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b.stephens@isode.com writes: > Tcl 8 and later (i.e., Tcl with its byte compiler) is quite different, > underneath, to previous Tcl's. I suspect glossing over this is a > mistake, if you want to try translating it. > > Tcl 8 is *not* just strings, internally. > > My understand of things is that strings have a special place, in that > they provide a format that ought always to exist, but the string form > need not be meaningful. > My understanding is that Tcl 8 uses non-string representations internally sometimes, but is still meant to have the exact same semantics as the old all-strings version. Thus, while looking at 8.0 internals might provide helpful hints on how to be clever about interpreting Tcl, it won't provide particularly deeper insight into the semantics. - Maciej Stachowiak