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Ticket UUID:	b876737a0bc55f0efabb1c6082da375cac65cc7e
Title:	tcl::tm::path doesn't handle tilde expand
Type:	Bug	Version:	9.0
Submitter:	jan.nijtmans	Created on:	2025-06-09 14:36:23
Subsystem:	38. Init - Library - Autoload	Assigned To:	jan.nijtmans
Priority:	5 Medium	Severity:	Important
Status:	Closed	Last Modified:	2025-06-10 15:06:08
Resolution:	Fixed	Closed By:	jan.nijtmans
		Closed on:	2025-06-10 15:06:08
Description:	Example (MacOS): $ tclsh9.0 % tcl::tm::path list /Library/Tcl/tcl9/site-tcl /Library/Tcl/tcl9/9.0 /Users/jan/workspace/tcl9.0/macosx/~/Library/Tcl/tcl9/site-tcl /Users/jan/workspace/tcl9.0/macosx/~/Library/Tcl/tcl9/9.0 /usr/local/lib/tcl9/site-tcl /usr/local/lib/tcl9/9.0 /Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/9.0/Resources/tcl9/site-tcl /Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/9.0/Resources/tcl9/9.0 The 3th and 4th entries don't make sense.
User Comments:	jan.nijtmans added on 2025-06-10 15:06:08: Fixed [7ad80e3bed1cc1d3\|here] Thanks, Ashok! I moved the handling of "file tildeexpand" to the caller of tcl::tm::roots. apnadkarni added on 2025-06-10 02:29:55: I don't think this fix is correct. As TIP 602 explicitly says Note that the commands tcl::tm::add and tcl::tm::roots will not themselves do any tilde expansion. Tildes are not special characters in Tcl 9 with the exception in the TIP for initialization at startup from environment variables including `TCL9_0_TM_PATH` etc. It is up to the caller of tm::add and tm::roots to do tilde expansion or not as they see fit. In this case, I am not sure where the paths containing ~ are coming from. If from environment variables at startup, then that initialization code should do the expansion before calling tm::add.