 \fBTcl_ListObjReplace\fR invalidates \fIlistPtr\fR's
@@ -246,6 +250,31 @@ with a NULL \fIobjvPtr\fR:
 result = \fBTcl_ListObjReplace\fR(interp, listPtr, first, count,
        0, NULL);
 .CE
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+\fBTcl_NewListObj\fR always returns a zero-reference object, much like
+\fBTcl_NewObj\fR. If a non-NULL \fIobjv\fR argument is given, the reference
+counts of the first \fIobjc\fR values in that array are incremented.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_SetListObj\fR does not modify the reference count of its \fIobjPtr\fR
+argument, but does require that the object be unshared. The reference counts
+of the first \fIobjc\fR values in the \fIobjv\fR array are incremented.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_ListObjGetElements\fR, \fBTcl_ListObjIndex\fR, and
+\fBTcl_ListObjLength\fR do not modify the reference count of their
+\fIlistPtr\fR arguments; they only read. Note however that these three
+functions may set the interpreter result; if that is the only place that is
+holding a reference to the object, it will be deleted.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_ListObjAppendList\fR, \fBTcl_ListObjAppendElement\fR, and
+\fBTcl_ListObjReplace\fR require an unshared \fIlistPtr\fR argument.
+\fBTcl_ListObjAppendList\fR only reads its \fIelemListPtr\fR argument.
+\fBTcl_ListObjAppendElement\fR increments the reference count of its
+\fIobjPtr\fR on success. \fBTcl_ListObjReplace\fR increments the reference
+count of the first \fIobjc\fR values in the \fIobjv\fR array on success.  Note
+however that all these three functions may set the interpreter result on
+failure; if that is the only place that is holding a reference to the object,
+it will be deleted.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_NewObj(3), Tcl_DecrRefCount(3), Tcl_IncrRefCount(3), Tcl_GetObjResult(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ be unloaded with \fBTcl_FSUnloadFile\fR.
 the symbol cannot be found, it returns NULL and sets an error message in the
 given \fIinterp\fR (if that is non-NULL). Note that it is unsafe to use this
 operation on a handle that has been passed to \fBTcl_FSUnloadFile\fR.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The reference count of the \fIpathPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_LoadFile\fR may be
+incremented. As such, it should not be given a zero reference count value.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_FSLoadFile(3), Tcl_FSUnloadFile(3), load(n), unload(n)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@
 .BS
 '\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_ClassSetConstructor, Tcl_ClassSetDestructor, Tcl_MethodDeclarerClass, Tcl_MethodDeclarerObject, Tcl_MethodIsPublic, Tcl_MethodIsType, Tcl_MethodName, Tcl_NewInstanceMethod, Tcl_NewMethod, Tcl_ObjectContextInvokeNext, Tcl_ObjectContextIsFiltering, Tcl_ObjectContextMethod, Tcl_ObjectContextObject, Tcl_ObjectContextSkippedArgs \- manipulate methods and method-call contexts
+Tcl_ClassSetConstructor, Tcl_ClassSetDestructor, Tcl_MethodDeclarerClass, Tcl_MethodDeclarerObject, Tcl_MethodIsPublic, Tcl_MethodIsPrivate, Tcl_MethodIsType, Tcl_MethodName, Tcl_NewInstanceMethod, Tcl_NewMethod, Tcl_ObjectContextInvokeNext, Tcl_ObjectContextIsFiltering, Tcl_ObjectContextMethod, Tcl_ObjectContextObject, Tcl_ObjectContextSkippedArgs \- manipulate methods and method-call contexts
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tclOO.h>\fR
 .sp
 Tcl_Method
-\fBTcl_NewMethod\fR(\fIinterp, class, nameObj, isPublic,
-              methodTypePtr, clientData\fR)
+\fBTcl_NewMethod\fR(\fIinterp, class, nameObj, flags, methodTypePtr,
+              clientData\fR)
 .sp
 Tcl_Method
-\fBTcl_NewInstanceMethod\fR(\fIinterp, object, nameObj, isPublic,
-                      methodTypePtr, clientData\fR)
+\fBTcl_NewInstanceMethod\fR(\fIinterp, object, nameObj, flags, methodTypePtr,
+                      clientData\fR)
 .sp
 \fBTcl_ClassSetConstructor\fR(\fIinterp, class, method\fR)
 .sp
@@ -35,8 +35,13 @@ Tcl_Object
 Tcl_Obj *
 \fBTcl_MethodName\fR(\fImethod\fR)
 .sp
+.VS TIP500
 int
 \fBTcl_MethodIsPublic\fR(\fImethod\fR)
+.VE TIP500
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_MethodIsPrivate\fR(\fImethod\fR)
 .sp
 int
 \fBTcl_MethodIsType\fR(\fImethod, methodTypePtr, clientDataPtr\fR)
@@ -53,10 +58,10 @@ Tcl_Method
 Tcl_Object
 \fBTcl_ObjectContextObject\fR(\fIcontext\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_ObjectContextSkippedArgs\fR(\fIcontext\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
-.AS ClientData clientData in
+.AS void *clientData in
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in/out
 The interpreter holding the object or class to create or update a method in.
 .AP Tcl_Object object in
@@ -66,17 +71,22 @@ The class to create the method in.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *nameObj in
 The name of the method to create. Should not be NULL unless creating
 constructors or destructors.
-.AP int isPublic in
-A flag saying what the visibility of the method is. The only supported public
-values of this flag are 0 for a non-exported method, and 1 for an exported
-method.
+.AP int flags in
+A flag saying (currently) what the visibility of the method is. The supported
+public values of this flag are \fBTCL_OO_METHOD_PUBLIC\fR (which is fixed at 1
+for backward compatibility) for an exported method,
+\fBTCL_OO_METHOD_UNEXPORTED\fR (which is fixed at 0 for backward
+compatibility) for a non-exported method,
+.VS TIP500
+and \fBTCL_OO_METHOD_PRIVATE\fR for a private method.
+.VE TIP500
 .AP Tcl_MethodType *methodTypePtr in
 A description of the type of the method to create, or the type of method to
 compare against.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 A piece of data that is passed to the implementation of the method without
 interpretation.
-.AP ClientData *clientDataPtr out
+.AP void **clientDataPtr out
 A pointer to a variable in which to write the \fIclientData\fR value supplied
 when the method was created. If NULL, the \fIclientData\fR value will not be
 retrieved.
@@ -85,11 +95,11 @@ A reference to a method to query.
 .AP Tcl_ObjectContext context in
 A reference to a method-call context. Note that client code \fImust not\fR
 retain a reference to a context.
-.AP int objc in
+.AP size_t objc in
 The number of arguments to pass to the method implementation.
 .AP "Tcl_Obj *const" *objv in
 An array of arguments to pass to the method implementation.
-.AP int skip in
+.AP size_t skip in
 The number of arguments passed to the method implementation that do not
 represent "real" arguments.
 .BE
@@ -105,8 +115,12 @@ Given a method, the entity that declared it can be found using
 attached to (or NULL if the method is not attached to any class) and
 \fBTcl_MethodDeclarerObject\fR which returns the object that the method is
 attached to (or NULL if the method is not attached to an object). The name of
-the method can be retrieved with \fBTcl_MethodName\fR and whether the method
-is exported is retrieved with \fBTcl_MethodIsPublic\fR. The type of the method
+the method can be retrieved with \fBTcl_MethodName\fR, whether the method
+is exported is retrieved with \fBTcl_MethodIsPublic\fR,
+.VS TIP500
+and whether the method is private is retrieved with \fBTcl_MethodIsPrivate\fR.
+.VE TIP500
+The type of the method
 can also be introspected upon to a limited degree; the function
 \fBTcl_MethodIsType\fR returns whether a method is of a particular type,
 assigning the per-method \fIclientData\fR to the variable pointed to by
@@ -117,8 +131,12 @@ Methods are created by \fBTcl_NewMethod\fR and \fBTcl_NewInstanceMethod\fR,
 which
 create a method attached to a class or an object respectively. In both cases,
 the \fInameObj\fR argument gives the name of the method to create, the
-\fIisPublic\fR argument states whether the method should be exported
-initially, the \fImethodTypePtr\fR argument describes the implementation of
+\fIflags\fR argument states whether the method should be exported
+initially
+.VS TIP500
+or be marked as a private method,
+.VE TIP500
+the \fImethodTypePtr\fR argument describes the implementation of
 the method (see the \fBMETHOD TYPES\fR section below) and the \fIclientData\fR
 argument gives some implementation-specific data that is passed on to the
 implementation of the method when it is called.
@@ -195,7 +213,7 @@ Functions matching this signature are called when the method is invoked.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_MethodCallProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
        Tcl_ObjectContext \fIobjectContext\fR,
        int \fIobjc\fR,
@@ -216,7 +234,7 @@ through a new method being created or because the object or class is deleted.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_MethodDeleteProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fIclientData\fR argument to a Tcl_MethodDeleteProc will be the same as
@@ -230,8 +248,8 @@ class is copied using \fBTcl_CopyObjectInstance\fR (or \fBoo::copy\fR).
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_CloneProc\fR(
        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
-        ClientData \fIoldClientData\fR,
-        ClientData *\fInewClientDataPtr\fR);
+        void *\fIoldClientData\fR,
+        void **\fInewClientDataPtr\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fIinterp\fR argument gives a place to write an error message when the
@@ -240,8 +258,32 @@ also return TCL_ERROR; it should return TCL_OK otherwise.
 The \fIoldClientData\fR field to a Tcl_CloneProc gives the value from the
 method being copied from, and the \fInewClientDataPtr\fR field will point to
 a variable in which to write the value for the method being copied to.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The \fInameObj\fR argument to \fBTcl_NewMethod\fR and
+\fBTcl_NewInstanceMethod\fR (when non-NULL) will have its reference count
+incremented if there is no existing method with that name in that
+class/object.
+.PP
+The result of \fBTcl_MethodName\fR is a value with a reference count of at
+least one. It should not be modified without first duplicating it (with
+\fBTcl_DuplicateObj\fR).
+.PP
+The values in the first \fIobjc\fR values of the \fIobjv\fR argument to
+\fBTcl_ObjectContextInvokeNext\fR are assumed to have a reference count of at
+least 1; the containing array is assumed to endure until the next method
+implementation (see \fBnext\fR) returns. Be aware that methods may
+\fByield\fR; if any post-call actions are desired (e.g., decrementing the
+reference count of values passed in here), they must be scheduled with
+\fBTcl_NRAddCallback\fR.
+.PP
+The \fIcallProc\fR of the \fBTcl_MethodType\fR structure takes values of at
+least reference count 1 in its \fIobjv\fR argument. It may add its own
+references, but must not decrement the reference count below that level; the
+caller of the method will decrement the reference count once the method
+returns properly (and the reference will be held if the method \fByield\fRs).
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-Class(3), oo::class(n), oo::define(n), oo::object(n)
+Class(3), NRE(3), oo::class(n), oo::define(n), oo::object(n)
 .SH KEYWORDS
 constructor, method, object

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_NRCreateCommand, Tcl_NRCallObjProc, Tcl_NREvalObj, Tcl_NREvalObjv, Tcl_NRCmdSwap, Tcl_NRExprObj, Tcl_NRAddCallback \- Non-Recursive (stackless) evaluation of Tcl scripts.
+Tcl_NRCreateCommand, Tcl_NRCreateCommand2, Tcl_NRCallObjProc, Tcl_NRCallObjProc2, Tcl_NREvalObj, Tcl_NREvalObjv, Tcl_NRCmdSwap, Tcl_NRExprObj, Tcl_NRAddCallback \- Non-Recursive (stackless) evaluation of Tcl scripts.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -18,10 +18,17 @@ Tcl_Command
 \fBTcl_NRCreateCommand\fR(\fIinterp, cmdName, proc, nreProc, clientData,
                    deleteProc\fR)
 .sp
+Tcl_Command
+\fBTcl_NRCreateCommand2\fR(\fIinterp, cmdName, proc2, nreProc2, clientData,
+                    deleteProc\fR)
+.sp
 int
 \fBTcl_NRCallObjProc\fR(\fIinterp, nreProc, clientData, objc, objv\fR)
 .sp
 int
+\fBTcl_NRCallObjProc2\fR(\fIinterp, nreProc2, clientData, objc, objv\fR)
+.sp
+int
 \fBTcl_NREvalObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, flags\fR)
 .sp
 int
@@ -47,15 +54,22 @@ Called in order to evaluate a command.  Is often just a small wrapper that uses
 \fBTcl_NRCallObjProc\fR to call \fInreProc\fR using a new trampoline.  Behaves
 in the same way as the \fIproc\fR argument to \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR(3)
 (\fIq.v.\fR).
+.AP Tcl_ObjCmdProc2 *proc2 in
+Called in order to evaluate a command.  Is often just a small wrapper that uses
+\fBTcl_NRCallObjProc2\fR to call \fInreProc2\fR using a new trampoline.  Behaves
+in the same way as the \fIproc2\fR argument to \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand2\fR(3)
+(\fIq.v.\fR).
 .AP Tcl_ObjCmdProc *nreProc in
 Called instead of \fIproc\fR when a trampoline is already in use.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP Tcl_ObjCmdProc2 *nreProc2 in
+Called instead of \fIproc2\fR when a trampoline is already in use.
+.AP void *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value passed to \fIproc\fR, \fInreProc\fR, \fIdeleteProc\fR
 and \fIobjProc\fR.
 .AP Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc in/out
 Called before \fIcmdName\fR is deleted from the interpreter, allowing for
 command-specific cleanup. May be NULL.
-.AP int objc in
+.AP size_t objc in
 Number of items in \fIobjv\fR.
 .AP Tcl_Obj **objv in
 Words in the command.
@@ -72,10 +86,10 @@ Pointer to an unshared Tcl_Obj where the result of the evaluation is stored if
 the return code is TCL_OK.
 .AP Tcl_NRPostProc *postProcPtr in
 A function to push.
-.AP ClientData data0 in
-.AP ClientData data1 in
-.AP ClientData data2 in
-.AP ClientData data3 in
+.AP void *data0 in
+.AP void *data1 in
+.AP void *data2 in
+.AP void *data3 in
 \fIdata0\fR through \fIdata3\fR are four one-word values that will be passed
 to the function designated by \fIpostProcPtr\fR when it is invoked.
 .BE
@@ -104,6 +118,9 @@ first deleted.  If \fIinterp\fR is in the process of being deleted
 \fBTcl_NRCreateCommand\fR does not create any command, does not delete any
 command, and returns NULL.
 .PP
+\fBTcl_NRCreateCommand2\fR, is an alternative to \fBTcl_NRCreateCommand\fR
+in the same way as \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand2\fR.
+.PP
 \fBTcl_NREvalObj\fR pushes a function that is like \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR but
 consumes no space on the C stack.
 .PP
@@ -130,7 +147,7 @@ a message as the interpreter's result.
 .CS
 typedef int
 \fBTcl_NRPostProc\fR(
-        \fBClientData\fR \fIdata\fR[],
+        \fBvoid *\fR \fIdata\fR[],
        \fBTcl_Interp\fR *\fIinterp\fR,
        int \fIresult\fR);
 .CE
@@ -146,7 +163,7 @@ stack, to evalute a script:
 .CS
 int
 \fITheCmdOldObjProc\fR(
-    ClientData clientData,
+    void *clientData,
    Tcl_Interp *interp,
    int objc,
    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
@@ -177,7 +194,7 @@ call \fITheCmdNRObjProc\fR:
 .CS
 int
 \fITheCmdOldObjProc\fR(
-    ClientData clientData,
+    void *clientData,
    Tcl_Interp *interp,
    int objc,
    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
@@ -190,7 +207,7 @@ int
 .CS
 int
 \fITheCmdNRObjProc\fR
-    ClientData clientData,
+    void *clientData,
    Tcl_Interp *interp,
    int objc,
    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
@@ -211,7 +228,7 @@ int
 .CS
 int
 \fITheCmdNRPostProc\fR(
-    ClientData data[],
+    void *data[],
    Tcl_Interp *interp,
    int result)
 {
@@ -227,6 +244,25 @@ int
 Any function comprising a routine can push other functions, making it possible
 implement looping and sequencing constructs using the function stack.
 .PP
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The first \fIobjc\fR values in the \fIobjv\fR array passed to the functions
+\fBTcl_NRCallObjProc\fR, \fBTcl_NREvalObjv\fR, and \fBTcl_NRCmdSwap\fR should
+have a reference count of at least 1; they may have additional references
+taken during the execution.
+.PP
+The \fIobjPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_NREvalObj\fR and \fBTcl_NRExprObj\fR
+should have a reference count of at least 1, and may have additional
+references taken to it during execution.
+.PP
+The \fIresultObj\fR argument to \fBTcl_NRExprObj\fR should be an unshared
+object.
+.PP
+Use \fBTcl_NRAddCallback\fR to schedule any required final decrementing of the
+reference counts of arguments to any of the other functions on this page, as
+with any other post-processing step in the non-recursive execution engine.
+.PP
+The
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_CreateCommand(3), Tcl_CreateObjCommand(3), Tcl_EvalObjEx(3), Tcl_GetCommandFromObj(3), Tcl_ExprObj(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ Tcl_Command
 \fBTcl_FindCommand\fR(\fIinterp, name, contextNsPtr, flags\fR)
 .sp
 Tcl_Obj *
-\fBTcl_GetNamespaceUnknownHandler(\fIinterp, nsPtr\fR)
+\fBTcl_GetNamespaceUnknownHandler\fR(\fIinterp, nsPtr\fR)
 .sp
 int
-\fBTcl_SetNamespaceUnknownHandler(\fIinterp, nsPtr, handlerPtr\fR)
+\fBTcl_SetNamespaceUnknownHandler\fR(\fIinterp, nsPtr, handlerPtr\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc allowOverwrite in/out
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in/out
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ The interpreter in which the namespace exists and where name lookups
 are performed. Also where error result messages are written.
 .AP "const char" *name in
 The name of the namespace or command to be created or accessed.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 A context pointer by the creator of the namespace.  Not interpreted by
 Tcl at all.
 .AP Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc *deleteProc in
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ the global namespace.)
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_NamespaceDeleteProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 \fBTcl_DeleteNamespace\fR deletes a namespace, calling the
@@ -159,6 +159,18 @@ for the namespace, or NULL if none is set.
 \fBTcl_SetNamespaceUnknownHandler\fR sets the unknown command handler for
 the namespace. If \fIhandlerPtr\fR is NULL, then the handler is reset to
 its default.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The \fIobjPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_AppendExportList\fR should be an
+unshared object, as it will be modified by this function. The
+reference count of \fIobjPtr\fR will not be altered.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetNamespaceUnknownHandler\fR returns a possibly shared value.
+Its reference count should be incremented if the value is to be
+retained.
+.PP
+The \fIhandlerPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_SetNamespaceUnknownHandler\fR
+will have its reference count incremented if it is a non-empty list.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_CreateCommand(3), Tcl_ListObjAppendList(3), Tcl_SetVar(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Tcl_ThreadId
 void
 \fBTcl_DeleteEvents\fR(\fIdeleteProc, clientData\fR)
 .sp
-ClientData
+void *
 \fBTcl_InitNotifier\fR()
 .sp
 void
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Procedure to invoke to prepare for event wait in \fBTcl_DoOneEvent\fR.
 Procedure for \fBTcl_DoOneEvent\fR to invoke after waiting for
 events.  Checks to see if any events have occurred and, if so,
 queues them.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIsetupProc\fR, \fIcheckProc\fR, or
 \fIdeleteProc\fR.
 .AP "const Tcl_Time" *timePtr in
@@ -89,10 +89,11 @@ is NULL, it means there is no maximum wait time:  wait forever if
 necessary.
 .AP Tcl_Event *evPtr in
 An event to add to the event queue.  The storage for the event must
-have been allocated by the caller using \fBTcl_Alloc\fR or \fBckalloc\fR.
-.AP Tcl_QueuePosition position in
+have been allocated by the caller using \fBTcl_Alloc\fR.
+.AP int position in
 Where to add the new event in the queue:  \fBTCL_QUEUE_TAIL\fR,
-\fBTCL_QUEUE_HEAD\fR, or \fBTCL_QUEUE_MARK\fR.
+\fBTCL_QUEUE_HEAD\fR, \fBTCL_QUEUE_MARK\fR, and whether to do
+an alert if the queue is empty: \fBTCL_QUEUE_ALERT_IF_EMPTY\fR.
 .AP Tcl_ThreadId threadId in
 A unique identifier for a thread.
 .AP Tcl_EventDeleteProc *deleteProc in
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ passed to \fBTcl_DoOneEvent\fR.
 .AP int mode in
 Indicates whether events should be serviced by \fBTcl_ServiceAll\fR.
 Must be one of \fBTCL_SERVICE_NONE\fR or \fBTCL_SERVICE_ALL\fR.
-.AP Tcl_NotifierProcs* notifierProcPtr in
+.AP const Tcl_NotifierProcs* notifierProcPtr in
 Structure of function pointers describing notifier procedures that are
 to replace the ones installed in the executable.  See
 \fBREPLACING THE NOTIFIER\fR for details.
@@ -132,22 +133,17 @@ higher-level software that they have occurred.  The procedures
 and \fBTcl_SetMaxBlockTime\fR, \fBTcl_QueueEvent\fR, and
 \fBTcl_DeleteEvents\fR are used primarily by event sources.
 .IP [2]
-The event queue: for non-threaded applications,
-there is a single queue for the whole application,
-containing events that have been detected but not yet serviced.  Event
-sources place events onto the queue so that they may be processed in
-order at appropriate times during the event loop. The event queue
-guarantees a fair discipline of event handling, so that no event
-source can starve the others.  It also allows events to be saved for
-servicing at a future time.  Threaded applications work in a
-similar manner, except that there is a separate event queue for
-each thread containing a Tcl interpreter.
+The event queue: there is a single queue for each thread containing
+a Tcl interpreter, containing events that have been detected but not
+yet serviced.  Event sources place events onto the queue so that they
+may be processed in order at appropriate times during the event loop.
+The event queue guarantees a fair discipline of event handling, so that
+no event source can starve the others.  It also allows events to be
+saved for servicing at a future time.
 \fBTcl_QueueEvent\fR is used (primarily
-by event sources) to add events to the event queue and
+by event sources) to add events to the current thread's event queue and
 \fBTcl_DeleteEvents\fR is used to remove events from the queue without
-processing them.  In a threaded application, \fBTcl_QueueEvent\fR adds
-an event to the current thread's queue, and \fBTcl_ThreadQueueEvent\fR
-adds an event to a queue in a specific thread.
+processing them.
 .IP [3]
 The event loop: in order to detect and process events, the application
 enters a loop that waits for events to occur, places them on the event
@@ -230,7 +226,7 @@ the event source.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_EventSetupProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        int \fIflags\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -308,7 +304,7 @@ following prototype:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_EventCheckProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        int \fIflags\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -345,14 +341,14 @@ and should not be modified by the event source.
 .PP
 An event may be added to the queue at any of three positions, depending
 on the \fIposition\fR argument to \fBTcl_QueueEvent\fR:
-.IP \fBTCL_QUEUE_TAIL\fR 24
+.IP \fBTCL_QUEUE_TAIL\fR 32
 Add the event at the back of the queue, so that all other pending
 events will be serviced first.  This is almost always the right
 place for new events.
-.IP \fBTCL_QUEUE_HEAD\fR 24
+.IP \fBTCL_QUEUE_HEAD\fR 32
 Add the event at the front of the queue, so that it will be serviced
 before all other queued events.
-.IP \fBTCL_QUEUE_MARK\fR 24
+.IP \fBTCL_QUEUE_MARK\fR 32
 Add the event at the front of the queue, unless there are other
 events at the front whose position is \fBTCL_QUEUE_MARK\fR;  if so,
 add the new event just after all other \fBTCL_QUEUE_MARK\fR events.
@@ -360,6 +356,10 @@ This value of \fIposition\fR is used to insert an ordered sequence of
 events at the front of the queue, such as a series of
 Enter and Leave events synthesized during a grab or ungrab operation
 in Tk.
+.IP \fBTCL_QUEUE_ALERT_IF_EMPTY\fR 32
+When used in \fBTcl_ThreadQueueEvent\fR
+arranges for an automatic call of \fBTcl_ThreadAlert\fR when the queue was
+empty.
 .PP
 When it is time to handle an event from the queue (steps 1 and 4
 above) \fBTcl_ServiceEvent\fR will invoke the \fIproc\fR specified
@@ -399,15 +399,11 @@ of window events.
 When \fIproc\fR returns 1, \fBTcl_ServiceEvent\fR will remove the
 event from the event queue and free its storage.
 Note that the storage for an event must be allocated by
-the event source (using \fBTcl_Alloc\fR or the Tcl macro \fBckalloc\fR)
+the event source (using \fBTcl_Alloc\fR)
 before calling \fBTcl_QueueEvent\fR, but it
 will be freed by \fBTcl_ServiceEvent\fR, not by the event source.
 .PP
-Threaded applications work in a
-similar manner, except that there is a separate event queue for
-each thread containing a Tcl interpreter.
-Calling \fBTcl_QueueEvent\fR in a multithreaded application adds
-an event to the current thread's queue.
+Calling \fBTcl_QueueEvent\fR adds an event to the current thread's queue.
 To add an event to another thread's queue, use \fBTcl_ThreadQueueEvent\fR.
 \fBTcl_ThreadQueueEvent\fR accepts as an argument a Tcl_ThreadId argument,
 which uniquely identifies a thread in a Tcl application.  To obtain the
@@ -428,7 +424,7 @@ queue.  \fIProc\fR should match the following prototype:
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_EventDeleteProc\fR(
        Tcl_Event *\fIevPtr\fR,
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+        void *\fIclientData\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fIclientData\fR argument will be the same as the \fIclientData\fR
@@ -498,8 +494,7 @@ under Unix it happens when \fBTcl_WaitForEvent\fR would have waited
 forever because there were no active event sources and the timeout was
 infinite.
 .PP
-\fBTcl_AlertNotifier\fR is used in multithreaded applications to allow
-any thread to
+\fBTcl_AlertNotifier\fR is used to allow any thread to
 .QW "wake up"
 the notifier to alert it to new events on its
 queue.  \fBTcl_AlertNotifier\fR requires as an argument the notifier
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+'\"
+'\" Contribution from Don Porter, NIST, 2022. (not subject to US copyright)
+'\"
+'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+'\"
+.TH Tcl_GetNumber 3 8.7 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.so man.macros
+.BS
+.SH NAME
+Tcl_GetNumber, Tcl_GetNumberFromObj \- get numeric value from Tcl value
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
+.sp
+\fB#include <tclTomMath.h>\fR
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_GetNumber\fR(\fIinterp, bytes, numBytes, clientDataPtr, typePtr\fR)
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_GetNumberFromObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, clientDataPtr, typePtr\fR)
+.SH ARGUMENTS
+.AS Tcl_Interp clientDataPtr out
+.AP Tcl_Interp *interp out
+When non-NULL, error information is recorded here when the value is not
+in any of the numeric formats recognized by Tcl.
+.AP "const char" *bytes in
+Points to first byte of the string value to be examined.
+.AP size_t numBytes in
+The number of bytes, starting at \fIbytes\fR, that should be examined.
+If the value \fBTCL_INDEX_NONE\fR is provided, then all bytes should
+be examined until the first \fBNUL\fR byte terminates examination.
+.AP "void *" *clientDataPtr out
+Points to space where a pointer value may be written through which a numeric
+value is available to read.
+.AP int *typePtr out
+Points to space where a value may be written reporting what type of
+numeric storage is available to read.
+.AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in
+A Tcl value to be examined.
+.BE
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+These procedures enable callers to retrieve a numeric value from a
+Tcl value in a numeric format recognized by Tcl.
+.PP
+Tcl recognizes many values as numbers.  Several examples include:
+\fB"0"\fR, \fB" +1"\fR, \fB"-2 "\fR, \fB" 3 "\fR, \fB"0xdad1"\fR, \fB"0d09"\fR,
+\fB"1_000_000"\fR, \fB"4.0"\fR, \fB"1e-7"\fR, \fB"NaN"\fR, or \fB"Inf"\fR.
+When built-in Tcl commands act on these values as numbers, they are converted
+to a numeric representation for efficient handling in C code.  Tcl makes
+use of three C types to store these representations: \fBdouble\fR,
+\fBTcl_WideInt\fR, and \fBmp_int\fR.  The \fBdouble\fR type is provided by the
+C language standard.  The \fBTcl_WideInt\fR type is declared in the Tcl
+header file, \fBtcl.h\fR, and is equivalent to the C standard type
+\fBlong long\fR on most platforms. The \fBmp_int\fR type is declared in the
+header file \fBtclTomMath.h\fR, and implemented by the LibTomMath
+multiple-precision integer library, included with Tcl.
+.PP
+The routines \fBTcl_GetNumber\fR and \fBTcl_GetNumberFromObj\fR perform
+the same function.  They differ only in how the arguments present the Tcl
+value to be examined.  \fBTcl_GetNumber\fR accepts a counted string
+value in the arguments \fIbytes\fR and \fInumBytes\fR (or a
+\fBNUL\fR-terminated string value when \fInumBytes\fR is
+\fBTCL_INDEX_NONE\fR).  \fBTcl_GetNumberFromObj\fR accepts the Tcl value
+in \fIobjPtr\fR.
+.PP
+Both routines examine the Tcl value and determine whether Tcl recognizes
+it as a number.  If not, both routines return \fBTCL_ERROR\fR and (when
+\fIinterp\fR is not NULL) record an error message and error code
+in \fIinterp\fR.
+.PP
+If Tcl does recognize the examined value as a number, both routines return
+\fBTCL_OK\fR, and use the pointer arguments \fIclientDataPtr\fR
+and \fItypePtr\fR (which may not be NULL) to report information the
+caller can use to retrieve the numeric representation.  Both routines
+write to *\fIclientDataPtr\fR a pointer to the internal storage location
+where Tcl holds the converted numeric value.
+.PP
+When the converted numeric value is stored as a \fBdouble\fR,
+a call to math library routine \fBisnan\fR determines whether that
+value is not a number (NaN).  If so, both \fBTcl_GetNumber\fR and
+\fBTcl_GetNumberFromObj\fR write the value \fBTCL_NUMBER_NAN\fR
+to *\fItypePtr\fR. If not, both routines write the value
+\fBTCL_NUMBER_DOUBLE\fR to *\fItypePtr\fR.  These routines report
+different type values in these cases because \fBTcl_GetDoubleFromObj\fR
+raises an error on NaN values.  For both reported type values,
+the storage pointer may be cast to type \fBconst double *\fR and
+the \fBdouble\fR numeric value may be read through it.
+.PP
+When the converted numeric value is stored as a \fBTcl_WideInt\fR,
+both \fBTcl_GetNumber\fR and \fBTcl_GetNumberFromObj\fR write the
+value \fBTCL_NUMBER_INT\fR to *\fItypePtr\fR.
+The storage pointer may be cast to type \fBconst Tcl_WideInt *\fR and
+the \fBTcl_WideInt\fR numeric value may be read through it.
+.PP
+When the converted numeric value is stored as an \fBmp_int\fR,
+both \fBTcl_GetNumber\fR and \fBTcl_GetNumberFromObj\fR write the
+value \fBTCL_NUMBER_BIG\fR to *\fItypePtr\fR.
+The storage pointer may be cast to type \fBconst mp_int *\fR and
+the \fBmp_int\fR numeric value may be read through it.
+.PP
+Future releases of Tcl might expand or revise the recognition of
+values as numbers.  If additional storage representations are
+adopted, these routines will add new values to be written to
+*\fItypePtr\fR to identify them.  Callers should consider how
+they should react to unknown values written to *\fItypePtr\fR.
+.PP
+When callers of these routines read numeric values through the
+reported storage pointer, they are accessing memory that belongs
+to the Tcl library.  The Tcl library has the power to overwrite
+or free this memory.  The storage pointer reported by a call to
+\fBTcl_GetNumber\fR or \fBTcl_GetNumberFromObj\fR should not be
+used after the same thread has possibly returned control to the
+Tcl library.  If longer term access to the numeric value is needed,
+it should be copied into memory controlled by the caller.  Callers
+must not attempt to write through or free the storage pointer.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+Tcl_GetDouble, Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj, Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj
+.SH KEYWORDS
+double, double value, double type, integer, integer value, integer type,
+internal representation, value, value type, string representation
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ which is defined as follows.
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef struct Tcl_Obj {
-    int \fIrefCount\fR;
+    size_t \fIrefCount\fR;
    char *\fIbytes\fR;
-    int \fIlength\fR;
+    size_t \fIlength\fR;
    const Tcl_ObjType *\fItypePtr\fR;
    union {
        long \fIlongValue\fR;
@@ -283,7 +283,12 @@ to reduce storage requirements.
 Reference counting is used to determine when a value is
 no longer needed and can safely be freed.
 A value just created by \fBTcl_NewObj\fR or \fBTcl_NewStringObj\fR
-has \fIrefCount\fR 0.
+has \fIrefCount\fR 0, meaning that the object can often be given to a function
+like \fBTcl_SetObjResult\fR, \fBTcl_ListObjAppendElement\fR, or
+\fBTcl_DictObjPut\fR (as a value) without explicit reference management, all
+of which are common use cases. (The latter two require that the the target
+list or dictionary be well-formed, but that is often easy to arrange when the
+value is being initially constructed.)
 The macro \fBTcl_IncrRefCount\fR increments the reference count
 when a new reference to the value is created.
 The macro \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR decrements the count
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ to be treated as conventional null character-terminated C strings.
 These restrictions are easily met by using Tcl's internal UTF encoding
 for the string representation, same as one would do for other
 Tcl routines accepting string values as arguments.
-Storage for the byte array must be allocated in the heap by \fBTcl_Alloc\fR
-or \fBckalloc\fR.  Note that \fIupdateStringProc\fRs must allocate
+Storage for the byte array must be allocated in the heap by \fBTcl_Alloc\fR.
+Note that \fIupdateStringProc\fRs must allocate
 enough storage for the string's bytes and the terminating null byte.
 .PP
 The \fIupdateStringProc\fR for Tcl's built-in double type, for example,
@@ -248,6 +248,28 @@ The \fIfreeIntRepProc\fR implementation must not access the
 uses of that field during value deletion.  The defined tasks for
 the \fIfreeIntRepProc\fR have no need to consult the \fIbytes\fR
 member.
+.PP
+Note that if a subsidiary value has its reference count reduced to zero
+during the running of a \fIfreeIntRepProc\fR, that value may be not freed
+immediately, in order to limit stack usage. However, the value will be freed
+before the outermost current \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR returns.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The \fIobjPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_AppendAllObjTypes\fR should be an unshared
+value; this function will not modify the reference count of that value, but
+will modify its contents. If \fIobjPtr\fR is not (interpretable as) a list,
+this function will set the interpreter result and produce an error; using an
+unshared empty value is strongly recommended.
+.PP
+The \fIobjPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_ConvertToType\fR can have any non-zero
+reference count; this function will not modify the reference count, but may
+write to the interpreter result on error so values that originate from there
+should have an additional reference made before calling this.
+.PP
+None of the callback functions in the \fBTcl_ObjType\fR structure should
+modify the reference count of their arguments, but if the values contain
+subsidiary values (e.g., the elements of a list or the keys of a dictionary)
+then those subsidiary values may have their reference counts modified.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_NewObj(3), Tcl_DecrRefCount(3), Tcl_IncrRefCount(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -53,28 +53,28 @@ int
 int
 \fBTcl_Read\fR(\fIchannel, readBuf, bytesToRead\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_GetsObj\fR(\fIchannel, lineObjPtr\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_Gets\fR(\fIchannel, lineRead\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_Ungets\fR(\fIchannel, input, inputLen, addAtEnd\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_WriteObj\fR(\fIchannel, writeObjPtr\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_WriteChars\fR(\fIchannel, charBuf, bytesToWrite\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_Write\fR(\fIchannel, byteBuf, bytesToWrite\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_ReadRaw\fR(\fIchannel, readBuf, bytesToRead\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_WriteRaw\fR(\fIchannel, byteBuf, bytesToWrite\fR)
 .sp
 int
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ int
 int
 \fBTcl_OutputBuffered\fR(\fIchannel\fR)
 .sp
-Tcl_WideInt
+long long
 \fBTcl_Seek\fR(\fIchannel, offset, seekMode\fR)
 .sp
-Tcl_WideInt
+long long
 \fBTcl_Tell\fR(\fIchannel\fR)
 .sp
 int
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ allowed for the \fImode\fR argument to the Tcl \fBopen\fR command.
 .AP int permissions in
 POSIX-style permission flags such as 0644.  If a new file is created, these
 permissions will be set on the created file.
-.AP int argc in
+.AP size_t argc in
 The number of elements in \fIargv\fR.
 .AP "const char" **argv in
 Arguments for constructing a command pipeline.  These values have the same
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ input of the invoking process; likewise for \fBTCL_STDOUT\fR and
 redirect stdio handles to override the stdio handles for which
 \fBTCL_STDIN\fR, \fBTCL_STDOUT\fR and \fBTCL_STDERR\fR have been set.  If it
 is set, then such redirections cause an error.
-.AP ClientData handle in
+.AP void *handle in
 Operating system specific handle for I/O to a file. For Unix this is a
 file descriptor, for Windows it is a HANDLE.
 .AP int readOrWrite in
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ from a procedure such as \fBTcl_OpenFileChannel\fR.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *readObjPtr in/out
 A pointer to a Tcl value in which to store the characters read from the
 channel.
-.AP int charsToRead in
+.AP size_t charsToRead in
 The number of characters to read from the channel.  If the channel's encoding
 is \fBbinary\fR, this is equivalent to the number of bytes to read from the
 channel.
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ If non-zero, data read from the channel will be appended to the value.
 Otherwise, the data will replace the existing contents of the value.
 .AP char *readBuf out
 A buffer in which to store the bytes read from the channel.
-.AP int bytesToRead in
+.AP size_t bytesToRead in
 The number of bytes to read from the channel.  The buffer \fIreadBuf\fR must
 be large enough to hold this many bytes.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *lineObjPtr in/out
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ channel.  Must have been initialized by the caller.  The line read will be
 appended to any data already in the dynamic string.
 .AP "const char" *input in
 The input to add to a channel buffer.
-.AP int inputLen in
+.AP size_t inputLen in
 Length of the input
 .AP int addAtEnd in
 Flag indicating whether the input should be added to the end or
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ A pointer to a Tcl value whose contents will be output to the channel.
 A buffer containing the characters to output to the channel.
 .AP "const char" *byteBuf in
 A buffer containing the bytes to output to the channel.
-.AP int bytesToWrite in
+.AP size_t bytesToWrite in
 The number of bytes to consume from \fIcharBuf\fR or \fIbyteBuf\fR and
 output to the channel.
-.AP Tcl_WideInt offset in
+.AP "long long" offset in
 How far to move the access point in the channel at which the next input or
 output operation will be applied, measured in bytes from the position
 given by \fIseekMode\fR.  May be either positive or negative.
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ given by \fIseekMode\fR.  May be either positive or negative.
 Relative to which point to seek; used with \fIoffset\fR to calculate the new
 access point for the channel. Legal values are \fBSEEK_SET\fR,
 \fBSEEK_CUR\fR, and \fBSEEK_END\fR.
-.AP Tcl_WideInt length in
+.AP "long long" length in
 The (non-negative) length to truncate the channel the channel to.
 .AP "const char" *optionName in
 The name of an option applicable to this channel, such as \fB\-blocking\fR.
@@ -641,6 +641,24 @@ the channel was created with \fBTcl_OpenFileChannel\fR,
 \fBTcl_OpenCommandChannel\fR, or \fBTcl_MakeFileChannel\fR.  Other
 channel types may return a different type of handle on Windows
 platforms.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The \fIreadObjPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_ReadChars\fR must be an unshared
+value; it will be modified by this function.  Using the interpreter result for
+this purpose is \fIstrongly\fR not recommended; the preferred pattern is to
+use a new value from \fBTcl_NewObj\fR to receive the data and only to pass it
+to \fBTcl_SetObjResult\fR if this function succeeds.
+.PP
+The \fIlineObjPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_GetsObj\fR must be an unshared value;
+it will be modified by this function.  Using the interpreter result for this
+purpose is \fIstrongly\fR not recommended; the preferred pattern is to use a
+new value from \fBTcl_NewObj\fR to receive the data and only to pass it to
+\fBTcl_SetObjResult\fR if this function succeeds.
+.PP
+The \fIwriteObjPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_WriteObj\fR should be a value with
+any reference count. This function will not modify the reference count. Using
+the interpreter result without adding an additional reference to it is not
+recommended.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 DString(3), fconfigure(n), filename(n), fopen(3), Tcl_CreateChannel(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\"
-.TH Tcl_OpenTcpClient 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.TH Tcl_OpenTcpClient 3 8.7 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 '\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_OpenTcpClient, Tcl_MakeTcpClientChannel, Tcl_OpenTcpServer \- procedures to open channels using TCP sockets
+Tcl_OpenTcpClient, Tcl_MakeTcpClientChannel, Tcl_OpenTcpServer, Tcl_OpenTcpServerEx \- procedures to open channels using TCP sockets
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h> \fR
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Tcl_Channel
 Tcl_Channel
 \fBTcl_OpenTcpServer\fR(\fIinterp, port, myaddr, proc, clientData\fR)
 .sp
+Tcl_Channel
+\fBTcl_OpenTcpServerEx\fR(\fIinterp, service, myaddr, flags, proc, clientData\fR)
+.sp
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_TcpAcceptProc clientData
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
@@ -30,6 +33,9 @@ Tcl interpreter to use for error reporting.  If non-NULL and an
 error occurs, an error message is left in the interpreter's result.
 .AP int port in
 A port number to connect to as a client or to listen on as a server.
+.AP "const char" *service in
+A string specifying the port number to connect to as a client or to listen on as
+ a server.
 .AP "const char" *host in
 A string specifying a host name or address for the remote end of the connection.
 .AP int myport in
@@ -41,12 +47,15 @@ for the local end of the connection.  If NULL, a default interface is
 chosen.
 .AP int async in
 If nonzero, the client socket is connected asynchronously to the server.
-.AP ClientData sock in
+.AP "unsigned int" flags in
+ORed combination of \fBTCL_TCPSERVER\fR flags that specify additional
+informations about the socket being created.
+.AP void *sock in
 Platform-specific handle for client TCP socket.
 .AP Tcl_TcpAcceptProc *proc in
 Pointer to a procedure to invoke each time a new connection is
 accepted via the socket.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR.
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -118,7 +127,7 @@ the channel. \fIProc\fR must match the following prototype:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef void \fBTcl_TcpAcceptProc\fR(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        Tcl_Channel \fIchannel\fR,
        char *\fIhostName\fR,
        int \fIport\fR);
@@ -158,6 +167,11 @@ register it, use \fBTcl_RegisterChannel\fR.
 If one of the standard channels, \fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR or \fBstderr\fR was
 previously closed, the act of creating the new channel also assigns it as a
 replacement for the standard channel.
+.SS TCL_OPENTCPSERVEREX
+.PP
+\fBTcl_OpenTcpServerEx\fR behaviour is identical to \fBTcl_OpenTcpServer\fR but
+gives more flexibility to the user by providing a mean to further customize some
+aspects of the socket via the \fIflags\fR parameter.
 .SH "PLATFORM ISSUES"
 .PP
 On Unix platforms, the socket handle is a Unix file descriptor as
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 .BS
 '\"  Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_Panic, Tcl_PanicVA, Tcl_SetPanicProc \- report fatal error and abort
+Tcl_Panic, Tcl_SetPanicProc, Tcl_ConsolePanic \- report fatal error and abort
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ Tcl_Panic, Tcl_PanicVA, Tcl_SetPanicProc \- report fatal error and abort
 void
 \fBTcl_Panic\fR(\fIformat\fR, \fIarg\fR, \fIarg\fR, \fI...\fR)
 .sp
-void
-\fBTcl_PanicVA\fR(\fIformat\fR, \fIargList\fR)
+const char *
+\fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR(\fIpanicProc\fR)
 .sp
 void
-\fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR(\fIpanicProc\fR)
+\fBTcl_ConsolePanic\fR(\fIformat\fR, \fIarg\fR, \fIarg\fR, \fI...\fR)
 .sp
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_PanicProc *panicProc
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ message is sent to the debugger instead. If the windows executable
 does not have a stderr channel (e.g. \fBwish.exe\fR), then a
 system dialog box is used to display the panic message.
 .PP
+If your application doesn't use \fBTcl_Main\fR or \fBTk_Main\fR
+and you want to implicitly use the stderr channel of your
+application's C runtime (instead of the stderr channel of the
+C runtime used by Tcl), you can call \fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR
+with \fBTcl_ConsolePanic\fR as its argument. On platforms which
+only have one C runtime (almost all platforms except Windows)
+\fBTcl_ConsolePanic\fR is equivalent to NULL.
+.PP
 \fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR may be used to modify the behavior of
 \fBTcl_Panic\fR.  The \fIpanicProc\fR argument should match the
 type \fBTcl_PanicProc\fR:
@@ -71,18 +79,21 @@ making calls into the Tcl library, or into other libraries that may
 call the Tcl library, since the original call to \fBTcl_Panic\fR
 indicates the Tcl library is not in a state of reliable operation.
 .PP
+The result of \fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR is the full Tcl version with build
+information (e.g., \fB9.0.0+abcdef...abcdef.gcc-1002\fR).
+.PP
 The typical use of \fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR arranges for the error message
 to be displayed or reported in a manner more suitable for the
 application or the platform.
 .PP
+\fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR can not be used in stub-enabled extensions.
+.PP
 Although the primary callers of \fBTcl_Panic\fR are the procedures of
 the Tcl library, \fBTcl_Panic\fR is a public function and may be called
 by any extension or application that wishes to abort the process and
 have a panic message displayed the same way that panic messages from Tcl
 will be displayed.
 .PP
-\fBTcl_PanicVA\fR is the same as \fBTcl_Panic\fR except that instead of
-taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument list.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 abort(3), printf(3), exec(n), format(n)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ int
 Where to store error messages.
 .AP "const Tcl_ArgvInfo" *argTable in
 Pointer to array of option descriptors.
-.AP int *objcPtr in/out
+.AP "size_t \&| int" *objcPtr in/out
 A pointer to variable holding number of arguments in \fIobjv\fR. Will be
 modified to hold number of arguments left in the unprocessed argument list
 stored in \fIremObjv\fR.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The array of arguments to be parsed.
 Pointer to a variable that will hold the array of unprocessed arguments.
 Should be NULL if no return of unprocessed arguments is required. If
 \fIobjcPtr\fR is updated to a non-zero value, the array returned through this
-must be deallocated using \fBckfree\fR.
+must be deallocated using \fBTcl_Free\fR.
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ typedef struct {
    void *\fIsrcPtr\fR;
    void *\fIdstPtr\fR;
    const char *\fIhelpStr\fR;
-    ClientData \fIclientData\fR;
+    void *\fIclientData\fR;
 } \fBTcl_ArgvInfo\fR;
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ have the following signature:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int (\fBTcl_ArgvFuncProc\fR)(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        Tcl_Obj *\fIobjPtr\fR,
        void *\fIdstPtr\fR);
 .CE
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function will have the following signature:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int (\fBTcl_ArgvGenFuncProc\fR)(
-        ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+        void *\fIclientData\fR,
        Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
        int \fIobjc\fR,
        Tcl_Obj *const *\fIobjv\fR,
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ will be stored at \fIdstPtr\fR; the string inside will have a lifetime linked
 to the lifetime of the string representation of the argument value that it
 came from, and so should be copied if it needs to be retained. The
 \fIsrcPtr\fR and \fIclientData\fR fields are ignored.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The values in the \fIobjv\fR argument to \fBTcl_ParseArgsObjv\fR will not have
+their reference counts modified by this function. The interpreter result may
+be modified on error; the values passed should not be the interpreter result
+with no further reference added.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_GetIndexFromObj(3), Tcl_Main(3), Tcl_CreateObjCommand(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_ParseCommand, Tcl_ParseExpr, Tcl_ParseBraces, Tcl_ParseQuotedString, Tcl_ParseVarName, Tcl_ParseVar, Tcl_FreeParse, Tcl_EvalTokens, Tcl_EvalTokensStandard \- parse Tcl scripts and expressions
+Tcl_ParseCommand, Tcl_ParseExpr, Tcl_ParseBraces, Tcl_ParseQuotedString, Tcl_ParseVarName, Tcl_ParseVar, Tcl_FreeParse, Tcl_EvalTokensStandard \- parse Tcl scripts and expressions
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -33,23 +33,19 @@ const char *
 .sp
 \fBTcl_FreeParse\fR(\fIusedParsePtr\fR)
 .sp
-Tcl_Obj *
-\fBTcl_EvalTokens\fR(\fIinterp, tokenPtr, numTokens\fR)
-.sp
 int
 \fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR(\fIinterp, tokenPtr, numTokens\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_Interp *usedParsePtr out
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp out
-For procedures other than \fBTcl_FreeParse\fR, \fBTcl_EvalTokens\fR
-and \fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR, used only for error reporting;
+For procedures other than \fBTcl_FreeParse\fR and
+\fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR, used only for error reporting;
 if NULL, then no error messages are left after errors.
-For \fBTcl_EvalTokens\fR and \fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR,
-determines the context for evaluating the
-script and also is used for error reporting; must not be NULL.
+For \fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR, determines the context for evaluating
+the script and also is used for error reporting; must not be NULL.
 .AP "const char" *start in
 Pointer to first character in string to parse.
-.AP int numBytes in
+.AP size_t numBytes in
 Number of bytes in string to parse, not including any terminating null
 character.  If less than 0 then the script consists of all characters
 following \fIstart\fR up to the first null character.
@@ -191,16 +187,6 @@ code with one of the values \fBTCL_OK\fR, \fBTCL_ERROR\fR,
 some other integer value originating in an extension.
 In addition, a result value or error message is left in \fIinterp\fR's
 result; it can be retrieved using \fBTcl_GetObjResult\fR.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_EvalTokens\fR differs from \fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR only in
-the return convention used: it returns the result in a new Tcl_Obj.
-The reference count of the value returned as result has been
-incremented, so the caller must
-invoke \fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR when it is finished with the value.
-If an error or other exception occurs while evaluating the tokens
-(such as a reference to a non-existent variable) then the return value
-is NULL and an error message is left in \fIinterp\fR's result. The use
-of \fBTcl_EvalTokens\fR is deprecated.
 .SH "TCL_PARSE STRUCTURE"
 .PP
 \fBTcl_ParseCommand\fR, \fBTcl_ParseExpr\fR, \fBTcl_ParseBraces\fR,
@@ -210,20 +196,20 @@ return parse information in two data structures, Tcl_Parse and Tcl_Token:
 .CS
 typedef struct Tcl_Parse {
    const char *\fIcommentStart\fR;
-    int \fIcommentSize\fR;
+    size_t \fIcommentSize\fR;
    const char *\fIcommandStart\fR;
-    int \fIcommandSize\fR;
-    int \fInumWords\fR;
+    size_t \fIcommandSize\fR;
+    size_t \fInumWords\fR;
    Tcl_Token *\fItokenPtr\fR;
-    int \fInumTokens\fR;
+    size_t \fInumTokens\fR;
    ...
 } \fBTcl_Parse\fR;

 typedef struct Tcl_Token {
    int \fItype\fR;
    const char *\fIstart\fR;
-    int \fIsize\fR;
-    int \fInumComponents\fR;
+    size_t \fIsize\fR;
+    size_t \fInumComponents\fR;
 } \fBTcl_Token\fR;
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Pointer to place to store the value associated with the matching
 package. It is only changed if the pointer is not NULL and the
 function completed successfully. The storage can be any pointer
 type with the same size as a void pointer.
-.AP int objc in
+.AP size_t objc in
 Number of requirements.
 .AP Tcl_Obj* objv[] in
 Array of requirements.
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ functions.
 \fBTcl_PkgRequireProc\fR is the form of \fBpackage require\fR handling
 multiple requirements. The other forms are present for backward
 compatibility and translate their invocations to this form.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The requirements values given (in the \fIobjv\fR argument) to
+\fBTcl_PkgRequireProc\fR must have non-zero reference counts.
 .SH KEYWORDS
 package, present, provide, require, version
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-package(n), Tcl_StaticPackage(3)
+package(n), Tcl_StaticLibrary(3)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Tcl_Preserve, Tcl_Release, Tcl_EventuallyFree \- avoid freeing storage while it
 \fBTcl_EventuallyFree\fR(\fIclientData, freeProc\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_FreeProc clientData
-.AP ClientData clientData in
+.AP void *clientData in
 Token describing structure to be freed or reallocated.  Usually a pointer
 to memory for structure.
 .AP Tcl_FreeProc *freeProc in
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ reasons, but the value is the same.
 .PP
 When the \fIclientData\fR argument to \fBTcl_EventuallyFree\fR
 refers to storage allocated and returned by a prior call to
-\fBTcl_Alloc\fR, \fBckalloc\fR, or another function of the Tcl library,
+\fBTcl_Alloc\fR or another function of the Tcl library,
 then the \fIfreeProc\fR argument should be given the special value of
 \fBTCL_DYNAMIC\fR.
 .PP
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ Tcl_PrintDouble \- Convert floating value to string
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_Interp *interp out
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
-Before Tcl 8.0, the \fBtcl_precision\fR variable in this interpreter
-controlled the conversion.  As of Tcl 8.0, this argument is ignored and
-the conversion is controlled by the \fBtcl_precision\fR variable
-that is now shared by all interpreters.
+This argument is ignored.
 .AP double value in
 Floating-point value to be converted.
 .AP char *dst out
@@ -41,9 +38,7 @@ so that it does not look like an integer.  Where \fB%g\fR would
 generate an integer with no decimal point, \fBTcl_PrintDouble\fR adds
 .QW .0 .
 .PP
-If the \fBtcl_precision\fR value is non-zero, the result will have
-precisely that many digits of significance.  If the value is zero
-(the default), the result will have the fewest digits needed to
+The result will have the fewest digits needed to
 represent the number in such a way that \fBTcl_NewDoubleObj\fR
 will generate the same number when presented with the given string.
 IEEE semantics of rounding to even apply to the conversion.
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ the command at global level instead of the current stack level.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 \fBTcl_RecordAndEvalObj\fR is invoked to record a command as an event
-on the history list and then execute it using \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR
-(or \fBTcl_GlobalEvalObj\fR if the \fBTCL_EVAL_GLOBAL\fR bit is set
-in \fIflags\fR).
+on the history list and then execute it using \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR.
 It returns a completion code such as \fBTCL_OK\fR just like \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR,
 as well as a result value containing additional information
 (a result value or error message)
@@ -46,6 +44,12 @@ allow the user to re-issue recently invoked commands.
 If the \fIflags\fR argument contains the \fBTCL_NO_EVAL\fR bit then
 the command is recorded without being evaluated.

+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The reference count of the \fIcmdPtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_RecordAndEvalObj\fR
+must be at least 1. This function will modify the interpreter result; do not
+use an existing result as \fIcmdPtr\fR directly without incrementing its
+reference count.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_EvalObjEx, Tcl_GetObjResult

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ configuration as ASCII string. This means that this information is in
 UTF-8 too. Must not be NULL.
 .AP "const Tcl_Config" *configuration in
 Refers to an array of Tcl_Config entries containing the information
-embedded in the binary library. Must not be NULL. The end of the array
+embedded in the library. Must not be NULL. The end of the array
 is signaled by either a key identical to NULL, or a key referring to
 the empty string.
 .AP "const char" *valEncoding in
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ too. Must not be NULL.
 .PP
 The function described here has its base in TIP 59 and provides
 extensions with support for the embedding of configuration
-information into their binary library and the generation of a
+information into their library and the generation of a
 Tcl-level interface for querying this information.
 .PP
-To embed configuration information into their binary library an
+To embed configuration information into their library an
 extension has to define a non-volatile array of Tcl_Config entries in
 one if its source files and then call \fBTcl_RegisterConfig\fR to
 register that information.
@@ -108,4 +108,4 @@ typedef struct Tcl_Config {
 .\" No cross references yet.
 .\" .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .SH KEYWORDS
-embedding, configuration, binary library
+embedding, configuration, library
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ identifies the beginning of the larger string.
 If it is not the same as \fItext\fR, then no
 .QW \fB^\fR
 matches will be allowed.
-.AP int index in
+.AP size_t index in
 Specifies which range is desired:  0 means the range of the entire
 match, 1 or greater means the range that matched a parenthesized
 sub-expression.
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ OR-ed combination of the compilation flags \fBTCL_REG_ADVANCED\fR,
 \fBTCL_REG_QUOTE\fR, \fBTCL_REG_NOCASE\fR, \fBTCL_REG_NEWLINE\fR,
 \fBTCL_REG_NLSTOP\fR, \fBTCL_REG_NLANCH\fR, \fBTCL_REG_NOSUB\fR, and
 \fBTCL_REG_CANMATCH\fR. See below for more information.
-.AP int offset in
+.AP size_t offset in
 The character offset into the text where matching should begin.
 The value of the offset has no impact on \fB^\fR matches.  This
 behavior is controlled by \fIeflags\fR.
-.AP int nmatches in
+.AP size_t nmatches in
 The number of matching subexpressions that should be remembered for
 later use.  If this value is 0, then no subexpression match
-information will be computed.  If the value is \-1, then
+information will be computed.  If the value is TCL_INDEX_NONE, then
 all of the matching subexpressions will be remembered.  Any other
 value will be taken as the maximum number of subexpressions to
 remember.
@@ -337,9 +337,9 @@ defined as follows:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef struct Tcl_RegExpInfo {
-    int \fInsubs\fR;
+    size_t \fInsubs\fR;
    Tcl_RegExpIndices *\fImatches\fR;
-    long \fIextendStart\fR;
+    size_t \fIextendStart\fR;
 } \fBTcl_RegExpInfo\fR;
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@ follows:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef struct Tcl_RegExpIndices {
-    long \fIstart\fR;
-    long \fIend\fR;
+    size_t \fIstart\fR;
+    size_t \fIend\fR;
 } \fBTcl_RegExpIndices\fR;
 .CE
 .PP
@@ -377,6 +377,22 @@ If no match was found, then it indicates the earliest point at which a
 match might occur if additional text is appended to the string.  If it
 is no match is possible even with further text, this field will be set
 to \-1.
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The \fItextObj\fR and \fIpatObj\fR arguments to \fBTcl_RegExpMatchObj\fR must
+have reference counts of at least 1.  Note however that this function may set
+the interpreter result; neither argument should be the direct interpreter
+result without an additional reference being taken.
+.PP
+The \fIpatObj\fR argument to \fBTcl_GetRegExpFromObj\fR must have a reference
+count of at least 1.  Note however that this function may set the interpreter
+result; the argument should not be the direct interpreter result without an
+additional reference being taken.
+.PP
+The \fItextObj\fR argument to \fBTcl_RegExpExecObj\fR must have a reference
+count of at least 1.  Note however that this function may set the interpreter
+result; the argument should not be the direct interpreter result without an
+additional reference being taken.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 re_syntax(n)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+'\"
+'\" Copyright (c) 1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+'\" Contributions from Don Porter, NIST, 2004. (not subject to US copyright)
+'\" Copyright (c) 2018 Nathan Coulter.
+'\"
+'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+'\"
+.TH Tcl_SaveInterpState 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.so man.macros
+.BS
+.SH NAME
+Tcl_SaveInterpState, Tcl_RestoreInterpState, Tcl_DiscardInterpState \- Save and restore the
+state of an an interpreter.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
+.sp
+Tcl_InterpState
+\fBTcl_SaveInterpState\fR(\fIinterp, status\fR)
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_RestoreInterpState\fR(\fIinterp, state\fR)
+.sp
+\fBTcl_DiscardInterpState\fR(\fIstate\fR)
+.SH ARGUMENTS
+.AS Tcl_InterpState savedPtr
+.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
+The interpreter for the operation.
+.AP int status in
+The return code for the state.
+.AP Tcl_InterpState state in
+A token for saved state.
+.BE
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+These routines save the state of an interpreter before a call to a routine such
+as \fBTcl_Eval\fR, and restore the state afterwards.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_SaveInterpState\fR saves the parts of \fIinterp\fR that comprise the
+result of a script, including the resulting value, the return code passed as
+\fIstatus\fR, and any options such as \fB\-errorinfo\fR and \fB\-errorcode\fR.
+It returns a token for the saved state.  The interpreter result is not reset
+and no interpreter state is changed.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_RestoreInterpState\fR restores the state indicated by \fIstate\fR and
+returns the \fIstatus\fR originally passed in the corresponding call to
+\fBTcl_SaveInterpState\fR.
+.PP
+If a saved state is not restored, \fBTcl_DiscardInterpState\fR must be called
+to release it.  A token used to discard or restore state must not be used
+again.
+.SH KEYWORDS
+result, state, interp
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-'\"
-'\" Copyright (c) 1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
-'\" Contributions from Don Porter, NIST, 2004. (not subject to US copyright)
-'\"
-'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
-'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
-.TH Tcl_SaveResult 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
-.so man.macros
-.BS
-.SH NAME
-Tcl_SaveInterpState, Tcl_RestoreInterpState, Tcl_DiscardInterpState, Tcl_SaveResult, Tcl_RestoreResult, Tcl_DiscardResult \- save and restore an interpreter's state
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
-\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
-.sp
-Tcl_InterpState
-\fBTcl_SaveInterpState\fR(\fIinterp, status\fR)
-.sp
-int
-\fBTcl_RestoreInterpState\fR(\fIinterp, state\fR)
-.sp
-\fBTcl_DiscardInterpState\fR(\fIstate\fR)
-.sp
-\fBTcl_SaveResult\fR(\fIinterp, savedPtr\fR)
-.sp
-\fBTcl_RestoreResult\fR(\fIinterp, savedPtr\fR)
-.sp
-\fBTcl_DiscardResult\fR(\fIsavedPtr\fR)
-.SH ARGUMENTS
-.AS Tcl_InterpState savedPtr
-.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
-Interpreter for which state should be saved.
-.AP int status in
-Return code value to save as part of interpreter state.
-.AP Tcl_InterpState state in
-Saved state token to be restored or discarded.
-.AP Tcl_SavedResult *savedPtr in
-Pointer to location where interpreter result should be saved or restored.
-.BE
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
-These routines allows a C procedure to take a snapshot of the current
-state of an interpreter so that it can be restored after a call
-to \fBTcl_Eval\fR or some other routine that modifies the interpreter
-state.  There are two triplets of routines meant to work together.
-.PP
-The first triplet stores the snapshot of interpreter state in
-an opaque token returned by \fBTcl_SaveInterpState\fR.  That token
-value may then be passed back to one of \fBTcl_RestoreInterpState\fR
-or \fBTcl_DiscardInterpState\fR, depending on whether the interp
-state is to be restored.  So long as one of the latter two routines
-is called, Tcl will take care of memory management.
-.PP
-The second triplet stores the snapshot of only the interpreter
-result (not its complete state) in memory allocated by the caller.
-These routines are passed a pointer to \fBTcl_SavedResult\fR
-that is used to store enough information to restore the interpreter result.
-\fBTcl_SavedResult\fR can be allocated on the stack of the calling
-procedure.  These routines do not save the state of any error
-information in the interpreter (e.g. the \fB\-errorcode\fR or
-\fB\-errorinfo\fR return options, when an error is in progress).
-.PP
-Because the routines \fBTcl_SaveInterpState\fR,
-\fBTcl_RestoreInterpState\fR, and \fBTcl_DiscardInterpState\fR perform
-a superset of the functions provided by the other routines,
-any new code should only make use of the more powerful routines.
-The older, weaker routines \fBTcl_SaveResult\fR, \fBTcl_RestoreResult\fR,
-and \fBTcl_DiscardResult\fR continue to exist only for the sake
-of existing programs that may already be using them.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_SaveInterpState\fR takes a snapshot of those portions of
-interpreter state that make up the full result of script evaluation.
-This include the interpreter result, the return code (passed in
-as the \fIstatus\fR argument, and any return options, including
-\fB\-errorinfo\fR and \fB\-errorcode\fR when an error is in progress.
-This snapshot is returned as an opaque token of type \fBTcl_InterpState\fR.
-The call to \fBTcl_SaveInterpState\fR does not itself change the
-state of the interpreter.  Unlike \fBTcl_SaveResult\fR, it does
-not reset the interpreter.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_RestoreInterpState\fR accepts a \fBTcl_InterpState\fR token
-previously returned by \fBTcl_SaveInterpState\fR and restores the
-state of the interp to the state held in that snapshot.  The return
-value of \fBTcl_RestoreInterpState\fR is the status value originally
-passed to \fBTcl_SaveInterpState\fR when the snapshot token was
-created.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_DiscardInterpState\fR is called to release a \fBTcl_InterpState\fR
-token previously returned by \fBTcl_SaveInterpState\fR when that
-snapshot is not to be restored to an interp.
-.PP
-The \fBTcl_InterpState\fR token returned by \fBTcl_SaveInterpState\fR
-must eventually be passed to either \fBTcl_RestoreInterpState\fR
-or \fBTcl_DiscardInterpState\fR to avoid a memory leak.  Once
-the \fBTcl_InterpState\fR token is passed to one of them, the
-token is no longer valid and should not be used anymore.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_SaveResult\fR moves the string and value results
-of \fIinterp\fR into the location specified by \fIstatePtr\fR.
-\fBTcl_SaveResult\fR clears the result for \fIinterp\fR and
-leaves the result in its normal empty initialized state.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_RestoreResult\fR moves the string and value results from
-\fIstatePtr\fR back into \fIinterp\fR.  Any result or error that was
-already in the interpreter will be cleared.  The \fIstatePtr\fR is left
-in an uninitialized state and cannot be used until another call to
-\fBTcl_SaveResult\fR.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_DiscardResult\fR releases the saved interpreter state
-stored at \fBstatePtr\fR.  The state structure is left in an
-uninitialized state and cannot be used until another call to
-\fBTcl_SaveResult\fR.
-.PP
-Once \fBTcl_SaveResult\fR is called to save the interpreter
-result, either \fBTcl_RestoreResult\fR or
-\fBTcl_DiscardResult\fR must be called to properly clean up the
-memory associated with the saved state.
-.SH KEYWORDS
-result, state, interp
@@ -35,20 +35,20 @@ Refers to the Tcl interpreter whose bypass area is accessed.
 .AP Tcl_Obj* msg in
 Error message put into a bypass area. A list of return options and values,
 followed by a string message. Both message and the option/value information
-are optional.
+are optional. This \fImust\fR be a well-formed list.
 .AP Tcl_Obj** msgPtr out
 Reference to a place where the message stored in the accessed bypass area can
 be stored in.
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-The current definition of a Tcl channel driver does not permit the direct
+The standard definition of a Tcl channel driver does not permit the direct
 return of arbitrary error messages, except for the setting and retrieval of
 channel options. All other functions are restricted to POSIX error codes.
 .PP
 The functions described here overcome this limitation. Channel drivers are
 allowed to use \fBTcl_SetChannelError\fR and \fBTcl_SetChannelErrorInterp\fR
-to place arbitrary error messages in \fBbypass areas\fR defined for channels
+to place arbitrary error messages in \fIbypass areas\fR defined for channels
 and interpreters. And the generic I/O layer uses \fBTcl_GetChannelError\fR and
 \fBTcl_GetChannelErrorInterp\fR to look for messages in the bypass areas and
 arrange for their return as errors. The POSIX error codes set by a driver are
@@ -87,14 +87,10 @@ the value.
 Which functions of a channel driver are allowed to use which bypass function
 is listed below, as is which functions of the public channel API may leave a
 messages in the bypass areas.
-.IP \fBTcl_DriverCloseProc\fR
-May use \fBTcl_SetChannelErrorInterp\fR, and only this function.
 .IP \fBTcl_DriverInputProc\fR
 May use \fBTcl_SetChannelError\fR, and only this function.
 .IP \fBTcl_DriverOutputProc\fR
 May use \fBTcl_SetChannelError\fR, and only this function.
-.IP \fBTcl_DriverSeekProc\fR
-May use \fBTcl_SetChannelError\fR, and only this function.
 .IP \fBTcl_DriverWideSeekProc\fR
 May use \fBTcl_SetChannelError\fR, and only this function.
 .IP \fBTcl_DriverSetOptionProc\fR
@@ -134,6 +130,15 @@ leave all their error information in the interpreter result.
 .ta 1.9i 4i
 \fBTcl_Close\fR	\fBTcl_UnstackChannel\fR	\fBTcl_UnregisterChannel\fR
 .DE
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The \fImsg\fR argument to \fBTcl_SetChannelError\fR and
+\fBTcl_SetChannelErrorInterp\fR, if not NULL, may have any reference count;
+these functions will copy.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetChannelError\fR and \fBTcl_GetChannelErrorInterp\fR write a value
+reference into their \fImsgPtr\fR, but do not manipulate its reference count.
+The reference count will be at least 1 (unless the reference is NULL).
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_Close(3), Tcl_OpenFileChannel(3), Tcl_SetErrno(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ Tcl_SetRecursionLimit \- set maximum allowable nesting depth in interpreter
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_SetRecursionLimit\fR(\fIinterp, depth\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_Interp *interp
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
 Interpreter whose recursion limit is to be set.
 Must be greater than zero.
-.AP int depth in
+.AP size_t depth in
 New limit for nested calls to \fBTcl_Eval\fR for \fIinterp\fR.
 .BE

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ New limit for nested calls to \fBTcl_Eval\fR for \fIinterp\fR.
 .PP
 At any given time Tcl enforces a limit on the number of recursive
 calls that may be active for \fBTcl_Eval\fR and related procedures
-such as \fBTcl_GlobalEval\fR.
+such as \fBTcl_EvalEx\fR.
 Any call to \fBTcl_Eval\fR that exceeds this depth is aborted with
 an error.
 By default the recursion limit is 1000.
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\"
-.TH Tcl_SetResult 3 8.6 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.TH Tcl_SetResult 3 8.7 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
 .SH NAME
-Tcl_SetObjResult, Tcl_GetObjResult, Tcl_SetResult, Tcl_GetStringResult, Tcl_AppendResult, Tcl_AppendResultVA, Tcl_AppendElement, Tcl_ResetResult, Tcl_TransferResult, Tcl_FreeResult \- manipulate Tcl result
+Tcl_SetObjResult, Tcl_GetObjResult, Tcl_SetResult, Tcl_GetStringResult, Tcl_AppendResult, Tcl_AppendElement, Tcl_ResetResult, Tcl_TransferResult \- manipulate Tcl result
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -26,17 +26,11 @@ const char *
 .sp
 \fBTcl_AppendResult\fR(\fIinterp, result, result, ... , \fB(char *) NULL\fR)
 .sp
-\fBTcl_AppendResultVA\fR(\fIinterp, argList\fR)
-.sp
 \fBTcl_ResetResult\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
 .sp
-.VS 8.6
 \fBTcl_TransferResult\fR(\fIsourceInterp, code, targetInterp\fR)
-.VE 8.6
 .sp
 \fBTcl_AppendElement\fR(\fIinterp, element\fR)
-.sp
-\fBTcl_FreeResult\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_FreeProc sourceInterp out
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp out
@@ -57,17 +51,11 @@ Address of procedure to call to release storage at
 An argument list which must have been initialized using
 \fBva_start\fR, and cleared using \fBva_end\fR.
 .AP Tcl_Interp *sourceInterp in
-.VS 8.6
 Interpreter that the result and return options should be transferred from.
-.VE 8.6
 .AP Tcl_Interp *targetInterp in
-.VS 8.6
 Interpreter that the result and return options should be transferred to.
-.VE 8.6
 .AP int code in
-.VS 8.6
 Return code value that controls transfer of return options.
-.VE 8.6
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
@@ -151,10 +139,6 @@ extensions.
 Any number of \fIresult\fR arguments may be passed in a single
 call; the last argument in the list must be a NULL pointer.
 .PP
-\fBTcl_AppendResultVA\fR is the same as \fBTcl_AppendResult\fR except that
-instead of taking a variable number of arguments it takes an argument list.
-.PP
-.VS 8.6
 \fBTcl_TransferResult\fR transfers interpreter state from \fIsourceInterp\fR
 to \fItargetInterp\fR. The two interpreters must have been created in the
 same thread.  If \fIsourceInterp\fR and \fItargetInterp\fR are the same,
@@ -163,7 +147,6 @@ from \fIsourceInterp\fR to \fItargetInterp\fR, and resets the result
 in \fIsourceInterp\fR. It also moves the return options dictionary as
 controlled by the return code value \fIcode\fR in the same manner
 as \fBTcl_GetReturnOptions\fR.
-.VE 8.6
 .SH "DEPRECATED INTERFACES"
 .SS "OLD STRING PROCEDURES"
 .PP
@@ -192,27 +175,6 @@ single character
 or ends in the characters
 .QW " {" )
 then no space is added.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_FreeResult\fR performs part of the work
-of \fBTcl_ResetResult\fR.
-It frees up the memory associated with \fIinterp\fR's result.
-It also sets \fIinterp->freeProc\fR to zero, but does not
-change \fIinterp->result\fR or clear error state.
-\fBTcl_FreeResult\fR is most commonly used when a procedure
-is about to replace one result value with another.
-.SS "DIRECT ACCESS TO INTERP->RESULT"
-.PP
-It used to be legal for programs to
-directly read and write \fIinterp->result\fR
-to manipulate the interpreter result.  The Tcl headers no longer
-permit this access by default, and C code still doing this must
-be updated to use supported routines \fBTcl_GetObjResult\fR,
-\fBTcl_GetStringResult\fR, \fBTcl_SetObjResult\fR, and \fBTcl_SetResult\fR.
-As a migration aid, access can be restored with the compiler directive
-.CS
-#define USE_INTERP_RESULT
-.CE
-but this is meant only to offer life support to otherwise dead code.
 .SH "THE TCL_FREEPROC ARGUMENT TO TCL_SETRESULT"
 .PP
 \fBTcl_SetResult\fR's \fIfreeProc\fR argument specifies how
@@ -252,6 +214,33 @@ typedef void \fBTcl_FreeProc\fR(
 .PP
 When \fIfreeProc\fR is called, its \fIblockPtr\fR will be set to
 the value of \fIresult\fR passed to \fBTcl_SetResult\fR.
+
+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The interpreter result is one of the main places that owns references to
+values, along with the bytecode execution stack, argument lists, variables,
+and the list and dictionary collection values.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_SetObjResult\fR takes a value with an arbitrary reference count
+\fI(specifically including zero)\fR and guarantees to increment the reference
+count. If code wishes to continue using the value after setting it as the
+result, it should add its own reference to it with \fBTcl_IncrRefCount\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetObjResult\fR returns the current interpreter result value. This will
+have a reference count of at least 1. If the caller wishes to keep the
+interpreter result value, it should increment its reference count.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_GetStringResult\fR does not manipulate reference counts, but the string
+it returns is owned by (and has a lifetime controlled by) the current
+interpreter result value; it should be copied instead of being relied upon to
+persist after the next Tcl API call, as most Tcl operations can modify the
+interpreter result.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_SetResult\fR, \fBTcl_AppendResult\fR, \fBTcl_AppendResultVA\fR,
+\fBTcl_AppendElement\fR, and \fBTcl_ResetResult\fR all modify the interpreter
+result. They may cause the old interpreter result to have its reference count
+decremented and a new interpreter result to be allocated. After they have been
+called, the reference count of the interpreter result is guaranteed to be 1.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_AddErrorInfo, Tcl_CreateObjCommand, Tcl_SetErrorCode, Tcl_Interp,
 Tcl_GetReturnOptions
@@ -242,6 +242,27 @@ but the array remains.
 If an array name is specified without an index, then the entire
 array is removed.

+.SH "REFERENCE COUNT MANAGEMENT"
+.PP
+The result of \fBTcl_SetVar2Ex\fR, \fBTcl_ObjSetVar2\fR, \fBTcl_GetVar2Ex\fR,
+and \fBTcl_ObjGetVar2\fR is (if non-NULL) a value with a reference of at least
+1, where that reference is held by the variable that the function has just
+operated upon.
+.PP
+The \fInewValuePtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_SetVar2Ex\fR and \fBTcl_ObjSetVar2\fR
+may be an arbitrary reference count value; its reference count will be
+incremented on success. However, it is recommended to not use a zero reference
+count value, as that makes correct handling of the error case tricky.
+.PP
+The \fIpart1\fR argument to \fBTcl_ObjSetVar2\fR and \fBTcl_ObjGetVar2\fR can
+have any reference count; these functions never modify it. It is recommended
+to not use a zero reference count for this argument.
+.PP
+The \fIpart2\fR argument to \fBTcl_ObjSetVar2\fR and \fBTcl_ObjGetVar2\fR, if
+non-NULL, should not have a zero reference count as these functions may
+retain a reference to it (particularly when it is used to create an array
+element that did not previously exist).
+
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_GetObjResult, Tcl_GetStringResult, Tcl_TraceVar

@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ int
 char *
 \fBTcl_Merge\fR(\fIargc, argv\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_ScanElement\fR(\fIsrc, flagsPtr\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_ScanCountedElement\fR(\fIsrc, length, flagsPtr\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_ConvertElement\fR(\fIsrc, dst, flags\fR)
 .sp
-int
+size_t
 \fBTcl_ConvertCountedElement\fR(\fIsrc, length, dst, flags\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS "const char *const" ***argvPtr out
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ Interpreter to use for error reporting.  If NULL, then no error message
 is left.
 .AP "const char" *list in
 Pointer to a string with proper list structure.
-.AP int *argcPtr out
+.AP "size_t \&| int" *argcPtr out
 Filled in with number of elements in \fIlist\fR.
 .AP "const char" ***argvPtr out
 \fI*argvPtr\fR will be filled in with the address of an array of
 pointers to the strings that are the extracted elements of \fIlist\fR.
 There will be \fI*argcPtr\fR valid entries in the array, followed by
 a NULL entry.
-.AP int argc in
+.AP size_t argc in
 Number of elements in \fIargv\fR.
 .AP "const char *const" *argv in
 Array of strings to merge together into a single list.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ String that is to become an element of a list.
 .AP int *flagsPtr in
 Pointer to word to fill in with information about \fIsrc\fR.
 The value of *\fIflagsPtr\fR must be passed to \fBTcl_ConvertElement\fR.
-.AP int length in
+.AP size_t length in
 Number of bytes in string \fIsrc\fR.
 .AP char *dst in
 Place to copy converted list element.  Must contain enough characters
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ For example, suppose that you have called \fBTcl_SplitList\fR with
 the following code:
 .PP
 .CS
-int argc, code;
+size_t argc;
+int code;
 char *string;
 char **argv;
 \&...
@@ -92,12 +93,13 @@ Then you should eventually free the storage with a call like the
 following:
 .PP
 .CS
-Tcl_Free((char *) argv);
+Tcl_Free(argv);
 .CE
 .PP
 \fBTcl_SplitList\fR normally returns \fBTCL_OK\fR, which means the list was
-successfully parsed.
-If there was a syntax error in \fIlist\fR, then \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned
+successfully parsed. If \fIsizePtr\fR points to a variable of type
+\fBint\fR and the list contains more than 2**31 key/value pairs, or there was
+a syntax error in \fIlist\fR, then \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned
 and the interpreter's result will point to an error message describing the
 problem (if \fIinterp\fR was not NULL).
 If \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned then no memory is allocated and \fI*argvPtr\fR
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ Tcl_PathType
 .AP "const char" *path in
 File path in a form appropriate for the current platform (see the
 \fBfilename\fR manual entry for acceptable forms for path names).
-.AP int *argcPtr out
+.AP "size_t \&| int" *argcPtr out
 Filled in with number of path elements in \fIpath\fR.
 .AP "const char" ***argvPtr out
 \fI*argvPtr\fR will be filled in with the address of an array of
 pointers to the strings that are the extracted elements of \fIpath\fR.
 There will be \fI*argcPtr\fR valid entries in the array, followed by
 a NULL entry.
-.AP int argc in
+.AP size_t argc in
 Number of elements in \fIargv\fR.
 .AP "const char *const" *argv in
 Array of path elements to merge together into a single path.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ For example, suppose that you have called \fBTcl_SplitPath\fR with the
 following code:
 .PP
 .CS
-int argc;
+size_t argc;
 char *path;
 char **argv;
 \&...
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Then you should eventually free the storage with a call like the
 following:
 .PP
 .CS
-Tcl_Free((char *) argv);
+Tcl_Free(argv);
 .CE
 .PP
 \fBTcl_JoinPath\fR is the inverse of \fBTcl_SplitPath\fR: it takes a
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